Brodie Ends Ski Season at Brodie Mountain
NEW ASHFORD Mass Brodie Mountain sealed its first season as sunny weather melted snow expanding bare patches. The lodge Blarney Room will stay open year round for dining and dancing. Sightseer chairlift to operate when weather permits and a new lift plus trails planned for foliage season. Snowmaking gear under construction for next season with a water pond and two air compressors capable of 5400 cubic feet of snow per minute. The Shamrock and Clover rooms will host meetings and public events year round.
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Ashford
Mass
Brodie Mountain
Brodie
Shamrock
Clover Rooms
Women Lenten Service at First Methodist Church
The Woman's Society of Christian Service will hold a Lenten communion service at First Methodist Church on Tuesday at 8 p.m. Guest speaker Rev. Gordon Clark of Johnsonville New York will deliver the talk. Refreshments will follow in the chapel and a spirit of meditation will pervade the service. A WSCS business meeting begins promptly at 7:30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman’s Society of Christian Service
The
First Methodist Church
Gordon Clark
Johnsonville
N.Y
WSCS
Women’s Society of the First Baptist Church
Maurice Winn
Congo
Alfred Scott
North Bennington
Hospital Notes Admissions and discharges listed for Bennington area
Admission and discharge notices include Mrs Joyce Reed Bennington and Mrs Rita Moffitt with others from Hoosick Falls North Bennington and Shaftsbury. Saturday listings note births for Jerome Statia 130 Fillmore St Wilmington and Robert L Green Wilmington and families with April 2 4 dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rita Moffitt
Peter J. Green
Charlotte Smith
Joyce Reed
Bennington
Peggy Morin
Clyde R. Baker
Mary Guile
Hoosick Falls
Jessie Bowen
East Dorset
Robert Watson
North Bennington
Kimberley Bakaitis
Frank Schuster
Roberta Perrotta
Jane Kepler
Anita Capella
Barbara Prouty
Dorothea Elwell
Irene Chesney
Edward Bronson
Shaftsbury
Chester E. Jones
John B. Lane
Janet Sebastino
North Pownal
Mark Edward Lane
Reita Litz
Manchester
Nancy Higgins
Augustine Brownell
R.D
Marcia Puro
Jerome Statia
Fillmore St
UVM Trustees approve new facilities and forestry degree
The Vermont Trustees approved architect selection and federal funds for a 450 student residence dining hall due September 1966. They leased land to Addison County Field Days for a 12 acre site at Weybridge and funded bleachers press box and washrooms at Centennial Field. They endorsed a four year forestry program and a cooperative Vermont Maine transfer plan. New members included Burns Eurich and O'Brien. Pawne named to full term. May 21 meeting planned at the bridge with Morgan horses on display.
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Little
NDEA
Vermont
Lawrence H. Averill
Birmingham
Mich
Robert M. Tracy
Barre
Lawrence H. Marvin
Essex Junction
Baretholomew Garrity
Burlington
William Burns
Dorset
Edward Eurich
Waitsfield
Leo O’brien
South Burlington
Walter C. Paine
Woodstock
Philip H. Hoff
Frank L. Stanton
Hyde Park
Weybridge
Vermont Trustees
Centennial Field
Rowell
Spear Street
University of Maine
Maine
College of Agriculture
Morgan
Luksus Wins Dallas Nieman Marcus Textile Award
Dallas Texas trains Luksus of Bennington to receive the 1964 65 Nieman Marcus award for textile design at a Summer Fashion presentation in the Texas store. He rose from relative obscurity to fame via tie dyed chiffon prints and collaborations with Pauline Trigere Burke Amey Bill Blass and Geoffrey Beene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Texas
Luksus
Bennington
Nieman-Marcus
Neiman-Marcus
Chicago
Philadelphia
Museum College of Art
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts
Mary Hambridge
Georgia
Atlanta
Greece
Athens
Hydra
Venice
Academia di Bella Arte
Sarmi
Pauline Trigere
Burke Amey
Bill Blass
Geoffrey Beene
Count Sarmi
Miriam
Stanley Marcus
New York
Teedy
Arthur Edelman
Legislature Considered Before Federal Courts Decisions
The legislature will not alter county lines and Wilson's plan is expected to face the same process as three prior proposals. It will receive preliminary approval first, then the Senate as a committee of the whole will scrutinize programs and set priorities for federal court consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Senate
Bennington News Roundup Highlights Local Notices and Elections
Bennington residents see fraternal notices and school honors as Martha Wallace of Old Bennington earns junior representative at Simmons College Honor Board. Local meetings include the Kings Daughters, First Baptist Society, and Scotch Foursome dinner at Mt. Anthony Country Club with prize from Ben-Mont Papers. A Village water board session is on, and a pairing of eyeglasses from a local optometrist is reported. Also, a 1960 Falcon for sale at Walter L. Barber, Inc. and office closings announced.
