Union High School Plan Outlined for Region
Mt Anthony Union Board presented plans for a joint high school to serve North Bennington, Bennington and surrounding districts. Officials outlined site, transportation costs about 60000, expanded curriculum, vocational training center status, and fiscal shares around 12.3 percent for 1966.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union High School
Mt. Anthony
Bennington Catholic High School
Ford Foundation
Vermont
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Union High
John P. Morrissey
Bennington
Morrissey
Soldiers’ Home
E.A
Brad) Riley
North Bennington
Union Board
Riley
John McCullough
Barton Jenks
Shaftsbury
Jenks
North Bernington
Union School
Obituary highlights across Vermont towns and New York
Obituaries from Jacksonville Readsboro Shushan Manchester Cambridge Dorset Albany and Ventura note William Bird Theresa Mattison Archie Magoon David Thomas Jon Grace Richard Lewis and Mary Moore among the deceased and injured. Funeral arrangements and survivor details are listed, with services set across multiple towns and cemeteries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville
William Edward Bird
Brattleboro Memorial Hospital
Sudbury
Eris J
Mary (Crane) Bird
Readsboro
Vermont Hardwoods Co
Hoosac Tunnel
Wilmington
Adams Mill
Darrell
Shelburne Falls
Carroll
Francis Bird
Minola Allen
Wilma Wheeler
Mary Trombley
Brandon
Ethel Devine
Forestdale
Jacksonville Community Church
Raymond Miller
Covey Funeral Home
Absentee Ballot Blanks Available for School Vote
Residents of the Mt. Anthony Union School District may request absentee ballot applications for the May 5 bond issue through 9 p.m. Friday May 1 via clerk Mrs. Lucy W. Johnson. Applications must be written or personal, forms returned in person, ballots provided when approved, and ill voters may file special requests by 9 a.m. May 4 with voting officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Anthony Union School District
Lucy W. Johnson
Union District
Lake Sadanga land purchase framed for water rights
The Fish and Game Board considered buying only water rights and flowage at Lake Sadanga, not land, with officials noting the price was high for that purpose. Gov Hoff aides said plans for electric generating equipment may drive the change in stance, costing about $1,000 per acre for similar water elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plumb
Fish and Game Board
Hoff
Fish and Game Department
Lake Sadanga
Wright
Quincy L. Perry
Barre
Donald McNally
Derby
Joseph Wiltshire
Healdville
Gov Hoff
Sawyer
Hepatitis outbreaks prompt warning from Dr. Leavens
Dr. Leavens notes hepatitis causes jaundice fever and vomiting and affects all ages though children under 20 are most at risk. It is typically a fall and winter disease with cyclic peaks. The 1955 state outbreak reported 256 cases. this year’s numbers are expected higher with serious outbreaks also in Maine and other states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leavens
States
Maine
Bennington Briefs Highlights from Local Meetings and Events
Bennington Softball League to hold 8 pm meeting at the YMCA for managers and interested locals. Other items note Oliver L. Lawrence Sr. returning home from Miami, a May 4 spring pick up day for Bennington Village refuse collection, and a Democratic caucus at the courthouse to choose delegates for the May 16 state convention. Also announces kindergarten enrollment, a Wellesley College visit by Danforth Geer III, a Tric Group tag sale May 8, and new bowling hours at Bennington Lanes. Also lists spring shrub sale and return of Dr J H Manes office hours May 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington Village
Arthur
Tog) Theberge
Bennington
Bennington County
Burlington
Danforth Geer III
Seminary Lane
Old Bennington
Mary Geer
Wellesley College
Wellesley
Bennington Sisters Begin Inspections for 1964 Grand List
Bennington listers start inspecting new residential and commercial properties for the 1964 Grand List. Owners receive notices after appraisal, may appeal at the June grievance meeting, then to the town board of civil authority if needed. Inspections target status as of April 1 with construction valued by completion percentage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington Listers
Listers
