North Shire Group Seeks Road Change
Manchester and Sunderland motel operators and businessmen petition the highway department to alter routing for a four-lane U.S. co replacement. They propose linking Vt. 30 to end points near Lorette Avenue and Green Mountain Veterinary Hospital, straightening Chalet Motel curve, and widening to three lanes. Sunderland area residents seek an access south of Manchester near the border. petition exceeds 50 names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Sunderland
Highway Department
U.S. Co
Ivor (Tink) Pelsue
Stearns Jenkins
Lorette Avenue
Maple Hill
Barnumville Road
The
Inauguration talk highlights tenure debate at Vermont college
McCune argues UVM must serve national audience beyond Vermont and foster a world view while editors of the university press debate tenure. They contend tenure often stifles teaching quality, while McCune defends it as essential to academic freedom and student protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ness
UVM
McCune
University of Vermont
Vermont
State of
United States
Hospital Notes April 15 1966 admissions and births
Long list of admissions and discharges dated Friday April 15 and Saturday April 16 1966 from various towns including Bennington Manchester Arlington Hoosick Falls and East Arlington. Notable entries include Master John Baker births and multiple family announcements with names hometowns and parental relations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Carrier
Ronnie Baldwin
Jane Jolivette
Bennington
Irene Bentley
East Arlington
Paul Holmburg
Buskirk
N.Y
Dale Longtin
Howard Jennings
Arlington
Harry Skidmore
Sandgate
Herbert Knapp
Woodford
Alfred Ferran Nini
Hoosick Falls
Zoning Law Change To Be Aired In Old Bennington
Public hearing Monday at 7 30 p m in Old Bennington schoolhouse will discuss changes dividing the village into a residential district and a residential college district around St Joseph College Catamount Lane. James Oakes prepared the proposal with $1500 allocated for ordinance changes. The hearing accompanies a Town Unification Committee session on municipal unit merger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Town Unification Committee
St. Joseph College
Catamount Lane
James Oakes
Brattleboro
Vt. 9
Sisters of St. Joseph Society
Bennington Briefs Legion Auxiliary Meeting Tuesday
The American Legion Auxiliary will hold its regular monthly meeting Tuesday at the Legion Home. Dr James Toolan will speak on Law and the Citizen a psychiatric view at the Bennington Branch American Association of University Women meeting tonight at 8 at Mrs Thomas D Cook Jr home Co hostesses Mrs Edgar Killian and Mrs Alan A Symons Mrs Harold A Mayforth of Burlington will give the introduction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion
James Toolan
Bennington
American Association of University Women
Thomas D. Cook Jr
Edgar Killian
Alan A. Symons
Harold A. Mayforth
Burlington
WBTN
Federated Garden Clubs of Vermont
Wellwood Dog
Robert Brogdale
Springfield Garden Club
Mt. Anthony Country Club
Marilyn Dailey
Pat Riley
Frank
Chip) E. Howe III
Helena Norton
Daughters of the American Revolution
Berington
Vermont Hairdressers Association
Towne
Guy
Vermont Beauty College
Malcolm Finlayson
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Practical Nurse Association of Vermont
Maryan Clark
Kate LeRay
Hoosick
Bruce W. Howe
Grandview St
Ricker College
Houston
Maine
Bennington High School
DeWitt Lewis
Bennington Elks Club
Washington Ave
A.E. Evens
Cushman Union Alternates Elected At Local 545 Meeting
In North Bennington Local 545 of the Upholsterers International Union elected Clark Condon and Roy Farm to serve as alternates to the policy making unit, joining regular delegates Perle Hoyt and Robert Peckham. Harold Austin became vice president replacing Frank Campney. The group donated $25 to Border Lodge 1829 of the Machinists union and planned Peckham’s trip to Florida for the national UIU convention. Delegates to the Bennington County Central Labor Council weekend seminar were also named, bringing total delegates to ten.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Bennington
Upholsterers International Union
H.T. Cushman Mfg. Corp
UIU
New Hampshire-Vermont
Harold Austin
Frank Campney
Cushman
Border Lodge 1829
International Association of Machinists
Union Twist Drill Co
Derby Line
Peckham
Florida
545
Bennington County Central Labor Council
Robert Gratton
Clark Condon
George Reagan
Gordon Hall
Perle Hoyt
Walter Janssen
Verder Elwell
Carleton Couch
Merritt O’dell Jr
Lawrence Carpenter
Boys Injured In Rifle Accident In North Bennington
Two brothers, Peter Alvin Carpenter 10 and Christopher John Carpenter 14, were injured when a Remington rifle in their father's car discharged. Peter suffered a left arm wound. Christopher neck injuries required stitches. The accident happened near West Street as the family returned from a woodchuck hunt. Police found shell fragments in the trunk. both boys underwent treatment at Putnam Memorial Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Bennington
