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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1966
Page
5
Mt Anthony Union High School student council met for the first time Monday Oct 3 with about 70 members present. The main item on the agenda was selecting officers and outlining goals for the year.
The Vermont Board of Historic Sites named A Edwin Morrill of St Johnsbury to replace Robert E La Beau as caretaker of the Bennington Battle Monument. La Beau moves to Menlo Park California after Nov 1 and Mrs La Beau will manage the state concession. The Morrills will live at the La Beaus residence on Monument Circle Old Bennington. Peace Corps placement test set for Oct 8 in Brattleboro offers Bennington area residents a chance to assist overseas. Test measures aptitude language learning. application form is key to selection. Mt Anthony council officers elected with Jeff Bergquist as president and Rob Keir treasurer among others. Reorganization notes include officers for Bendi building North Bennington and Molly Stark units.
John H. Carton announces that over 80 students from Bennington Elementary Molly Stark and Mount Anthony Union will start musical instrument study within two weeks. Grades five and six lead, with additional fourth graders forming a string class and a junior high group. String instruction by Mrs. Gail Robinson. Instrumental teaching by Paul Williams and Warren Robinson.
A catalog of recent titles including Lambert Norman’s Letter MacLean When Eight Bells Tell Marlowe A Dandy in Aspic Paradise The Marriage Chest Walker Jubilee Waltari The Roman Gollin Pay Now Die Later Foxs Book of Martyrs Kaplan Mr Clemens and Mark Twain Loos A Girl Like I Manry Tinkerbelle Goerner The Search for Amelia Earhart Perelman Chicken Inspector No 23 Christgau Runaway to Glory Dame Wiggins of Lees and Her Seven Wonderful Cats Darling Coral Reefs Frasconi See Again Say Again Knight The First Book of Deserts Sawyer Dietrich of Berne and the Dwarf King Laurin Remember reserve if checked out.
About 170 policemen and guests attended the 17th annual banquet of the Vermont Police Assn at Mt. Anthony Country Club. Eugene Rouccil of Rutland was elected president, succeeding Joseph V. Young. Lt. Gov. John Daley spoke, with Judge George M. Fineberg as master of ceremonies.
Pittsford resident Dan D Burditt Jr funds a Mark VIII Bird Respirator for the Caverly Child Health Center aiding children with asthma and respiratory issues. Dr Joseph Dauphinais of Rutland guides the introduced Inhalation Therapy as part of total patient care. Caverly, a private non profit resident treatment center, marks October as Caverly month.
BCHS Saber lists Student Council delegates Chris Fonteneau Linda Levine Dale Riley Brian Maroney and Michael Mc Donough for a regional meeting at Whitingham High School Friday afternoon The group will select a regional representative for the district public speaking rally at Mount St Joseph Rutland Speakers from BCHS include Tim Powers and Anne Horst The Future Teachers of America will sponsor a library book fair on Oct 10 The BCHS Debate and Public Speaking Club hosts the Southern Vermont High School Forensic Conference on Oct 25 with a prepared debate and expert instruction for moderators varsity and novice debaters Freshmen take DET tests to guide future placement and programming Officer elections for Frosh include Kris Eagan Christine Rice and others Campaigns will run for homeroom reps and class officers The Sophomore food sale is underway chaired by Jean Lausville Senior class prepares decorations for the Springfield home game and three dances including the Victory Dance after the Mount Anthony BCHS game on Nov 5 Details assign chairs and helpers for dances receptions tickets and decorations The Marks men band is expected to play The semi formal freshman reception is slated for Saturday with chairs handling refreshments tickets posters chaperones and cleanup
Dr. Edgar Friedenberg, UC sociology faculty, will lecture on adolescence in America at Bennington College Sunday. The talk at 5 30 p.m. in the Carriage Barn is open to the public. He earned an M A from Stanford and a Ph D from Chicago and taught at Brooklyn College before joining UC. He has written Vanishing Adolescent Coming of Age in America and Dignity of Youth and Other Atavisms.
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