Prospect School opens year in own building with 89 students
North Bennington private Prospect School started fall term with 89 pupils including 7th and 8th graders in its own building, after purchasing the former founder's property. Enrollment rose 15, with about 15 in junior high, as the school expands from teaching only up to 6th grade since 1965.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prospect School
North Bennington
Prospect
Jane McCullough Thompson
Cambridge
Mass
Marian C. Taylor
North Village
Taylor
Bennington
Bennington College
Continuing Education at St Joseph College Opens Registration
Adults may enroll in St Joseph College Continuing Education on Sept 13 14 and 15 from 6 to 9 pm in the evening division classes start Sept 20 at 7 30 pm each class meets once weekly enrollment is open to men and women of all ages with or without qualifications Courses cover business administration secretarial and liberal arts with aims toward vocational training skill improvement cultural broadening career prep transfer credits and an associate degree Sixty seven people attended Redeemer Lutheran Churchs first worship service Sept 12 at St Joseph College auditorium with Pastor Rev Allen Barnes noting services will be held Sundays at 9 am Nursery provided and visitors welcome
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St. Joseph College
James G. Donahue
Redeemer Lutheran Church
Allen Barnes
Daniel Hansen
New Ministries
American Lutheran Church
Curtis Engburg
Engburg
Eastern District Board of New Ministries
Bennington District Court cases in Monday session
Judge John P. Morrissey presided as Neil Moss’s prosecutor Jon Gramhofer in multiple Bennington District Court cases. Defendants faced driving while intoxicated, speeding and related offenses on Route 7 in Bennington and Pownal, plus other charges in Shaftsbury and Readsboro. Bail and fines varied, with some defendants released on recognizance. One defendant faced a hospital-commitment condition. another received a six to twenty-four month suspended sentence with probation for a breach of peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John P. Morrissey
Bennington District Court
Jon Gramhofer
Bennington
Neil S. Moss
Rocco N. Colliano
Pownal
Colliano
Joel W. Burrington
North Adams
Mass
Melta Uzel
Barbers’ Pond Road
Martin D. Conquest
Monument Avenue
Terrence Colford
Savoy
Readsboro
Colford
Vermont
Earl V. Pierce Jr
Bradford Place
Pierce
Armistead D. Meade III
Depot St
Richville Road
Manchester
Gerald B. Edwards
West Hartford
Shaftsbury
Edwards
David C. Hassin
Hassin
Warren C. Green
Holy Smoke Road
G. Green
Liberty Union maps strategy for upcoming elections meeting
BRATTLEBORO Liberty Union schedules a Sept 18 gathering at 3 p.m. at 183 Western Ave Brattleboro, hosted by Doris and Peter Diamondstone. Agenda includes legal action to regain ballot status, conference involvement on peace and justice, strategy for Vermont Senate and House races, selection of local leaders, and a proposed national third party coalition for 1972.
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Brattleboro
Liberty Union
Doris
Peter Diamondstone
Western Ave
Vermont
U.S. Senate
U.S. House of
Getting Along With Others Lecture in Bennington
Charles M. Carr Christian Science teacher and practitioner will give a free lecture titled Getting Along With Others on Saturday at 3 p.m. at the First Church of Christ Scientist corner Silver and Hillside. All are welcome. Plain Dirt Garden Club September meeting is September 21 with a 2 p.m. house tour starting at Mrs. Arthur Roberts.
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Charles M. Carr
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Silver and
Hillside Streets
Plain Dirt Garden Club
Arthur Roberts
Housing inspection topic highlighted at Bennington meeting
The Bennington County Human Resource Council will meet Thursday from noon to 2 PM at the Second Congregational Church hall to hear Bennington housing inspector Paul Clermont give a briefing. Tony Masso will chair his final meeting as president and a nominating committee proposes Robert L. Green Jr. for president Pat Ryan for vice president Janice Serrigo for secretary and Brad Sanborn for treasurer.
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Bennington
Brad Sanborn
Loomis Dana
Joe Higgins
John Geer
St Peters seminarian wed at St Peters Church Saturday
Jennifer Louise Elwood Wilson of Corona California wed Livingston Tallmadge Merchant Jr in St Peters Church on Saturday Sept 11. The bride, a Occidental College and NYU educated teacher, and the groom, Harvard MFA PhD, previously taught and studied abroad. Guests from out of town attended the ceremony and reception in the parish hall with clergy from nearby churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virgil Elwood Wilson
Corona, Calif
Jennifer Louise
Livingston Tallmadge Merchant Jr
St. Peter’s Church
Washington
D.C
Chatham
Mass
John Riddle Jr
Bennington
St. Peter’s
Edward B. Geyer, Jr
Edward T. Patrick
Donald A. Webster
Trinity Church
Rutland
Vermonters on N E Council to tour Vernon nuclear plant
Vermont members of the New England Council for Economic Development will meet in Brattleboro on Sept 24. After lunch they will tour Vermont Yankee in Vernon with Albert A Cree of Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp as luncheon speaker. The event includes a brief business session and director nominations for the council.
