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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1971
Page
8
The Church of the Immaculate Conception will sponsor bingo games each Tuesday, per the Sunday bulletin. A Hoosick Falls license from the state Bingo Control Commission has been requested to support the events. Proceeds will help cover accelerated costs in the operation of St. Mary's Academy.
Hoosick New York Mr and Mrs Edward Goodermote were feted by about 200 relatives and friends at a Baptist Church hall party marking their 60th wedding anniversary They were married Sept 11 1911 in Petersburg The couple who reside in Hoosick have six children and six great grandchildren and remain active in the local Baptist church A memory lane display of their life accompanied gifts including a family ring and tie clasp from their children.
Lucy Doane, recently retired art supervisor for Rutland Schools, presents a one woman exhibition at the Governor McCullough Mansion in North Bennington. The artist, with a long career in school workshops and public murals, is on the Chafee Gallery board and has previously shown at Gallery 2 Woodstock and Red Barn Gallery. The mansion gallery is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and Sunday. the exhibit committee urges public attendance.
The administrative board will meet at the church Monday Sept 27 at 8 p.m. Food and rummage sales will be held at the United Methodist Church Saturday Sept 25 from 9 30 a m to 3 30 p m. Service for circuit churches is Sunday Sept 26 at 10 30 a m at North Hoosick United Methodist Church. Scrapped paper drive netted about two and a half tons for the Malcolm Hamilton family effort. Several local residents and visitors are listed with trips and calls across Hinsdale Schaghticoke Schenectady and Bennington communities.
Mrs. Marion Cuttler returns to St Petersburg after five week visit with Mr and Mrs Gordon Ware in Pownal Center. Richard Rogers, son of Donald and Mrs Rogers of Pownal, enters Northeastern University Boston electrical engineering with aid. Pack 347 Cub Scout parents meeting at Pownal Center firehouse Wednesday Sept 22 at 7 30 PM. at least one parent needed to register his son.
Selectmen questioned a firm move price after a $20,000 bid from Lester H. Davis. They estimated $30,000 total including site work and heating, with private contributions possible. Concerns centered on guarantees of the building’s condition and a final cost figure before a town vote.
Readsboro Central School faces a shutdown of its internal drinking water system and has been advised to install chlorination facilities. Vermont Water Resources Board chief engineer W A McQuarry announced the action at a board meeting. Tighe and Bond of Holyoke proposed testing procedures and a small chlorination setup, with initial cost estimates around $200 plus variable total water use costs. Silvano Massari, Readsboro School Director, cited metered flow as key to determining final cost.
T F A Bibby of Brattleboro elected Marlboro College trustee for six years at the annual meeting. Bibby has a long Vermont background, Army service, Mobil Oil roles in Latin America, and later work in Marlboro College development and Vermont real estate. He and his wife Joan Keffer have two sons at Lawrenceville School.
West Arlington and Bernal Road residents gathered for a family visit including Mrs Helen Donaldson and the Kilmartins of Stamford Conn. A new grandson Nathaniel Murphy born Sept 15 at Melrose Hospital to Stephen and Melinda Pelham Murphy. Carl Hess returns from visit with Roger Bolster family in Springfield.
Correction notice states Mrs. Thomas Weakley s Brownie Troop will meet at Bailey Hall instead of the firehouse. The gathering is set for Thursday at 3 15 p m with Arlington Helene Thompson listed for contact.
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