Barbara Ann Marden Weds Thomas C Bluto in East Greenwich
Miss Barbara Ann Marden and Thomas C Bluto were married at Our Lady of Mercy Church on April 11. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Marden, the groom son of Mr. and Mrs. Cyril Bluto. The couple plans to reside in East Greenwich after a Florida honeymoon. The bride, a New England Tel employee, and the groom, a radioman third class in the U S Naval Communications, were both from Rhode Island towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Ann Marden
Thomas C. Bluto
East Greenwich
R. I
Second St
R.I
Pleasant Street
North Bennington
Our Lady of Mercy
Richard Prime
Ralph Marden
Cyril E. Bluto
Carol M. Marden
Toby Beth Rosenberg
Jean Hodor
William A. Hern
Warwick
George Petrarca
Martin Oakland
Arlington
Tiogue Vista
Coventry
Florida
East Greenwich High School
University of Rhode Island
New England Tel. & Tel
North Bennington High School
U.S. Naval Communications
Quonset Point
North Kingstown
Southgate Lewis wed in North Adams ceremony
Miss Bertha Belle Southgate and Murray Russell Lewis were married April 11 at the First Baptist Church in North Adams. Rev. Harry E. Bronkar officiated. matron of honor was Florence Clough and best man James Brookman. The bride wore a lace sheath with a Juliette cap and carried a feathered carnation bouquet with a white orchid. They plan to reside on Orchard Street, Pownal after a Canada trip aboard a blue and white ensemble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Adams
Mass
Bertha Belle Southgate
Grace R. Southgate
Avon St
Murray Russell Lewis
Orchard Street
Pownal
Murray Lewis
Main Street
Harry E. Bronkar
First Baptist Church
Florence Clough
James Brookman
J. Kimball Darling
William Southgate
Greylock
Cornish Wire Co
Williamstown
Petricca Construction Co
Lewis
Canada
Ralph O Leary wed in Frankfort Bennington couple announces
Mr and Mrs Richard H Ralph of Frankfort New York announce the marriage of their daughter Claire of Bennington to Thomas P O Leary of Weymouth Massachusetts on April 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfort
N.Y
Richard H. Ralph
Frankefort
Bennington
Claire
Thomas P. O’leary
Weymouth
Mass
New Location For College Bid Opening
The Vermont State Colleges Board of Trustees moves bid openings for Castleton Johnson and Lyndon construction to the Waterman Building lounge at the University of Vermont. Bids will be opened and publicly read at 7 30 p m on April 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Vermont State Colleges Board of Trustees
Castleton
Johnson and Lyndon Colleges
Main St
Waterman
University of Vermont
Castleton, Johnson and Lyndon
Area Students Earn Honors in Vermont Math Contest
Five Bennington County students received certificates of merit at the seventh annual high school mathematics contest at the University of Vermont. Top prize went to Jay Freeman of Burlington High School, with David Stein of Burlington second. Four regional prizes honored students from Burlington Montpelier Middlebury and Springfield. The event drew 1,065 entries from 73 schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Bennington County
University of Vermont
National Life Insurance Co
UVM
Jay Freeman
Burlington High School
David Stein
Robert Daniels
Claire Parkinson
Montpelier High
James Whitney
Middlebury Union
Carl Peters
William Kolasky Jr
Springfield
Robert Walker
Bennington High
David Bard
Bennington Catholic
Thomas Rumney
Burr and Burton
Robert Nowak
Brenda Gilbar
North Bennington
World Affairs Council Names Board Members
Eight members were elected to the board of directors of the Vermont Council on World Affairs during a Saturday business meeting at the Aspen Inn with headquarters at the University of Vermont. Elected were Mrs. Gerald Cunningham Johnson Clarence Falk Putney Samuel Fishman Vergennes C Andrew Herschel Montpelier Mrs Walter Lamb and Glen McKibben South Burlington Dr Dorothy Morrow Shelburne Robert Spencer Jericho William Lockwood Burlington was elected treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waitsfield
The
Vermont Council On World Affairs
University of Vermont
Aspen Inn
Gerald Cunningham
Johnson
Clarence Falk
Putney
Samuel Fishman
Vergennes
C. Andrew Herschel
Montpelier
Walter Lamb
Glen McKibben
South Burlington
Dorothy Morrow
Shelburne
Robert Spencer
Jericho
William Lockwood
Burlington
Bennington Area Engagements Highlight NCAA Styled Bets
Diane Ruth Nichols and Theodore Brooks plan to wed after engagement announced by Mr and Mrs Leon Nichols of Pownal. Martha Anne Robinson and John Bromirski engage from White Creek area with Oct wedding planned. Judith Ann Gove to Charles Seymour Payne expand Wakefield links to Bennington area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pownal
