Obituary notices for William E Russell and William E Stratton
William Ernest Isell Russell 61 of Orchard Street died at Mt. Auburn Hospital Cambridge Massachusetts after a short illness. Born March 2 1906 in North Adams he was a Sprague Electric employee veteran pack builder past master Berkshire North Grange and former East Berkshire Iron Molders president and Eagles member. Survived by wife Hazel Cox daughters Barbara Sprowson and two sons Arthur M Dalton and Burton Russell. parents Ernest and Lena Russell. siblings and nine grandchildren. Funeral arrangements with North Adams Baptist Church officiant Rev Paul C Close and transfer to San Soucie Funeral Home. Burial in Southview Cemetery North Adams. William Edward Stratton 86 Lyons District Bennington died Monday night at Putnam Memorial Hospital. Born October 3 1880 in Bennington to Smith and Elizabeth Stratton he was educated locally and formerly employed in the area before retirement. Survived by two sisters Emeline Williams and Gladys Stratton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Adams Ange
Berkshire
North Grange Mona
Iron Molders Union
Eternal Order of Eagles
Baptist Church
North Adams
Mer Hazel Cox
S. Barbara Sprowson
Ham 1
Conn
Arthur M. Dalton
Mass
Burton
Seafield
Prother
Ernest
Southview Cemetery
William Edward Stratton
Lyons
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Bennington
Smith and
Elizabeth (Chase) Stratton
Emeline Williams
George
Gladys
Raymond J. Leene
Lafayette St
Pacific
St. Francis de 'S Church
Ncis B. Flanagan
Thaddeus Swertz,c
Bennington Holi High School
Harry Hare John Burke
J. Russell Carter Jr
Leonard Anzi
Msgr. Flanagan
K of C
Holy Name Society
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Mr. LeBlanc
Peggy
Ben-Mont
Edwin Maroney
Joseph Carroll
Hugh Clark
Anthony Lombardo
Charles Holden
Raymond Vivaldi
Edward Haddad
William Sennett
George Coutu
Roy Thibodeau
Earl Alderman
Gerald Amadon
Thomas Cronin
Edward St. John
Irving Daigneault
Mason Amadon
Robert Roy
John Reardon
Herbert Parnaude
Thomas Donovan
Raymond Bett
Roger White
Theodore Lanoue
J. Russell Carpenter Jr
Cambridge, N.Y
Bridgeport, Conn
North Bennington
Cambridge
N.Y
Margaret Eileen Everall
United Presbyterian Church
North Park Street
Alastair Parr
Robert Gardam
St. Luke’s Episcopal Church
Akron
Ohio
John S
Elsie B. (Hay) Everall
Presbyterian Church
Barbara Elsie
Susan Elizabeth
Dorothy Ellen
Alice Paula
John Sidney Everall II
George Edward
Margaret O. Everall
Fred Parker
Ontario
Calif
Charles A. Ackley
Funeral Rites for Stratton and Mercier Dignified in Bennington
Funeral services were held for Asa Stratton and Henry Stratton of Bennington with the Hanson Walbridge Funeral Home directing. Rev. Melvin R. McGaughey officiated burial was in White Chapel Cemetery. Also noted were services for Miss Exilda Mercier 89 born Brandon Aug 23 1877 who died at Warner Nursing Home and had worked at Bennington Hosiery and Wright Way Laundry. She and sister Caroline lived at 222 Park St with funeral at Sacred Heart Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Exilda Mercier
Warner Nursing Home
Brandon
Simon and
Sophronie (Mercier) Mercier
Bennington
Wright- Way
Miss Mercier
Caroline
Park St
Sacred Heart Church
Bennington Briefs Programs and Registration Updated
Kindergarten registration for Bennington village and rural residents born on or before January 1 1963 will be held at Bennington Elementary School on Wednesday from 9 to 11 30 am 1 30 to 4 and 6 30 to 7 30 pm. A Coffee House committee meeting is set for tonight at 7 at St Peter s Parish House under the American Friends Service Committee. Professor Jonathan Mirsky of Dartmouth College will discuss A Visit to Vietnam at a public meeting at Bennington Elementary School Wednesday at 8 pm. BenMont Friends of Retarded Children Inc BFRC will host a Sugar on the Snow party Friday 6 30 pm at their new center on BenMont Avenue proceeds support BFRC recreational program admission charged.
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Bennington Road
Carye
Globe Union
Ellett
Raymond B. Bowen
Bennington County Industrial Corp
Bennington
Coffee House Committee
St. Peter’s Parish House
Vietnam
Jonathan Mirsky
Dartmouth College
Mirsky
Bennington Friends of Retarded Children, Inc
BenMont Avenue
Ben- Mont
BFRC
Area Students Cited at UVM Science Fair
Two Vermont youths earned berths in the New England Science Fair from the University of Vermont event. Michael Rooney and Bruce Filgate led biology and physics categories. other division winners included Barber, Jacobs, Nowlan, and Rasmus. The Congress highlighted top student papers with Bellis, Manley, Marfuggi, and Rasmus placing high.
