Selectmen Consider Tightening Dog Control Rules
Bennington selectmen indicated Tuesday night they may reinstate enforcement of state law requiring all dogs unlicensed as of May 15 be picked up and destroyed. They will confer with Humane Society officials before deciding, noting current arrangement of turning strays over for adoption may be unsatisfactory.
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Bennington Selectmen
Bennington County Humane Society
George A. Rogers
Humane Society
Rogers
Bennington
Jean Henry
Shaftsbury
Selectmen
Clayton Daigneault
Daigneault
Town Presses GBA to Remove Small Office for Memorial Park
Selectmen discussed veterans memorial plans and agreed to request the Greater Bennington Association remove a small building used by the Bennington County Industrial Corp. The move aims to clear space near the proposed park centered by a stone memorial, replacing the current honor roll.
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Gba
Veterans’ Memorial Park
Richard van Santvoord
William Horst
Veterans Memorial Committee
Horst
Greater Bennington Association
Bennington County Industrial Corp
County Court House
Veterans Committee
van Santvoord
Officials Confer Thursday On Planning Group Formation
Selectmen and village representatives plan a meeting Thursday night to negotiate terms for a regional planning commission for the town and three villages. Attendees will include Greater Bennington Association representatives, with prior village approvals and a mixed town vote this year. The panel will collect data on current socio economic status to guide future growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greater
New Shoe Store Opens in Center
The Monument Shoe Store opened this morning in the Bennington Flats shopping center and will stay open until 9 tonight Thursday and Friday. Coowners Vincent and Lloyd Duprat say visitors can win prizes by dropping name slips in a box with no purchase required. First prize is three pairs of women's shoes. second prize two pairs. third prize a pair of men's shoes, with seven more prize winners receiving tennis shoes and gifts for children all day.
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Monument
Bennington Flats
Vincent
Lloyd Duprat
CD Auxiliary Police Course Starts Tonight
The first class of a 76 hour Civil Defense auxiliary police course begins tonight at Molly Stark School. State Police Sgt. John A. Poljacik will instruct. Eligible participants have completed applications and medicals by Dr. James Shea, who volunteers medical services. Each class includes a 30 minute meeting starting at 6 30.
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Civil Defense Auxiliary
Molly Stark School
State Police
John A. Poljacik
James Shea
Shea
Benhi Plans Open House at Bennington High Tonight
Bennington High School hosts an open house from 7 with parents meeting teachers and viewing student work. Assistant Principal Carl B. Williams chairs. Greg Palmer of the Student Council gives a welcome. The program features Harmonettes, a play The Income Tax, tours, lectures, and exhibits across departments.
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Bennington High School
Carl B. Williams
Greg Palmer
Harmonettes
Martha Wallace
Gary Harbour
Bill Nash
Gail Horst
Dick Bird
U.S
Grace Crofton
Rome
London
Stratford On Avon
Zoning Code Plans Extend Elm Street Zone and Size Rules
The village considers a zoning code extending along Elm Street from South Street to Washington Avenue with medical office center plans and minimum lot sizes of R1 6000 R2 5000 and R3 4000 square feet. Gilman calls it a conception of probable growth and expansion for orderly development to protect property owners and businesses. Trustees will study the code and zoning map placed in the village clerk’s office next week. a 7 p.m. Tuesday meeting with the commission will discuss proposed changes.
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Elm Street
South Street
Washington Avenue
Gilman
Commission
Open Letter Demands State Inquiry Over Vermont FOI Issue
A vociferous Woodstock influenced group pushes for an official probe into how a small pressure group affected a directive that questioned FREEDOM OF INFORMATION in Vermont. Lt. Gov Ralph A Foote urged Senator Robert S Bloomer to examine the controversial questions involved as Manchester CD personnel oppose Holden's order issued March 18.
