Bennington County Second In State Cancer Crusade
Bennington County ranked second among Vermont counties in the Cancer Crusade with $10,346.68 raised under Arlington leader Mrs. James O Neil. Chittenden led with $20,000, and Gen. Ernest N Harmon praised volunteers statewide as Vermont totaled $105,000, ranking first in New England and third in spendable income.
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Montpelier
Bennington County
Vermont
James O’neil
Arlington
Chittenden
Ernest N. Harmon
Robert Macksey
Max Grout
East Arleington
Harlow Matz
Eugene Clark
Sanford Buxbaum
Bennington
North Bennington
Ford Shrader
Dorset
Harrison Hoyt Jr
East Dorset
Edward Horst
James Horne
Shaftsbury
Dalton Mann
Peru
J. Schubner
Stamford
Arthur Bowen
Sunderland
Hans van Weeken-Goieck
Winhall
New England
U.S
West Arlington
Dore Set
Landgrove
Manchester
Manchester Center
Manchester Despot
Pownal
North Pownal
East Pownal
Pownal Center
Readsboro
Rupert
Williams College Raises Tuition for 1964-65
Williams College will raise tuition from 1400 to 1600 for the 1964-65 academic year while keeping the 100 consolidated fee unchanged. President John E. Sawyer said costs will still cover about half the educational budget with the rest from gifts and endowment income. The increase reflects higher expenses to maintain faculty salaries and facilities.
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Williamstown
Mass
Williams College
John E. Sawyer
Board of
Williams
Sawyer
Sunderland man wins $2000 Charlotte Observer research award
Jerry Hill of Sunderland has been awarded the Charlotte Observer research assistantship at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for 1963-64. The $2000 award funds a 12 hour weekly research position under journalism faculty, while Hill minors in English and graduates from Franklin and Marshall College with honors.
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Sunderland
Jerry Hill
Howard Hill
Charlotte Observer
University of North Carolina At Chapel Hill
School of Journalism Foundation of North Carolina, Inc
Hill
School of Journalism
Franklin and Marshall College
Lancaster
Hensel
Arlington High honors senior in National Merit Qualifying Test
George C. Albee, son of Mr and Mrs George Albee, is the lone Arlington High School senior honored for his performance on the National Merit Qualifying Test given last May.
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George C. Albee
George Albee
Arlington High School
See All The People Film at Shaftsbury Church
During morning worship Shaftsbury church presents the 16mm color film See All The People. Sunday 2:30 p m final training for the Every Member Canvassers explains Visitor's Presentation Booklets and other working tools with No Shallow Planting film strip.
Forest Blaze Sweeps Three Acres in Somerset
A fire of tinder dry woodland in Somerset burned three to five acres before extinguishment late Wednesday. Firefighters from Wilmington and West Dover fought the flames with backpacks and portable pumps, aided by a brook, after rangers spotted the fire near Stratton Mountain. Authorities suspect arson from sunlit broken glass, and the land belongs to attorney John Hacker of Albany.
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Somerset
Wilmington
West Dover
Stratton Mountain
Lawrence Leonard
Somerset Reservoir
South End
Atty
John Hacker
Albany
N.Y
Leonard
Manchester Zoning Talks Aim at Public Acceptance
Manchester zoning commissioners frantically refine a 12 page ordinance to win public support by March. New member Joseph Markey warns the document may read as a list of restrictions. Chairman Bongartz calls the plan negative while Attorney Campbell questions making negatives positive. The panel discusses how citizens may appeal excep tions and the board of adjustment skepticism. Town Manager Porter says amendments require a town vote and real effects won t show for 20 or 30 years. Next meeting Oct 22 at 8 p.m. at the Elementary School invites opponents to attend. Others present include Swezey Bryant Winslow and Heaslip.
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Manchester
Joseph Markey
Ferdinand Bongartz
Board of Adjustment
Porter
Christopher Swezey
Clyde H. Bryant Sr
Bradford West
Carlton Winslow
George J. Heaslip
Pownal Community Elects Officers At Oak Hill School Meeting
Twenty five Pownal farmers attended the ASC meeting at Oak Hill School to elect the community committee. William Strohmaier named chairman Burton Peckham vice chairman Harvey Burdick Jr third regular member Harry Beals Jr first alternate Charles Palmer second alternate. County Agent John C Page presented slides from a three week farm tour. Enrolment deadlines set for Oct 18 via Peckham or Strohmaier. National Fire Prevention Week highlighted with poster contest and Junior Fire Marshall materials.
