Twelve-Year-Old Burned Family Fire Hospitalized
Debbie Becker, age twelve, remains in good condition at Putnam Memorial Hospital after a smoke inhalation incident during a Sunday morning fire on Chapel Road. Her parents Theodore and wife and their seven children fled to neighbors Winfield and Jane Robinsons for shelter as fire damaged their home. Four fire trucks responded to the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chapel Road
Debbie Becker
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Theodore Becker
Winfield J. Robinsons
Benning
Hamilton
Robinsons
Becker
Turgeon
Carla
Raymond
Pamela
Theodore Jr
Christopher
Jo-Jo
Ward Becker
North Street
Prospect Mt Junior Program Offers Free Skiing
The Prospect Mt Ski Club Junior Program invites eligible skiers to receive a free pass for Wednesday and Thursday at Prospect Mt. Students must be in the stem turn traverse stem christie or parallel class and have attended at least three lessons. Wear armbands and report to the base lodge instructor for passes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prospect Mt
Northwest Vermont Hospital Notes February 1966 Update
Hospital notes recount admissions discharges and births across Bennington area from February 18 to 20 1966. Includes names of patients such as Leah LaFlamme Gwendolyn Baldwin and Elizabeth King plus a February 19 birth to Howard Shea and Julianne Hurley. Also reports a February 20 fire near Hoosick Falls injuring Thomas Pockette and a Bennington furnace fire response involving the Becker family.
Funeral services for Hazel L Dodge in Grand Isle
Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon at Grand Isle Methodist Church for Hazel L Dodge 55 who died Monday in a Burlington hospital after a short illness. Interment will be in Grand Isle Village Cemetery. She was born in Tunbridge March 21 1910 daughter of John L and Lucy Glines. She belonged to the Grand Isle Methodist Church WSCS Island Chapter Order Eastern Star and was past president of the Grand Isle PTA. She leaves three sons Richard C Dodge Dennis N Dodge and Lewie C Dodge a daughter Lois M Dodge a husband Forrest Dodge and her mother Lucy Glines plus three grandsons a sister Mildred Folsom and a brother Kermit Glines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Isle
Mildred Folsom
North Springfield
Kermit Glines
Tunbridge
YMCA Activity Schedule Highlights Weekly
The timetable lists YMCA programs across Monday to Saturday at Red Brick School and Pownal Center. It covers basketball leagues junior and senior high, conditioning classes for women, men’s volleyball, chess and camera clubs, bowling for various grades, rifle club, and a record hop.
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Red Brick
Jr. Hi
NIU
Pownal Center
Man charged with second degree assault in Hoosick Falls
William Ostrander, 27, of Bennington, faces arraignment before Justice Thomas G. Restino on a felony second degree assault charge tied to an alleged late Friday night assault on 18 year old Seymour Brooks near Walloomsac New York 67. Brooks was treated and discharged after hospital care.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Bennington
Thomas G. Restino
Pownal
New York State
William Ostrander
Seymour Brooks
Ostrander
Rensselaer County
Brooks
Joseph Greene
North Hoosick
New York 67
Walloomsac
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Obituaries from Williamstown to Pawlet area
Obituary notices report George B. Duncan 74 of Williamstown died in Adams nursing home after long residency in the area since 1922. Other obituaries include John D. Pratt 73 of Mt Dora Florida and Victoria F Kupiec 91 of West Rutland. Additional notices: Mrs Gwendolyn Eastman 73 of Hardwick and Fayette Brown 57 of West Pawlet. Funeral services and burial details listed for each.
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MT. Dora
Fra
John D. Pratt
Pownal
George Pratt
Springfield
van Norman Machine and Tool Company
Florida
Earl E
East Longmeadow
George
California
Mt. Dora Cemetery
Andromeda viewed in early evening sky
Astronomy notes describe locating Andromeda high overhead west of Pegasus. Start with the Great Square, find Alpheratz at the eastern corner, then trace three stars in a southeast row Delta Mirach Almach. Fainter stars between Andromeda and Cassiopeia form the rest of the constellation.
