Consolidation Seen as Common Sense by Town Counsel
Bennington Town Counsel Nor ton Barber urged consolidation of the six mile Bennington area at a Jaycees meeting. He blamed separate town village systems for planning and service problems and argued a town government would be simpler, more voter responsive, and easier to plan for. He warned about dual tax and legal exposure and urged practical, gradual consolidation with further expert views to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Norton Barber
Bennington Jaycees
School House
Old Bennington
Barber
Jaycees
League of Women Voters
Jaycee
Ted Bird
Bennington Briefs Highlight Local Events and Meetings
Community notices report a disaster relief collection for Berlin New York area with a $72 check to the Greater Bennington Association. Tax appeals on 1962 assessments proceed, and church activities include Vacation Bible School in White Chapel from 9 to 11 30 a.m. through Aug 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Joanna Getz
Caroline Lockett
Vacation Bible School
White Chapel
The
Vermont Church Council
Bennington Board of Civil Authority
Berlin Relief Fund Reaches $792 43 in Bennington Drive
Two Bennington agencies merged to aid Berlin victims raising 792 43 with $207 57 to reach 1 000 by Thursday. Mrs Shirley Duprea led door to door efforts collecting over 550. George Jepson presented the fund with a 792 43 check at Vermont Bank and Trust Co. Contributions may be sent to Mrs Duprea 745 Main St or the GBA Office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Berlin
Vermont Bank and Trust Co. Vilage
James B. Gibney
Greater Bennington
George H. Jepson
Vermont Bank and Trust Co
Shirley Duprea
Village considers water meter for Walloomsac Inn
Walter Berry, owner of the Walloomsac Inn in Old Bennington, seeks a water meter at the service entrance to base his annual bill on per faucets. Commissioners say they would likely grant a meter request, but install costs and the inn’s half-year closure complicate income recovery. The board notes complex lines to the hotel and that separate two inch meters would cost more, while a four inch meter would not pay back quickly. The town’s sanitation charges and village rate structure for non village residents add to the dispute as the village resists altering rates for secondary uses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Berry
Old Bennington
Water Department
Berry
Herbert Horst
Seymour Shultz
Water Board
Slow Moving Tractors In Ohio Road Accidents Cited
An Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station analysis reports slow moving vehicles caused roughly one highway accident per day in Ohio during 1961. The study highlights tractors and similar implements as primary contributors to these crashes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wooster, Ohio
Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station
Ohio
Houran Hurley I DO wedding ties Bennington couple
Mr and Mrs Charles Houran of Bennington announce the marriage of their daughter Jill Ann Houran to William Edward Hurley son of Mr and Mrs Edward Hurley also of Bennington Their ceremony was July 24 at St Francis de Sales Church officiated by Rev Anthony Brackett Attendants were Mr and Mrs John H Maguire The couple left for a wedding trip through Maine and New Hampshire and reside at 150 West Main St Bennington
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Houran
Bennington
Jill Ann Houran
William Edward Hurley
Edward Hurley
St. Francis de Sales Church
Anthony Brackett
John H. Maguire
Maine
New Hampshire
West Main St
Flooding Downpour Officially Recorded As Only .04 of an Inch
U S Weather Observer Paul W Bohne reports four hundredths inch rainfall at Harwood Hill with slightly more downtown. Walter J Thayer on Morgan Street Extension logged a 26 hundredths inch total, noting his observations are personal.
