Reapportionment Plans Consider Size Shifts in Vermont
Legislative Reapportionment Committee proposes a 210 member House and a 30 member Senate based on 1960 registered voters. Gov Hoff asks constitutional questions while other plans include 150 and 180 member Houses with a 30 member Senate. Rep Hawthorn seeks 180 with a bipartisan panel and at large district elections initially.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Partridge
Senate
Philip H. Hoff
Blue Ribbon Panel
Hoff
Byron C. Hawthorn
Hartford
Union School Bond Vote Set For February Restricted by 1963 Residency Rule
Mt. Anthony Union School District voters eligible to cast ballots in the February 2 bond issue are those whose district residence was established before April 1, 1963 and who met state voter requirements. The board received a memo from counsel Atty. Eugene V. Clark, concurred by Atty. John P. Morrissey, outlining that only voters on town checklists used for Bennington Shaftsbury Woodford and Pownal town meetings will qualify. Moves after April 1, 1963 are ineligible, a rule board members deem unfair but must follow to avoid potential legal challenge. Morrissey noted the clerk’s role per the memorandum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Anthony Union School District
Atty
Eugene V. Clark
John P. Morrissey
Clark
Morrissey
Consen
Sus
Union District
Bennington
Shaftsbury
Woodford
Pownal
Itisn
Lucy Johnson
Greater Bennington
North Bennington
Vilelage
Greater
North Beon
Jenks
Area Vocational Center
Mt. Anthony
State Education Board
State Education Department
Arthur E. Wickenden
Man’s Land
Bennington County Road Deaths Rise Amid Record State Totals
Ten people died on Bennington County highways this year, up four from 1963, with Dorset and Woodford seeing two fatalities each in 1964. Other deaths occurred in Rupert, Winhall, Bennington, Bennington Village, Sunderland and Pownal as the state tallies hit a new high of 131.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beneington
Bennington
Banner Files
Dorset
Woodford
Rupert
Winhall
Bennington Village
Sunderland
Pownal
Village Road Crew Receives High Praise from Residents
Warn and John Streets residents praised the Bennington Village highway department in a letter read at a trustees meeting. The letter commends workers for John Street and Warn Street repairs and expresses pride in the department’s systematic, high quality work. Signed by five local couples from Warn and John Streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warn
John Streets
Bennington Village
Highway Department
Leo Nash
John Street
Warn Street
J.T. Vachon
Warn St
Charles Whitman
John St
Frank J. Marino
Leo F. Walezak
Union School District sets 1.94 million bond for new high school
Mt Anthony Union School District adopted a necessity resolution and set 1.94 million dollars in 20 year bonds at up to 4 percent to fund a new grades 9-12 high school. Plans include 118,800 square feet basic construction plus site work and equipment with state and federal aid details outlined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Anthony Union
Union District Board
National Defense Education
Dortion
State Education Department
State Department
Insurance Agents Urge Single Village Policy
Three local agents advised Bennington Village Trustees to streamline and unify the village's 14 liability policies into one all-inclusive contract. They suggested raising some liability limits and extending coverage to other areas, noting the policies expire on eight different dates. Lonergan recommended a single contract with one premium and one expiration date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington Village
John T. Lonergan
Lonergan and Thomas Inc
Area Obituaries and Village Insurance Talks
Obituaries note Mrs. Anna Hebert 71 died at 116 Lyons St after a long illness with survivors including two sons and five grandchildren. Funeral arrangements set with Mahar & Son. Rosary Friday night. Separate item reports Calvin Hoagland and infant David Gates deaths in Montclair and Pownal with funeral details. Village meeting debates general and auto liability increases, workers comp, and proposed single liability policy among insurers. fire coverage not discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Hebert
Frank Hebert
Lyons St
Cambridge
N.Y
Rutland
Hebert
Christ the King Church
Bennington
Louis F
Glenn W
Henry Trombly
Detroit
Mich
Josephine Lauzel
Mary Delphia
Syracuse
Mahar & Son Funeral Home
Montclair
Francis
Alma) Paquin
Observatory Street
Paterson, N.J
Gorney & Gorney Fneral
Hoover Avenue
Bloomfield
N.J
Pownal
David Jay Gates
Willard Gates
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Bruce Allen Gates
Michael J. Gates
Linda
Darlene Bortell
Lindon Bortell
Harry Gates
Eagle Bridge
Florence Sulle
Lonergan
George Buck
Wills Insurance Co
Breard H. Hawks
Glen Falls Insurance Co
Wills
Thomas
Burglary, accidents, and church meeting in Bennington area
