New Social Worker Joins UCS Staff in Bennington County
Ann C. McNees, a Chapel Hill native and Swarthmore graduate, joins United Counseling Service of Bennington County as a social worker this week. She replaces Burin Tager, who leaves full time duties for NYU Albany studies and will remain part time. McNees has held roles in Boston and Newton, and previously with Massachusetts Division of Child Guardianship. She and her husband Stephen McNees reside in Williamstown.
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United Couseling Service
Bennington County
Ann C. McNees
McNees
Chapel Hill
N.C
Swarthmore College
Pennsylvania
Boston
Newton
Mass
UCL
UCS
Jeffords Signals Support for Hand Gun Permits in Vermont
Vermont Senator James Jeffords says he has no serious objections to requiring permits for hand gun purchases, while opposing mandatory gun registration in the state. He urged laws to bar sales to out-of-staters, expand concealed weapon rules to include hand guns, and require reporting of gun sales to authorities.
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Jeffords
Legislative Council
Gun Control Study Committee
Vermont
GOP
New York
Massachusetts
Rutland
Robert Franzoni
New Jersey
Funeral for Mrs Helen Forcier at St Francis de Sales
The funeral of Mrs Helen Forcier of Pow nal a Dutch Haven Motor Court owner and longtime Ben Mont Paper Co. employee was held Friday at Mahar and Son Funeral Home and St Francis de Sales Church with a Requiem High Mass officiated by Rt. Rev. Msgr. Francis B. Fanagan. Bearers were Milton Hattat Donald Dufresne Augustine Baker William Baker William Kennedy and Robert Gauthier. Burial followed in Park Lawn Cemetery with Msgr. Flanagan officiating committal prayers. Relatives and friends came from Pittsford Pownal St Johnsbury Windsor Williamstown Mass and nearby areas.
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Helen (Hattat) Forcier
Pownal
Dutch Haven Motor Court
Mahar and Son Funeral Home
St. Francis de Sales Church
Francis B. Fanagan
Milton Hattat
Donald Dufresne
Augustine Baker
William Baker
William Kennedy
Robert Gauthier
Committeemen Named To County ASC Unit
Bennington County ASC elected committee men announced by Robert Graf. Communities Arlington Sandgate Sunderland Millard Vaughn as chair James M Edgerton as vice chair E W Mattison Sr regular member Earle Hill first alternate Charles Bentley Jr second alternate. Dorset Manchester Landgrove Peru Winhall Christopher Bryant chair Robert Beattie vice chair Edward J Forrest regular member Leon Edgerton first alternate Robert Hathaway second alternate. Pownal Readsboro Stamford Burton Peckham chair Paul Foster vice chair Robert Fowler Wilhelm A Strohmaier first alternate Charles B Palmer second alternate Rupert J Wilson Laurie chair Francis Leach vice chair Henry Steel regular member Roger Leach first alternate Richard Perkins second alternate. Three regular members from each community serve as delegates to county convention December 10 at 2 p.m. at the Bennington County ASCS office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington County
Robert Graf
ASC
Arlington - Sandgate - Sunderland
Millard Vaughn
James M. Edgerton
E.W. Mattison Sr
Earle Hill
Charles Bentley Jr
Bennington - Shaftsbury-Searsburg - Woodford
James E. Williamson
Everett S
New England foliage report from UPI briefing
Foliage across northern New England shows deep color in far northern areas with an excellent weekend ahead. Central sections are just starting to turn with some color at high elevations while southern areas of northern New England see turning at higher elevations. Peak color is at least a week away with Massachusetts Berkshires about ten days out and Connecticut Rhode Island seeing occasional color in western Connecticut. The note also mentions Bennington County ASC vacancies and a public convention.
