Interest Rate Hike Sparks Expected Criticism from Fed
Washington reports the Federal Reserve Board boosted rates from 4 to 4.5 percent drawing opposition from non banking circles while the Johnson administration seeks to avoid a public fight. President Johnson met with Fed Chair Martin at his Texas ranch and urged reporters not to imply defiance, emphasizing the board's independence and Martin's respected standing in business circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Federal Reserve Board
Johnson
William McChesney Martin Jr
Texas
Martin
Funeral Planned for Agnes Margaret Purcell RN
Funeral services were held for Agnes Margaret Crowley Purcell RN longtime night supervisor at North Adams Hospital. She died Friday morning at Putnam Memorial Hospital Bennington after a heart attack. Solemn High Mass of Requiem at St Francis Church featured Rt Rev Msgr Donahue as celebrant with clergy from area parishes. Area nurses formed a guard of honor at church and grave. Faculty and staff, doctors, and hospital administrators attended. Bearers included hospital orderlies and relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Adams
Mass
Agnes Margaret (Crowley) Purcell
R.N
North Adams Hospital
St. Francis Church
Purcell
Bennington
Putnam Memorial Hospital
John P. Donahue
Southview Cemetery
Fr. Scott
Florence Quimby
Mildred Carlton
Larene Mitchell
Anna DeFalco
Kathryn Horan
Mildred Smith
Anne Sherry
Bernice Rooney
Rita Mahoney
Helen Vanasse
Julia Woo
Mary Scrivens
Jean Davis
Lillian Ethier
Jane Marino
Bertha Zela70
Katherine Wheelock
Catherine Horsfall
Shirley Jackson
Betty Phelps
Doris Milette
Mary Murray
Gertrude Long
Bennington Cotillion Patrons Named by Mrs Ellis
Bennington residents named as patrons and patronesses for the Christmas Cotillion. Mrs George A Ellis, event chairman, disclosed the list as proceeds from the affair supported local activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington Area
Bennington
George A. Ellis
County Court Opens for December Bennington term
The December term of the Bennington County Court and Court of Chancery was scheduled to open at 1 30 p m with the sheriff s proclamation the invocation and the reading of the bar docket of cases to be tried Preceding the opening ceremonies the Bennington County Bar lunched at the Paradise Restaurant with Hon Harold C Sylvester of Burlington presiding judge and with assistant judges Hon Marion P McCarthy and Hon Howard C Estes Following the call of the docket the court will hear court chancery and divorce cases until Dec 31 Starting Jan 4 1966 the court will hear trial by jury cases and on successive Monday afternoons beginning Jan 3 the court will hear motions uncontested divorce cases and temporary matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington County
Court of Chancery
Paradise Restaurant
Harold C. Sylvester
Burlington
Marion P. McCarthy
Howard C. Estes
Industrial Display At Bennington Area YMCA Features Steel Squares
The Industrial Display at the Bennington Area YMCA showcases Eagle Square Mfg. Co. of Shaftsbury with two steel squares marked 1804 and 1815, attributed to Silas Hawes the South Shaftsbury blacksmith. The exhibit also includes modern steel squares and antique wood measuring tools while the YMCA appeals for donated old toys to brighten Christmas for local children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Eagle Square Mfg. Co
Shaftsbury
Silas Hawes
South Shaftsbury
YMCA
Johnson Oil, Inc
Babson’s
Sinclair Station
de Coigne Citgo
Bennington benefit supper dance to aid United Counseling Service
The article notes a Dec 29 benefit supper dance at Mt. Anthony Country Club to support the United Counseling Service of Bennington County. It lists patrons from Bennington Manchester Dorset Irvington and Williamstown with many donors and organizers and urges early reservations due to limited space.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Counseling Service
Bennington County
Mt. Anthony Country Club
Bennington
John H. Williams II
Stell Anderson
G. Maynard Jenkins
William H. Browning
Alice S. Gilman
Ruth H. Eddy
Lucien Hanks Jr
Robert M. Parmalee
Juliette McC. Shields
Mass
John McWilliams
Francis G. Jenkins
Deans Erickson
Ben Mont
Edward H. Cumpston
Community auditorium plans praised as lasting asset
Continued from Page 1 urges using additional funds to create a flexible community auditorium beyond the school board budget. The message stresses immediate action since the facility will be a long term local asset and gifts to Mt. Anthony Union School are tax deductible. Ecumenical Spirit: Waterloo reports the National Dairy Cattle Congress will open next year to beef cattle hogs and sheep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Anthony Union School
