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Newspaper

Bennington Banner

Location

Bennington, Vermont, United States of America

Date

Oct 02, 1962

Page

5

What Union High School Would Mean Vs Arlington's Present Curriculum

Arlington faces a decision on unionizing with Sunderland and Union High School District No. 14 on October 15. The proposed union curriculum includes a full commercial department, expanded language study with four years of French, three of Latin, foreign language labs, varied science on ability levels, applied science for non college bound students, and honors and AP options. Vocational and industrial arts courses would broaden shop offerings, with plans for building trades electronics metalworking woodworking auto mechanics and technical drafting.

Union High School Arlington Sunderland Union

Arlington Welcome for New Homeowner Highlights Local Events

The George Albee family received a warm housewarming surprise after buying the former Hayes residence this summer. Clyde Dunlap and his wife plan an open house for their 25th wedding anniversary on Sunday with neighbors invited. The senior class hosts a record hop at Arlington High School gym on Friday evening with 35 cent admission.

George Albee Albees Hayes House Clyde Dunlap Kenneth Mason John Frost Dick Miles Barbara Mason Sandra Andrews Alice Norris Herbert Wheaton Congdon Martha Canfield Library Fred McGuire Wallingford Congdon Memorial School Fisher School

North Bennington Social News and Local Notes

Mrs. Lawrence Lyons hosted a wedding shower for Miss Joann Armstrong in North Bennington with 21 guests and decorations including a blue and white umbrella and fall dahlias from Pete Lyons’ garden. Rev. Charles Parsley was named PTA delegate to the state convention with a prison tour on Oct 2 and 3 in Windsor. Richard David Noyes, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Noyes, was born in Essex Junction. Harry Noyes is the Essex Junction schools superintendent and former coach at North Bennington and Arlington.

Lawrence Lyons Joann Armstrong Philip Anderson Portland Maine Lyons Pete Lyons Edith McCarthy Pittsburgh Charles Parsley PTA Windsor Vermont State Mary Rich Essex Junction Richard David Noyes Harry Noyes

Wilmington Dover Bowling Opens With Long Tournament Run

Bowling events begin at B and B Lanes with a 28 week schedule and trophies. City clubs plan outings and meetings including the Wilmington Home Demonstration Club on Oct 5 and the Mothers Club Halloween party. Girl Scout Troop 54 grows to 25 with two groups led by Mrs. Barton and Mrs. Rowell. Community notices cover church, Masonic Lodge, and Beaver Brook PTA minstrel rehearsals at Memorial Hall.

Girl Scout Troop

Arlington Norshaft Little League Officers Meeting

Shaftsbury residents are invited as the Arlington Norshaft Little League plans an officer election at 7 30 p m on Wednesday October 3 at the Shaftsbury Firehouse.

Arlington Norshaft Little League Shaftsbury Firehouse

Church Hosts 100 for Rally in Hoosick Falls

The First Baptist Church welcomed 100 girls from the Baptist Guild Fellowships of the Hudson River North Association for a Saturday rally starting at 1 p.m. Miss Andrea Getze of Albany presided, with greetings from Hoosick Falls and guest speaker Mrs. Calvin Thompson of Syracuse. The program featured a song fest a rose ceremony led by Miss Jane Tilley and candlelight worship.

Hoosick Falls N.Y First Baptist Church Baptist Guild Hudson River North Association Women’s Society Andrea Getze Madison Avenue Church Albany Alice Brown Calvin Thompson Syracuse Jane Tilley Hoosick Guild Fellowship The Hoosick Church Cynthia Brownell Hoosick Falls Church

Neighbors Aid Berlin Church For Baptism

Rev Frank Sparks of the Berlin Baptist Church presided over eight baptisms at the First Baptist Church of Hoosick Falls on a Sunday afternoon. Hoosick Falls organist Joseph Sourcliffe ITI, who lost four family members in the Berlin disaster, played for the service. Berlin’s congregation attends services at the Seventh Day Adventist Church in Berlin while fundraising to rebuild. A $100 donation came from the Philathea Society of the Hoosick Falls church.

Hoosick Falls N.Y Frank Sparks Berlin Baptist Church First Baptist Church of Joseph E. Sourcliffe Iti Hoosick Falls Church Berlin Seventh Day Adventist Church Philathea Society

Pleasant Valley Granges and Local Club Meetings Scheduled

The Pleasant Valley Granges meet Friday Oct 5 at 8 30 p m. The Crystal Clover 4H Club holds its monthly meeting Saturday Oct 6 at 8 p m at the town hall. St Martha s Guild sponsors a rummage sale the first weekend in October at St Luke s rectory basement with Mrs Walter LeGrys as chairman. Hours 4 to 7 Friday and 10 to 5 Saturday.

