Obituary notices honor local longtime figures in Vermont area
Obituaries for Guy S Harbour 79 a retired machinist at Cooper Machine Shop and village trustee active in the Methodist Church for over 60 years. Also Allen Briggs 77 Searsburg Democrat former representative and public official. Wilfrid Jolly 79 Stillwater NY area retired Boston & Maine Railroad employee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy S. Harbour
Cooper
Gage St
John L
Nettie (Eddy) Harbour
Woodford
Bennington
Cooper Machine Shop
Methodist Church
Mt. Anthony Lodge F &Am
Hamilton
Masonic Temple
Mary L. Potter
Melvin R. McGaughey
First Methodist Church
Park Lawn
Searsburg
Allen
Briggs
Vermont General Assembly
Ways and Means
Fish and Game
IOOF
Sons of Veterans
Stillwater
N.Y
Wilfrid Jolly
St. Peter’s Church
St. Peter’s Cemetery
Jolly
William and
Theodore Jolly
George Bull
Round Lake
Jacob Wagner
Schenectady
Leo Lefebre
Rose LaPoint
Utica
Laura Ross
Nashua
N.H
Alfred Jolly
Gary
Ind
Boston & Maine Railroad
Bennington Briefs Span Local Civic and Personal Notes
Local service office closes from noon today to noon January 2. Altar-Rosary Society to recite the Rosary at Mahar & Son Funeral Home for Eva Lane. Vermont State Employees Association chapter to meet December 29 with Rep. Joe Caracciola speaking. Families from Lowell, Mass. visit Langlois household. Junior Catholic Daughters carol and gift drive to nursing homes. Mrs. David Carver honored with turkey. Burns to discuss Kennedy era on Meet the Press. TV and radio program details follow. Navy airman Steven H. Hansen, Bennington graduate, stationed on Enterprise. Sandra Cross clarified as passenger in Arlington car crash. New Year tickets for Bennington Club available. Iron Kettle weekend roast dinner. Airman Hansen completes 10 days leave before returning to Enterprise.
Rescue Squad Drives In About $2600 In Fund Campaign
The Bennington Rescue Squad raised about $2600 in a four week drive ending Sunday. Volunteers divided into teams canvassed Bennington Village North Bennington and Shaftsbury. Donors received a Times Union replica front page. 20 cents of each gift went to the paper. The squad plans to buy a 1956 Cadillac ambulance and may add to the building fund. Edward E. Gardner chaired the campaign with Pierre Le Tourneau and Robert Van Ness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Bennington Village
North Bennington
Shaftsbury
Albany Times-Union
Times- Union
Old Bennington
George Ellis
Esther Parmelee
Edward E. Gardner
Gardner
Pierre le Tourneau
Robert van Ness
New England Slump Tied To Static Massachusetts
The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston reports New England growth lagged behind the nation in the first nine months of 1963. Personal income rose 3 percent regionally, 1 percent in Massachusetts, and 5 percent in the rest of New England. Signs of improvement cited. Massachusetts manufacturers boost plant spending 13 percent, double regional pace, with eight industries forecasting higher 1964 outlays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts
New England
First Lutheran ordination held in Geneva
In Geneva at the 256 year old Lutheran church on Place du Bourg de Four, American Lutheran leader Dr. Franklin Clark Fry ordained Paul E. Hoffman, a staff member of the Lutheran World Federation with offices there, marking a historic event in a Calvinist stronghold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
Switzerland
Place du Bourg-de- Four
Franklin Clark Fry
Paul E. Hoffman
Lutheran World Federation
Hospital Notes: Newborn in Clearwater as Passonno Adds Baby
In hospital notes, Mrs Teresa Eastman Shaftsbury Mrs Marie Wood East Arlington and others admitted. A daughter Michelle Anne was born Dec 20 at Morton Plant Hospital Clearwater to Frederick Passonno and Joan Shalala, weighing seven pounds seven and half ounces. The couple has another daughter Nichole.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teresa Eastman
Shaftsbury
Marie Wood
East Arlington
Josephine Greenwood
Bennington
Michelle Anne
Morton Plant Hospital
Clearwater, Fla
Frederick Passomno
Clearwater
Passonno
Joan Shalala
Anna Shalala
Washington Ave
Nichole
