Defendant's Plea Denied For Reduction of Bail
In Bennington District Court Judge John P. Morrissey denied Daniel V. Bryant's request to lower bail from 5000 to 1000 to allow work for his pregnant wife and child. Bryant, who pleaded not guilty to 10 counts of passing bad checks at grocery stores, remains jailed at 5000 per count.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Daniel V. Bryant
Bryant
John P. Morrissey
Atty
Robert E. Cummings
Cummings
Williamstown
Morrissey
Robert Huestis
Rutland
Shaftsbury
Glyn Lloyd
White
Sisterhood to Host Rev Abernethy at Temple Beth El
The Temple Beth El Sisterhood will host Rev William Abernethy pastor of North Bennington Congregational Church on Thursday evening. He is a vice president of HOME Inc a private nonprofit aimed at providing affordable housing for elderly handicapped and low income groups. A brief meeting will follow the program refreshments will be served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Temple Beth el Sisterhood
William Abernethy
North Bennington
Abernethy
Home Inc
Rotary Auction Nets $2,000 for Bennington Rotary
The annual Bennington Rotary Club auction at the State Armory raised about 2627 dollars in gross receipts with a net exceeding 2000 dollars for Rotary projects next year. Co chairmen Gerald Butler and James Williams thanked donors and local merchants for items ranging from Cushman furniture to lawn mowers. Three auctioneers kept the 10 a.m. to 5 45 p m session moving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington Rotary Club
State Armory
Rotary
Cochairmen
Gerald Butler
James Williams
Cushman
Highways Cause Smashups in Ice Rain across Area
State police reported three accidents yesterday on area highways due to rain and ice. On Route 11 30 in Winhall a wrecker driver and a man in a disabled car were involved after a Mustang struck Wells car. no injuries. A Route 7 rear end collision in Arlington left no serious injuries. In Death Valley Arlington Jerald Clayton escaped harm after his car hit guard rails. Louis Bell and Mary Gagne were rear ended on Route 7 south of the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winhall
Donald Door
Manchester
William Wells
Greenfield
Mass
Bruce Pearson
Londonderry
Wells
Route
Arlington
Louis Bell
Mary Gagne
Central Falls
R.I
Evelyn J. Ryan
Fair Haven
Jerald E. Clayton
Death Valley
Fire Kills Woman in Weathersfield General Store
A 28 year old woman Mary Bradish who lived above the general store in Perkinsville Weathersfield died when a fire leveled the wooden frame building early today. Deputy Fire Chief Darrell Sinon of Springfield said the ruins were being searched for her body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perkinsville
UPI
Weathersfield
Mary Bradish
Darrell Sinon
Springfield
BTPA Backs Early Budget Hearings Proposal
Bennington Taxpayers Protective Association members applauded John DeVito's proposal for hearings on town village and school budgets before annual meetings. He urged officials to allow two weeks or more for taxpayer questions, noting the need to study proposed budgets earlier. The group discussed BSD’s $68,000 higher than anticipated and anticipated another teachers' salary raise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington Taxpayers’ Protective Association
BTPA
John DeVito
DeVito
Bennington
Richard Sleeman
BSD
Sleeman
Raymond C. Murray
Boutin
Bennington group outlines tax plan aims and future action
The Bennington Taxpayers Association leader Murray criticizes a two meeting process, cites state law issues with BCA decisions, and notes plans to pursue legal action. The group reports 3,501.55 income and 2,352 spent on a tax booklet, ending with a $119 balance and a push to expand trustees to 15 and seek better candidates for office.
