Boston College Professor Addresses BCHS Faculty on Teaching
Dr John D Walsh associate professor of education at Boston College told Bennington Catholic High faculty that any subject can be taught with the right methods. He argued even first graders can grasp complex topics and outlined four questions for curriculum revision. The talk, connected to Ford Foundation curriculum improvement, drew teachers from St Francis de Sales and Sacred Heart.
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Bchs Saber
John D. Walsh
Boston College
Bennington Catholic High
Walsh
Jereome Bruner
Harvard University
Boseton College
St. Francis de Sales Academy
Sacred Heart School
Catholic High
Ford Foundation
North Bennington Meets Tonight On School Future
North Bennington residents gather at 7 30 in the school gym to hear the district board and local representatives discuss school problems and options. Officials including Fred Welling Lionel Nowak William E Dailey Jr Lawrence F Powers and Mt Anthony Union Board members John McCullough Arthur Wickenden will answer questions and listen to voter ideas. The Norshaft joint high school study suggests lower costs outside the union, prompting a petition to withdraw with a vote set for November 17. The board urges maximum turnout for a full discussion.
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North Bennington
Fred Welling
Lionel Nowak
William E. Dailey Jr
Lawrence F. Powers
Mt. Anthony
Shaftsbury
Norshaft
Sunderland Democrat Candidate Bets on Fish and Education
Ralph A. Bentley, 53, challenger to incumbent Harriet R. Stone for Sunderland town representative, explains switching to the Democratic party five years ago over Republican business concerns. He pledges cooperation with the school board to improve Sunderland education, supports union schools as a solution, and favors fewer larger districts. Bentley, fourth generation of the Bentley family from Manchester, has 34 years of Sunderland residence. his father, Richard M., once Sunderland representative, vanished in 1962 while hunting ginseng in the East mountains.
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Bentley
Sunderland
Bentley Hill
Southeast Corner Road
Manchester
Richard M
Stone
Montpelier
Burlington
South Troy
N.Y
United States
Arlington Post
American Legion
Grange
Burr and Burton Varieties entertain Manchester crowd
The Burr and Burton Seminary Drama Club staged the second annual Varieties show in the school gym. Led by Peter H. Schoffstall, the program featured skits, songs, dances, and visiting students including Thomas Martin as Pyramus. Other performers included Linda Eaton, Kathy Dugan, Mary Ellen Benson, Jim and Cynthia Fleming, Prudence Humphreys, Tom Heald, David Dodson, and many soloists and instrumentalists. A highlight was The BBS Annex Blues.
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Manchester
Burr and Burton Seminary
Peter H. Schoffstall
Thomas Martin
Manchester Center
Pyramus
Avon
Linda Eaton
Kathy Dugan
Mary Ellen Benson
Jim
Cynthia Fleming
Prudence Humphreys
Londonderry
Tom Heald
Chester
David Dodson
Acworth
N.H
Mary Ella Stannard
Hilary Waters
Leland and Gray Seminary
Townshend
Janice
Janet Taft
James Stacy
Howard O’donovan
Sally Barrows
Cathy T. Smith
Marcia Wilcox
William
Robert Belanger
Sue Saunders
Nancy Jo Howard
Bernadette Lyon
James Henry
Sandra Eggleston
Dorothy Goodell
Susan Miller
Sue Smith
Diane Dufresne
Ezra Smith
Lisa Dillmann
Sharon Lorenzo
Craig Fedor
Sylvia Hartwell
Darlene Fielding
Michael Campesi
Stuart Beattie
Ted Day
Cathy Smith
Sharon Peck
Annex Blues
William Fritts
Drama Club
Sandra Edgerton
Pam Fontana
Patty Adams
Sue Batchelder
Rosemary Land
Miss Peck
East Arlington Sunderland Family Weekend Visits
East Arlington residents Mr and Mrs Leland Wheeler of Fitchburg Mass spent the weekend with their daughter and family Mr and Mrs William Graves. They helped celebrate grandson Daryl s upcoming fifth birthday. Fellow visitors included Mr and Mrs William Aussicker of Ballston Lake NY with their aunt Mrs Donald Davis. Mrs Olive Whitman and Mrs Emily Vernooy of Sunderland traveled to Albany to visit Mrs Vernooy s son Douglas a patient at the Veterans Hospital.