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Vermonters
N.E. Council
Vernon
Brattleboro
Vermont
New England Council For Economic Development
Stone Fence Inn
Vermont Yankee
George J. Gladding
Times-Argus
Barre
Albert A. Cree
Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp
Cree
Central Vermont Public Service Corp
Central Vermont
New England
Green Mountain College
Rutland County Humane Society
Electric Council of
New England Council
Boston
Vermont Council
Gladding
Edward C. Andrews Jr
The
University of Vermont
Burlington
Borden E. Avery
Avery Inns of Vermont
Norwich
H. Stanwood Brooks
St. Johnsbury
John T. Fey
National Life Insurance Company
Montpelier
Albert A. Flory
Citizens Utilities Company
Newport
Kenneth F. Hammer
Fairbanks Morse Inc
Donald S. Kendall Jr
Mack Molding Co
Arlington
William M. Lockwood
Howard National Bank and Trust Co
John J. McCauley
C.E. Bradley Laboratories Inc
Roe B. McKenzie
Montpelier National Bank
Glen M. McKibben
Green Mountain Power Co
W. Edwin Millikin
BPW Tours Veterans Home Annex in Bennington
Twenty BPW members and one guest toured the Vermont Veterans Home addition on Wednesday. Gen Giles Col Harmon and Col Farr explained the new therapy rooms recreation spaces and resident rooms with TV monitors. The group impressed by the interfaith chapel and displayed work then adjourned to Mt Anthony Country Club for dinner and the first meeting of the year led by Pat Herring. The next meeting on world affairs is set for Oct 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington Business and Professional Women’s Club
Vermont
Gen. Giles
Col. Harmon
Col. Farr
Mt. Anthony Country Club
Pat Herring
Edward H. Giles
Vermont Veterans’ Home
BPW
Amherst welcomes 322 freshmen including Pete Fairley
Amherst College begins orientation for the class of 1975 with 322 freshmen. Pete Fairley of Bennington is among them, after earning four varsity letters in football and basketball at Mt. Anthony Union High School. The group will participate in activities tied to Amherst’s sesquicentennial year, including the October inauguration of Prof. John William Ward as president.
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Amherst
Mass
Peter Rush Fairley
Paul J. Fairley
Pine Road
Bennington
Amherst College
Young Fairley
Promerito
Mt. Anthony Union High School
John William Ward
Newcomers Tour Mansion for Welcome Wagon Meeting
Newcomers toured the McCullough Mansion on Thursday for the Welcome Wagon Club’s first fall gathering. Tours were led by Mrs. Tordis Isselhardt, executive director of the McCullough Park Foundation, as new members welcomed included Eveline Goyer Kathy O'Leary Pauline Buchanan Janice Stevens Joyce Barns Joy Bushman Joan Milsovic Audrey Barton Betsy Paulsen Claudia Lehmus Rozann Rodenberg and Belisle.
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McCullough Mansion
Welcome Wagon Club
Tordis Isselhardt
McCullough Park Foundation
Eveline Goyer
Kathy O'Leary
Pauline Buchanan
Janice Stevens
Joyce Barns
Joy Bushman
Joan Milsovic
Audrey Barton
Betsy Paulsen
Claudia Lehmus
Rozann Rodenberg
Belisle
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North
St. Joseph
First Lutheran
Champlain
Champlain College
Bennington County
Richard T. Brunina
Douglas Brunina
Jefferson Heights
Marlene M. Knapp
Bernard W. Knapp
Twitchell Hill
Theresa J. Laskey
June Laskey
Maple Street Extension
Cynthia E. Lasher
Richard Lasher
Depot Street
Kelli J. Racicot
Raymond Racicot
Burgess Road
Geraldine A. Salter
Shirley S. Salter
Gage St
Joseph C. Galli
John Galli
Crow Hill Road
Msgr
Louis Gelineau
Robert F. Joyce
Dean C. Corrigan
College of Education
Bennington Briefs
Bennington, VT
St. Peter’s Seminarian
Mrs. Merchant
Occidental College
Los Angeles
Calif
University of California At
BPW Tours
Veterans’ Home
Pete Fairley
Bennington Banner Telephone
Bennington Banner
Main St
Banner Publishing Corp
United Press International
New York Times News Service
Matthews, Shannon & Cullen Inc
Vichals
Reserve
Elks
Bennington Lodge of Elks
MR. Nixon
County National Bank
Bennington and
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