Bennington High School Presents Public Concert Thursday Night
The Bennington High School Bands will perform Thursday at 8 p.m. in the Benhi gym. About 60 members from grades 7 through 12 will be joined by the majorette corps and color guard. The program features Handel, Bennett, Ponce, Persichetti, Rodgers, and Mussorgsky among others with the color guard presenting flags at the start. The concert is free to the public.
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Bennington High School
Benhi
Robert Russell Bennett
Manuel Ponce
Vincent Persichetti
George F. Handel
Tchaikovsky
Mussorgsky
Hollywood
Davis
Series of fatal crashes across multiple states Sunday
A string of deadly vehicle accidents left numerous people dead and many injured. Incidents occurred near Livermore California Marshall Texas Riverside California Mount Vernon Ohio Gas City Indiana Riverton Wyoming Ephrata Washington Wynnewood Oklahoma Washington Maryland Fulton New York and other locations with cars overturning colliding and trains hitting vehicles.
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Marshall
Tex
Riverside
Calif
Mount Vernon
Ohio
Gas City
Ind
Ralph Walser
Jonesboro
U.S. 24
Illinois
Riverton
Wyo
Wesley E. Bryant
Ephrata
Wash
Wynnewood
Oklahoma
Washington
Fulton
N.Y
Zoning Act Challenged as Morse Moves Against Ordinance
Zoning procedure questions raised about Bennington ordinance tests legal validity. If Morse seeks challenge, case may go to the Supreme Court with parallels to a parking dispute. Coolidge Avenue residents have hired Atty Manfred Ehrich and may pursue court action.
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Bennington
Morse
Supreme Court
Coolidge Avenue
Manfred W. Ehrich
Local Court Defendants Plead Not Guilty in DUI and Support Case
In Monday's Municipal Court Raymond G. Broderick Jr. of North Adams Massachusetts pleaded not guilty to driving while intoxicated. Judge Eugene V. Clark set bail at 100 dollars cash or 300 dollars property. Ernest L. Mears of Bennington pleaded not guilty to nonsupport and was ordered to pay 15 dollars weekly for wife and child until final determination.
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Raymond G. Broderick Jr
North Adams
Mass
Eugene V. Clark
Ernest L. Mears
Bennington
New Mexico Studies Big Meteorite Fall
A meteorite shower near Los Alamos, New Mexico, startled residents as fragments rained down in the night. Dr. Lincoln LaPaz of the University Meteorites Institute and state police search sparsely populated mountain country for fragments from the Saturday event ranked among the 10 to 12 largest in the 20th century.
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Albuquerque
N.M
New Mexico
Lincoln LaPaz
New Mexico University Meteoritics Institute
LaPaz
Los Alamos
Longer Vacations for Industry Seen Outgrowth of Steel Pact
Pittsburgh AP reports the steel labor settlement could extend long vacations to two months per year at full pay for veteran workers. The pact also improves pensions layoff benefits grievance procedures and guarantees with no immediate pay rise. Negotiators plan to finalize contracts next week.
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Pittsburgh
Bennington Community Briefs Include Meetings and Dorm News
The CDA holds a Tuesday business meeting with a 6:30 supper and 8 pm session. Shaftsbury Baptist mid year gathering starts Wednesday at Poultney Baptist Church with theme Awake to Love and Work. Mrs. Harry Moses moderates. Roy Estey speaks at 4:30 women's hour. 6:15 dinner. Rev. Ellis Holt speaks at 7:30. Community Welfare Council Steering Committee meets Tuesday at 7:30 at 207 Silver St. Christine Hilliard elected associate house president of Dewey Hall at Vermont College. Circle III serves a covered-dish supper. Circle II holds devotions and program. Dr. and Mrs. Vogell will present photos from a trip to the 10th.
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Shaftsbury Baptist Association
Poultney Baptist Church
Harry Moses
Roy Estey
Addison Baptist Church
Ellis J. Holt
Pittsfield
Mass
Community Welfare Council
Silver St
Christine Hilliard
Harold Hillard Jr
Silk Road
Vermont College
Montpelier
Dewey Hall
Bennington High School
Woman's Society of Christian Service
The
First Methodist Church
Circle III
Circle II
Frederick W. Vogell
Troy, N.Y
Bennington
Bennington Community News Highlights March Events
Admissions include Jean Burgess Mary Bump and Bennington. Discharges Rosecile Phillips Dorset. On March 31 births announce Vincent Longo Frederick Farnum Maurice Therriault and Jennifer Browning. World Methodist Conference in Oslo invites men of the parish. Local residents serve at Patrick AFB and Mercury Atlas Space program. Community meetings cover Mt Anthony Chapter Eastern Star and Bennington Young Republicans with events and obituaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean R. Burgess
Mary Bump
Bennington
Rosecile Phillips
Dorset
Vincent Longo
Bennington College
Frederick Farnum
R.D. 2
Maurice Therriault
North Pownal
Interpretation of Hiss Woodstock typewriter discovery
A spokesman clarifies that the FBI did not find the Woodstock typewriter during Hiss cases. The machine was linked to typed State Department documents on December 13, 1948, aiding the 1948 grand jury indictment. Alger Hiss served 44 months of a five year term and, after release in 1954, lived in New York working as a printing and stationery salesman.