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Burlington
Vermont
New England
University of Vermont
Michael Rooney
Springfield High School
Bruce Filgate
St. Johnsbury Academy
Russell Barber
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Bennington
Ralph Barber
North Bennington
Gary Jacobs
Church Street
St. Albans
Martha Nowlan
Albert Bridge Street
Brownsville
Nancy Bellis
Anthony
James Rallis
Weeks Street
Lawrence Manley
Mt. St. Joseph
Rutland
Richard Marfuggi
Steven Rasmus
West Rutland
Headmasters’ Association
Vermont Math and Science Teachers’ Association
Donald Co. Gregg
Lawrence E. LeCours
Mt. Mansfield Union High School
Jericho
Area Girls Peace Essays Win Top State Prizes
Anne Kollender of Burr and Burton Seminary won the state World Peace Essay contest prize from Lions International. Diane Niles of Bennington Catholic High School took second, and Jeffrey Pulling of Rutland placed third. Kollender, daughter of Mortimer and Mrs Kollender, has ties to Manchester and Geneva, plans to attend college, and received a $100 local prize with $50 promised later at a state banquet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Anne Kollender
Burr and Burton Seminary
Lions International
Lions Clubs
Harry Barber
Lions Zone
Miss Kollender
Diane Niles
Pownal
Bennington Catholic High School
Bennington Lions Club
Kollender
Jeffrey Pulling
Rutland
Mortimer Kollender
Prospect St
Frankfurt
Germany
Burr and
BBS
University of Vermont
Manchester Lions
Barber
Miss Niles
Vermont Technical College
Randolph
Final Plans Arrive for Bolles Brook Water Project
Three thick books containing final plans and specifications for the Bolles Brook water source development were delivered to the Bennington Water Board. The documents from Whitman and Howard Inc. arrived behind January schedules and now trigger a revised plan with HUD approval and bidding to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bolles Brook
Bennington Water Board
Boston
Whitman and Howard Inc
Atty
John H. Williams II
Village Reservoir
Woodford
Bickford Hollow Brook
Williams
Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Bennington
Accidents Reported In Hoosick and Manchester
Two collisions were reported Monday night in Hoosick. Samuel Bagley and James Eldred suffered minor injuries with Bagley facing a summons for failing to keep right after a head on crash on Hill Road. A second Hoosick collision sent Joyce LaFlamme and Howard Moffitt to Putnam Memorial Hospital, with LaFlamme arrested for unlicensed operation. A separate Manchester incident left Robert Harry Ray injured near Cain's Flower Shop when his 1966 Fiat hit a telephone pole. Ray was treated and moved to hospital with a serious cut above the eye.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosick
Haynes Bros. Garage
Hoosick Falls
Samuel Bagley
Pownal Road
Bennington
James Eldred
RD 2
Bagley
Eldred
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Town of
Moffitt
New York City
U.S
Cain
Manchester
Robert Harry Ray
Joseph Espy
Manchester Inn
Ray
Clifford B. Harwood
Virgo and Libra myth tale of Astraea and justice
The passage recounts Astraea goddess of justice ruling the world and the exodus of gods as human behavior worsened. She ascends to heaven with her scales to judge humanity, explaining the origins of Virgo and Libra in mythology.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Astraea
Earth
Heaven
Virgo
Libra
Ellett Kept as Bennington Village Water Board Chair
The Bennington Village water board unanimously re elected Alfred W Ellett as chairman for 1967 and kept Hilda Hurley as water department clerk plus C Henry Hansen as water department superintendent. The board postponed naming a successor to the late Arthur Rickert, awaiting written guidance from Village Attorney Morrissey on proper appointment procedure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Rickert
Ellett
Village Atty
John P. Morrissey
Hospital Notes April 3 1967 Admissions and Births
On Monday April 3 1967 admissions include Brian Quinlan Marlene Severs Walter Pease Bridget Cole Paul Wheeler and others from Bennington Wilmington East Arlington Manchester and Manchester. Births announce a daughter to Mr and Mrs Dennis Keegan of Hoosick Falls and a son to Mr and Mrs Bruce Mack of Union Street both on April 3.
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Brian Quinlan
Marlene Severs
Walter Pease
Bennington
Bridget Cole
Paul Wheeler
Wilmington
Donna Hawley
East Arlington
Dennis Keegan
Abbott St
Hoosick Falls
Bruce Mack
Union St
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William EF. Russell
William E.stratton
Raymond J. Leblanc
7Th Degree
Kofc
Leo Plourde
Mas Toomey
Thomas Done
John Stone
Joseph Car
Benton
Ben-Montre
LeBlanc
Veterans of Co
72Nd Inf
Funeral Home
Co. I
Bransfield
Charles Sawyer
Bradford Hook & Ladder Co
Father Bransfield
Margaret E. Everall
Rand
Denver
UPI
Bennington Briefs
United States
American Friends Service Committee
Forum
Woman’s Society of Christian Service
First Methodist Church
Soo Ho Han
First Baptist Church
Mt. Anthony
Order
Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Bennington Club
Pittsburgh
Reader’s Digest
Life
TV Guide
T.A. Carspenter & Sons, Inc
Main St
Dunham’s of
Arte Theatre
Alice Brown
Walden Theatre
Williamstown
Sweden
Metro-Goldwyn Mayer
Carlo Pont
David Lean
James B. Gibney
William Braisted
Long Trail
Gibney
Braisted
The
Water Board
Morrissey
Cecile King
Lynn Eckhardt
Gloria Campbell
Eve Salem
Bennington Roofing CO
Hillside Street
B.B.P
Bennington, VT
Algrow
H. Greenberg
Drysdale’s
U.S. NO
SALEM
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