Bennington Briefs Highlight Busy Holiday Week Activities
Bennington selectmen cancel this week meeting. Union Carbide plant hosts annual Christmas dinner for about 325 employees with management serving meals and prizes. FAA private pilot exam set for Wednesday 6 p.m. at Bennington Airport with ground school students taking part. Nurses at Putnam Memorial Hospital host Christmas party with 20 plus nurses. Banner and Berkshire Eagle hold annual party at Paradise Restaurant with about 70 guests. Brundage case fines read 15.10 dollars for stop light violation. Beech Street School to present Christmas program Thursday at 1 30 p.m. First and second graders sing with Jingle Bells finale. Tri-C Group meets at 25 Bradford Place Wednesday. Molly Stark program assistant Nicholas Tgettis to direct junior high choir. correction issued for omission. County Democratic Committee meets Wednesday 8 p.m. to plan Hoff dinner dance for Feb 16 visit. Free Library closes Dec 24 25 reopen Dec 26 10 a.m. and 7 9 p.m. Steven Chipper Durocher hospitalized. Pine Cobble School Senatorship Fund screening at Williams College Chapin Hall begins 8 p.m. Knights of Columbus and Holy Name Society to recite Rosary for John Proud Sr. at 7 p.m. Cub Scout Pack 53 Christmas event at Second Congregational Church 7 p.m. bring 25 cent exchange gift.
Bloodmobile at Elks Barn Wednesday for Red Cross drive
The Red Cross Bloodmobile comes to the Elks Barn Wednesday from 11 45 a m to 5 30 p m to collect about 100 pints for the Burlington Regional Center quota. Doctors W H Browning Curtis M Flory Abraham Moskovitz John Mook volunteer services. nurses aides, staff registration volunteers and canteen chairwoman Mrs W H Eddington and others will assist. calls for rides to the Elks Barn are available at 2 9458.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Elks’ Barn
Bennington
Burlington
W. H. Browning
Curtis M. Flory
Abraham Moskovitz
John Mook
W. H. Eddington
Bennington County
Ralph Burt
L. J. Black
E. W. Dewey
Katherine Grant
Fred Stickles
Eddington
New Jersey moves to shut down Bennington linked mail order firms
Superior Court halted Factory Supply Co. of Paterson for running an alleged nationwide scheme defrauding consumers of hundreds of thousands of dollars. The case ties to Vermont's Buy-Rite Buyers Club run by Isadore Press. Court appointed a custodial receiver and set a show cause hearing next Friday in Hackensack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
N.J
Paterson
Bennington
New Jersey
Arthur J. Sills
Factory Supply Co
Main St
Isadore Press
Wayne
Buy-Rite Buyers Club
Buy-Rite
U. S. District Court
Rutland
Stanley J. Pekalski
U.S
Vermont
Frank A. Verga
State
Consumer Frauds Bureau
John A. Lombardi
Superior Court
Donald G. Collester
Joseph Brumale
Collester
Hackensack
William H Stuchel
Lyons District
Buy-Rite Club
Stuchel
Factory Supply Club
Shop-Hopper Trims The House With Christmas Decor Ideas
Mrs. Mamis launches a weekly column on clothes home making and seasonal topics. This Christmas season she shares decorating ideas from markets like Fishmans and Woolworths, including blue and green glass globes and hanging apples, plus tips on displaying cards with clips and Elmer’s glue as a bonding aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mamis
Rockwood Mobile Trailer Park Aims by Oakes Street
Lafayette Lyons owner of Rockwood Mobile Trailer Park plans space for 22 trailer units on eight to ten acres off Oakes Street. The site abuts Rockwood Mill and Lyon's Mill Supply Co with boundaries extending beyond village limits. Development stalls due to weather frozen ground highway bypass plans and two to three potential tenants. Lyons seeks to preserve tree cover while placing later trailers under shade trees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lafayette Lyons
Rockwood
Oakes Street
Lyons
Rockwood Mill
Lyon’s Mill Supply Co
Two Crashes on Snowy Bennington Streets Injure Two
Two motor vehicle crashes on snow covered Bennington Village streets left two people injured. Richard C. Scott of Waterford New York sustained a cut and possible broken nose after losing control of a 1960 Ford and striking a utility pole on South Street at 456 PM. Earlier a collision between an oil tank truck operated by James E Leonard of Shaftsbury and Mrs. Mary M Perc ey of 306 North Bennington Road at Depot and County Streets left Mrs. Percy with a shin bump and heavy front end damage to her car after she admitted not stopping at a stop sign on County Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Richard C. Scott
Waterford
N.Y
South Street
Julius Manes
James E. Leonard
Shaftsbury
Mary M. Percey
Bennington Road
Depot
County Streets
Percey
County Street
Funeral Services Held for Mrs Alonzo Richard
Mrs Florilda Champney Richard died in Dade City Florida. Funeral services were at Mahar and Son Funeral Home and Our Lady of Lourdes Church North Pownal with a requiem high Mass by Msgr Francis B Flanagan. Bearers were James Moon George Bisson Edward Bisson Richard Champney Robert Buck Richard Pudvar. Entombment in Park Lawn Chapel and spring burial planned in North Pownal Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alonzo Richard
Florilda Champney
Dade City
Fla
Mahar and Son Funeral Home
Our Lady of Lourdes Church
North Pownal
Francis B. Flanagan
James Moon
George
Edward Bisson
Richard Champney
Robert Buck
Richard Pudvar
Park Lawn Chapel
Village Meeting Reviews Trailer Park Plans Ahead of Vote
Trustees will review interpretations of the article and development of two local trailer parks at a 7 p.m. special meeting in the Village Office before the public vote at 8 p.m. on the matter.