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FBI
Hiss
State Department
Alger Hiss
Chambers
New York
Leonard Family Isolated by Snow and Rain in Somerset
Lawrence Leonard known as Bucky and his son Ricky are cut off at their Somerset home due to a two inch rainfall and a morning snowstorm. Mrs Leonard remains in Wilmington and the family had to hike through woodlands to reach the main road on Saturday.
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Lawrence
Bucky) Leonard
Ricky
Somerset
Rocky
Wilmington
Foyt Captures Second Straight Auto Crown In 1961
A J Foyt Jr the Houston driver earned a record 171760 in 1961 racing profits from USAC events. He won the Indianapolis 500 at a record pace and claimed titles in championship sprint and midget divisions across Langhorne Duquoin Ir and Indiana State Fairgrounds.
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Indianapolis
J. Foyt Jr
United States Auto Club
Houston
Langhorne
Foyt
Langhorn
Duquoin
Indiana State Fairgrounds
Former Berlin Mayor Matthew J. Ryan Dies at 79
Matthew J. Ryan of Berlin New Hampshire former mayor from 1938 to 1939 dies at 79. He also served as Berlin municipal court judge state senator commissioner of naturalization and clerk of Coos County Superior Court. At death he was director of Selective Service in Berlin. His wife had died years earlier.
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Berlin
N.H
Matthew J. Ryan
Coos County
Church Ban Supports Edict On Segregation
A segregationist group leader sought an interview with Archbishop Rummel after receiving a blunt excommunication threat from the New Orleans archdiocese. Mrs. B. J. Gaillot, president of Save Our Nation, says she may seek mercy if wrong, while the chancery confirms a personal letter was sent. The archbishop ordered desegregation of classes next fall, triggering protests from Citizens Council members and political figures.
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New Orleans
Joseph Francis Rummel
B. J. Gaillot
Save Our Nation, Inc
Archdiocesan Chancery
Gaillot
Rummel
Archdocese
Chancery
E. Ross Buckley
Leander H. Perez Sr
Plaquemines Parish
Perez
Buckley
Citizens Council
Obituary of John J Legacy Jr. 63 in Bennington
John J Legacy Jr. 63 died at home on Leonard Street Sunday morning after frail health since September. Born May 22 1898 in Bennington he worked 13 years at Pownal Tannery and earlier at Holden and Leonard. He married Anne Dwyer in 1921 at St Francis de Sales Church. He leaves a wife sister and brother with many nieces and nephews. Funeral at Maher and Son Funeral Home Wednesday and St Francis de Sales Church burial in Park Lawn Cemetery Rosary Tuesday evening.
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John J. Legacy Jr
Leonard Street
Pownal
Holden and Leonard Plant
Bennington
John and
Delia Mercier Legacy
Sacred Heart School
St. Francis de Sales Church
Holy Name Society
Knights of Columbus
Anne Dwyer
Thomas R. Carty
Mary Frazier
Florida
William Legacy
Mahar and Son Funeral
Park Lawn Cemetery
Mrs. Mary Durant 80 Bennington resident dies
Mrs. Mary Durant formerly Mary Curtis died at Putnam Memorial Hospital after a three week stay. Born March 17, 1882 in Cohoes New York she married Henry T Durant in 1906. The family moved to Bennington in 1927 and she worked at Catamount Mfg Co retiring fifteen years ago after twenty years at E Z Mills. She was a Sacred Heart Church member and survived by her husband five daughters and one son with ties to Bennington Miami and Averill Park.
