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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1968
Page
6
Joseph A. Kershaw, Williams College provost since 1963, will depart to join the Ford Foundation as program officer for Higher Education and Research. Stephen R. Lewis Jr. will become acting provost and associate
Shaftsbury Mr and Mrs Carlton Rockwell celebrate their 43rd wedding anniversary with a party at Old Bennington Schoolhouse attended by 35 relatives and friends. The couple, married Feb 14 1925 in Wallingford, were honored with a money tree and a custom anniversary cake.
The spring President's Hour Lectures at Berkshire Community College will feature Rt. Rev. James Pike and Pulitzer Prize winner Richard P. Wilbur. Pike lectures on The New Morality on Feb 24, and Wilbur presents a self evaluation of The Poet on Apr 5. James MacGregor Burns, Kennedy biographer at Williams College, speaks May 14 on John F. Kennedy.
North Hoosick Methodist Church hosts a chicken and biscuit benefit supper on Thursday Feb 22 at 5 30 pm to raise money for the trustees paint fund for spring church painting. Proceeds go to the fund. Tickets sold at the door. Woman's Society cooks while men run serving and dining room. An earlier box social was held in January.
Hoosick N Y two persons were hospitalized after a two car collision on N Y 22 near N Y 67. Harold J Frank 27 of Fort Lee N J crossed into the southbound lane causing the crash with Edmund D Hayden 23 of Hoosick Falls. Frank was cited for failure to keep right. Both Harolds and his wife Virginia 25 were treated for facial lacerations and Virginia for a broken leg. Troopers Brown and Campbell investigated. A separate one car crash on N Y 7 injured Paul Hoffman 19 of Troy and Patrick Boticelli 19 of Waterford. Hoffman remained hospitalized with scalp lacerations and back injuries. Boticelli was discharged. State Trooper Doyle investigated. Gary H Monroe of North Bennington was listed in fair condition at Putnam Memorial Hospital after a one car accident on N Y 7 near Hill Road. He suffered scalp lacerations, a fractured left ankle, and frostbite. Monroe was arrested for unlicensed operator before Justice Sluzas.
The Weather Bureau projects below normal temperatures in New England for five days from Tuesday through Saturday. North will see highs in the low to mid 20s, south in the low to mid 30s, with lows from zero to 5 above in the north and up to the upper teens in the south. Precipitation totals stay under an inch, with scattered snow flurries in the far north Tuesday and light snow or flurries around Friday.
High singles show M Cone and E Tracy leading with 182 and 181 while P Cornell 176. High triples list M Cone 499 E Tracy 461 P Maynard 451. Standings name Star Electric, Pennysavers, Sheas, Gates, Russell, Morse scoring across teams. partial listings include Pownal Valley and Cushman’s Classic among others with varied pins and team totals.
Mrs Diane Lucas of New York City visits her son Peter in North Bennington and hopes streets are cleared before her return. Robert E Shay, formerly of North Bennington, attends a five day training conference with W T Grant Company executives in New York starting today. he is assistant manager at the W T Grant Store in Troy Plaza, Troy New York, and Mr and Mrs Shay now reside in Schenectady.
A farmhouse on the only operating dairy farm in Winhall was destroyed by a blaze around 8 p.m. Sunday. Flames, aided by brisk winds and sub-zero weather, destroyed the Capen home on Vt. 30 with no injuries. Firefighters from Winhall Manchester Jamaica and Low were assisted by Londonderry Rescue Squad and Central Vermont Public Service. The family evacuated to neighbors. two generations lived there. A prior town shed fire had occurred two weeks earlier.
Williams Bancroft executive vice president of the New York Times and 1933 Williams College graduate was elected a member of Williams College Board of Trustees. He has served as vice chairman of Sarah Lawrence College trustees and sat on Carnegie Corporation and Carnegie Endowment for International Peace boards. He attended Bermuda meeting for Bermuda Paper and helped U.N. delegation in 1966 with ambassador rank. Born in New York, he studied at Lawrenceville School and Harvard Law. He joined The Times in 1963 after a career in government service and law beginning in 1936. He holds various advisory and council roles including MoMA International Council and the Council on Foreign Relations.
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