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Andromeda
Pegasus
Alpheratz
Delta
Mirach
Almach
Cassiopeia
Dr. Folsom to take post at Alfred
Dr. Alan L. Folsom of Bennington is named school physician for the State University Agricultural and Technical College at Alfred New York and will open a private practice. He will arrive July 1 after a general practice residency at Putnam Memorial Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred
N.Y
Alan L. Folsom
Bennington
State University Agricultural and Technical College
Folsom
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Alfred State Tech
John Jacox
Richard B. Tolins
el Camino College
el Camino
Calif
University of California
Yale University School of Medicine
New Britain General Hospital
New Britain
Conn
Bridgeport
Army
11Th Airborne Division
Dr. Folsom
Rita Bernice Hammer
Louisville
Alan Jr
James
Rev G Hall Named To New Post In World Mission Campaign
The Rev. Gilbert H. Hall son of Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Hall of Hoosick Falls and nephew of Mr. and Mrs. Wendell Carey of Bennington has been named area director of the World Mission Campaign. He will oversee Southern California and Arizona, after pastoring in Ohio Illinois and California. He returned home in mid January from a trainer’s course in Pennsylvania and preached to attendees including Mr. and Mrs. Carey Mrs. Rena Simonds and Mrs. Mae Hewitt. A graduate of Hoosick Falls High School Indiana University and Northern Baptist Theological Seminary, he has held leadership posts with the Community Home Owners Association Nevada Ministerial Fellowship and Golden Gate Baptist Association and serves on the board of American Baptist Churches of Northern California. Mrs Hall is the former Jean Jones. The couple and their three children Gilbert Sandra and Janette live in Huntington Beach California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbert H. Hall
Wesley Hall
Hoosick Falls
World Mission Campaign
Wendell Carey
Bennington
California
Arizona
Mr. Hall
Loma Verde Community Baptist Church
Ohio
Illinois
Pennesylvania
Carey
Rena Simonds
Mae Hewitt
Hoo
Bennington Man Pleads Guilty In U S 7 Near-Collision
Four respondents faced traffic charges in Municipal Court on Monday. Lucien G. Moore, 61, pleaded guilty to passing a vehicle where the way was not clear on U S 7 in Pownal Feb 17 and was fined 25 dollars plus costs by Judge George M. Fienberg. State's Atty. R. Marshall Witten noted Moore pulled out to pass a southbound car on the two lane, improved section and nearly collided head-on with a state police cruiser.
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Bennington
U.S. 7
Pownal
Lucien G. Moore
George M. Fienberg
Atty
R. Marshall Witten
Moore
Mrs. Kearns Chosen To Go To D.C. Meet
Mrs. Kearns of Montpelier Vermont has been named publicity coordinator for the Vermont delegation to the 1966 Campaign Conference for Democratic Women in Washington April 17 to 19. The event in the Washington Hilton is sponsored by the Democratic National Committee and includes briefings with Johnson administration officials and meetings with lawmakers.
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Newport
Charles Schurman
Democratic National Committee
Vermont
Bennington
William F. Kearns Jr
Betty Burgess
Montpelier
William Kearns Jr
Kearns
Democratic Women’s Club of
Women’s Club of
Washington County
Democratic Women’s Group
City Democratic Committee
Democratic Women’s Club of Vermont
Washington Hilton Hotel
Washington, D.C
Johnson Administration
Lyndon B. Johnson
White House
University fashion board winner cited by Mademoiselle
Mrs Tony Marro of Woodford, a University of Vermont senior, is named among 1500 national winners in Mademoiselle magazine's College Board contest for the third year running. Board members may contribute on campus trends and vie for 20 grand prizes with possible guest editor roles. Meanwhile court notes in Bennington include traffic charges against John Lauzon, 25, who pleaded not guilty to careless driving with an accident, leaving the scene, and failure to report, with a $100 bail. Fred Rapallo, 45, paid a $10 fine for no Vermont inspection after a Massachusetts inspection. Sharon Harrington Jr., 24, faced a $15 fine for driving with three worn tires and possible jail if funds not raised.
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Anthony J. Marro
Jacqueline Cleary
Woodford
University of Vermont
Mademoie Selle Magazine
Colege
Madeemoiselle
Moore
Witten
John E. Lauzon
Bennington
Atty
Harvey Carter
Fierberg
Fred G. Rapallo
Vermont
Rapallo
Massachusetts
Fienberg
Sharon W. Harrington Jr
North Bennington
Harrington
Three Injured In Bennington Car Crash Near Woodford Line
A two car rear end collision on Vermont Route 9 near the Woodford town line left three New York residents injured with two hospitalized. Joan E. White of Scotia drove a 1955 Cadillac. Barbara E. LaRouech of Saratoga Springs drove a 1964 Austin Healey Sprite. LaRouech and passenger Frances Mauso were treated for facial and head injuries, both in fairly good condition. White suffered whiplash and planned to see her doctor as her husband and four children in the car escaped injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York State
Bennington
Woodford
Joan E. White
Scotia
N.Y
Barbara E. LaRouech
Saratoga Springs
LaRouech
Miss LaRouech
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Frances Mauso
White
Kermit
Cadillac
Austin- Healey
Sunday Drinking Bill Up for Action
Vermont lawmakers will weigh transferring Sunday drinking law control from the Legislature to the Liquor Control Board. The bill, backed by the Vermont Restaurant Association and the Vermont Hotel and Motel Association, would place Sunday rules under the board, which governs week six days. A public hearing by the House Public Health Committee is set for Tuesday. The measure follows liberalization trends but maintains meal requirements for Sunday drink purchases.