Frank Boardman James Tulle Gannon Road Pleasant Valley Granges Crystal Clover 4H Town Hall St. Martha's Guild St. Luke’s Walter LeGrys Irwin Perry District United Fund William Nennstiel Lowville

Second Harpsichord Concert Benefiting Bennington College Fund

NORTH BENNINGTON The second in the harpsichord fund series will be held tomorrow night at 8 15 in Bennington Catholic High School. Sylvia Marlowe and Bernard Greenhouse perform Bach sonatas and contemporary pieces written for Marlowe. Greenhouse plays a 1707 Stradivarius cello. Tickets from College Co op Bennington Bookshop and Noveck Schultz.

North Bennington Bennington College Harpsichord Fund Bennington Catholic High School Sylvia Marlowe Bernard Greenhouse Miss Marlowe Wanda Landowska Harpsichord Society Greenhouse Juiliard Manhattan School of Music Shapero Haieff Marlowe College Co-op Bennington Noveck-Schultz Claude Frank BCHS

Africa Pygmies To Be Topic of College Talk

Colin Turnbull, assistant curator of African ethnology at the American Museum of Natural History, will speak Tuesday at 8 p.m. in Bennington College Theater on African pygmies and relations between two peoples sharing an environment. He will show slides and recordings, and discusses plans for a new African Hall.

North Bennington American Museum of Natural History Colin Turnbull Bennington College Turnbull Oxon College Oxford University Museum of Natural History

Pittsfield hosts 11th Berkshire Art Association exhibit

The Berkshire Museum opens the 11th Berkshire Art Association show in Pittsfield with paintings and sculpture from 282 artists vying for 2950 in prizes. Virginia Webb of Manchester VT wins a share of 750 for Summers Day. Lea Ehrich earns the anonymous award for Thorns. The exhibit runs until Oct 30 daily 10 to 5 weekdays and 2 to 5 Sundays. closed Mondays. admission free.

Pittsfield Mass Bennington Area Berkshire Art Association Berkshire Museum S. Lane Faison Jr Williams College Art Museum Virginia Webb Manchester Lucy Doane North Bennington Lea Ehrich Arlington Patsy Santo Bennington Winthrop Tuttle Marlboro

Hoosick Falls Girl Directs College Musical

Miss Cathy Chapman of Hoosick Falls a College of St. Rose sophomore served as music director for a Friday evening sophomore musical at the Albany college The event welcomed freshmen She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Lynn Chapman of Johnson Hill Road and majors in music She also performed at a Pittsfield Massachusetts fashion show accompanying the Junior Quintet on piano last Tuesday.

Hoosick Falls N.Y Cathy Chapman College of St. Rose Albany Lynn Chapman Johnson Hill Road Chapman Wendell- Sheraton Pittsfield Mass

Haiti Dancers to Highlight Haitian Presence at 1964 World Fair

A company of native Haitian dancers will showcase Haiti at the 1964 New York World's Fair. Harold Tuthill arranged the display and said the troupe may tour cross country before its local appearance.

New York Haiti Harold Tuthill

Art Center Prizes Awarded At Southern Vermont Exhibit

Three prizes of 200 dollars were awarded by the prize jury of the sixth annual exhibition opening Saturday at the Southern Vermont Art Center. The show runs through Oct. 14 featuring 250 works from New England and New York artists including Jay Connaway Henry Martin Gasser and Pauline Law with jurors Alden Bryan and Robert G. McIntyre.

Manchester New England New York Southern Vermont Art Center Brittany Coast Jay Connaway Pawlet Connaway America Southern Vermont Artists School of Art The Center Paris Henry Martin Gasser Pauline Law Gasser Newark SVA New York State

Storm damages linger as West Arlington reports power loss

West Arlington and Sandgate suffered through a line storm with strong winds uprooting trees and breaking branches. Power outages lasted up to 24 hours while farmers struggled to milk and haul milk. A hospital patient update followed a kitchen fall involving Mrs. Frederick Lemberg Jr and sister Mrs. Milo Tudor. The Turner family reunion at Sandgate Church drew about 25 attendees from Arlington and Connecticut. News arrived of Eugene Helwig’s passing in Lakeland Florida, and a birth announced for Richard Alan Hess, son of Alan and Nancy Hess of Brimfield with roots in Arlington.

