North Adams Man Sentenced For Larceny
In a rearraignment at yesterday's County Court session a North Adams Mass man pled guilty to petty larceny for stealing welding equipment from his Pownal employer. Charles LaBombard 47 was sentenced to four to six months in the Windsor House of Correction but suspended and placed on probation. Adultury cases of Elizabeth Crawford and Walter Coley not pressed. Coley 16 pleaded guilty to perjury and sent to Weeks School for remainder of minority. Francis Strofolo of Arlington granted a divorce from Katherine Stroffolo. Mrs Edna Stratton of Bennington vs Albert and Claudia Barham of Pownal postponed due to illness. Jury excused until Jan 2. divorce cases to be heard before holiday recess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Adams
Mass
Pownal
Charles LaBombard
Henry Harte Jr
LaBombard
House of Correction
Windsor
F. Ray Keyser
Elizabeth M. Crawford
Walter Coltey
Searsburg
Coley
Weeks School
Francis Stroffoleno
Arlington
Katherine Stro
Educating Retarded Youths Seeks 9050 For 1961 62 Budget
Bennington Friends of Retarded Children plans its annual drive to raise 9050 for the Red Brick School serving retarded youths in South Shaftsbury Bennington. The school opened 1957 in Bennington Catholic High School and moved to its current site the following September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington Friends of
Vermont State Department of Education
South Shaftsbury
Bennington Catholic High School
Bennington
War Hero Dad Won’t Be Home For Christmas
In New London Connecticut police found a letter from 8 year old Gary Williams to his father Theodore A. Williams Jr. a WWII Air Corps pilot with a Purple Heart. Williams 40 died en route to a hospital of a heart attack after spending years away and was estranged from his wife Lois Williams of Phoenix. He left a scrapbook of war photos medals and papers including the child’s letters. He is survived by his son his wife a sister Susan Scholes of Niantic and other relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New London
Williams
Air Corps
Europe
John Wisniewski
Lois Williams
Phoenix
Harold Irwin
Susan Scholes
Niantic
Cop in Lady's Dress Runs Afoul of Law
A Saco policeman pleaded guilty in Auburn municipal court to drunken driving and assaulting a state trooper. Patrolman Leo P. Tardif paid a $150 fine for drunk driving and appealed a 30 day sentence for assault after a violent struggle with Trooper Richard L. Johnson who chased him when he failed to dim headlights. Tardif wore a kerchief over his head a dress silk stockings and women's shoes during the arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auburn
Maine
Leo P. Tardif
Richard L. Johnson
Johnson
Tardif
Drama Club Stages Cheaper by the Dozen Tonight
The Bendi Drama Club presents Cheaper By The Dozen tonight at 8 in the high school auditorium. Charles Comstock directs after weeks of rehearsals. The public is invited. doors open at 7 30 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bendi Drama, Club
Charles Comstock
Young Car Thief Barred from New York Is Committed
A 15 year old Savoy Massachusetts youth with seven prior car thefts in New York last year was committed by Adams juvenile court to the Youth Service Board. He had been barred from New York after a Troy children's court order and wandered between Hoosick Falls and Savoy before further arrests for unauthorized use of a motor vehicle. He was apprehended in Hoosick Falls after stealing a car in Adams and another at Gay's Express, then waived extradition to New York before commitment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savoy
Mass
North Bennington Road
Leonard Street
Adams Juvenile Court
Youth Service Board
Troy
N.Y
Children’s Court
Hoosick Falls
New York
Adams
Bennington
Bennington College Road
Gay’s Express
Hospital Admissions and Births At Putnam Hospital
Putnam Hospital lists admissions on Monday December 18 including George Gilman Polly Harbour Bennington Ida Watts North Adams Mass Lena Bruso Shaftsbury Vincent M Conway Joseph Conway Hoosick Falls N Y Lewis West Manchester Center Discharges include Fay Stroffoleno and Berry Wall Birth announcements note a daughter born December 18 to Mr and Mrs Michael Okerman Hoosick Falls another daughter for Rollin Jennings Bennington a son for Donald Mylott Manchester Center and a daughter Dale Ann Disque Groton Conn born December 18 weighing seven pounds three ounces Grandparents listed Worthington North Bennington and Disque Shaftsbury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Gilman
