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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1966
Page
2
Vermont Motor Vehicle Commissioner J E Malloy urges motorists to apply early for 1966 pleasure car plates. New plates are required one month earlier. deadline is March 1. 1965 changes shift pleasure car registrations to expire Feb 28, trucks to April 30, with a log jam feared if applications arrive late.
Dr. Frank J. Ayd Jr. editor and publisher of the Medical Moral Newsletter will address fertility control at St Michael's College Sunday in St Michael's Playhouse at 8 p.m. The talk is free and open to the public under Holy Name Society and Crown and Sword Society sponsorship.
Mrs Hilda Lewis 52 of Middlebury died when the car she rode in collided with a truck on Vermont near Ferrisburg. Her husband Raymond 64 and granddaughter Stephanie Allen 4 were reported in satisfactory condition at Burlington Hospital.
In Winooski UPI reports Bernard L. Sumner the ex mayor withdraws from the March city council contest citing personal reasons. The move ends months of public exchanges with city officials. In Danbury UPI a 13 year old boy injured when a sled pulled by a German shepherd veered into Route 7. He received hospital treatment for head injuries, and the driver of the car is Anthony P. Mak eski of Wallingford.
Burlington data show 141 of 3824 undergraduates, 3.7 percent, were dropped for poor grades in the first semester. This improves on last year’s 154 students or 4.2 percent, reflecting a continuing trend of few academic failures.
Mrs. Shamsun N. Afridi head of Himayat ul Islam High School and Sardar in Hyderabad West Pakistan spends three weeks at Emma Willard School as part of a four month stay in the United States observing under the International Teachers Development Program sponsored by the State Department. In New York a fatal Thruway crash kills Mrs. John J. Sheehy and injures her husband after snow blackens visibility. In Herkimer a stranded car struck by a tractor trailer kills Miss Helen Bondy. In Old Forge heavy snow and wind force the town’s 66 year history to cancel classes at the Town of Webb Union Free School with 250 students affected.
In Pittsfield Mayor Remo Del Gallo will sign with the Urban Renewal Agency a $5.3 million federal contract for the Jubilee project. The document moves to Boston for state urban affairs approval then to New York for final action. Williamstown bids for town office renovations exceed the $40,000 appropriation as four bids reviewed.
North Adams Richard Dale Long Jr a St Josephs High senior named by U S Rep Conte as one of six district youths to compete for a West Point appointment. His father is a former major league player. Williamstown manslaughter case Bergendahl 18 delays hearing to Feb 7 for autopsy review.
North Bennington School Board voted to study converting the main building from coal to oil fired heating with possible state aid of about 30 percent. If aid is approved a special meeting may be held for voter authorization. The panel also reviewed a proposed elementary salary schedule and plans for an elementary only operation.
Twenty six Republicans gathered at Cole Hall in Shaftsbury for a party caucus chaired by Tracy Kenyon Jr. Nominations included Thomas W Hall Jr as moderator Ruth W Lack town clerk and incumbents Clinton McDonald treasurer and L D Sanborn overser of the poor Wesley Bump constables Merton R Snow selectmen Roy Whitman road issues Earl Cross cemetery posts J Edward White grand juror Bernard Whitman town agent Floyd Holliday trustee of funds Herbert Ware tree warden Planning Commission members Charles Lack and Thomas W Hall Jr spoke on a county wide planning program. In Montpelier Gov Hoff welcomed President Johnsons budget plan proposing new post offices and Social Security offices with estimated costs.
In North Bennington a Scout parents night was washed out by weather, with plans for a new meeting soon. Officials urge parents of eight to ten percent year olds to contact Bob McWaters to create nearby cub scout dens. Various church and community groups meet tonight or this week to discuss Herein Is Love, the Ladies Auxiliary collection, and YMCA campaign fundraising with local volunteers leading the drive.
Cambridge scouts announce organizational meetings and first conference training for all adults interested in Cambridge Girl Scouts. Brownies get 1 p.m. session while Juniors Cadettes and Seniors attend at 8 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church 81 East Main St Cambridge N Y.
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