Four defendants plead guilty on two break in charges
At Municipal Court Judge George M. Fienberg ordered four respondents held without bail as pre sentence investigations proceed. Two defendants faced a night time break in at Harrington’s used car lot on Depot Street. William Sherman and Joseph I. Wright Jr. pleaded guilty or changed pleas with counsel help. Another pair, Carlo A. DiGennaro and Carlo Tiberio, admitted breaking into a Pownal garage on Dec. 9 and stealing tools and radiators. Barry Purdy pleaded guilty to intoxication and property destruction, while W John Gordon asked not guilty to selling a deer for transport outside Vermont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Municipal Court
George M. Fienberg
Karl Harrington
Harrington
Depot Street
William Sherman
Gage St
John
Carlo A. DiGennaro
Carlo. Tiberio
Pownal
Atty. R. Marshall Witten
Witten
Massachusetts
Tiberio
Manchester Depot
Atty
Hutton
Fienberg
Gordon
David B. Rehnberg
Fairfield
Conn
Gils Pottery Highlighted by National Art Magazine
National Art Magazine features Bennington Potters in Bennington Vermont with a 120 tile stoneware mural by Jack Youngerman on the cover. The report cites David Gil’s guidance and notes works by Leonard Baskin Seymour Lipton Helen Frankenthaler Cleve Gray Alexander Liberman and others. The project uses a specially crafted stoneware body suitable for baking and includes plates bas reliefs and vases with mythic and nature motifs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Art In America
Bennington Potters
David Gil
Bennington
Jack Youngerman
America
Leonard Baskin
the Magazine
David Smith
Seymour Lipton
Limoges
France
Helen Frankenthaler
Cleve Gray
Alexander Liberman
Bennington Names Three GOP Justices for Civil Authority
Bennington selectmen chose Eugene V. Clark John P. Morrissey and Fred Welling from a Republican slate to fill three of the town Board of Civil Authority seats. The board, along with selectmen and the town clerk, oversees elections as Democrats swept all 15 justice of the peace posts in November. A hooded gunman demanded money from Shirley L. Howell in Denver before she warned she would shoot, and the robber fled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Town Republican Committee
Board of Civil Authority
Denver
UPI
Shirley L. Howell
Selectmen Approve Road Crew Radio Unit Purchase
Town selectmen approved about 2600 for a base shortwave radio system and four mobile units for highway trucks a grader and the road commissioner's truck after a presentation by Forrest J Hassam of Hassams Two Way Communication Service. The move aims to improve interdepartmental radio communications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington Selectmen
Forrest J. Hassam
Hassam
Pownal Road
Selectmen
Alma Langlois
James Cross
Highway Department
Selectman
Joseph E. Higgins
Paul Kelley
Vermont Publishes Vacation Rentals Booklet 1965
The Vermont Development Department released a 48 page booklet listing nearly 250 vacation properties in Vermont. Listings cover cottages camps and vacation homes with price ranges and contact addresses. Free copies available by writing the Development Dept Vacation Rentals Montpelier or at Vermont Information centers in New York City Montreal or Cleveland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montpelier
Vermont
Vermont Development Department
Development Dept
New York City
Montreal
Cleveland
Mrs Kirsch Attends National English Teachers’ Conclave
Lorraine Kirsch represented Benhi at the 54th annual National Council of Teachers of English convention in Cleveland. About 6,000 teachers attended study groups, seminars, and lectures by writers and critics. Speakers included Dr Charles Keller and Walter Havighurst. Malcolm Cowley gave the banquet address. Delegates from the Bennington area, aided by the Ford Foundation, planned to apply insights locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorraine Kirsch
Benhi
National Council of Teachers of English
Cleveland
Kirsch
Charles Keller
John Hay Fellows
Bennington
Ford Foundation
Vermont recreation staff referral program under way
The Vermont Recreation Department announced that its summer staff referral program is under way. Camp counseling and recreation leader positions are available and applicants should write to Howard Jeffrey in Montpelier. A booklet listing Vermont camps is also available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montpelier
Vermont Recreation Department
Howard Jeffrey
Vermont
State Office
Language teachers in Bennington area meet on reading French
Language teachers from Pownal Shaftsbury North Bennington and Bennington gathered at Bennington High School to discuss problems especially coordination of students entering from surrounding towns. Mrs Susan Losee of the State College Albany spoke on new reading techniques while Ford Foundation funds support regional cooperation among ten districts in Southwestern Vermont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Powe Nal
Shaftsbury
North Bennington
Bennington
Library of
Bendi
Bennington Catholic High School
Pownal
Ford Foundation
Vermont
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Washington
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Ing
Henry Harte Jr
Tex
Ac Drug Store
Bennington, Vt
Walima
Cologne
National Art
GOP
Higgins
Norton Barber
By Mademoiselle
Country
Lapiuma
Sebago
Salvatore
Main St
Spring
St.illiamstown, Mass
VDD Publishes
By Steven Maier
Benhi Catamount
By Kenny Kramer
Fisher
Roger
Patman
Col. Shopping Center
Williams Town
Mass
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