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Newspaper

Bennington Banner

Location

Bennington, Vermont, United States of America

Date

Sep 12, 1966

Page

6

Local voters and officials prepared for The Pownals primary

In The Pownals 891 voters may cast ballots Tuesday as polls open 10 to 7 in Town Hall. Marcel Langlais serves as presiding officer and Rachel Mason as official checker. ballot clerks include Jay Buck Louella Willis Frances Lampman and Vera Langlais. BCA met to revise the checklist. In Hoosick Falls NY barber Charles Straub received a 50 year pin at Sharkey's Hotel with guests including union officials.

Pownals Board of Civil Authority Marcel A. Langlais Rachel Mason Jay Buck Louella Willis Frances Lampman Vera E. Langlais BCA Hoosick Falls N.Y Charles Straub Bennington Sharkey’s Troy Chester Carboni Straub Philip Laine

Ekwanok Gift Boosts Arkell Endowment Fund

At the Southern Vermont Art Center annual meeting the Ekwanok Club of Manchester gave $1,000 to the Bartlett and Louise Arkell Endowment Fund. The gift raises the fund to $9,700 toward a $100,000 goal, supporting the center’s growth as a cultural force in the state. John L. Hawkes of Dorset was elected to fill a vacancy on the Board of Trustees.

Manchester Ekwanok Club of Bartlett and Louise Arkell Endowment Southern Vermont Art Center SVA Ray P. Foote Dorset Ekwanok Arkells Carleton Howe Ekwanok Club John L. Hawkes

Vermont lumber group elects officers at Basin Harbor

Arlington Edward J. Doyle attended the Vermont Lumber Dealers convention September 7 8 and served on the nominating committee for the association. Carleton Howe was elected president with Mrs Bartlett Arkell and Robert C Brewster as vice presidents and Dr Ilsley S Zecher as treasurer clerk. A resolu tion to dedicate Gallery I as the Bartlett Arkell Gallery and a marble plaque were approved. Mrs Lawrence P Pennell won a $700 oil painting Sea Sand and Scrub donated for the Arkell Fund. A fall exhibition runs to Oct 12. Democratic caucus names John Keough David Hon and Gerald Raftery as candidates for justice of the peace.

Edward J. Doyle Miles Lumber Co Vermont Lumber Dealers Basin Harbor Carleton Howe Bartlett Arkell Robert C. Brewster Ilsley S. Zecher G. Stewart Bennett Manchester Center Robert A. Beyers Chittenden Frederick J. Burghard Dean Fausett Ray P. Foote Hawkes Erwin S. Jennings Hugh W. MacNair Norman B. Wright Dorset Orland Campbell E. A. Callanan A. A. Garthwaite F. Leslie Jones Bernard Peyton William Resor E. R. Tinker M. Rogers Warren Henry H. Wehrhane Miriam Wolff Manchester Jay H. Connaway Ogden Pleissner Pawlet Stuart Eldredge Springfield Willard A. Riggins Londonderry Gene Pelham Sydney N. Stokes Arlington N. A Arkell Fund Sunderland John Keough David Hon Gerald Raftery Gladys Hon Town Democratic Committee

Women Fellowship Hears Nigeria Speaker at North Bennington

Mrs. Babs Fafunwa of Nigeria spoke at the opening fall meeting of the Congregational Church Women’s Fellowship in North Bennington. She described life in Nigeria, its educational progress, and hopeful signs for a free society. Upcoming events were announced, including United Church Women study groups starting Sept 13, Vermont State Congregational Fellowship meeting Sept 22, Waterbury Workshops Sept 28 and Oct 20, and a November Gray Lady class with Red Cross sponsorship. An October day retreat at Merck Memorial Forest in Rupert led by Rev. William Abernethy was announced, with baby-sitting services available after school by request.

North Bennington Babs Fafunwa Nigeria Women’s Fellowship The Congregational Church River Road Kendall Rich Fafunwa John Kennedy United Church Methodist Church Bennington Merck Memorial Forest Rupert William Abernethy Theodore Thomas Sr

Hor ton family returns home after Rhode Island trip

Mr. and Mrs. Howard P. Horton have returned to their Circle Drive home after visiting their children in Kingston and Barrington Rhode Island over the past week. They also saw Horton's brother Edwin Horton and wife in Cranston. Mrs Elsa Aaseth of Oslo recently visited Norman Fair at Strattonwald and Mrs Sigrid Moller, mother of Mrs Fair, whom she had not seen in 38 years.

Howard P. Horton Circle Drive Kingston Barrington R.I Horton Edwin Horton Cranston Elsa Aaseth Oslo Norway Norman Fair Strattonwald Sigrid Moller Moller Fair

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Vera Langlais Barber Roland Roy Henry Brown Eben Lillie Florence Towslee Marcel Langlais A. Coleman Mason Arthur E. George Fletcher Hall Bennington Assembly No. 6 Order of the Rainbow General Assembly Barre Diane Beecher Ruth Gavin Jane Lackey Louise Vail Dorothy Hathaway Fletcher, Hathaway Gavin Ladies Aid Society of the First Baptist Church General Fund Harold Rhodes Frank Haley Marry Blake Lloyd Rathbun Raymond Coulter Susan Pudvar Richard Pudvar Central Missouri State College Warrensburg North Pownal Linda Pudvar Albany Junior College Fishman’s MAIN Bennington, VT POLO Fienberg Main ST POL Al.ady Garden Club of Manchester Equinox House Miriam B. Wolff G. Murray Campbell Karl Thieme Landgrove Ringheiser Arkell Endowment Arlington East Helene Thompson Politic AL Advertisement ADV Hobart Agnew Leland Palmer Bernice Webster Attorney General’s Office Jim Oakes Brattleboro Statutory Revision Commission Public Service Commission Windham County Highway Investigating Commission RULES Judiciary Vermont Trial Lawyers Association Robert H. Gibson Oakes Vermont Winhall John O. Slade General Electric J.H. Winslow Plumbing & Heating Supply CO Depot Greenberg Versa Board Cash & Carry H. Greenberg & Son Main Street Lumber Bennington
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