Leon Leroy Nichols
Diane Ruth
Theodore Robert Brooks
Seymour Brooks
Miss Nichols
Danbury, Conn
W.T. Grant Co
Bennington
Brooks
Bennington High School
Everett Lillie
Beshara Madison Engagement Reported
Mr and Mrs Michael J Beshara of Bradford Street announce the engagement of their daughter Marilyn Louise Beshara to Airman Michael William Madison USAF son of Mr and Mrs Walter F Madison of China Lake California The bride to be is a Bennington High and St Catherine Infant Home alumna now in Riverside and the groom to be is a Burroughs High School China Lake graduate who attended the Air Force Weather Observation School and is stationed at March Air Force Base Riverside The wedding is planned soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winfield J. Robinson
White Chapel Road
Martha Anne Robinson
John Francis Bromirski
Anthony Bromirski
4Th Street
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Miss Robinson
Bennington Catholic High School
Putnam Memorial School
Mount Auburn Hospital
Cambridge
Mass
Bromirski
St. Mary’s, Hoosick Falls
Michael J. Beshara
Bradford St
Marilyn
Mickeey) Louise
Michael Wilkliam Madison
USAF
Walter F. Madison
China Lake
Calif
Beshara
Bennington High School
St. Catherine Infant Home
Albany
Riverside
Burroughs High School
Episcopal Churchmen Prepare for Convention
Vermont clergy and lay delegates rehearse for the 174th annual Episcopal Diocese convention on May 8 at Immanuel Church Bellows Falls. Sessions on Mutual Responsibility begin tonight in Manchester with Bishop Harvey Butterfield and continue in Springfield, St. Albans, Island Pond, Barre and White River Junction. About 40 priests and 150 delegates from 51 parishes will attend the Belows Falls gathering, as the church studies the Toronto Anglican Congress proposal for global church mission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Episcopal
Episcopal Diocese of
Vermont
Zion Episcopal Church
Manchester
Bennington
Rutland
Brandon
Harvey D. Butterfield
Springfield
St. Albans
Island Pond
Barre
White River Junction
Immanuel Church
Bellows Falls
Anglican Congress
Toronto
Worldwide
Anglican Communion
Episcopal Church
U.S
Body of Christ
Zip Code Reminder for Bennington Residents
The Bennington postal office will print reminders to use the new ZIP code 05201 on all mail. Postmaster Stanley Pekalski says the notice will show the code for addresses and return addresses and urges patrons to keep it handy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Stanley Pekalski
Babcock Granted Leave and Trustees Named at UVM
At the University of Vermont board meeting 22 appointments were made including James W. Petersen as department chair. The board elected Lawrence H. Averill as chairman and Robert Tracy as vice chairman, approved 29 promotions, and noted gifts over 1 million dollars. New trustees Robert F. Patrick and Floyd M. James welcomed. Lawrence J. Doolin unable to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Babcock
UVM
Burlington
University of Vermont
Board of Trustees
James W. Petersen
Department of Commerce and Economics
Robert S. Babcock
Department of Political Science
Petersen
Vermont
Ohio University
Syracuse
The
Rand Corp
Santa Monica
Calif
Lawrence H. Averill
Chevrolet Motor Division
General Motors
Averill
Neil Tolman
Robert Tracy
Barre
National Life Insurance Co
Gertrudes, Davis
Lyndonville
Robert F. Patrick
Floyd M. James
West Hartford
Conn
Lawrence J. Doolin
Philadelphia
John T. Fey
Judith Field to Wed Roger Mears in Chapel Road Notice
Mrs. Frank Field announces engagement of her daughter Judith Field to Roger Mears son of Mr and Mrs Donald Mears of 214 Grove Street No wedding date has been set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Field
Chapel Road
Judith
Roger Mears
Donald Mears
Grove St
Deer and police cruiser figure in weekend road incidents
Weekend state police report from Shaftsbury lists several mishaps. A deer struck Herman A. Webb on Vermont 30 in East Rupert killing the deer and badly damaging his 1958 Chevrolet. Trooper James R. Elrick’s cruiser on Trumbull Hill Road was hit after Merritt B. O'Dell's Jeep failed brakes. Other incidents include a rear collision on U.S. 7 in Shaftsbury injuring no one, a door ding in North Bennington, and a left turn collision on U.S. 7. A 1959 Chevrolet sedan stolen from Carl Martin was recovered in Troy, New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shaftsbury
Herman A. Webb
East Arlington
Vermont
East Rupert
