Four-Hers Build Racing Car for State Day Exhibition
Six Bennington youths from Green Acres 4H Club entered a self rebuilt 1941 Buick sedan racing car at Randolph Center for State Day. Led by Clarence Decker and Stanley Bare Beau, the team removed seats and weight, added roll bars, and rebuilt the engine with parts from donated cars. The club aims to spotlight safe mechanics and racing track use, with a safety day led by State Police Cpl Edward Prescott on Sept 12. The 18 members plan to expand in fall and pursue further State Day prospects.
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Bennington
Randolph Center
Green Acres
Clarence Decker
Stanley Barebeau
Camp Ondawa
Summerland
Springfield
Mass
Bennington County
Romaine W. Herbert
Pownal
Thurber
Fairhaven
Decker
Edward Prescott
Vermont
Tim Guetti
Bruce Bruso
Donald Forrest
Jim Harwood
Lynn Bruso
John Harwood
Stanley Barbeau
Houghton Lane
Buckler
Bobby Carpenter
Green Acres 4-H Club
Garry Buckley
Joseph Schockett
North Shire Fund Raising Campaign Opens in Three Towns
The Vermont Arthritis and Rheumatism Foundation launches its annual mail campaign in Manchester Dorset and Peru to fund programs. August 1963 reports about $500 raised across the three communities with Dorset contributing the most.
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Burlington
Vermont
Arthritis and Rheumatism Foundation
Manchester
Dorset
Peru
Robert J. Fisk
Fred J. Burghard
Daulton Mann Jr
Bennington School Board Sets Tonight Meeting Agenda
Bennington Graded School District directors meet at 7:30 p.m. in the elementary office to review next year enrollment projections, hear progress on alterations at Bennington High and two elementaries, and consider a census report. They will also discuss summer session results, organizational charts for staff, insurance, state aid for improvements, and the high school book store annual report.
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Bennington Graded
Bennington
Bennington High School
Vermont
Goldwater Seeks Unity After National Convention Focus
The Goldwater campaign aims to patch rifts with party leaders at a Washington conference attended by New York Gov. Nelson Rockefeller. Goldwater defends liberty extremism, pledges Civil Rights Law support, criticizes current leadership over Laos Viet Nam and the Bay of Pigs, and stresses budget discipline and careful top appointments.
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Ism
America
Nixon
Goldwater
San Francisco
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Washington
Laos
Viet Nam
Bay of Pigs
Defense
Eisenhower
Hospital Notes Admissions and Births Listed
Admissions include Leon Jones Petersburg Harry Becktoft Miss Barbara Waite Arlington Mrs Kathryn Toomey Gregory Squiers Carl Squiers Miss Cynthia Gardner Master John Lyons Jr Bennington Mrs Barbara Houle Shaftsburg Miss Janet Brundige Johnsonville N Y Harold Howe Willmington Discharges include Mrs Susan Murphy Hoosick Falls Miss Lynn Harrington North Bennington Bernard Bolton Bennington Stanley Stuka Hoosick Falls Mrs Joans Bryant and son Manchester Cen ter Mrs Margery Vincent and daughter Berlin N Y Births list Mr and Mrs Gerald Stowell East Road a daughter Aug 11 and Mr and Mrs Gerald Colvin 88 Oakes St a son Aug 11
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Leon Jones
Petersburg
Harry Becktoft
Barbara Waite
Arlington
Kathryn Toomey
Gregory Squiers
Carl Squiers
Cynthia Gardner
John Lyons Jr
Bennington
Barbara Houle
Shaftsburg
Janet Brundige
Johnsonville
N.Y
Harold Howe
Willmington
Susan Murphy
Hoosick Falls
Lynn Harrington
North Bennington
Bernard Bolton
Stanley Stuka
Joan’ Bryant
Manchester Center
Margery Vincent
Berlin
Gerald Stowell
East Road
Gerald Colvin
Oakes St
Obituary for Walter A. McGarey of St. Albans
Walter A. McGarey 39 of Jefferson Heights died Tuesday after months of illness at a St. Albans hospital. He was a Union Carbide supervisor, WWII and Korean War veteran, and University of Vermont graduate. Survived by wife Mary Bliss, three Bennignton children Pamela Patricia Michael, mother Catherine, sister Barbara Ann Rakowski, nephews, niece. Funeral Thursday 3 p.m. at First Congregational Church St. Albans. calling hours today 2-4 and 7-10 at Driscoll and Moran Memorial. Interment Greenwood Cemetery. Memorials to Vermont Cancer Fund.
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Walter A. McGarey
Jefferson Heights
St. Albans
Union Carbide Consumer Products Co
Mr. McGarey
Catherine (Vorce) McGarey
Donald L. McGarey
University of Vermont
Catherine McGarey
Stanley
Barbara Ann) Rakowski
First Congregational Church
Driscoll and Moran Memorial
North Main St
Gerald T. Yost
Greenwood Cemetery
Vermont Cancer Fund
Bennington Sets Primary Poll Hours and Approves Appointments
Bennington selectmen set primary election hours from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Sept 8 to suit voters. F. Ellwood Allen was reappointed to the Town Planning Commission for a three year term. A new road off Gage Street Extension named Caroline Drive was approved, with bids to be sought for winter sand supply.
