Nemerov Praises Shirley Jackson in Essay
Poet Howard Nem erov of Bennington College lauds Shirley Jackson for crafting real and abstract life in her fables, noting her blunt prose and striking style. He highlights works from The Road Through the Wall to We Have Always Lived in the Castle and praises her moral clarity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shirley Jackson
Howard Nemerov
Bennington College
Miss Jackson
Jane Austen
Hill House
Chekhov
Area Obituaries Include Several Notables In Rutland
Multiple obituaries from Vermont papers note deaths of Victorine Noel 71 of 705 County St died at Monroe Park Nursing Home, Loren D Andreas 71 of Shaftsbury, Thomas L Harris and others. Highlights include church memberships, family survivors, and funeral arrangements at Mahar Son and Grant Street Presbyterian venues. Frances Franzoni long-time state detective known for 1946 Paula Welden case. Burial plans in Park Lawn and Hanover Green Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victorine M. Noel
County St
Monroe Park W
Williamstown
Mass
Edmund and
Celina Hinkel Noel
Bennington
Donald Hemingway
Old Bennington
Sacred Heart Church
Joseph
Florence) Clifford
Mahar & Son Funeral
Park Lawn
Mahar & Son Funeral Home
Loren D. Andreas
Shaftsbury
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Nanticoke
Brook
Emma Shively Andreas
Mayme Vollrath
Phillip Disque
East Road
Loren D. Jr
West Orange
N.J
Edna Campbell
Grant St
Wilkes-Barre
Red Mountain Lodge F&am
Arlington
Grant Street Presyterian Church
Hanover Green Cemetery
Hanover
Pennsylvania
Hanson-Walbridge Funeral Home
Harry E. Goddeau
Pownal Road
Pittsfield
Sey
Henry
Louise Madrid Goddeau
Goddeau
John Lane
Ben- Mont Avenue
Jessie Potter
St. Joseph Church
Conaty
Alfred
Raymond
Lawrence
Louis
Albany
N.Y
Lucy Goddeau
Marie Goddeau
Springfield
St. Francis de Sales Church
Park Lawn Cemetery
Machar and Son Funeral Home
Rutland
Almo B. Franzoni
Bennington College
Paula Welden
Mr. Franzoni
Vermont State Police
Proctor
Welden
Rutland County
State Police
Caesare and
Penelope Germanni Franzoni
Menerva B. Seward
Charles B. Scarey
North Bennington
St. John the Baptist Church
Walter F. Miller
Robert Baffa
Father Miller
Scarey
John Powers
Donald Knapp
John Scarey
James Brillion
John Flood
James Scarey
Windham
Hoosick Falls
Cambridge
Granville
Greenwich
New Lebanon
Burlington
St. John the Baptist Cemetery
Miller
Guilford Man Dies by Own Action on Farm Road
State police report 29 year old Robert John Henry of Guilford died by suicide in his barn on Weather shead Hollow Road. He reportedly shot himself with a 30-30 rifle between 1 45 and 3 45 a.m. Brother and mother found the body. medical examiner Dr Keith Clark ruled death a suicide due to self inflicted wounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guilford
UPS
Robert John Henry
Weathershead Hollow Road
Henry
Keith Clark
500 Watch Arlington Horse Show Draws Crowds in Rain
More than 500 people watched 70 horses from Vermont Massachusetts New Hampshire and New York compete in the 12th Lions Club Horse Show at Arlington Sunday. Rain began around 4 p.m. but many stayed to finish the 33 classes as entries held steady from last year. Local horses placed well with Keynith Knapp's Black Mountain Mare among top performers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlington
Vermont
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
New York
Lions Club
Larry Pratt
King Lion
Stone
Middlebury
Keynith Knapp
Bladk Mountain Mar
Hospital Notes and Births Add Suburban Vermont Entries
Admissions list for August 6 and 7 at Bennington area hospitals includes Dr. Wilfred Racine and many discharge names with multiple new babies listed for Bennington Hoosick Falls East Arlington North Bennington and Cambridge. A motorcycle crash on Hunt Street caused injuries to Street with minor injuries to LaFleur and hospital treatment described. Birth announcements include a boy to Kelley of Bennington Bernardy of Williamsport McDermott of Danbury Stell Hill and Landry of Berlin plus others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Stell Jr
Pageant Street
Robert D. Hill
East Arlington
Bernard Landry
Berlin
N.Y
Viet Nam Air Attacks, Leaflets Drop in North Viet Nam
Viet Nam reported killings Friday and Saturday from air strikes and naval gunfire by the Seventh Fleet. On Sunday more than a million leaflets were dropped over North Viet Nam, with targets including Thanh Hoa Ha Tinh and Dong Hoi. A South Vietnamese patrol killed at least two Communists near Da Nang as fighting continued. Pilots logged 549 structures destroyed and 307 damaged in raids Friday and Saturday after more than 200 sorties against Viet Cong concentrations in South Viet Nam.
