GOP Caucus Names One New Nominee In Town Elections
In under 20 minutes the GOP caucus in Bennington nominated incumbents for most posts for March 5 town elections. No contests occurred and Democrats had set a precedent by the GOP not endorsing Democratic incumbents where no GOP candidate existed. Alden Harbour was named to replace Thomas Maloney as second constable. other officers named included Moderator Norton Barber Town Clerk Mary Hodeck Auditor Floyd Harmon First Constable August Kelson Tax Collector Julia Nash Grand Juries Eugene Burt Peter Donavan Jr Town Agent Norton Barber Trustee Armand Lampron Road Commissioner James Cross.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James B. Gibney
GOP
Gibney
Alden Harbour
East Road
Thomas F. Maloney
West Main St
Norton Barber
Mary Hodeck
Floyd M. Harmon
August Kelson
Julia K. Nash
Eugene Burt
Peter Donavan Jr
Armand Lampron
James Cross
State Reports Jobless Claims On the Rise
Vermont unemployment data show the week ending February 9 saw a 2.7 percent rise in total claims to 7 197 with 919 initial claims a 27 2 percent drop from the prior week Continued unemployment rose to 6278 up 9 3 percent from the prior week and below last year's level by 3 2 percent The report lists local increases and decreases in towns and notes a tribute to the late Judge Leonard Morrison alongside a Don Bosco School donation by Republicans in Montpelier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James B. Gibney
Leonard W. Morrison
Don Bosco School
Burlington
Morrison
Bennington Community Groups Meet and Travel Notices
Circle 3 of First Methodist meets at Mrs Randall MacDonald home Wednesday at 8 p.m. DAR Bennington Chapter plans Feb 19 meeting at 124 West Main St with hostesses Mrs John O Neill and Mrs William Towart and speaker Mrs Bradford Smith on Women of India. VFW Cmdr Louis Ross calls brief joint meeting tonight at North Street rooms with auxiliary to follow. United Counseling Service public relations panel meets Wednesday 7 30 p.m. at Willow Road office. Welcome Wagon Club gathers Thursday 8 p.m. at Old Bennington Schoolhouse. cake decorating demo by Mrs Julia Young with Valentine theme. Newcomers welcome. light refreshments. Infant of Prague Nurses Guild cancels next meeting, resuming Feb 27. Cleminsons and Rita LaClair family depart for Miami after visit in the North. plan months south. Ladies auxiliary to Veterans of World War I meets Thursday 8 p.m. with President Lillian Johnson. Old Academy Library now open two afternoons weekly, 3 15 to 5 15. Court of Awards for Troop 6 Girl Scouts tonight at 8 at Episcopal Church. Mr and Mrs William Thomson of Jefferson Heights visiting relatives in Ottawa. Well Baby Clinic at Elementary School Pa Street entrance Saturday 9 to 10 a.m. Clinic free for pre school children in Bennington.
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Bennington
Daughters of the American Revolution
James A. McKee
West Main St
John O'Neill
William G. Towart
Bradford Smith
India
Welcome Wagon Club
Julia Young
TV People and Soap Opera Celebrities In Public View
A light note on TV personalities shaping public affection, citing Perry Mason Dr Kildare and other shows. It notes viewers knowing TV figures better than real friends, mentions studio hosts Johnny Carson and guests Joan Crawford Robert Taylor, and domestic routines around Alden General and local clubs.
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Vanessa
Dr. Malone
Johnny Carson
Power House
Joan Crawford
Robert Taylor
NBC
Vermont PTA urges towns vote on scholarships
The Vermont Congress of Parents and Teachers urges town meetings to approve scholarships for college bound students. Towns can vote up to 80 dollars per student per year. The PTA says rumors claim ample aid exist are false and more aid is needed for Vermont students. The decision will be voted at next month’s town meetings.
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Montpelier
Vermont Congress of Parents and Teachers
PTA
Vermont
Monument commemorates Garrison and press abolition link in Boston
The Garrison statue, bought from T T McGann & Sons of Boston for 215 dollars, was unveiled June 20, 1907 with dedications at Old First Church. The inscription notes Garrison edited the Journal of the Times from 1828 to 1829 and recalls Lundy’s 1828 visit and Garrison's later Emancipation banner effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Stock Averages At Noon On Wall Street
The Dow Jones industrial average stood at 672.35 after a 2.39 drop while the rail averages slipped 0.67 to 150.91 and utilities 0.49 lower at 135.45. Composite index was 239.18 down 0.90 with trading around 1,540,000 shares.
Marines Launch Tough 75 Mile Hike For Officers
A group of 31 lieutenants and captains, led by General Tompkins and Colonels Bell and Cizek, begin a grueling 75 mile march. Officers may rest at three stops and must finish within three days, with walking time capped at 20 hours.
