Bongartz named new Bennington County GOP chairman
Ferdinand Bongartz was elected without contest to lead the Bennington County Republican Committee, replacing Miss Margaret E. Lillie who resigned under a Vermont Supreme Court ethics code. The Manchester resident has long served in local government and Republican activities, with focus on coordinating town and district committee work and highway and education legislation.
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Arlington
Bennington County Republican Committee
Ferdinand Bonegartz
Margaret E. Lillie
Bennington
Bongartz
Miss Lillie
Versmont Supreme Court
GOP
Manchester
Board of Select Men
Manchester Area Development Corporation
Weekend Accidents Reported by State and Bennington Police
Nine accidents were investigated over the weekend by state and Bennington Police. A three car crash on Willow Road in Bennington at 6 20 involved Jane F Darkward Richard E LaFlamme of Willow Road and Wesley G Foster of Bennington with LaFlamme pushing Darkward into a driveway. Vehicle damage was extensive to fenders. Two single car crashes occurred Friday night on U S 7 in Shaftsbury and Bennington. John T Harrison 17 of Shaftsbury skid off the highway embankment after attempting to pass another northbound vehicle. Charles B Radlaver 28 of Larchmont New York also went off the road and down an embankment near Benn Barry Shop. Both crashes caused damage to their vehicles.
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Willow Road
Bennington
Jane F. Darkward
Richard E. LaFlamme
Wesley G. Foster
Foster
U.S
Shaftsbury
Iron Kettle
John T. Harrison
Harrison
Charles B. Radlaver
Larchmont
N.Y
Benn Barry
Arlington
Bennington Village
Union Street
East Arlington
Esther E. Wilcox
Dominick Carangio
North Bennington
Wilcox
Carangio
Kenneth R. Smith
Robert F. Leslie
Green Mountain
Stephen M. Lapidus
Great Neck
Lapidus
Woodford
Julia Fleming
East Northport
Marion T. Charest
Hillside Avenue
Embezzlement case opens as Bennington court draws jury
A Bennington County Court jury pool forms for the trial of Mrs. Fern Durward of 200 Safford Street accused of embezzling more than 1,500 dollars from Bennington Potters. Defense is Waldo C. Hobden, prosecutor State's Atty. R. Marshall Witten.
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Bennington County
Fern Durward
Safford St
Durward
Bennington Potters
Waldo C. Hobden
R. Marshall Witten
Sanatorium in Pittsford eyed for new youth prison
Vermont details show Pittsford Sanatorium as candidate site for a $1.2 million medium security prison for youthful offenders. Legislation to close the sanatorium and fund a new facility advances amid opposition from FOR who favor parole over imprisonment. The bill preserves poll tax as a voting eligibility condition for local elections and for licenses.
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Pittsford Sanatorium
Friends of Rehabilitation
FOR
State House of Correction
ETV Bill To Be Debated In Vermont House
Legislative action in the Vermont House over an educational television bill is on a special order of the day at 10 30 a m Tuesday. Backed by the Education and Appropriations Committees the measure faced a floor vote last Friday. If rules are suspended Tuesday final passage could occur without a one day layover and the bill would move to the Senate.
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ETV
House
Senate
Randolph Site For Center In Vermont For Troubled Boys
Institutions Commissioner John V. Woodhull says the first residential treatment center for troubled young boys may be built in Randolph Vermont in a former residence. If Randolph faces opposition another town will be used. The pilot center starts July 1 with a $70000 grant and extra annual costs to be sought from the legislature.
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Woodhull
Senate action delays tax repeal bill in Ormont
Debate opens Tuesday in the Ormont Senate on a bill to repeal the state poll tax after the House passed a companion measure last week. The Senate State and Court Expenses Committee voted 3 to 2 against the measure, continuing a decade long pattern of Senate approval and House failure.
Bennington Youth Fined For Improper License Plates
Ross F. Dominke aged 19 faced a $15.10 penalty including court costs in Municipal Court for driving a car with plates assigned to another vehicle. He stated plans to transfer plates from the other car to his, while his employer Fred Hutchinson noted the other car was not in use at the time. Judge John P. Morrissey oversaw the sole non public intoxication case.
