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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1962
Page
2
The Community Facilities Administration provides a 25000 dollar and 390000 dollar project for Vergennes to build sewers pumping stations and a sewage treatment plant along Otter Creek. Work set to start in fall 1963 to end untreated discharges into Lake Champlain tributary.
Archibald M. Peisch of Norwich withdraws as a prospective candidate for auditor of accounts in the Republican primary. He criticizes incumbent David V. Anderson as the main obstacle in the Department of Administration and urges redefining the auditor’s authority by the General Assembly. Rep. Irving M. Eastman warns the Administration Department faces “dire danger” in the upcoming legislative session.
Burlington. Four new living units at the University of Vermont Marsh Tupper and Austin halls housing about 400 men and Patterson Hall for 136 women will be dedicated with a noon luncheon and tea for Mortar Board alumnae in Patterson Hall. Mrs. Robert Lull is in charge of arrangements.
Williamstown reports Dr. William T. Fox of Williams College receiving a three year grant of 21900 from the Natural Science Foundation to study Quantitative Analysis of the Richmond Group. Edward Turgeon won select approval to build a trailer park on Cummings Ave subject to state water and sewer facility compliance.
William B. Roberts president of Excelsior Printing Co seeks to buy a one foot strip on Roberts Street from the city. He plans to sell a $50,000 building on land and asks the council to deed the land to him for $1. Mayor Florini will present the request at tonight’s meeting.
A break in the Tennessee Gas Transmission Co line left about 3,300 customers without gas for most of yesterday. Service was restored late in the day. The failure required 75 company employees to shut off valves as far away as Springfield and Utica New York. Officials said it was the first break in the firm’s 100 plus year history.
Firefighters watched smoldering remains of the season’s worst forest fire which scorched about 60 acres of timberland and brush Sunday night near the Massachusetts line on East Mountain near Route 22. The blaze occurred on Oliver Hyatt and Jamias farm properties just east of North Stephentown.
Troy Urban Renewal Agency director Howard G. Seaman announced the city may purchase about a mile and three quarters of railroad right of way through Troy. The offer came from New York Central, Delaware and Hudson, and Boston and Maine railroads. Mayor Neil W. Kelleher called the move the most monumental accomplishment of his administration and a big step for urban renewal.
Evans News and Evans New Office Equipment Inc will formally incorporate on May 1 with J. Philip Hall E. J. Lauzon Jr Patricia Ryan and Kenneth Hilliard as incorporators. The two stores will merge into Evans News Office Equipment Inc at a Main Street location with opening set for May 9. The firm serves southern Vermont North Berkshire NY and Rutland area with 22 employees and franchises including Remington Rand Eastman Kodak Verifax Elliott Forms and Globe Wernicke desks.
Detroit AP reports Robert H. Clancy 80 former Michigan congressman died Monday from cancer He served as a Democrat elected in 1922 bolted in 1924 after the Democratic National Convention refused to denounce the Ku Klux Klan He later won three terms as a Republican starting in 1926
New York AP reports Captain Phin es Blanchard age 83 died Monday. He chaired the National Association of Stevedores and was born on a ship steered by his father. Blanchard led the Maritime Association of New York from 1939 to 1941.
Kate Scott Brooks, 99, longtime society editor for the Washington Post, who covered Washington society from the 1890s until retirement in the 1930s, died Monday. She was born in Shelbyville, Indiana.
Helen M. Bennett 89 longtime organizer of the Women’s World Fair in Chicago in the late 1920s and head of the Social Science Building at the 1933 Chicago World’s Fair died Sunday in Providence. She was born in Washington Iowa and was sister to Rt. Rev. Granville Gaylord Bennett retired bishop of Rhode Island.
Bennington Lions Club hosts Rev. Robert P. Bell former Navy chaplain and Old First Church pastor as principal speaker at the 6 30 p m meeting at Knotty Pine Restorant. Bell will share Navy chaplaincy experiences and notes joining the local club with arrangements by Louis Levine.
Mrs Katherine Hyland 84 died Sunday at her daughter’s home in Hoosick Falls after 20 years residence here. Widow of Patrick Hyland, she is survived by six daughters two sons a sister two brothers twenty grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. Funeral Wednesday from her daughter’s home to the Immaculate Conception Church and burial in St Peter’s Cemetery Stillwater.
Miss Mary Hodeck left today for Bergenfield New Jersey after the death of her cousin James F. Marek a frequent visitor at the home of Mrs Barbara Hodeck. Marek died suddenly after frail health and his funeral is scheduled for Wednesday at 11 a.m. in Bergenfield. Survivors include three daughters Mrs Kenneth Vehrkens of Bergenfield Mrs Charles Krejci and others with Marek having resided with Vehrkens.
Funeral services for Arthur James Taylor, father of Arthur D. Taylor of Robinson Avenue and treasurer of Woodflong Products in Hoosick Falls, drew a large crowd at Hanson-Walbridge Funeral Chapel. Rev. Robert P. Bell led the service with attendees from Hoosick, Hoosick Falls and Bennington. body sent to Jamaica, N.Y., for family interment later this week.
Mrs Helen Frances Whalen 68 widow of Andrew G Whalen was found dead in her Dorset home Monday afternoon. Dr Elizabeth Byrnes reported the door locked and no sighting since Saturday. Body sent to Brewster Funeral Home Manchester Center. funeral plans pending. cousin among closest relatives.
The Vermont State Association of Plumbing and Heating Contractors Inc will hold its annual convention April 28 at Montpelier Tavern Hotel. Stafford will be guest speaker. Topics include public relations, apprentice training, and research on plumbing systems plus time payment selling credits and merchandising. Officers: C. J. Winslow president, Thomas Symonds vice president, J. Richard Lanou vice president, Harry H. Teachout secretary treasurer.
An all day emergency evacuation and fire control institute will be held Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Putnam Memorial Hospital led by Lt. Robert McGrath formerly of the Chicago Fire Department. The event is funded by the Given Foundation with participation from hospital staff local fire departments and guests from other facilities. McGrath emphasizes simple practical methods for moving patients and immediate actions after a fire breaks out highlighting nursing staff as the first line of defense.
Thirteen members of the Senior Baptist Youth Fellowship travel to New York City for a three day spring vacation. They will visit the United Nations, Statue of Liberty, museums, churches, and see The Sound of Music and a Radio City Easter show. Chaperones are Charles Comstock Mrs Mary Whiteway and Rev H Glenn Payne. Payne's son Charles will meet the group in New York and return with them from Lafayette College.
Early morning fire at Ephrem Berard farm destroyed 700 baby chicks valued around 500 dollars. A short circuit in a 25 by 15 foot brooder triggered the blaze at 12:45 a.m. Firefighters kept flames in the brooder with a fog spray. nearby structures remained undamaged and the brooder was insured. Mrs. John Andrews reported the fire near North Bennington Flats.
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