Harte Theater to Award Gifts During Midnight Lace Show
In Yuletide fashion the Harte Theater will give away 10 gifts at the evening screening of Midnight Lace on Wednesday. One show starts at 7:30 with prizes including a table lamp blankets bath towels frying pan and glassware. The final night adds a 6:30 prelude. Doris Day Rex Harrison and Myrna Loy star in the film.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harte Theater
Vincent Wiggin
Doris Day
Rex Harrison
Myrna Loy
Car Skids Off Road In North Bennington Vermont
Vermont State Police report a 1956 Pontiac owned by Gerald F Campbell 21 of North Bennington Road slid on snow on a downgrade at the Mattison Road and Rice Lane junction, went into a ditch with no injuries or major damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vermont
North Bennington
Gerald F. Campbell
North Bennington Road
Mattison Road
Rice Lane
Bennington Man Pleads Guilty to Fraudulent Unemployment Claims
In Munici pal Court on Monday Robert C. Bump, 26, of Bennington, pleaded guilty to nine counts of fraudulent unemployment compensation claims and was fined 55.10 after restitution. Ira W. McCoy, 56, of Manchester, pled guilty to two counts of illegally obtaining unemployment benefits, made restitution, and received a suspended sentence with probation terms struck by Judge Waldo C. Holden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert C. Bump
Bennington
Ira W. McCoy
Manchester
Waldo C. Holden
Area Unions Elect 1963 Officers in Weekend Elections
Local 534 of Ben-Mont Papers re elected Bernard Galipeau president over Lloyd Fleming as Local 63 of Polygraphic Co. of America chose Norman G. Burns over John M. Dalton. Local 534's officers include Cora Betit replacing the retiring recording secretary and Kenneth Oesterle as secretary-treasurer. Local 63 Amalgamated Lithographers elected Edward Midurski as VP, Douglas Holley as treasurer, Elmer Hall as sentinel, and Joseph Alves among production crew. Local 545 Upholsterers voted to keep Charles Judge as shop steward and donated $50 to the Mayer family fund after a November fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Polygraphic Co. of America
North Bennington
Norman G. Burns
East Arlington
John M. Dalton
Overlea Road
Printing Specialties and Paper Products Union
International Printing Pressmen and Assistants Union of North America
Afl-Cio
Cora Betit
George Rogers
Dana Chellis
Sam Kelson
Ellis Condon
Kenneth Oesterle
J. Albert Merrow
Ronald Maynard
William Norcross
Thomas Bushee
James Green
Robert Brown
Philip Reilly
Bruce Lavigne
Leonard Powers
Willard Metcalfe
Nelson Eggbert
Winifred Briggs
Spencer Haynes
Joseph Alves
Eli Dawson
Edward Keough
Robert McWaters
Henry Grimm
Charles Griffith
William Sorenson
Robert Barton
Donald Carrier
Carl Hess
Alfred Krawczyk
International Union of North America
H. T. Cushman Mfg. Co
Charles Judge
Bernard L. Mayer
Chapel Road
Hospital Notes Admissions List Realigns Local Names
Hospital notes record admissions including Mrs Mary Harrington of Manchester Depot New York William Ingram of Hoosick Falls Master Michael Taylor of Bennington Master Robert Ryan and Master Kevin Ryan both of Hoosick Falls Miss Patricia Bahan of Arlington and Matthew Cole of Wilmington all noted as admitted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Harrington
Manchester
William Ingram
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Michael Taylor
Bennington
Robert Ryan
Kevin Ryan
Patricia Bahan
Arlington
Matthew Cole
Wilmington
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Union Carbide
Union Carbide Corp
Union Carbide Consumer Products Co
Harlow Matz
Harold F. Doolittle
Binny Mason Jr
Arthur C. Bryan
St. Albans
Hagerman
Bennington Briefs
Federal Aviation Administration
The
County Aviation Corp
Joel Whittemore
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Paradise Restaurant
Bennington Banner
Berkshire Eagle
Pittsfield
Mass
Banner
William E. Brundage
Beech Street
First Baptist Church of
Charles Charles Paddock
Bradford Place
Molly Stark
Nicholas Tgettis
Tgettis
Democratic Committee
Bennington County Court House
Philip H. Hoff
Steven Chipper Durocher
Dewey St
John Jay
Pine Cobble School Senatorship Fund
Chapin Hall
Williams College
Knights of Columbus
Council 307
Holy Name Society
Gibney
Second Congregational Church
Esh
Turkey
Swift's
Butterball Turkeys
Bloodmobile
Ned Healy
D. Dexter Davis
L. Alden Graves
F. P. Jones
T. C. Thomas
Emery Wheeler
Eugene V. Clark
Leo Brimmer
van Vechten Graves
Robert Holden
Waldo Holden
Richard B. Leake
Edward Ransom
H.J. Wallace
By Nancy Mamis
Fishman
Woolworth's
Fishman’s
Woolworth’s
New York
Elmer
Santa Claus
Vermont Bank and Trust Company
Santa
Mrs. Alonzo Richard
Theatre Harte Bammietan
Breakfast AT Tiffany’s
Gregory Peck
Audrey Hepburn
Princess
Roman
Namerey Bogart
Willam Holden
Sabrina
Enna
Billy Wilder
Ben-Mont
Bernard Galipeau
County St
Galipeau
Lloyd Fleming
Webb Street
Adams
Clothes
John P. Proud
Rocker
Main Street
Dial
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