Court Hears 10 Cases In One Hour Bennington Session
District Court Judge John P. Morrissey presided in Bennington Vermont today. Louis J. Rutigliano of Oakdale New York pleaded not guilty to driving while intoxicated and violation of the law of the road but an amended charge was added and he pleaded guilty to refusing the usual tests. The officer’s request was deemed reasonable. Other complaints were dropped and Rutigliano was ordered not to drive a motor vehicle in Vermont for six months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John P. Morrissey
Bennington
Louis J. Rutigliano
Oakdale
N.Y
Morrissey
Rutigliano
Vermont
Donald E. Greene
Peru
Winhall
Greene
Doreen G. Reed
Shaftsbury
M.H. Fishman Co
IGA
Arlington
Reed
Leonard P. Bump
River St
Bump
Charles D. Dunn
Searsburg
Dunn
Robert MacIntyre
North Branch Street
Barbara Ann MacIntyre
MacIntyre
Leonard E. White
Walloomsac Road
Theodore E. Green Jr
Pownal
Edward W. Jones
Park St
Ben Mont Avenue
Susan E. Lando
Manchester
U.S. 7
Rousseaus Mark 67th Wedding Anniversary in Benmont Ave Home
Mr and Mrs Arthur Rousseau observe their 67th anniversary at 258 Benmont Ave where they have lived for years Mrs Rousseau formerly Miss Adeline Betit married April 14 1902 in Sacred Heart Church The couple worked at Holden Leonard woolen plant He was a longtime caretaker at the Town Building and county jailer Their family includes sons Laurence Robert and daughters Lucy Norcross Rena Litster Aurelia Hogan with nine grandchildren and 20 great grandchildren Both belong to Sacred Heart Church Active in fraternal orders and local groups the couple and family are highlighted in a local community feature
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Rousseau
Benmont Ave
Rousseaus
Laurence
Robert
Lucy Norcross
Rena Litster
Aurelia Hogan
Sacred Heart Church
Rousseau
Order of Foresters
Aerie
Order of Eagles
School calendar note with meetings and games
Monday planning and building committee at 3 30 for boys bowling at 7 in the high school gym. Park and Recreation Commission meets at 7 15 and Chess Club at 7 30. Tuesday has girls bowling at 3 30 and boys at 4 in the boys gym. Board of directors at country club at 6 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Park and Recreation Commission
Country Club
Art Major Wins Miss Vermont Pageant Title
Mary Verdiani 19, a Vermont College art major, wonMiss Vermont at Mt. Snow ski area and will represent the state in the Miss USA Pageant in Miami Beach next month. Verdiani stood 5 feet 8 inches and weighed 126 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Dover
Mary Verdiani
Vermont College
Montpelier
Mt. Snow
Miami Beach
Woman Dies in Blaze on North Street Home
A Bennington woman identified as Evelyn Ida Rice, 55, died from burns and smoke inhalation after an overflowing oil burner sparked a fire in her three room one story house at 13914 North Street. Fire Chief Charles J. Sawyer reported the incident. Dr. Arthur S. Faris, regional medical examiner, issued a tentative death finding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Charles J. Sawyer
Evelyn Ida Rice
North St
Arthur S. Faris
Shaftsbury
Sawyer
Pay for Troopers' Lawyers Refused by Finance Chief
In Montpelier UPI reports Finance Director Bruce Mosher refused a 4100 bill from two St Johnsbury lawyers hired in Gov Hoff inquiry into the July 19 shotgun attack on a Negro minister's home in Irasburg. The payment was questioned after Public Safety Commissioner Alexander forwarded it. Mosher said no authorization existed. The board of inquiry, created by Hoff, examined the state police investigation and related events at the Rev David L Johnson Sr home. The incident began with an explosion from an old stove. Mrs Rice and Henry E Rice were hurt, with Mrs Rice hospitalized for burns and shock. Burial for Mrs Rice to be scheduled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mosher