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Martha Wallace
H.J. Wallace
Monument Ave
Old Bennington
Simmons College
Boston
Miss Wallace
Bennington High School
Mt. Anthony Country Club
Jerry Finnegan
Bennington DES chief touts booming area economy
Ray Lovely, manager of the Bennington DES office, says the local economy is moving with gains across sectors. Placements rose 24 percent from last month and 32 percent from March 1964, with 91 hires in March. Job openings reached 105 as referrals totaled 237, and interviews were held for 134 prospects, including 74 women and 12 veterans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Ray Lovely
Manchester
Ground-Breaking Ceremony At Baptist Church
Mrs Paul DeConinck secretary of the Board of Christian Education gave a statement on The Objective of Christian Education Albert Hartheimer of Albany NY architect who designed the building made brief remarks The Rev H Glenn Payne pronounced the benediction Other participants included Walter Clarke Barbara Gaines Cindy Carpenter Roy Hurlburt William Tudor Robert Wagner Maurice A Douglass Frank Hogel Mrs William G Towart Mrs Charles Kitner
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul DeConinck
Board of Christian Education
Albert Hartheimer
Albany
N.Y
H. Glenn Payne
Walter Clarke
Barbara Gaines
Cindy Carpenter
Roy Hurlburt
William Tudor
Robert Wagner
Maurice A. Douglass
Frank Hogel
William G. Towart
Deaconesses
Charles Kittner
Autos Collide on East Main Street Near YMCA
Clark H. Green of Shaftsbury escaped with a damaged rear end to his car after a Sunday evening collision on East Main Street in front of the YMCA. Passengers Muriel Green suffered a neck injury and a bruised hand as Robert G. Morrissey of Bennington said glare from the sun blinded him, causing the impact. The Morrissey vehicle remained undamaged. The report notes broad employment and training program references in the area, including Manpower Development and Training Act surveys and Vermont development activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark H. Green
Shaftsbury
East Main Street
YMCA
Bennington Village
Muriel Green
Robert G. Morrissey
Bennington
Morrissey
Vermont Development Department
Bennington County
Vermont
Berlin Meeting Sparks West East Berlin Controversy
East Germany calls a Bundestag gathering illegal claiming West Berlin isn’t part of West Germany while blocking all MPs from travel by road or rail. Western Allies denounce Soviet harassment as US British and French commandants hold an unprecedented meeting after West Berlin Mayor Willy Brandt is barred from driving into Berlin.
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East Germany
Bundestag
West Berlin
West Germany
Berlin
United States
Willy Brandt
Obituary: Mrs George Quinn former Catherine Harvey dies in Troy
Mrs George Quinn former Catherine Harvey of Bennington died unexpectedly at Leonard Hospital after collapsing at home. Survived by husband, daughter Mrs Robert Olson of Troy, sister Mrs Margaret Weir and brother Earl Harvey of Bennington. Funeral plans set with Mahar & Son in Bennington. A second obituary notes Northfield Town Manager John Gunther, 43, died after heart attack at home in Fair Haven. he had worked in Northfield then commuted to Fair Haven weekends.
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Troy
N.Y
George Quinn
Catherine Harvey
Bennington
Leonard Hospital
Quinns
Beech Street
Robert Olson
Margaret Weir
Earl Harvey
Mahar & Son Funeral
Fair Haven
UPI
Northfield
John Gunther
Rutland Hospital
Gunther
New Hampshire Caps Salted-Well Replacements Cost
Concord reports the New Hampshire Department of Public Works and Highways spent 155000 over two years to replace wells polluted by road salt. Commissioner Morton notes rural residents sometimes try to contaminate their own wells to trigger a new replacement, with below normal precipitation worsening the issue. Deputy Whitaker says deliberate contamination is usually detected quickly due to sudden high salt concentrations.
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Concord
N.H
UPI
State Department of Public Works and Highways
John O. Morton
Morton
Robert Whitaker
Hoff aide assails House committees in Vermont
MONTPELIER UPI The governor's special assistant, Benjamin M. Collins, condemns the House committees as little more than tread mills hindering Hoff bills. With a July 1 deadline, Hoff aides push priority measures including regionalization, tax proposals, regional planning, and bond retirement fund action. Pages plan scholarships, highway bonds, raises for workers, and sewage incentives.
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Hoff
Department of Labor
Senate
North Bennington Man Given Suspended Sentence After Guilty Plea
Francis V. Ryan 43 of North Bennington pleaded guilty in Municipal Court to assaulting Dorothy Ryan. Judge George M. Fienberg imposed a 30 to 90 day suspended sentence to Bennington County Jail and placed Ryan on probation.
