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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1965
Page
5
Dorset Republicans are urged to attend the town caucus at Dorset Elementary School next Monday at 8 p.m. The meeting will elect two year town committee members and officers and select the town representative on the Bennington County Committee. James Stannard is now Dorset’s representative to the county committee.
Elizabeth Dwyer notes choir rehearsal at the Congregational Church will resume Thursday at 7 p.m. In North Bennington and parts of Shaftsbury, power will be interrupted between 1 and 1 30 a.m. Wednesday due to emergency transformer bank work. CVPS spokesman said today.
The Pownal Vera Langlais Scout Troop 47 meets tonight at 7 in the Scout Hut as the fall program begins. Scoutmaster Rolland Roy invites Pownal boys 11 and older to join. Cub Pack 47 reactivation meeting set for Wednesday at 7 30 with parents urged to discuss the program. District 32 residents reminded of Wednesday deadline to file Primary petitions for Vermont General Assembly with 50 signatures. two representatives elected Oct 19.
Mr. and Mrs. Val Clifford and son Patrick of Fremont Ohio arrived Friday to spend the holiday with Mr. and Mrs. Robert C Benedict and Mrs. Michael Kelly Their daughter Maura who spent August here will return with them Jon C Orvis a former Arlington industrial arts teacher is noted in the lineup of local mentions
State Highway Department will perform surface retreatment this week on Vermont Route 100 between Readsboro and Whitingham. Traffic will be maintained. Memorial High School alum now heads the industrial arts department at Fair Haven Union High School and is a Keene State College graduate. Community notices include American Legion Post 69 Tuesday at 8 p.m., Red Mountain Chapter CES Wednesday at 8 p.m. at the Masonic Temple, WWI Veterans at VFW Manchester, and Red Mountain Lodge 63 Friday at 8 p.m.
Power in parts of Shaftsbury and all of North Bennington will be interrupted between 1 and 1 30 a m Wednesday due to emergency transformer work CVPS said. Shaftsbury Health Association membership drive extended to Sept 11 with chairman Ruth Martin available Sunday and Monday evenings from 6 for canvassers to drop reports. The Hoyt home hosted a family birthday gathering for Mrs Mary Hoyt with 30 relatives including 18 of 21 grandchildren. Elsie Carlisle honored on Friday retiring from Eagle Square Mfg Co with a surprise party and gifts including a gold pin and toy dog.
A meeting of the Equinox Flying Club is set for Thursday at 8 p.m. at the hangar. A World War I veterans greeting gathering for locals within 30 miles will be held Wednesday at 8 p.m. at the VFW Post 6471 on Flat Road in Manchester Depot. Refreshments will be served.
Good wishes are extended to five AVM freshmen from Dorset who left Tuesday for Burlington for college. They are Patience Brooks, Robert McFall of South Dorset, Katherine McWayne, Bruce Fay of Dorset and Howard O'Donovan of East Dorset. Col Robbins P Crowell of Dorset Hollow was added to Putnam Memorial Hospital. Grace Casey returned home to South Dorset after a stay in Granville New York.
Shaftsbury kindergarten registration for five year-olds will be held Wednesday and Thursday, Sept. 8-9, at Shaftsbury Elementary School. Registration times are Wednesday 10-11:30 a.m. and 2-5 p.m., Thursday 2-5 p.m. Bring birth certificates showing five by Jan. 1, 1966. Classes begin Monday, Sept. 13. watch The Banner for notices.
William H. Morse Construction Co. of Bennington won the contract to widen U.S. 7 into two extra lanes near the Green Mountain race track. Bid was 72,293 dollars and the project should take about two months with a survey by J. H. Stearns of Montpelier. The work will separate racing and through traffic and include traffic lane signs.
Hoosick Falls residents report summer travels and family visits. Sandra Reynolds returns from Colombia after an international exchange, plans Cortland State. Dr and Mrs Robert Hulihan of Newburgh host relatives in Hoosick Falls. Allen Finzer undergoes Air National Guard Officers Training at Fort Knox. George Spendiff marks 25th anniversary at Grange Hall with open house. Rogers Avenue families vacationed at Woods Hole and Cape Cod, while Crowley and Liporace sail for Bermuda on the Ocean Monarch.
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