Obituary notices long time conductor Paul Boepple dies
Paul Boepple former Dessoff Choirs director known for bold rehearsals and demanding standards dies. He led the choir with 120 to 160 singers, drove weekly to New York for Monday rehearsals, and staged two annual concerts. Survived by six children Willard Philip Daniel Claire-Lise Elizabeth Beatrice.
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Frank Martin
Dessoff
Boepple
Mr. Boepple
Willard P
Philip E. Boepple
North Bennington
Daniel Boepple
New York City
Claire-Lise Becker
Jamison
Switzerland
Elizabeth
Beatrice Boepple
Japan
Breach of peace case sent Bennington man to St Albans
A 22 year old Bennington man Ronald Brace of 311 Main St was ordered in Bennington District Court to be sent to the St Albans Correctional Facility for evaluation and sentencing. Brace pleaded no contest to beating and threatening Barbara Harrington on Oct 8. A pre sentence investigation was filed and Brace was held in Rutland for transfer. He faces an identical breach charge from Dec 5 and additional court actions.
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Bennington
Ronald K. Brace
Main St
Bennington District Court
St. Albans
Brace
Barbara J. Harrington
Probation Department
Robert E. Cummings Jr
Rutland
John P. Morrissey
Harold E. Harper
Ana Bella
Gore Road
Harper
Lois Langlois
Pownal
Peter J. Rowland
Michael J. Purcell
Lewis C. Whitney
Depot St
Bennington Grand Union
Whitney
Keith King
Douglas P. Mears
Branch St
Woodford
Charles Capriola
Anthony Aglieri
Safford St
Rutland seeks rule waiver for area vocational center
Montpelier UPI The Vermont education department may grant an exception to link area vocational centers with high schools. Cola Watson backs Rutland’s plan to access $1.4 million in state aid paused by failed high school bond votes. Rutland plans a March bond issue of 700000 to 1200000 dollars with local share. Meanwhile Washington County DA asks grand jury to reconvene over second degree murder indictment of Montpelier man Robert McDonald. He seeks new evidence before trial set for early next month.
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Montpelier
UPI
State Education Department
Cola Watson
State Advisory Council On
Watson
Rutland
Holidays hours at skating rink in North Adams
Holidays hours for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Skating Rink in North Adams list public session times Wednesday. The schedule includes multiple daily blocks, a Dalton Hockey Club segment, and notes Christmas Day closure with special holiday sessions planned for December 26 and early January.
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North Adams
Mass
New Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Dalton
Union asks release of Davis fact report on J and L strike
Springfield UPI unions press Gov Davis to release an emergency labor board fact finding report on the six month Jones and Lamson strike. Union says public needs the report to judge negotiations as 700+ workers remain idled and no talks are planned. Roe McKenzie to meet Davis this week.
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Lamson
Kane
Roe McKenzie
Deane C. Davis
Davis
Vermont Senate Veteran Moves to House Amid Cabinet Shuffle
Sen. Donald Arnold of Bethel, defeated for re election, was appointed to Vermont’s House by Gov. Davis. He will fill Rep. Robert Simpson’s seat in Randolph as Simpson moves to the Orange County Senate seat vacated by Richard Mallary, who becomes administration commissioner. Arnold’s loss in the Republican primary left him as the sole state senator defeated for re election.
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William French
The
New England Telephone Co
Arnold
John T. Alden
Woodstock
Hospital Notes Local Admissions and Birth Announcements
Admissions list includes William J. Fox Jr of Hoosick Falls and Mrs Inez Cross of Bennington. Discharges cover Master Neil Tremblay Master Timothy Cole Miss Loretta Johnson Karl B and several others. Birth notices report a son to Mr and Mrs Peter A Yager and a daughter to Mr and Mrs George Starr both born Dec 21. Additional births note a daughter to Mr and Mrs George R Breen, with family ties to Manchester village.
