Seven Hurt in Icy Six Vehicle Crash Near Arlington
A late Monday crash on the icy Death Valley stretch of U.S. 7 south of Arlington Village involved seven injured and six vehicles badly damaged or wrecked. Victims included Betty Lou Lerch of Cambridge and Barbara and Ralph Corman of Barre, with treatment at Putnam Memorial Hospital.
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Death Valley
Arlington
U.S. 7
Arlington Village
Put
Nom Memorial Hospital
Betty Lou Lerch
Cambridge
N.Y
Rodney L. Rice
Shaftsbury
Barbara Corman
Barre
Ralph W. Corman
Harold D. Backman
North Calais
Joseph J. Jibblets
Richmond Hill
Roy Lerch
Bennington
Arthur Faris
Rice
Jibbe Lets
Legislators Review Resource Ideas at State House
In Montpelier two committees open hearings on natural resources as Gov. Hoff plans eight specific bills for the winter special session. Lt. Gov. Foote urges hearings remain a citizen study group rather than a legislative panel to avoid overstepping powers. Reports from Hoff’s panels will be reviewed.
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Montpelier
State House
Hoff
House
Senate
Ralph A. Foote
Foote
High School Guidance Program Outlined for Parents
Benhi PTA meeting highlighted the high school's guidance department functions. Guidance director Stanley Farymarz listed five core services including information gathering, student counseling, and placement assistance for school or college. Follow up services after graduation or dropout were also described.
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PTA
Benhi Pta
Stanley Farymarz
Obituary notices span multiple towns and deaths
Obituaries report James W. Williams 25 of Bennington and others from Bennington and surrounding towns. Details include birth dates, survivor lists, funeral arrangements, and burial sites in North Bennington and surrounding cemeteries. Additional notices cover Mrs Otlie M Rudd, Mrs Earl Groff, and Mrs Clarence Moon with service locations, dates, and family connections.
Harvard Professor Perry G Miller Dies at 58
Cambridge Massachusetts AP Dr Perry G Miller 58 Harvard University American Literature professor died yesterday in his Leverett House study Death attributed to a stroke He wrote biographies of Jonathan Edwards Roger Williams and studied Poe Melville and Thoreau He was composing a multi volume intellectual history of America and authored The New England Mind two volume history of ideas in early America
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Cambridge, Mass
Perry G. FE. Miller
Harvard University
Leverett House
Miller
Jonathan Edwards
Roger Williams
Edgar Allen Poe
Herman Melville
Henry David Thoreau
America
New England
Kiddies Christmas Party At Vermont Bank
The Vermont Bank and Trust Co annual Kiddies Christmas party is set for December 20 with Santa arriving at 3 15 p m. Last year more than 2 000 area children attended and this event has run for about 15 years for children up to fifth grade from several towns. Santa will arrive by jeep with police escort and belt out gifts as candy totals half a ton.
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Vermont Bank & Trust Co
Santa
Pownall
Woodford
North Benington
Shaftsbury
Arlington
Manchester
Bennington
County Nurses Honor Member For Long Service
The Bennington County Registered Nurses Association held its Christmas dinner at Mt. Anthony Country Club where Edith Williams received life membership for long service. Katherine Cahoon presented, with histories of Williams’ career shared by Helen Nolfe and Annette Belisle. The event featured carols, a comedy skit, Santa’s gift bag, and acknowledgments to organizers and contributors.
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Bennington County Registered Nurses’ Association
Mt. Anthony Country Club
Edith Williams
Katherine Cahoon
Helen Nolfe
Annette Belisle
Ruth Watkin
Josephine Buzzle
Watkin
Village Trustees Consider Heat Bids
Village trustees meet at 7 tonight to review bids for a new heating system in the village garage on Depot Street. Bids were to be opened at 3 this afternoon. specifications were prepared by architect Richard B Diamond of 505 Main Street.