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Bennington
John P. Morrissey
Ross F. Dominke
Atty
Marshall Witten
Dommke
Vt. 9
Witten
Fred Hutchinson
Vermont and state agencies assess Dorset Hollow ski project
State and Water Resources Department officials outline how access roads to Dorset Hollow would be funded and controlled, with towns handling rights of way and maintenance. They note state aid eligibility for new or improved access roads, and that federal funds are not available for this type of recreational development. The Vermont agency also supports efforts to preserve natural beauty through zoning and land-use controls.
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State Highway Department
Dorset Hollow
State
Dorset
Water Resources Dept
Vermont
Caresul
Dept. of Water Resources
VDDQ
Dore Set Hollow
Hospital Notes February 1966 Admits Discharges
Admissions show none on Feb 4. Discharges include Master Niel P Stowell and several patients. Over Feb 5 6 several births listed for Bennington Manchester Depot West Rupert and nearby towns. Names include Camire Shippey Burdick Jaquith Holden Stout Emery Stratton Witt Jones Knighs Davis More Mayer Mallory Milder McDermott Percey and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Burdick
Charlotte Jaquith
Margaret Holden
Leona Stout
Mary A. Emery
Marleen Stratton
Bennington
Martha Jane Elliott
Hoossick Falls
Jerilyn A. Witt
Manchester
Astronomy Notes Forecast From The Banner
Paul Bohne says he is recovering nicely but too ugly to accept responsibility for Saturday's astronomy note. Mars is not an evening star and not visible until late July, then it will be a morning star. Jupiter remains brilliantly visible all night, Saturn appears dim in the west, and Venus is emerging as a morning star low in the east.
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Paul Bohne
United Press International
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Venus
Former Town Manager Ousted in New Jersey
Paul H. Hermann, longtime town and village manager in Bennington and Barre, was dismissed as Madison Township manager by a New Jersey council at a special meeting. The 4-3 vote kept three Republicans voicing confidence while Hermann, present, was not allowed to speak.
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Newark
N.J
Paul H. Hermann
Bennington
Barre
Madison
New Jersey
Newark Evening News
Hermann
Republication
Prominent sportsman dies at 70 in Bennington area
Pearl W. Gates 70 a noted Bennington barber and top trapshooter died unexpectedly at his home 731 East Main St. He founded a long local barber practice and ran a camp in Somerset. An Amateur Trapshooting Association life member he held state and national honors and often competed at the Grand American in Vandalia. Survivors include wife Julia, two daughters and a son with a funeral planned at Mahar & Son Funeral Home.
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Pearl W. Gates
Bennington
East Main St
Daniel
Minnie (Watson) Gates
Pawlet
Arlington
Shaftsbury
Julia Olin
First Baptist Church
Purcell Dow
Somerset
Quebec
Amateur Trapshooting Association
Gladys Mattat
North Bennington
Bernice Gates
Raymond Gates
Mahar & Son Funeral Home
Alfred Scott
North Bennington Baptist Church
South Shaftsbury
Park Lawn Chapel
Clayton Named Managing Editor of Free Press
Lawrence O. Clayton, longtime Burlington Free Press state editor, is named managing editor in a newly created post. Gordon Mills announced the move and additional staffing changes include Clarence F R Bishop becoming state editor, William M Dame elevated to city editor, and Donald Fillion advancing to sports editor.
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Burlington
Benningtonian
Lawrence O. Clayton
Burlington Free Press News
Gordon Mills
Free Press
Osro Clayton
Bennington High School
University of Vermont
Hartford
Bennington Briefs Highlights From Local Meetings and Ski News
The Bennington Water Board convenes tonight at 7 30 in village offices. Stratton Mountain reports 25 to 42 inch packed powder base with excellent skiing and all lifts operating. A postponed Congregational and Baptist Church women meeting resumes Tuesday at 7 30 in Second Congregational Church with all women invited. Rev. Elbert Gates of Mystic Connecticut will speak. Putnam Hose Company No 3 meets at 7 tonight at Mahar and Son Funeral Home to honor Pearl W. Gates. no uniforms. Finance campaign report meeting at the YMCA at 7 30 tonight. Bennington Elks Club social at 8 tonight on Washington Avenue. Dr Donald Shea’s office will be closed February 8 to 21. Bellemare and Sons closed their Cutler Street shop. all business moves to North Bennington Road store.
