Miss Helen Starr Weds J G Matte at Hoosick Falls
Miss Helen M Starr daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Starr of Hoosick Falls and John G Matte son of Mr and Mrs Romeo Matte of North Adams Mass were married last Saturday at the Church of Immaculate Conception in Hoosick Falls The Rev Lawrence J Gerity OSA performed the ceremony at 11 am The bride wore a peau de soie gown with lace and a tiered train The maid of honor was Miss Louise Matte with attendants in peach and lime The best man was Paul Brassard Ushering were Ivan Matte and Reginald Matte A reception followed at Walloomsac Hotel with 100 guests The couple will reside on Avon Street North Adams Mass Both are employed at Nancy Shoe Co in North Adams and plan a Niagara Falls trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Helen M. Starr
Robert Starr
John G. Matte
Romeo Matte
North Adams
Mass
Church of Immaculate Conception
Sabrina
Louise Matte
Clarksburg
Nancy Gates
Bennington
Royal Grant
Greenwich
Maid of Honor
Paul Brassard
Ivan Matte
Reginald Matte
White Creek
Walloomsac Hotel
Niagara Falls
Avon Street
Bennington Briefs and Local Appointments
Atty Reuben Levin, homebound with a severe cold, is reported improved. Dr and Mrs Fredrick Sondheimer of New York City have rented a house on Carpenter Hill Road Pownal for August. Dr Sondheimer is a radiologist at New York Hospital. Mrs Charles J Read Jr of 329 School St has been visiting her sister at Matunick Beach RI and will return home early next week. The Bennington Section of the Green Mountain Club will lead a hike up Mount Anthony Sunday afternoon meeting at the Bennington Post Office at 1 30 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atty
Reuben Levin
Anthony Drive
Fredrick Sondheimer
New York City
Carpenter Hill Road
Pownal
Sondheimer
New York Hospital
Charles J. Read Jr
School St
Matunick Beach
R.I
Bennington
Green Mountain Club
Mount Anthony
Bennington Post Office
Miss Hogan and John O’Donnell Wed in St Francis Church
Miss Kathleen Sharon Hogan daughter of Mr and Mrs Francis J Hogan of 146 Dewey Street married John William O'Donnell son of Mr and Mrs John William O'Donnell of 63 Alderton Street Rego Park New York at 11 a.m. last Saturday. The ceremony was performed by Rev Anthony Brackett at St Francis de Sales Church with music by Mrs Thomas Donovan and Joseph McDonough. The couple will reside in New York City after a Cape Cod honeymoon. They are Bennington Catholic High School graduates and both work in New York City. Out of town guests arrived from Florida Maryland Virginia and New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kathleen Sharon Hogan
Francis J. Hogan
Dewey St
John William O’donnell
Alderton St
Rego Park
N.Y
Anthony Brackett
Thomas Donovan
Joseph McDonough
Bennington Catholic High School
New York City
U.S. Post Office
Florida
Maryland
Virginia
New York
Stately British Ghosts Haunt Supermarkets and Flats
Washington report notes up to date British ghosts disturbing markets and public housing. In Long Wittenham a spook disrupted a new supermarket by mixing items and switching off lights. villagers blamed a green grocer ghost. A housing project couple felt cold touches and bed clothes pulled. Nine ghosts appeared at an inn named the Jolly Corner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Long Wittenham
England
Miss Kaye Knapp Wedding at Sacred Heart Church
Miss Kaye Marie Knapp and Gary Lawrence Daigneault wed at Sacred Heart Church in a 10 a.m. double ring ceremony officiated by Rev. Joseph F. Wiseman. The couple, both Bennington High School graduates, will reside in Rutland after a wedding trip to northern Vermont and New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kaye M. Knapp
Gary L. Daigneault
Sacred Heart
Music Camp Plans 30th Annual Concert
Cummington Green wood Music Camp will present its 30th annual concert at the village schoolhouse on August 18 at 3 30 p m. The program features Ravel Tombeau de Couperin J C Bach Singonia and Beethoven Second Symphony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cummington
Mass
Greenwood Music Camp
Ravel
J. C. Bach
Sons of the Revolution Plan Vermont Meeting at Woodstock Inn
William P. Elliott will speak at a luncheon of the Sons of the Revolution in Vermont at the Woodstock Inn in Woodstock on August 16 Battle of Bennington Day. Getty Page leads the Vermont organizing committee and invites members and prospects to join at 12 noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodstock
William P. Elliott
Sons of the Revolution
Vermont
Woodstock Inn
Bennington
Getty Page
Rutland
General Society
New Hampshire
Merchants Row
Elliott
Plainfield, N.J
New York City
Princeton University
New Jersey
Plainfield City
N.J
Union County
American Bar Associations
New Jersey Society
General Society of Colonial Wars
Fraunces Tavern
Lower Manhattan
N.Y
Society of Cin
Page
Battle of Bennington
Local Engagements and a Lighting Tip Feature
Engaged couples from Bennington and Milford announce upcoming weddings in August with plans for ceremonies in Milford and Bennington. Martha Jane Marsden, daughter of LeRoy Marsden, will wed John Edward Payne of Elm Grove Wisconsin. both Brown University alumni hold newsroom and library roles. Apryl R. Bell, daughter of Lyle Bell, will marry Gerald Pierce in Milford. families note ties to Bennington and local firms. Carolyn Hart to Stephen Spencer, both Bennington graduates, plan a fall wedding. A Lynbrook engagement follows Bonnie Christine Williamson to Cornelius Clarke with November wedding slated. A University Park note explains electronic dimmers for central lighting to adjust room ambiance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LeRoy Marsden
Union St
Martha Jane
John Edward Payne
Charles E. Payne
Elm Grove
Wis
Miss Marsden
Bennington High School
Brown University
Rhode Island School of Design
Providence
R.I
Payne
WLKW
Lynbrook, N.Y
Arnold T. Williamson
Lynbrook
Bonnie Christine
Cornelius W. Clarke
Missionary Alliance Church
Bennington
Miss Moxley and James Deery Wed in North Bennington
Miss Barbara Ann Moxley and James Edward Deery were married July 27 at St. John the Baptist Church. Officiating were Rev. Walter Miller. The couple resides on Main Street after a reception for 150 at Grange Hall Shaftsbury. The bride is from North Bennington. the groom from Bennington.