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Bennington Village
Depot Street
Richard B. Diamond
Main St
Hospital Notes Admissions and Births Report
Hospital notes list admissions including Master Joseph Berard Master Jeffrey Linton Miss Mary Cole Mrs Lulu Beaton Leo Plante Bennington Miss Anne Leeseman Hoosick Falls Master Mark Doyle Arlington Mrs Mary Haas North Pownal Mrs Rose Vallie Bennington Mrs Frances Whitman North Bennington Births announce a daughter born to Mr and Mrs A Roberson Law of Arlington on December 9.
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Joseph Berard
Jeffrey Linton
Mary Cole
Lulu Beaton
Leo Plante
Bennington
Anne Leeseman
Hoosick Falls
Mark Doyle
Arlington
Mary Haas
North Pownal
A. Roberson Law
Committee Forms to Scrutinize Shaftsbury Grand List
A Shaftsbury selectmen panel forms a six member committee to study costs and methods for a town wide re appraisal of the Grand List. Members include Jason Daniels Charles Searey William Stufflebeam Tracy Kenyon Jr Bernard McCarthy and Thomas Hall Jr with room to expand. The move follows a meeting where residents urged action to fix inequities in assessments seen as a crisis.
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Shaftsbury
Jason Daniels
Charles Searey
William Stufflebeam
Tracy E. Kenyon Jr
Republican Town Committee
Bernard McCarthy
Democratic Town Committee
Thomas Hall Jr
Rural districts weigh shared guidance and reading specialists
Prudential Committee of the Greater Bennington Schools Inc agrees to study hiring a shared guidance counselor or reading specialist for Arlington and Greater Bennington districts. Superintendent Leon E. Wagner notes a counselor would serve 1000 students, mainly those with special problems, across elementary to high school. Principal W Philip Walker urges a reading specialist to address reading difficulties.
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Prudential Committee
Greater Bennington Schools Inc
Leon E. Wagner
Bennington Southwest
Arlington
Greater Bennington
Wagner
W. Philip Walker
Molly Stark School
Walker
Lena Adams
Beech Street School
Rutland
William F.D. Smith
Ford Foundation
Chicago
Village School Trustees to Review State Aid for 1962-63
Bennington Graded School District trustees meet Wednesday to compare estimated receipts under the proposed state aid equalization formula for 1962-63. Action expected on a new statewide aid formula at the upcoming special session. The docket includes Ford Foundation curriculum study reports, special education requests, and a letter approving continued membership in the New England Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. Meeting at 7 p.m. in Bennington Elementary School.
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Bennington
Vermont
Clarence Chatto
New England Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
Bendi
Association
Flying Farmers Have Yule Party At Airport
The Vermont Flying Farmers met at Bennington Airport lounge for a Christmas dinner with 35 attendees from Burlington and Pawlet. A brief business meeting set a tentative schedule of monthly meetings from April to December next year and noted helping establish a similar group in New Hampshire. A turkey dinner followed by a Christmas tree and gifts concluded the event.
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Vermont
Bennington
Burlington
Pawlet
New Hampshire
John Meerworth
Edward Kyer
White Creek
Paul Moseley
Buskirk
Joel Whittemore
Bennington Community Notes Share Church, School, and civic events
The Altar-Rosary Society solicits nursing home and shut-in donations at Mrs Stella Bruneau 125 McCall St. Circle 1 of First Methodist meets at Mrs Paul Crane’s North Bennington home. United Papermakers to hold a Christmas party at Mt Anthony Country Club with RSVP by Dec 15. Ladies of St Anne meet at Sacred Heart hall with talk by Joseph LaPiccolo and refreshments. Vermont Philharmonic Orchestra concert features Mrs Eileen Carrier and Charles Thompson Jr with soloists. Infant of Prague Council to bring food donations for Christmas basket at St Columban’s Rectory. Keough’s barber shop closes Dec 17–18, reopens Dec 23. ADV notes 10-unit classroom option at $8,000 cost, $4,000 resale. Molly Stark enrollment projected to rise to 193 next year. Car accident injures no one. Fauley rear-ended Rockwood’s car. State Tax officials discuss reappraisal methods and form a committee to study options and public support for a March town meeting vote.
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Altar-Rosary Society
Stella Bruneau
McCall St
Foote pushes party unity for Vermont top officials
Lt Gov Ralph A Foote urged Vermont lawmakers to amend state law so governor and lieutenant governor be from the same party. He cited his own cross party experience with Gov Hoff and urged a four year governor term in the 1965 session.
