Vermont AAUW convention elects officers and honors teacher
The Vermont division AAUW convention at Mt Anthony Country Club named Mrs Bennett D Bell president and announced officers for 1969 71 including Mrs M F Downing first vice president and Mrs B T Douglas third vice president Mrs Robert Forest corresponding secretary Sybil Coleman received the Gary Tupper award of 100 for outstanding rural teaching in Brookline near Newfane Miss Dorothy L Odell Brattleboro chaired the award committee A workshop covered four new topics for 1969 71 led by leaders from South Burlington Barre and Rutland and featured Mrs Robert T Morrison detailing Beleaguered Earth and its survival themes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary Tupper
Vermont
American Association of University Women
Mt. Anthony Country Club
Bennett D. Bell
Rutland
M. F. Downing
Barre
B. T. Douglas
Brattleboro
Robert Forest
Castleton
Frederick Noyes
A. S. Rutter
Burlington
John Kinghorn
Middlebury
Sybil Peck Coleman
Springfield
AAUW
Coleman
Brookline
Newfane
Jamaica
Dorothy L. Odell
Marion Gary
Frederick Tupper
J. P. Cleary
South Burlington
W. C. Hill
Hinesburg
Robert T. Morrison
Movie Timetable and Vermont Convention Notes
At Harte Theatre and Williamstown Cinema fall movie showings include I Love You Alice B Toklas and The Magus plus Zorba the Greek with schedules Mon Thu 8 p m Fri Sun 7 and 9 p m At Manchester Cinema Angel in My Pocket runs 7 and 8 45 p m Readings cover Vermont state goals natural resources and civic goals from a council meeting with Miss Constance Brown and Mrs H M Hobson honored plus two Vermont accumulative fellowships named for Burlington and Bellows Falls leaders Caroline Darlington chaired the two day gathering at Heritage House and Mt Anthony Country Club Kathleen Webb passed presidency to Mrs Bell with a gift to the division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vermont Council On Natural Resources
Vermont Council On World Affairs
Bell
Vermont
Chicago
Constance Brown
Burlington
H. M. Hobson
Bellows Falls
Brown
Wells College
UVM
Hobson
Mt. Holyoke College
Columbia University
Caroline Darlington
Old Bennington
Heritage House
New England Motor Inn
Mt. Anthony Country Club
Kathleen B. Webb
Guilty plea in Bennington break case dominates court session
In a packed Bennington District Court, 28 year old Robert Burdick of Pownal pleaded guilty to breaking and entering the Applebarn south of Bennington on U.S.7 last November. Judge John P. Morrissey deferred sentencing until a pre sentence investigation concludes. Another case saw Gerald E. Cole Sr. change a plea to not guilty on a Readingsboro break. bail set at 500.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Pownal
Robert Burdick
Applebarn
U.S
John P. Morrissey
Morrissey
Gerald E. Cole Sr
North Adams
Mass
Martin Weiss
Readsboro
Cole
Robert E. Cummings Jr
John T. Carmody
Charles B. Mueller
Dewey St
Meeting on Issues Facing Older Citizens at local church
The Board of Lay Life and Work of the Second Congregational Church invites the community to discuss problems of older citizens with focus on nursing homes and social welfare. Tonight at 7:30 in the church social hall dessert and coffee will be served. Guests include Tony Masso, Bennington Social Welfare director, and David Alexander, Crescent Manor owner. Topics cover licensing standards supervision and inspection by the state maintaining older citizens' community involvement and in home support for the disabled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Second Congregational Church
Tony Masso
Bennington
Matteson Re-elected Unitarians Chair at Bennington Dinner
