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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1969
Page
8
Manchester residents will see the First Congregational Church get a new look as Martin J. Downs of Chester uses an air powered sand blaster on the church’s 150 foot façade. Downs notes the tool can cut through paint and wood sap without damaging the structure, and the church will stay white after restoration.
Manchester hosts visiting residents from Clovis California Silver Creek and Romulus New York as the community prepares for youth and school activities. The Junior High Pilgrim Fellowship will hold a potluck supper at 6 p.m. Saturday in the Youth Center with hamburgers hot dogs guitars and instruments welcome. The Manchester Parent Teachers Association opens its first meeting on Thursday Oct 23 at 7 30 p.m. at Manchester Elementary School to discuss the new individually prescribed mathematics program and its classroom application.
Pvt. Steven Leonard of North Pownal has started clerical training at Fort Knox Kentucky after enlisting in the U S Army soon after marrying Linda Jacobsen of Lime Hill North Pownal His basic at Fort Dix New Jersey concluded October 2 His official address is Pvt Steven Leonard 008-36-2698 C-72 Class 14 Fort Knox Kentucky
John Wyman of Fort Wayne visits during bow and arrow deer season. Arlington Garden Club meets next Tuesday at Mrs John Haugsrud’s home for a round table on Living With Houseplants. Hostesses include Mrs Dorothy Coleman, Mrs Wilfred Racine, Mrs Manfred Ehrich, Mrs Thomas Chambers, Mrs Alfred Andrews and Mrs Nils Green.
Williams College Center for Environmental Studies in Williamstown Massachusetts has been awarded a 200000 grant by the Rockefeller Foundation to sustain and expand programs over three to five years. Director Prof Andrew J W Scheffey says funds will support undergraduate education research and the Berkshire Panel for the Public Environment. Plans outline a new undergraduate program enabling a balanced sequence of courses across departments while majoring in a discipline.
Hoosick Falls reports include Dennis McGuire 16 undergoing surgery at Putnam Memorial Hospital after a fall from a truck tailgate during a paper drive. Also noted: Mary Sweet and Mrs. John Heselton returning home from vacation in Florida. A newborn boy was born Tuesday at Putnam Memorial Hospital to Mrs. Donald Tate. Upcoming Oct 29 budget hearing in municipal building for Town of Hoosick with a 1970 tentative budget of 144861.44, up by 16811 from last year. Extended items discuss Williams College Center for Environmental Studies projects, Berkshire County environmental issues, and Rockefeller grant expansion plans.
Plans are under way for the Harvest Home Festival by the Women’s Fellowship of the North Bennington Baptist Church. The event runs Nov. 14 from noon to 8 p.m. in church social rooms with numerous committees led by Mrs. Bernard Whitman and other parishioners handling food, crafts, candy, jams, teas, decorations, plants, toys, gadgets, jewelry, and publicity.
North Hoosick volunteers launch tag days to fund a new fire truck. Delaney's Corner at Routes 22 and 67 will host sales. The department now operates a 1948 Ford pumper and a 1965 Ford tanker.
Announcement states catechism classes for Our Lady of Lourdes Church children through grade 6 will not be held this Saturday in Bennington. Classes resume October 25 at 9 a.m. The Board of Civil Authority will meet Saturday night from 8 to 10 in the town office to prepare for the November 4 school vote, with eligibility checks for residents not on the official checklist.
Shaftsbury investigators probe a pre-dawn fire that leveled a Shaftsbury Hollow camp near a woods road east of the Shaftsbury Hollow road. Chief John Wood said the unoccupied building burned before two trucks and about 20 firemen arrived around 2 10 a.m. Trooper Thomas Marcotte assisted. North Bennington Fire Department aided under mutual aid.
Eleanor Niles and Mr and Mrs Michael Mc Coubrey of Philadelphia were guests last week of Mrs Opal McCoubrey at White Creek, sharing hospitality and conversation during the visit.
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