Hot Meals Program marks its fourth year anniversary
Claire Santway, coordinator, outlines the Bennington County Nutrition Program for the Elderly origin and growth from 1972. The program began with home delivery and central dining rooms, funded by Title VII federal support, and now serves home-bound seniors with strict referral checks and about 36 meals daily across Bennington area. It highlights volunteers, drivers, site expansions, and ongoing aims for kitchen upgrades and expanded dining sites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claire Santway
Brookside
UCS
North Street
Bennington Opportunity Council
Bennington County
BOC
Home Health Agency
Bread and Law Task Force
John Simson
Bennington County Regional Planning Commission
John Peterman
Joe LoPiccolo
Office On Aging
United Counseling Agency
John McTernan
Bradford Craig
Bennington
North Bennington
Shaftsbury
Genevieve LaFlamme
Josie McKeon
Joyce Hanson
Fred
Barbara Beecher
Mitzi Spitler
Ed Austin
Old Senior Center
Benmont Avenue
Ruth Austin
Mary Schaaf
Mary Seidel
RSVP
Paddy’s
Federated Church
East Arlington
Eagles Hall
Manchester
Gordon Walker
Pownal
Steve Satterthwaite
Bennington Convalescent Center
Senior Citizens Center
Married Bowman Baldwin in Hoosick Falls ceremony
Elizabeth A Baldwin married Robert F Bowman at the Church of the Immaculate Conception Hoosick Falls Sept 18 at noon. Officiant Rev William McGraw, Nuptial Mass, 200 guest reception at the Elks Club Bennington. The couple, both employed locally, will live in North Hoosick after a Montreal honeymoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth A. Baldwin
Robert F. Bowman
Robert F. Baldwin
R.D. 2
Hoosick Falls
Francis T. Bowman
McCaffrey Street
William McGraw
Prudence Tatro
Donald Sutton
Robin Baldwin
Christine Bowman
Sally Busby
Carol Shortt
Pownal
Julie Baldwin
James Hoag Jr
East Hoosick
Ronald
William Baldwin
George Durkee
Elks Club
Bennington
KPS Express
Susan Morse
First Vermont Bank & Trust Company
Bennington As A Secretary and Mr. Bowman
Malcolm Pernie Inc
White Plains
Bennington Briefs: Local Meetings and Notices
Community updates include La Leche League meeting this month at 8 pm at Rosemary Haley home 610 Gage St with discussion The Advantages of Breast Feeding for Mother and Baby call Pat Goodnow for details Gradation Group of First Baptist Church meets 1 30 pm Friday at the church devotions by Hildred Straub travelogue Finland and Beyond by Frances Carman hostesses listed VFW Post 1332 roast beef dinner Saturday 6 30 8 30 pm cost 2 50 Something Special Club opened at Chittenden Trust to aid tax payments Dr Ghosh office closed Oct 14 19 Dr Kearse closing Nov 1 records available at 339 Dewey St Lost good Senate representation Orlando Cullinan endorsed for change.
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la Leche League
Rosemary Haley
Gage St
Pat Goodnow
First Baptist Church
Hildred Straub
Finland
Beyond
Frances Carman
Katherine Edson
Mabel Harris
Myra Borden
Mabel Fitzgerald
Rummage and Collectibles Sale At St Peter's Church
A rummage and collectibles sale will be held Friday Oct 15 from 11 am to 3 pm at St Peter's Episcopal Church with entrance on School Street. Variety of recycled warm clothing for all family members plus kitchen wares games jewelry and other items. Win Frantz, chairman, leads staff ready to assist the public.
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St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
School Street
Win Frantz
Senior Citizens Center Card Party and Social Dates
A public card party will be held Friday at the Senior Citizens Center 168 North St starting 8 p.m. Prizes will be awarded with last week’s winners Marion Jolivette Sal Macario and Alfred Pin sonneault. A Sunday social is set for Oct 17 at 1 30 p.m. Seats remain for a Dec 8 10 bus trip to Bethlehem Pa and the Amish country. For details contact Mary Seidel at the center.
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Senior Citizens Center
North St
Marion Jolivette
Sal Macario
Alfred Pinsonneault
Bethlehem
Mary Seidel
Common Cause analyzes Vermont vote records in Congress
Vermont senators Leahy and Stafford and Rep Jeffords show mixed votes with Common Cause positions. Leahy backed 17 of 18, Stafford 13 of 18 in Senate votes, Jeffords 11 of 17 in House votes. Some votes were not disclosed. red-lining and public financing debates noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Common Cause
Waterbury
UPI
Vermont
U.S
Citizens
Washington
Mary Miller
Sen
Patrick Leahy
D-Vt
Robert Stafford
R-Vt
James Jeffords
Federal Election Commission
Stafford
Jeffords
Convicts win at academics
Three convicted killers at Utah State Prison earned Phi Kappa Phi pins as the first inmates to be admitted to the University of Utah honorary society. Ronald May, Raymond Murphy, and Dennis Jacobs, all serving life terms, joined about 250 students in recognizing high academic achievement with GPAs of 3.6 or higher.
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John Shapiro
Nancy Bertelmann
Point OF the Mountain
Utah
UPI
Utah State Prison
Phi Kappa Phi
Ronald May
Raymond Murphy
Dennis Jacobs
University of Utah
The
Honorary Society
Obituaries for Eloise Dutton and Minnette Dill
Obituary notices announce the funeral for Eloise Mai Dutton 61 of Claremont New Hampshire and burial in Woodlawn Cemetery Newfane. Dutton was a former welfare secretary and mother of three with service members abroad. Also noted is funeral services for Minnette Dill 92 of Bennington former Pownal resident with surviving siblings and memorial contributions requested.
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Eloise Mai Dutton
Broad St
Claremont
N.H
New Hampshire State Division of Welfare
McKusker-Stringer
Broad _ St
Kermit Reilly
Peru
Minnette Dill
Pownal
Robinson Ave
Bennington
Springfield
Hanson-Walbridge Funeral Home
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Putnam Memorial Hospital
Robert Stout
Bradley Bean
Fred Whitlock
Eunice Farnum
Loomis Dana
Senior Citizens’ Center
United Counseling Service
Jane McGuire
Nancy Humphreys
Guy Harmon
Margaretta Schuyler
Bowman-Baldwin
N.Y
Church of the Immaculate Conception
H. Greenberg
Main Street
Montreal
Canada
North Hoosick
Robert and
Elizabeth Bowman
Abed
Bennington Briefs
VFW
Chittenden Trust Company
ADV
Dr. Ghosh
Kearse
Dewey St
State Senate
Orlando Cullinan
Franks
Safford & Gage
Leahy
CIA
Air Force
New Budget Act
Daniel and
Fannie (Clark) Barber
Henry E. Dill
Portland
Maine
Dill
Charlotte Lyons
Fannie Buskey
Bellows Falls
William
Sanford
Schenectady
Idhals
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