Alexander
Philip H. Hoff
Deane C. Davis
Davis
Elbert G. Moulton
Robert Eldredge
Montpelier
Board of Inquiry
Hoff
David L. Johnson Sr
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Pennington
Rice
Faris
University of Vermont Medical School
James M. Kearns Jr
Wallace L. Mattison Jr
Bennington Village
Evelyn Ida Rice
Arlington
Emery and
Cora
Bromley) White
Shaftsbury
Mr. Rice
Pownal
Carpenter Hill
Grace Marks
California
Ruth Rice
East Arlington
Raymond White
Sunderland
Hanson-Walbridge
Melvin R. McGaughey
First United Methodist Church
Stafford Seeks Nominees For Service Academies
Congressmen Robert T. Stafford urged Vermont youths to apply for nominations to the Air Force, Military, Naval, and Merchant Marine academies. Applications due by June 5, open to Vermont residents 17 to 21, unmarried, and U.S. citizens, evaluated on academics, extra curriculars, and a Civil Service Commission exam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D.C
Robert T. Stafford
U.S
Vermont
Stafford
U.S. Civil Service Commission
Weekend Accidents Report Five Crashes and One Injury
State police logged five weekend accidents with one injury. In Williamstown Massachusetts 19 year old Thomas McDunna suffered a broken arm when a 1959 Triumph driven by Michael Card rolled after leaving Route 67 and burned. Card uninjured. Other incidents occurred on U.S. 7 East Dorset Route 11 Route 30 Bennington Shaftsbury with two accidents Saturday. No fatalities reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas McDunna
Williamstown
Mass
Michael Card
Card
McDunna
Putnam Memorial Hospital
U.S
East Dorset
Richard Race
Amsterdam
N.Y
Laurel Faraci
Dorset
Faraci
Race
Plymouth
Winhall
Mercury
Mildred Bills
Bennington
Ford
William Morrison
Rockland
Richard J. Pierce
James Washington
Washington
Pierce
Route
Shaftsbury
Edward A. Barber
North Bennington
A. Kenneth Robinson
Robinson
Bennington Briefs Highlight Local Board and Meetings
Paul Clark named to the Cable Television Association of New England board in Newport. Women of the Moose plan a nominating meeting Wednesday at Moose Hall with rehearsals and ritual practice preceding. Rosalie Lafferty of Waynesboro Va. guest speaker at Thursday’s Grand Council event. VFW Post 1332 to elect officers Tuesday at 8 p.m. Carl Bugbee project giveaway and snacks. DAR dessert meeting Tuesday at 1 30 p.m. at Mrs. Frederick Welling’s North Bennington home. American Legion Auxiliary meets Tuesday at 8 p.m. Mt Anthony Lodge 13 F&AM holds regular meeting Tuesday at 7 30 p.m. Fellowcraft degree shown. Agawam Coin Show Sunday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Horace Moses Building Eastern States Exposition West Springfield Mass Gate 2. Senior Citizens Club meets tonight at 7 30 with refreshments. Veterans Memorial Committee meets Thursday 7 30 p.m. at VFW Hall. Theodore C Rogers enlisted in the U S Army. Out of town April 18 28 for a medical meeting for Marcel J Lewis M D. Adv.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Clark
Bennington
Cable Television Association of New England
Newport
R.I
Women of the Moose
Moose Hall
Grand Council
Rosalie Lafferty
Waynesboro
Horace Moses
West Springfield
Mass
Blind Preacher At Fair Haven
Rev. Al Crocker a blind evangelist preaches nightly at First Baptist Church Fair Haven at 7 30 p m from April 13 to 20 with his guiding eye dog Arris for companionship The public is invited Crocker grad uated from Northern Baptist Seminary Chicago in 1958 and previously led Charleston Baptist Church in Maine for four years
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fair Haven
al Crocker
