Area Water Expansion Project Creeps Forward
Bennington Village water commissioners advanced planning for Bolles Brook as a new water source. They discussed 30 cent per foot easements for a Woodford to Village pipeline, debated hydrant costs versus easements, and potential tax adjustments to fund the project. Williams filed a preliminary inquiry with the government to seek federal funds as plans progress with Whitman and Howard Inc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington Village
Bolles Brook
Woodford
John H. Williams
Long Trail Road
Vt. 9
Burgess Road
Williams
Water Board
Nedra Hager
William Braisted
James
Water Department
Boston
Mass
Whitman and Howard Inc
Contest Develops For Auditor Post
A town election contest emerges with March 1 voting. The Town Republican Committee named John C. Malone as the party candidate for auditor for three years. He will face Vir- (text truncated).
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republican Committee
John C. Malone
Bennington Area YMCA Campaign Totals and Local Elections
Robert D. Stout, Bennington Area YMCA chair, reports 5254.50 raised so far with many divisions still to report at a Thursday meeting. Winners in village contest were Naomi Lae Porte, Betty Bennett, and Loretta Amadon. Also noted are birth, admissions, discharges, and local political nominations and election details including candidates for town posts and caucus results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert D. Stout
Bennington Area
YMCA
Naomi Lae Porte
Betty Bennett
Loretta Amadon
Behr-Manning Executive to Speak at Troy Club Meeting
Thomas B. Macauley, Behr-Manning director of sales training and development, will address the Industrial Management Club at its February 16 meeting at Mt. Anthony Country Club. A Troy High School graduate, Macauley has 20 years with Behr-Manning and has led sales in Philadelphia Baltimore Buffalo and Pittsburgh regions. Reservations available via club members or YMCA office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas B. Macauley
Behr-Manning Company
Troy
N.Y
Industrial Management Club
Mt. Anthony Country Club
Macauley
Troy High School
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Buffalo
Pittsburgh
YMCA
Police Search For Girl In Vergennes Case
State police issued a statewide alert for 18 year old serviceman David Love Lorden and 17 year old Diane Cardinal missing from Weeks School in Vergennes. Lorden, driving a New Hampshire plated car, cashed a $30 check and attended a party Monday night. Police say he is absent from an unnamed military post since January 31 and has no bank account at a Keene bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vergennes
UPI
Winooski
David Loveden
Diane Cardinal
Lorden
New Hampshire
Theodore Gaudreu
Gaudreau
Keene
Students react to Viet Nam war debate at high school
High school seniors express mixed views on the Viet Nam conflict. Some oppose renewed bombing and seek settlement, while others defend continued U.S. involvement to halt Communism. Students fear a draft as they recognize the wartime stakes and uncertainties ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viet Nam
U.S
Steve McGaughey
Hanoi
David Wilkinson
Edie Locker
United States
Russia
Red China
America
Johnson
Edie Greer
Jim
David Krug
Bendi
Selectmen defend junkyard decision in Bennington vote
Bennington selectmen defended their week old ruling granting one automobile junkyard permit on Town Line Road to Robert A. Johnson while denying Marvin L. Loveland and Lloyd M. Bevins. Chair man Richard Van Santvoord said Johnson’s yard is farther from the road and out of sight, unlike Loveland’s. The board also announced resignations and unresolved future on the Town Planning Commission and discussed a drainage project on Fillmore Street, plus a Veterans Memorial Park plan with a $1,000 budget allocation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ginio N
Max) Perrotta
Mary Hodeck
Richard van Santvoord
Lister
Raymond P. Bett
Norton Barber
Barber
James H. Cross
August C. Kelson
James Kinney
Thomas Maloney
Hugh Clark
Peter Donavan Jr
Eugene C. Burt
Lawrence F. Powers
Milton Pinsker
Armand A. Lampron
Bennington
Marvin L. Loveland
Town Line
Robert A. Johnson
Lloyd M. Bevins
North Branch Street
Ext
van Santvoord
Loveland
Johnson’s
James Davis
Burgess Road
Town Planning Commission
Commission
F. Ellwood Allen
Allen
Charles Tilgner III
Monument Avenue
William H. Morse
Morse
Town Road
James Cross
Michael Hogan
Ivor S. Pelsne
State Department of Highways
Greater Bennington Association
South Street
Accidents Reported In Bennington and Vicinity
Police reported four recent automobile accidents in Bennington area none serious. An apparent hit and run damaged Edward Bowmaker’s parked 1965 Mustang on County Street. A rear end collision on Main and Pleasant streets damaged a 1962 Falcon and a 1961 Rambler. A Cushman plant parking lot crash involved Fred Babcock and Ansis Vitenbergs as they exited onto VT 67A. A head on collision on Henry Covered Bridge damaged two North Bennington cars but caused no injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State
Bennington Village
Edward H. Bowmaker
Coolidge Ave
County St
Bowmaker
Main
Pleasant Streets
William Graves
Pleasant St
Richard C. Gardner Jr
Main St
Graves
Pleasant
Gardner
Cushman Plant
North Bennington
Fred W. Babcock
Ansis Vitenbergs
Bennington
Vitenbergs
Three youths face charges in Bennington Municipal Court
