VFW Posts Sponsor Student Essay Contests in Bennington and Manchester
The Voice of Democracy scriptwriting contest is sponsored in Bennington by VFW Post 1332 and Ladies Auxiliary with Ernest Costa as contest chairman. Eligible are 10th to 12th graders. five national scholarships total 13,500 dollars. Local winners record at WBTN with tape judging by community leaders. local prizes awarded by VFW and Ladies Auxiliary. Entries due December 9 to Costa. In Manchester Arlington, Harned Fowler Post 6471 and Ladies Auxiliary sponsor the event. contact Charles Hosley or Joyce Hosley for details.
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Voice of Democracy
Bennington
Post 1332
Veterans of Foreign Wars and
The
Ladies Auxiliary
Ernest Costa
Washington, D.C
WBTN
Costa
Manchester Arlington
Harned Fowler
Charles Hosley
Joyce Hosley
Brown Caron wed in North Bennington church ceremony
Sandra Caron daughter of Mr and Mrs Albert Caron of North Bennington married Lance Cpl Walter Brown son of Mr and Mrs Henry Brown of Walloomsac Oct 5 at Old Stone Church The Rev Elwin M Ellis officiated The bride wore a white silk lace gown carried white carnations Attendants Mr and Mrs Donald Rutley Reception for about 100 guests at Henry Brown Jr residence The bride’s mother wore pink The groom is stationed at Camp Lejeune N C after Vietnam service
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North Bennington
Albert Caron
Sandra
Lance Cpl
Walter Brown
Henry Brown
Walloomsac
Des
Old Stone Church
Elwin M. Ellis
Mrs
Donald Rutley
Bennington
Mrs. Rutley
Henry Brown Jr
Community club notes and Catholic event updates
Kk of C notes men bowling leagues begin Monday and Thursday with sign ups via J Russell Carpenter Jr John Burke and Edward Pinsonneault Sr. cribbage play at 7 p m Mondays and the Gus O Hare trophy to be displayed in the council chamber. St Francis Xavier Cathedral in Alexandria La Oct 8 Mass honored Bishop Greco with Archbishop Raymondi and Cardinal Cushing among 30 bishops present Morrissey attended as one of 61 state deputies guests. Bennington Fourth Degree Assembly had five candidates Sunday in Barre with Charles Jasman of Montpelier officiating. Bennington Council praised for charity contributions as Jerome Barry of Bellows Falls won the car. Other prize winners included Henry Salem of Bennington. Dues are due to Edwin Maroney.
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John Burke
Edward Pinsonneault Sr
Gus O’hare
Council Chamber
Gerald E. Morrissey
St. Francis Xavier Cathedral
Alexandria
Greco
Luigi Raimondi
D.C
United States
Richard Cardinal Cushing
Boston
Robert F. Joyce
Burlington
Morrissey
Supreme Council
Bennington
Barre
Charles Jasman
Montpelier
700 Officials To Discuss New England Pollution
New Haven Conn Oct 29 30 1968 700 officials engineers scientists educators and municipal and industrial personnel will gather at the Park Plaza Hotel New Haven to hear technical papers on new developments and operation control of water pollution. John V Richards Vermont health chief leads meetings of the New England Water Pollution Control Association which is part of the Water Pollution Control Federation with 14000 members.
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New Haven
Conn
John V. Richards
Vermont Department of Health
New England Water Pollution Control Association
Park Plaza
New England Association
Water Pollution Control Federation
Yuletide Tea Planned At St. Peter's Bennington
The Women of St. Peter's Church plan the annual Yuletide Tea in the Parish House on Pleasant Street Friday December 13 from 3 to 5. Chairwoman Mrs. Peter M. Hoar announces committee heads for kitchen sandwiches cookies decorations tea table linens hostess waitresses and tickets. A Christmas Shop with tree and gifts will be open, led by Mrs. Ferdinand L. Mayer Mrs. Townsend Wellington and Mrs. Walter Lapham.
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St. Peter’s Church
Bennington
Pleasant Street
Peter M. Hoar
James Horne
Richard Geannelis
T. Garry Buckley
Richard B. Leake Jr
Juliette McC. Shields
Health Week Sponsored By 10 Vt Agencies
Rutland Vermont Health Week spans October 2026, sponsored by the Vermont Health Council a coalition including the Vermont Heart Association and Vermont Nursing groups. Emphasis on drugs health careers and fitness with publications from participating organizations. The Health Careers Council was created this year with Pelton Goodey as executive director at 5 Maple St Randolph.
