Air Force Band Leads Battle Day Parade at Bennington
The 590th Air Force Band from Westover AFB Massachusetts will set the pace for Sundays Battle Day parade marking the 191st anniversary of the Battle of Bennington. They will be in Section 1 on Main and Safford streets following the VFW color guard and the parade marshal Uncle Sam. Also in Section 1 are four Bennington Fire Department companies in charge of the event.
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Air Force Band
590Th Air Force
Westover Air Force Base
Massachusetts
Bennington
Battle of
Air Force
Main
Safford
VFW
Uncle Sam
Bennington Fire Department
Main Street
Beech
Golden Eagles
Cambridge Fire Department
Petersburg Fire Dept
Scarlet Knights
Rutland
West Rutland
Clarendon Fire Dept
Eagles
Garde d’Honneur
Notre Dame-Des- Neiges
Montreal
United States
Johnsonville
North Hoosick
N.Y
Poultney and
Disco
Coolidge Avenue
Nutmeg Volunteers
Connecticut
Shushan
North Bennington
Hoosick Falls
Town of
West Pawlet Fire Dept
YMCA
White River Junction
Union Street
Pittsfield Eagles
West Albany
Halifax Fire Department
Sprague Electric Co
Vagabonds Drum & Bugle Corps
Young Marines
Williamsburg
Lanesboro
Williamstown
Pleasant Street
Shaftsbury
Pownal Center
Fire Department
Brattleboro
Bennington County Sheriffs’ Dept
Putnam Square
North Street
Gage
Gage Street
Memorial Park
First United Methodst Church
John P. Proud
Obituary of Mrs Edward J Berndt of Bennington
Mrs Edward J Berndt 48 formerly Josephine Crouse of East Road died at Putnam Memorial Hospital after a short illness. Born in New York City March 20 1920 she married Edward Berndt on May 25 1947. She worked 17 years at Chase Manhattan Bank and moved to Bennington from New York City in February. She was a communicant of St Francis de Sales Church. Survived by husband daughter Elizabeth Manning two grandchildren Theodore and Elizabeth Manning mother Elizabeth Kruger sisters Mary Piper Betty Wagner and brother John Crouse.
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Edward J. Berndt
Josephine Crouse
East Road
Putnam Memorial Hospital
New York City
Berndt
New York
Chase Manhattan Bank
Bennington
St. Francis de Sales
Elizabeth Manning
Theodore
Elizabeth Kruger
Mary Piper
Betty Wagner
New Jersey
John Crouse
Baltimore
Robert O. Samuel
Eastview Drive
Ben Adams, Inc
Mt. Anthony Country Club
Samuel
North Adams
Mass
Albia
Iowa
Richard Samuel
Iowa Success Business School
Ottumwa
War Department
Washington, D.C
General Cable Corp
Cornish Wire Co
Williamstown
First Congregational Church
Alice Abbott
Dale Remy
George Willant
Wayne Mick
Harlan Plumb
John Barnaby
California
Asa
Pliny
Eugene
Colorado
Arvel M. Steece
Old Bennington
Southview Cemetery
First Congregational Church of
Mahar & Son Funeral Home
Area Women Attend Vassar Club Meeting
The Vermont New Hampshire Vassar Club held a summer meeting August 8 at Woodstock Inn with attendees from Bennington Arlington Dorset Manchester and Westminster Station. The article notes Vassar's scholarships outside aid and access programs including freshman seminars and new credit opportunities while highlighting club donations and leadership roles.
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Woodstock
Vermont - New Hampshire
Vassar Club
Woodstock Inn
Elizabeth Johnston
Arlington
Persis S. Holden
John Paulson
Bennington
Matthew P. Gaffney
Dorset
Herbert Harris
Manchester
Vassar College
Vassar
Madeleine Perrault
Perrault
Vietnam
United States
Texaco
IBM
Hudson River Valley Colleges
Walter E. Gude
Hanover
Peter Oot
Westminster Station
Allen Named on Committee To Study Gun Control Laws
Vermont legislator Rep. David J. Allen 31 is named to a Legislative Council study committee on gun control. The eight-member panel includes Fish and Game, law enforcement, sports groups, and public representatives. Work begins Aug. 27 with a final report due by Nov. 1. Allen welcomes the chance to engage on the issue amid strong public interest.
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Bennington
Vermont Legislative Council
David J. Allen
Legislative Council
Fish and Game Department
Allen
Devel
Bennington Briefs Includes crash report and local notices
Police reported that Russell J. Mack Jr. escaped injury when a rear tire blew on his 1964 VW on Gage Street causing a rollover and roof damage. The Bennington pool season opens with new hours and lifeguards. Town bills to be paid by Aug 31. Vacation Bible School enrollments and church events announced with contact numbers. A Vermont gun policy discussion cites broader weapon laws and potential statute tweaks to cover deadly weapons in felonies or misdemeanors.
