Mildred Carpenter 82 dies after long illness in Arlington
Mildred Potter Carpenter, 82, longtime Arlington resident, died Sunday after a long illness. Born in Worcester, she served 18 years as executive secretary of the Community Home for Girls in Rochester and was active in Christ Episcopal Church and St James Episcopal Church. Survived by a niece, Eleanore Pollak-Ottendorff of New York City. Funeral Tuesday 10 a.m. at St James Episcopal Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred P. Carpenter
Arlington
Mildred Potter Carpenter
Georgiana Leake
Worcester
Mass
Edwin and
Alice (Parks) Carpenter
Community Home For Girls
Rochester
N.Y
Christ Episcopal Church
St. James ' Episcopal Church
Cortel Ladd Simonson dies at 59 in New Jersey
Cortel Ladd Simonson, 59, partner at Morgan Stanley & Co and husband of Margaret McAdoo, died Sunday at Monmouth Medical Center in Long Branch. He was a 1927 MIT graduate, served in World War II, and lived on Oakes Road in Rumson. Surviving: wife and son Stephen C. Services set for 10:30 a.m. at St. George By-The-River Church. Memorials to Monmouth Medical Center encouraged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Branch
N.J
Cortelyou Ladd Simonson
Morgan Stanley & Co
Margaret McAdoo
Bennington
Monmouth Medical Center
Oakes Road
Rumson
Simonson
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Morgan Stanley
Stephen C. Simonson
George M. Hawks
South Street
Breard H. Hawks
St. George By- The-River Episcopal Church
Volunteers Named to Lead 1962 Vermont Heart Fund Drive
Rutland state chair man Fred L. Nims and Arthur E. Burke announced Floyd W. Moore of Burlington as industry chairman for the February campaign. Moore is president of Vermont Structural Steel Corp. and will contact over 1,000 state industries for donations supporting cardiovascular research nationwide. Bennington County leaders include co chairs Mrs. Francis Morrissey and Frederick Driscoll, with George Jepson as treasurer and Woodhull Hall M.D. as medical chairman, plus regional volunteers across Bennington and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rutland
Fred L. Nims
South Londonderry
Vermont Heart Fund
Arthur E. Burke
Floyd W. Moore
Burlington
Moore
Vermont Structural Steel Corp
Vermont
Heart of the Heart Association
Nims
Heart Fund
Burke
Bennington County
Francis E. Morrissey
Bennington
Frederick J. Driscoll
North Bennington
Cochairmen
George Jepson
Woodhull
Hall
M.D
Mary Henry died after lingering illness in Burlington
Miss Mary Henry sister of the late Rev. Thomas J. Henry pastor of St. Francis de Sales Church in Bennington died Friday morning at a Burlington nursing home after a lingering illness. No near relatives survive. Funeral services were held this morning from the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. Interment was in St. Joseph's Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Mary Henry
Thomas J. Henry
St. Francis de Sales
Bennington
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
St. Joseph’s Cemetery
Local Births and Admitted Patients List for Bennington Area
The notice lists admissions and births from Putnam Hospital and area towns. Names include Mrs. Pauline Waitekus, Mrs. Mary Harrington, Harriette Hulett, Helen Newman, Linda Dean, Linda and Arlene Wysocki with baby, and many other residents across Bennington Shaftsbury Hoosick Falls North Pownal Milmay Pawtucket Danby. Births include Robert Warner Peabody III, a son. a February 5 9 and 10 dates for several new babies to local families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Harrington
Herbert Knapp Jr
Delima Rousseau
Walter Paligo
Linda Dean
Bennington
Eva Grusendorf
Phyllis Bisson
North Pownal
Harriette Hulett
Shaftsbury
Mary Unavitch
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Anna Shalala
Lillian Welch
Pownal
Arlene Wysocki
Baby Boy
Mary Lou Clark
Pawtucket
R.I
Norma Sargent
Danby
Robert Peabod, Jr
South Branch St
Robert Warner Peabody III
