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Bennington Banner

Location

Bennington, Vermont, United States of America

Date

Sep 09, 1970

Page

11

Open Primary Ballot Count in Pownal Vermont

Out of 1129 eligible voters 150 cast ballots in Vermont s first open primary election. Charles F Mason ran the polls with Rachel Mason town clerk as official checker. Ballot clerks included six women and Ellen Lillie. Board of Civil Authority members Marcel Langlais and David Adler counted ballots. Also notes on religious class registration at Our Lady of Lourdes Church and visits of local residents to Lake Champlain cottage. The Pownal Lions Club planned its first fall meeting.

Pownal Vermont Charles F. Mason Rachel Mason Selah Burdick Margery Hurley Florence Towslee Marie Welch Dorothy Towslee Ellen Lillie Board of Civil Authority Marcel A. Langlais David Adler

Extension delegates meet in Arlington hosted by local clubs

The Home Extension Delegates and President's meeting convened September 3 at West Arlington Church Community House with about 40 attendees. Plans discussed include bag project submissions to Red Cross or extension in Bennington by Sept. 26, a October 7 Otoga Springs bus trip, and a fall meeting October 22 at Pownal Methodist Church featuring Simplicity Pattern Co. with wardrobe planning, plus Operation Gift Lift donations. Edith Shinkfield won the Seaton beer brewing contest at the Seaton Village Show.

Arlington Home Extension West Arlington Church West Arlington Isabel Pope Elizabeth Hess Florence Waltman Betty Jones Arlington Club Clara Keough Emily Brodeur Little Dorothy Hurley Pownal Ington County Red Cross Bennington Otoga Springs Evelyn Jones Dorset Jones Pownal Methodist Church South Pownal Bennington County Simplicity Pattern Co Waterbury Hospital

Missing Whitingham teen leads mass search, still unfound

David Sprague, 15, is missing from Whitingham since Saturday. More than 100 searched the area Tuesday with State Police, local firefighters, and volunteers from six towns and Massachusetts. He was last seen near home, limping from a horse kicking injury. His family fears a seizure may have occurred.

Whittingham Whitingham David Sprague Harold Sprague Brattleboro Wilmington Young Sprague

Shaftsbury youths campaign for Muscular Dystrophy drive

Shaftsbury Maria Levin Aula Evans Gail Evans Dawn Gallant and Sally Mattison seventh and eighth graders campaigned on bicycles for a Muscular Dystrophy drive this weekend on channel six and raised 74.96 from townspeople. Hale Mountain Fish and Game Club plans Sept 14 meeting at 7 p.m. to elect officers with John J. Murphy urging attendance. Shaftsbury state aid petitions to cut education funds circulate in Harrington's store.

Maria Levin Aula Evans Gail Evans Dawn Gallant Sally Mattison Channel Six Mountain Fish and Game Club John J. Murphy Shaftsbury Harrington

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