From welfare to jobs Vermont program begins
A Vermont plan named Intensive Manpower Services starts Friday to help welfare recipients seek work under the Aid to Needy Families with Children program. Officials cite WIN participation: 1,451 full time, 125 part time placements, with 133 hires without welfare checks. The program aims to train applicants, assist job searches, applications, and interviews, while WIN offers a 20 percent payroll tax credit for employers during the first year.
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Montpelier
UPI
Vermont
State Department of Employment Security
Department
WIN
Fall Foliage Supper Planned by First Baptist Church
The First Baptist Church opens its Fall Foliage Supper on Saturday October 9 in Colgate Hall. Co chairs Paul DeConinck and Franklin Riley oversee a 5 to 7 p m serving window with yankee pot roast mashed potatoes peas squash rolls Vermont apple pie and beverages. Ingvar Olson handles advance tickets and most sales at the door. Committees include chef Nick Paul food prep Lestina Carpenter hostesses Rose Morrissey waitresses Christine Wright decorating Frances Carman Fern DeConinck and publicity led by Marjorie Jones Joan and Melody Hunt with kitchen and setup crews led by Paul DeConinck Roger Persons and John Riddle.
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First Baptist Church
Colgate Hall
Paul DeConinck
Franklin Riley
Vermont
Ingvar Olson
Nick Paul
Lestina Carpenter
Rose Morrissey
Christine Wright
Frances Carman
Fern DeConinck
Marjorie Jones
Joan
Melody Hunt
Roger Persons
Setuip
John Riddle
Bennington Briefs Recreation and service notices in Bennington
Recovery Inc hosts an 8 p.m. Monday Oct 4 meeting at St Joseph's Grammar School Pittsfield Mass. Yom Kippur services at Temple Beth El appear in Thursday’s Banner. Bennington Convalescent Center sells crafts and food Thursday 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Public invited. Disabled American Veterans Bennington Chapter 4 meets Sept 30 at 7:30 p.m. Vermont Veterans Home. For Sale ads seek old New England paintings and art glass from Rubin Box 22 Harrison NY 10528. Rockwell Radial Arm Saw $442-5610. Earl's Service Station Bennington new phone 447-7090.
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Recovery Inc
St. Joseph’s Grammar School
North Street
Pittsfield
Mass
Disabled American Veterans
Bennington
Vermont
New England
Bristol
Shapleigh
T.W. Wood
Tait
Contact Rubin
Box 22
Harrison
N.Y
Free fitness lecture Thursday at Bennington rec center
The Bennington Recreation Department teams with the Physical Fitness Institute of America to present a free lecture Thursday Sept 30 at 7 30 p m at the Recreation Center. William Kane of Woodstock area director will discuss physical fitness problems in America and steps to improve daily conditioning. The program targets all ages and both genders and aims to motivate through new research and practical tips.
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Rec Center
Bennington Recreation Department
The
Physical Fitness Institute of America
William Kane
Woodstock
Institute
United States
Canada
America
Last Vermont Selective Service office closes in Montpelier
Col. David Pinkham announced the Montpelier headquarters closure marking the end of Vermont's draft offices. The system began in 1948 and a future draft would be activated by a presidential proclamation. A provisional state HQ will be kept by National Guard and reserve officers.
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Montpelier
David Pinkham
Selective Service For
Vermont
Veterans Affairs Office
City Hall
Rec Center Fall Evening Programs At Arlington Center
The Arlington Recreation Center schedules Tuesday Ladies Swimnastics from 6:30 to 7:30 starting Oct 5, focusing on leg thigh and stomach muscles with music. Beginning Oct 7 an eight week Red Cross Standard First Aid course runs Thursdays 6:30 to 9:30 for ages 13 and up, with CPR and lifesaving content taught by Marilyn Whitley and Ronald King. text cost $2, enrollment minimum six, registration at first class. Youth diving for ages 10-14 begins Oct 20, 6:30 to 7:15 weekly, instructed by Dr. Stuart McDonald, limited to first 15 enrollees, seven to eight weeks. Contact 442-5446 for details.
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Recreation Department
Red Cross
American Red Cross
Marilyn Whitley
Ronald King
Arlington Rescue Squad
Stuart McDonald
Perkins Swim Club
Rochester
N.Y
Public card party at Senior Citizens Center
A public card party will be held Friday at the Senior Citizens Center 168 North S starting at 8 p.m. Prizes include a $30 jackpot. Hostess last week was Alice Thompson. Winners: Alice Pinsonneault ladies Robert Thompson men Yvonne Lampron door prize. A Sunday social is set for Oct 3 at 1 30 p.m. at the center.
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Senior Citizens Center
North S
Alice Thompson
Alice Pinsonneault
Robert Thompson
Yvonne Lampron
the Center
Jail coordinator named Montpelier named for Vermont centers
Winston Riley a 29 year old Woodstock native and Castleton State College graduate was named program coordinator for the Vermont state Corrections Department division of community correctional centers. He succeeds Michael Chater who became director of the Rutland Community Correctional Center. Riley joined the department in 1969 and now serves as a councilor supervisor at the Woodstock center.
Eight-year-old boy helps on coyote hunt exposure in Pownal
Eight-year-old Chris Harrington from Sacred Heart School held up a slain coyote after his father Ronald and uncle Gary Harrington, who were squirrel hunting, fired on the animal on Mason Hill. The dog weighed 25 to 30 pounds and appeared starving. A Fish and Game official declined to inspect, citing Vermont Sportsman editor John Randolph who said the animal was a coyote and that coyotes are common on Mt Anthony.
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Chris Harrington
Sacred Heart School
Mason Hill
Pownal
Ronald Harrington
Gary Harrington
Chris
Harrington
Ron Harrington
Fish & Game Department
John Randolph
Vermont Sportsman
Randolph
Mt. Anthony
Vermont
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MAUHS
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Thibeault
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Rec Center News
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A.E. Church
Wilder
Vermont Veterans Home
John E. Ahearn
Coutermarsh
White River Junction
State Vfew
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Fairdale Farms Old Dairy Restaurant
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