Labor Council Considers Permanent Headquarters
The Bennington County Central Labor Council discussed creating a permanent headquarters for area unions. They explored building ownership to cut rental costs and provide meeting space. A 10 week labor school is planned starting January, with sessions hosted by local universities. Five members will receive COPE pins for 100 hours of voter registration work. Ernest Reed named council delegate to the Vermont Farm and Labor Association convention January 15-16 at Goddard College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington County Central Labor Council
Putnam Hotel
Council
Kenneth E. Clayton
Arlington
Bennington County
University of Vermont
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Clayton
Ethel Bruse
Bennington
COPE
Committee On Political Education
Bruso
Clark Condon
Ernest Reed
Vermont Labor Council
Ralph Williams
Rutland
Vermont Farm and Labor Association
Goddard College
Obituaries for Flora Dewey and area residents
Flora S. Dewey of 237 Beech Street died this morning at Putnam Memorial Hospital at 84. Funeral plans are pending with Hanson-Walbridge. family will attend Thursday. Shaftsbury obituary notes John H. McDonald, 54, died at work at Eagle Square Manufacturing from natural causes. He is survived by wife Delia Tifft and extended family. Funeral Thursday at 2 p.m. at Hanson-Walbridge. burial at Center Shaftsbury Cemetery. Other notices: Charles Cantwell, 1 RD 1 Cambridge, died Sunday. funeral 10:15 a.m. today at D. L. McInerney Funeral Home to Holy Cross Church Salem. interment spring. Michael J. Costello, Cambridge, died Sunday. services 8:45 a.m. Wednesday at D. L. McInerney Funeral Home and 9:30 a.m. at St Patrick’s Church. interment spring at St Patrick’s Cemetery. Continuous survivor lists and family relations provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flora S. Dewey
Beech St
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Hanson - Wallbridge Funeral Home
Shaftsbury
John H. McDonald
Eagle Square Manufacturing Co
Arthur S. Faris
Mr. McDonald
Bennington
Upholsterers International Union
Delia Tifft
Myron
Leona
Rose) McDonald
William Harrington
North Hoosick
N.Y
Flora Williams
Granville
Charles
Lester
Fred
Ernest
Georgianna) Gravelle
John
Mary) Funk
Edward
Cora) Morgan
Robert
Eva) Lake
Willis
Elizabeth) Campbell
The
Han
son-Walbridge
Angus J. McDonald
Cambridge
Charles Cantwell
RD 1
Albany
D. L. McInerney
Holy Cross Church
Salem
Cantwell
Frances
Eleanor
Maryland
Charles Perry
Dayton Maxwell
Charles Rogers
Michael J. Costello
D.L
Latham
Earl
Tripoli
Libya
Katherine Wells
Sabie Fairbanks
Margaret Carmody
Rochester
Bellows Falls
Peter Richard Brown
Richard E. Brown
Henry St
Fenton & Hennessey
Richard Wallace
United Church
Oak Hill Cemetery
Hoosick Falls
Mary Hitchcock Hospital
Hanover
N.H
Albert Marshall
Brattleboro
Richard H. Brown
West Brattleboro
North Bennington
George D. Matteson
Mattison Road
William Abernethy
North Bennington Congregational Church
Arlington
White House
N.J
North Adams
Dalton
Mass
Westport
Conn
Matteson
Guy
Gilbert
Douglas Matteson
Raymond Watson
Merritt Hewitt Jr
South Shaftsbury Cemetery
Abernethy
Jury Deliberations Continue in Holland v Taconic Race ing Case
In Bennington County Court eight men and four women on the jury hear final arguments from Daniel J. Holland’s attorney John B. Harte and Taconic Racing and Breeding Association attorney Stephen H. Gilman before resuming deliberations after 10 45 a m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington County
Daniel J. Holland
Taconic Raceing and Breeding Association
Ree
Atty
John B. Harte
Holland
Stephen H. Gilman
Bennington Area Favored Industrial Site Potential Survey
Vermont planners release a study on Industrial Site Potential highlighting Bennington County as a leading area for near term growth. The report cites Interstate highway expansion and available labor as key drivers and lists Bennington, Shaftsbury, and Arlington among 48 top sites for new industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montpelier
Vermont
Richard G. Rubino
State Central Planning Office
RuBino
Governor’s Planning Council
Central Planning Office
Lawrence Moore
Technical Planning Associates of
Stowe
Moore
Bennington County
Bennington
Shaftsbury
Arlington
Bennington area readers among Vermont growt h prospects
Funeral notices and a regional development report occupy the page. The obsequies honor Peter Richard Brown in Bellows Falls and George D. Matteson in North Bennington. A Phillipston burial closes. A state planning study by Rubino maps interstate aided sites, noting Bennington Shaftsbury and Arlington as potential industrial zones near rail and air routes, with youth training urged for future labor demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Moore
New York City
Albany
N.Y
Vermont
Boston
Burlington
North Bennington Bank Eyes Manchester Center Branch
S Whitney Dickey of First National Bank of North Bennington disclosed an application to open a Manchester Center branch. Manchester’s only bank, Factory Point, is the town’s current financial presence amid other regional banking moves and local school district votes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
S. Whitney Dickey
First National Bank of
North Bennington
Manchester Center
Vermont Bank and Trust Company of
Brattleboro
Factory Point
Bennington brief items list community events and notices