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Francis V. Ryan
North Bennington
Bennington County
Dorothy Ryan
George M. Fienberg
Ryan
Civil rights drive in Alabama faces voter registration push
The Southern Christian Leadership Conference led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr has run a Negro voter registration campaign for ten weeks. Authorities expect no trouble at registration. Rural Alabama remains quiet with few demonstrations in Camden and Marion. Selma leaders say protests were curtailed to focus on house-to-house registration. In Birmingham police probe bombings targeting a Negro home and the planned bombings of Mayor Boutwell and Councilwoman Miglionico. Circuit Solicitor Earl Morgan, ally of Gov. Wallace, said new laws to curb dynamite possession are being drafted for the May General Assembly.
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Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Martin Luther King Jr
Alabama
Camden
Marion
Selma
Birmingham
Albert Boutwell
Nina Miglionico
Earl Morgan
George Wallace
Morgan
Stock Averages Decline Slightly At Noon In Albany
Dow Jones Bache report shows Industrials at 895.74 down 2.36, Railroads 211.59 up 0.51, Utilities 161.95 down 0.05. Composite 314.87 up 0.64. Trading activity totals 2,550,000 shares.
Waldo Holden Elected President of Vermont Bar Association
Waldo C. Holden, Bennington attorney and former municipal court judge, was elected president of the Vermont Bar Association at its mid year meeting in Burlington. He will assume office Oct. 8, succeeding Robert H. Ryan of Montpelier. Holden plans to focus on strengthening the state court system and improving ties with the legislature while promoting a district court reorganization and expanded civil jurisdiction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waldo C. Holden
Bennington
Friday
Vermont Bar Association
Burlington
Holden
State Legal Association
Atty
Robert H. Ryan
Montpelier
The
Banner
Bennington County
Robert M. Wilson
State Bar Association
Dis
Philip H. Hoff
Supreme Court
James S. Holden
North Bennington
State
Bennington County Bar Association
George M. Fienberg
Old Bennington
Mt. Anthony Union
Benhi Girl Earns All State Cast At Ver mont Festival
Susan Leyrer a ninth grader at Bennington High School was chosen for the all state cast in the Bennington entry The Ogling Duckling at the Vermont Headmasters one act play festival in Ver mont. Judges cited Bennington as most extravagantly costumed while Middlebury and Lamoille Academy won other awards and will perform at the New England drama festival in Bangor Maine April 23 and 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vergennes
Susan Leyrer
Bennington High School
Bangor
Maine
Bendi
Charles M. Decker
Miss Leyrer
Eric Peterson
Lillian Hurlburt
Debbie Taylor
Kenyon Simpson
Bruce Howe
Richard Bird
Rosemary Christie
Barbara Garrison
Janet Hayes
Middlebury
Edward Albee
Lamoille
Berthold Brecht
Robert Mattuck
Goddard College
Frank Goldstein
Burlington
Jane Stickney
South Burlington High School
YMCA Weekly Schedule By Day With Multiple Classes
The YMCA posts a weekly timetable listing Monday through Saturday activities. Programs include boys and grade school gym classes, junior and senior high sessions, Air Force Reserve, Red Brick classes, bowling for various grades, volleyball, nursing groups, baton classes, Jr Hi Y, Industrial Management Club, Chess Club, bricklayers and carpenters locals, carpenters local 994, Rifle Club, Rummage Sale by Benning County Nurses Association, and other youth and community groups with specified time blocks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Air Force Reserve
Bennington County Nurses Association
Benning County Nurses Association
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Thomas V. Neaton
Petersburg
Edna Davis
Angela M. Joly
Francis Woodward Jr
Jean L. Johnson
Pownal Center
Alice Ellis
Ruby Grobuski
Mary Hulihan
White Creek
Ronald Hess
Arlington
Susan Hard
Robert L. Green
Wilmington
April
Thomas Boyde
Whitingham
Burton Luke
UVM Trustees
Bennington Briers
Joseph C. Gladue
Florida
Maple St
Gladue
Yvonne Stone
King’s Daughters
Village Rural Elementary School
Bennington Village Water Board
A.E. Evens
Wallie’s
Falcon
Walter L. Barber, Inc
North Bennington Road
Des
Lovely
Harte Theatre
Ennington
Carroll IS
FURY
George Maharis
FORCE
Corne Ory
Peter Lawford
Viveca Linifors
Edmond Bren
Aldo Ray
Ann Sothern Lloyd Bochner Prancet
Martin H. Poll
Ovectee
Gordon Douglas
Sydney
Ringheiser
House Committees’ Action
Collins
Franklin Billings
Dow Jones—Bache & Co
Waldo Holden
Vt. Bar Association
Benhi
Braintree-Randolph Union High School
Brattleboro Union High School
St. Michael’s High School
246 School
Candle Mill
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