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Russell J. Mack Jr
Dewey Street
Bennington
Village
Gage Street
Mack
Grove Street
Allen
Irasburg
Hospital Notes Admissions and Births Reported
Hospital notes dated Thursday August 15, 1968 record admissions Dorothy Rogers Bennington Stephen Pratt North Bennington Grace Costorf Manchester Center discharges Nadine Derosia Bennington James Callan North Bennington Mark Andrews North Pownal Sally Williams Hoosick Falls births to Mr and Mrs Richard Root Bennington a son Aug 15 Mr and Mrs Lawrence Molly Arlington a daughter Aug 15 Mr and Mrs Darrell Moffitt Manchester Depot a daughter Aug 15
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Dorothy Rogers
Bennington
Stephen Pratt
North Bennington
Grace Costorf
Manchester Center
Nadine Derosia
James Callan
Mark Andrews
North Pownal
Sally Williams
Hoosick Falls
Richard Root
Lawrence Molloy
Arlington
Darrell Moffitt
Manchester Depot
Shoplifting Seminars Highlight Vermont Merchants Meet
Seventy five local merchants attended seminars on shoplifting sponsored by the Vermont Retailers Association and the SBA at the Greater Bennington Association office. Officials warned losses exceed 4 billion yearly and urged vigilant sales techniques to deter theft, with demonstrations showing how a thief can steal over 100 dollars daily.
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Vermont Retailers Association
The
Small Business Administration
Greater Bennington Association
Berkeley V. Bennett
VRA
Bennett
Bennington Treasurer Allows Poll Tax Installments
Bennington Town Treasurer Alma Langlois announced poll tax bills may be paid in weekly installments to ease delinquency. About 600 taxpayers were delinquent last year. The office is open daily 9 to 5 for payments, and residents out of eligibility must notify the treasurer.]]
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Bennington
Alma Langlois
State of
Vermont
Listers
Francis Hogan
The
Packer Institute Alumnae Meet In Middlebury
Packer Collegiate Institute alumnae from Brooklyn gather at Dog Team Tavern in Middlebury for a business meeting and luncheon. Officers including co chairmen for the Vermont chapter are re elected and a 25 dollar donation is voted to the Shafer Building Fund in honor of Dr. Paul Shafer. Plans for the Dr Shafer Science Laboratory building are under way with attendees from Bennington Burlington Orwell and Plymouth.
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Middlebury
Packer Collegiate Institute
Brooklyn
N.Y
Dog Team
Thomas E. Weakley
Arlington
Douglas P. Shaw
Manchester
Vermont
D. Dexter Davis
Bennington
Shafer
Paul Shafer
Bennington College hosts third concert of composers conference
The 23rd annual Composers Conference and Chamber Music Center at Bennington College presents its third two week session concert Saturday at 8 15 in the Carriage Barn. Admission is free and open to the public. Conducted by Dr Alan Carter the program includes works by conference attendees and features soloists Max Pollikoff Joel Krosnick Melvin Kaplan and Maurice Pachman with a Haydn Sinfonia Concertante finale.
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Composers’ Conference and Chamber Music Center
Bennington College
F.J. Haydn
Alan Carter
Conference and Center
Max Pollikoff
Joel Krosnick
Melvin Kaplan
Maurice Pachman
Parade Parking Restrictions Set for Bennington Battle Day
Police Chief William H. Fox announced parking bans on Main Street from Putnam Square to Valentine, North Street to Gage, and Gage Street to Bradford from 11:30 a.m. until after the Battle Day parade. Through traffic will be rerouted around the route Sunday afternoon.
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Bennington
William H. Fox
Putnam Square
Valentine
North Street
Gage
Gage Street
North
Bradford
Bennington Joblessness Declines in July
Insured unemployment in the Bennington area averaged 0.8 percent for July, half the state rate of 1.6 percent, with 64 new initial claims filed. Weekly volume averaged 69, driven by apparel, service and private households, and wholesale and retail trade. Benefit exhaustions totaled three, bringing yearly withdrawals to 68. Local unemployment services are provided in Bennington County with weekly itinerant visits to Arlington and Manchester.
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Bennington
Frank H. Mudgett
Department of Employment Security
Vermont
Bennington County
Arlington
Manchester
Women of the Moose Notes and Meeting Update
The Women of the Moose held their regular meeting on August 7 with Senior Regent Bessie Burgess presiding. A report praised the family picnic, and well wishes were sent to Marion Charest for a speedy recovery. Members are urged to attend the next meeting as plans begin for the September convention. Mildred Houran won the mystery package.
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Senior Citizens Club
North Street
Maud McNaney
Isabelle LaBarge
Women of the Moose
Bessie Burgess
Marion Charest
Made To Order For Politicians
Bennington's Battle Day parade on Sunday draws political aspirants in an election year. Some float, others promise to be visible as many hands are shaken and many a child is kissed during the afternoon event.
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Bennington
Moose Notes Kitchen Open With Dinner and Music
Moose Notes announces tonight's Kitchen dinner service from 6 to 10 with steak and fish options and piano music in the lounge. The annual Prospect Mountain clambake is Sunday 12 to 6 p.m. Membership campaigns are under way for the convention class with volunteers urged to enter their names and check with the secretary.
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Prospect Mountain
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