Waterloo
Iowa
UPI
National Dairy Cattle Congress
Briggs Case Tabled By Water Board
Village trustees tabled the Briggs water main extension request after consulting Village Attorney Williams. The plan would extend an 800 foot line through ledge to serve Briggs property on Morgan Street. Discussion also covered posting hydrant protection against winter skidding cars. Arthur Jones urged as acting Shaftsbury postmaster pending federal clearance after Hawkins resignation. Jones attended Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
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Village Water Dept
Harry L. Briggs
Morgan Street
Briggs
John H. Willaims II
Water Dept
Shaftsbury
Arthur Jones
Board of Sisters
Democratic Committee
Jones
Eagle Square
Anson Hawkins
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Unification and Local Control in Old Bennington Zoning
Old Bennington residents push for local control as the proposed Bennington unification charter would transfer zoning administration to the unified town. The draft keeps existing village zoning but allows amendments by town voters after unification. Village officials fear loss of local authority if the townwide ordinance consolidates the former village restrictions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Bennington
Bennington
Old Academy
Old Benington
Bennington Village
North Bennington
Unification Committee
Arthur D. Taylor
Annual Yule Tide Tea to be hosted by St Marys Guild
Mrs W B Carr will oversee babysitting at the St Marys Guild Yule Tide Tea this Friday December 10 from 3 to 5 PM at the parish house of St Peter Episcopal Church. A group of young ladies will assist as waitresses and tickets are available from two organizers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.B. Carr
St. Mary’s Guild
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
Pleasant Street
Donald Jolivette
Barbara Garrison
Charlotte
Edith Geer
Virginia Kemeter
Tricia Killian
Cheryl Pratt
Caroline Staines
Peggy Smith
Linn Wilson
Julie
Martha
Jane Wolf
Frederick Welling
William Williams
Vermont Supreme Court opens December term in Bennington case
The Vermont Supreme Court opened its December term with 55 cases including a petition for reargument in Destitute of Bennington County v Putnam Memorial Hospital. The hospital had previously won reversals against Bennington County towns seeking indigent care rulings and now faces a possible unified zoning approach in consolidation efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montpelier
Vermont Supreme Court
Bennington County
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Atty
Henry F. Plack
White River Junction
William C. Hill
Supreme Court
Area Residents To Attend Washington Conference
Two area residents, members of the Vermont Roadside Council, will join a December 9 meeting in Washington called by the federal highway administrator. The talks will cover implementing a new bill to protect natural beauty along highways and may revive the National Roadside Council. Attendees include Mrs Norton Barber of Old Bennington and Mrs Jerome Johnson of Danby.
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Vermont
National Roadside Council
Norton Barber
Old Bennington
Plain Dirt Gardeners
Bennington
Jerome Johnson
Danby
Federated Garden Clubs of
Bennington Briefs Covering Local Meetings and Notices
Community updates include surplus commodity distribution at the Village Garage on Wednesday from 8 30 a m to 1 p m John F Burnham Jr of Williamstown Mass a 1965 graduate of Bennington Catholic High School now a Colby College freshman pledged to Zeta Psi Fraternity Putnam Hose Auxiliary meets Wednesday at 8 p m at the firehouse All members urged to attend Christmas gift exchange Southern Vermont Chapter AA R P meets Thursday at 2 p m Bennington Free Library Donald C Hicks executive secretary of Greater Bennington Association will discuss Changing Times in the Community A discussion of low rent public housing for elderly continues All 55 or older invited Miss Barbara Mason among 160 plus at American University Messiah Dec 14 Bennington Navy sailors Burke and Vachon noted Plus planned walks by Green Mountain Club Ver mont Woodford State Park and a Christmas party by Plain Dirt Gardeners at Old Bennington schoolhouse. Details on local unification debate.