Two Muni Court Fines For Speeding and False License Claim
Municipal Court fined Howard J. Davis 20.10 dollars after a Dec. 7 speeding arrest on U S 7 in Arlington following his guilty plea. James Rigg of Norwalk Conn was fined 30.10 dollars after pleading guilty to falsely stating residency on a hunting license application for Nov 10 1961.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard J. Davis
Hamlin Ave
Davis
U.S
Arlington
James Rigg
Norwalk
Conn
Rigg
Plainfield
Church entertain foreign students weeklong party and square dance
About 55 attendees including foreign students and local hosts joined a weeklong holiday gathering at the Second Congregational Church. The United Church Women sponsored the event with square dancing directed by Leroy Marsden and his wife, Leonard J. Black leading games, and hostesses Mrs. Marsden and Miss Marion Hardy overseeing refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington-area
Second Congregational Church
United Church Women
Leroy Marsden
Union St
Leonard J. Black
Elm St
Hearing Set To Classify Lake Champlain Waters
Vermont Water Resources Board schedules a second public hearing in Montpelier at 2 p.m. January 27 to classify Lake Champlain in Franklin County as Class B for bathing recreation and water use. The panel notes removal of untreated sewage is needed and suggests individual septic systems for small flows and a municipal collection and treatment system for the St Albans Bay area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montpelier
Lake Champlain
Franklin County
Vermont Water Resources Board
State Office
Water Resources Board
St. Albans Bay
Department of Water Resources
Vermont
St. Albans
Lapans
Maquam Bay
Georgia
Swanton
Hoff
Slippery Roads Cause Toll In Arlington Wrecks
Slippery roads on Bennington area highways led to several crashes over two days as motorists slid into poles and bridge abutments. Three New Yorkers returning from a skiing vacation were injured Thursday night in Arlington when their car struck a concrete barrier while state police investigated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Slippery Area
Arlington
Bennington Area
Canfield Bridge
U.S
Leonard Morganstein
Queens
N.Y
Beatrice Oliva
Inge Gavis
Great Neck
James O’neil
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Manchester
Bennington
Robert W. Goldthwaite
N.H
Vail and Hoff to visit Vermont schools in special meeting
Vermont education leaders plan a rare Board of Education gathering as Supt. Robert B. Vail outlines classroom facility shortcomings. Gov. Hoff will join the visit to the Rutland-Bennington Supervisory District on Jan. 7, with Holden confirming the itinerary and board members expected to tour district schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montpelier
Philip H. Hoff
Manchester
Robert B. Vail
State Board of Education
Vail
A. John Holden Jr
Hoff
State Board
Rutland-Bennington
Dorset
Sunderland
Sandgate
Rupert
Danby
Mt. Tabor
Pawlet
Harold Raynolds
Springfield
Holden
Not Invited Vermont ETV Meeting Draws Criticism
Dr. Raymond V. Phillips said the Vermont Commission on Educational Television chair was not invited to a UVM meeting on ETV due to his lack of support for the university's position. Gov Hoff, Lt Gov Foote and lawmakers will attend to discuss ETV's present and future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Raymond V. Phillips
University of Vermont
Vermont
Commission On Educational Television
UVM
Hoff
Phillips
Charles Lewis
Wcax - TV
Rutland Railway Price Dicker Nearing Final Agreement
Gov Hoff to meet Burlington White Creek owner William Ginsburg and Public Service Board chair Ernest Gibson II as Vermont negotiates final sale terms for the 126 mile line. State values net salvage at 1.9 million dollars excluding shipper leases, with Vermont Railway Corp planning to start operations around January 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ginsburg
Burlington
White Creek
Jay Wulfson
New Vermont Railway Corp
Wulfson
Stock Averages at Noon by Sector and Composite
The Noon stock report shows Industrials at 763.954 up 3.74, Railroads 177.604 up 52, Utilities 138.07 down 0.12, with the Composite average at 267.76 up 4.90 and total sales of 2,000,000.
