Benhi Highlights Books for National Library Week
The Benhi library showcases Sandy Koufax's Teen list with novels from adventure to memoir. It adds 250 new titles including The Old Man and the Sea, Lord of the Flies, Catcher in the Rye, Hiroshima, and Never Cry Wolf. Students list favorites like Moby Dick and The Grapes of Wrath as the librarian hopes for increased reading.
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National Library Week
Sandy Koufax
Sandy
Bendi
Annapurna
Maurice Herzog
Ernest Hemingway
Aku Aku
Thor Heyerdahl
Cornelius Ryan
Jacques-Yves Cousteau
F. Dumas
Walt Whitman
William Golding
J. D. Salinger
William Lederer
Eugene Burdick
Nevil Shute
Jamie
Jack Bennett
Harvey Wheeler
Appomattox
Bruce Catton
John Hersey
John F. Kennedy
Walter Lord
William L. Shirer
T. H. White
Anne Frank
Charley
America
John Steinbeck
Rascal
Charles
Charles Dickens
Victoria Lincoln
Amelia Elizabeth Walden
Mary Stolz
Farley Mowat
Alistair MacLean
William Shakespeare
Ladies’ Home Journal
Carol Truax
Bennett Cerf
Leathernecks
U.S. Marine Corps
Karl Schuon
Wright W. Miller
Barbara Ward
Peace Corps
Roy Hoopes
Charles de Gaulle
Duncan Grinnell - Milne
Ben
Sharon Becker
Sam Greer
Moby Dick
Trisha Povsner
Hospital Notes Admissions and Births in Bennington Area
Admissions list includes Wanda Stewart Manchester Center Rosella Decker Corina Bakaitis Hoosick Falls Marion Peets West Arlington Jane Mayer Barbara Burgess Bennington Brenda Mattison Arlington Mary Roberts Hoosick Falls George Lovell North Bennington Dorothy Kaveny Pawlet. A daughter to James Cutler Hoosick Falls on April 16 and a daughter to Martin J Daigneault Plymouth NH formerly Bennington on April 15 named Beth Louise.
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Wanda Stewart
Manchester Center
Rosella Decker
Corina Bakaitis
Hoosick Falls
Marion Peets
West Arlington
Jane Mayer
Barbara Burgess
Bennington
Brenda Mattison
Arlington
Mary Roberts
George Lovell
North Bennington
Dorothy Kaveny
Pawlet
James Cutler
Center St
Martin J. Daigneault
Plymouth, N.H
Beth Louise
Bennington men found guilty on probation violations
Two Bennington area men James A. Bump 21 and Donald E. Greene 21 were found in violation of probation for leaving the state and consuming alcohol. Both were remanded to county jail by Judge George M. Fienberg with final disposition set for Wednesday. Greene had prior convictions and suspensions. Bump faced a suspended sentence on a prior driving while suspended count.
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Bennington
Williamstown
Mass
Bennington Municipal Court
James A. Bump
Donald E. Greene
Shaftsbury
Daniel J. Holland
George M. Fienberg
Greene
House of Correction
Bump
Bennington Briefs Highlights From Local Meetings And Notices
James Betts pictured among delegates to Boys and Girls States. Bennington Rural Fire Department Auxiliary to hold officer election April 20 at Willow Road Firehouse. Spring recess for Bennington Graded School District ends April 27. Local residents William Billett and William Riley improving or returning from Albany Medical Center. Local ads include Iron Kettle specials and used car listings. Eugene R. Oullette of Williamstown pleads not guilty to gross lewd and lascivious conduct. case heard in Washette Inc. incident at 312 Main St.
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James Betts
James Best
Bendi
DeMolay
Bennington
Bennington Graded School
Eugene R. Oullette
Williamstown
Mass
the Washette Inc
Main St
Oullette
Atty
Eugene V. Clark
Village weighs water expansion to serve new industry
Village officials and Globe Union consider using mixed Morgan Springs and village water to meet a 54 000 gallon daily need for a forthcoming industry. Federal funds for water projects are exhausted and a one year construction estimate for a new plant is given. A private reservoir at the Vermont Soldiers’ Home is discussed as an auxiliary supply though concerns over drought and water hardness remain.
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Bowen
Village Water Department
Globe Union
Morgan Springs
Joseph Higgins
Bennington
Vermont Soldiers’ Home
Kenneth Baker
Bennington Planners Explore Future Recreation Needs
Bennington Regional Planning Commission heard new recommendations from four community groups about expanding recreation facilities as part of a two year planning program. The discussion focused on a county wide program with input from the Bennington Area YMCA Bennington Village Recreation Commission and Paran Recreations Inc. Representatives urged a coordinated effort including a full time director and expanded facilities such as tennis courts and an outdoor concert shell.
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Bennington Regional Planning Commission
Commission
Bennington
Paran Recreations Inc
Village Recreation Board
Howard Fitzgerald
Recreation Commission
Charles Durocher
De Gaulle Voices Strong After Broadcast Amid Surgery Reports
De Gaulle's residence outside Cochin Hospital raised no confirmed signs of his presence. Reports on surgery remain unconfirmed with broadcasts carried by state networks. he has shown energy and good health since returning to power in June 1958. A separate local notice discusses Bennington College and community tennis court use, YMCA plans, and public road concerns.
