Mrs Mortimer R Proctor Dies In Vermont Royal Circles
Mrs. Mortimer R. Proctor 56 wife of former Gov Proctor died Christmas Eve after a stroke. A Vermont newspaper figure she began at Montpelier Argus around 1934 and later served Rutland Herald. Married 1942 while he was lieutenant governor, she stayed active in Republican politics and Women’s Republican Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mortimer Proctor
Proctor
Mortimer R. Proctor
Vermont
Montpelier Argus
Rutland Herald
Vermont Marble Co
Women’s Republican Club
Republican Fund
Waterbury Center Home Hit By Runaway Car
A hit and run driver damaged Ralph Marshall’s Waterbury Center home in the early hours Saturday. The vehicle backed into the house and fled, leaving a hole, broken furniture, and dishes. police suggest the spin and retreat helped the escape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterbury Center
Ralph Marshall
Marshall
Local notices from Troy to Valley Falls describe fatalities and aid drives
Alfred J. Millhouse 65 of Troy, tax examiner, died after stricken while driving from his driveway. Mechanicville man Warren H. Duckworth, 65, died from injuries after a Dec 14 crash. Valley Falls family of nine lost home and gifts to fire. neighbors and WGY WRGB organized aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy
Alfred J. Millhouse
New York State Tax Department
Communion Club
St. Luke’s Episcopal Church
Mechanicville
Leonard Hospital
Warren H. Duckworth
RD 2
Waterford-Mechanicville
Mary A. Moore
Valley Falls
Chester Wescott
WGY
WRGB
Valley Falls Fire Department
Berkshire baker Harold Lloyd dies at 73
Harold Raymond Lloyd 73 longtime Western Massachusetts businessman died in North Adams Hospital. From 1912 to 1951 he ran Lloyds Bakery on Marshall Street, one of North Berkshire’s largest. He left the business when its building was torn down in 1951. He last worked for Cascade Paper Co. Funeral services set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at First Baptist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. R. Lloyd
North Adams
Harold Raymond Lloyd
Massachusetts
North Adams Hospital
Lloyd’s Bakery
Marshall Street
North Berkshire
Cascade Paper Co
First Baptist Church
Bennington Christmas Decorations contest winners named
Cordon Sweets home won first prize of 50 dollars in the 1961 Home Christmas Decorations Contest sponsored by the Village of Bennington. Arthur Patten Jr. and David Harrington earned 35 and 25 dollars respectively for other top entries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Cook
Depot Street
Bennington
Gordon Sweet
River Road
North Bennington
Cordon Sweets
Leo Nash
Village’ Board of Trustees
Arthur Patten Jr
Pleasant St
David Harrington
Woodford Road
Thai Navy Ship Explodes Killing Officers on River
A Thai Navy antisubmarine vessel exploded aboard while moored on the Chao Phya River in Bangkok. The commanding officer and three other Thai sailors were killed. The ship had been transferred from the United States under a military aid program and was beached to prevent sinking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bangkok
Thailand
United States
Chao Phua River
Accident Victim Shows New Hope At Christmas
Ann Hilleman, 17, moved her hand to touch a toy and smiled as her family kept Christmas quiet at the farm home. The crash after a May high school prom left her unconscious for over four months with brain injuries, a broken jaw, and a fractured cheekbone. Doctors say prognosis remains uncertain for a year to determine brain damage permanence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnold Hilleman
Ann
Hilleman
Five Granddaughters Orphaned By Warren County Crash
Mrs. Walter M. Campman faces uncertain future for five granddaughters Judy 15 Rita 13 Mona 10 Sandra 11 Janet 3 after a Christmas Eve crash that killed their parents and three others. The children remain in fair condition at Warren General Hospital as investigators trace the head on collision near Warren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren, Pa
Walter M. Campman
Warren General Hospital
Phillip Campman
Falconer
N.Y
U.S
Warren
Lloyd Palmer
Kathleen Smith
Irvine
Pipeline Ready Behind Prague Oil Line to Bratislava Refinery
The Czechoslovak section of a 3,000 mile Soviet oil pipeline is prepared for operation according to CTK. The line feeds the Slovnaft refinery near Bratislava as it carries oil to Eastern Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Europe
CTK
Slovnaft
Bratislava
Winter Storms Grip Nation As Cold Grips South
Blizzard driven cold fronts sweep the nation turning Florida to record cold on Christmas Day. Florida records a 25 December low of 27 in Jacksonville and 24 in Tallahassee as farmers ward off frost. Rescue crews free 12 people marooned by six foot drifts near Maryville Missouri amid widespread snow from Plains to Great Lakes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Arnold Sugg
Caribbean
Miami
Midwest
Maryville
Central Plains
Upper
Great Lakes
Pacific Northwest
Farmington
N.M
Glasgow
Mont
Minot
N.D
Also Mentioned on This Page
Middlebury
David W. Smith
Eugene P. Badger
Fairfax
Middlebury Union High School
Burlington
University of Vermont
Lyman Jay Gould
E. William Steele
Department of Political Science
Danville
Hermon B. Ledden
State Highway Department
Warren Cummings
Highway Department
Ledden
Board of
East Montpelier
Philip Bushey
Bushey
Essex Junction
New York
Down In
Berkshire
Adams
Louis J. Diamond
Sweet
Patten
Harringtons
Notch
Kevin Thibodeau
Gage St
Joseph Latif
Branch St
William J. Burnham
Margaret Lane
Edward
Ted) Quinlan
Jefferson Heights
Harold Griffin
Fillmore St
Ernest Snow
Edward Worthington
Mechanic Street
Nash
Leonard J. Black
Elm St
Robert E. Cummings Jr
Joseph Higgins
Lyons St
Hamilton L. Shields
Old Bennington
North Bennington Road
PLAID
State Center
Iowa
Ann Hilleman
Bennington Banner
Main St
The
Banner Publishing Corporation
Associated Press
Rensselaer
Washington
Central Vermont Public Service Corporation
Yale
Forfjord
eyAe
Jacksonville
Tallahassee
Tampa
Birmingham
Ala
ART Ward's
Ben Mont Ave
Caifus
Bennington Co-Operative Savings and Loan Association
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!