Bates Pleads Not Guilty in Embezzlement Case
Bennington resident Leo A. Bates pleaded not guilty in District Court to embezzling over 4000 dollars from Johnson Oil Company while employed there last year. Accompanied by courtAssigned counsel Robert E. Cummings Jr., Bates appeared before Judge George M. Fienberg to enter the plea. Bail had been set at 2500 dollars when he appeared Sunday for a temporary plea. State’s Attorney John T. Carmody Jr. asked that the same bail be continued.
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Bennington
Leo A. Bates
Johnson Oil Company
Robert E. Cummings Jr
Bates
George M. Fienberg
John T. Carmody Jr
Fund Drive Launched By YMCA Campaign Kickoff
The YMCA opens its 1967 annual drive for operating expenses with prospect cards, division goals, and worker recruitment. Arnold Blackstone chairs the kickoff at the YMCA as divisions, captains, and workers coordinate to reach an $18,500 goal toward the $54,000 budget. The effort spans two weeks with nearly 300 volunteers making calls.
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YMCA
Arnold Blackstone
James Merunowicz
Merunowicz
Philip Bushee
John Irons
Roy Bergquist
Stuart Murphy
Dan
Cadiz
Donald Marken
Eleanor Harvey
Walter Danish
Lenore Marken
Louise Piper
Natalie Cross
Warren Galusha
Paul Bohne III
Donald Berry
John Galvagni
Wales Hawkins
Edward Giroux
Arthur Rogerson
Nancy Humphreys
Franklin Frantz
Richard Fabricius
James Davis
Burton Potter
Lucien Loomis
Winston Luther
North Bennington
William Carroll
Bennington College
Pownal
Harvey Carter
Shaftsbury
Ira Manross
Robert Stout
William Castle
Hospital Notes Feb 3 1967 Admissions and Births
Admissions list includes John J. Gorman James Casey Mrs Margaret Curran Mrs Linda Tidd Master Stuart Preston Bennington Master Scott Loomis North Bennington Mary E Haas North Pownal Harry Russell Eagle Bridge N Y Miss Frieda Winnelman Wilmington Discharges list features Mrs Joanne Babcock and son Della King Marjorie Francisco North Bennington Master Michael Foster North Pownal Mrs Fern Snow and son Don Pickering Arlington Mary A Harrington Manchester Depot and others Births note a son to Earl and an unspecified partner in Berlin N Y and daughters to Gregory Coyne 132 BenMont Ave Edwin Cahall North Bennington Barton Avenue Hoosick Falls Barton Avenue Hoosick Falls and others including Patrick Corbin Hoosick Falls Patricia Hewitt Monica O Brien Hoosick Falls and Beverly Hunt Cambridge N Y
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John J. Gorman
James Casey
Margaret Curran
Linda Tidd
Stuart Preston
Bennington
Scott Loomis
North Bennington
Mary E. Haas
North Pownal
Harry Russell
Eagle Bridge
N.Y
Frieda Winnelman
Wilmington
Joanne Babcock
Della King
Marjorie Francisco
Michael Foseter
Fern Snow
Don Pickering
Arlington
Mary A. Harrington
Manchester Depot
Patricia Ann Farnum
Sandra Macdougall
Cathy Whitman
Sarah Aldrich
Dorset
Patricia Hewitt
Monica O’brien
Hoosick Falls
Patricia McCart
Beverly Hunt
Cambridge
Earl Maynard
Berlin
Gregory Coyne
BenMont Ave
Edwin Cahall
R.D
James Kenny
Barton Avenue
Obituary highlights from Bennington area families
Area obituaries detail deaths and service plans for Nancy Ann Gauthier Hathaway and several local residents. Notables include Mrs. Grace Phillips Casey of South Dorset, Mrs. Lillian A. Guiltinan of West Rutland, and Warner Groom Morton of Albany, with survivors listed and funeral arrangements pending.
