Schoolmen Push Formula For Education Aid
About 40 Bennington and Windham County school officials and candidates discussed a new state aid formula at a Vermont School Directors Association meeting. The plan aims to equalize grand lists to fund education more equitably and would run via a tax base equalization board handling listed values and a basic need calculation per town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington and
Windham County
Vermont School Directors Association
J. Goodall Hutton
Elm St
Bennington
School Directors Association
Charles Nichols Jr
Association
Frank Livak
State Department of Education
Division of Research and Statistics
Hutton
General Assembly
Equalization Board
Vermont State School Directors Association
Hagerman
Ways and Means Committee
Nichols
Bennington County
Eugene V. Clark
George van Santvoord
Obituaries and notices from Williams and Bennington areas
Obituary notices recount the death of Robert J. Thibodeau 37 of Bank Street Old Bennington who died en route to Albany hospital after hospital examination and his service in the 10th Mountain Division. He leaves a wife two stepchildren and two brothers with funeral plans and memorials to local playground funds. Also listed are obituaries for Cecil John Coulter James Hurtz and other local figures with service details and burial plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert J. Thibodeau
Bank Street
Old Bennington
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Veterans Administration Hospital
Albany
Bennett and Ryan Construction Co
Bennington
Thibodeau
Putnam Hospital
Fred Thibodeau
Mortimer St
St. Francis de Sales Academy
Bennington High
Benevolent, Protective Order of Elks and American Legion
Post 13
Bennington High School
Patricia (Blackmer) Thibodeau
David
Rugene
Frederick J
Fort Gibson
Okla
William E
San Diego
Calif
Gibney, Haynes and Kane
Elks Lodge
Cil
John Coulter
North Hoosick Road
Williamstown
Warren Wire Co
Pownal
North Adams Hospital
Willamstown
Shaftsbury
Martin
Jenney Harrington Coulter
Hilda Benjamin Coulter
Jensen Beach
Fla
Robert
Grafton
N.Y
Blanche Paulin
Nellie Herrick
Harry
North Bennington
Raymond
Sherman Memorial Chapel
Grandview Cemetery
Hopkins Funeral Home
Hoosick Falls
James Hurtz
New York City
Home Street
Grenau
Denmark
Argentina
United
Vermont completes eighteen road projects in first quarter
Vermont highway crews finished eighteen projects totaling 40 miles at a cost of 5.3 million dollars in the first quarter. The Highway Department said 45 more projects worth 29 million dollars are under construction, involving 77 miles of road, with bids advertised on four interstate projects totaling 15 miles.
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Vermont
Highway Department
St Andrew Court Plans Oct 18 Banquet and Oct 19 20 Sale
St Andrew Court Catholic Daughters of America will host a ham supper for 75 members on Oct 2 under Mrs Ann Cummings. The annual banquet is set for Oct 18 at the Paradise Restaurant with Rev Francis Mantica of Troy NY as speaker on Causes of Delinquency. A rummage sale runs Oct 19 20 with tickets via Mrs Mary Sennett or Mrs Olga Mahar. Next meeting Nov 6 will include a pre supper under Mrs Eleanor Harvey and Mrs Ruth Holden.
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Paradise Restaurant
Mary Sennett
Olga Mahar
Francis Mantica
Troy
New York
Father Mantica
St. Mary’s Catholic Institute
Amsterdam
N.Y
C.D. of A
Eleanor Harvey
Ruth Holden
Water Witches in Convention at Danville
More than two thousand dowsers from as far as California and Texas gather in Danville Vermont for the fifth annual American Society of Dowsers convention. The event emphasizes friendly competition amid debate over water witching, with Arthur M. Sowder of Maryland delivering the principal address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danville
California
Texas
Vermont
American Society of Dowsers
Lawrence Cahoon
Arthur M. Sowder
Sandy Spring
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
Keyser to Campaign in Bennington on Saturday
Governor F Ray Keyser Jr a Republican candidate for re election will make a one day swing through Bennington on Saturday Officials say the stop will be informal with no major speeches He plans to visit local stores private homes and later attend fraternal lodges He will also attend the Bend BCHS game and appear with Foliage Festival Queen Freda Betts at the Fall Foliage Festival Ball at the Knights of Columbus hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Ray Keyser Jr
Republcan
Bennington
Keyser
Freda Betts
Knights of Columbus
Ford Foundation Aid For Schools Seen As Possibility
Union School District No 14 directors report a very uncertain prospect of Ford Foundation funds for a project affecting elementary through high school grades. Since the district covers grades 7-12, the board has delegated study of qualifying project ideas to the supervisory staffs of member districts. No certainty exists that funds will be granted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford Foundation
Union School District No. 14
Union School Board
Parables Speak Program and Local Meetings in Bennington
The Methodist Junior Youth Fellowship meets Sunday at 5 p.m. in the church with Tom Crowe and Gary Hamilton in charge of the program Parables Speak. A pre hunting season meeting for bowhunters and archers is set for 8 p.m. Wednesday at the D and D Jolivette building on Willow Road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist
Tom Crowe
Gary Hamilton
D & D Jolivette
Willow Road
Bennington Banner Advertising and Delivery Rates Notice
Display advertising information and home delivery options for the Bennington Banner include subscription rates by mail within 50 miles of Bennington Vermont and nationwide. Rates show 3 months to 1 year plans with different prices for motor route and service members discounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington Banner
Main St
Bennington
Vermont
Banner Publishing Corporation
Associated Press
Radius
Winds Knock Out Power Across Bennington Villages
Strong mid day winds caused temporary power loss in Bennington Village and Shaftsbury as limbs felled on main lines. Central Vermont Public Service received calls before 1 p.m. with restoration by 6 p.m. North Bennington and surrounding towns including Arlington and Woodford reported outages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington Village
Central Vermont Public Service Corp
John F. Lowre
Gage
Branch Streets
Union Carbide Consumer Products Co
School Street
Bennington
Shaftsbury
Central
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By Bob Hagerman
Stark Street Playground Fund
Cecil John Coulter
Williamstown, Mass
States
Kathrina Belser
St. Andrew Court
Dov
Salem’s
Coldbrook Road
Wilmington
Rt. 9
Rt. 100
Hermitage
Bennington Briefs
Leo A. Burns
Hoosick Street
San Francisco
Cornelius O’keefe
USAF
Burns
Hilda Hurley
Catherine Hill
Dewey St
Thomas L. Hill
Westover Field Mass
Elks
Robert Thibodeau
Stafford Wallingford
the Bennington Banner
U.S
Bell & Howell
Zoomatic
Bennington Garge Corp
Bigelow
Haynes & Kane
Sayles UU
Bob Stafford
Lake Elfin
Wallingford
Charlie Kelton
Green Mountainaires
Roxie the Clown
Rutland
Republican
Depot Lot
Republican State Committee
Roland Q. Seward
Enator
Angressman Stafford
Amidon
Armstrong
Anderson
Atty. Gen
Carroll P. Adams
Exec. Sec’y
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