Film preview aids Bickford Hollow water project
About 200 feet of unedited footage captured from a plane was shown at a Bennington Club smoker to promote the Bickford Hollow development in Woodford. George Allard Jr. discussed the project and potential federal funding, as village officials seek a $20,000 initial sinking fund vote for a $500,000 scheme.
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Bennington
Bennington Village
Lake Hancock
Allard
William H. Morse
Water Crisr
Seymour G. Shultz
Crescent Boulevard
Water Board
Bickford Hollow
Pownal Man Injured In Early Morning Crash On Route 7
Francis L Sheridan 44 of Pownal sustained eye and knee lacerations plus abrasions and possible chest injuries when his northbound car left the highway on U S 7 near the How ard Johnson Restaurant. He was taken to Putnam Memorial Hospital in fairly good condition. Vermont State Police said the car was destroyed after hitting a tree. In Bennington Village a second crash on West Main Street involved Ronald M Brown of Somerville Massachusetts and a truck driven by Wilder Haskell Jr the P S Dubrey Trucking Co of Worcester Massachusetts. Cars parked along the narrow street prevented passing and left the left side of the Brown car damaged.
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Francis L. Sheridan
Pownal
U.S. 7
Howard Johnson
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Sheridan
Vermont
West Main Street
Bennington Village
Ronald M. Brown
Somerville
Mass
Wilder Haskell Jr
P.S. Dubrey Trucking Co
Worcester
Main Street
Harrison Avenue
Speaker To Discuss Economic Effects Of Disarmament
Prof. William G. Rhoads of Williams College will speak on the Economic Effects of Disarmament at 8 p.m. Monday in the Bennington Free Library. The talk, sponsored by the Bennington Peace Forum, is open to the public.
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William G. Rhoads
Williams College
Bennington Free Library
Bennington Peace Forum
Rhoads
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Dupont Nemours Co
Latin America
Funeral services for World War II veteran Hugh Bussiere held
Funeral services for Hugh Bussiere, a WWII veteran, were held at Mahar & Son Funeral Home with Rev. H. Glenn Payne officiating. Bearers included Thomas Biggs and Ransom Gore. A three-bell salute at Putnam Square marked the procession to Park Lawn Cemetery. Relatives traveled from multiple states for the service. Burial planned for spring in Center Shaftsbury Cemetery.
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Hugh Bussiere
Mahar & Son Funeral Home
H. Glenn Payne
First Baptist Church
Thomas Biggs
Ransom Gore
Albert Clifford
Paul Harrington
Stark Hose Co
Bussiere
Francis Corbett
John Ahearn
Park Lawn Cemetery
Putnam Square
William Billett
Park Lawn Chapel
Center Shaftsbury Cemetery
Dalton
Oxford
Andover
Adams Boston
Mass
Northfield
Gonie
N.H
Hoosick Falls
Bennington Briefs Highlight Local Meetings and Services
Bennington brief items note the VFW Auxiliary meeting on Tuesday at 8 p.m. with a white elephant auction, a Rochester visitor family, absentee ballot applications at Bennington Elementary Saturday, a Beech Street chimney fire controlled by the Rural Fire department, AMA appoints Dr. James Hammond to the National Security Council, and upcoming Farm Bureau, sports film, and Odd Fellows events. John Page speaks on Vermont history at West Arlington Feb. 25, with more programs at the Bennington Club and a transfer of Joseph Lee to Sunny View Rehabilitation after a heart attack. Mt Anthony Chapter Eastern Star March 6 meeting with initiation and a March 14 turkey supper, plus Iron Kettle ad for roast loin pork Feb 22-23.
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VFW
Donald Rydberg
Rochester
N.Y
Jane Breese
Harry G. Breese
Elm Street
Catherine Dermody
Bennington
Union High School
James Hammond
Council On National Security
American Medical Association
Hammond
Percy E. Hopkins
AMA
Bennington Club
Baltimore Colts
New York Giants
Joseph Lee
Shawmut Sr
Training Course For CD Police Being Planned
Bennington plans an 80 hour Civil Defense auxiliary police course run by Vermont State Police instructors. The program covers first aid, communications, fire and rescue, firearms control, traffic, criminal investigation and anti radiation measures. Applicants from Bennington area and nearby towns are urged to apply.
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Bennington
Civil Defense Auxiliary Police Force
William Mattison
Town Civil Defense
Vermont
Mattison
Donald Greenslet
Pownal
Stamford
Snoozologists Claim Three Extra Years By Cutting Sleep
UPI reports researchers at a bedding firm claim reducing nightly sleep by one hour can add three years to waking hours over a lifetime. The study cited by the mattress maker Serta suggests shorter sleep increases productive time.
