Non-Graded Manchester School Program Tailored to Individual Child's Needs
Manchester Elementary School operates a non graded program for Grades 1-4 with a Primary Unit structure. Principal Donald R. Shanks notes early testing and grouping by ability, teacher judgment, and individualized pacing, aiming to boost reading and math, though challenges include teacher planning and potential multi age grouping. Reading shows faster gains than graded systems, but studies on effectiveness vary.
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Donald R. Shanks
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Spanking New Regional Bookmobile Visits North Village
Elizabeth Dwyer reports the Vermont Free Public Library Service bookmobile visited North Bennington this week, dropping off a rich supply of reading material for patrons at the McCullough Library. The event highlights local access to library resources and community reading opportunities.
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North Village
North Bennington
The
Vermont Free Public Library
Ice
McCullough Library
Area volunteers Aid Recording for the Blind goes to Berkshire Museum
Berkshire County unit of Recording for the Blind draws volunteers from southern Vermont and eastern New York with Williamstown teams guiding the effort. A Dorset Maplewood 4-H group meet opens under Mrs. Coolidge and Mrs. King with projects in sewing cooking and crafts to raise funds for studios in Williamstown and Lenox. Donations of art and maps are sought and the bookmobile program expands with Rutland Regional Library direct service to Pawlet and Rupert.
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Vermont
New York State
Berkshire County
John Ekwall
Bennington
Cleveland Dodge
Cleveland Dodge Jr
Pownal
Ingrid Hirsch
Horst Bodies
Arlington
Fair
William Klare
Shushan
N.Y
Berkshire Museum
Pittsfield
Dorset
Maplewood
United Church of
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John Coolidge
Joseph King
Gatherig
Coolidge
King
Edwin Kinney
David Carr
Robert McFall
Lenox
Water Street
George M. Harper
Stetson Court
Women Fellowship to Meet at Baptist Church in North Bennington
The Women’s Fellowship of the Baptist Church will meet Tuesday at 7 30 p.m. in the church. Speaker will be Miss Evangeline Wilcox of Manchester, chairman of Christian Social Relations of the Shaftsbury Association. Members of the Norshaft Lions are reminded of the meeting Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the North Bennington Congregational Church.
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Women’s Fellowship of the Baptist Church
Evangeline Wilcox
Manchester
Christian Social Relations
Shaftsbury Association
Norshaft Lions
North Bennington Congregational Church
Tax deadline noted by Searsburg town clerk
Searsburg town clerk Julia France notifies residents that November 1 is the tax deadline. After that date taxes become due to the tax collector with collector fees added. Wilmington scouts study French, investiture set for Oct. 20 at the high school ceremony. Legion meetings at the Legion Home discuss visits, mailing list, and a Christmas box project. auxiliary invites military families to join. Church groups plan future events including a church supper and a World Project meeting at the Wilmington Congregational Church vestry.
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Searsburg
Wilmington
Robert Porter
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Auxiliary
Jeannette Brown
Kurn Hatt
Alberta Coleman
Veterans Hospital
White River
Legion Home
Hannah Sullivan
Wilmington Baptist Ladies Aid Society
Edna Carpenter
Ethel Southworth
Doris Adeams
Claire Woods
Visit Recalls Patients and Former Residents in New Hampshire
Mrs. George Walsh and Mrs. George W. Zimmer traveled to Hanover New Hampshire to bring home Mrs. Robert Poutre of Shaftsbury from Mary Hitchcock Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. John King and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Tracey spent a day in West Ossipee New Hampshire visiting former residents Mr. and Mrs. Charles Flanders and family.
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George W. Zimmer
Hanover
N.H
Robert Poutre
Shaftsbury
Mary Hitchcock Hospital
John King
Frank Tracey
West Ossipee
Charles
Chuck) Flanders
Pownal
Thomas Rounds
Scott Barber
Mary Otero
Robert Littlefield
Terri Mantello
Charles Burdick
Terry Burdick
George M. Renner
Ralph Bishop
Grace Hill
Anson M. Pratt
Donald Rogers
Harry W. Beals Jr
Richard Walsh
Arlington Library Boosters Run Profitable Book Stand
Arlington’s Martha Canfield Library hosts a weekly outdoor used book table run by retired executives Henry C. Burgess and Finley F. Ellingwood. They’ve raised about $500 for new books, selling most titles for a quarter and three for a quarter for paperbacks, drawing tourists from across the U S and Canada. The duo plans to resume next spring with two carloads of stock after winter shutdowns in Canfield’s barn. They moved to Arlington for retirement in the 1950s and joined the library board, turning a street fair sale into a lasting fundraiser amid a shrinking gift fund from a Dorothy Canfield Fisher endowment.
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Henry C. Burgess
Bowery Savings Bank of New York
Finley F. Ellingwood
Union Carbide Corp. Plastics Division
Bound Brook
N.J
Martha Canfield Library
Library Association
Mississippi
Canada
Ellingwood
Burgess
Elelingwood
Library Board
Jim McCabe
Martha Canfield
Dorset Legion Post Plans Open Meeting
The McBride-Harwood Post Auxiliary of the American Legion will hold installation ceremonies Monday at Legion rooms in the former North District schoolhouse. Mrs. James Riggs of East Dorset will become president, with Mrs. James Stannard as vice president and Mrs. Peter Brooks as secretary-treasurer, both of South Dorset. An open invitation invites guests to a hot dish supper at 7 p.m. before the meeting to learn the Legion aims and purposes.
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Local Notables Honored at Vermont Education Association Event
Mrs. Stanley Hinkley of East Manchester was among 32 honored Thursday at a Vermont Education Association dinner in Burlington for significant contributions to public education. Awards to outstanding citizens will be presented on the contributors’ return from the convention. Wayne M. Norse Jr., 16, of Manchester Depot pleaded not guilty in Rutland District Court Thursday to careless driving related to a reported accident and paid $40.10.
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Mad Tom
New York
Illinois
Stanley Hinkley
East Manchester
Vermont Education Association
Crown Room
Vermont Hotel
Burlington
Association For
Wayne M. Norse Jr
Manchester Depot
Rutland District Court
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