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Rutland
Vermont
Vermont Health Council
Vermont Heart Association
The
Arthritis and Rheumatism Foundation
Vermont Tuberculosis and Health Association
Vermont State Chapter
National Foundation
March of Dimes
Vermont Nurses Association
Vermont Nursing Home Association
Vermont Hospital Association
Vermont Pharmaceutical Association
State Health Department
Vermont State Medical Society
Health Careers Council
Pelton Goodey
Maple St
Randolph
Welcome Wagon Fashion Show Draws Local Support
About 125 people attended the Bennington Welcome Wagon Club Fall Fashion Show at the McCullough Big House with prizes awarded to Joyce Sukel Ethel Bugbee Dorothy Donaldson Mrs John McCurdy and others. Proceeds go to United Counseling Service as Mrs David Plummer thanked sponsors Nichols Department Store Shultz Jewelers Dragon's Old Bennington Woodcrafters and more.
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McCullough
Bennington Welcome Wagon Club
Joyce Sukel
Ethel Bugbee
Dorothy Donaldson
John McCurdy
Edward Gunther
Robert C. Lewsey
Hoosick Falls
Bernard Cohen
David Berry
Judy Manes
Florence Wood
A&W _ Drive-in
Dunhams
Evans News
Fairdale
Wings Award Ceremony For Brownie Troops 21 And 373
Brownie Troops 21 and 373 met at Sacred Heart parish hall to celebrate girls receiving their wings. Recipients included Carol LaCroix Dee-Dee Sourcliffe Valerie Deptula Wanda Stemp Gail Charet Brenda King Sharon Salem Judy Knights Louise Kinney Susan Wallie and Michelle Hoth. Junior attendees included Patty O'Brien Nancy Eustis and Susan Thibo deau with Cindy Bett and Lucy Berard on hand to welcome. Margaret Roy former Senior Scout and co-led helped with the ceremony. Refreshments served to 40 Brownies and leaders Helen Therriault Louise Farr Jeanette Arnone Estelle Hoth Anne Lundergan.
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Brownies
Sacred Heart Parish Hall
Carol LaCroix
Dee- Dee Sourcliffe
Valerie Deptula
Wanda Stemp
Gail Charet
Brenda King
Sharon Salem
Judy Knights
Louise Kinney
Susan Wallie
Michelle Hoth
Cindy Bett
Lucy Berard
Margaret Roy
Helen Therriault
Louise Farr
Jeanette Arnone
Estelle Hoth
Anne Lundergan
Funeral for Justice Gavagan Held at St. Vincent's Ferrer
A Requiem Mass was offered in St. Vincent's Ferrer Church in New York for Justice Joseph A. Gavagan of the State Supreme Court who died Friday in Bennington. Born in 1892, he served 16 years in Congress after a 1923 Assembly term, supported anti lynching legislation, and retires at year end. Interment followed at Gate of Heaven Cemetery.
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New York
N.Y
St. Vincent’s Ferrer
Joseph A. Gavagan
State Supreme Court
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Bennington
Central Park West
Manchester
Gavagan
New York City
Fordham Law School
Washington Heights
Inwood
Manhattan
State Assembly
Congress
House
Roosevelt
Senate
Vincent R. Impellitterri
Justice Gavagan
Dorothy Whitehead
Washington
Joseph A. Jr
Auburn
Wash
Thomas Gorman
Gate of Heaven Cemetery
Stevenson Renamed Leader of Boy Scouts
Rutland's Ethan Allen Council re elected Frank R Stevenson as president at the annual meeting. Officers named include Sanborn Partridge, Bernard Young, and Benjamin Wissler as vice presidents with R Lawlor Cooper Arthur Dick and Carlo Zezza as national council reps. Plans to expand Scouting in southern Vermont target 33 percent of boys served in five counties.
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Rutland
Frank R. Stevenson
Proctor
Ethan Allen Council
Boy Scouts of America
Sanborn Partridge
Bernard Young
Springfield
Benjamin Wissler
Middlebury
R. Lawlor Cooper
Arthur Dick
Carlo Zezza
Chester
National Council
Vermont
Putnam Volunteer Corps Offers Second Training Program
The Putnam Volunteer Corps, a men’s service program, will offer a second training session sponsored by the local Red Cross chapter in Bennington. Volunteers aid Putnam Memorial Hospital patients with walking, eating, shaving, and hospital routines, open to men 16 and older.