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Woodstock
Attorney General’s Office
Senate
House
Vermont
Clarence E
Comar
Karl Kilburn
Wilcox
Griffis
Joe E
Harrington
Soviet scientists discuss moon mission limits and aims
Nikloai Barabashov of Kharkov Observatory called for better photographs and a robot observatory before manned flight. Yuri Lipsky in Pravda urged extensive studies across a wide research range. Tass coverage notes no government mission hint while Vladimir Siforov foresees clearer lunar photos and accurate measurements of mountains and craters. Lipsky stresses studying lunar surface conditions soil and temperature.
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Nikloai Barabashov
Kharkov Observatory
Yuri Lipsky
Pravda
Lunik
Tass
Vladimir Siforov
Lunar
Lipsky
Obituary of Mrs George A S Dickie 75
Mrs George A S Dickie 75 former Margaret MacKenzie of Harwood Hill died Tuesday at Putnam Memorial Hospital after frail health. Born in Pittenweem Scotland June 13 1887 she came to the United States in 1922 settling in Bennington. She leaves husband two sons seven grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. Funeral Thursday 2 pm at Mahar Son Funeral Home with burial in Village Cemetery later. Friends may call today 3-5 and 7-9 pm.
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George A. S. Dickie
Margaret MacKenzie
Harwood Hill
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Pittenweem
Scotland
United States
Bennington
Dickie
Gourock
First Baptist Church
Anthony
Eastern Star
The
Friendly Circle of the Baptist Church
Harry Dickie
Hoosick
N.Y
James Dickie
Pownal
Jessie Maclay
John Brown
Fred W. D. Smith
Old Bennington
John Chaebant
South Africa
Mahar & Son Funeral
H. Glenn Payne
Park Lawn Chapel
Indigent Care Case Seeks Court Ruling On Henry W Putnam Deed
Ten of sixteen towns join Black in petition for declaratory judgment and temporary injunction over hospital charges for the destitute. The dispute centers on the Putnam will phrase admitting the poor “free of charge” subject to reasonable rules. The suit seeks to assign costs of medical care to either towns or hospital and will be entered after service.
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Tate
Black
Henry W. Putnam
Plumb
Court of Chancery
Putnam
Village President calls crackdown on hot rodders near Bennington High
James B. Gibney backed a crackdown on speeding and noisy driving by students and others near Bennington High School. He warned of removing police from school safety crossings if youths continue to race cars on Main Pleasant and Union Streets during lunch. He urged school officials to restrict teen driving to school and pressed trustees for action as parents are blamed for lax discipline.
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James B. Gibney
Gibney
Edward L. Silver
Bennington High School
Silver
Bennington Catholic High School
George Ryan
Charles Bodine
Rosswalk
Church Drive
Hurley Brothers Garage
North Street
Arthur Theberge
William Billert
Bennington Club Events and Local Meetings
Regular ACT meeting set for Thursday at 8 p.m. at the Bennington Club and an on the house night with free snacks entertainment and dancing on Saturday. Committeemen and den mothers of Cub Scout Pack 53 meet Thursday at 7 p.m. at the Second Congregational Church. Miss Helen Evans returns from a trip to Europe. Gold Star Mothers to meet Monday at 7:30 p.m. at VFW rooms. Women of the Moose hold bake and rummage sale Saturday April 6 at K of C Hall.
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ACT
Bennington Club
Burt Rockwood Jr
Conn
Cub Scout Pack 53
Second Congregational Church
Gold Star
VFW
North Street
Women of the Moose Home
Trustees Demand Sketches and Cost Estimates for Permits
Bennington Village Trustees ruled that building permit applications must include sketches and cost estimates, after discovering several recent requests lack drawings. One permit was approved conditionally, with sketches due immediately.
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Bennington Village
Clara Trembley
Coolidge Ave
Morse and Butler Construction Co
Lauzon
Fillmore St
Kenneth Corey
North Branch Street
Home Furniture Co
Hawkes Place
King’s
South Street
Deludle
Bennington Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
First Methodist Church
Vermont educators weigh Girls State eligibility rules
Paul Kirsch principal of Bennington High School explains planned eligibility criteria for Girls State. The issue centers on a brochure clause declaring the group cannot accept girls with religious affiliations contrary to Americanism. Some educators warn the religious discrimination may be reviewed at the Vermont Headmasters Association meeting later this month.