Webb
James R. Elrick
Trumbull Hill Road
U.S. 7
Merritt B. O'Dell
Center Shaftsbury
Damag
Harry L. Miles
Dartmouth College
North Bennington
Carleton H. Couch
Alvin C. Weisberg
Brooklyn
N.Y
Jack R. Snide
Springfield
Snide
Carl Martin
Bennington
Troy
Latin America examined by librarian Rothrock
John Rothrock described political upheaval in Latin America in a talk to the Friends of the Bennington Free Library. He noted weak cross country cooperation, two vague common market areas, and revolutions that hinder stable government and OAS work. He warned that widespread shantytowns and the shift to larger farming units may reshape the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Latin America
John Rothrock
Friends of the Bennington Free Library
Rothrock
Organization of American States
North America
United States
Professor offers $100 to prove dowsing is real
Springfield Mass. November 1961 Professor James A Coleman of American International College publicly offered $100 to anyone who can prove before witnesses that a dowser has superior power to find water or perform feats. Five dowsers volunteered to contest May 2 at 10 a.m. on the AIC baseball field with four men and one Smith College student among them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Mass
James A. Coleman
American International College
George Laflin
Manchester
Conn
Lancel H. Foote
Bristol
Verne Spooner
Claremont
N.H
Louis P. Larose
Ware
Smith College
Josephine Smith
Erson
Northampton
Coleman
American Society of Dowsers
Galen O. Hutchison
Brandon
Hutchison
New England
AIC
United States
Sunday Republican
Japan Times
Tokyo
Cancer Society Starts Drive In Bennington
The Vermont division of the American Cancer Society launches its drive for funds in Bennington with county-wide participation. County chairman Mrs. James P. ONeil of Arlington presides, Bennington general chairman Mrs. Breard H. Hawks leads local efforts aided by Mrs. Frank J. Hurley and Mrs. Richard N. Fabriceius. Captains include Edward P. Quinlan for downtown businesses Robert Condon for out of village businesses John Zynce and Jack Niemi for industries and several others across professions and institutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vermont
American Cancer Society
Bennington
James P. O’neil
Arlington
Breard H. Hawks
Frank J. Hurley
Richard N. Fabriceius
Edward P. Quinlan
Robert Condon
John Zynce
Jack Niemi
Elizabeth K. Dollard
Donald Hemenway
D. Dexter Davis
Stanley Rosen
Bennington College
Philip Hall
Theodore Beatty
Rufus Dwyer
Alfred Allen
Curtis Flory
George Buck
David Hayden
Thomas Cook
Adelard Roy
Gerald Butler
Kenneth Porter
William Knight
Arthur Cole
Marc Honey
Melford Bushee
Fred Baker
Scholarship of 500 Offered By Trade School
Boston Mass Bennington High School selected by Massachusetts Trades Shops School of Boston Mass as qualified to participate in its annual 500 scholarship. The scholarship will be awarded each year to one outstanding male graduate of Benhi as determined by local faculty. The grant may be used toward a program of vocational training at the Massachusetts Trades Schools in machinist machine and tool designer electro mechanical draftsman and radio television serviceman. Further information from the Benhi guidance counsellor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Mass
Bennington High School
Massachusetts Trades Shops School of
Benhi
Massachusetts Trades Schools
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Robert John
Southgate
Mother's Day
Main St. Bennington
O’leary
Ralph
Suzanne Coe
Walloomsac Road
Bennington, Vermont
World Affairs Council
Bradford Smith
Derick Webb
Mary Jean Simpson
East Shaftsbury
M. C. Twitchell
Gove-Payne
Wakefield
Norris M. Gove
Church St
Judith Ann
Charles Seymour Payne
H. Glenn Payne
Elm St
Gove
Wakefield Memorial High School
State College At
Lowell
Payne
Lafayette College
Pennsylvania
Liberty Mutual Insurance Co
Lloyd
Diane R. Nichols
BourDon
Judith Ann Gove
Madison
Tracy
Charles F. Bond
Robert V., Daniels
Elbert A. Nyquist
William H. Macmillan
Betty H., Boller
Gordon F. Lewis
John H. Bryant
John Hanson
Robert E. O’brien
Benjamin A. Ring
William H. Stahl
George W. Welsh
Jackson Clemmons
Ted B. Flanagan
Eileen Eckhardt
Alice K. Rodgers
Marilyn R. Stauff
George R. Howe
Richard M. Martin
Hans Murbe
Thomas J. Spinner Jr
Hans R. Huessy
Philip C. Kelleher
Christopher R. McAfee
John E. Mazuzan
Cornelius Meeker
Audrey Naylor
Ruth Preston
Henry Doremus
Judith Field
Mears
Communist Party
Dif
Prof
Walker
Cancer Society
Nichols
Union Street
Joyce Lane
W. T. Grant CO
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