Bennington Briefs Highlights From Local Community
Winners of duplicate bridge at Mt Anthony Country Club were Francis and Mrs Jenkins 921 points north south and Col DuHamel with Mrs Reed and Mrs Roulier 86 points east west. Sister Evangelist organises a Girl Scout band seeking four drums and instrument donations call Mrs Ottaviano. Maundy Thursday service at Old First Church. Knights of Columbus bus to Winooski for major degree. contact leaders by April 13. Grass fires on Hicks Avenue and Oakes Street report. fence damaged on Landon property. Beethoven Violin Sonata concert tickets on sale for Sunday at 8:30 p.m. at Bennington College Carriage Barn. Catholic Daughters meet to recite Rosary at Hanson Walbridge Home. Airport manager Whittemore returns from Texas. National Guard helicopter training. VFW Auxiliary elections Tuesday. Veterans Memorial Committee meets Wednesday. Miss Susan Smith to be honored at Ottawa University May 10. dean’s list student from Bennington. Edward Trainor attends Abbott Laboratories seminar. 1948 employee. Three Dale Carnegie course openings. contact Louis Levine. Shaughnessy family from Brockton visits. former Bennington High School faculty. Jean Ratelle serving aboard USS Canberra in Mediterranean waters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Anthony Country Club
Francis Jenkins
R. Randall
H. Nash
Col
N. Y. DuHamel
Josephine Reed
Roulier
Hoff Denies Continued From Page One Involves CD Training Debates
The Senate Judiciary Committee will begin hearings on a plan to delete material about communism from the states CD survival training program. Gov. Hoff notes support for Holden’s order but questions the teaching ban. A pilot ideological course runs in 19 Vermont high schools separate from CD. Hoff backs the order yet opposes suppressing scholarly debate. He cites possible transfers of CD functions to other agencies and criticizes school board responses to candidate religions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate Judiciary Committee
Education Commission A
John Holden
Woodstock
Harold C. Raynolds
State Education Board
Holden
Hoff
Edward H. Romney
Education Department
Judiciary Committee
Vermont
Eagbon
Raynolds
Vergennes and Rutland Win Drama Honors at Festival
Vergennes High School and Rutland High School tied for first in the one act play contest at the Vermont State Drama Festival. They will represent the state at the New England Drama Festival in Providence Rhode Island the weekend of April 27. Other competitors included Mount St. Joseph Rutland Marshfield Plainfield Spaulding Barre and Winooski.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middlebury
Bennington Catholic High School
Rutland High School
Vergennes High School
Providence
R.I
Mount St. Joseph of Rutland
Marshfield- Plainfield High School
Spaulding High School of
Barre
Winooski High School
Two Women Hurt in Dewey and Main Street Crash
Bennington Village Police said two women were injured in a Sunday night collision at the Dewey Street and Main Street intersection. Sarah Greene of Airport Road and Madeline J. Reed of Manchester Connecticut were treated at Putnam Memorial Hospital and released. Reed was turning right from Dewey onto Main when it struck Greene traveling east on Main.
