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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1965
Page
5
North Bennington High School announced two students earned Letters of Commendation for high NMSQT scores. Principal Catherine Corcoran identified Sarah Hyman, daughter of Stanley, among the commendations and noted the achievement reflects strong academic performance at NBHS.
The Shaftsbury area reports duty to verify voter checklists for the October 19 election and lists post locations for checks. It also notes Rev A J MacDonald returning from a conference meeting, Ian MacDonald studying at Hudson Valley College, and Carl Stacy visiting from Peabody. Two Shaftsbury youths, Edgar Hyman and Alison Nowak, are named among 38 000 nationally commended students for high school seniors in the Merit Scholars program alongside semifinalists.
The Pownals WSCS of Pownal Methodist Church will meet at 8 tonight at Mrs. Jerome Mattisson’s home in Pownal Center with Mrs. Charles Palmer in charge and Mrs. Sidney Clayton assisting. Troop 47 meets at 7 tonight at the Scout Hut. Mr. and Mrs. Ira Chaffee receive honors for their golden wedding anniversary. Open house for the Chaffe family awaits at 2 to 5 Thursday at Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Chaffee’s Pownal Center home. The anniversary couple have two sons and three grandsons. The Patterson family reunion drew 25 guests from The Pownall, Wallingford and Clearwater, Fla, at Floyd Patterson’s home with an outdoor buffet.
In Rupert, more than 250 Boy Scouts and 4H'ers attended the three day conservation camporee on Rupert Mountain led by James Woodard and Henry Freely. Vermont Forest and Farmland Foundation and town officials joined services and activities with many named participants and volunteers.
Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Blair were guest of honor at a surprise party Saturday night at the Mill House celebrating their 25th wedding anniversary. Blair, longtime Mack Molding Co. employee, and Geraldine Cummings Blair, married Sept 28, 1940 in St. Columban's Arlington. The couple's two daughters Cheryl and Pamela attended, presenting corsages and a boutonniere. guests came from Quincy Massachusetts, Seymour Connecticut, Bennington, and Arlington.
Manchester Dailey son Richard transferred from Rutland Hospital Wednesday to Mary Fletcher Hospital Burlington for surgery Thursday. Mrs Dailey remains in Burlington until his condition improves. Local visitors include Sue Saunders and Hamilton Hayes returning from UVM. A theft of about $20 in coins at Coburns barber shop Manchester Center under investigation with no forced entry found. Firefighters fought an oil stove fire at Nellie Twynes trailer on Du Fresne Pond Road with moderate damage. Glider pilots performed solo flights at Sugarbush Airport Warren. A cousin visited Seminary Avenue residents after 50 years. Alpha Thayer of Cayucos Calif joined the reunion trip to Manchester. Dean Junior College welcomed over 580 new students of Class of 1967 starting Sept 23. Dean College founded 1865 in Franklin Mass. Green Mountain College hires Charles O Duke of Barnumville as new Art Dept member. Duke holds MFA from Boston University.
Arlington residents spent weekends visiting relatives in Ashburnham and Ledyard while the Martha Canfield Library announ ced prize winners Nor ris L Tibbetts Guy Kagey Jerry Sargood and John Whalen. Arlington Troop 334 reports about 50 at Rupert wildlife camporee with many scouts and 4 H members participating. New troop members include Charles Howard and Kelly Owen. A light bulb drive is planned for November to raise funds for camping gear with donations to Troop 34 treasurer John Moore.
An advertisement promoting chiropractic care as a middle way between traditional insurance for health and sickness based care. It argues health rests on normal nervous system function and nerve force, maintained by regular treatments to prevent illness before it occurs, noting the spine houses nerve trunks emerging between vertebrae.
Mr and Mrs William E Burns of 38 River Street attended the funeral in St Johnsville for Miss Janice Chrisman twenty who was among thirty killed in a Pan American air crash nine days earlier in the British West Indies. The Grace Congregational Church service noted her role as an organist and that she had previously attended the Burns wedding.
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