New Vermont Railway Insignia Ready for Rutland Line
Burlington Vermont Railway Inc the new operator of the Rutland line from Burlington to White Creek NY has the insignia ready three overlapping Green Mountain peaks above Vermont Railway. The Interstate Commerce Commission must approve the resumed service. CEO Jay L Wulfson says approval is imminent.
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BURLINGTON — _ Vermont Railway Inc
Rutland Railway
Burlington
White Creek
N.Y
Vermont Railway
Interstate Commerce Commission
Jay L. Wulfson
Wulfson
Green Mountains
W. Andrew Morrison
Syracuse, N.Y
Morrison
Rhode Island School of Design
Vermont College Described For Benhi Seniors
Vermont College admissions officer Robert C. Donnelly spoke at Benhi about campus life and programs. The women’s college offers Liberal Arts General Child Study Secretarial Medical Secretarial Nursing Home Economics and Medical Technology with a B S after three years plus a fourth year at an approved med tech school. Students Lee Gershaneck and Barbara Ames praised the program and flexible course options.
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Robert C. Donnelly
Vermont Colege
Montpelier
Benhi
Vermont College
Vermont Junior College
American Society of Clinical Pathologists
Lee Gershaneck
Demonstrations On Decor Shown In Home Ec Classes
Plain Dirt Gardeners Club presented December 13 demonstrations on Christmas decorations for Benhi's home economics class. Doris Grant and Barbara Geer guided Joyce Goyette and Barbara Houle’s eighth to tenth graders through greenery bells and centerpiece crafts.
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Benhi
Gareners’ Club
Doris Grant
Barbara Geer
Joyce Goyette
Barbara Houle
Mickey Hawks
Ruth Dewey
Bennington Briefs Local Health Leaders and Alumni News
Robert Stout named representative to the Vermont Hospital Association New Hampshire Vermont Committee on Health Care. Former Gov Lane Dwinnell and Atty Myron Samuelson named public representatives. Bennington Catholic High School Alumni Association set to meet Dec 27 at 7 pm with Bernard LaDue presiding. Bloodmobile donors Mrs Richard B Leake III and Lawrence Bump received gift certificates from Adams Clothes Shop and Vogue and Vanity.
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Robert Stout
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Vermont Hospital Association
New Hampshire
Vermont Committee On
Concord
N.H
Lane Dwinnell
Atty. Myron Samuelson
Burlington
Bennington Catholic High School Alumni Association
Bernard LaDue
Syracuse University
Richard B. Leake III
Lawrence Bump
Adams Clothes Shop
Vogue
Vanity
Bank Names Two Officers In Vermont Trust
Vermont Bank and Trust Company promotes Mrs. Caroline A. Pierce to assistant treasurer in the Bennington office where she has worked in banking and now supervises mortgages and loans. Dale B. Griffith is named assistant treasurer in charge of installment loans at the Bellows Falls office after joining from Keene New Hampshire, where he led Sea board Finance. He hails from Palmerton Pennsylvania and studied at Muhlenberg College with his wife and son now living in Bellows Falls.
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Caroline A. Pierce
Bennington
Vermont Bank and Trust Company
Pierce
Hoosick
N.Y
Dale B. Griffith
Bellows Falls
Griffith
Keene, N.H
Seaboard Finance Company
Palmerton
Muhlenberg College
Benhi Prep Closes for Christmas with School Events
Students and teachers wind down before Christmas break as Benhi hosts drama, dances, and senior interviews. The Drama Club performs Columbine Madonna for students and parents, seniors intern interview questions circulate, and a Christmas dance for NBHS BCHS and BHS guests is planned with ID checks at the door. Principal Kirschene hosts a Christmas Open House at Silver Street. A New Year semi formal dance, tickets sold by Garrison McGaughey Davis and Donovan at Benhi, is scheduled 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. at the Second Congregational Church.