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Burlington
Ralph A. Foote
Vermont
Foote
Service Club
Hoff
Market snapshot shows mixed sector indices and valuations
The report lists industry groupings for Industrials Railroads Utilities and composite sales figures. Data includes values like 1 760.7341.65 174.08 .39 137.11 and 265.504 .50 0,000, indicating fragmented pricing and an unclear closing balance across sectors.
Bennington to Enter Equalization Study Findings
The equalization study compares sale prices to assessed values and uses corrected percentages to gauge fair market values for Bennington and surrounding towns. Teams led by state supervisor Earl Thompson, with reps Lounsbury Chalmers Welchke Battles, survey Bennington and notify interested parties, likely school boards, before June.
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Bennington
Francis J. Hogan
Mary Hodeck
Hogan
Pownal Town
James Lounsbury
Alan Chalmers
Weston
Lawrence Welchke
Fair Haven
John Battles
West Rutland
Rutland
Earl Thompson
Lounsbury
The
Banner
Moose Notes Lodge Schedule Includes Kiddies Party
The Moose Lodge announces a meeting at 8 p.m. Wednesday and a nominating committee gathering at 7 p.m. Monday December 16. The annual Moose Kiddies Party for children up to age 12 takes place December 22.
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Moose
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Samuel G. Young Jr
Jibblets
Lerch
Jibblet
Coreman
Backman
Robert J. Haley
Dorset
Corman
Haley
James W. Williams
Winston-Salem
N.C
East Road
Earl
Doris (King) Williams
Ben- Mont
Robert Blodgett
Earl Williams
Adams
Mass
Harold Williams
North Bennington
Texas
William Blodgett
Sandra Badger
Edward King
Walter Hollister
Flora Alderman
Mahar & Son Funeral
Melvin R. McGaughey
First Methodist Church
Park Lawn Chapel
Grandview Cemetery
Mrs. Ottife M. Rudd
Sterling
N,y
Ottie M. Rudd
Floyd
Martville
King
Georgie Miller Phelps
Maurice E. Rudd
Jane Rudd
Sterling Station
Marian Curtis
Theodore Miller
Wolcott
King Phelps
Spanaway
Wash
Crafton Phelps
Manlius
Becker
Red Creek
Sterling Center Cemetery
Raymond Ginther
Sterling Methodist Church
Mrs. Earl Groff
Johnstown
Earl Groff
Carrie Secoy
East Arlington
Gloversville Hospital
Groff
Winfield Secoy
Mary Jesson
Bennington County
Robert Blair
Donald Fisher
Jesson
Paul Secoy
Clarence Moon
Mary Agnes McDonald
Glastonbury
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Elihu
Agnes McDonald
Mr. Moon
Salem
Mack Molding Co
Effie Belisle
Youngstown
Ohio
Bertha Hayden
Hanson-Walbridge Funeral Home
Federated Church
Granville Greenwald
Evergreen Cemetery
Farymarz
Farynarz
Khrushchev
Moscow
United States
Soviet Union
Harvard
Perry Miller
Ficay
George Sleeman
Bennington High School
New England Association of Colleges and High Schools
Kenneth Porter
Chevy II
Chevrolet
Bel-Air
Bennington, VT
Rose Vallie
Frances Whitman
Paul Crane
United Papermakers and Paperworkers
Gaylord Mattison
Ladies of
Eileen Carrier
Charles Thompson Jr
Vermont Philharmonic Orchestra
Jon Borowicz
Martha Tortolano
Winooski
Roland Patzer
Matthew Puskosz
Infant of Prague Council of Catholic Nurses
St. Columban’s
Keough’s
Stewart E. Allen
Allen
Molly Stark
Donald G. Fauley
Burgess Road
Burt Rockwood
Prospect St
Charles T. Shea
Lawrence W. Gauthier
Shea
Gauthier
Dow-Jones—Bache & Co
Albany
Harte Theatre
Bennington, VI
Eve
Jael Lemmon
Armour'’S
Armour's Star
Calif
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