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U. S
Paul W. Bohne
Harwood Hill
Walter J. Thayer
Morgan Street
Thayer
Bennington to Approve Clark's Woods Sewer Plan Tonight
Bennington selectmen are set to approve engineering plans for a new sewer interceptor to serve Clark's Woods. The plans include a federal aid application. bids would follow and construction could start in late summer or fall. The 1962 meeting authorized $15,000 for a matched grant. Charles A. Maguire and Associates, Boston, is the engineer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Clark’s Woods
Alma Langlois
Federal Health, Education and Welfare Department
Charles A. Maguire and
Dorset Marden Skinner Tributes At St Jerme Church Lawn Party
The St Jerme Church held a successful lawn party last Saturday at Dorset Elementary School. Proceeds from games and the white elephant table complemented bake sale items and flowers. Organizers and workers included Miss Jane Leary, Henry Gallagher, Mrs Edward Malloy, Mrs Edward Leary, Mrs John Rosen crantz, Mrs Eva Burns, William Whalen, Mrs Lawrence King, Mrs Malcolm Cooper, Mrs Anna Ernie, Mrs Mary ONeil, Edward Malloy, Mrs Ralph Stiles, Miss Ellen Gallagher, and Miss Katherine Kelcher. Father Connelly thanked all workers and noted apologies for any missed names. Elizabeth Bartlett and Judith McCormick of Manchester visited Rockland, Maine. Henry W Beardsley, brother of Mrs Lawrence King, visits for a three day golf spree. Charles Gilbert, son of the Rufus Gilberts, recovers from appendectomy before returning to St Louis.
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St. Jerme
Dorset
Father Connelly
Jane Leary
Henry Gallagher
Edward Malloy
Edward Leary
John Rosen
Crantz
Eva Burns
William Whalen
Robert Glover
Lawrence King
Malcolm Cooper
Anna Ernie
Mary O'Neil
Ralph Stiles
Ellen Gallagher
Katherine Kelcher
Henry Senecal
Mary Kelcher
Elizabeth Bartlett
Judith McCormick
Manchester
Rockland
Maine
Henry W. Beardsley
Darien
Conn
Charles Gilbert
Rufus Gilberts
St. Louis
Six Local Youths Held in Series of Breaks Here
Six youths from Bennington County were lodged in the county jail after confessing thefts totaling about 500 dollars from Frost's Drugstore on North Street and other breaks. Three were captured at Super Duper Market parking lot at 1 a.m. Monday. Frank Saunders refused to speak. The group faced Municipal Court with mixed pleas. two pleaded guilty with pre sentence investigations ordered, one pleaded not guilty with bail set, and Saunders and another minor had no plea due to absence of guardians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frost
North Street
Bennington County
John Burgess
Depot Street
Frank Saunders
Shaftsbury
Donald Mears
BenMont Ave
Robert Cummings
John Jepson
Papermill Village
Robert Caron
Edward Lewis
River Street
Putnam Hospital Admissions and Births Report
Admissions list includes Cheryl Galipeau Catherine Bahan Mary Senecal Loretta Shippey Bennington Master Franklin Cooper Eagle Bridge N Y Discharges include Mrs Lucille Knight and daughter Arlington Mrs Barbara Sheldon and daughter South Dorset Mrs Patricia Ryan and daughter North Bennington Births record a daughter for Richard and Mrs King of Arlington on Aug 6 a daughter for Richard and Mrs Toner of Bennington on Aug 6 and a son for Ernest Hartley and Mrs Hartley of Cambridge N Y on Aug 6
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Cheryl Galipeau
Catherine Bahan
Mary Senecal
Loretta Shippey
Bennington
Franklin Cooper
Eagle Bridge
N.Y
Lucille Knight
Arlington
Barbara Sheldon
South Dorset
Patricia Ryan
North Bennington
Richard King
Richard Toner
Ernest Hartley
Cambridge
Accidents Up In United States in 1961
The Health Insurance Institute, using U.S. Public Health Service data, reports 130000 people per day injured in 1961, totaling 47100000 injuries versus 46400000 in 1960. The rise shows continuing higher accident rates nationwide.