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Bennington Selectmen
F. Ellwood Allen
Town Planning Commission
Allen
Bennington
Funeral for Jerry D. Weil Speak Held in Lyons District
Funeral services for Jerry D. Weil Speak a noted lumber dealer and horse drawing award winner were held at Mahar & Son Funeral Home and St. Francis de Sales Church with a Requiem High Mass. Monsignor Flanagan officiated and bearers included James Moon Jesse Moon Gerald Moon Donald Peacock John Kulas Peter Carpenter. Burial followed at Park Lawn Cemetery with prayers offered by Monsignor Flanagan. Relatives and friends came from Springfield Northampton North Adams Lenox Suffern Arlington and nearby areas.
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Jerry D. Wellspeak
Jerry D. Weilspeak
Lyons
Mahar & Son Funeral
St. Francis de Sales Church
Francis B. Flanagan
St. Francis de Sales
James, Jesse
Gerald Moon
Donald Peacock
John Kulas
Peter Carpenter
Thomas Bransfield
Park Lawn Cemetery
Monsignor Flanagan
Springfield
Northampton
North Adams
Lenox
Mass
Suffern
N.Y
Arlington
Reapportionment Debates Split Vermont Lawmakers
Rep Lyndon proposes 118 house 30 senate with statewide referendum. Rep Purdy favors 195 house 32 senate. Harley Kidder backs unicameral plan and September vote. W E Bermingham urges keeping current size or enlarging on population basis. Keith Wallace of Vermont Farm Bureau backs delaying reappointment in Congress. Simpson declared Farm Bureau membership and dissented from Wallace. A public hearing on the commission’s plan is set for Tuesday.
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Lyndon
Senate
Ellery Purdy
Mendon
Barre
Harley Walter Kidder
W.E. Bermingham
Keith Wallace
Vermont Farm Bureau
Congress
Simpson
Farm Bureau
Wallace
Legislative Commission
Water Main Extension Okayed By Selectmen
Bennington selectmen approved preparatory work for a new Globe Union plant water main extension from U.S. 7 and Willow Road to the Morse property. Six fire hydrants and future tap-ins were approved with an indemnity letter required before pipe orders. bids for the $2 million plant were received and reviewed. The village water board will limit taps due to water shortages. voters authorized up to $60,000 for the project. Globe Union plans a 125,000 square foot battery storage plant with about 125 workers from the Milwaukee firm negotiating the deal.
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Bennington Selectmen
Che
Globe Union
Milwaukee
Raymond B. Bowen
Bowen
Globee Union
Charles Harper
Selectmen
Burton L. Winslow
U.S. 7
Willow Road
William H. Morse
Bennington Village Water Board
Bennington Briefer Lists Local School Plans and Notices
Bennington briefs include a 1 pm Thursday meet for Janet Flynn School of Baton students for parade arrangements at 224 Park St. Other items note corrections, veterans events, picnic plans, council meetings, surplus commodity signups, a Muscular Dystrophy fundraiser, a World’s Fair tour ad, and notices for a women’s club.
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Janet Flynn
School of Baton
Lynch Named To Help In Hoff Campaign
D Richard Lynch of Bennington resigns from Miller and Co. to join Gov Philip Hoff's re election campaign. Lynch previously worked at Miller from January to July and spent years in The Banner advertising department.
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Lynch
Hoff
Prouty backs anti poverty bill as seasonal necessity
Senator Winston L. Prouty of Vermont reluctantly supports President Johnson's anti poverty program calling it a seasonal necessity. He criticizes the bill for not considering the nature of America's poor and hopes long term anti poverty legislation can be enacted when seasonal need is no longer primary.
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Washington
UPI
Winston L. Prouty
Rfe Vt
Johnson
Prouty
America
Rosemary Hoag Engaged to Bruce Andrews
East Hoosick New York announces the engagement of Rosemary Angela Hoag to Bruce A. Andrews. Rosemary is a St Marys Academy and Henry W Putnam Memorial School of Practical Nursing graduate and works at Bennington hospital. Bruce is an Adams Memorial High School graduate employed at Arnold Print Co in Adams. A fall wedding is planned.
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East Hoosick
N.Y
James F. Hoag
Rosemary Angela
Bruce A. Andrews
Christine Andrews
Adams
Mass
Kenneth Andrews
Miss Hoag
St. Mary’s Academy
Hoosick Falls
Henry W. Putnam Memorial School of Practical Nursing
Bennington
Bennington Hospital
Adams Memorial High School
Arnold Print Co
Thrift Shop Offers Wide Selection of Belongings
The thrift shop showcases items including a mink collar, toys, stroller, children's clothing, fall hats, raincoats, flannel nightwear, shoe trees, a medicine chest, sock dryers, and an electric waffle iron. Customers seek pillows quilts dresses and blankets as jars sell well. Workers last week included Mrs. Ruth Hoy Mrs. Paul Cross Mrs. Josiah Fuller and Mrs. Edward Haug.
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Ruth Hoy
Paul Cross
Josiah Fuller
Edward Haug
Arizona man denies fraud charges in Municipal Court
Donald Short 32 of Montreal Quebec pleaded not guilty to eight counts of fraud involving checks totaling 3000 dollars. Bail set at 4000 dollars with per count 500, as Short claimed voluntary surrender.
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Arizona
Donald Short
Montreal
Que
Green Mountain Park
Taconic Racing and Breeding Association
Richard Geannelis Food Service
House of Correction
Windsor
Fienberg
George G. Davis
Star Route
Bennington
Davis
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