Fire safety upgrades under way in Bennington schools
Bennington High School will install fire detectors in 22 classrooms at a cost of 396 dollars through the M E Rudd Co with Gamewell Co supervising. Detectors will also cover unoccupied areas of Bennington Elementary and Cora B Whitney School as ordered by the State Fire Marshal. Trustees report district compliance with the reinforced school safety program and a clean bill of health from Ocean Accident and Guarantee Corp. Ltd. They plan further citizen studies and progress on a proposed union high school site and an optional quarterly tax payment program.
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Bennington High School
Bennington Graded School
M. E. Rudd Co
Bennington
Gamewell Co
Gamewell
Rudd Co
Cora B
Heath
Fauley
Supt. Heath
Citizens Committee
J. Goodall Hutton
Union High School
Rupert J. Spencer
State Department of Education
Selectmen defer Ayres request on hospital article
Fairfax Ayres of Shaftsbury urged including a Putnam memorial article to honor his hospital contribution but the board said it is too late to add it to the warning. Ayres wants a hospital for treatment not a medical center with residency training. The selectmen reaffirmed carnival license rules banning girlie shows and will ensure police supervision for the event tied to May 15 VFW carnival sponsorship. The Altrusa Club was approved to supply sandwiches and drinks to poll workers on town meeting day.
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Fairfax Ayres
Shaftsbury
Henry W. Putnam
Ayres
Hospital Board of Corporators
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
Altrusa Club
Putnam Hospital Admissions and Births Report
Admission list includes Jean Debell Clayton Barber Alpherie Ross Master Robert Bierwirth Jr Bennington There sia Livingston North Bennington Elizabeth Wilson Hoosick Falls NY Discharges include Jackie Quackenbush Joseph Lee Darlene Harris North Pownal Priscilla Harwood Shaftsbury Virginia Colvin Arlington Rebecca Smith Mrs Jud ith Stewart and baby girl Hoosick Falls NY Births report two February 14 additions to Bennington families a son to Mr and Mrs Mardien Roy a daughter to Mr and Mrs Leonard Knights and a daughter to Mr and Mrs James McCooey Jr of Manchester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Debell
Clayton Barber
Alpherie Ross
Robert Bierwirth Jr
Bennington
Theresia Livingston
North Bennington
Elizabeth Wilson
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Jackie Quackenbush
Joseph Lee
Darlene Harris
North Pownal
Priscilla Harwood
Shaftsbury
Virginia Colvin
Arlington
Rebecca Smith
Judith Stewart
Mardien Roy
Leonard Knights
Local Minister Aids Projects For Retarded
The Rev. W. Earle Forman attends the St. Albans Association for the Mentally Retarded annual meeting and will discuss New Trends in Mental Retardation. He presides over the Bennington Friends of Retarded Children and will visit Johnson to aid development of religious education for the Lamoi lle County Association for Retarded Children. He will interview Johnson State Teachers College students as camp counselors for Silver Towers. The Bennington Friends annual meeting and banquet is set for 6 30 p m Monday Feb 26 at Mt Anthony Country Club.
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W. Earle Forman
St. Albans
St. Albans Association For
Johnson State Teachers College
Silver Towers
Bennington Friends of Retarded Children
Mt. Anthony Country Club
Village Water Financing Dilemmas Explored
Horst and Robert Smith discuss steady demand, with industrial use down and consumer use up. They examine funding options for extensions, noting deed of gift limits and potential revenue bonds to cover a $5,000 project with about $300 annual payments over 20 years.
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Horst
Water Board
Robert Smith
Water Department
Shields
Bennington Briefs Highlights Local Meetings and Notices
Bennington events note FC Eagles Auxiliary meets tonight at 8 in North Street rooms. District schools close Friday for mid winter recess. reopen Monday February 26. Vermont Bank and Trust Co declares 40 cent dividend payable March 15 to stock of record March 1. Rabbi Sigmund Kauffman to speak on The Fellowship of Man at WBTN 8 45 a.m. Friday. Ruth LaFlamme returns from North Adams Hospital after 10 days of treatment. Milo Surdam marks 85th birthday with family at 330 School St. 29 grandchildren and 49 great grandchildren. Iron Kettle Friday Special chowder and fried haddock menus. ADV. 15 Prospect Mountain ski school at 10 a.m. tomorrow with all lifts and three new trails.
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Graded School District
Vermont Bank and Trust Co
Milo Surdam
School St
Nwo
Prospect Mountain
Car Crashes On Village Streets Damaging Three Autos
Tuesday and Wednesday afternoon crashes on Putnam Memorial Hospital driveway and at Harrison and West Main Streets damaged three vehicles. Joan F Winslow's 1955 Chevrolet, Ruskin's Taxi's 1962 Chevrolet, and John E Dillard driver for Ruskin's Taxi sustained front and side damage. Paul M Petras's 1957 Buick collided with Hubert L Armstrong's 1955 Chevrolet causing headlight and fender damage.
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Putnam Memorial Hospital
Village
Joan F. Winslow
Crescent Blvd
Ruskin’s Taxi
John E. Dillard
Winslow Auto
Paul M. Petras
West Main St
Weekend events announced for Springfield Vermont
Friday features fried seafoods shrimp cocktail and music by Ernie Caron. Saturday offers an anniversary dance with the Babcock orchestra a buffet from 6 to 8 p m floor show at 10 p m. Sunday lists class enrollment at 2 p m candidates to sign in at 1 p m and an anniversary banquet at 4 30 p m with ritual team enrollment in Springfield Vermont.