Polly
Micahel Okerman
Hoosick Falls
Rollin Jennings
Bennington
Donald Mylott
Manchester Center
Charles Disque
Groton, Conn
Dale Ann
Edward Worthington
North Bennington
Philip Disque
Shaftsbury
Jail Inmates Form Orchestra at Sigma Alpha Epsilon Dance
Couples at the Marshall University Sigma Alpha Epsilon dance spotted sheriff's deputies in the crowd. The Unmoveables, an inmate orchestra from the county jail, performed as the fourth public appearance of the jail group in Huntington, West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
W. Va
Marshall University
Bennington Briefs Include Library Closure and Local Events
Bennington Free Library will close all day Saturday and on Dec 30. The membership and evangelism committee meets at First Methodist Church Wednesday at 7 30 p.m. Last minute shopping hours extend to 8 p.m. through Friday. Included notices from Jennie Yett's Shop at 313 Weeks Street, VFW Kiddies Christmas party details, student returns from Colby Junior College, a Life Underwriters meeting at Mt Anthony Country Club with Walter D. Gass speaking, Lauriston Cone among Bennington students chosen for a Boston college conference, and Christmas food baskets distribution plans with pickup times. Army Lt Clayton H Jepson Jr recently arrived in Korea with the 1st Cavalry Division. Sears Roebuck and Miles Jewelers ads noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Vermont Life Underwriters Association
Mt. Anthony Country Club
Walter D. Gass
F. Donald Lewis
Prudential Life Insurance Co
Gass
Army
Clayton H. Jepson Jr
Alberta Ann
Mortimer St
Korea
1St Cavalry
Jepson
Ft. Eustis
23Rd Transportation Batallion
Bennington High School
Purdue University
Lafayette
Ind
North Branch Street
Christmas Pageant Shines at Yale Baptist Church
The First Church School presented its third annual Christmas Pageant at Yale Baptist Church on Sunday. Cynthia Whiteway directed. roles included Camille Cameron as candles and Joyce Percey as Mary with David Powell as Joseph. After the pageant, Gradatimns served cookies punch and candy canes in the social hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cynthia Whiteway
Camille Cameron
Diane Hilliard
Stephen McVicker
Vanessa Turner
Philip Adams
Leslie Winn
Paul Riddle
Carolyn Comstock
Lillian Hurlburt
Connie Killian
Joyce Percey
Mary
David Powell
Joseph
Julie Weaver
Christopher Gaines
Barbara Gaines
Priscilla Bahan
Marjorie Dawson
Rose Thompson
Judy Carpenter
Mary Hathaway
Bradley Hill
Denise Shepard
Donna Shepard
Amos Bishop
Edward Harmon
Jerry Jepson
Kevin Dunscan
Francis Morrissey
William Harmon
Kendrick Bishop
Wendy Wyatt
Lorelei Lewis
Janet Carpenter
Susan Riley
Tracy Adams
Landon Calls for Western Bloc to Unite Against Threats
Former Republican presidential candidate Alf M Landon urged Western nations to pool military economic and political power into a single bloc. He said UN is too weak to keep peace and backed US led unified command and joining the European Common Market. He spoke at a National Press Club luncheon in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Alf M. Landon
Landon
United Nations
Kansas
National Press Club
Free World
Kennedy
United States
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Maine
Vermont
Obituary Edward Bouplon of Hoosick Falls
Hoosick Falls resident Edward A Bouplon 57 a former town highway superintendent and Fitzgerald Brothers Construction Co worker died Sunday after a short illness at Albany Medical Center He was a Hoosick Falls High School graduate husband of the late Mary Winegard Bouplon Survived by two sons Edward J Bouplon Frederick and two daughters Marie and Susan all of Hoosick Falls two sisters Mrs David Moore Cambridge and Mrs Ralph McCart North Hoosick and a brother Frank Boupton White Creek Funeral services are set for tomorrow at 10 am from Edward F McGuire Funeral Home with burial in St Marys Cemetery Hoosick Falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Edward A. Bouplon
Fitzgerald Brothers Construction Co
Albany Medical Center
Bouplon
Mary Winegard Bouplon
Edward J. Bouplon
Hamilton
Ohio
Frederick Bouplon
Marie Bouplon
Susan Bouplon
David Moore
Cambridge
Ralph McCart
North Hoosick
Frank Boupton
White Creek
Edward F. McGuire
Wilder Ave
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Dr Marius Peladeau Rites Planned In Brattleboro
Dr Marius Peladeau longtime Brattleboro Retreat psychiatry staff member dies at 67 in Townshend Quebec native and Montreal medical graduate was among Vermont speech psychiatry pioneers Burial set for Montreal Thursday services scheduled tomorrow in Brattleboro