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John F. Burnham Jr
Williamstown
Mass
Bennington Catholic High School
Colby College
Waterville
Maine
Zeta Psi Fraternity
Southern Vermont
The
American Association of Retired Persons
Bennington
Richard C. Barret
Bennington Museum
Planetarium Plan Advances in Bennington Effort
Bennington community moves toward a new planetarium with a federal funding application on Thursday. Officials from five area schools and the Bennington Planetarium Association will attend at the Supt. Leon Wagner office with Evan A. Sweetser guiding the planning process. A site on Town Farm land off East Road is proposed, pending town voter approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Leon Wagner
Evan A. Sweetser
Vermont Department of Education
Paul W. Bohne
Bennington Planetarium Association
Greater
Bennington College
St. Francis de Sales and
Sacred Heart
Planetarium Association
Hospital Notes and Debt Talks Shape Bennington Unification
Admissions list includes Francis Murphy Genine Lavin George Sturgess Carl Capella Patricia LeBlanc Charles Hollis and others in North Bennington and Arlington. Debt ratios by area show Bennington Village 1:1 Old Bennington 3:1 North Bennington 3.5:1 and rural Bennington 2:1. Pivotal zoning control questions surface as Old Bennington favors retained local authority while committee pushes consolidation. Meetings planned between Village and Old Bennington leaders to seek compromise on zoning and debt retirement amid push for unified town government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Murphy
North Bennington
Genine Lavin
Hoo- Sick Falls
George Sturgess
Carl Capella
Patricia LeBlanc
Charles Hollis
Bennington
Kevin Harvey
Arlington
Bennington Village
Old Bennington
Bennin
Taylor
Unification Committee
James W. Toolan
Old Village
Atty
John H. Williams
Williams
Hall W. Cushman
Cushman
Old
Dr. Toolan
Danforth Geer
Walter Lapham
Loyal R. Nash
Caroline Darlington
Hamilton L. Shields
Taylor, Williams and Barber
H. James Wallace
Vail Farrell
George Horst
Clement P. Gilchrist
Stock Averages Report Noon Dow Jones Industrials Rise
Stock market headlines show Dow Jones industrials at 950.55 up 11.02 points at noon. Railroads added 1.59 to 242.48, utilities gained .67 to 153.00, with a composite average of 335.35 up 2.99. Total volume traded was 4,310,000.
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Agnes Purcell
John C. Cashin
Earle O. Brown Jr
Adolph Salomon
George A. Serrigo
Walter Timoney
Fred Markland
Luke Beckwith
Adams
Richard F. Brown
Harry Tromble
Charles Crowley
Stanley Bajorin
Gales Ferry
Conn
Capitol Hill
Senate
Russell B. Long
Senate Finance Committee
Mrs. Ellis
Albany
Carr- Harris
Rome
Omeida Lake
Utica
Hudson
Harte Theatre
Sean Connery
Ecumenical Spirit
Water Board
Ascension Island
Atlantic
Benjamin Franklin
Cape Kennedy
Yuletide Tea
Nington
Iling
Henry W. Putnam
Bennington Briefs
Putnam Hose Auxiliary
Hicks
Barbara Mason
South St
American University
Washington, D.C
Michael F. Burke
U.S. Navy
Marseilles
France
Harry E. Yarnell
Mediterranean
U.S. Sixth Fleet
John D. Burke
Pleasant St
Green Mountain Club
Vermont 9
Woodford
New
Woodford State Park
Old Bennington Post Office
Richard H. Vachon
R.D. No. 2
Joseph P. Kennedy
Atlantic Ocean
Planetarium
Gayle Carangio
Anna Mattison
Francis Marcoux
Cutler St
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