Fund Drive Planned For Educators' Fund
Trustees of The Educators' Fund plan a fund drive in late March or early April to raise money for scholarships for area high school graduates. The fund, created after a September plane crash killed four Bennington educators, will be incorporated and managed by trustees with an initial January meeting to set administration plans. Burton Potter serves as treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Educators’ Fund
Bennington
Vincent J. Spinelli
C.S.C
Bennington Catholic High School
W. Philip Walker
Molly Stark
Ralph S. Kates
Mt. Anthony Union High School
James Morgan
Ford Foundation
Burton Potter
Funeral for V. Briggs Shaw Held in Hoosick Falls
Funeral services were held Tuesday at the First United Church for V. Briggs Shaw 86 longtime Democratic supervisor of Hoosick Town and a prominent Masonic member in Hoosick Falls Troy and Albany. A prayer service was conducted at his River Street home after a Saturday death from a long illness. He was honored by current Town and Village Boards at Robson Home For Funerals. Shaw served as Hoosick Falls Lodge of Elks oldest past exalted ruler past president of Derby Community Club and was active in Masons Eastern Star and other fraternal bodies with bearers from Oriental Shrine Royal Order of Jesters and local relatives. Interment followed at Maple Grove Cemetery. A memorial fund has raised 675 and donations may be sent to Potter at Vermont Bank and Trust. Trustees including Dr William Worthington Potter Alfred Hertz Robert Condon and Philip Savory attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosick Fall
N.Y
V. Briggs Shaw
Hoosick
Hoosick Falls
Troy
Albany
First United Church, Presbyterian
Wesley P. Miles
River St
Robson Home
Shaw
Hoosick Falls Lodge of Elks
Derby Community Club
The
Masons
Eastern Star
Lowell H. Bryce
Oriental Shrine
Everett H. Decker
Royal Order of Jesters
Carl Shaw
Lincoln Shaw
Arnold Kuebler
Bernard Savalonis
Maple Grove Cemetery
Bennington Area YMCA plans finance drive and events
The Bennington Area YMCA board, led by President James F. Davis, announced Robert D. Stout as 1966 Finance Campaign chairman. Staff search for an associate secretary continues, with the annual meeting set for Jan 25 and YMCA Week Jan 23–30. Planning committee outlined future actions and a timetable for board approval. Waldo C. Holden noted local World Service goals were met, and Jr. Hi-Y raised over 50 dollars for World Service. Louie Levine shared impressions from a Jerusalem YMCA visit and how the local card aided his introduction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington Area
YMCA
James F. Davis
Robert D. Stout
Herbert H. Leonard
Waldo C. Holden
Bennington
Jr. Hi-V
Ymca World Service
Louie Levine
Jerusalem
Obituary notices from Hoosick Falls Togus and Pownal
Obituaries report Grace M. Case 85 Hoosick Falls widow of Albert Case funeral Friday at Leo J Mahar Funeral Home Maple Grove Cemetery. Also Douglas Holton 54 Togus former Bennington Navy veteran funeral Friday Mahar & Son with entombment Park Lawn. Laura A Beals of Pownal dies at Putnam Memorial Hospital funeral Thursday Pownal Methodist Church burial Oak Hill Cemetery. Calls at Hanson-Waldbridge Bennington today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Togus
Maine
Douglas Holton
Bennington
Veterans’ Hospital
LeRoy B
Ada (Bahan) Holton
Duane Holton
Jeanette Gibson
Roger Holton
Syracuse
N.Y
Rhoda Seger
Scottsdale, Ariz
Doris’ Buckley
Palmetto
Calif
Mahar & Son Funeral Home
Merle A. Tyler
Seventh Day Adventist Church
Park Lawn Chapel
Old Bennington Cemetery
Pownal
Laura A. Beals
Harry W. Beals
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Pownal Methodist Church
David Hubbard
Oak Hill
Hanson-Walbridge Funeral Home
Bennington Briefs Skating Wait At Y Pool And Mountain Ski Report
No skating at the Y pool while awaiting a functioning cable system. Stratton Mountain reports a 20 inch base with packed powder and all slopes open with lifts operating. Miss Thea Comins of Bennington College earned a Smithsonian grant to study Islamic Art at Freer Gallery under Dr. Ettinghausen, during non resident term. Central Vermont Public Service collecting Briggs family relief funds via employees and the Woodford substation in Bennington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stratton Mountain
Thea Comins
Bennington College
R. Comins
Bennington Gallery
Smithsonian Institution
Freer Art Gallery
R. Ettinghausen
Central Vermont Public Service Corporation
Clarence Briggs
Central Vermont
Albert White
Woodford
Bennington
U.S. Plans Extend Viet Nam War, Cambodia Action Considered
U S military seeks world opinion on broader war and may send troops into Cambodia in pursuit of Communist forces. State Department says commanders have inherent self defense authority, but border crossing orders remain unchanged. Also notes Red Cross closed Friday and local ads for Iron Kettle, Prospect Mountain Ski Area opening, and a lost six toed Maltese tiger cat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
U.S
Viet Nam
Cambodia
Washington
State Department
Bennington man fined for vehicle inspection lapse at Municipal Court