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North Viet Nam
Thanh Hoa
Hanoi
Ha Tinh
Dong Hoi
U. S
da Nang
South Viet Nam
Thrift Shop Items and Worker List This Week
The thrift shop has a fox scarf and raccoon coat an electric plate casy a sewing machine a baby crib with pad a car head lamp a large green glass dish draperies large nightgowns a step table toasters flat irons plates fruit jars and jelly glasses. It lists requests for paperback books dining room chairs playpen cribs a bottle caper pieces of linoleum canes table and pin-up lamps curtains and bed spreads. Workers this week are Lil lian Peat Marjorie Jayes Isma Sargent and Agnes Johnson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian Peat
Marjorie Jayes
Isma Sargent
Agnes Johnson
Bennington Court Hears Guilty Pleas and Fines
In Bennington Municipal Court this morning Gary M. Walk of Pownal pleaded guilty to leaving the scene of an accident on Washington Avenue and to careless and negligent driving. Apt statements covered multiple defendants including two men charged with breach of peace after allegedly assaulting Vermont Restaurant owner Raymond Pinsonneault. Other pleas and fines followed for false fire alarm, probation issues, and various speeding offenses in the Bennington area.
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Bernington Village
Bennington Municipal Court
Washington Avenue
Gary M. Walk
Pownal
John DeLaurier
North Branch Street
Bennington Village
Walk
Young Walk
George M. Fienberg
Raymond Pinsonneault
Vermont
North St
Robert E. Cummings Jr
John Siderakis
David Lipford
Bennington
Pinsonneault
Charles St
Pittsfield
Mass
General Hospital
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Fienberg
Robert F. Kearns
Gage Street
State House of Correction
Kenneth Harris
Harris
Robert A. Barber
Daniel J. Holland
White Creek
N.Y
U.S
Harvey J. Pratt
Holland
Pratt
William A. Stroffoleno
East Arlington
Stroffoleno
Arthur W. Hover
Arlington
Rupert Flats
Henri M. Barendse
Manchester
Williams
Levering McCormick
Harwood Hill
Bennington Flats
U.S. 7
Cassano
William S. Lounsbury
North Pownal
Pownal Center
Bennington Firemen Sweep State Trophies At Convention
Bennington firefighters dominated the 76th annual state Fire fighters Association convention in Brattleboro winning multiple trophies. The Bennington Fire Department with 40 marchers took the Maxim Motor Co. trophy for best appearing with apparatus and also earned the prize for most men in the parade. The Bennington Rural Fire Department captured five trophies, including best appearing, and wins in water polo, blind hose coupling, and wet hose coupling contests, plus the Chief Alfred Koltowski trophy for most points in sports events. Twenty one rural members marched in Sunday's parade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brattleboro
Bennington
State Firefighters Association
Maxim Motor Co
Maxim
Rural Department
Alfred) Koltowski
Playground Chatter Promotes Weeklong Park Contests
Memorial Park hosts a watermelon eating contest at 2 p.m. on Wednesday. A Tuesday YMCA bowling tournament for 7 plus participants from Stark Street and Memorial Park starts at 9:45 a.m., with action through Thursday. Tetherball results lead age groups, while chess and checkers close Friday August 13. Pet Show judging begins 9:45 a.m. Friday at both playgrounds.