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Glenmont
N.Y
Charles N. Murninghan
West Bayberry Road
Eleanor K. Keeler
Bennington
St. Peter’s Hospital
Albany
Daniel J. Keeler
Kathryn Lyons
Old Bennington
Keeler
Bennington High School
Middlebury College
Mildred Elley
Murnighan
St. Francis de Sales
Olaf A. Lundberg Insurance Agency
Spencer
Margaret) M. Wallace
Fayetteville
Daniel Walker Wallace
Applebee Funeral Home
Kenwood Ave
Delmar
St. Thomas Roman Catholic Church
St. Thomas Church
Rosary Society
Feneral
Park Lawn Cemetery
North Bennington
Catherine Louise Kinney
Riverside
John J
Bridget (Funcheon) Kinney
North Bennington School
North Bennington High School
St. John the Baptist Church
Bryan Kinney
Elizabeth Kinney
Helen Kinney
Alice Hewson
Richard
Barbara) Hall
Robert Hewson
U.S, Navy
Mashar & Son Funeral Home
Park Lawn Chapel
Shaftsbury
Forrest Beagle
Esther Leino
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Mahar & Son Funeral Home
Angus J. MacDonald
Shaftsbury Methodist Church
Thomas Bluto
Robert Kline
Claude Eastman
Paul Harris
Donald Longtin
Exaid Dufresne
Bennington Brush Company
Stratton Mountain
Congregational and Baptist Church
Second Congregational Church
Elbert Gates
Mystic, Conn
Putnam Hose Company No. 3
Pearl W. Gates
Bellemare & Sons
Cutler Street
North Bennington Road
ADV
Stock Averages at Noon Across Industrials Railroads Utilities
Dow Jones Bache & Co Albany reports noon figures for stock averages. Industrial index stands at 990.53 up 4.18, railroads 260.87 up 1.19, utilities 148.51 up 0.03, composite 349.14 up 1.31 with volume 3,900,000.
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Dow-Jones—Bache & Co
Albany
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Gether
State Republican Committee
Tracy E. Kenyon Jr
Marjorie Doyle
Ferdinand Bongartz
State and
Nancy Lamb
Monuement Ave
Fairdale Farms
Philip Walbridge
Walbridge
Henry Mallory
Hillside St
Harte Theatre
Boeing Boeing
Bellemare
North Benn. Rd
Ation
Randolph
Senate Action
Niel P. Stowell
Michael Camire
Shawn Shippey
Glenna Jones
Grace Raymond
William Cutler
Doris H. Knights
Elaine Davis
Sheila G. More
West Rupert
Florian Mayer
Richard Mallory
Williamstown
Mass
Harry McDermott
Harold Percey
Bennington Area
Charles Murnighan
Joseph Lauzon Jr
Millbury
Benington
Rutland Heights Hospital
Rutland
Joseph
Louise
Bellemare) Lauzon
Old
Mae) O’day
Worcester
James
Evelyn) Colarusso
Paul
Emma) Clifford
Edmund Lauzon
Ferrace
Richard Kelly
James F. Kelly
Marilyn Street
Bennington Southwest
Bruce
David
Heintz Funeral Home
Utica
Harry F. Wentworth
Gage St
H.E. Bradford Company
Shhftsbury
Charles
Ella Wentworth
Isabelle Newell
Wentworth
First Methodist Church
Frank
Edna) Townsend
Viola van
May Wentworth
Long Island
Frank W. Grippin
North Adams
White Chapel
Catherine Kinney
Clayton
Area Funerals
Mrs. Forrest Beagle
John L. Delaney Jr
Sunderland
Hanson - Walbridge
Granville Greenwold
Federated Church
East Ar
Lington
Evergreen Cemetery
Ira Allen
Bennington Briefs
The
Bennington Water Board
YMCA
Bennington Elks Club
Washington Ave
Donald Shea
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