Chimney Fire Extinguished Near Old Bennington
Bennington Rural Fire Department responded to a Sunday chimney fire at Dr Francis Herricks home on Fairview Road outside Old Bennington. Firefighters cleared an accumulation of soot but the incident caused smoke inside the Herrick residence. First Assistant Chief James Moore said fans were used to vent the smoke and damage appeared minimal. The blaze was reported shortly before 4 p.m.
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Bennington
Bennington Clubs and Community Meetings Reported
Bennington briefs list upcoming meetings including the 1 40 Club at 8 p.m. at Anne Gordy’s Pine Circle home with Mae Reed and Cecile Roy serving. Also the Woman’s Society of Christian Service meets at 7 30 p.m. at First Methodist with Dr Lucien Hanks from Bennington College speaking on Hinduism.
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Anne Gordy
Pine Circle
Mae Reed
Cecile Roy
Woman’s Society of Christian Service
The
First Methodist Church
Lucien Hanks
Bennington College
Stickles Garden
Bloodmobile visit set for Bennington by Red Cross
The Red Cross Bloodmobile comes to Bennington at the Elks Barn on Wednesday from 11:45 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Volunteers staff the event including staff aides Mrs. Thomas Coe and Mrs. Van Vechten Graves, Gray Ladies Mrs. C. E. Mallory and Mrs. Robert Gibbs, technicians, and Nurses Aides led by Mrs. N. Y. DuHamel. Donors must be 18 to 60 and in good health.
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Red Cross
Bennington
Elks Barn
Thomas Coe
van Vechten Graves
Robert Holden
Waldo Holden
Helen Thomas
John Throckmorton
C.E. Mallory
Robert Gibbs
David Gil
Thomas Cook
Leonard Morse
Burlington
N.Y. DuHamel
Dexter Davis
Ned Healy
Franklin Jones
R.B. Leake Jr
Ferdinand Mayer
Caroline Darlington
Stanley Pike
Fred Gunzel
Fred Tifft
Arthur Dewey
Walter Lapham
YMCA Schedule Highlights For Week
Monday features high school bowling for grades 3 6 at 3 15 and volleyball for men at 3 30. Evening events include high school basketball games Spanish Fleas versus Cherry Hoopers and Five Flys versus Possessions at 6 30 and a 7 30 finance campaign kickoff.
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Cherry Hoopers
Camera Club
National Guard
St. Joseph
American Finance
Jaycees
IMC
Slimnastics
Shaftsbury
Barney Boys
Princes
Manchester
Nadeau
High School
Woodford
Jr. Hi
Gray
North Bennington School
Cars Wrecked In Winhall Accident
Police report multiple crashes across Vermont towns. In Winhall, Ferdinand Thoma and Corne lius O Connor escaped serious injury as their 1964 Plymouth and 1967 Chevrolet were destroyed on Vermont Route 11 30 around 7 45 p.m. Thoma was eastbound. O Connor westbound. Separate Stratton Mountain and Bennington incidents left two damaged cars, one with a back injury to Nancy Ridolfi, and a 17 year old Diane Baxter uninjured after losing control near the Long Trail guard rail. In North Bennington the Pic n Pac store was burglarized with beer cigarettes a TV and other items stolen. Tpr. David Reed leads the investigation.
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Winhall
Ferdinand Thoma
Peru
Cornelius O’connor
Latham
N.Y
Thoma
O’connor
Stratton Mountain
Miriam Aleropoulos
Jamaica
Robert Scholder
New York City
Diane Baxter
Apple Tree Lane
Bennington
Long Trail
North Bennington
Pic’n Pac
Tpr
David Reed
State Elks Chief Makes Official Visit Here
Leo Bundsie Keefe of Rutland, president of the Vermont State Elks Association, visited Bennington Lodge of Elks Past Exalted Rulers Day at the Elks Home. He highlighted the Elks charitable work statewide led by the Silver Towers Camp. A six member class was initiated by the Past Exalted Rulers, including John Maloney and John DeVito among others. Joseph Y. Shhaffe was named head of the Past Exalted Rulers Association, succeeding Earl Weeks who received a gift of appreciation for his two year tenure.