Stassen May Enter Race For 1964 Nomination
Former Minnesota governor Harold E. Stassen plans to announce next month whether he will seek the 1964 Republican presidential nomination. Stassen, 59, said Eisenhower urged him to run to widen the field but he is not Eisenhower’s first choice. He will confer with party leaders before a formal decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Stassen
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
William W. Scranton
Pennsylvania
Henry Cabot Lodge
South Viet Nam
Kennedy Peace Award Renamed by Jewish Council
New York officials report the annual Peace Award of the Synagogue Council of America has been renamed to the John Fitzgerald Kennedy Peace Award. The council, representing Reform Conservative and Orthodox Judaism, announced the change amid ceremonies in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Synagogue Council of America
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Also Mentioned on This Page
Allen E. Briggs
Florence
Russell) Briggs
Clarence Briggs
Mary Briggs
Ward
Bessie) Becker
George Briggs
Jacksonville
Hanson-Walbridge
Frederick B. Wolf
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
Woodford City Cemetery
Bennington Briefs
Selective Service
St. Francis de Sales
Mahar & Son Funeral Home
Eva Lane
Vermont State Employes Association
Main Street
Joe Caracciola
Frederick Lynch
Richard Lynch
Lowell, Mass
Arthur Langlois
Benmont Avenue
Langlois
Frederick Lynches
CDDA
David Carver
Washington Avenue
James MacGregor Burns
Williams College
Kennedy
Meet the Press
Wrgb-Tv
Richard Wilson
The
Cowles Publications
William S. White
United Feature Syndicate
Benjamin Bradlee
Newsweek
Nancy Dickerson
NBC News
Washington
Lawrence E. Spivak
Mediterranean
U.S. Navy
Bennington High School
Steven H. Hansen
A.A
U.S.S. Enterprise
Fleet Post Office
Sandra Cross
Sandra Leon
Parka Cross
U.S. 7
Michael A. Box
Pittsfield
Mass
Bennington Club
Shaffe’s Men’s
G. H. Hansen
Burgess Road
Enterprise
Norfolk
Bennington Toy & Novelty
Hotel Putnam
Times-Union
Tri-Mont Texaco
South Street
Bay State
Boston
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Edith Roy
Francis Amidon
Catherine Foster
Howard Mason
Gerald Lane
Robert Whitter
Hoosick Falls
Jay Depew
Anal
Braiegenes
North
Church
Elizabeth Taylor
Puerto Vallarta
Richard Burton
Albans
Fairfield
Fairfax
Lat
Vermont Water
Bob Soles
Hollywood
UPI
Robert Vaughn
Board of Education
Lewis
ETV
University
Ralph A. Foote
Franklin S. Billings Jr
Richard W. Mallary
R - Fairlee
Sanborn Partridge
Proctor
House
Winhall
Richard Korchien
Forest Hills
Jeff MacConnach
MacConnach
Korchien
Walter P. Legacy
School St
Ruth Michel
Eastchester
Walloomsac Inn
Vermont 9
Joseph Young
Young
Duane Bentley
West Road
Catamount Lane
Stephen Oland
Syracuse
Bentley
Dickering
Rutland Railway
Dow-Jones—Bache & Co
Albany
J.F.K
Harte Thea Theatre
Troy Domaine
Connie Stevers
TY Hardin
Stefanie Powers
Robert Conrae
Jack Weston
Derry van Eye Sist
Norman Taurog
Techmicolor
Warner Bros
F.O. Eagles
Stags
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