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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1968
Page
12
Wilbur C. Waite, 27, of Floresce, formerly Massachusetts resident now in Vermont, pleaded guilty in Bennington District Court to driving while intoxicated and related offenses after an incident on U.S. 7 in Arlington. He drove left of center and failed to stop after a crash, facing penalties.
Funeral services for Mrs. Doris Hart Wheeler, 62, wife of Henry Wheeler, were conducted July 31 in Miami. Burial followed at Southern Memorial Garden. A former North Bennington resident, she attended North Bennington High School and the University of Vermont and taught previously. Survivors include her husband, a son Wade, a daughter Cynthia, and sister Mrs. Mildred Reynal of New Britain, Conn.
A hospital notes list from Hoosick Falls and nearby towns includes admissions for Brian Pello Mrs Alma Cole Richard Oldham and others plus discharges for Loren O Dell Dorothy Miner Kimberly Blinstruth and more. Names appear with towns Hoosick Falls West Arlington Pownal North Pownal and Shaftsbury, dated Saturday August 3, 1968 and Sunday August 4, 1968.
The platform calls for a fair settlement in Vietnam with de Americanization, a shift toward South Vietnamese responsibility, and limits on world policing. Domestically it proposes a community development bank, automatic Social Security boosts, shorter draft window, Drug crackdown, and gun sale controls with state action preferred.
Gov Philip Hoff appoints Mrs Lorraine Luce of Wilmington to the Governor's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped filling the vacancy after the death of George Yett of Swanton. The term ends February 28, 1969.
Mrs Clifford B Harwood vice chairman of the Vermont GOP and a director of the Vermont Federation of Republican Women serves as an official delegate and the lone female on the convention executive committee. She is secretary of the 102 member resolutions committee led by Everett Dirksen and attended with husband Dr Clifford B Harwood and two of their sons Ricky and Roger.
A Manchester SVAC luncheon honored Mrs Helen Appleton Read and Miss Marie Appleton for their art world contributions. About 50 attendees, including center trustees and affiliated artists, gathered at the Southern Vermont Arts Center with notable out of town guests pictured.
A Maine man, Donald V. Morris, 58, of Auburn, was held in Bennington County jail after a Friday arraignment on charges of obtaining money under false pretenses and driving with defective equipment. He pleaded guilty to the latter and nolo contendere to the former counts, with bail set at 4000 dollars. a presentence investigation was ordered. Police say he passed as a liquor salesman in Brattleboro and Brattleboro area, collecting payments before goods were delivered, and New Hampshire authorities have a warrant for unauthorized use of a motor vehicle.
30000 people have registered this year for Coolidge birthplace visits, with an estimated 10000 more likely to have been there unregistered. A new road for public access may be built with Plymouth voters’ approval, allowing foot or horse drawn traffic in the village. Vermont surveys historic sites to qualify for federal funds under the 1966 act, though none yet allocated. Plymouth Notch properties acquired by the state are fully taxable in town. Attending were Lydia Coolidge Sayles, Richard B. Scandrett Jr., Richard Titus, and William F. Whiting Jr.
The Welcome Wagon meets Thursday at 8 p.m. at 129 Fillmore Street hosted by Mrs. Ivo Laurson. The Wills Insurance Agency closes Tuesday for the funeral of George W. Buck. Mrs. Marvin Sutton sang at First Congregational Church. TOPS gathers Wednesday at 7 30 p.m. in North Street VFW rooms. Lions Club honors George W. Buck at Hanson-Walbridge Funeral Home. Cynthia Atwood, daughter of Mrs. George D. Atwood, completed a Katharine Gibbs School program in New York after Pine Manor Junior College.
George W Buck 62 former Wills Agency president died Saturday at Putnam Memorial Hospital Born September 19 1905 Burlington He led the agency for 21 years survived by wife Isabel Brass and two daughters Martha Cogswell and Anne More Also survived by father and three sisters He was Dartmouth 1926 graduate Aetna employee before joining Wills chaired local and state insurance groups Mason YMCA Lions Club golf clubs and church roles Services set for St Peters Episcopal Hanover NH burial Pine Knoll Cemetery Hanover NH Flowers memorials to Bennington YMCA development fund
Funeral notices report the deaths of Mrs. Clare L. Trombley Mrs Julia E. Gibney Proud Mrs Florence E. Smith Mrs Ralph Bortell Mrs Franklin H. Lasher and Mrs Mary Pacelli York. Services and calls are announced from Mahar and Son Funeral Home with burial at Park Lawn Cemetery and Hinsdillville cemetery. Survivors include children siblings and extended family across Bennington North Bennington Richmond and West Arlington as well as Viet Nam and Illinois connections. Memorials go to church building funds.
Funeral services for William W. Houghton 84 of East Arlington will be held Tuesday at 1 30 p m at Hanson Walbridge Funeral Home with Rev John Geer officiating. He was a wood worker and machinist for Sprague Electric Co in Bennington and is survived by two daughters four grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren. Masonic services are planned Monday at 7 30 p m at the funeral home after visiting hours 2 to 4 p m.
Brian Pello, 10, of White Chapel Road, was treated at Putnam Memorial Hospital for injuries after being struck by a car while crossing VT 67A on his bicycle Friday. He was released after observation. The driver was Yvonne M. Lampron of Bennington.
Atty Neil Moss was appointed legal counsel for the Vermont Jaycees. Wayne W Jameson announced Moss will serve the 1500 member organization in 45 communities until 1969. Moss is vice president of the Mount Anthony Jaycees and resides with his wife Susan and children Timothy and Danny on Caroline Drive. He is a Middlebury College and NYU Law School graduate and works at the law office of Robert E Cummings Jr.
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