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Leo
Bundsie) Keefe
Rutland
Vermont State Elks Association
Bennington Lodge of Elks
Elks
The
Silver Towers Camp
John Maloney
John DeVito
Michael Fraher Jr
Joseph Y. Shhaffe
Henry White
John Ahearn
Exalted Rulers Association
Earl Weeks
Weeks
Mt Anthony Union Board Seeks Art Design Contest
The Mt Anthony Union High School art classes are invited to design a symbol reflecting core-skill education. A contest ending Friday offers three prizes for top designs. First prize is a 48 pastel paints set. Second prize a book of cartoon tips. Third prize a certificate of honorable mention.
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Mt. Anthony Union High School
Mt. Anthony
Mrs. Taylor Expected for State Education Board Seat
Gov. Hoff plans to appoint Marian C. Taylor chair of Mt Anthony Union School Board to one of three vacancies on Vermont's State Board of Education. Taylor would replace Helen Brown at Castleton as terms end in March. Hoff aides declined exact timing, expecting announcements by week’s end alongside Harold Raynolds and E Dean Finney.
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Montpelier
State Board of Education
Philip H. Hoff
Hoff
Marian C. Taylor
Mt. Anthony Union
Taylor
Helen Brown
Castleton
Art Ristau
Harold Raynolds
Windsor
E. Dean Finney
St. Johnsbury
Stock Averages At Noon February Sixth 1967 Dow Jones
Stock averages from Dow Jones Bache Albany at noon show the industrials at 856.12 down 1.34, railroads at 229.15 up 1.12, utilities at 138.87 down 0.03, with a composite at 307.08 up 0.21 and total volume 5,360,000.
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Dow-Jones—Bache & Co
Albany
Mercury Visible in Southwest After Sunset This Week
Astronomy notes say Mercury will become visible in the southwest near Venus after sunset, lingering low near Venus through the week and into the period Feb 19 to 25. Mercury then disappears until mid June when it rejoins Venus.
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Mercury
Venus
Morse Trial Scheduled in Courty Court for Wayne Morse
Newly sworn State's Attorney John T. Carmody Jr. said a 50-50 chance exists he will prosecute his first case this afternoon. Wayne Morse of Woodford faces seven charges including assault with a deadly weapon and assault with intent to kill stemming from last year's shooting that wounded Douglas H. Britch of Bennington. Morse pleads not guilty. if case proceeds, Britch will testify. Britch earlier pleaded guilty to burglary and awaits sentencing after posting bail in a separate assault case against Gary Pray.
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John T. Carnody Jr
Wayne Morse
Woodford
Morse
Douglas H. Britch
Bennington
Atty
Milton Pinsker
Carmody
Britch
Gary Pray
Hoff Pledges To Work For Party Organization
Montpelier Vermont Governor Hoff pledged to tour the state after the legislature adjourns to bolster the Democratic Party structure. Speaking at a Democratic State Committee meeting, Hoff said the tour would keep the party moving toward electing another Democratic governor in 1968, while Lt. Gov. Daley is expected to run. The remark follows party chairman O'Brien stressing organization over a single candidate.
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John Daley
Rutland
Hoff
Living Room Dialogues Begin Feb 12 in Bennington
The Bennington Ecumenical Association sponsors the Living Room Dialogues program starting February 12 at 7 30 p m in the Bennington Catholic High School auditorium. Last year about 120 adults formed 10 groups to study The Living Room Dialogues and this Lent will emphasize the Nine Steps to Unity and the Ten Commandments for the Ecumenical Age.
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Bennington
Bennington Catholic High School
Untimely Death Reported in West Rupert
State police report 63 year old Gayle P. Shovah found dead Friday night in Ella Shovah home West Rupert. He was last seen Thursday at 6 p m. Cause of death listed as coronary thrombosis by regional medical examiner Dr Clifford Harwood. State's Atty John T Carmody authorized removal to McClellan Funeral Home in Salem NY. Shovah born Sept 23 1903.