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Putnam Volunteer Corps
American Red Cross
Bennington
Red Cross
Putnam Memorial Hospital
New Party Conference Dates in Woodstock Vermont
The conference on Political Alternatives in Woodstock Oct 26 27 invites all views to discuss boosting voter participation. Speakers include Dartmouth historian Dr Charles Wood and Dan Fivel with Gerald Witherspoon and Ann Raynolds from Chicago Democratic conventions.
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New Party Conference
Woodstock
Woodstock Inn
New Party
Vermont
Denise McCluggage
Warren
Charles Wood
Dartmouth College
Dan Fivel
Washington, D.C
National New Party
Gerald Witherspoon
Ann Raynolds
Chicago
Witherspoon
Raynolds
Wood
Don Fivel
Washington
Con
Vermont Poets At Middlebury Meet For 21st Anniversary
The Poetry Society of Vermont marks its 21st founding anniversary at an annual meeting on Nov 2 at Middlebury College. Morris Wilcox will moderate with Prof Robert Hill as critic. A 2 pm workshop in the Johnson Memorial Building precedes a 5:30 pm Forest Hall East dinner with reservations due by Oct 30.
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Middlebury
Poetry Society of Vermont
Middlebury College
Christian A. Johnson
Morris Wilcox
Burlington
Robert Hill
Forest Hall East
Marian Gleason
Appletree Point
PSOV
Keene Sentinel backs Humphrey in endorsement
The Keene Evening Sentinel endorsed Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey for president and Sen. Edmund Muskie of Maine for vice president. The paper said it shares a deep seated desire for change and supports the Democratic ticket as the 1968 campaign moves forward.
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Keene, N,h
UPI
Keene Evening Sentinel
Hubert H. Humphrey
Edmund §. Muskie
Maine
British report links liquor to industry losses and worker absence
A UPI story from London notes three charities estimate the liquor problem costs about 250000 British workers a Monday absence. The piece pivots to political endorsements and urges reforms and new faces in government, singling Humphrey and Muskie and contrasting Muskie with Agnew. It recalls the Sentinel’s 1964 Johnson endorsement.
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London
UPI
Social Influences in Asia To Be Explored at Dartmouth
Dartmouth hosts the fifth regional meeting of the Association for Asian Studies on Oct 26. Panels cover Moore's Social Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy with Harvard scholars, focusing on Asia. Events include East Asian landscape paintings, an Indian classical music concert, and panels for teachers and scholars with registration fees of 2 dollars for adults and 1 for students.
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Asia
Dartmouth
Hanover
N.H
Association For Asian Studies
Dartmouth College
New England
Barrington Moore
Harvard University
United States
Jonathan Mirsky
East Asia Language and Area Studies Center
Mirsky
Howard L. Erdman
Richard Kagan
China
Samuel P. Huntington
Harvard
Moore
Benjamin Schwartz
John Hall
Yale
Japan
Richard Taub
Brown
India
Lloyd Rudolph
Susanne
University of Chicago
William D. Y. Wu
A Dart
Max Loehr
Richard Barnhart
T. Akiyama
University of Tokyo
Stanley Rothman
Smith College
A. F. K. Organski
University of Michigan
Hopkins Center
Faulkner Recital Hall
Nageshwara Rao
Wesleyan University
David Muller
Delmar Goodwin
Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee Center For
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J. Russell Carpenter Jr
Edwin Maroney
Ben Franks
Furniture Inc
ELM Street
Yuletide Tea
St. Peter’s
Health Week
UCS
Brownie
Patty O’brien
Nancy Eustis
Susan Thibodeau
Justice Joseph Gavagan
F.R. Stevenson
Boy Scouts
Armand A. Lampton
Howard Dufresne
E. Urner Goodman
Bondville
Milton Wolf
Wilmington
Putnam
Robert D. Stout
Senior Citizens
Senior Citizens Center
Bennington Lanes
North St
George Wallace
Keene Sentinel
Humphrey and
Muskie
White House
Gov. Agnew
the Sentinel
President Johnson
Barry Goldwater
Rex
Helen Cornell
Rexall
Quinlan
Main Street
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