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Leland Wheeler
Fitchburg, Mass
William Graves
Daryl
William Aussicker
Ballston Lake, N.Y
Donald Davis
Olive Whitman
Emily Vernooy
Sunderland
Albany
Hoosick Falls Boards Approve Zoning Change and Cable
The Hoosick Falls Village Board passed a zoning change for Center Street School from residential to business at two hearings with no attendees. Attorney John Davison sought the change to sell the property to Nicholas Mahoney, publisher of the Hoosick Falls Standard Press, who plans to move his business there. The second hearing approved Better TV Inc of Bennington to install and maintain cable TV lines for residents.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Mahoney
The
Better Tv, Inc
Bennington
Little Theatre Plans Wednesday Meeting At Mrs Burchard Home
The Little Theatre will meet Wednesday at 8 p.m. at Mrs John on Burchard Avenue for its monthly gathering. A special program of entertainment will be conducted by Paul Fink.
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Little Theatre
John
Burchard Avenue
Paul Fink
Parish Dinner and Guild Events Named for Election Day
Hoosick Ada M Breer reports chicken dinner and baked ham supper on Election Day in the parish hall organized by All Saints Guild. Home Dem Unit to meet Tuesday night November 10 with Mrs Barbara Breese. Crusaders to meet Wednesday night November 4 with Mrs Leila Shaw. Mrs Harry E Cipperly and Mrs Leona Webster of Petersburg visiting Agawam Mass with Mrs Leon Mullett.
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All Saints Guild
Home Dem
Barbara Breese
Isabelle Marshall
James Smith
Crusaders
Leila Shaw
Harry E. Cipperly
Leona Webster
Petersburg
Agawam
Mass
Leon Mullett
Wood Flong Employee Honored at 25-Year Dinner
HOOSICK FALLS NY John Winegard of Hoosick was guest of honor at the Wood Flong Corp 25-Year Service Club dinner held at Paradise Restaurant in Bennington. He received a 25-year certificate and a $100 gift. 36 attendees included 10 15 and 20 year honorees while Thornton Hall and Ralph Millington represented the company.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
John Winegard
Hoosick
Wood Flong Corporation
Paradise
Bennington
Winegard
Thornton Hall
Ralph Millington
Hall
Earl Kenney
Bald Mt 4-H Horse Club meets at Doornhof Farm in Shaftsbury
The Bald Mt 4-H Horse Club held its Oct. 21 meeting at Doornhof Farm West Shaftsbury with a Dressage talk by Henry Schurink followed by Q A. Nov. 11 meeting will be at Arlington at 7 30 p m to discuss the annual banquet. Shaftsbury School Association plans a Cole Hall food sale Nov. 3 during polls hours. Items may be left at Mrs. Eleanor Hysek’s home. Jay Mattison remains ill at home. Mr and Mrs Walter Ready visited his mother in Pound Ridge NY.
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Bald Mt. 4-H Horse Club
Doornhof Farm
West Shaftsbury
Henry Schurink
Keynith Knapp’s
Arlington
Shaftsbury School Association
Cole Hall
Eleanor Hysek
Main Street
Jay Mattison
Walter Ready
Pound Ridge
N.Y
Amelia Ready
Niles elected Agricultural Engineering Club president
White Creek Donald Niles son of Mr and Mrs Donald Niles major in agricultural engineering technology at State University of New York at Cobleskill has been elected president of the Agricultural Engineering Club. WSCS Methodist food sale set Election Day Nov 3 Bennett Sisson store.
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Donald Niles
State University of New York At
Cobleskill
Agricultural Engineering Club
WSCS
Methodist Church
Bennett & Sisson
Jermain Methodist Church
Anne Kyer
Chloe Lobdell
God
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Vermont Container Corporation
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Democrat
Ralph A. Bentley
Harriet R. Stone
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Bob Appel
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Arthur Smith
George Holzbauer
Dicky Smith
Peter Church
Bob Hall
North Petersburg
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Fat Man
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Kim Nelson
Billy Hall
Edward Green
Beaumont
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Bank
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Brate
Mabel Wetherell
Springfield
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