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West Rupert
Gayle P. Shovah
Ella Shovah
Clifford Harwood
John T. Carmody
McClellan
Salem
N.Y
Shovah
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Richard J. Caron
Caron
Walter M. Lampman
U.S. 7
Edward W. Vosburgh
Scott St
Vosburgh
Walter A. Clark
West Road
Gail M. Senecal
Willow Road
Miss Senecal
Richard J. Pierce
Park St
Main Street
Margaret Cassell
Carrie Nacy
Manchester Center
Mark Hunter
Jeffrey Metcalf
Wanda Muckle
Allen E. Thomas
Jeffrey Fortier
Doris Babson
Lucille Bisson
Susan Jannicky
Ray Hartwell
Jennifer Crafts
Searsburg
Gloria Reynolds
Gail Gardner
Hoosick
Donna Andrews
Leo L. Farrington
Alfred Harbour
Mary Frances Gadue
Patrick Corbin
Paul J. Harris
Anne Hulzhauer
Mrs
William Hathaway
Nancy Ann Gauthier
Robinson Avenue
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Ernest N
Margaret T. (Danforth) Gauthier
St. Francis de Sales Academy
Hathaway
St. Francis de Sales
Diana L. Gauthier
Raymond P. Danforth
Susan Woodworth
Marvin Hathaway
Mahar & Son Funeral
St. Francis de Sales Church
Park Lawn Chapel
Henry Amadon
Francena Scriven
Joseph
Rachel) McCoy
George
Harriet) McLenahan
Fred
Lois) Babcock
James
Martha) Williamson
Gerald Amadon
Ruth Dorman
Mahar & Son Funeral Home
Grace Casey
South Dorset
Grace Phillips Casey
Danby
Fernando
Lenora (Matson) Phillips
Dorset Congregational Church
Casey
George Streeter Sr
Harold Howe
Wells
Roy Casey
Brewster Funeral Home
Robert Dana
Maple Hill Cemetery
Funeral
Lillian A. Guiltinan
West Rutland
Rome
Joseph B. Guiltinan
Frank
Daniel E
Margaret (Gillespie) Riley
Daniel E. Riley
Rensselaer
St. Bridget’s Church
St. Bridget’s Cemetery
Warner G. Morton
N. Y
Warner Groom Morton
Albany Medical Center Hospital
Morton
Primrose Lane
Loudonville
W.G. Morton Coal and Fuel Oil Co
New York State
New England
Seth W. Morton
Pittsfield
Mass
Isabella A
Gregory) Morton
Saratoga Springs
Frank R. Lanagan
Katharine B. Greer
Old Bennington
National Commercial Bank and Trust Co
Albany Boys’ Clubs
Janet Bosch Dill
Seth Worth Morton
Joshua D. Morton
Gregory Morton
J. Morton Terrier Jr
Delray Beach
Fla
Emily Anne Webster
Marshall W. Tebbutts
A&p
Harte Theatre
Walt Disney
Hoosick Falls Central School
Nonglak Kirtiputra
Bangkok
Thailand
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Chanphen Rithisithi
Abol Province
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Ministry of Health
Quebec
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HFCS
Marian Hughes
State Education Dept
Volney Chapman
Rita Jones
Philip Leonard
Christine Spence
Vivian Pugh
William Waterhouse
Beaumont
Bennington Briefs
Donald Chandler
Kurn Hattin
Allan Skoblow
Donna Knights
Yokosuka
Japan
Mars
Vietnam
Belva C. Keyworth
WBTN
Business and Professional Women’s Club
Mt. Anthony Country Club
Bernard Miller
Unicef Project
Whitman
Church Women United
Miller
Masonic Temple
Sacred Heart Girl Scout
L. Petras
W. Main St
Frances Douglass
Grove St
James Shea
Main St
ADV
Edward Whitman
Morgan Street
Norman Greenberg
H. Greenberg & Son, Inc
Greenberg’s
Hoover
Fred Pulver
Northeast Wood Products
Scholder
Fonda
Leary J. Washington
South Street
Bennington Village
Melvine Levine
Michael Leahey
Danbury, Conn
Leahey
Nancy Ridolfi
Levine
Weeks Street
State Elks
Union School Board
Mrs. Taylor
Bigelow
James Lee
Haynes
Kane, Inc
Burt
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