Robert J. M. Matteson won another term as chair of the Bennington Unitarian Fellowship at its annual dinner. New officers include Mrs. Laina Gerrish secretary John B. Rothrock treasurer and finance chair Mrs. James Nesto publicity chair and Mrs. Hugh Dollard hospitality and membership chair. The group voted to raise 100 for member projects with half donated to the Bennington Day Care Center and the rest to another community group under Dr Magdalena Usategui. They also plan contributions to the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and an extra gift to the Unitarian Universalist Association and to explore a new meeting format next year at Hillside Street church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert J. M. Matteson
Bennington Unitarian Fellowship
Laina Gerrish
John B. Rothrock
James Nesto
Hugh Dollard
Bennington
Magdalena Usategui
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Unitarian Universalist Association
Hospital Notes Admits and Discharges 1969
Admissions list includes Marjorie E Moore Bennington James Jones East Arlington Kristen Grennan Hoosick Falls Edna Fleming Manchester Depot Gayle Magisano and son Robert Tobin Hoosick Falls Bernice Green Bennington Cella Lake Pownal Harriet Hulet Shaftsbury Wilbur Long Florence Wood Bennington Discharges include Ruth Brownell Hoosick Falls Dennis Gearin Bennington James James East Arlington Esther Fleming Edna Lane Esther Guibault Philip Dorman Bennington Cindy Campney Manchester Depot Denise Allen Wilmington Lillian Wood Arlington Carl Remy Manchester Rose Peart Robert Bartlett Bennington Brian Sheldon East Dorset Births to Dale and wife 323 School St a daughter April Sti
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marjorie E. Moore
Bennington
James Jones
East Arlington
Kristen Grennan
Hoosick Falls
Edna D. Fleming
Manchester Depot
Gayle Magisano
Robert C. Tobin
Bernice Green
Cella F. Lake
Pownal
Harriet A
Hulet
Shaftsbury
Ruth Brownell
Dennis Gearin
James James
Esther Fleming
Edna Mae Lane
Esther Guibault
Philip Dorman
Cindy Campney
Denise Allen
Wilmington
Lillian Wood
Arlington
Carl L
Remy
Manchester
Rose H. Peart
Robert Michael Bartlett Jr
Brian Sheldon
East Dorset
Obituary notices for Keeler Letourneau Weiner and Hutchings Gardner
Obituaries report Daniel J. Keeler 63 of Bennington living in Watervliet and Troy for 25 years dying at Leonard Hospital. Alma M. Letourneau 83 of Burlington dies after brief illness. Alma active in St. Joseph parish and St. John the Baptist Society. Anna Weiner 60 of West Rupert dies at Ellis Hospital. Gertude Hutchings Gardner 79 of Weston Londonderry dies at Grace Cottage Hospital. services held in Corning Burlington Weston area with private and funeral home ceremonies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel J. Keeler
Bennington
Watervliet
Troy
N.Y
Leonard Hospital
James
Ellen
Woods) Keeler
Cohoes
St. Coleman’s Convent
Watervilet
Burlington
Alma M. (Godbout) Letourneau
Archibald St
Romain Letourneau
Vermont Medical Center Hospital
Pierre J. Letourneau
Quebec City
Joseph and
Claudia (Saindon) Godbout
St. Joseph Parish
Ladies of
West Rupert
Anna Weiner
Louis Weiner
Ellis Hospital
Schenectady
George
Matilda Balamas
Forest City
Weiner
Disciples Church of Christ
Philothea Group
Rupert Valley
Frank
Stanley
Leonard Balamas
McClellan
Salem
Funeral
Rupert Cemetery
Londonderry
Gertrude C. Hutchings Gardner
Grace Cottage Hospital
Townshend
Weston
Kent Rebekah Lodge
South Londonderry
Gary Wehrwein
Maple Grove Cemetery
Sales Tax Sessions Scheduled in Vermont
The Vermont Tax Department announced a statewide taxpayer assistance program for retailers wholesalers public utilities and recreation operators required to collect the sales and use tax under the new law. Two auditor teams will assist in 23 towns with sessions in Bennington May 1 Wilmington May 1 and Manchester May 14 providing guidance and answering questions from 10 a.m. to various closing times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montpelier