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Peter Alvin Carpenter
Peter A. Carpenter
Main St
Bennington
Christopher John Carpenter
Carpenter
Corp
Gordon Mooney
Putnam Hospital
Orrin Coonz
Victoria Carpenter
Christopher
Peter
Kelley Anne
Shane Alexander
West Street
Raymond Allen
County Street
Allen
Cushman
Timmy Guetti
Reno Guetti
U.S. 7
Guetti
Rifle Fire Causes Power Cut in Bennington Area
CVPSC reports 15 to 18 insulators shot by unknown persons damaged a high tension line at the W.H. Morse gravel pit head of Fillmore Street cutting power to Pow nal for about 40 minutes Saturday afternoon. The 44,000 volt line was switched to an alternate source from North Adams, Mass. Firefighters were called as hot metal and a grass fire may have resulted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pownal
Central Vermont Public Service Corporation
Bennington
W.H. Morse
Fillmore Street
Jack Lowre
CVPSC
North Adams
Mass
Lowre
Area Obituaries and Services Across Vermont Towns
Obituaries for Jessie Cameron of Sudbury and Raymond W. Clark of Rutland note deaths, family survivors, and upcoming funeral services. Minnie Faxon, 103, former Hudson Falls resident, dies in Saratoga Springs. William Hathaway, 64, of North Hoosick, and James Reynolds, 82, Springfield, also mourned with services planned. Helena Norton and other local figures referenced with burial details and calling hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sudbury
Jessie (Newton) Cameron
Walter J. Cameron
Welland O
Brandon
Bowen Shattuck
Forest Dale Cemetery
Glens Falls
N.Y
David Meade
Hudson Falls
Hoosick Falls
William S. Hathaway
North Hoosick
Hathaway
Bennington
Noble & Wood Machine Co
Machinists’ Union
Ethel
Clyde Sherman
John Woodward
Schenectady
Harry N, McManus
Delhi
Mary A, Hathaway
George W
Marvin S
Kenneth C
Stillwater
N. Y
Charles M
Frank S
Petersburg
James J
Cambridge
David G. Hathaway
F. Chase Hathaway
Leo J. Mahar
Maple Grove Cemetery
Springfield
Mass
James E. Reynolds
Robert T. Sullivan
Pittsfield
Mercy Hospital
Hartford
New Haven
Philomena McNandley
Raymond F. Cooley
Roger T. Reynolds
Sap Bucket Theft Brings Fines to Four Teens
Four Rutland area youths including Gary Hall and James Lertola pled guilty to petty larceny for stealing 200 sap buckets from local maple farms. Judges ordered fines totaling 219.60 and two days in jail served before sentencing, plus community cleanup duties for the season ending. Farmers named include Steven Kittredge Willard Squires Carl Start Phillip Pinkowski and Frederick Gallipo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rutland
Bennington
Richard F. Sullivan
Gary Hall
Shrewsbury
James F. Lertola
Ronald A. Hall
Paul J. Julius
Hall
Lertola
Rutland Area
Steven Kittredge
Willard Squires
Carl Start
Phillip Pinkowski
Clarendon
Frederick Gallipo
Rutland Town
Stock Averages Report for April 18 1966
Dow Jones at noon shows 30 Industrials at 942.70 down 5.07, 20 Railroads at 263.33 up .17, 15 Utilities at 140.72 up .18, composite at 338.43 down .82 with volume 4,240,000. Albany Bache & Co. provides the figures.
Weekend Fires Keep Firemen Busy
Bennington Rural and Bennington Fire Departments each fought three weekend fires. A blaze near Gilbert Mattison Jr. on Chapel Road burned about two acres and threatened a house and pine grove but was controlled. A second rural fire at Fillmore Street stemmed from arcing on high tension lines. Two village grass fires and a fire at 175 Imperial Ave owned by Clyde Peck were handled without serious damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Gilbert Mattison Jr
Chapel Road
Norman Turgeon
Mattison
Wh.h. Morse Construction Co
Fillmore Street
Turgeon
Lyons
Rural Department
Imperial Ave
Clyde Peck
Charles Sawyer
Coolidge Avenue
Morgan Street
Imperial Avenue
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North Shire Group
Ira Allen Chapel
John Baker
Ira McDermott
Adella Kilburn
Marie Mears
Doris Davis
Edith Mattson
Wesley Alderman
Berlin
Charlotte Evans
Pownal Center
Florajean Rogers
Eagle Bridge
Sophronia Rodd
Whitehall
Ardita Chase
Wilmington
Stephen Bresko
Kathryn Apgar
Donna Delude
Bermington
Marie Tollisen
Helen Cottrell
Paul D. Corbett
Michael Appel
Brian Lee Pratt
Nina Mathers
Marion Tiernan
Mary Jane Mattison
Lydia Harrington
Shaftsbury
Lawrence Rowe
William Sherwin
Leonard Kelley
School St
Teresa
Accra
Ghana
UPI
Edward Park
Liberia
U.S. Information Service
Monrovia
State Department
Bennington Briefs
Cushman Union
Mercury
Venus
Saturn
Emil Grimm
Harte Theatre
Oe Theatre
Worth Wooskcx
New York
Audie Murphy
Technicolor
Techniscope
Bennington Aerie
Fraternal Order of Eagles
Troy
John W. Hatch
Hatch
Harvey Jones
Green Mountain Park
William G. Stratton
Donald A. DeLuca
Mrs
Jessie Cameron
Raymond W. Clark
Rutland Hospital
West Rutland
Charles and
Mary
Wheeler) Clark
Clark
Jefferson St
Rutland Railway
Trinity Episcopal Church
Rutland Lodge
F&am
Davenport
Killington
Cairo
Minnie Faxon
Agnes Faxon
Pawlet
Helena Louise Norton
First Baptist Church
H. Glenn Payne
Miss Norton
Hanson- Walbridge
Dow-Jones—Bache & Co
Albany
Atkins and Gould
Main
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