First Baptist Church
Mr. Crocker
Northern Baptist Seminary
Chicago
Charleston Baptist Church
Charleston
Maine
Arris
Garrison To Address Area Management Club
William H. Garrison, president and chairman of the Garrison Corp., will address the Industrial Management Club of Greater Bennington on April 16 at Top Management Night at the Paradise Restaurant. The talk, on delegation of responsibility in business, will precede a club dinner and a brief business report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Garrison
Garrison Corp
Industrial Management Club of
Greater Bennington
James Davis
Paul DeConinie
Eagle Square
Edward Garand
John Racicot
Philip Kent
Dodge Industries
Bob Brodt
Tanstor
John Rowe
Bomb threat clears Middlebury auditorium during show
Middlebury authorities investigated a anonymous telephone bomb threat that cleared Wright Memorial Auditorium at Middlebury College during a pantomime act by Rolf Scharre. About 400 people were in attendance when campus and city police evacuated the building and searched it, finding nothing unusual, before the performer finished the last two acts at Dana Auditorium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middlebury
APS
Wright
Middlebury Police
Sheriffs Department
Dana Auditorium
Scharre
Petition for Zoning To Be Given Selectmen
Alarmed by un controlled growth Bennington residents push for interim zoning. A 300 to 400 name petition led by Arthur D. Taylor seeks review of the 98 unit East View Drive apartment project. Officials plan a hearing and a board meeting with planning commissioner Foster and planner Moore to discuss a permanent zoning ordinance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Arthur D. Taylor
Convent Avenue
Robert D. Stout
East View Drive
Carl E. Capella
Vermont Planning and Development Act
Taylor
Clarks Woods
Robert E. Cummings Jr
Arthur Taylor
Board of
Selectmen
Joseph E. Higgins
Town Planning Commission
Lawrence Moore
Thomas H. Foster
Moore
Commission
Foster
Norton Barber
Funeral of Mrs Mary L Harbour Held at Local Home
The funeral for Mrs Mary L Harbour of 614 Gage Street widow of Guy S Harbour who died unexpectedly at home was held Saturday afternoon at Hanson Walbridge Funeral Home. The Rev Melvin officiated with bearers Thomas Mills Wilfred Seymour Joel Howard Frank Riley Alden Harbour and Francis Greenslet attending along with many relatives and friends. Burial followed in Park Lawn Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary L. Harbour
Gage St
Guy S. Harbour
Hanson - Walbridge Funeral Home
Melvin R. McGaughey
First United Methodist Church
Thomas Mills
Wilfred Seymour
Joel Howard
Frank Riley
Alden Harbour
Francis Greenslet
Mr. McGaughey
Park Lawn Cemetery
Randolph
Leo Cochrane
Lois Palmer
Burlington
North Bennington
Grant
Lebanon
N.H
Mr. Cochrane
Frankfurt
Maine
John
Mary (Sullivan) Cochrane
Miss Palmer
Katherine Lyman
Southport
Conn
John Cochrane
Vergennes
Corbin & Palmer Funeral Home
Lakeview Cemetery
Legislative Women Give To Brandon Training School
Loyal Legislative Women led by Mrs. Joseph Caracciola visited the Brandon Training School on April 8 for a sewing and knitting project. Volunteers donated over 100 stuffed animals and 40 scarves, 50 mittens, 30 sweaters, and headbands. A cash gift funded treats for the children, and Rep. Caracciola’s amendment securing a $5,000 appropriation for foster grandparents was acknowledged by administrative superintendent Raymond Mulcahy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Mulcahy
Brandon Training School
Mulcahy
Caracciola
Joseph Caracciola
N-1
Bennington
Movie timetable for Williamstown festival at Harte Theatre