Thomas Nugent
Nugent
Marie Driscoll
Frank W. Driscoll
Allen Thompson
Reginald L. Rockwell
Paper Mill Village
North Bennington
Rutland Youth Wins Oratorical Contest in Vermont
Mt. St. Joseph Academy senior Thomas Costello won the Fourth District American Legion oratorical contest in Rutland. Barbara Powell Bennington High School and Trudy Young Wallingford were runners up. Costello advances to the state contest in Brandon with other district winners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rutland
Thomas Costello
Mt. St. Joseph Academy
American Legion
Department of Vermont
Barbara Powell
Bennington High School
Trudy Young
Wallingford
Costello
Brandon
Otter Valley Union High School
the Legion
Walbridge Agency Forms Alliance With Knapp
Walbridge Insurance Agency and Ronald R. Knapp of Prudential join to offer life health and pension coverage. Knapp, 37, a Syracuse University graduate with seven years in the Bennington area, is active in local groups. The arrangement adds to five associates, including Betit and Cone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James H. Walbridge
Walbridge Insurance Agency
Ronald R. Knapp
Prudential Insurance Co
Knapp
Syracuse University
Prudential
Bennington
Life Underwriters Training Council
Southern Vermont Life Underwriters Association
Betty Marshall
Marshall
Burgess Road
The
Bennington Jaycees
Graded School District Board of Trustees
Methodist Church
Methodist Men’s Brotherhood
Bennington Rod and Gun Club
Walbridge
Henry B. Walbridge
GBA
Bicentennial Community Welfare Committee
Ymca Fund
Silver St
Walbridge Agency
Raymond P. Betit
Imperial Avenue
Donald J. Cone
School Street
Snowbound roads spark weekend crash spree
A north country snow storm dumping four to six inches and subzero temps sparked seven crashes across Bennington County and nearby towns. Key incidents include a Harwood Hill rear end at Park and Pleasant, a Main Street backing collision in Bennington, a four-vehicle chain reaction on U.S. 7 near Manchester, and multiple separate slips across Dorset North Bennington and Warren with minor to moderate damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harwood Hill
Park and Pleasant Streets
Village
Duane BE. Shortt
Helen E. Thomas
Pleasant Street
Wendell Carey
Helmut Myers
Bennington
Carey
Main Street
Banks Floors Cassius Clay With Fast Knockout
Detroit challenger Sonny Banks shocked Cassius Clay by flooring the undefeated 21 year old in 26 seconds of the fourth round at Madison Square Garden before Clay halted Banks. Clay admitted the knockdown showed he is human after 11 pro fights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Cassius Clay
Cassius
Louisville
Floyd Patterson
Sonny Liston
Ingemar Johansson
Sonny Banks
Detroit
Madison Square Garden
Thrift Shop Reopens Under Town Building Arm
Two more Bennington residents discover the Thrift Shop now in its nine and a quarter years. Open Friday afternoons and Saturday mornings under the Town Building rear. goods are all donated and priced by five on duty. Proceeds aid the United Counseling Service budget.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian Kleine
Fred Stickles
Edward Morey
Paul Crane
Caroline Darlington
United Counseling Service
Court fines levied for speeding and negligence
Stig L Albertsson of Hoosick Falls New York pleaded guilty to speeding and was fined 20 dollars including costs by Presiding Judge Eugene V Clark. Edward W Fillion of Milford Connecticut pleaded guilty to speeding and was fined 50 dollars plus costs. Douglas E Greene 19 represented by his mother Mrs Clement Greene Sr pleaded nolo contendere to careless and negligent driving resulting in an accident. The crash occurred January 27 at 3 30 a m in Old Bennington when his car left a left hand curve and struck a tree. Passenger James Bump of Shaftsbury is in Putnam Memorial Hospital in fair condition with multiple fractures and internal injuries. Greene was fined 55 10 including costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stig L. Albertsson