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Obenhi
Drama Club
Ann Marie Goyette
Bendi
NBHS
BCHS
BHS
Second Congregational Church
Bill Garrison
Doug McGaughey
Scott Davis
Mark Donavan
Benhi
Hospital Notes Admissions and Discharges List
Admissions include Miss Christina Church R D and Robert K Johnson with residences in Sick Falls Bennington. Discharges feature Mrs Ler France and son Woodford Road William J Herrington Eagle Bridge NY and others in Manchester Center Bennington Hoosick Falls. Births record Mr and Mrs Robert J Myers 270 Union St daughter born December 19.
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Christina Church
R.D
Csick Falls
Robert K. Johnson
Bennington
Ler
France and Son
Woodford Road
William J. Herrington
Eagle Bridge
N.Y
Ruth Clayton
Robert J. Myers
Union St
Pittsfield Speaker to Discuss The Jew in American Literature
David Boroff is set to speak Sunday night at the Jewish Community Center in Pittsfield Massachusetts on The Jew in American Literature. The Saturday Review features Boroff on Bennington College and his writings about colleges appear in Harper's and other periodicals. He has authored a book about colleges and universities.
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David Boroff
Pittsfield
Mass
The
Saturday Review
Boroff
Bennington College
Harper’s
Cubs Celebrate Christmas With Cub Scout Pack 53 Ceremony
About 200 people attended a Christmas night event at Second Congregational Church social hall for Cub Scout Pack 53. Five candles symbolized the year’s end and rescinded duties as Reynolds Barret and Robert Nadeau joined Troop 53.
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Second Congregational Church
We' 2
Webelos
Gene Irons
Bobcat Leverne Conquest
Mark Ekwall
Bear
Billy Harrington
Teddy Betts
Jock Irons
Reynolds Barret
Robert Nadeau
Kendall Adams
Gerald Stowell
Don Littlefield
Frank Johnson
Stowell
Taconic District
Paul Clermont
Market Averages Mixed As Trading Closes
Stock averages recovered in late trading with the industrials and railroads showing slight declines while utilities and the composite index ended with small gains. The sales figure prints at 1.88 and 763.38 for sales, with minor shifts across the sectors.
State Health Agencies Struggle With Public Hazards
Dr Robert B Aiken said town owned facilities cannot be forced to fix public health hazards unlike private ones. Vermont board heard about limited sanitarians and the need to prevent disease, with five district sanitarians covering the state and growth in ski industry increasing workload.
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Aiken
Burlington
Vermont
State Health Department
Robert B. Aiken
State Board of Health
Boards of Selectmen
Town Boards of Health
Edward L. Tracy
Bureau of Environmental Sanitation
Health Department
Tion
Bureau
State Water Resources Department
Tracy
U.S
George A. Russell
Arlington
Charles Maw
Caye Martin
M.D
Brighton
John C. Prendergast
D.D
Poultney
Charles W. Scribner
Calais
Brewster D. Martin
Wershire
North Bennington Community Notices and Accidents
North Bennington Village Trustees ban all night parking after 1 a.m. to aid snow plowing. A Congregational Church Christmas program and youth events are planned, with carolling and a post service dance. Stratton Mountain access road saw two minor accidents and three damaged vehicles. other crashes involved drivers from Rutland, Bronxville, and North Adams with injuries and damage on U.S. 7, Vermont 9, and Park Street.
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North Bennington
North Bennington Village
Congregational Church
van Dyke
Cathy Elwell
Anson Nowak
Church School
Hong Kong
Shaftsbury
Arthur Wickenden
Penny Rich
Stratton Mountain
Winhall
Deceil H. Burton
Rutland
Robert W. Martin
Elm St
Martin
Burton
Venson H. Johnson
Bronxville
N.Y
Johnson
U.S. 7
Bennington
Elmer L. Baker
North Adams
Mass
Baker
Loretta Judge
Dewey St
Vermont
Woodford
Judge
Bennington Village
Park Street
Ernest Leonard Jr
Gage St
Rescue Squad Fund Drive Nets 2700
The Bennington Rescue Squad reports about 2700 raised during a three week drive ending this weekend. Volunteers will solicit through Saturday and offer donors a special Sunday Albany Times Union front page reprint for at least one dollar. Extra copies were ordered for late contributors.