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Tompkins
Col
J. O. Bell
Maj
C. J. Cizek
Putnam Hospital Notes Highlights Feb 11 Admissions and Births
Hospital notes list admissions including David Ryder Hoosick Falls and Cindy Campbell North Pownal, with births for Andre LaRoche and Evan Jones among others. Discharges include Frederick Bolster and Bobbie Loomis, plus multiple Arlington and Bennington residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Ryder
Hoosick Falls
Eva Wilkinson
Arlington
Elizabeth Murphy
White Creek
Terry Bluto
North Bennington
Cindy Campbell
North Pownal
Myrtle Lane
Shaftsbury
Nancy Boodakian
Mary Scott
Bennington
Evan Jones
Petersburg
N.Y
Frederick Dalton
James Conway
Edward Watkins
Cambridge
Stanton Livingston
Village Trustees Seek Lower Budget Despite Water Board Request
Bennington Village trustees pursue a 1963 budget just under last year while opposing a $25,000 Water Department request for a dam project sinking fund. They argue expansion serves non village areas and should be funded by non village residents. meeting starts 7 p.m. with private session.
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Water Board
Bennington
James B. Gibney
The
Banner Today
Gibney
Bennington Village Water Department
Village Water Commissioners
Bickford Hollow
Ation
Water Department
Miss Nowak Wins Legion Oratory Test
Laura Nowak a 16 year old senior at North Bennington High School won 25 first prize at the American Legion Oratorical Contest held Saturday at Bennington Elementary School She spoke nine minutes on the Fifth Amendment arguing defendants may invoke the Fifth but witnesses may not and advances to the regional contest in Wallingford with Sherri Zyne and Eileen Stockman also placing for Bennington schools Judges listed are local figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura Nowak
North Bennington
American Legion
Bennington
Miss Nowak
Wallingford
Sherri Zyne
Bennington High School
Eileen Stockman
Bennington Catholic High School
George van Santvoord
Hamilton Shields
William J. Boston
Sigmund I. Kaufman
Walter Wood
Funerals and Fire Meeting Highlight Bennington Area
Funeral services were held for Mrs. Lilla Clvira Sage Upton of Brattleboro, formerly Wilmington, with burial at Riverview Cemetery. Alfred L. Poupart of Wilmington also buried at River View Cemetery. A fire safety codes meeting in Bennington features Vermont fire marshal Capt. Chester Kirby and local officials.
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Wilmington
Covey
Lilla Clvira (Sage) Upton
Brattleboro
Brattleboro Memorial Hospital
Reginald Martin
Riverview Cemetery
Ernest Crosier
Halifax
Bernard Crosier
Springfield
Walter O'Hara
Hartford
Hartford, Conn
Colrain
Mass
Canada
Keene, N.H
Bennington
Guilford
West Dover
Alfred L. Poupart
Iad Memorial Hospital
Henry A. Peck
Stanton Bessey
Chester Armedes
Nadeau
North Hinsdale
N. H
Arsene Nadeau
Wilfred Nadeau
Brattle
Disboro
Chester
Newport
N.H
County Court House
Chester Kirby
Vermont
League of Women Voters
Wilmington Baptist Church
Eva Juliet (Griffin) Corbett
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Intervale
Richard Kingsley
East Hartford
Conn
George Kingsley
Richmond
Richard Boyd
Harold Wheeler
Paul al
Slippery Roads Cited in Crashes
Two noninjury accidents were reported in Bennington. Mavis C Gangloff skidded on ice on Ben Mont Avenue and struck two parked cars owned by Patricia A Bahan and William Hart, causing rear and side damage. Madilyn Costantino skidded on Union Street and struck the rear of a Village dump truck. no injuries noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mavis C. Gangloff
McCall St
Bennington Village
Gangloff
Ben Mont Avenue
Patricia Ann Bahan
Valley Falls
N.Y
William Hart
Burgess Rd
Union Street
Madilyn Ann Costantino
Silver St
Bennington
Wallace S. Hall
Vermont Bank Votes 40-Cent Dividend
Vermont Bank and Trust Co directors at a February meeting in Bennington declared a regular quarterly dividend of 40 cents per share on outstanding stock. The payout is scheduled for March 15 to shareholders of record March 1. Attending directors hailed from Brattleboro Bennington Rutland Bellows Falls and Chester.
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Bennington
Vermont Bank and Trust Co
Brattleboro
Rutland
Bellows Falls
Chester
Francis E. Morrissey
Roland T. Sandberg
Samuel Hutchins Jr
Henry Dahlgren
Burton W. Potter
Rural School Board Adopts Salary Plan For 1963 64
The Prudential Committee of Greater Bennington Schools approved 1963 64 salary schedules devised by a teacher salary committee at Molly Stark and Beech Street Schools. Starting salaries will be raised to attract top new teachers. A spare bus is ready for civil defense use and repairs were made to another bus. A merger case for elementary schools was presented to the Montana? house committee with hopes for passage this week. Eighteen tons of expedition gear for Mount Everest preparations are listed.