Police report a burglar broke into Stone Mill Feed Store on North Street and took a small sum. Vermont 9 accidents near Woodford and Searsburg due to ice. one truck rollover at Searsburg with no injuries. Banner to publish annual chronology Saturday. Second Congregational Church Women’s Fellowship to meet tomorrow at 10. Sister Martha Martha of Boston visiting Hansen family in Burgess Road. Stratton Mountain reports five inches packed powder today with poor lower slopes. cloudy with snow flurries and 32 degrees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington Village
Stone Mill
North Street
Clarence H. Wood
Vermont
Woodford
Searsburg
Women’s Fellowship
The
Second Congregational Church
Stratton Mountain
Bradford Smith's Final Book Chosen for White House Library
The book selected for 1964 White House Library is Bradford Smith's Men of Peace, final work by the noted international education leader who died July 14. The American Book Sellers Association chose the 30 volumes for permanent display. widow Marion Smith of Shaftsbury received the notice from J B Lippincott. In 1951 His Bradford of Plymouth was also included in the White House Library.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradford Smith
White House
American Book Sellers Association
Marion Smith
Shaftsbury
J.B. Lippincott
Barry Locke Named Press Secretary for Governor Volpe
Barry M. Locke, former secretary of civil and military affairs for ex Governor F Ray Keyser of Vermont, is appointed to the same role for incoming Massachusetts Governor John A Volpe. Locke becomes Volpe's official press secretary after previously directing the United Press International bureau in Montpelier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Mass
Barry M. Locke
F. Ray Keyser
Vermont
John A. Volpe
Massachusetts
Locke
Keyser
Volpe
United Press International
Montpelier
North Bennington Woman Injured In Silk Road Crash
North Bennington motorist Martha S Hopkins, 32, suffered a bloody nose and minor injuries after her car veered off Silk Road near the covered bridge, crashed through guard rails, and landed in a swamp. She was treated at Putnam Memorial Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Bennington
Silk Road
Martha S. Hopkins
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Papers Fold Press Bureau Dissolves Into Separate Bureaus
The Morning Press Bureau, founded in 1919 by the Burlington Free Press and the Rutland Herald, will be dissolved today. The State House service will be split into bureaus run by staff from each paper with Vic Maerki leading the Free Press unit and Dan Neary joining from the Herald. Jonathan Cottin will head the Herald team with Anthony J. Marro as its reporter.
Bennington Municipal Court Sentences Multiple Defendants
In Bennington Vermont on July 8 North Bennington resident John E Kelley 33 pleaded guilty to fraud for giving a bad check to David Moriarity and was sentenced to one year in Windsor House of Correction to run concurrently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John E. Kelley
Poultney
North Bennington
David Moriarity
George M. Fienberg
Kelley
House of Correction
Windsor
Warren F. Nichols
Landgrove
Fienberg
Atty
Marshall Witten
Nichols
Vermont
Winhall
Shushan
N.Y
Harold Hayes
Arlington
Hayes
Witten
Rutland
Harry J. Pickering II
Pickering
U.S. 7
John M. LaCross
Carrigan Lane
Bennington County
LaCross
Hospital Notes Admissions List Sparse Names
Hospital notes record admissions including Mrs Josephine Brundage North Bennington Mrs Alfreda Skidmore Arlington Miss Daneen Darling North Pownal Mrs Frances Newell Readsboro Daniel Purcell Miss Tammy Young Master Frank Johnson Bennington Mrs Thelma Hayes Pawlet Worth Bowen Mrs Juanita Eddy Manchester Master Michael Lemieux Archie Camp Sr Bennington Mrs Elizabeth Fairbanks Hoosick Falls Mrs Helen Dicranian and daughter Pownal Miss Carlene Hedding North Bennington Miss Melissa Oakes Berlin N Y
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josephine Brundage
North Bennington
Alfreda Skidmore
Arlington
Daneen Darling
North Pownal
Frances Newell
Readsboro
Daniel Purcell
Tammy Young
Frank Johnson
Bennington
Thelma Hayes
Pawlet
Worth Bowen
Juanita Eddy
Manchester
Michael Lemieux
Archie Camp Sr
Elizabeth Fairbanks
Hoosick Falls
Helen Dicranian
Pownal
Carlene Hedding
Melissa Oakes
Berlin
N.Y
Traffic Counts Rise Across Bennington County Roads
November traffic on Vermont 9 near Wilmington surges 39.1 percent from 1011 to 1406 daily. U S 7 in Shaftsbury gains 7.0 percent for the month. Vermont 11 in Peru slips 0.6 percent. Yearly totals show a 20.2 percent rise over last year. 12 month totals up 15.2 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
State Department of Highways
Vermont
Wilmington
U.S. 7
Shaftsbury
Vermont 11
Peru
Vermont 9
U.S
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dorothy Kornitzer
Ruth Holden
Virginia Lonergan
Union
Vermont Soldiers’ Home
National Defense
Barton L. Jenks
Marian Cummings
Union Board
Union School
Park Street
Marian Taylor
Holden
Soldiers’ Home Administration
Soldiers’ Home
St. Francis de Sales Church
Park Lawn Chapel
Calvin C. Hoagland
Bennington Briefs
Banner
Mary Martha
Sisters of Charity
Henry Hansen
Burgess Road
Martha
Ida Pilling
Edward Pilling
Brad Smith
Wallis
Barbara Stanwyck Ia
Techniscope
Pagan
Barry Locke
Hertin
Dow-Jones—Bache & Co
Albany
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