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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1968
Page
7
Manchester officials report most Lorette Avenue residents support granting a 12 1/2 foot right of way to the town to access and service the street. The plan would use a 50 foot road width by combining Johnson’s 25 foot offer with 121 foot rights from each side, despite two holdouts.
Manchester Carl G Rice invites Grade 7 and 8 teachers from the 15 town area to a 6:30 p.m. supper meeting at the school. The gathering aims to connect teachers with BBS department heads to discuss mutual problems. Also note bow and arrow season opens Saturday the 16th. Town Clerk Clara May Hemenway urges timely hunting licenses and provides contact numbers 362-2334 and 362-1315 for absentee voting and registration inquiries. Absentee ballots available for service members and out-of-town voters. written requests required. BURR & BURTON NOTES report on cheerleaders captains, choir, and tentative new members with management by Clarence Chittenden and David Newton.
Weston announces a successful ninth annual antique show at the Weston Playhouse. The Weston Community Club sponsors proceeds benefiting the Playhouse Farrar Mansur Museum and Cold Brook Memorial Park. The event ran Thursday to Saturday with 25 exhibitors from New Hampshire, Maine, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York and local towns. meals were popular and in high demand.
The Vermont Girl Scout council canvass begins next week in Pownal under chairwoman Mrs. William Van Orman. Volunteers contact families to raise funds for leader training camp equipment and general support of the council. The drive aims to sustain Girl Scouting in the area.
White Creek Kitchen Conference No 2 meets Oct 10 at Gordon Byars home. The M Y F plans Oct 10 at 7 30 p m for all youths Grade 5 up, meeting at Jermain Methodist Church. Residents visit relatives across Vermont and New York with hymn sing at Riparius Methodist Church. Jolly Janes 4 H Club held Sept 28 slate of officers and plans Oct 19 paper drive. A National 4 H Week display is in Gulley’s Store titled Stepping Stones to a Better 4 H’er.
Williams College forms a five student five faculty committee on undergraduate life to study residential and social policies including a student plan to end parietal hours. The panel will advise the president and trustees. debates touch Vassar exchange arrivals and dormitory conduct standards. A separate W.S.C.S pie supper and choir rehearsal are noted in Shaftsbury.
Mary McClellan Hospital reports admissions for the week ending October 6 including Richard Altenreid Hoosick Falls Lorie Christian Cambridge James Duddy Cambridge Alice Elwell Hoosick Falls Vincent Greene West Pawlet VT Julia Hagadorn Eagle Bridge Gladys LeBarron Eagle Bridge Barbara Mooney Cambridge Louis Nicklaw Manchester Depot VT William Nemstiel Cambridge Marion Niles Cambridge Harriet Pierce Cambridge Roger Shaw Hoosick Falls Phillip Spillman Cambridge and Douglas Weeks Cambridge. Discharges include Valerie Ayers Hoosick Falls Kathryn Brewer Cambridge Lorie Christian Cambridge Dorothy Coon Eagle Bridge John Dusha Cambridge Vincent Greene West Pawlet Mary Langlois.
Arlington The Sugaring Off Tops Club will host an event on Monday October 14 area captain Mrs Malmgren will attend A mystery guest will appear with The Folk Swingers of SOTC Attendees urged to bring TOPS manuals from Cambridge and list includes David Messenger Barbara Moon ey William Nem stiel Marion Nilse Keith Saunders Roger Shaw Phillip Spill man Thelma Tifft Rose M Viger and Douglas Weeks Cambridge Hoosick Falls Pawlet among them
North Bennington McCullough Library will be closed all day Saturday for Columbus Day. Story hours for preschoolers begin next Wednesday at 10 a.m. for children ages three to five during winter. The Baptist Church Women’s Fellowship meets Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. at Mrs. Bernard Whitman’s home with Mrs. Alfred Scott in charge, Mrs. David Kenyon on devotions, and a refreshment committee led by Mrs. Carl Jolivette including several others. The annual Baptist women’s fall rummage sale is Oct. 19 at the library from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., with Mrs. James Williamson Jr. in charge of rummage and Mrs. Alex Thomson heading the food table. Tucker Lodge No. 48, F&AM has invited Star Lodge in Petersburg, N.Y. to join Oct. 16 to celebrate the New York lodge’s 100th anniversary, starting with a 5 p.m. roast beef dinner, 7 p.m. temple dedication, then a caravan to Vic tor Lodge in Schaghticoke at 8 p.m. for the 100th anniversary celebration.
Arlington Garden Club outlines plans for its next meeting on Tuesday October 15 at 8 p.m. at Fisher School with the topic Planning for the Future of Arlington. Larry Pratt chairs the Arlington Planning Commission and will moderate, John Moore of Bennington County Regional Planning Commission, and Henry B. Raymore long-time Arlington resident and planning official will speak. They will review future Arlington areas and progress to date with a Q and A to follow. refreshments will be served by identified hostesses and arrangements by the Board of Gardeners. The club president will offer brief announcements and invite public attendance and participation.
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