Town Farm recreation area plans shown to selectmen
A detailed map from The Allen Organization outlines a 70 acre Town Farm recreation vision north of Molly Stark School. Proposed facilities include a Par 3 nine hole golf course, pool, tennis courts, archery range, baseball and softball fields, picnic area, outdoor theatre, and five acres for a community planetarium. The plan’s pool location was debated, and final development hinges on a bypass route for U S 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Town Planning Commission
Eugene C. Burt
Charles Tilgner III
Allen Organization
Bennington
F. Ellwood Allen
Town Planning Board
Molly Stark
Willow Road
Park Street
Allen
Lovers Lane
Town Farm
Selectmen
Furnace Brook
Lovers’ Lane
YMCA
Norton Barber
State Department of Highways
U.S. 7
Richard van Santvoord
Rose Family Recovering From Injuries
Rose family of four remains in fairly good to good condition at Putnam Memorial Hospital after a Friday afternoon East Road crash near the Shaftsbury town line. Milo Rose and his wife plus their two daughters Michelle at six months and Tammy at two endured non life threatening injuries as the car tumbled after striking a tree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Putnam Memorial Hospital
East Road
Milo Rose
Michelle
Tammy
Shaftsbury
Hospital Admissions and Births in Bennington Area
Hospital notes list admissions including Joyce Leonard, Francis Woodard Jr, Doris Wygg, Hazel MacDonald, Sandra Lockrow, David Bodak, and others in Bennington Shaftsbury Hoosick Falls and Berlin. Discharges include Helen Blow, Rebecca Sherwin and her son, Norman Goodermore, Barbara Harrington, Kathryn Apgar, Donna Delude. Birth announcements for Houran, Kipp, and Mattison with April 19 dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joyce L. Leonard
Francis Woodard Jr
Bennington
Doris Wygg
Hazel MacDonald
Shaftsbury
Sandra Lockrow
David Bodak
Hoosick Falls
Helen Blow
Rebecca Sherwin
Norman Goodermore
Berlin
N.Y
Barbara Harrington
Kathryn Apgar
Donna Delude
Obituaries from Albany area mark passing of three residents
Herman Schaffer 74 of Loudonville died after a short illness. He retired in 1957 from Tobin Packing after 32 years. Survivors include wife Eleanor Cushman, a son Howard, a brother Casper and four grandchildren. Funeral Thursday at 1 p.m. at Frederick Funeral Home Albany. Burial Grandview Cemetery North Bennington. Myrtle Vadakin 85 of North Bennington died at Putnam Memorial Hospital after three weeks as a hospital patient. She was buried from her home Friday at 2 p.m. with Rev. William Abernethy officiating. Burial Grandview Cemetery North Bennington. Marvin E. White 78 World War I veteran and longtime resident died at Albany VA Hospital after a long illness. Survived by wife Ruby Seale and multiple stepchildren and step-grandchildren. Funeral Saturday 10:30 a.m. at Mahar & Son Funeral Home. Burial Park Lawn Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N. Y
Herman Schaffer
Osborne Road
Loudonville
Eleanor Cushman
Albany Memorial Hospital
Tobin Packing Company
Germany
Colonie
Tobin
Mountaineer Lodge No
IOOF
North Bennington
Myrtle Vadakin
Frank Vadakin
Putnam Mermorial Hospital
Bennington
Petersburg
N.Y
Vadakin
Troy
Shaftsburg
Jesse
Augusta Scrivens
Blanche DeGranger
Bejo
Calif
William Abernethy
North Bennington Congregational Church
Grandview Cemetery
Mahar & Son Funeral Home
Marvin E. White
Banner
Albany, N. Y
Veterans Administration Hospital
Pownal
Godock
Alice (Kimball) White
61St Guard Co
Holden & Leonard
Bijur
Ruskin Taxi
Vermont Soldiers’ Home
Ruby Seale
Flora Music
Denver
Colo
Joseph Schocket
William Tree
Detroit
Mich
Carl Porter
South Lancaster
Mass
William Reubsaman
Middlebury
Walter
Stanley King
Howard King
Robert Randall
Miami
Fla
H. Glenn Payne
First Baptist Church
Park Lawn Cemetery
Lyrid meteor shower peaks April 22 over Lyra
Astronomy notes predict the Lyrid meteor shower active across the next few nights with maximum on Friday night April 22. The radiant lies in Lyra, with about 15 meteors per hour and meteoroids traveling at 30 miles per second, while a new moon minimizes moonlight interference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyra
Dorset Voters Rescind Kindergarten Plan At Town Meeting
Dorset voters reversed their March decision to send five year olds to a Manchester Zion Kindergarten at a cost capped for transportation and tuition. The measure failed 132 to 90, and the town plans to continue investigation of kindergarten provisions while the school district lacks public kindergarten.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorset
Manchester
Zion Kindergarten
Charles S. Smith Jr
Board of Selectmen
Nathaniel
Terry) Tyler
Funeral for Miss Helena L Norton at First Baptist Church
The funeral for Miss Helena L Norton was held Tuesday at the First Baptist Church chapel with Rev H Glenn Payne officiating. Burial followed in the family plot at Village Cemetery. Norton taught Sunday School 40 years, bearers included Frank Hogel and Norton Barber, with honorary bearers and church societies attending from Hoosick Falls and nearby areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena L. Norton
First Baptist Church
H. Glenn Payne
Paul Williams
Miss Norton
Baptist Church
Frank Hogel
Osborne Gaines
Eugene Burt
Norton Barber
A. Sidney Edson
Lester H. Nichols
Harry S. Moses
Leon A. Orr
Women’s Society of the Church
Bennington
Daughters of the American Revolution
Hoosick Falls
Stock Averages Report Daily Dow Jones Edges Higher
The Dow Jones Industrial average rises 6.41 to 948.05 while the Railroads gain 1.44 and the Utilities edge up by .09. Composite index advances 1.85 to 339.78 as totals reach 4,870,000 shares.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dow Jones—Bache & Co
Albany
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By Bob Hagerman
Derick Webb
Richard Thomas
Woodford
Bennington Town
J. Duncan Campbell
Campbell
State Committee
Reid Lefevre
Webb
Thomas
Bennington County
Ferdinand Bongartz
GOP
Lloyd Bevins
North Branch Street
Barber
Bevins
Branch Street
Ore Bed Road
Planetarium
New York Times
Directed By
Styles Dassin
Leed Theatre
Antes
New York
Audie Eaeulevnes
Ars
Technicolor
Techniscope
Hauntel
Harte Theatre
Bambi
Gary Houran
April
Earl Kipp
Norman Mattison
Arlington
County Street
Division Street
Jack Sweet
Hamilton
Bennington Briefs
Emil F. Faubert
Springfield
Industrial Management Club
Mt. Anthony Country Club
Faubert
U.S.S.R
Anthony A. Adinolfi
New York State University Construction Fund
American Institute of Industrial Engineers Inc
Capital Berkshire
Sleasman
Holbray
Route 155
Adinolfi
New York State
A.E. Evens
W.S. Hall
DeWitt Lewis
Ralph Gleason
Claude Dern
Guy Stone
Grant
Allan Heath
Shirley Reid
Mildred F. Wheeler
Allan Page
Fidelis
Marion M. Harlow
Heath
Roy
Vt. 9
Hagerman
Rosasco
Phoenix Professional Building
State Street
North Adams, Mass
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