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Eugene V. Clark
Edward W. Fillion
M'lford
Conn
Douglas E. Greene
Clement Greene Sr
Old Bennington
Greene
James Bump
Shaftsbury
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Bennington Briefs Local meetings and events scheduled
Community groups in Bennington announce meetings and events for February 13 to 15. UCS trustees plan a Tuesday 8:30 pm session at Jolivette building. card party for Cystic Fibrosis. reading group at Second Congregational Church. Altrusa Valentine party at Vermont Soldiers’ Home. Cub Scout Pack 45 reactive committee meeting. various personal notes and bridge results. League of Women Voters sessions on city charter. Town Beauty Salon closed for a conference. Local No. 534 blackout vote February 15 with strike question.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Counseling Service Board of Trustees
UCS
Jolivette Building
Willow Road
Second Congregational Church
Fred Tifft
George Jenkins
Ritchie
North St
C. F. Wandrey
Florida
Ormond Beach
Bennington League of Women Voters
Bennington
Reuben Levin
Alexander Drysdale
Ann Noyes
Soule St
League
Valentine Dance at K of C Hall This Week
Deputy Grand Knight James De long head of the Valentine dance at the local K of C hall this Saturday. Tickets sold at Haynes Kane Quinlan Sherwin Williams and Adams Clothes Shop or from John Stone Joseph Carroll or Frank Hoyt. Bill Hart's orchestra plays from 9 p.m. with refreshments at midnight. Fourth Degree members awaiting class pictures should contact Gerald E. Morissey promptly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K of C Hall
James Delong
Haynes & Kane Furniture Store
Quinlan’s
Sherwin Williams and
Adams Clothes Shop
John Stone
Joseph Carroll
Frank Hoyt
Bill Hart
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Hattie E. Jones
Petersburg
Irving Littlefield
South Shaftsburg
Meadow Lawn
Jones
Pittsfield
Mass.) General Hospital
WSCS
Alfred
Memorial Hall
Marsden
Bernis Jones
Milton Jones
Berlin
Harold Melle
Lanesboro
Elton Reynolds
Lena White
Schenectady
Frederick Davis
Prof
Walter R. Spaulding
Cambridge, Mass
Cambridge
Walter Raymond Spaulding
Emeriius
Harvard
Harvard Music
Northampton
Fred W. Lomberg SR
Fred W. Lambert Sr
Stevens Home For Funerals
Putnam Hospital
Pauline Waitekus
Helen Newman
Milmay
John N. Rosencrantz
South Dorset
Dennis Elwell
Dorothy Durocher
Priscilla Harwood
Eleanor Blondin
Dawn Kelley
John K. Stewar III
John H. Hyde
Congress St
Marian Matteson Cummings
Hydeville
Cummings
Powell
U.S. 7
Manchester
Four Seasons
Thomas H. Houenden
Darien
Ruskin’s
Edward W. Vosburgh
Houenden
Robert J. Snyder
James R. Lowell Jr
New York City
Big Bromley
Manchester Motors
Snyder
Hans J. Hoefer
Stone Church
Dorset
Mary A. Kent
Hicle
Charles Orvis
East Dorset
Robert B. Oehler
Warren
Ohio
Woodford Mountain
Union Street
George H. Sinclair
Charlton City
Silver and
Norton Streets
Marguerite S. Harrington
East Main St
Harold E. Bailey
Darling Street
Norton St
Bailey
H. Greenberg
Main St. Benn., Vt
Thrift Shop
Valentine
Fienberg
Aree
Firestone Nylon
Main St
Price
John Santarcangelo
Ben Mont
Bennington Briefs
Bennington Hairdressers and Cosmetologists Association
Mt. Anthony Country Club
Altrusa Club
Vermont Soldiers’ Home
Jennie Jones
Fannie Hunter
Dewey St
John W. Pello
U. S. Navy
Joseph A. Pello Jr
Safford St
Naval Air Station
Quonset Point
Navy Air
Antarctic
Atlantic Fleet
VFW
Veterans’ Memorial Committee
Ethan Allen
Pomona Grange
Taconic Grange Hall
Bennington Grange
Home Economics Committee
Rose Gleason
John G. Irons Sr
Grandview St
George E. Hadwen
Stephen C. Greene
Crescent Boulevard
Bahamas
Ned Healy
Raymond Polley
Capt
Wells Field
Clarence Holden
Hamilton Shields
Hugh Nash
Towne
Ben-Mont
K of
Gerald E. Morrissey
Valentines
Norcross
Evans News
Bennington, VT
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