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Dewey and
Main Street
Bennington Village
Sarah Greene
Airport Road
Madeline J. Reed
Manchester, Conn
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Reed
Dewey Street
Greene
Bennington students win at Vermont State Science Fair
Lynn Oldendorph of Bennington High School and Russell Barber of North Bennington High School led Vermont state science fair winners at Bennington Catholic High School. Oldendorph earned a blue ribbon for Diatoms of the Walloomsac River. Barber won a earth science medal for Composition of the Tourmaline Family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn Oldendorph
Bennington High School
Russell Barber
North Bennington High School
Vermont
The
Association of Mathematics and Science Teachers
Vermont Headmasters’ Association
Bennington Catholic High School
Miss Oldendorph
Bendi
Walloomsac River
Barber
Chris Hebb
Thetford High School
William Howland
Windsor
Robert Maxham
George Trombly
Springfield High School
Russell Shaw
Springfield
University of New Hampshire
Maxham
John Stearns
Mt, St. Joseph
Robert Pozner
Patience Brooks
Burr and
Burton
Trombly
James Pitaniello
Pauline St. Cyr
Rice Memorial
Burlington
Dollard
National Science Foundation
NSF
Putnam Hospital Admissions and Discharges List
Sunday April 7 admissions include Margaret Goodwin Evelyn Smith Rose Belisle and others from Bennington Hoosick Falls Woodford and more. Discharges name Ann Davis Ellis Freemyer Rachel Little Myrtle Higgins and others with several newborns listed for April 5 6 and 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Goodwin
Evelyn Smith
Rose Belisle
Bennington
Francis Smith
Woodford
Nellie King
Hoosick Falls
Merton Rice
Searsburg
Ann Davis
Wilmington
Ellis Freemyer
North Hoosick
Rachel Little
Arlington
Mrs. Alice Harte Dies at 75 Former Bennington Theater Owner
Mrs. Alice Eileen McDermott Harte, 75, of 217 West Main St widow of John B. Harte, longtime operator of Harte and Stark Theaters, died Sunday at Warner Nursing Home after years of frail health. Born in Hoosick Falls, she and her husband ran Bennington Opera House since 1917, hosting top Broadway shows and stars. she was active in Catholic Daughters of America and St Francis de Sales Church. Her husband died in 1936. Also noted is the death of Dr. Robert Loomis of DeWitt, N.Y., who died skiing at Mt. Snow, heart attack, body returned to DeWitt after funeral arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Eileen (McDermott) Harte
West Main St
John B. Harte
Opera House
Harte and
Stark Theaters
Warner Nursing Home
Harte
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
John
Mary Ann (Whitney) McDermott
Bennington
Albany Business College
St. Francis de Sales
Hartes
Sousa
Wilmington
Robert Loomis
DeWitt
Mt. Snow
Covey
Atty
Charles G. Harte
Edward Peary
Marie) Stafford
Sparta
N.J
Cmdr. Stafford
Admiral Peary
Wendell Stafford
St. Johnsbury
Vermont
Vermont Supreme Court
Federal Circuit Court of Appeals
Washington
William A
Barbara) Hurley
Henry D
Eileen) Whittle
Danville
St. Francis de Sales Church
Hanson-Walbridge Funeral Home
Juries Compared To Craps Spark Court Opinion
Kentucky appeals judge calls jury sentencing like shooting craps urging standardization to curb inequity across cases and regions. The piece notes other obituaries and funeral notices for local residents with details on services and attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Kentucky
Burglars Hit North Village Businesses
Thieves broke into two North Bennington establishments Friday night and tried a third. At Villager Restaurant they netted about 100 dollars and damaged the bar area. Strever barber shop saw minor cash loss and drawer tampering, while Nadeau fuel office door was damaged in the attempt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Bennington
Main Street
Norman Harrington
Joseph Nadeau
Prospect Bromley Ski Clubs Maintain Ties
Prospect Mt. Ski Club will keep a liaison with Bromley Ski Club, clarified by Stephen Jesseman of Carpenter Hill Road. A previous report suggested the Bennington area club severed ties with Peru’s Bromley, but the two remain aligned on a junior ski program and winter activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prospect Mt. Ski Club
Bromley Ski Club
Stephen Jesseman
Carpenter Hill Road
Bennington
Peru Ski Area
Jesseman
Prospect Ski Club
Bromley
Taconic Racing & Breeding Assn Stockholders Meet Tomorrow
Taconic Racing & Breeding Association Inc will hold its annual stockholders meeting tomorrow at 11 a.m. in Pow nal track offices. Vincent J. Bartimo, GM of Green Mountain Park, says the 99 percent ready facility aims to open May 24 for Vermont’s first pari mutuel racing meet lasting 45 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pownal
Taconic Racing & Breeding Association Inc
Vincent J. Bartimo
Green Mountain
Green Mountain State
Stock Averages Report for Dow Jones and Industry Groups
The noon stock update shows the Dow Jones Industrial average at 705.19, up 2.76 points. The Railroads index stands at 155.50, Utilities at 137.21, and the Composite at 247.974 for the session, with gains in the provided sectors.