Plane lands on highway collides with truck in Vermont
Army Spec. 4 James Heideman 22 of Vermont landed a single engine plane on Route 103 in Bartonaville Rockingham while low on fuel en route from Burlington to Fort Devens. The craft, after a safe touchdown, was struck by a Christmas tree truck driven by Claude Dussault of Notre Dame de Sambridge Canada. Neither party was injured though the plane suffered heavy damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bartonsville
UPI
Vermont
Rockingham
James Heideman
Ventzeville
Burlington
Fort Devens
Mass
Keene
N.H
Heideman
Claude Dussault
Notre Dame de Sambridge
Canada
Dussault
Music Faculty Of College Presents Fifth Fall Concert
The Bennington College music faculty will host its fifth fall concert on Tuesday December 3 at 8 15 p m in the Carriage Barn with free admission. Performances include three songs for four celli and voice by Falconier Rizzetti and Finckel, cello solos by Rosenberg, and pieces by Fine Stravinsky Brant Sullivan with faculty and students in a varied program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington College
Andrea Falconier
Rizzetti
Michael Finckel
George Finckel
Janet Riley
Martha Siegel
Joan Zucker
Frank Baker
Sylvia Rosenberg
Hindemith
Vivian Fine
Marianne Finckel
Stravinsky
Henry Brant
Arthur Sullivan
Reinhoud van der Linde
Chicago ends probe on police violence and public order
A Chicago report condemns unwarranted police violence against peaceful demonstrators during Vietnam protests. It notes diverse demonstrator views, with most seeking peaceful dissent, while violence harmed nonthreatening bystanders and residents. The document calls for consolidation studies and public accountability in local governance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vietnam
Chicago
Bennington Briefs Cover Local Meetings and Community Events
Tuesday evening at 7 45 the Women’s Fellowship of the Second Congregational Church will present an evening of song by The Heptones organized by women in the North Adams area with Harmony Inc. There are 29 members and two quartets in the group. CDA pot luck supper follows at 6 30 at the former Bennington Catholic High School. Members should bring own silverware and grab bag items. A 0 to 11 inch base was reported at Stratton Mountain ski area with light rain over the granular surface. Snow was made Saturday and Sunday on the Yodeler. Russell Johnson peace secretary for the New England office of the AFSC will speak Wednesday at Heritage House about Southeast Asia with emphasis on China at 12 45. John Whalen will speak on regional planning Wednesday at 7 30 at North Shaftsbury Community Club. Mt. Anthony Lodge of Masons will hold a ham supper Tuesday at 6 30 at Masonic Temple with a one hour program by John Page. The 1 40 Club meets Tuesday at the home of Cecile Roy and Therese Goodermore. King’s Daughters meet Wednesday at 3 at 149 Imperial Ave. Board of trustees of the Bennington Religious Education Foundation meet Tuesday at 8 at the Ecumenical Center. Dr Edward Crealese attended a meeting of the New England Chiropractic Council in Providence RI. Green Mountain TOPS meets tonight at 7 30 at the VFW hall with a Christmas New Year contest ending Jan 6. Openings for new members announced. Color photo operator’s licenses available at the State Armory today and tomorrow. AARP members reminded of planning a bus trip to Colonie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Fellowship
The
Second Congregational Church
North Adams
Harmony Inc
CDA
Bennington Catholic High School
New England
American Friends Service Committee
Heritage House
New England Motor Inn
League of Women Voters
Quakers
Southeast Asia
China
John Whalen
North Shaftsbury Community Club
Depot Road
Shaftsbury
Day Care Center Meeting Fits Bennington Area
Community call for a badly needed day care center in Bennington prompts a Wednesday gathering at 7:30 p.m. in St. Peter's Parish Hall. Daniel J. Holland leads the Bennington Rutland Opportunity Council urging attendance by residents who need or value day care for a stronger community. Bus trip details indicate departure at 8:45 a.m. and return at 4 p.m. from First United Methodist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
St. Peter’s Parish Hall
Daniel J. Holland
Bennington-Rutland
Opportunity Council
OEO
Glaucoma Clinic Here Wednesday
A free glaucoma screening clinic, sponsored by the Bennington Lions Club and the Vermont Association for the Blind, will be held Wednesday evening at Bennington Elementary School Park Street entrance from 6 30 to 10. A diabetes test may be offered on request after fasting guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington Lions Club
Vermont Association For the Blind
Bennington
Park Street
Duane Graveline
Vermont
Hospital Notes November 29 to December 1 1968
Admissions list names and places including Mrs Marion Rock Shaftsbury Mrs Lois Graf Pawlet Gerald Croft Bennington. Discharges include Master Wesley Alderman Jr Berlin NY and others Hoosick Falls Bennington. Births announce two sons for Stuart Mowry Shushan NY and daughters for Charles Lake South Dorset and Donald Hewitt Petersburg NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Rock