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Elysee Palace
de Gaulle
Cochin
Thomas P. Brockway
Bennington College
Brockway
Leonard Black
Lake Side
Yale English Conference Schedules Teachers In New Haven
Mrs Kirsch and Mrs Boardman attend the 10th Yale Conference on teaching English in New Haven April 17 18. Lectures include Reading Robert Frost Reading Shakespeare s Sonnets and Ways of Characterizing in the Novel. Mimeograph copies will be given to delegates before departure.
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Paul Kirsch
Madge Boardman
Yale
New Haven
Conn
Robert Frost
Harry Berger Jr
Richard S. Sylvester
New England
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Martin Price
Yale University
Armour Craig
Amherst College
Macbeth
Euegene M. Waith
Billy Bud
Charles Feidelson
Obituaries from Dorset and Manchester Depot services noted
Funeral services are set for Myrtle Withington Reed 86 of Dorset at United Church of Dorset with burial in Maple Hill Cemetery. She leaves three daughters three sons 25 grandchildren 49 great grandchildren and 33 great great grandchildren. Call 7 to 9 p.m. at Brewster Funeral Home Manchester. Also funeral plans for Wilma E. Beers 48 of Manchester Depot in Peru Congregational Church with burial in Landgrove Cemetery. She leaves husband three sons a grandson two brothers a half brother a sister and nieces and nephews. Call 7 to 9 p.m. Friday at Adams Funeral Home Chester.
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Dorset
Myrtle Withington Reed
United Church of
Robert G. Dana
Maple Hill Cemetery
Reed
Danby
Eli and
Fannie (Buell) Withington
Edward Moffit
East Dorset
Fannie Bromley
East Hebron
N.Y
David Baker Sr
Ira
Frederick
William
Brewster Funeral Home
Manchester
Manchester Depot
Wilma E. Beers
Lester Beers
Peru Congregational Church
Jordan Dickinson
Landgrove Cemetery
Beers
Peru
Emery
Lillian
Bolton) Moffitt
Landgrove
Lester Jr
Gerald D
Benjamin F
Londonderry
Clifton Moffitt
Arlington
Robert Moffitt
Londonerry
Paul Holmberg
South Dorset
Floyd Snow
Adams Funeral Home
Chester
Funerals Held for Nora Powers and Peter Sourcliffe in North Bennington
The town held funeral services for Nora Powers 96 revered as the village’s oldest resident at St John the Baptist Church with Bearers listed and Sodal ity honorary members noted. In Bennington the funeral for Peter Sourcliffe was at Sacred Heart Church with a Requiem High Mass led by Fr Wiseman. Relatives attended from multiple states and regions.
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North Bennington
Nora Powers
St. John the Baptist Church
Walter F. Miller
Mahar & Son Funeral Home
Bennington
John Ryan
Fred Ryan
Donald Powers
Robert Condon
Lawrence Powers
Richard Powers
The
Sodality of the Blessed Virgin of St
Peter O. Sourcliffe
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Sacred Heart Church
Joseph F. Wiseman
Richard Harmon
John Harrington
Harry Moon
Arthur Poulin
John Stone Jr
Michael Williams
Bennington Catholic High School
Sourcliffe
Margaret
Father Wiseman
St. John’s Cemetery
Burlington
Berlin
Troy
N.Y
Jacksonville
Fla
Georgia
Courtmanche Elected President of Rural Fire Co
Daniel Courtemanche was elected president of Bennington Rural Fire Department Companies 1 2 and 4 at the annual meeting. Other officers include Gareth Bigart vice president Edward Coyne secretary and Robert Morrissey treasurer. Truck foremen and assistants named for Pumper No 1 Pumper No 2 and Tanker No 4.
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Courtmanche
Rural Fire Co
Daniel Courtemanche
Bennington
Gareeth Bigart
Edward Coyne
Robert Morrissey
Edward Haddad
John Cross
James Moore
Norman la Croix
Leo Bentley
Fred Jordan
Leonard Cross
Thomeas Watson
Ray Harrington
Towns Covered Bridges To Get New Paint Job
Bennington selectmen awarded the painting of the towns three covered bridges to Rupert N Young for 700 dollars. Four bids were submitted by local contractors with materials supplied by the town. Bridges lie on River Road Murphy Road and Silk Road.
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Bennington
Rupert N. Young
River Road
Murphy Road
Silk Road
Young
Douglas E. Hill
Woodford
Gordon Kenyon
North Bennington
Douglas Gerrity
Stock Averages Mix In Gains Across Sectors
The stock market shows broad gains with the composite average up 0.56 points to 286.98. Industrials rise 1.64 to 827.29, railroads advance 0.05 to 196.75, utilities up 61 to 140.124, and sales reach 2,370,000.
Local Park Owner Quips on War on Poverty
Lee H. Perry owner of Perry's Fun Park in Bessemer Michigan laments regional economic woes. He jokes that with President Johnson declaring war on poverty he only wants to know where to surrender, reflecting local concern over hard times.
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Bessemer
Mich
UPI
Lee H. Perry
Perry's
Michigan Upper Peninsula
Johnson
Perry
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Peter O. Sourdiffe
RT. 7 North
DIAL
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White House
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Lewiston
Maine
Lyndon B. Johnson
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Donald Waite
Joseph F. Waite
Branch St
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Fort Dix
N.J
St. Howitzer Battalion
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Miller
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Bette Davis
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Alan Bradel Barber Ferris
Se Hed Theatre
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Carole Cook
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