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William J. Fox Jr
Hoosick Falls
Inez Cross
Bennington
Neil Tremblay
Timothy Cole
Loretta Johnson
Karl B
Patricia Stoessel
William Bartlett
Patricia Shatran
North Bennington
Lisa Hansen
Peter A. Yager
Shaftsbury
George Starr
R.D. 2
North Hoosick
N.Y
George R. Breen
Duxbury
Mass
Applewood Lane
Manchester Depot
Kelley
George B. Breen
Prospect Street
Manchester Village
Obituary notices for Keough Schumacher and Squires funerals
Funeral services were held for William R. Keough a World War II veteran at St. Francis de Sales Church with a Requiem High Mass. Burial will be in the spring at Park Lawn Chapel. Also remembered were John F. Schumacher of Shaftsbury and Edward J. Squires of Manchester Center with services at local churches and interments planned for spring.
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County St
St. Francis de Sales
John Hamilton
Mahar & Son Funeral Home
Francis B. Flanagan
Richard Thompson
Donald Keough
Richard Keough
Kevin Keough
Walter Corey
Donald R. Waite
Arnold Wilcox
Park Lawn Chapel
James Welch
Robert Casna
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
Keough
Flanagan
Union Carbide Corp
Arlington
Sunderland
North Bennington
East Arlington
Pittsfield
Mass
Mt. Anthony Union High School
John F. Schumacher
Shaftsbury
Hanson-Walbridge
A. J. MacDonald
First United Church of
The
Methodist Church
Schumacher
Zion’s Lutheran Church
Gordon E. Hohl
Edward J. Squires
First Baptist Church
Manchester Center
Joseph B. Huse
Bruce Herrick
Claude Louires Jr
Charles O’leary
Donald Door
Donald Powers
Richard Baird
Factory Point
Bennington Listers Seek Outside Real Estate Reappraisal
Listers urge selectmen to fund a professional reappraisal of town real estate at about 60000 dollars and to place an article on the March Town Meeting warning. The board rejected a similar request last year, prompting listers to publish a petition this fall supporting the article.
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Bennington
Listers
Selectmen
Welfare panel weighs far reaching ruling on benefits
A three judge federal panel in Brattleboro heard arguments on procedures used to terminate welfare benefits and whether a recipient, Robert Mott of Rutland, received due process before cuts were made. The panel weighed a Supreme Court–rooted fairness standard as it set January 5 for a Rutland hearing while also noting a Bennington case over work eligibility and potential reclassification as discriminatory. In a separate note, two cars collided near North and County streets, causing minor damage but no injuries.
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Brattleboro
Rober Mott
Rutland
Vermont Legal Aid Inc
Mott
Welfare Department
Ohio boy 6 may be first to survive rabies history
Six-year-old Matthew Winkler of Wiltshire Ohio at St Rita s Hospital could become the first person to survive rabies. After bat bite Oct 10 he received vaccine began four days later and despite severe illness now shows good condition. Doctors say outcome depends on no further complications and note the World Health Organization recorded 515 human rabies cases in 1969, all fatal. A team led by Dr C John Stechschulte used early textbook symptom treatment and methods including a tracheotomy and anti convulsants to control seizures with intensive care and monitoring. Dr Michael A Hartwicke notes the tracheotomy was a unique tactic against the disease.
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Lima
Ohio
UPI
Matthew Winkler
St. Rita’s Hospital
Wiltshire
Matthew
Thomas Weis
World Health Organization
United States
C. John Stechschulte
Four face leash law charges in Bennington court
Four Bennington residents were summoned to Bennington District Court Monday on leash law violations. S Whitney Dickey pleaded guilty and paid a $15 fine. Others pleaded not guilty or failed to appear. The case outlines the town leash rules: first pickup returns to owner with a $5 fine, repeat offenses carry a $15 fine. Separately, obituaries note the deaths of Kenneth R. Wilbur, Esther Bailie, and Carrie Secor, detailing their ages, survivors, and funeral arrangements.
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George Rogers
Bennington
Bennington District Court
S. Whitney Dickey
Elm St
Paul E. Jewett Jr
Henry White
Spring St
William Clifford
Dickey
John P. Morrissey
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