Ward Cremated After Jury Rules Death by Own Action
London AP. Dr Stephen Ward, linked to the Profumo scandal, died by his own hand after a coroner jury found barbiturate poisoning. The 50 year old osteopath swallowed pills while in coma awaiting verdict and left notes blaming trial strain and an impending guilty outcome.
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London
Stephen Ward
Ward
Gavin Thurston
Playboy
Christine Keeler
Marilyn Mandy Rice- Davies
Miss Keeler
John Profumo
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J. G. Matte
Lawrence J. Gerity
O.S.A
Raleigh Tatro
Hoosick Falls Central School
Notre Dame School
Nancy Shoe Co
North Bennington
Cambridge
Stillwater, N Y
Andrick
Bennington Briefs
Kathleen Hogan
John W. O'Donnell
St. Francis Church
St. Francis de Sales
Mary Forrest
Washington, D.C
Judith Sinclair
Frances Fitzpatrick
Dayle Hogan
Delray Beach
Fla
Timothy Toomey
Donald Sumner
James Tomasi
Mrs. Hogan
Mt. Anthony Country Club
Cape Cod
John William O'Donnell
Sacred Heart Church
Kaye Marie Knapp
Herbert A. Knapp
Gage St
Gary Lawrence Daigneault
Clayton B. Daigneault
Crescent Boulevard
Joseph F. Wiseman
Helen Galipeau
Earl Callanan
Albany
Robert Jackson
Williamstown
Betty Sinclair
Dennis Daigneault
James Daigneault
Michael Caslin
Bennington Club
Joseph Madkour
Mark Daigneault
Howard Hewson
Burt Rockwood
Tansitor Electronics
First National Stores
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
California
Glamis Castle
Scotland
Earl Baedie
Satan
Elizabeth I
Windsor Castle
Battlements
Catherine Howard
Hampton Court Palace
Henry VIII
Henry
Anne Boleyn
Tower of London
Peter
Dover Castle
Gray Fortress
Didling
Sussex
Henry Ditton- Newman
St. John’s Church
Torquay
Lady Lightfoot
Shelsley Walsh
Worcestershire
Grey Lady
Levens Hall
Westmorland
Rufford Abbey
Renishaw
Sitwells
Fletcher Hall
Mrs
Suzanne Coe
Walloomsac Road
Bennington, Vermont
Midas
Atkins, seWweLeRs
St. Bennington, Vt
Bell-Pierce
Milford, Conn
Lyle Bell
Milford
Apryl R. Bell
Gerald Pierce
Harold Pierce
Frances
Surdam) Pierce
Eagles’ Hall
Miss Bell
Milford High School
Howard Johnson Restaurant
Boston
The
Post
Belle Surdam
Joel Pierce Sr
Hart-Spencer
Karl Hart
Pleasant St
Carolyn
Stephen Spencer
Glenn Spencer
Safford Street
Miss Hart
Union Carbide Consumer Products Corp
Union Carbide
Miss Williamson
Gordon College
Beverly Farms
Community Bank & Trust Co
Nyack Missionary College
Nyack, N.Y
Gordon Divinity School
University Park
UPI
Bonnie C. Williamson
Miss Moxley
James Deery
Barbara Ann Moxley
James Edward Deery
St. John the Baptist
Walter Miller
Arthur Moxley
William Deery
Louise Harris
Margaret Dailey
John Moxley
William Deery Jr
Grange Hall
Shaftsbury
Michael O’brien
Joseph Guetti
Maine
Main Street
St. Francis de Sales Academy
Bennington Tile Co
North Bennington Road
Wallingford
Manchester
Shu- Shan
Las Vegas
Nev
France
Switzerland
Germany
Europe
Lufthansa German Airlines
Lufthansa
Evans News Office
Equip., Inc
Dial
Main
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