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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1964
Page
14
A joint town village pension plan for Bennington employees faces review after eight bids. An impartial underwriter will verify conformity and costs before formal acceptance and voter submission.
Vermont’s first mobile classroom arrives in Bennington August 24 with assembly by August 26. Open house August 29 from 2 to 5 p.m. will showcase the unit to residents and officials. The district approved a $10,000 temporary purchase to relieve overcrowding, with safety approvals from the fire marshal and Department of Education.
The Bennington Catholic High School Alumni Association meets Monday night at The Old Byars House in North Hoosick New York. A 7 p.m. baked chicken dinner precedes the meeting with Rev. Vincent J Spinelli BCHS principal as guest speaker. Officers will be elected and the class of 1959 will be honored. reservations due Friday to Joan Senecal at 4422493.
Molly Stark School will treat music and physical education as equal to other subjects. Principal W. Philip Walker announced the change on Tuesday and the Greater Bennington School District Prudential Committee approved it. Students failing due to lack of effort or cooperation will face disciplinary action.
Village and rural school boards warn of severe overcrowding by 1969 70 without a merger. Estimates call for six additional classrooms in the village and nine in the rural district plus space for art music and language instruction. Boards urge a unified curriculum while weighing a fall union school vote and potential reallocation of junior high students.
BELLOWS FALLS Vermont state highway worker Edgar Esty 45 of Windsor was critically burned when a dump truck left Route 5, struck a bridge, exploded, and caught fire near Route 193. He was hospitalized in Hanover New Hampshire in very critical condition.
In Bennington Municipal Court Judge Morrissey handled multiple cases. Grover received 15 days plus four to six months on four charges of furnishing malt beverages to minors. Wright paid a $15 fine for malt beverage possession after changing plea. Bruso released on $25 bail after pleading not guilty. Hier released on $25 bail with attorney Levin entering not guilty. Sherman did not appear. Holcomb pleaded guilty to speeding littering and beer possession, total $50 fine. Moffitt fined $15 for driving a defective rolling junkpile. Waite fined $15 for speeding. Gordon Waite fined $10 for four in front seat due to cold. Eastman released on bail. MacDonald fined $10 for lacking inspection. Harvey no contest to careless driving, $35. Sennett represented Waite in the case. Judge Fienberg absent due to his mother’s illness.
Miss Oleatha M. Dews of Dorset died Aug 15 at the Finnegan residence after 27 years with the family. Survived by two sisters, a brother, and a Virginia birthplace. funeral by Mahar & Son in Bennington with burial in Appomattox. George J. Jordan Jr., 51, of Schenectady and formerly of Bennington, died after a long illness at Ellis Hospital. Survived by wife Ethel, two daughters, several stepdaughters, eight grandchildren, siblings, and nieces and nephews. funeral Thursday at Stone & DeMarco in Schenectady.
Mrs. Mary C. Conroy 101, Bellows Falls, died Friday after long illness. Her funeral at St. Charles Church featured a Requiem High Mass by Rev. Walter D. Miller with Rt. Rev. Msgr. Patrick A. Barry and Rev. Anthony L. Jurgielewicz. Burial in St. Columban's Cemetery Arlington. Bearers Ralph Kemp Charles Eno John Mally George Landers. Relatives came from Woodbury Danbury Conn Sarasota Fla Silver Spring Md Bennington Arlington.
Montpelier UPI Louis Lavin said workers ratification is not required but customary for Green Mountain Park track clerks. A Monday vote 31-29 against ratification stalled a three year deal. Lavin urged reopening talks under a three year pact. Teamsters remain official agents, with clerks weighing joining the Building Service Employees Union.
Soviet spacemen Andrian Nikolayev and Pavel Popovich said August is the month of cosmic flights in a Red Air Force magazine article. Their remark followed a launch of three unmanned satellites from a single rocket, with signals to ground stations suggesting a possible future manned mission.
Reedy testified there were Johnson family trust agreements with provisions matching Mrs. Johnson's. He noted 1955 trusts for Lynda Bird and Luci Baines Johnson. Life magazine cited A. W. Moursand valuing Johnson holdings at 4 million, while noting book versus market value differences. Miller urged full public accounting of Johnson financial holdings.
Local events include Parents Night at Stark Street Playground and Memorial Park with talent show ball game and awards. Democratic Club and county senate candidates speak at meetings in Manchester. BCHS Alumni and school registration details, dividend notice from Sprague Electric, and club gatherings plus a cancelled picnic at Barber Lake.
A Moose meeting is set for Thursday at 8 p.m. Main items include a steak dinner August 29 from 6 to 8 30 p.m. and dancing 9 to 12. The boat project wraps at 11 p.m. Reservations due by Friday August 28. Kitchen active Fridays 6 to 10 30 p.m. with seafood and piano music.
State police report a 1964 Valiant and a 1950 Buick sustained moderate damage in a morning collision on East Arlington Sunderland Road. Claire K. Miller, 47, of Detroit, turning the Valiant in a residence driveway, collided with oncoming Buick driven by Barbara T. Matteson, 32, of Arlington. No injuries reported.
Hospital notes list admissions including Stanley Griswold Ernest Grae velle Bennington Master Dennis Appel Hoosick Mrs Minnie Bahan East Arlington Mrs Lucille Wood Mrs Lil ian North Miss Darlene Watson Bennington Mrs Lena Squires Miss Nancy Brown Arlington Births report a son born Aug 16 to Mr and Mrs James H Marsden 207 Dewey St and a daughter born Aug 18 to Mr and Mrs Thomas T Hoyt 225 Union St
Mrs Mary Miller of Waterbury Center named chairwoman of a drive to boost Green Mountain Democrat memberships. The quarterly Montpelier produced magazine will feature Vermont Democratic Women’s Club leaders, Biographies of candidates, and columns by state party figures. Subscriptions are $1 and may be mailed to Montpelier Box 644 or to Miller in Waterbury Center.
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