VEA to Honor Wilson For Educational Efforts
Robert M. Wilson of Pippin Knoll Bennington vice chairman of the Union High School Board is among 34 recipients of the Vermont Education Association Laymen's Award for contributions to public education. The award cites his leadership in consolidating districts and building the Molly Stark Elementary School and the Union High School District. A banquet in Burlington on Oct 18 accompanies the state teachers convention.
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Wilson
Greater
Bennington
Bennington Southwest
VEA
Blackboard
Molly Stark
Southwest and
John Marshall
Marshall
Union High School
Cranston, R.I
Benhi Youths Attend Forensic Debating Workshop Today
Seventeen Benhi students join a Brattleboro Union High School event directed by Dr. Robert Huber of UVM in partnership with the Vermont High School Debating League. The program features extemporaneous speaking, oratory, reading, and radio announcing with debates by Herbert James and participants from UVM and Dartmouth.
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Benhi
David S. Jareckie
Brattleboro Union High School
University of Vermont
Vermont High School
Robert Huber
UVM
Herbert James
Dartmouth College
Dartmouth
Bendi
Freda Betts
Sherri Zyne
Miss Betts
Miss Zyneck
William Bartlett
Doris Bushey
Conrad Chaffee
Rosemary Christie
Susan Emond
Patrick Gray
Regina Hurley
Andrea Kapetan
Peggy Kennedy
Robert Kennedy
Diane LeBlanc
William Lincoln
Alan Moskovitz
Jo- Ann Pello
Julie Wolf
Masterpiece Won by Boys From State School
A six foot welded metal sculpture titled Master of Civilization won a top prize in the Wisconsin State Fair amateur division. The artists were four boys aged 16 to 18 from the State School for Boys, inmates committed for burglary car theft and truancy. They completed the piece in an art class and three had been paroled with two present to receive the blue ribbon.
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Milwaukee
State School For
Benhi Teachers Take Roles in VEA Convention Plans
Bennington area schools will be closed October 18 and 19 as Vermont teachers attend the 111th Vermont Education Association convention in Burlington. Benhi faculty will participate in the Science and Mathematics Conference and English, Foreign Language, and Industrial Arts sessions with speakers from Dartmouth College and the National Council of Teachers of English. Harold Rising will chair the Guidance Conference at UVM, with Benhi staff attending, while Mrs. Sylvia DuCharme will represent Benhi at the Art Conference. VEA reports its largest membership since 1851 at 3355, about 95 percent of those eligible.
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Vermont
Vermont Education Association
Burlington
Bennington
Charles Lyon
Dartmouth College
Bendi
Robert F. Hogan
National Council of Teachers of English
Eupha Bonham
Edouard Morot-Sir
New York
William E. Huss
State University
Oswego
N.Y
Sylvia DuCharme
VEA
Association
School Calendar Announces Report Card Dates and Holidays
Officials of the Greater Bennington Schools Inc publish a calendar listing holidays and report card due dates. Beech Street and Molly Stark schools mark Oct 18 19 for Teachers’ Convention, Nov 21 noon dismissal through Nov 26, Christmas break Dec 22 to Jan 2, Good Friday April 12, spring break April 21 20, Memorial Day May 30 31, and report card due dates Nov 2 Jan 11 April 5 June 14.
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Greater Bennington Schools Inc
Beech Street
Molly Stark
Burlington
Fifteenth Soviet Nuclear Test Detected by Uppsala
The Seismological Institute at Uppsala University reported Sunday night another Soviet nuclear test in the Novaya Zemlya region. It was the 15th test in the current series recorded locally with an estimated yield of three megatons.
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Uppsala
Sweden
Seismological Institute of
Uppsala University
Novaya Zemlya
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Robert M. Wilson
Pippin
Philip
Brown University
Wilson Ford Auto Agency
Hunt Street
Hotel
Guativalues
Vanity Fair
Bers
Martha Gale
Kenneth
Vermont National
Vermont National and Savings Bank
Main Street
Vermont Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporat
Bennington Windham
Windsor Counties
Hollywood
Duran
Atty Cual
Harold Value
Tered
Thayer Carriage
Dial
Plaid
Drysdale’s
Reds
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