Town Board of Civil Authority
Eagle Square Resumes Bargaining After Union Vote
Eagle Square Mfg Co and Local 645 of the Upholsterers International Union will resume talks with a federal mediator after the union voted unanimously to reject the company’s latest contract offer. The strike threat remains if no agreement is reached within 10 days. issues include wage increase size, a union shop clause, and extra pay for holiday work as the current two-year contract expires May 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shaftsbury — Company
Eagle Square Mfg. Co
Chester Montgomery
Upholsterers International Union
Montgomery
NLRB Investigator Probes Shea Company Dispute
A National Labor Relations Board representative arrived in Bennington to examine charges by Shea Inc. against United Furniture Workers of America. The strike involved about 30 of 50 employees over alleged discriminatory firings and working conditions as UFWA seeks a union vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Labor Relations Board
Bennington
Shea Inc
North Bennington
United Furniture Workers of America
NLRB
UFWA
Boston
Prac
Antonio G. Marino
Ufwa International
Marino
Poverty and exploitation mark Appalachia history says Barry
Barry traces Appalachian poverty to 1870s land grabs by coal and lumber interests converting subsistence farmers to industrial workers. He notes camp towns, low wages, long hours, eroded lands, and a weak union in Perry County. Wiley critiques federal programs as misdirected and often benefiting power holders rather than the destitute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barry
United Mine Workers
U.S
Perry County
Gibson
FBI
Wiley
Hospital Notes Discharges and Listings in Bennington Area
Hospital notes list multiple patient names including Michael Vince Sr Denise Kelley Fannie Chellis Eric Peterson and others from North Hoosick Manchester Center and Wilmington. Discharges include Edna McKinney of Benning and a Gordon Davis entry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Vince Sr
Denise Kelley
Fannie Chellis
Eric Peterson
Josephine LaFlamme
Margaret Weir
Bennington
Gordon Davis
Wilmington
Craig Steele
Albert Reppel Jr
Hoo Sick Falls
James Green Sr
North Hoosick
Diane Parker
Manchester Center
Also Mentioned on This Page
Vermont Education Department
William E. Bird
Mrs. Winfred Goddard
Josephine C. Goddard
Winfred G. Goddard
Stamford
Fairview
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Goddard
Martin V
Elizabeth (Austin) Carr
Mark Mattison
Shushan
N.Y
Theresa Mattison
Jesse H. King
McClellan
Salem
Robert Smith
Shushan Methodist Church
Woodlands Cemetery
Mattison
Violet Woodard
Granville
Pearl Cobb
Rutland, Vt
Frank King
Lillian Hoyt
Arlington, Vt
Norshaft High
Barton
Archie W. Magoon
Manchester
Archie Walter Magoon
Bondville
Bonnet Street
Mildred Danforth
East Rupert
Ronald Wilcox
Paul Reed
Mason B. Barney
Clifford B. Harwood
Vera Kendall
Chester
Edward
Walter
Ruth Lightfoot
Winhall
Bondville Methodist Church
Elliot Fair
South Londonderry
Bondville Cemetery
David J. Thomas
Cambridge
Delaware & Hudson Railroad
Sourcliffe
Taylor
Thomas
Madison Avenue
M. Elizabeth Austin
O. K
Embury Methodist Church
Jon Grace
Dorset
Dorset Field Club
Huntington, L.1
East Northport
L.I
Judith
Grace
State University of New York College
Cortland
Long Island
Greenlawn Presbyterian Church
Greenlawn
Cancer-Leukemia Fund
Richard J. Lewis
Albany
Richard
Dick) J. Lewis
Albany Times-Union
New York State Court of Appeals
Lewis
Knickerbocker Press
Paula Welden
Bennington College
Saratoga Springs
Saratoga
Times-Union
Berkshire Downs
Massachusetts
Green Mountain Park
Pownal
Emily
Richard Jr
Ventura, Calif
UPI
Mary Moore
St. Catherine’s Academy
Sadanga
Bennington Briefs
Bennington Softball League
YMCA
Oliver L. Lawrence Sr
Park Street
Miami, Fla
Harold Ryan
T. Garry Buckley
H. N. Hammond
Tri<c
Women’s Society of the First Baptist Church
Bennington Lanes
de France
Betty Moses
Bulrushes Motor Court
West Road
Adv
J. H. Manes
Frank Ross
United Artists
Norman Vancent Peale
Consnn Phuses
Sam Spegel
David Lian
Tawrence
Elk’s
RED Cross Bloodmobile
Bennington Sisters
Eagle Square
Shea Case
Appalachia
Johnson
Hazard
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr
Edna McKinney
Dow-Jones—Bache & Co
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