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brattleboro
Marius Peladeau
Vermont
Townshend
Quebec
University of Montreal School of Medicine
Danvers
Mass
Montreal
Funeral services for George I Teal Shaftsbury
Funeral services for George I Teal longtime Shaftsbury store operator who died suddenly at home were held at Mahar and Son Funeral Home with Rev Donald A Webster officiating. Pallbearers included Paul Harris John Harris Roy Lucius Henry Bunk Fred Stacy Forrest HUlet. Burial followed at St John Cemetery North Bennington attended by relatives from Troy Shaftsbury North Bennington and surrounding area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shaftsbury
George I. Teal
Mahar and Son Funeral
Donald A. Webster
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
Paul and
John Harris
Roy Lucius
Henry Bunk
Fred Stacy
Forrest Hulet
St. John’s Cemetery
North Bennington
Troy
N. Y
Funeral rites for Forrest Hager in Woodford upheld
Forrest Hager longtime Woodford resident died recently funeral held at Hanson-Walbridge with Rev Frank W Grippin officiating Pallbearers were James Clem inson Jesse Bugbee Louis and Amos Bishop Entombment at Park Lawn chapel burial planned spring in Woodford City cemetery Attendees from Woodford Bennington Searsburg and Williamstown Mass Survived by son Francis S of Searsburg brother Frank of Woodford Road Bennington nephew Clarence Hager Woodford niece Beatrice Smith Chesterfield NH and former wife Bessie A Clement Searsburg
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forrest Hager
Woodford
Hanson-Walbridge
Frank W. Grippin
First Methodist Church
James Cleminson
Jesse Bugbee
Louis
Amos Bishop
Park Lawn Chapel
Woodford City Cemetery
Bennington
Searsburg
Williamstown
Mass
Francis S
Frank
Woodford Road
Clarence Hager
Beatrice Smith
Chesterfield
N.H
Bessie A. Clement
Voter Ralph Sprinkle Votes Despite Auto Injuries
Ralph Sprinkle president of the North Carolina State Employer Association continued to vote in a bond issue referendum after being injured in an auto accident. An ambulance transported him to the polling place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
N. C
Ralph Sprinkle
North Carolina
Vermont Governor Arts New Image On National TV
Governor F Ray Keyser Jr on CBS To Tell the Truth used Vermont as the beauty state of the nation. The appearance highlighted his bid as the nation’s youngest chief executive and tied to the state’s refreshed tourism slogan There’s No Place Like Vermont replacing the old cow image.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Ray Keyser Jr
Vermont
Green Mountain
Bud Collyer
Keyser
Cecil H. Underwood
West Virginia
Underwood
Vermont Department of Development
VDD
Gratatim Club Presents Christmas Skit at First Baptist
The Gratatim Club held its annual Christmas party in the First Baptist Church social room. Hostesses organized decorated tables and star desserts. gifts were collected for shut ins. After a business meeting led by Mrs. Leon Orr, a devotional was led by Mrs. Young with a solo by Mrs. Payne. A humorous nursing home skit directed by Mrs. Wandrey closed the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
L. B. Herrmann
Parma Parmenter
Florence Moore
H. G. Payne
Kathryn Young
Leon Orr
Young
de Witt E. Lewis
Herrmann
Payne
C. F. Wandrey
John Flitcroft
H. S. Moses
Martin Scott
Sidney Edson
W. G. Towart
Orr
Bert Weller
Wandrey
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County Street
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Rutland
Walton C. Harwood
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VFW
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North Street
Helen Hall
Jennie Yett’s
Jennie Yett’s Shop
Weeks Street
Joyce Rogers
Thomas Rogers
Morgan Street
Colby Junior College
The
Gail Mouroutsos
James Mouroutsos
314 Crescent Blvd
Mouroutsos
Lauriston Cone
University of Vermont
Lamba Iota Fraternity
Boston
Lauriston
William Cone
Main Street
Main
Silver Streets
Miles Jeweler
Sears Roebuck Co
Plante Jewelers
School Street
Baptist Church
Yale
Hotel Putnam Bldg
Colonial Shopping Ctr
Salem’s
Super Market
Main St
N.B.C
Vogue & Vanity
Nation
Gratatim Club
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ART Ward's
Ben Mont Ave
Courtesy
Metropolitan Siocene of Art
Prince Gardner
Stratford Black
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Bill Gard
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