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New York
UPI
United States
Health Insurance Institute
U.S. Public Health Service
Villages to Divide Brook Diversion Ditch Costs
Bennington and Old Bennington village officials agreed to split a 200 to 300 dollar project to divert a 350 foot brook away from a sewer line. The plan by Burgess Bros. would channel the brook to avoid leaks into the sewer near McKinley and Holden Streets, with work hoped to begin this week pending access across A J Dewey and Sons Lumber Co. property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Old Bennington
McKinley and
Holden Streets
Benmont Avenue
McKinley Street
Loyal Nash
Burgess Bros
Nash
A. J. Dewey & Sons Lumber Co
Hamilton Shields
Old Village
Leo Nash
David Carver
Bennington Village
Arthur Theberge
Leon Cook
Paul A. Kelley
Town of Bennington
Moose Notes Schedule and Rod & Gun Club Clam Steam
Tonight at 7 30 Moose Notes hosts a House committee meeting. Wednesday 8 p m lodge meeting. Friday kitchen opens 6 30 to 10 30 p m with fried seafoods and steamed clams. Saturday steak supper and dancing to Rod Woodward Orchestra. Clam steam tickets August 6 at Rod and Gun Club Shaftsbury. Tickets from steward or officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House Committee
Lodge
Rockwood
Rod & Gun Club
Shaftsbury
Dorset Boy Glenn Baker Dies in Fall from Tree
Glenn D Baker 13 son of David and Lillian Reed Baker died Monday from a tree fall in Dorset. Born July 2 1949 he would have entered Dorset Elementary School eighth grade this fall. Survived by parents two brothers Clyde and David two sisters Mrs Edmund Kelley Dorset and Mrs Charles Bullock Norfolk Va two nieces and five nephews. Funeral Thursday 1 30 p m at Dorset Congregational Church Rev E H Nickerson officiating. Interment Maple Hill Cemetery Dorset. Friends may call Brewster Funeral Home Manchester Center 2 4 and 7 9 p m Wednesday.
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Dorset
Glenn D. Baker
David
Lillian
Reed) Baker
Clyde
Edmund Kelley
Charles Bullock
Norfolk
Dorset Congregational Church
E. H. Nickerson
Manchester Congregational Church
Maple Hill Cemetery
Brewster Funeral Home
Manchester Center
Trustee Meeting Likely to Field Narrow VGC Dispute
Gibney says tonight's trustee session probably won't reveal concrete details of the VGC dispute as Plant Check is brought in and specifics remain unlikely to surface. The discussion focuses on procedural steps rather than substantive outcomes.
DAR Picnic Brings DAR Members to East Hill Farm Camp
The Orms by Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution held its annual picnic at East Hill Farm Camp in Andover hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Richard Bliss. Campers care for animals and gardens while presenting a history pageant scene about Volunteers Muster at Adamsville for Saratoga Campaign. New members Estella Carpenter and Albert H. Colton were welcomed. Bliss will speak at the Rotary supper.
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Manchester
Ormsby Chapter
The
Daughters of the American Revolution
East Hill Farm
Andover
Richard Bliss
A. Scott
Cambridge
N.Y
Estella Carpenter
Troy
N. Y
Albert H. Colton
Londonderry
Adamsville
Saratoga
Bliss
Bennett Junior College
Millbrook
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George Edmunds
Six Mile Square
Park Street
Benning
Bennington Garage Corp
Bennington Briefs
John P. Kavanaugh
Flatbush Ave
Brooklyn
Ezekiel Cross Sr
Cross
Bennington Village Board of Trustees
Louis Knapp
Woodford Road
Mrs
Bernard Berg
Joseph DeGrenier
San Francisco
Leo DeGrenier
Cape Cod
Kennedy
First Methodist Church
Deer Park
VFW
Selectmen’s
Vermont
Arlington Field
Vogue
Mt. Anthony Country Club
Brest
Driver Valley Butter
Hickens
Hurley-Houran
Marden Skinner
B.P.O. Elks Bennington
Putnam Hospital
Drysdale’s
Moose
Eer iPacr
John Wayne
Moe Morthnd Robson
Cumming
Oriz
Ant Jim Backus-Grarles McGraw
Kim Novak
Jack Lemmon
Fred Astaire
Zahrain
Yal Brynner
Sal Miney
Tom Keat IE
Latham Circle
Ibor
Murray Matheson
Latham
Betty Hutton
DAR
Grand Union -E
Triple
Grand Union
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