Shaftsbury
Lois Graf
Pawlet
Gerald Croft
Bennington
Wesley A. Alderman Jr
Berlin
N.Y
Charmaine Slonis
Rita Barton
Hoosick Falls
Wallis Co. Smith
Teresa Myintoo
Stuart Mowry
Shushan
Charles Lake
South Dorset
Obituary notices for Sylvia DuCharme and Grace Sweet
Mrs Sylvia DuCharme 60 wife of Renee DuCharme art supervisor in Bennington schools since 1935 died at Putnam Memorial Hospital after a long illness. Born Windsor daughter of Samuel and Ruth MacKinney educated in Burlington and UVM. Also taught in Vergennes and Bennington influencing many to pursue art. Grace C Sweet native of Bennington died after long illness in Waterford NY. Widow of A Raymond Sweet, daughter of Peter and Catherine Mooney, survived by sister Elizabeth Mooney and nieces and nephews. Funeral held at Edward J Stanton Cohoes and St Mary's Waterford. Helen Meleski 81 mother of Police Chief Frank Demick died at Putnam Memorial Hospital. Widow of Joseph Meleski residing Hoosick Falls since 1905. survived by daughter Mrs Walter Crowley four grandchildren five great grandchildren and three nieces. Funeral at Maher Funeral Home and Church of the Immaculate Conception. Interment St Marys Cemetery. Friends may call today and Tuesday at the funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sylvia (MacKinney) DuCharme
Renee. DuCharme
South St
Bennington
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Samuel and
Ruth (Moore) MacKinney
Windsor
Burlington
University of Vermont
University
North Adams State College
Vergennes
UVM
Waterford
N.Y
Grace C. Sweet
A. Raymond Sweet
Peter and
Catherine Mooney
Cohoes
St. Mary’s Church
Elizabeth Mooney
Edward J. Stanton
Hoosick Falls
Helen Meleski
Frank J. Demick
Meleski
Joseph Meleski
Mechanic St
Lithuania
Walter Crowley
Mahar
Church of the Immaculate Conception
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Shriners Send Turkeys to Springfield Hospital
For years the Shriners of Bennington County donated native turkeys to the Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children in Springfield Massachusetts. A 130 pound load will be delivered mid December by local Shriners. Contributions may be mailed to Shrinners Turkey Fund Box 69 Bennington VT.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shriners
Bennington County
Shriners Hospital
Springfield
Mass
William Bissell
Roy M. Paddock
Shriner
Bennington
Funerals Held for Dr Luther Zali in Shaftsbury and Clifford Austin
A graveside service was held Saturday at Park Lawn Cemetery for Dr Luther E Zali University of Vermont associate professor killed in Shaftsbury fire. The Forestry Department staff attended. In Hoosick Falls Clifford Austin a Buskirk farmhand had his funeral Saturday at Mahar Funeral Home with burial in Island Hill Cemetery Buskirk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Park Lawn Cemetery
Luther E. Zali
University of Vermont
Shaftsbury
Edward B. Geyer Jr
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
Forestry Department
Zal
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Clifford Austin
Buskirk
Cambridge
Mahar Funeral Home
Myron Hertel
Dutch Reformed Church
Island Hill Cemetery
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Sisterhood
Rev
Fred Parker
Vermont National Bank
Parker
Giuliani
fAs
Montpelier
Conn
Charles G. Arment Jr
East Longmeadow
Melvin J. Germain
Troy
Rupert
Robert F. Pond Jr
Terryville
Pownal
U.S
David E. Guilmette
Walpole
U.S. 7
Dorset
Matthew J. King
East Rockaway
Robert T. Gannon
Greenwich
Frederick D. Iverson
Burdis
Bijur
Board of Civil Authority
BCA
John P. Proud
Murray
Joanne Bogardus
James Playotes
Bernard Murray
Henry Harries
Col. Murray
Donald Hemenway
Peter Pappas
Max Perrotta
Olaf Bard
Fred Baker
Charles Vail
Henry Kuiken
Byron Harrington
Robert Mayhew
Mayhew
Bard
Bogardus
Fred Baker Jr
Bennington Briefs
Cecile Roy
Therese Goodermore
Ellen Elwell
Dorothy Gaye
Marjorie Hayes
Imperial Ave
Bennington Religious Education Foundation
Ecumenical Center
County Street
Edward Crealese
Vermont Chiropractic Association
New England Chiropractic Council
Sheraton Biltmore
Providence
Green Mountain Tops
VFW Hall
Marion Charest
Motor Vehicle Department
American Association of Retired Persons
AARP
Colonie
First United Methodist Church
Christine Denise Pratt
Eugene Avery
Celia Lake
Clarence Hood
Manchester Center
Ida Legacy
Kelly Stratton
James Donovan
Barbara Cole
Wilmington
Mathea Houran
Charmaine Wright
Donald Hewitt
R. D
Petersburg
Sylvia DuCharme Dies
Mrs. A. Raymond Sweet
Hanson-Walbridge Funeral Home
Marshall G. Young
Marshall Gary Young
Marshall and
Elizabeth
Morse) Young
Bennington High School
W. T. Garrison Corp
Diane Myers
Gage St
Mt. Anthony
Central
Vermont Public Service
Main St
CVPS
Sylvia Ducharme
North ST
Luther E. Zai
Cristmas
Jewelers
American Gem Society
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