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Henry T. Durant
Mary Curtis
Bennington
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Cohoes
N.Y
Durant
Catamount Mfg. Co
E-Z Mills
Sacred Heart Church
Raymond
Alice) Shays
Laverne
Jeannette) Estes
Miami
Fla
Harold
Anita) Taylor
Howard
Madeline) Hartnagle
Averill Park
Henry
Viola) Plante
Omer Durant
Funeral for Flora Howe Widow of Bennington Newspaper Founder
The funeral of Flora Howe widow of Frank E Howe, founder and long-time publisher of Bennington's first daily, was held at 432 South Street. Miss Evelyn Payne of the First Church of Christ Scientist officiated at the committal at Park La Cemetery. Pallbearers included Lou H Barker Alfred Bushee Ca and Ezekiel Cross Dr J G Iro Jr and Harry W Ellison. Out-of-town relatives from Brooklyn Montpelier and Warehouse Point attended with floral tributes and sympathy messages.
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Flora (Chings) Howe
Frank E Howe
Bennington
South St
Evelyn Payne
First Church of
Chris Scientist
Park la
Lou H. Barker
Alfred Bushee
Ezekiel Cross
J. G. Iro Jr
Harry W. Ellison
Shaftsbury
Banner
Daughters of the American Relation
Bennington Garden
Brooklyn
N.Y
Warehouse Point
Conn
Montpelier
Hiram F Rich Rutland Funeral Held Saturday
Hiram F Rich of 52 Roberts Ave general superintendent of distribution for Central Ve Public Service Corp died Thursday in St Albans. Funeral services at Aldo Funeral Home officiated by Rev Dale Russell. CVP employees statewide attended. Pallbearers included William Ryan St Albans W Howa Smith Bradford Merle Dimi Randolph Dr W H Phili Brandon William Fee Wayne Edson Rutland. Entombment in Park Land vault Bennington.
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Rutland
Hiram F. Rich
Roberts Ave
Central Ve Public Service Corp
St. Albans
Aldo Funeral Home
Dale Russell
CVP
State
Willia Ryan
W. Howa Smith
Bradford
Merle Dimi
Randolph
W. H. Phili
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Arthur Cole
Ray Betit
Mary Ellen
Jackie Wright
Cecile Wright
Bennington Catholic High School
Livermore
Headon
Zoning Act
Norman Walker
David J. McDonald
Kennedy
Bennington Briefs
CDA
Putnam Hospital
Sarah Allen
Brenda Waters
Stephen Murray
Robin Welch
Marilynn Rogerson
Floyd Cross
Whitingham
Elizabeth Larabee
Donald Shewchuck
Hockaway
Roy Ross
Margaret Polley
Hoosick Falls
Blanche Cross
Arlington
Christena Moffitt
East Arlington
Beryl Palmer
Ruth Morse
Mame Church
Dean Craddock
Laurence H. Barker
Charles Brassie
Raymond Jackson
Judith Coyne
Edith Rudd
Richard Lopman
Huntington
L.I. N.Y
Katheryn Knuetter
Petersburg
Elizabeth Riley
North Bennington
Frank Macumber
Margaret Bull
Charles B. Hinshaw
Evanston, Ill
Hinshaw
Elizabeth Browning
William H. Browning
Middle Pownal Road
Evanston Hospital
Jennifer Browning
Oslo
Norway
Richard B. Perrott
Richard V. Perrott
County St
U.S. Air Force
Patrick Afb
America
Perrott
John Glenn
Air Force Missile Group Test Center
Betty M. Wilcox
R.D. 1
West Arlington
Karen
Mt. Anthony
Order Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
James S. Shea
Grandview St
Dolores Finkle
R.N
Union Street
Washington, D.C
Shea
Allan
J Heath
J. Goodall Hutton
Ronald R. Knapp
Reba Moninger
John Riddle
New England School Development Council
Harvard University
Cambridge
Mason Gross
Radio-Television
Jennie M. Grant
Irene Small
Newport, N. H
W. Arthur Grant
Merson Street
John A. Burgess
John Jr
South Shaftsbury
North St
Bennington Young Republican Club
Young Republican Club
Thomas D. Cook Jr
Weeks St
Winfield D. Peck
Union St
Mahar and Son Funeral Home
M. E. Rudd Co
South Street
Bennington Drive-In
J. H. Manes
American Academy of General Practice
Las Vegas
Tillie Ra
Alice LaMarche
Hoes
Blanchebeler
St. Petersburg
Louis Curtis
Deaborn
Mich
Michael Curtis
Saratoga
Joseph Curtis Cohoes
Alphonse Curtis
Rutland Heights
Ar and Son Funeral Home
Wuesday
Sacred Heart Chu
Toda
Frank E. Howe
Terest
Vermont National and Savings Bank
Ermont National and Savings Bank
Chester
Jamaica
Newfane
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