In Bennington Municipal Court on Wednesday three people were charged with operating cars without driving licenses. Jonathan L. Williams, 17, of Chester Depot, and his mother Mary L. Williams pleaded guilty to related charges with $15 fines. Raymond J. Leclerc, 37, of Bennington, and Philip A. Morse, 16, of Arlington, each fined $15 for driving without licenses after Leclerc obtained a Vermont license following a stop. Duane L. Bentley, 25, of Bennington, faced probation violation hearings, with his sentence amended to six months to three years. Gary C. Johnmeyer, 24, of North Bennington, admitted speeding on Shaftsbury road and was fined $15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
John P. Morrissey
Jonathan L. Williams
Chester Depot
Mary L. Williams
Manchester
House of Correction
Morrissey
Daniel Holland
Bentley
Windsor
Rensselaer County
N.Y
Gary C. Johnmeyer
North Bennington
Shaftsbury
White Creek Road
Johnmeyer
Richard N. Fabricius
Monuement Road
Frank E. Johnson Jr
Park Street Extension
Fabricius
U.S. 7
Johnson
Kathryn A. Murphy
Springfield
N.H
Arlington
U.S
Murphy
Motor Vehicle Department
Witten
Perry E. Mason
East Arlington
Mason
Sundereland
Bennington Briefs Pulled from local notices and updates
Pvt. Thomas P. Kinney Jr. of Bennington has been assigned to the 2d Armored Division at Fort Hood Texas after enlisting in 1965. Ski reports from Haystack and Stratton mountinas note 38 to 44 inch and 25 to 42 inch powder bases with lifts operating and cloudy 15 to 22 degree mornings. Local clubs and associations host meetings in Bennington and North Berkshire with talks, transportation calls, and Valentine socials. A Bennington High School perfect attendance list misprint is corrected naming Gail Loveland. A hospital auction tea, Coast Guard training, and SPHE chapter meeting are announced. Traffic fines are issued for Fabricius, Johnson, and Murphy with Mason case continued. Mrs Willis M Douglass marks 85th birthday with a family party, garden history and community service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pvt
Thomas P. Kinney Jr
Uneion St
2D Armored Division
Fort Hood
Tex
Kinney
502D Aviation Bat
Army
Fort Rucker
Ala
Bennington Catholic High School
Stratton Mountain
Bennington High School
Gail Loveland
Betty Loveland
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Old First Church
Monuement Circle
Willis M. Douglass
Grove Street
Maurice Douglass
Twitchell Hill Road
Shaftsbury
Douglass
Douglasses
Francis
Hazel
Hollis Armstrong
Maurice
George
Lee
Mass
Ray
Arvilla
Second Congregational Church
Funeral service for Harry Wente Worth at Mahar & Son
The funeral of Harry Wente Worth, who died Saturday at Putnam Memorial Hospital, was held at Mahar & Son Funeral Home Tuesday. Rev. Frank W. Grippin, former First Methodist Church pastor and now at North Adams, Mass., officiated and gave committal prayers. A family prayer service was held Monday afternoon by Rev. Melvin R. McGaughey. Entombment followed at Park Lawn Chapel with burial planned for White Chapel Cemetery in the spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Wenteworth
Putnam Meemorial Hospital
Mahar & Son Funeral Home
Frank W. Grippin
First Methodist Church
North Adams
Mass
Mr. Grippin
Melvin R. McGaughey
Park Lawn Chapel
White Chapel
Stock Averages Noon Dow-Jones and Railroads Report
At noon the Dow Jones industrials stood at 994.54 up 3.51 points. The 20 railroads averaged 264.20 up 1.24, 15 utilities 148.72 up .18, with the composite average at 351.37 up 1.25. Volume traded 4,540,000.
Milne to face court arraignment amid uncertain charges
Milne is expected in court Friday for arraignment with charges not yet known. He also must appear before the Vermont Supreme Court on March 9 to respond to Connarn's disbarment petition. The article notes state gaming scales and the Port Mullem Racing Commission members attending a Ways and Means panel meeting without indicating positions on the sliding scale. The bagpipe is described as an ancient instrument.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milne
Vermont Supreme Court
Connarn
Portmutuel Racing Commission
Fred P. Davis
Newport
Edmund DuPont
Winooski
Charles Ryan
Rutland
Ways and Means Committee
Davis
Lefevre
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dash) Gibney
Long Trail
Bickford Hollow Brook
Cassiopeia
Mary Magdalene
Putnam
State Supreme Court
Richard Rowe
Nicole Carbonaro
Rita Morse
Florence Hewitt
North Hoosick
Janet Stratton
James Hall
Ramona Craddock
Jacquelyn Mallory
Paul W. Polk III
P. William Polk Jr
Magic Mountain
Londonderry
New Arc
A.A. Cooley
Buffalo, N.Y
Paul W. Polk
Nancy Cookley
Polk Associates
General Conetractors
Polks
Leigh
Malone
Fillmore Street
Veterans Memorial Committee
Veterans Memorial Park
Hugh McCabe
Lawrence P. Brown Jr
Bennington Briefs
Haystack Mountain
Fahs
Henry W. Haskell
U.S. Coast Guard
William Haskell
CG Training Center
Groton
Conn
Society of Packaging and Handling Engineers
SPHE
Massachusetts
Vermont
New York State
Sleasman
Ballston Spa
Bennington School District Inc
Cora B. Whitney
Mrs. Douglass
Harte Theatre
Olivier Othello
Maggie Joyce
Frank Smith - Redman
Finlay Stuart Burge
Anthony Havelock
Allan and
John Brabourne
Warner Bros
AGWAY
Agway Petroleum Corp
Max Perrotta
Mgr
Harry Wentworth
Dow-Jones--Bache & Co
Albany
Bernasconi
Rosasco
State Street
Phoenix Professional Building
Northe
Adams, Mass
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