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Bennington Briefs
Evangelist
John Ottaviano
Old First Church
Robert P. Bell
Knights of Columbus
Winooski
Edwin Maroney
Norman Gadue
James DeLong
Merrill A. Landon
Hicks Avenue
Oakes Street
Bennington College
Catholic Daughters of America
Joel Whittemore
Texas
Whittemore
National Guard
VFW
North Street
Veterans Memorial Committee
American Legion
Susan Smith
Forrest Smith
Morgan Street
Ottawa University
Ottawa
Kan
Edward O. Trainor
Gage St
Abbott Laboratories
Chicago
Ill
Trainor
Dale Carnegie
Bennington Lions Club
Louis Levine
Bennington Bell Laundry
George Shaughnessy
Brockton
Mass
Frank P. Whitman
Bradford Place
Shaughnessy
Jean Ratelle
U.S. Navy
Donat J. Ratelle
Bradford St
Canberra
Sixth Fleet
Mediterranean
Norfolk
Pozner
BCHS
Craig Galipeau
Division St
Marcel Lettre
McCall St
Buckler
Earl Dupree
Roger Thompson
Woodstock Union High School
Dupree
Vergennes and Rutland
NBHS
Rand Corp
Department of Defense
Science Research Association
Edward Erickson
Millyn Moore
Arlington High School
William Dupree
Gloria Hollister
Thomas Lanfair
Robert Walker
Bennington High
Jean Cleary
Richard Corcoran
Bonnie Flood
David Humphreys
Walter Morrissey
Warren Allen
Mary Ann Holland
Linda Humphreys
Kevin Thibodeau
Sacred Heart School
Allen
Laurren Becerra
Charles Galen
James Harris
Marie McLean
Keith VanDale
St. Francis de Sales Academy
David Henderson
Alison Nowak
Penny Rich
Nancy Thompson
Greater Bennington Association
Irving Adler
Maine
New Hampshire
Ralph Simpson
Philip Walker
Molly Stark
Putnam Hospital
Frances Hunt
Hawley Bump
Robert Oliver
Washington, D.C
Mae Loomis
Ann LaCross
Martin H. Hirsch
East Arlington
Catherine Quinn
Mildred Day
Myrtle Higgins
Rupert
Mildred Hurley
North Pownal
Betty Meyer
Middletown
Ronald V. Lamphier
Berlin
Evelyn Neggen
Cohoes
Rebecca Griffin
Henry Vosburgh Jr
Harold Hatch
Charles Stowell
Beverly Hoag
James Edgerton Sr
Robert Edson
Manchester Center
James Cusack
First St
Edward Rogowski
Robinson Ave
Edward P. Quinlan
Jefferson Heights
Sidney R. Sutton Jr
Shaftsbury
Robert F. Masten
White Creek
Frederick Sweet
Beech Street Extension
Philip Sherwin
John B Harte
Court of Catholic Daughters of America
John Palmore
State Court of Appeals
Kentucky Bar Association
Albert RE
Albert H.bishop
Hanson - Walbridge
Stephen C. Greene
Second Congregational Church
Lloyd Bishop Jr
Troy
Gerald Condon
Schenectady
William Bishop
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Robert Bulson Sr
Robert Bulson Jr
Richard Chagnon
William Hamilton
Florence Myers
Mahar & Son Funeral Home
St. John the Baptist Church
Walter F. Miller
Edward Chahanovich
Clarence Barney
Charles
Edward Myers
Miller
Funeral Home
Park Lawn Chapel
St. John’s Cemetery
North Village
Harte Theatre
Double Featware
Baby Jane
Bette Davis and
Joan Crawford
Natalie Wood
Taras Bulba
Tony Curtis
Prospect
Link
ELKS
Ralph R. Bennett Jr
Elks Club
John D. Vaughan
Bennington Lodge
William Warner
Darrell Sawyer
Green Mountain Park
Dow-Jones—Bache & Co
Albany
Sterling, Pe
oveck-Shu
Ecom
Music Shop
Vermont Society
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