Union School Directors study preliminary questionnaire results
The Mt. Anthony Union School Board reviewed early data from a public opinion survey of about 2,500 residents. Roper Center figures from 669 responses show a cross section of voters in six districts, with 86 percent reporting they had voted last spring on a school bond issue.
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Mt. Anthony Union
Public Information Committee
Roper Opinion Research Center
Williams College
Arthur S. Faris
Union Board
Holden-Leonard
Ben-Mont Avenue
Faris
Dio
Friends
Roper Center
Union School
Infant Dies of Acute Meningitis, Coroner Reports
Albany coroner Dr. Leon L. Feldman announced that 19 month old Ronny Parks died from acute meningitis after being struck by a backing truck in a County Street driveway. He was taken to Putnam Memorial Hospital then Albany Medical Center, dying October 17.
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Leon L. Feldman
Albany
Ronny Parks
Roger Parks
South Branch Street
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Albany Medical Center
William C. Cameron
County St
Youth Receives Suspended Sentence For Traffic Violations
Danby teenager John E. Smith pleaded guilty in Bennington County Municipal Court to leaving the scene of an accident careless driving speeding and road law violations. He received a 90 day suspended sentence in the county jail and a total fine of 73.10 with probation and restitution to a mail box owner.
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John E. Smith
Danby
Bennington County
Smith
Manchester
George M. Fienberg
William A. Taylor
Belle Glade
Fla
Williamstown
Mass
William E. Hill
Vermont
Pownal
Hill
Jaycees To Host Roll the Barrel Fund Raiser
The Bennington Jaycees announce a roll the barrel smoker on Oct 30 at 8 p.m. in 409 Main St rooms. A brewery backs the annual project and will donate $500 to the Vermont Junior Chamber of Commerce for youth sports. Brattleboro Jaycees will provide the barrel and orientation for attending young men aged 21 to 35.
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Bennington Jaycees
Main St
Vermont Junior Chamber of Commerce
Jaycees
Brattleboro
Bennington Banner Publication and Delivery Details
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sunday and legal holidays at 425 Main St Bennington Vermont by Banner Publishing Corporation. It is a member of the Associated Press with AP dispatches for republication. Home delivery by carrier and by mail. Subscription rates apply within a 50 mile radius.
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Bennington Banner
Main St
Bennington
Vermont
The
Banner Publishing Corporation
Associated Press
Hogan Warns Bennington Tax Deadline Approaching
Treasurer Michael J. Hogan Jr. reminds Bennington taxpayers that Thursday October 31 is the last day to pay local property and poll taxes without a penalty. Unpaid bills incur an eight percent tax collectors fee and a warrant listing delinquent taxpayers will be sent to Tax Collector Julia K. Nash.
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Michael J. Hogan Jr
Bennington
Hogan
Bennington Village
Bennington Graded
Greater
Julia K. Nash
Committee OKs Construction of Victory Dam
The Water Resources panel in Vermont endorsed building the long proposed Victory Dam reversing an earlier report that water quality would be too poor for recreation. The panel said initial problems would improve over time and the decision was announced in Lyndonville and Montpelier by panel chairman Carl Gordon.
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Montpelier
Philip Hoff
Victory Dam
Carl Gordon
Lyndonville
Funeral for Edward L. Bent Veteran WWI
Funeral services were held Friday from Han son-Walbridge Funeral Home for Edward L. Bent 74 a World War I veteran who died Wednesday. The Rev Melvin R McGaughey officiated with committal at Park Lawn Cemetery. Military honors included folding and presentation of the American flag by Commander Kenneth Baker and Past Commander Edward Rood. Katrina Koziol and Daniel Gates sounded taps at Village Cemetery. Attendees came from the local area and from New York.
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Hanson - Walbridge
Edward L. Bent
Melvin R. McGaughey
First Methodist Church
Park Lawn Cemetery
Bent
Kenneth Baker
Edward Rood
American Legion
Katrina Koziol
Daniel Gates
New York
Adult Education Opens Registration for Benhi Classes
The Benn ington Graded School District sponsors adult education for the new school year with courses in bookkeeping woodworking typing sewing and a GED refresher. Enrollment is limited to 16 plus and requires a registration blank in The Banner.
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Bennington
School Lunch Menu Roundup at Benn Elementary
Benn Elementary outlines a week of lunches featuring beef stew with vegetables and bread on Monday, meat loaf on Tuesday, tomato soup and chicken salad on Wednesday, spaghetti with meat sauce on Thursday, and fish cakes on Friday. A second week includes oven fried chicken, pizza, vegetable soup, hot dogs, and macaroni and cheese with assorted sides and milk.
Ben Mont Paper to Move Wells River Plant to Bennington
Wells River operation of Ben Mont Paper Company will relocate to the Bennington home plant. Fifteen workers will be affected as management cites economic reasons and expects completion by Thanksgiving.
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Ben- Mont
Wells River
Ben - Mont Paper Company
Bennington
H. J. Wallace
Ben - Mont
Retired Ambassador to Russia Dies at 91
SAN DIEGO Calif AP Retired Adm William H Standley 91 longtime US ambassador to Russia during WWII died Friday He lived on San Diego Bay in Coronado and had hip surgery July 23 He had retired from the Navy in 1937 after four years as CNO and was recalled in 1941 to join a Pearl Harbor inquiry commission Appointed ambassador to Russia in 1942 by F D Roosevelt served through 1943 His experiences led him to believe communism would fail He warned in 1958 that an uprising could come in Russia and that the free world should be ready to act
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San Diego
Calif
William H. Standley
United States
Russia
Standley
San Diego Bay
Coronado
Naval Hospital
Navy
Naval Operations
Pearl Harbor
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Kansas State University
School Street
Eda
Union St
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Arlington
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