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Boston
UPI
New England
The
Automobile Legal Association
Massachusetts
Berkshires
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Diabetes Tests At Senior Center October Seventeenth
Diabetes tests will be offered on Thursday October seventeenth from 2 30 to 4 30 p m and 7 30 to 9 30 p m at the Senior Citizens Center 120 North St sponsored by the Center and the Bennington Business and Professional Women's Club Eligible if 35 or older or relatives of diabetics or excessively overweight Test by finger prick takes minutes Organized by State Health Department Chronic Illness Division Emphasizes early detection to prevent complications
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Senior Citizens Center
North St
The
Center
Business and Professional Women’s Club of
Bennington
State Department of Health
United States
Vermont
Margaret Knights
Iaa Damon, Conductress
Cmdr
Thomas Kinney
VFW Post 1332
Hurley Bros
North Street
Marilyn Morse
Springfield
Eleanor Welch
Davis Stamina Challenged in Vermont Governor Race
Democratic State Chairman Frank Esposito accused GOP leader Elbert G. Moulton of acting as a second-string candidate while Deane C. Davis rested. He questioned who is running for governor and whether Davis has the stamina to meet voters and govern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
UPI
Frank Esposito
Esposito
GOP
Elbert G. Moulton
Deane C. Davis
Senior Citizens Center Notes Update
The Senior Citizens Club will meet Monday at 7 30 p m at the Center with a social hour following. A public card party is planned for Friday October 4 at 8 p m at the Center with prizes and refreshments. The club thanks the Bennington Fire Department for the trophy awarded after the Battle Day parade.
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Senior Citizens Club
Bennington Fire Department
Three From Town At Senior Workshop in Montpelier
A Senior Citizens Workshop was held at the Tavern Motor Inn in Montpelier this month. Bennington attendees included Mrs Ruth Jackson, Mrs Matilda Stocking and Leonard Black as part of a series co sponsored by the Franklin County Senior Center and the Vermont Interdepartmental Council on Aging. Forty participants from across the state attended two days of talks and discussions on Community Resources and the Senior Citizen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tavern Motor Inn
Montpelier
Bennington
Ruth Jackson
Matilda Stocking
Leonard Black
Franklin County Senior Center
State of Vermont Interdepartmental Council On Aging
Williams College Photography Club Announces Fall Exhibits
The Williams College Photography Club lists a fall exhibit schedule at the college art museum Lawrence Hall. Oct 5-27 Vibrating World by J Cristiaan Stuten and Hans Peter Widmer. Oct 28-Nov 15 Island Nantucket by Andy Oates Martha Allen and Clinton and Edith Andrews. Nov 20-Dec 11 Photographs of Gene Pyle. Dec 4-19 two George Eastman House exhibits Francis Brugiere and Contemporary Photographers III. Club seeks exhibit trades or joint contests and invites correspondence to Rick Beinecke Carter House Williams College Williamstown MA 01267.
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Williamstown
Mass
Williams College Photography Club
Lawrence Hall
IBM
J. Cristiaan Stuten
Hans Peter Widmer
Island
Nantucket Island
Andy Oates
Martha Allen
Clinton
Edith Andrews
Nantucket
Gene Pyle
Time-Life
University of Georgia
George Eastman House
Francis Brugiere
Contemporary Photographers III
Williams Photography Club
Rick Beinecke
Carter House
Williams College
Sunday Proclaimed Carl Ruggles Day
Gov Hoff proclaimed Sunday as Carl Ruggles Day honoring 92 year old Bennington resident composer-painter. The executive proclamation coincides with a Bennington concert featuring his works.
Bennington Banner Advertising and Rates Notice
Bennington Banner lists contact numbers for Advertising and Newsroom in Bennington Vermont. Publication details include daily weekday schedule and subscription rates by mail for Vermont and U.S. destinations with 50 mile radius prices.
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Bennington Banner
Main St
Bennington
The
Banner Publishing Corporation
United Press International
UPI
Vermont
U.S
Woodford Clerk Sets Woodford Hunting Hours
Woodford town clerk Nedra Hager announces extended hours for hunting season prep. The town clerk’s office will stay open until 9 p.m. the night before each season opens and on Saturdays until noon.
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Woodford
Nedra Hager
Grange I Proposes State Center In S Royalton
Grange members from across the state will tour the old Royalton Town Farm on Oct. 6 as a potential Vermont Grange Center site. The plan includes a home for retired Grangers, offices, storage, conference rooms, a printing room, and a museum. An outdoor chapel, amphitheater, pond, and camping facilities for youth and adults are planned with volunteer labor in phases.
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South Royalton
Old Royalton Town Farm
Vermont
Vermonters Listed Among UVM Freshmen Class
Burlington area and surrounding towns are represented in the University of Vermont freshman class. The list includes Arlington, LeGrand. Eastview Drive residents Deborah Allen and Deborah Delude. Brissette and Cassano families. Hall, Heil, Holland, Jones, and Shaffe youths. Strobridge, Towne, Wilson, and Demarest members. Manchester, North Bennington, Pownal, Readsboro and Shaftsbury students. Notable family ties appear across Bennington County as 784 Vermonters join 1,350 freshmen.
