Red Cross Seeks 250 Gift Bags for Vietnam Servicemen
The Bennington County Red Cross aims to fill 250 duty bags for U S service members in Vietnam with a Oct. 15 deadline. Bags should be green or red with double drawstrings and sturdy fabric. The effort includes extensive volunteer staff and gift items such as nail clippers toothbrushes soap and candy. A Bloodmobile event is set for Wednesday at the Elks Barn from noon to 6 p.m. Volunteers from the Burlington Regional Blood Center will staff the drive.
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Red Cross
Vietnam
Far East
U.S
Bennington County
Elks Barn
Burlington
William Sennett
Edward MacKinnon
Bernard Leamy
John Ogilvie
Emma Page
Gray
Gladys Leslie
Leon Cooper
Richard Leake Jr
John Sloan
L. Alden Graves
Franklin Jones
Ned Healy
N.Y. DuHamel
Elizabeth Giddings
Priscilla Butler
Virginia Lonergan
Virginia Morse
Helene Wolfe
Janet Fabricius
Natalie Wolfe
Mary Schaaf
Grace Reed
Dorothy Crane
Jennie Gardinier
Dorothy Haddad
Grace Keough
Fred Beecher
Fabien Kunzelman
H.J. Wallace
Leo Brimmer
W.F. Stow
A.C. Huntoon
Edward Christopher
Helen Thomas
Loyal Nash
American Red Cross
Walthrude Pierce
Everett S. Lillie
Molly Stark
Vermont
Sheraton Motor Inn
Marshall Spear
Rosalind Davis
U.S. Dept
PMH School of Nursing Accredited
New York New York The Henry W Putnam Memorial Hospital for Practical Nurses school of Bennington has been accredited by the National Association for Practical Nurse Education and Service since 1950 The U S Commissioner of Education Harold How II called its contribution distinguished The Bennington hospital school of nursing organized in 1947 graduated first class in 1948 and by now 274 graduates.
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New York
N.Y
Henry W. Putnam Memorial Hospital For Practical Nurses
Bennington
National Association For Practical Nurse Education and Service
Napnes
U.S. Office of Education
Harold How II
U.S. Commissioner of Education
United States
Bennington Hospital School of Nursing
Antique Car Prizewinners Named
The Antique and Classic Car meet awarded prizes across nine classes from prewar to late classics. Winners include J Van Allen with a 1917 Studebaker and Jane Bryant with a 1930 Buick, plus a special prize to Joseph of North Bennington for organizing judging. A color TV went to Gary Michaels for entering the most cars with zero points.
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Robert Gilroy
LeRoy Mizener
Orlando
Fla
Mizener
Gilroy
GBA
Buckler
Greater Bennington Assn
J. van Allen
Studebaker
Bradley Case
William Case
Buick
Jane Bryant
Leonard Gove
Chevrolet
Charles Peacock
Shaftsbury
Robert Samuels
Chrysler
Robert Parrish
Pontiac
Warren Hoar
Continental
George Wallace
Duesenberg
Gordon Morris
Packard
R. Lundsted
Pierce Arrow
Luke Peters
Cadillac
E.T. Billing
Auburn
Walden Schmitz
Ed Stolarczyk
Clayton Thomas
Ford
Robert Astorino
E.C. Legenbauer
E.H. Beane
Francis Mulberry
Mercedes-Benz
C.J. Mulhern
Bentley
Ed Lake
Rolls-Royce
Joseph Joseph
North Bennington
Gary Michaels
102
River Street
CDA Notes St Andrew 259 CDA first meeting Sept 12
Catholic Daughters of America held its season kickoff at St Andrew 259 with Grand Regent Jean Stone presiding. Discussions covered ecumenical use of CDA rooms, Vermont Catholic Women convention insights, leadership for women, abortion and civil rights stances, and upcoming events including a Sept 22 bake sale at K of C Hall. A items include donation to Catholic Near East Welfare Association and a October products demo by Florence Spicer.
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O’neill
NCCW
Mary Patrick
Callahan
WCCW
Blanche Shea
Warner Nursing Home
Barbara Hurley
Fairview
CDA
K of C Hall
Cummings
Rena Riley
Catholic Near East Welfare Association
Stone
Florence Spicer
Vermont Day Shines at Eastern States Exposition Big E
Vermont Day at the Big E features Vermont building demonstrations crafts and dairy foods plus a 4 p.m. parade with high school bands and dignitaries from Vermont. Diana Ross and the Supremes perform at 5 and 8 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. showcases by Dan Fleenor’s Hurricane Hell Drivers thrill the half-mile track.
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Springfield
Mass
Vermont
Avenue of States
Hartford
Brattleboro
Whitingham
Mummers
WAF
Westover Air Force Base
Maple Sugar
Vermont Dairy Princess
Miss Vermont
Diana Ross
The
Supremes
Dan Fleenor
Big E
Mallory Arena
Jersey
Shropshire Hampshire
Southdown
Joe Ferko
Bennington Area Unemployment Remains 1.7 Percent in August
Uninsured and insured unemployment in Bennington area averaged 1.7 percent for August, matching state rate. Initial claims totaled 89, a dip from July’s 142, with apparel manufacturing driving many layoffs. Weekly volume averaged 126, down from July, while benefit exhaustions reached 54 year to date. Local office serves Bennington County with weekly itinerant service in Arlington and Manchester.
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Bennington
Frank H. Mudgett
Department of Employment Security
Vermont
Bennington County
Arlington
Manchester
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Barcelona
Spain
UPI
Salvador Dali
Air India
Dali
PMH School of Nursing
Robert
Tolvo
Spring Street
Williamstown
Main ST
Stark Hose
Toe Pee
Que Elas Adams
Jint Department
James Masa
Dodge
Frank Hillman
Franklin
Max Matthes
Mary L. Remington
Hurley
Spicer
Msgr. Flanagan
God
Mary Ellen Rogalski
Albany Medical Center
Better Living Center
Dane
Mrs. Lillie
Ing Waters
Mass. Mutual Life Insurance Co
Bennington Banner Tel
Business Newsroom
Bennington Banner
Banner Publishing Corporation
United Press International
Abel Cable
Better Tv, Inc
Park & Tilford Distilling Co
Nationwide
Nationwide Insurance
Business - Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co
Nationwide Mutual Fire Insurance Co
Nationwide Life Insurance Co
Columbus, Ohio
Donald F
Riker
Norman R
Strobridge
North St. Bennington, Vt
Charles E
Watson
Park St. Ext
Bennington, Vt
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