Vermont
Tax Department
Bennington
Armory
South Street
Wilmington
Town Hall
Mt. Equinox Grange Hall
School Street
Manchester
Bennington Area Traffic Up 13.5 Percent in Three Years
Vermont Highway Department reports a 13.5 percent rise in state highway traffic in the Bennington area over three years. Growth varied by location with Wilmington and Peru ski towns showing the largest gains and U.S. 7 near Bennington posting moderate increases. February figures indicate sharper increases in Pownal and Wilmington, while Peru’s Vt. 11 traffic declined sharply from last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vermont Highway Department
Bennington
Wilmington
Peru
U.S
Pownal
Shaftsbury
Vermont
De Gaulle’s Defeat Reflects France’s Election Backlash
The defeat stemmed from a bill few voters understood, yielding a clear out or non vote against De Gaulle. Rural discontent, franc depreciation, and unilateral foreign moves fueled the hostile outcome, drawing European reaction that, while sympathetic, was not surprised. De Gaulle, last of WWI statesmen with Roosevelt Churchill and Stalin, quit French politics in 1946.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de Gaulle
Europe
China
Chiang Kaishek
Roosevelt
Churchill
Stalin
Popular Front
Disappointed conference on nuclear power sparks debate
Bennington biologist Dr Irving Lyon and conservationist Larry Bogart criticized a Governor's Conference on Natural Resources for backing nuclear power. They formed NEONP to push for public discussion and opposed siting reactors near Newburyport and Ipswich. Lyon warned about unseen health effects and criticized multiple unplanned emissions at Rowe, while Bogart urged public opposition to fast breeder power and questioned industry claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irving Lyon
Bennington College
Lyon
Concord
N.H
Larry Bogart
Citizens Committee For Protection of the Environment
Bogart
Bennington
New England
Westinghouse
New Hampshire
Vermont
Maine
Massachusetts
New
Newburyport
Salisbury
Ipswich
Ing
George D. Aiken
Joint Committee On Atomic Energy
Putney
Rowe
Mass
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Congress
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Alice B. Toklas
Peter Sellers
Sellers
Harold Pine
Harte Theatre
Michael Caine
Anthony Quinn
Zorba
Quinn
Alan Bates
Mediterranean
Williamstown Cinema
Andy Griffith
Green Mountains
Mrs. Bennett D. Bell
Probation Department
U.S.7
Hogan’s
Chevrolet
David A. Brookman
Rollin St
Carmody
Main Street
Herbert M. Mattison
Chapel Road
Mattison
North Street
River Street
Ben Mont Avenue
Bennington Briefs
St. Mary’s Guild
St. Peter’s Church
Pleasant Street
Duncan A. Campbell
Thomas Foster
Vermont Natural Resources Council
Brenda Gropman
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Bryant & Stratton Junior College
Boston
Murray Gropman
Elm St
Senior Citizens Club
Practical Nurse Association of Vermont, Inc
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Mildred Forman
Altar Rosary Society
BCHS
Richard Thompson
Emblem Club
Elks Barn
Bennington Bookshop
Evans News
Powers Market
Bennington College Cooperative Store
Berkshire County Traffic Association
Fireside Restaurant
Cheshire
Washington, D.C
H.M. Collins
North St
Pittsfield
Matteson
Unitarians
Hillside Street
Wilbur Long
Florence Wood
Dale Johnson
Eldridge J. Turner
Campbell, N.Y
Ira Davenport
Corning
Eldridge E
Jane (Horton) Turner
Hilda Belland
Jane
James Turner
Canton
Irving Moffett
Pierre Letourneau
Gertrude Gardner
Highway Department
Rupert
Metropolitan France
Adm
Hyman G. Rickover
Rickover
Navy
Jeep
Jeepster
Kaiser Jeep Corporation
Glenn Motor CO
North
Bennington Rd
Pleasant St
Williamstown
Agency Inc
Main St. Bennington
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