Frederick Babson 27 of Bennington paid 25 dollars plus costs after pleading guilty to failing to have his car inspected. State's Atty. Witten urged a stiffer fine, noting a white card on the windshield. Babson believed grace period allowed more time. Peter Hunt 33 of Fort Jefferson pleaded guilty to careless driving with an accident near Manchester on Dec 15. Fined 40 dollars including costs. Judge Fienberg cited foggy weather, while State's Atty. Witten said alcohol may have contributed. William Sargent 30 of North Rupert pleaded not guilty to two counts of non support dated June 1. Judge ordered weekly payments of 25 dollars for the five children through the probation department until further order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick S. Babson
Bennington
R. Marshall Witten
Babson
Peter Hunt
Fort Jefferson
N.Y
Manchester
George M. Fienberg
Witten
Hunt
William Sargent
North Rupert
Sargent
Planning Unification of Bennington Fire Departments Moves Forward
A Bennington Unification Study Committee meeting outlined a plan to consolidate Bennington Village North Bennington and Rural Fire Departments under a single town board. The draft shifts authority to appoint a chief from the selectmen to a volunteer committee, preserves department chiefs, and uses a mutual aid style for active firefighting with joint dispatchers and a shared budget process.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Unification Study Committee
North Bennington
Board of Selectmen
Selectmen
Select
Bennington Area
Consolidated Department
Selectmen’s Fire Committee
Aiken warns of border power problem over Derby Line
Senator George D. Aiken R Vermont warns that a looming contract lapse with International Electric could cut power to Derby Line Vermont. He says a nonrenewal may spark a border incident and urges cross border leaders to prevent disruption of interdependence. Aiken cites FPC data showing rate increases if Newport Citizens Utilities supplies Derby Line. He plans to raise the issue at the upcoming U S Canadian Interparliamentary Conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
George D. Aiken
R-Vt
Derby Line
International Electric
Aiken
Vermont
United States
Federal Power Commission
Citizens Utilities Co
Newport
Stock Averages At Noon On Wall Street
The noon report shows Dow Jones Industrials at 967.14, up 7.68. Railroads 248.53, up 1.10. Utilities 151.90, up .87. Composite average 640.67, up 2.22. Volume 4,120,000.
Trustees Veto Extra Zoning Inspection Pay
Village trustees meeting Tuesday night in the Municipal Building refused a request from A Sidney Edson for 75 in extra pay to cover labor for federal building permit reports. The decision followed a prior year controversy and cited that reports are part of customary inspector duties funded from usual income.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Sidney Edson
Edson
Sisters
Greater Bennington Association
The
Banner
Guy Morse
Hunt Street
County
Grant Street
Bill Hogan
War on Poverty program delayed in Burlington Vermont
Deputy Social Welfare Commissioner Paul Philbrook says a holdup on federal funds delays a 750000 work experience and training program in Burlington turning a Dec start into a Feb 1 target date. Vermont pilot chosen for job availability. program adds basic education.
Truck Driver Cleared In Briggs Death
State's Atty. R. Marshall Witten announced there will be no charges against Anthony Celeone of Watervliet N Y in the Bennington alley accident that killed Clarence Briggs of Bennington. Witten said there is no evidence Celeone wasn’t backing as carefully as he could. the death may be a highway death under state law. Briggs's case marks Vermont's 146th highway fatality this year. A Denver burglary report notes burglars ate and drank a bar, then took liquor, leaving a note reading We owe you.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atty
Marshall Witten
Anthony Celeone
Watervliet
N.Y
Bennington
Clarence Briggs
Celeone
Battaglia Bros
Briggs
Four 21
Witten
Brigg
Vermont
Denver
UPI
Hospital Notes Admissions and Discharges on Dec 21 1965
Admissions include Walter Kilburn Buskirk NY Colleen Kelly Eagle Bridge NY and Mrs Jeanette Vallee Bennington Discharges list Mrs Pauline Monroe and son Mrs Judith Center and son Ben-Dennis Trombley Dorset
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Kilburn
Buskirk
N.Y
Colleen Kelly
Eagle Bridge
Jeanette Vallee
Bennington
Pauline Monroe
Judith Center
Ben— Dennis Trombley
Dorset
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bennington High School
Elizabeth Gilmore
Hagerman
V. Briggs Shaw Sr
Potter
Vermont Bank and Trust Company
William Worthington
Alfred Hertz
Robert Condon
Philip Savory
Grace M. Case
Albert Case
Hoosick St
Pittstown
Charles and
Celestine (Brenenstuhl) Eycleshimer
Leo J. Mahar
Main St
Bennington Briefs
Red Cross
Iron Kettle
Prospect Mountain
Rt. 9
C. Blanchard
Harte Theatre
Ana-Marorer
Franchisa i
Zed
Fienberg
Fire Department
Prudential Committee
George
Ted) DesLaurier
Richard Hollister
Salvatore Santarcangelo
Bennington Village
Hollister
New Town
Unification
New Town Police Department
Unification Committee
Edward Silver
John Pollacik
Shaftsbury
DesLaurier
Norman Turgeon
John Cross
Edgar Matteson
Pello
Taylor
Bennington-Woodford
David J. Allen
Joseph J. Caracciola
H. James Wallace
George van Santvoord
Daisy L. Myers
Susan Pello
Benhi
Vermont Forest Festival
Peter Fairley
St. Francis de Sales Academy
Gayle Racicot
Sacred Heart School
David Barton
Dow-Jones—Bache & Co
Community Welfare Committee
Janet Young
Timothy Morrissey
Victor Racicot
Rosemary Rice
Timothy Fox
Mary Dermody
Hamilton
Burlington
Yale Spirits
Merry Christmas
Gage & Safford
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