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Ernie Caron
Babcock Orchestra
Springfield
CDA Plans Party To Benefit Hospital
Court St Andrew Catholic Daughters of America sponsor a card party Tuesday evening February 20 to raise funds for the Coffee Chain benefiting the local hospital. Mrs Arthemise Plourde chairs the event inviting members and guests to bring their own cards and tallies. Cards may be played with no prizes. refreshments served by the committee.
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Court St. Andrew
Catholic Daughters of America
Arthemise Plourde
Funeral Held for Mrs Layton D James in Hoosick Falls
Mrs Layton D James formerly Clara Wood of Bennington had her funeral at the Leo Jhar Funeral Home Hoosick Falls with Rev George F Miller Jr of North Hoosick Methodist Church presiding. Pallbearers included Earl Stevens Silas Kimball Ernest Lillie and Ronald James. Large attendance and many sympathy messages followed. Burial was in Hoosick Rural Cemetery.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Layton D. James
Clara Wood
Bennington
Leo Jhar
George F. Miller Jr
North Hoosick Methodist Church
Earl Stevens
Silas Kimball
Ernest Lillie
Ronald James
Hoosick Rural Cemetery
Funeral service for Fred W. Lomberg Sr. held in Sandgate
Funeral services for Fred W. Lomberg Sr. longtime Sandgate farmer and turkey grower, were held at Stevens Home for Funerals with Rev. Charles W. Grande officiating. Interment planned for spring at Sandgate cemetery. Battenhill Grange conducted its ritual with Alford Clayton master. Out-of-town mourners came from Danbury Conn New Rochelle N Y Manchester Bennington Washington County N Y and Arlington area.
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Arlington
Fred W. Lomberg Sr
Sandgate
Stevens
Charles W. Grande
Sandgate Cemetery
Battenhill Grange
West Arlington
Alford Clayton
Danbury
Obituary for C A Comar Restaurateur in Manchester Center
Clarence A. Comar 67 longtime co proprietor of the Quality Restaurant Manchester Center died suddenly Wednesday night after frail health. Born Bennington July 24 1894 he and Cordelia Tetreault opened the Quality Restaurant in 1920 and ran it 42 years. Survived by wife Cordelia son Clarence E six grandchildren sister Mrs R Louise Britton of Boston and several nephews Requiem Mass at St Pauls Manchester Saturday 9 am burial Dellwood Cemetery spring Friends may call Brewster Funeral Home tonight and Friday.
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Manchester Center
Clarence A. Comar
Jesse D
Mary Shum Comar
Bennington
Manchester
Comar
Cordelia Tetreault
Clarence E. Comar
Holy Name Manchester
Comars
Cordelia
R. Louise Britton
Boston
St. Paul’s Church
Dellwood Cemetery
Brewster Funeral Home
Mrs Leslie H. Baker Dies in Madison After Long Bennington Visit
Word arrives of the death of Mrs. Leslie H. Baker of Madison New Jersey on February 10. She was born Mary Schaefer in Passaic and once ran a Paterson beauty salon. Funeral rites included a Requiem Mass at St. Vincent's Madison and entombment plans in Bennington Park Lawn vault with spring burial in the Baker family plot.
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Leslie. H. Baker
Madison
N.J
Edith Burns
North Bennington
Friederick and
Johanna _ Schaefer
Baker
Mary Schaefer
Passaic
Paterson
Bakers
Leslie H. Baker
Bennington
St. Vincent’s Church
Park Lawn
Dorset and Bennington Court Actions Highlight Week
Obituary notes Flor ence Clark dies at 71 in Burlington after a long illness. Funeral in Dorset Congregational Church. Municipal Court convicts Harold P. Flander for overloading a Johnson Oil Co. truck by fines and weather related weight variance. Timothy Toomey fined for speeding. other bail set in Fire Marshal case. Burial plans for Dorset spring.
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Bennington
Harold P. Flander
Johnson Oil Co
Flanders
Eugene V. Clark
John A. Burgess
William E. Dailey, Inc
South Shaftsbury
H. E. Tuttle Co
Vermont Tissue Co
Burgess
Dailey
R. R. Arrison
Depot St
Timothy C. Toomey
North Bennington
Maude E. Dorman
Oakes Street
James B. Gibney
625 Main Si
Regional Plans Boosted by GBA Directors
Directors of the Greater Bennington Association moved toward promoting a regional planning commission for Bennington and three villages. They plan a box mail fact sheet urging voter approval, detailing the commission’s authority and benefits, and discussed Civic Affairs Committee speakers. A $19,200 budget for 1962 was approved.
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Greater
GBA Civic Affairs Committee
Astronaut Glenn Faces Atlantic Storm Near Bermuda
Weather report cites very strong gale winds and very rough seas with 47 knot winds and 18 foot seas. The storm covers seas from Virginia to Bermuda and Bermuda to the Canary Islands, the zone Glenn would enter if he lands at sea.
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Bermuda
Canary Islands
Glenn
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Bennington Briefs
FC Eagles
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Temple Beth el
WBTN
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C. A. Comar
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