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Molly Stark
Beech Street
Prudential Committee
Greater
Bennington Schools, Inc
Molly Stark School
Leon Wagner
Hennington Southwest
Philip Walker
Stewart Allen
William F. G. Smith
Lena Adams
Wagner
Smith
Montpelier
R. Marshall Witten
Goodall Hutton
Bennington
Witten
House Committee On Municipal Corporations
Admiral Dewey's Son Georg Goodwin Dewey Dies at 90
Chicago report states George Goodwin Dewey, sole son of Admiral George Dewey and heir to a fortune, died at 90 after years in a wheelchair. He lived in a 20 room Near North Side mansion. Attorney John Harrington said the will would distribute relics and documents related to the admiral to the U S Naval Academy and the Library of Congress.
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Admiral Dewey
George G
Chicago
George Dewey
Manila Bay
George Goodwin Dewey
Near North Side
Susan Goodwin Dewey
Ichabod Goodwin
New Hampshire
Dewey
Montpelier
John Harrington
U. S. Naval Academy
Library of Congress
Georgians greet Earl Warren amid impeachment signs
In Atlanta crowds welcomed Earl Warren with tight security as signs calling for his impeachment appeared around the city. Warren planned to speak at Georgia Tech amid the 75th anniversary events, while a court battle over impeachment signs drew attention from a local physician and lawmakers who dismissed much of the literature as trash.
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Atlanta
Earl Warren
United States
Supreme Court
Warren
Georgia Tech
Henry G. Stelling
Atlanta Committee
Georgia
Union School and High School Meeting Notices
Residents of the entire union district are invited to tonight's meeting. District constituents may also attend meetings for Shaftsbury Pownal Center and the Greater Bennington School District to discuss district specific issues. The events cap eight months of union board study since the district organized on July 12.
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Kennington
Middlebury
St. Albans
St. Johnsbury
Barre - Montpelier
White River Junction
Bennington Briefs
First Methodist Church
Randall MacDonald
Anthony Drive
VFW
Louis Ross
North Street
United Counseling Service
Willow Road
Infant of Prague Nurses Guild
James A. Cleminson
Woodford
Barry
Rita) LaClair
Nancy Ann
LaClairs
Miami
Fla
LaClair
North
Cleminsons
South
Ladies’ Auxiliary
VEW
Lillian Johnson
Girl Scouts
Episcopal Church
William Thomson
Jefferson Heights
Ottawa
Bennigton
Uss
Adam Clayton Powell
House Education and Labor Committee
Washington
Kennedy
Puerto Rico
New York
Perry Mason
Drs. Kildare
Casey
Bassett
Thorpe
Lucas
Alden General
Lucy Carmichael
Vivian Bagley
Second Congregational Church
Martha Tift
Katherine Grant
Edward St Peter
St. Jean’s
St. Catherine
Edward Pinsonneault
Park St
Robert Pratt
Nora Clarendon
Leroy H. Dunn
East Min St
Radio & Heater
Liggett- Soswork
Dow-Jones—Bache & Co
Albany
Putnam Hospital Notes
Albertha Potter
Dorothy Rollins
Edward Danforth
Pawlet
Andre LaRoche
Lawrence Ibey
Pageant Street
Frederick Bolster
Man
Chester Depot
Bobbie Jean Loomis
Florence Buck
Manchester
Cathleen Parker
Wesley Montgomery
Arthur Robinson
Wayne King
Alice Wilcox
West Arlington
Gladys Harris
Caroline Wheeler
Phyllis Bird
Dorothy Rogers
Lillian Perrott
Julia Cole
Ruby Schindler
Mildred Meron
Irene LaBatt
Floyd Thomas
North Hoosick
Mrs
Lilla Upton
Eva Corbett
Len and
Russel Fitch
Pittsfield
Greenfield
Cos Cob
Bloomfield
N.J
Genevieve Dunn
Pownal
Mahar & Son Funeral Home
John C. Hatch
Pownal Baptist Church
Park Lawn Chapel
Oak Hill Cemetery
Charles H. Babcock
Charles Henry Babcock
Hanson- Walbridge
Melvin R. McGaughey
George
Walter Babcock
Lorimer Danforth
Carmen LaCasse
North Adams
Hoosick Rural Cemetery
Park
Vermont Bank
Rural School Board
Mount
Everest
Union School
Harte Theatre
Ennington
Walt Disney
Jules Verne
Devlin Ce
Watt Deaney
Lana Turner
Anthony Quinn
Sandra Dee
Salem Super
Hamburg
Philadelphia
Salem’s
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