School for Retarded Reopens Wednesday in Bennington Area
The Red Brick School in Shafts bury will reopen for the 1963 64 year at 9 am Wednesday, with Harold J Shepard returning to the upper room and Max Bailey joining as new staff. The school serves 30 children in two classes and plans a third class starting winter term amid ongoing transportation and calendar details.
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Shaftsbury
W. Earle Forman
Vermont Association For
Max Bailey
Alice Miller
Edward Flynn
Ina Damon
Bernard Whitman
Donald Colby
Shaftsbury Methodist Church
St. Francis de Sales Academy
Bennington
Forman
Injured Priest and Student Rescued From Mount Katahdin
Rev. Harold A. Furblar, 27, of Boston, and Samuel T. Krikorian, 19, of West Medford, were ferried by Air Force helicopter to Millinocket Hospital after a 70 foot fall on Mount Katahdin. The pair, hiking the Chimney Pond Trail with Explorer Scouts, were held overnight for observation with scratches and bruises.
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Massachusetts
Air Force
Millinocket
Harold A. Furblar
St. John’s Roman Catholic Church
Roxbury
Boston
Samuel T. Krikorian
West Medford
Northeastern University
Millinocket Community Hospital
Baxter State Park
Stoneham, Mass
Father Furblar
Krikorian
Chimney Pond Trail
Jimmy Fund Drive Begins Here Tuesday
The Jimmy Fund Drive for the Children’s Cancer Research Foundation starts in Bennington Village. The Police Department sponsors and will place containers in local businesses and send letters to fraternal organizations and industries. Citizens may donate by mailing checks to Chief Edward Silver, chair of the village police department Jimmy Fund drive.
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Jimmy Fund
Children’s Cancer Research Foundation
Bennington Village
Edward Silver
Obituary of Silas E Bert Stockwell 1882 1963
Silas E Stockwell aged 81 of 700 Gage Street died today at his home. Born August 12 1882 in Shaftsbury he farmed with his parents then to Bennington to marry Lila Percy in 1919. He lived in Derby Connecticut before returning to Bennington in 1948 and retired in the early 1950s. He leaves his wife and three nieces. He was a member of the Odd Fellows Lodge. Funeral services Sunday at 3 p.m. at Hanson Walbridge Funeral Home with interment at Park Lawn Cemetery.
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Gage St
Mr. Stockwell
Willie and
Lottie
Mattison) Stockwell
Shaftsbury
Lila Percey
Bennington
Stockwells
Stockwell
Derby
Conn
Emory Wheeler
Joseph Towslee
Evelyn Shaw
Grandma Moses Exhibit Draws National Crowd at Bennington
The Grandma Moses show opened June 29 at the Bennington Museum, drawing visitors from all 50 states and 22 foreign countries. By June 14 the museum logged 30 590 visitors, with arrangements by Galerie St Etienne of New York City. the exhibit runs through Oct 22 featuring 20 paintings of regional scenes.
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Grandma Moses
Bennington Museum
Richard C. Barret
Moses
Galerie St. Etienne
New York City
Labor Day Patrols Drive Vermont Traffic Safety Push
Commissioner Baumann says state troopers will patrol highways during the three day holiday to minimize accident tolls. The weekend features events from the Green Mountain Park fall Thoroughbred meet to plays at Dorset and Weston, plus regional fairs and museum exhibits in Bennington and Schaghticoke.
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Vermont
Commissioner of Public Safety
William H. Baumann
Green Mountain Park
Pownal
Mt. Anthony
Bennington Area
Shields
Walloomsac Road
Old Bennington
Topping Tavern
East Road
Shaftsbury
Bennington County Humane Society
Marina Svetlova
Marlboro
Wilmington
Dorset Playhouse
Weston Playhouse
Mr. Booth
Williamstown
Mass
Pocketbook found in front of The Banner office
A pocketbook found in front of The Banner office Friday has been turned into Bennington Village Police and may be claimed there.
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Banner
Bennington Village
Hoff appoints Nadworny to Vermont Employment Security Council
Gov. Hoff announced the appointment of Dr. Milton J. Nadworny of Burlington to the nine member Employment Security Advisory Council. Nadworny, a University of Vermont economist and labor problems specialist, will represent the public and assist with unemployment insurance policy discussions.
Record traffic tolls during summer holiday period
The Associated Press surveyed motor vehicle fatalities during a nonholiday weekend from 6 p.m. Friday Aug 16 to midnight Monday Aug 19 finding 461 traffic deaths. There were 13 boating fatalities and 49 drownings totaling 523 fatalities nationwide.
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Associated Press
Bennington Banner details and contact information
The Bennington Banner based at 425 Main St Bennington Vermont lists newsroom and advertising phone lines 442 6300 442 2800 442 2684 and states daily publication except Sunday and legal holidays with subscription rates for local Vermont and nationwide delivery including special serviceman rates.
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Main St
Bennington
Vermont
The
Banner Publishing Corporation
Associated Press
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