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Bennington
Albany Times-Union
North Bennington
Shaftsbury
Suneday
Long dry spell ends as rain finally returns
St Louis weather bulletin notes a record dry spell in the area with a notable incident as a spider blocked the rain gauge, delaying measurements for several days according to AP.
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St, Louis
U.S. Weather Bureau
It Isn’t the Vote So Much As the Man Says Hulburd
Former Vermont Supreme Court Chief Justice Benjamin N. Hulburd argues in a Burlington Free Press letter that stronger representation comes from electing a strong representative rather than fixating on reapportionment. He cites Asa S. Bloomer as an example of persuasive power shaping many votes.
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Hulburd
Burlington
Benjamin N. Hulburd
Vermont Supreme Court
Hurburd
Hubburd
Asa S. Bloomer
Rutland
Bloomer
General Assembly
Truck Rate Increase Suspended in Middle Atlantic
A temporary restraining order in U S District Court suspends for 10 days a new truck freight rate schedule in the Middle Atlantic area. Judge Ernest W. Gibson issued the order in a suit by trucking firms against the Interstate Commerce Commission and the United States. The injunction delays the schedule until Jan 2 when a three judge court will hear the case. Firms named include Adley Express Co. New Haven Conn Marcell's Motor Express Inc Burlington E J Scannell Inc Somerville Mass and Quinn Freight Lines Brockton Mass.
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Gibson
Adley Express Co
New Haven, Conn
Marcell’s Motor Express Inc
Burlington
E. J. Scannell, Inc
Somerville, Mass
Quinn Freight Lines, Inc
Brockton Mass
November Unemployment Claims Rise at Bennington Vermont
Initial claims for unemployment insurance in November reached 372 at the Bennington Vermont office, a sharp rise from October's 303. Main contributors were service and private households 83 apparel 71 contract construction 46 and wholesale and retail trade 41. The insured unemployment rate averaged 7.1 percent in November up from October 5.0 and November of last year 4.3 with 31 benefit exhaustions.
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Bennington
Vermont Department of Employment Securty
Frank H. Mudgett
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W. H. Eddington
Marjorie Black
Mattie Burritt
Bertha Burt
Ted Corliss
Tom Donovan
Katherine Grant
Janet Dewey
Fanny Sibley
Daisy Stickles
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Howard Goodwin
Harold Hicks
Joseph St. John
Pleasant Street
Albany Veterans’ Hospital
Perley Nourse
Paddock Place
Ray Brewer
Londonderry
Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital
Hanover
Bennington Potters
Bank
Mrs
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Lorelei Lewis
Judy Manes
Sara Pike
Freda Betts
Paul E. Kirschene
Silver Street
RT. 7 North
College Authority
Cubs
Den
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Sue Wiskowski
Florence Daugherty
Louise Johnson
Sally Decker
Robert Reynolds
Littlefield
Dow-Jones—Bache & Co
Albany
Mary Fletcher
State Health Laboratory
Elizabeth Dwyer
Family Service
Donald Martin
House of Correction
Windsor
George M. Fienberg
David
Atty
R. Marshall Witten
Witten
Cecil M. Butler
East Arlington
Fienberg
Bennington County
Butler
State Hospital
Waterbury
Defen
Stephen H. Gilman
William S. Richards
Skowhegan
Maine
Richards
Manchester Motors Inc
Herbert Pecor
Proctorsville
Wilson Ford Co
Lawrence Parizo
John B. Harte
Richard J. Guerard
Guerard
Harte
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Pownal
Philip L. Jillson
Readsboro
Joseph Dezima
Kement
Noveck.shultz, Inc
Main St
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Turkeys
Madkour
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