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Paul Kirsch
Bennington High School
Girls State
Vermont Headmasters Association
Trailer Park deal approved by village board without discussion
The board approved the trailer park plan after tabling a water service request by Corcoran, mirroring Monday night actions by water commissioners who deferred seven building lots until Corcoran meets four conditions including bill payment, building type, and permits for excavation and sewer connections. An executive session with Village Atty. John H. Williams II followed to discuss legal aspects of the trailer home issue.
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Water Commissioners
Corcoran
John H. Williams II
Three Area Schools Hit By Burglars
Three area schools were broken into over the past two days. Beech Street School had a door pried open on Monday night. At Bennington Southwest School District no missing items were reported. Pownal Center School reported a window break and possible theft with losses undetermined. Arlington High School also suffered a night break with no reported missing items. State police are investigating all three incidents.
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Beech Street
Leon E. Wagner
Bennington Southwest
New Pownal Center
Pownal
Arlington High School
Junk Dealers Face Strict Yard Screen Rules This Year
Selectmen reaffirm adherence to state junkyard laws and will personally inspect premises over the next ten days to determine 1963 licenses. Operators must screen yards from public view. five of six licensed last year seek new licenses, one will close. Licenses take effect May 1 with fence requirements where needed.
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Selectmen
Alma Langlois
Market Averages Show Mixed Signals Across Sectors
The report lists sector counts and values for 30 Industrials 689 2144.94 20 Railroads 153 02 32 15 Utilities 136.87-.07 with a composite average at 243.8241.07, indicating modest shifts in performance. Investors watch shifts in industrials railroads and utilities as the composite ekes out small gains.
Municipal Court Hears Fraud Sentences and Pleas
Judge George M. Fienberg sentences Edward D. Dunleavy to four to six months in the House of Correction on two counts of fraud and places him on probation with restitution to Manchester supermarkets. State’s Attorney R. Marshall Witten cites a pattern of bad checks. nine months already served elsewhere. Pre-sentence study ordered. Curtis R. Knowles changes to guilty on burglary and robbery charges. held for $1,500 bail. Douglas Britch pleads no contest to a motor law violation. $40.10 fine imposed.
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George M. Fienberg
House of Correction
Edward D. Dunleavy
Hartford
Conn
Grand Union
Sendra’s
Manchester
Howard National Bank and Trust Co
Burlington
Dunleavy State
R. Marshall Witten
Dunleavy
New England
Witten
Curtis R. Knowles
Boise
Idaho
Alfred Hertz
Monument Avenue
Frederick Graves
Knowles
Bennington County
Fienberg
Daniel Holland
Douglas Britch
Hunt St
Hospital Notes and Births Chronicle
Admissions include Mrs. Doris Gauthier of Bennington and Mrs. Lois Beckwith of Manchester. Discharge notes Gordon Davis of Wilmington. Births report Charles Stowell and wife of Hoosick Falls welcomed a son on April 2. In Bad Cannstadt Germany on March 18 a daughter Nancy Patricia was born to Capt. and Mrs. Charles N Leach Jr. The child is granddaughter of Dr. and Mrs. Charles N Leach of Newfane and Mr. and Mrs. Albert E. Gross of New York City.
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Charles Stowell
Hoosick Falls
Bad Cannstadt
Germany
Nancy Patricia
Charles N, Leach Jr
Charles N, Leach
Newfane
Albert E. Gross
New York City
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Ralph A. Russell
Alford H Hazelton
Manchester Depot
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Castleton on-the-Hudson
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Pittsford
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Townshend
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Rose) Milot
Castleton-on-the-Hudson
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Los Angeles
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North Bennington
Clarence Hazelton
Mt. Kisco
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Arlington
Federated Church
Walter D. Elcox
Legion of Guardsmen
Carl Rockwell
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Ira Hartwell
Alfred Rice
Ralph Tudor
Charles Clark
Hanson
Charles W. Grande
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Bennington Briefs
Jane Freitag
West Road
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William Freitag
Fort Lauderdale
John Freitag
Bradenton
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
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Doris Gauthier
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