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Memorial Park
YMCA
Stark Street
David DeMercado
Keith LeBarron
Russell
Christie
Andy Crawford
Jerry Martin
Bennington Briefs Members Return From Vacation and Legion Meeting
Mr and Mrs Jarry Rios of Middlesex New Jersey announce their daughter Eugen and son David have returned home after a vacation with Mr and Mrs William H Stuchel Jr of Lyons District The American Legion Auxiliary plans its next regular meeting Tuesday August 10 at 8 PM at the Legion House Officers to be elected The Knights of Columbus picnic will be held this year on Sunday August 22 at Barbers Pond General chairman is William Shanahan
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Grand Knight
William Shanahan
K of C
J. Russell Carpenter Jr
Raymond LeBlanc
Leonard Anzivino
Robert Cummings Jr
Edmund Maroney
Joseph Carroll
Charles Holden
Thomas Toomey
George Coutu
Roger White
Vincent J. Spinelli
C.S.C
Harold Griffin
Jarry Rios
Middlesex, N.J
Eugen
David
William H. Stuchel Jr
Lyons District
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion House
Knights of Columbus
Barber’s Pond
Stock Averages Reported by Dow Jones at Noon
Dow Jones Bache and Co Albany lists at noon the industrials up 0.83 to 883.34, railroads down 1.13 to 210.01, utilities down 0.15 to 155.54, with the composite average at 309.83, up 0.05 and total to date 2,110,000 shares traded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dow Jones—Bache & Co
Albany
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Nemerov
Laurence
New York City
Joanne
Sarah
Barry
Miles
Gretchen Hyman
Bennington College Library Fund
Loren PD
Andreas
Thomas L. Harris
Whipstock Road
Almo Franzoni
ALMO
B. Franzoni
Moon Spinner
A. Usher
Troy
Richard Usher
Usher
Ringheiser
Alect
Oreland Bold Admiral
Frank Lathrop
Pittsford
Guided Missile
Buff Ledge Camps
Milton
Buff Ledge
Cricket
Pamela Murphey
Justine
Lisa Hunter
Wilfred Racine
Jean Peterson
Jeanne Cronin
JoAnn Thomas
Beverly Gates
Kathleen Metcalfe
Joan Snow
Susan Sherman
Lena Percey
William Morin
Louise Peacock
Betty Lou Blair
Patricia Hoard
Marie Robinsky
Steven Tifft
Helen Restino
William Colvin
David Mallory
East Hoosick
Rose Marie Ester
Geraldine Condon
Albert de Lucca
Vincent F. Bushee
Manchester Depot
Stella Dean
Marcia Laffin
Moira Kuebler
North Hoosick
Street
Hunt Street
Stemp
Triumph
Pauline Dechene
Gage St
E.T. Williams TV
Donald LaFleur
King’s Hotel
LaFleur
Sonja Rowland
Donald Kelley
Andrew Bernardy
Leroy McDermott
Danbury
Viet Nam
7Th Fleet
Thrift Shop
Pleissner
Kennedy Library
Ogden Pleissner
John F. Kennedy
Rose Kennedy
Edward M. Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy
Hyannis Port Golf Club
Town Civil Association
Hyannis Port Harbor
Kennedy Compound
John R. Mollica
John H. Williams II
Rock ‘Sudson Doris Ay Dr Ft
Martin Melcher
Steve Ige
Don Ee
Harte Theatre
Paramount Pictures
Dean Martin
Wali
Techwicolor
Panavision
Bennington Drive-In
North Bennington Rd
Flo
Bennington Briefs
Colonie
Latham Circle
Eddie Rich
Dorothy Lamour
Cole Porter
DU Barry
Latham
Vickers
Mon
Johnny Mathis
Jayne Mansfield
Rapid
Dayton
Main St
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