West Arlington Sandgate Frederick Lemberg Jr Putnam Hospital Milo Tudor Sandgate Church Lakeland Fla Eugene Helwig Helwig Gene Helwigs Notch Road Alan Hess Brimfield Mass Richard Alan

Brownie Registration and Troop Plans in Hoosick Falls

Brownie registration day set for Monday October 8 at 3 p.m. at the Community Center with a 50 cent fee for girls aged 7 to 9. Troop 493 led by Mrs Keough and Mrs Harold Shapiro plus Troop 466 led by Mrs Philip McGuire and Mrs William Burns. a new troop will form with Mrs Kenneth Dooley and Mrs Frank Unavich. A chicken barbecue fundraiser hosted by the Hoosick Falls PTA at the school cafeteria on Thursday October 11 starts at 7 p.m. Reservations due by October 8. Donald McMartin, formerly of Hoosick Falls, returned to Tulsa after visiting his mother. Dennis J. Sausville is undergoing eight weeks of basic training at Lackland AFB after enlisting. The former Miss Judith Ann McGuire, now Mrs John Graney, was honored at a prewedding shower hosted by relatives at the grandmother’s home. About 40 guests attended. Adult education classes begin this week at Hoosick Falls Central School from 7 to 8:30 p.m. with varied courses including ceramics, woodworking for both genders, first aid, algebra, driver training, biology, literature, art, sewing, hooked rugs, and commercial subjects.

John Keough Brownie Troops 493 Keough Harold Shapiro Troop 46 Philip McGuire William F. Burns Kenneth Dooley Frank Unavich Parent-Teachers Association of Hoosick Falls Central School Edwin Brenenstuhl Wesley Durkee Fred McGuire John Halstead James Nelson Judith Ann McGuire John Graney Linda McGuire Mary Beth Makin Helen Bradley Mary Ann Bozek Edward Maleahy Helen Petell Price Milam Bernard Balder American Red Cross Richard Severson James Wahler Warren Eastwick Anthony Autebell William Peckham Stanley Brostoski Ruth Peerboom Hattie Haas

West Hoosick women organize sewing, drives and events

The United Class met at Julia Hunt’s home with Ruby Pine presiding. They voted a donation for Hoosick Falls Rescue Squad and planned six sewing bags for a Southeast Asia project. An auction raised 15.30 dollars and plans for future meetings and greetings cards were set. Ronald Siefert returned from Mary McClellan Hospital. The West Hoosick Home Demonstration Unit held a slides session on preventing falls. The Gleaners Society planned an Oyster supper for Oct 17 at the West Hoosick Baptist Church.

Julia Hunt Ruby Pine Hoosick Falls Wilfred Knapp Ralph Griswold Roger Moseley Edgar Hunt Charles Pirtiz Harold Pine Wells Eddy Hunt Ronald Siefert Mary McClellan Hospital West Hoosick Home Fellowship Hall Arthur Moseley Taylor West Berlin Baptist Church Gleaners Society Harold Moseley West Hoosick Baptist Church Ambrose Brown Floyd Humphrey Robert Higgins Lucinda Barber William Pine Lloyd Pine

Hoosick Players Prepare Teahouse for Oct 19 20

Hoosick Falls Little Theater group readies Teahouse of the August Moon for October 19 and 20 at the Hoosick Falls Central School auditorium. Rehearsals run under Ron Badgeley with added stage lighting and a seven-set design. Tickets on sale through members. Next meeting October 24 at Mrs. Mary Case’s home.

Hoosick Falls N.Y Little Theater Group of Warren Eastwick Pittstown Badgeley Dia-Keong Lee Theresa Schmiegel Gordon Lockrow Buskirk Japan Eastwick Mary Case Burchard Avenue

Music Guild Plans Band Concert Friday to Launch Festival

The Bennington Music Guild will present a band concert Friday at the Town and Village Office Building as part of the Fall Foliage Festival. Directed by Gunnar Schonbeck, the program features American marches and German songs with Wagnerian marches. This marks the first Bennington appearance since August 1961 Bi-Centennial. Jack Miller of the Greater Bennington Association co ordinates the event.

The Bennington Music Guild Gunnar Schonbeck Music Guild Bennington Jack Miller Greater

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