Obituary notices for Morrissey and Stannard victims in Vermont
Miss Josephine A. Morrissey 87 of Bennington died at Fairview Nursing Home after a long local life as a grocer operator with her brother Thomas Morrissey. She was born October 10 1876 in Bennington and survived by nephews and nieces across several states. The funeral is set for Saturday with a prayer service, Requiem Mass, and entombment at Park Lawn Chapel. South Dorset Miss Mabel Agnes Stannard 56 died Thursday after a three year illness. She lived in South Dorset and Manchester areas and worked at Colburn House in Manchester Center. Funeral services are 2 pm Saturday at Brewster Funeral Home Manchester Center with burial in Maple Hill Cemetery Dorset in spring. Friends may call today.
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Josephine A. Morrissey
Thomas F. Morrissey
Pleasant
North Streets
Fairview Nursing Home
Miss Morrissey
Bennington
John
Catherine O’neil Morrissey
Edward
Thomas F
John P
Mahar & Son Funeral Home
St. Francis de Sales
Park Lawn Chapel
South Dorset
Mabel Agnes Stannard
Manchester
Colburn House
Manchester Center
Miss Stannard
Henry W. Stannard
Jessie (Dunbar) Stannard
Ada Jones
Dorset
Carrie Squiers
Manchester Depot
Alice Mulberry
North Clarendon
Sarah Mylott
Susan Fleming
Henry C. Stannard
Brewster Funeral Home
Robert Clayton
Zion Episcopal Church
Maple Hill Cemetery
Bennington Briefs Highlights From Local Nursing, Church, and meetups
Miss Carole Warner, daughter of Mr and Mrs Edward Warner of 111 South Branch St, begins a 12 week psychiatric nursing program at the Institute of Living in Hartford Connecticut. The Southern Vermont Dairy Goat Association meets Sunday Dec 15 at Brattleboro Grange Hall with noon business, 1 pm dinner, and a Christmas party with gift exchange limited to 1 value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carole Warner
Edward Warner
South Branch St
Mercy Hospital
Springfield
Mass
Institute of Living
Hartford
Conn
Connecticut
New England
Southern Vermont Dairy Goat Association, Inc
Grange Hall
Brattleboro
Charles N. Graham
Harley Graham
Congress St
Union College
Barbourville
Bennington High School
Union College Christian Association
Oxford Club
Youth jailed on 3 counts in Bennington Municipal Court
Donald E. Mears 19 and Joseph I. Wright Jr. 16 pleaded guilty to breaking and entering petty larceny and shooting two dogs in Bennington. Mears received one to three years in the House of Correction with four to six months for petty larceny, all sentences concurrent. Wright was sent back to Weeks School Vergennes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald E. Mears
Bennington
House of Correction
George M. Fienberg
Mears
Sandgate
Joseph I. Wright Jr
Henry J. Petit
Wright
Vergennes
Fienberg
George R. King
Bennington County
Marshall Witten
King
Petit
Witten
Irving J. Ketchum
Main St
Pownal
Ketchum
Everett Morgan
East Main Street
Raymond D. Brownell
Bradford Place
Brownell
Harold W. Dewey
Beech Street
Shaftsbury
Dewey
U.S. 7
Village Snowplow And Car Collide On West Main Street
A village owned snowplow with a passenger detached from the plow and collided with a car driven by John G Barber on West Main Street. Barber sustained a scraped right side on his car and the snowplow front end was damaged. Michael Fraher was the truck driver. Police from Bennington Village reported the incident occurred this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Main Street
Bennington Village
Main Street
John G. Barber
Benenington
Michael Fraher
Barber
Dame Aged
Rotarians Plan Air Advert for Charity Auction
Rotarians aimed to advertise their annual auction from the air over Bennington weather permitting. The 11th annual sale starts at 10 a.m. Saturday in the Armory with furniture and household goods from the Soldiers Home barn and donated items from merchants and industries. Auctioneers are Vincent Pizzano of Pownal and Sal Santarcangelo of Bennington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joel Whittemore
Richard Sawyer
Bennington County Aviation Corp
Bennington
Rotary Club
Armory
Soldiers Home Barn
Vincent Pizzano
Pownal
Sal Santarcangelo
Union School To Be for 1,000
Shaftsbury Mt Anthony Union School Board set initial capacity at 1,000 students with cafeteria library and gym ready for up to 1,200. When enrollment hits 1,000 within five to ten years, extra rooms can be added at low cost to extend life to 1,200, matching prior long range plans voters rejected earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shaftsbury
Mt. Anthony Union
Community debates site for new school and auditorium
The board weighs east parcel versus northern meadow for the Bennington school site near Soldiers Home. Trustees plan title review and engineering studies to resolve transfer issues while an auditorium remains in contention with cost and community use considerations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williams
Morrissey
Riley
Park Street
Roaring Branch
Barton L. Jenks
Soldiers Home