At the Williamstown cinema festival the Harte Theatre presents "Accident" with Dirk Bogarde at 8 p.m. on April 14 and "Nobody Waved Goodbye" at 8 p.m. on April 15. Also shown is "They Came to Rob Las Vegas" starring Gary Lockwood and Ellie Sommers, filmed on location, with showings at 6:30 and 8:45 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamstown
Dirk Bogarde
Joseph Losey
Las Vegas
Gary Lockwood
Ellie Sommers
Harte Theatre
Emma Hoyt 58 Shafts bury churchwoman dies after illness
Emma Hoyt 58 of Eagle Street Shafts bury dies after a short illness at Putnam Memorial Hospital She was active in the First United Methodist Church Shaftsbury and led social concerns work for the Troy Conference and Shaftsbury church She championed housing upgrades for itinerant apple pickers and belonged to several civic groups including the Bennington League of Women Voters
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sears Roebuck
Shaftsbury Methodist Church
E. L. Nichols
Pennysaver Press
C. L
Dunham Furniture
Grant’s. Also
Ranney Galusha
Joyce Hanson
Tony Masso
Catherine Whitman
Esther Brown
Eileen Dick
Amanda Hamilton
Frances Shoemaker
Thomas Steffen
Lottie Tobler
Marie Condon
Robert LaPorte
John McShane
Jean Irons
Betty Clark
Leroy Marsden
Emma Harwood
Bennington
Becky Arrison
Linda Graves
Nancy Kantrowitz
YMCA
Bennington Iron Works
Broad Brook Press
Robert Condon
Shaftsbury
Emma Hoyt
Eagle Street
Putnam Memorial Hospital
George and
Bertha
Hooper) Shephard
Boston
Mass
Shaftsbury Fish and Game Association
Hoyt
Hospital Notes April 11 13 1969 Admissions and Births
Hospital notes list admissions on April 11 12 13 1969 including Jesse King Bennington and George Cronk Buskirk N Y. Discharges include Michael Gardy Cropseyville N Y and baby Eric Schaefer Eagle Bridge N Y. Births noted for John Cornell 135 BenMont Ave and Albert Stoessel 132 Putnam St both with April 11 dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Gardy
Cropseyville
N.Y
Eric Schaefer
Eagle Bridge
Michelaine Ryan
Manchester Center
Bernard Leamy
North Bennington
Ellen Wilkinson
Bennington
John Cornell
BenMont Ave
Albert Stoessel
Putnam St
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mr. and
Mrs
Miss Vt
U.S. House of Representatives
Benningson
Bennington Briefs
VFW
Carl Bugbee
Daughters of the American Revolution
Frederick Welling
American Legion Auxiliary
Senior Citizens Center
North Street
Mt. Anthony Lodge
F&am
Masonic Temple
Senior Citizens Club
Veterans’ Memorial Committee
VFW Hall
Theodore C. Rogers
Ralph R. Rogers
U.S. Army
Fort Dix
N.J
Theodore C . Rogers
R. A
Marcel J. Lewis
W.H. Garrison
Area Management Club
Paradise Restaurant
Cushman
Ken Bett
Reynolds Tool & Die
Tom Hoyt
Bob Gratton
Globe Union
Carl LaPierre
Tansitor
Freeland Littlefield
American Management Association
New York City
Garrison
Garrison Color Corporation
Dumont
Hawthrone - Summerfield, Inc
Freehold
Olympic Sales Club, Inc
Windsor Locks
Harvey D. Carter
R-32
Brandon
John Ladenburg
Wilmington
Mount Snow
Valley Sport
New England
Mr. Ladenburg
Mannheim
Germany
Garmisch - Partenkirchen
Sport Trends Ski and Sport Shops Inc
Vermont Ski Shops Association
Rena
England
Hubert
Maryland
Paul van Maffei
Needham
Ladenburgs
Wallingford
Jack W. Paddock
Donald J. Paddock
Trenton
Edward Grace
Barber
Lawrence
Audrey) Foucher
Chester Shephard
Monmouth
Hanson - Walbridge
A.J. MacDonald
Shaftsbury First United Methodist Church
Jesse King
George Cronk
Buskirk
Harriet Ostrander
Bessie Cutler
Hoosick Falls
Louis A. Russell
Whitingham
Betty Lou Steller
Petersburg
Rita Ratelle
Schaghticoke
Tricia Dwyer
Elvira Tartell
Mae Fahs
Clark Blake
R.J. Vosburgh
Matthew Surdam
Frances Mitchell
Ethel Lake
White Creek
Evelyn Welch
Marilyn Cone
E Jeepster
Jeepster Commando
Kaiser Jeep Corporation
Glenn Motor CO
North
Bennington Rd
Pleasant St
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