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Burlington
University of Vermont
Bennington County
Daniel Cadiz
Jefferson Heights
Ann Reid Hall
Joseph H. Hall
Harwood Hill
James Everett Harrington
Solomon Harrington
McKinley St
Gregory Alan Heil
Eugene C. Heil
R.D
Mary Anne Holland
Daniel Holland
Imperial Ave
Elizabeth Osborne Jones
Franklin P. Jones
Richard Steven Moss
Abraham Moskovitz
Sharon Drive
David Bruce Shaffe
Joseph Y. Shaffe
Union St
Alan R. Strobridge
Norman Strobridge
Box
Gary T. Towne
Betty J. Manning
Park St
Philip Turner Wilson
Robert M. Wilson
Pippin Knoll
Dorset
Peter George Demarest
Kenneth E. Demarest
Manchester
Paul Harold Bullock Jr
Bullock
Seminary Avenue
Manchester Center
Leroy Harwood Hayes
Walter Hayes
North Bennington
Russell Jeffrey Barber
Ralph Barber
Dunham Avenue
Claren S. Corey Jr
Corey
David L. Hazelton
Alfred L. Hazelton
Deborah A. Johnson
John Johnson
Laura Jane Pratt
Lloyd W. Pratt
Michael Steven Walsh
David Walsh
Niles Road
Pownal
Hunter Names Campaign Aid for Gubernatorial Bid
MONTPELIER William Hunter of Burlington named former national Jaycee President James Antell as one of his two campaign chairmen Antell will share the role with Burlington Alderman Clifford Dubie Hunter earlier joined Lt Gov John J Daley to test Antell as a possible running mate Hunter opposed a sales tax saying it would hurt the least able to pay and favored new revenues from an expanded economy or new taxation areas
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Montpelier
William Hunter
Burlington
National
Jaycee
James Antell
Hunter
State House
Antell
Clifford Dubie
John J. Daley
Daley
Bennington
Brattleboro
McCarthy Withdraws Name From New Party Ballot
Senator Eugene J. McCarthy of Minnesota asked Secretary of State Harry Cooley to remove his presidential candidacy from the New Party ballot for November. Cooley also noted that Mayor John Lindsay may seek removal and that McCarthy’s Vermont ballot removal was requested via telegram. The New Party’s three presidential electors could remain on the line with no presidential or vice presidential names.
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Montpelier
UPD
Eugene J. McCarthy
Harry Cooley
New Party
Cooley
New York
John V. Lindsay
Robert Sweet
McCarthy
Vermont
University of Vermont
Thomas Spinner
Burlington
Francis Callahan
Springfield
David Sellers
Waitsfield
Miss Denis: McCluggage
Warren
Windsor inmates seek insanity hearing in escape case
Four Windsor prison inmates charged with escape and grand larceny filed for an insanity hearing in Windsor District Court. The men Danny Crichton Gale Thompson Richard Reginbald and George Novak are 20 22 22 and 19 respectively from Wilder Ferrisburg Bennington and St Albans. A fifth prisoner Albion Brown 22 of Northfield has already been sentenced after pleading guilty. The motion was taken under advisement by Judge Palmer Ainsworth.
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White River Junction
UPI
Windsor Prison
Danny Crichton
Wilder
Gale Thompson
Ferrisburg
Richard Reginbald
Bennington
George Novak
St. Albans
Windsor District Court
Albion Brown
Northfield
Palmer Ainsworth
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Ann C,. McNees
Sen
Mrs
Helen Forcier
Bradford
Veal Parmesan
Mon. Plaza Shopping Center
Dearborn
Vermont Gas Utilgas Corp
Winchester
Renington
Economy Auto Stores, Inc
Bennington, VT
Davis
Artery Arcade
North Adams
New Photo Club
Art Williams
Carl Ruggles
Bennington Briefs
Grange I
State Center
S. Royalton
County
UVM
Michael Powsner
Trumbull Hill
Hunter Names Campaign Aid
Attorney General’s Office
Soldiers Home
Vermont Soldiers’ Home
American Legion Auxiliary 38
Manchester Depot
Gray
Robert
Jackson
Knox
Fair
Gavin
Colclough
Bunts
Hill
Thorburn
Duquette
Maskell
Olitsky
Welch
Rexford
Auxiliary
Athaway
Tonite and
SUN
Atkins
of Diamonds
Jewelers
Turner Turkey Farm
Overlea Road
Cushman
Harwood McCart
Maggie and
Charlie Sutherland
Reginbald
Honey
Sorey
Morbay
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