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Pownal
ASC
Oak Hill
William Strohmaier
Burton Peckham
Harvey Burdick Jr
Harry W. Beals Jr
Charles Palmer
John C. Page
John DeVito
Bennington County
Residents Note Short Hospital Stay and Visit Highlights
George Pearson has returned home from McClellan hospital after a brief stay. Miss Vera Mae Welling of Schenectady spent the weekend with her parents, Mr and Mrs Burton Welling, in South Cambridge.
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George Pearson
McClellan Hospital
Vera Mae Welling
Schenectady
Mr. and
Mrs. Burton Welling
District Governor Paige to Visit Norshaft Lions
Shaftsbury Vermont November 15 District Governor Chet Paige of Whitingham will attend the Norshaft Lions Club events with host King Lion George Donovan presiding. Guests Ed Lemme Manfred Thomsen and Daniel Holland joined the October meeting as plans form for a Ladies Night and eye bank awareness.
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Shaftsbury
Norshaft Lion’s Club
Hoosick Falls Legion Forms Drum Corps With 20 Signups
Hoosick Falls Hoosick Post American Legion plans a drum corps as 20 boys sign up. Rehearsals every Wednesday 7 p.m. at Legion rooms with organizer William Ogilvie. Donations of drums welcomed.
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The
Hoosick Post American Legion
Legion Rooms
William Ogilvie
Legion
Trip To Europe Tells of North Bennington Sodality Evening
Mrs. Michael Neylon shared a proxy European trip at a St. John’s Sodality meeting. She described sailing on the Queen Elizabeth in July visiting Paris Milan and Rome where she met Pope Paul VI then London and Ireland with notes on landscapes and pigs and cattle. Committee assignments were announced and plans laid for a fall food sale and district meeting with hostesses serving cider and doughnuts.
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North Bennington
St. John’s Sodality
Europe
Michael Neylon
Henry Gratton
Sodality
Robert Flynn
Lew Levin
Lawrence Powers
Murray McGuire
Verder Elwell
Richard Dwyer
George Young
Gerald McCue
United Counseling Service
East Pakistan
St. John’s Parish
Vermont
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Cancer Crusade
Harte Theatre
American International
John Wayne
Dan
WINGS
Eagles
Hal Tad
North Hoosick
SAT & Sun
New York
Lot
Maury
Couryer
Pat Boone
Barbara Eden
Ana
FBI
SUN
Kirk Douglas
Mitz
Gaynor Gig Young
Thelma Ritter
Leslie Parrish
Julie Newmar
William Bendix
Universal
Richard Sargent
King Kong
Godzilla
Eleanor Albee
Fran Stacy
Eums Art Center
Manchester, Vermont
New York State
the New Collectors Gallery
Sutherland School
Nassau
Mt. Snow
Dover
James B. Campbell
Commission
Oakley K. Porter
Pownals
Vera Langlais
South Pownal
Department
Hoosick River
Army
Robert C. Jarvis
Iola
U.S. Military Assistance Advisory Group
MAAG
Vietnam
Jarvis
Fort Collins
Col
Worcester
Miami
Fla
University of Miami
Nancy Otis
Richard L Foley
Walter H. Foley
Prospect St
Mount Hermon School
Mount Hermon
Brown University
South Cambridge
Margaret Aiken
Fred and
Patrica Carmichael
Dream World
Fred Carmichael
Dorset Playhouse
Icall
Dist.Gov
Paige
Norshaft Lions
Bardwell Hotel
Rutland
Hoosick Falls
Edith Beaumont
Ann Armstrong
Joseph Hayden
Gerald Ingram
Donald Sargood
Bohmer
Walter Shaw
Helen Restino
Alice Hayes
Eleanor Rancourt
American Legion
Robert Cramer
Ethel Barrier
Cramer
Bessie Cutler
Blanche Carver
Barrer
Mana Fox
Nora Finen
Helen Bakaitis
Jessie Waddington
Jean Dewar
Dorothy Boys
Carver
Rancourt
McGarvin
Leo Shannahan
Hoosick Street
Shannahan
Helyn Ross
Mary Ross
Albany Felt Co
St. Mary’s Academy
WPTR
Brannigan
North Village
Grand Union
Bennington Post
Pete Williams
National Guard
Greater Bennington Association
Edward P. Mahar
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