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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1967
Page
6
Shaftsbury residents join the annual community celebration with a Halloween youth parade starting at Cole Hall. Fire trucks lead the route through East Street and Cleveland Avenue to the firehouse, where costume judging and refreshments follow for all ages.
Williams College will raise tuition from 1800 to 2000 dollars and room rent from 400 to 460 dollars for the 1968-69 academic year. President John E. Sawyer announced the Board of Trustees decision, aiming to maintain education quality and faculty salaries while noting aid programs will rise to match higher charges.
Shaftsbury residents attend a Fire Company wives dinner at Town House Cambridge to show appreciation for auxiliary support. Visitors from Ocean Gate New Jersey and Springfield Virginia stay with local families and tour Washington. Community events include a school clothing drive for Appalachia and church suppers with films and canvassing training.
Paran Recreations Inc directors envisage major Lake Paran upgrades for next summer including a new bath house and revised dues. Preliminary sketches by Stewart Allen propose a rectangular or L shaped facility with dressing rooms showers toilets a concession and first aid space. Cost aims to stay within about 14 000 funded by donations while current finances show last year’s deficit near 984 amid bad weather and lower admissions and memberships.
The Banner hosted 25 members of the Southwestern New England Suburban Editors Association for their fall meeting with an open house, dinner, and a discussion led by Frank McCarthy of The Berkshire Eagle on recruiting and training staff reporters. The group includes WBTN and several New England papers, with planning for a spring Keene Sentinel host. Directors raised family and individual memberships to 15 and 7.50, borrowed 2,200 to cover deficits, and will reserve capital funds for improvements while tightening future project funding via an ad hoc committee.
Winhall Ralph Norse, injured in a log ging accident Oct 1, was discharged from Rutland Hospital last week and is convalescing at home. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Crowninshield of Brockton Mass spent last week at their Vermont home on Vt 30. A bear sighting near their apple trees 60 to 70 feet from the house was observed Friday night by Mrs Crowninshield, but a skunk delayed a closer look and the issue was to be discussed at a later meeting.
Town of Hoosick Democrats hear District Attorney M Andrew Dwyer of Rensselaer County as principal speaker at the pre election dinner at the local Elks Club. Village Police Justice Robert Shiland presides as MC with local candidates announced including Harold Crowley Rudolph Beck Alfred Eberle Robert Haynes Charles Scarey Thomas Wysocki and Edward Gorman. A well baby conference and a book fair are listed with times and locations in Dorset and Dorset Elementary. A 90 year old Dorset resident Bernie Kinnie is noted for joining the club of nonagenarians. Nepal’s King Mahendra begins a Washington visit on Nov 1. a Mass honors William T Kelley and wife at St Margaret Mary’s Church. Conferences on retardates are reported with Mrs Doyle as president of the Vermont association. Benediction and consecration of families to Christ the King scheduled. high school students urged to attend.
Samuel C. Brown former S S Pierce executive from Boston and Williams College board member is named vice president finance and development and assistant secretary effective January 1. He will resign from the board before starting. Brown 55 class of 1933 will reinforce development programs and long range planning while handling government relations and campus growth.
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