Bennington briefs note donations for the Holiday Fair, a steak dinner at the Bennington Club, and a December Emblem Club meeting. Village residents may obtain sand at no charge from the Village garage, with limited supply. An error in a VFW benefit report is corrected, and banking plans for National Bank are described with a possible lease of part of the old Grand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Welcome Wagon Club
Bennington
Bennington Village
Depot Street
Arthur (Toge) Theberge
Raymond Lovely New Manager of Job Office
Raymond C Lovely 32 of Manchester Depot Vermont named employment service manager in Bennington office by Commissioner Stella B Hackel under state merit rules succeeding acting manager Marjorie Galvin. Lovely former district scout executive of Green Mountain Council from 1962 to 1967 and earlier six years with Berkshire and Wachusett councils in Massachusetts. Born Marlboro Massachusetts he is a 1949 Hudson High School and 1953 Springfield College graduate. He served in Army Medical Service 1953 to 1955 and is married to Lucille Evelyn Pomeroy with three children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berkshire Council
Pittsfield
Wachusett Council
Leominster
Mass
Marlboro
Lovely
Hudson
Springfield College
Army
Army Medical Service
Fort Knox
Ft. Sam Houseton
Texas
Camp Pickett
Wright Sentenced 15 Days for Refusal to Stop in Manchester
Frederick J. Wright, 22, of Woodford, was sentenced to 15 days in jail at Bennington Municipal Court after refusing to stop for a police officer earlier today in Manchester. The case involved a stolen car. two other youths pled not guilty and await counsel assignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodford
Bennington Municipal Court
Manchester
Frederick J. Wright
Connecion
Couns
Red Ribbon Lawmakers Meet in Montpelier for Apportionment Talk
Vermont lawmakers convene at the State House Thursday to discuss reapportionment plans ahead of the January 6 session under a court order to achieve one person one vote by April 1. A Nov 29 meeting previewed resistance from some legislators. Town Rep. Royal Cutts leads the session amid a push to address Supreme Court jurisdiction and the makeup of the legislature. In a separate matter, Wright received 15 days in jail for a stolen car incident, with probation officials warned against violations and potential parole actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montpelier
State House
Veremont
Royal Cutts
Townshend
U.S. Supreme Court
Vermont
Stock Averages From Dow Jones Bache Albany Noon
The Dow Jones industrial average sits at 868.02 up 2.67 while railroads rise 0.81 to 206.18 and utilities edge to 145,947 up 0.18. Composite index climbs to 304.82 by 0.89 amid 2,230,000 in sales.
Hospital Notes Admissions List for Several Towns
Admissions include Miss Goldie Bickford Wilmington Mrs Mary Baker Bennington Miss Kathleen Knight Arlington Mrs Mae Jeskie Bennington Mrs Jean Marie Clayton and baby girl East Arlington Mrs Ruth Brownell and baby girl Hoosick Falls Mrs Katherine Bacon and baby boy Arlington Mrs Jean Miller North Benn ington Mrs Gertrude Robinson Manchester Frederick Strait Hoosick Falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goldie Bickford
Wilmington
Mary Baker
Bennington
Kathleen Knight
Arlington
Mae Jeskie
Jean-Marie Clayton
East Arlington
Ruth Brownell
Hoosick Falls
Katherine Bacon
Jean Miller
North Bennington
Gertrude Robinson
Manchester
Frederick Strait
Chester Driver Over Embankment In Sunderland
A Chester motorist, August K Noor 27, drove a 1964 Volkswagen sedan up Bentley Hill Road and failed to reach the crest then backed down and slid off an embankment. The car was moderately damaged with no injuries. State police also report a two car collision near Bennington College Road Saturday night involving Alan Fincke 20 and Gordon Thomas 17 with minor damage and no injuries. The collision circumstances are under investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester
Sunderland
August K. Noor
Bentley Hill
Bennington College Road
Alan J. Fincke
Haverstown
Williams College
Gordon M., Thomas
North Bennington
Girl Unhurt In Bus Mishap Near Williamstown
A seven year old girl, Rosamond Burnham, escaped injury after being struck by a car while alighting from a Pine Cobble School bus on County Street. The bus, driven by Daniel R. Hoffman, had its warning lights flashing at a traffic light near North Street. She was taken to Dr. William D. Worthington and found shaken but unharmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Street
Rosamond Burnham
Frederick M. Burnham Jr
South Stream Road
Pine Cobble School
Williamstown
Mass
North Street
Daniel R. Hoffman
Arlington
William D. Worthington
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Labor Council
Bennington Area
Peter R. Brown
Andrew Harrington
Phillipston
Marie Demarest Harrington
Plattsburg
Dennis D
Matilda (Santoir) Dragon
Harry F, Demarest
Athol
David C, Demarest
Templeton
Robert D
Jennings B. Demarest
William Davidson
U.S. 7
Veremont Railway Corp
State Development Department
North Bennington’s Bank
Mt. Anthony Union
Mt. Anthony
Barton L. Jenks
Jenks
Marian Taylor
Greater
Dr. Faris
Bennington Briefs
CDA
Bennington Club
VFW
State Liquor Control Board
Emblem Club
Elks Rooms
Lally Manufacturing Co
Raymond
Lucille Evelyn Pomeroy
Janice
Ross
Ralph
Killington
UPI
Paul R. Bousquet
Bousquet
Saxon
Dickey
Huntington Mills
Main St. Bennington & N. Adams, Mass
Grand U
Nion
Triple ‘‘S
Grand Union
Main ST
R. Marshall Witten
Wright
Robert Buzzell
Bensington
Eric Sallisky
Eugene Lacroix
Witten
George M. Fienberg
State Parole Board
Fienberg
Daniel Holland
Dow-Jones—Bache & Co
Harte Theatre
Rock
Lupson Dorsay
Tony
Wandalt
Cutter
Bennington, VT
Lena
Lena Grover
California
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