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Vermont
Gas Service Disrupted In Burlington
Natural gas service nearly restored to about 5,000 Burlington customers after a Saturday fuse blew at the Vermont Gas Systems manufacturing plant. Pilot lights died, water heaters and appliances were relit, and temperatures fell to seven below zero. The incident, the first in 30 years for the plant, occurred during a weekend without connection to the current fuel conversion. Customers cooperated and understood the disruption.
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Burlington
UPI
Donald J. Johnson
Vermont Gas Systems
Johnson
Legislature Faces Busy Week As Session Resumes
Vermont lawmakers return to a busy week as the 10 week special session opens with House Monday and Senate Tuesday. Proposals include a one cent gas tax hike, Green Mountain Race Track relief extension, tax law revisions, districting and zoning measures, and a Pavilion Hotel purchase in Montpelier. House action focuses on a rewritten income tax bill and highway financing, with Senate set to take up Public Service Board cable regulation and labor relations. Senator O Brien argues against extending race track aid, urging defeat of the relief bill.
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Philip Hoff
Senate
House
Public Service Board
Hoff
Ways and Means
Pavilion
Montpelier
Richard W. Mallary
Green Mountain
Pownal
John J. O’brien
D-Chittenden - Grand Isle
O’brien
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Bennington Briefs
the Humane Society Shelter
Leah LaFlamme
Beneington
Paul Bernard
Jackesonville
Dorothy Kervan
Jean Patnaude
Sandra Sue Slade
Carol Harrington
Rena Tardie
Granville
Gwendolyn Baldwin
Hoosick
James Rigg
Shaftsburg
Boris St. Hilaire
Kirk Speamburg
Valley Falls
Loretta Burt
Petersburg
Evelyn Weeks
Manchester Depot
Elizabeth King
Shaftsbury
Richard Hess
Arelington
Jane Lake
South Dorset
Frank W. Snow III
Cambridge
Robert Brenenstuhl
Mary McGuire
Jean S. Markey
Manchester
Doris J. Fisher
East Arlington
Goldie Lohnes
Sick Falls
Robert Earl
Howard Shea
Bristol
James Cusack
Joseph E. Higgins
Lyons St
Caroline Drive
Springfield Hospital
Thomas J. Pockette
Pockette
John Carmody
Union Street
Vermont 106
Orchard Lane
Washington
Walden Theatre
Williamstown
ADV
Bennington Elks Club
Washington Avenue
Norman Turgeon
Hazel L. Dodge
YMCA
Harte Theatre
Walt Disney
Dachshund
Technicolor
Walt Ae
Winnie
George B. Duncan
Mass
Mare Tincki Drive
Adams
Glasgow
Scotland
William
Ann (McePherson) Duncan
Williams Lodge of Masons
Methodist Church
Margaret Kidd
Donald Duncan
Anthony Kupiec
West Rutland
Vicetoria F. Kupiec
Harry Kupiec
Anna Przybyla
Poland
Alec Lacz
Walter Hysek
John
Bayside Hill
Albert
Ludlow
Val
Watervliet
Valerie Hysek
Third Order of
St. Francis of
St. Stanislaus Church
Clifford Funeral Home
Mrs. Gwendolyn Eastman
Gwendolyn O. Eastman
Hardwick
James Baldwin
Millett W
Arlie J. (Oliver) Crocker
East Hardwick
Fred Eastman
Fred Eastman. Surviving Besides Mrs. Baldwin Are Four Sons: Frederick Eastman
Lynden
N.J
Harery Ives
Robert Ives
Peter Ives
Hartford
Mrs. Fayette Brown
Rev. G. Hall
New Post
Mrs. Kearns
D.C
Tony Marro
Fashion Magazine
Gas Service
Dow-Jones—Bache & Co
Albany
del Monte
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