Soldiers’ Home
Vermont Pastor Backs Civil Rights Bill At National Council
Rev Jasper A Steele of Montpelier reports broad support for the Civil Rights Bill among 4000 delegates at the National Council of Churches of Christ in America in Philadelphia. The Vermont Church Council official urged pastors and laymen nationwide to contact congressmen to press the bill out of the House Rules Committee. Dr John L Gregory backed the push, urging letters to Rep Robert T Stafford of Vermont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Jasper A. Steele
Montpelier
National Council of Churches
America
Steele
Methodist
Vermont Church Council
House Rules Committee
John L. Gregory
Robert T. Stafford
Washington
Vermont
Bennington Post Office Sees $10,000 in Christmas Mail Rush
Postmaster Pekalski notes December local mail volume expected at 810000 pieces, with nationwide Christmas mail near 12 billion. Early mailing aids economy and reduces damage and delays, as 36 staff urge shoppers to use ZIP codes and mail promptly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Stanley J. Pekalski
John A. Gronouski
Washington
Pekalski
Hoff Presents Eight Natural Resources Bills to Lawmakers
Governor Hoff asked members of the Conservation and Development Committees in both houses to visit the State House Tuesday to review eight natural resources bills. He wrote to each committee member and noted travel and expense support will be paid, not a per diem, and stressed the event aims to speed the special session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoff
Santa Claus letters to Santa Claus North Pole ZIP guidance
Bennington Post Office reminds young writers that Santa will reply if letters are addressed to Santa Claus North Pole 99701 and sent by December 15. Letters should include a return address with the ZIP Code. Bennington ZIP code 05201 is noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington Post Office
Santa Claus
North Pole
Santa
Bennington
Bennington YMCA Christmas Toy Workshop Drives Local Aid
The Bennington Area YMCA runs a Christmas Toy Workshop to repair wash and distribute books games dolls and toys to needy youngsters. Volunteers from Girl Scouts Brownies Shell stations Welcome Wagon and local clubs help with collection wrapping and distribution across the community. For info call 447-7316.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington Area
YMCA
Main Street
The
Througho
Benhi
Shell
Ben-Mont
CAP Has Open House at State Armory
Cap Has Open House Wednesday in the State Armory from 7 to 9 p.m. to mark the 22nd CAP anniversary. Representatives from Vermont Wing Staff invited. Displays and speakers, awards, refreshments. Public welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington Squadron
Civil Air Patrol
State Armory
CAP
Vermont
Local Births and Hospital Notes List
Hospital notes record several birth announcements and residents across Vermont towns. Mrs Florence Wilson North Pownal and others in Manchester Center Hoosick Falls East Arlington and Bennington report newborns including a son born December 5 to Mr and Mrs James Pratt and to Mr and Mrs John Flannery of Twitchell Hill Shaftsbury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Wilson
North Pownal
Marion Taylor
Manchester Center
Eleanor Albee
East Arlington
Anita Moore
Loretta Burt
Hoosick Falls
James Pratt
R.D
Bennington
John Flannery
Twitchell Hill
Shaftsbury
Stratton Opens First Skiing of Season in Vermont
Stratton Mountain announced the season start with limited operations this weekend. Two lower-lift chairlifts will run with top lift depending on snow, as officials report fair skiing on a 4 to 6 inch base. Kilington opened earlier, making Stratton the second Vermont resort to start.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stratton
Stratton Mountain
Vermont
Killington
Stratton’s
Wedneday
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Mabel A. Stannard
Bennington Briefs
First Methodist Church
Thomson Mfg. Co
Willis J. Pratt
Carrigan Lane
Pratt
William L. Brown
West Arlington
Bennington Lions Club
Mt. Anthony Country Club
Burt Rockwood
Catamount Gadabout Square
Molly Stark
VFW
Clifford J. Lange
Georgeanna Lange
Safford St
Marine Composite Reconnaissance Squadron Two
Second Marine Aircraft Wing
Marine Corps Air Station
Cherry Point
N.C
Fleet Marine Force
John C. Burdis
Franklin Frantz
Jane McCullough
Marian Taylor
Edma A. Riley
Jackson Ostrander
John H. Williams II
Arthur S. Faris
David Adler
Frantz
Allan J. Heath
Paul Kirsch
National Council of Churches of Christ In America
Philadelphia
Eas Apg
RT. 7 North
Postal Service
Santa’s
Dow Jones—Bache & Co
Albany
CAP HasOpen House
Ednesdayin
Marjorie Campbell
George McLenahan
Marion Bourn
Marion Baird
East Dorset
FARTE
Enington, Vt
SUN
Matinef
VAC Lemmon
Williamstown, Mass
Joseph E Levine Presents
Gina Lollobrigida
Pierre Brasseur
Marcello Mastroianni
Melina Mercouri
Yves Montand
Jules Dassin
Embassy Pictures
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