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Chicago
UPI
Serta
Obituaries from Greenwich and Manchester
Greenwich Mrs. Er mie V Springer 80 died at Mary McClellan Hospital Cambridge widow of Arthur Springer born Graf ton former Johnsonville resident lived Greenwich Argyle road 35 years survived by daughter Florence Bullard Saranac Lake son Leonard Robert Center Falls three grandchildren four great grandchildren funeral Sunday 2 p m Garrett Funeral Home Greenwich Rev Lewis N Powell Bottskill Baptist Church body in Greenwich Cemetery vault pending interment in Middletown Manchester Funeral services for Mary Dalton about 90 who died Thursday at a nursing home will be Saturday 9 a m at St Pauls Church Rev Donald Kelley Rosary 8 at Brewster Funeral Home Manchester Center entombment Factory Point Cemetery burial in spring St Jerome Cemetery East Dorset nieces nephews survivors
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Joseph B. Johnson
Robert T. Stafford
F. Ray Keyser Jr
Philip H. Hoff
Florence E. O’neil
West Rutland
Robert A
John H
Veda Wellwood
Springfield
Carl R. Bloomer
Harry C. Bloomer
Keene
United Church
H. Glenn Payne
First Baptist Church
Stark Hose Co
Francis D. Walker
John Proud
Earl Dunn
Harry Kupiec
Winslow Hardware Store
Everett Corbett
Martin Scott
Harold Buckley
John Ahearn
Park Lawn
Greenwich
N.Y
Ermie V. Springer
Mary McClellan Hospital
Cambridge
Grafton
Johnsonville
Argyle Road
Arthur Springer
Bottskill Baptist Church
Garrett Funeral Home
Lewis N. Powell
Manchester
Mary Dalton
St. Paul’s Church
Donald Kelley
Two Men Sentenced In Municipal Court Actions
William J Blondin of Hoo sick Falls N Y received one to three years in the House of Correction Windsor after pleading guilty to stealing a car belonging to Kenneth Blake of Springfield Massachusetts. Earl L Grover of East Arlington pled guilty to killing a cow and had a suspended four to six month term plus probation with no alcohol and a 11 p m curfew.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
House of Correction
Windsor
Blondin
Kenneth Blake
Springfield
Mass
Daniel Holland
Robert FE. Cummings Jr
Earl L. Grover
East Arlington
James McDermott
Arlington
Fienberg
Hospital Notes Brightens With Births and Admissions
On Thursday February 21 admissions include Mrs Caroline Mason East Arlington Miss Marilyn Gallant Bennington Arthur Moxley Jr North Bennington Mrs Sheila Johnson Mrs Ruth Rousseau and son North Bennington Mrs Kathleen Stone and daughter Arlington Carl Stevens Old Bennington Mrs Kathleen Bortell and son Mrs Rita Boutin and daughter Master Denis Ouellette Mrs Hazel Cope Mrs Mildred Pierce Bennington A baby daughter Margaret born Feb 12 to Mr and Mrs Robert Escherich of Corona California Elinore Mason former Banner reporter is her mother In Fishkill New York a daughter Marcy Reed born Feb 11 to Mr and Mrs William B Mather Jr Mrs Mather is the former Miss Margaret Mitchell daughter of Robert W Mitchell publisher of the Rutland Herald and formerly on The Banner staff Her mother was the late Rita Morrissey of Bennington.
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Sheila Johnson
Ruth Rousseau
North Bennington
Kathleen Stone
Arlington
Carl Stevens
Old Bennington
Kathleen Bortell
Rita Boutin
Denis Ouellette
Hazel Cope
Mildred Pierce
Bennington
Margaret
Robert Escherich
Corona
Calif
Escherich
Elinore Mason
Frank Mason
Williamstown
Mass
Williamstown High School
University of Massachusetts
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William B. Mather Jr
Fishkill, N.Y
Pre Town Meeting Addresses Unification and Planning
The 1963 Bennington town warning previews key issues at 8 p.m. in the County Court House with moderator R. Marshall Witten and at least two selectmen attending. Topics include unifying town and village sewage, extending the airport runway, and creating a Regional Planning Commission.
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Bennington
Bennington County Court House
R. Marshall Witten
Holiday Ski Crowds Flood Bennington This Weekend
Washington's Birthday drew large ski crowds to Bennington as all commercial lodgings filled. The GBA reports private homes being sought to house visitors, with Prospect Mountain Mount Snow Bromley Magic Mountain and Petersburg Pass in Petersburg NY offering good to excellent conditions for a likely busy weekend.
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Washington
Bennington
Donald C. Hicks
GBA
Prospect Mountain
Mount Snow
Bromley
Magic Mountain
Petersburg Pass
Petersburg
N.Y
Putnam Hospital Receives 39397 for New Building Project
Putnam Memorial Hospital in Bennington is among five Vermont hospitals to gain Hill-Burton funds toward a 314 million construction program. Putnam's 39397 supports a 186720 project for United Counseling Service and a cancer research lab, with 2930 square feet for the lab and 2315 for counseling services.
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Montpelier
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Bennington
Vermont
Hill-Burton
State Board of Health
United Counseling Service
DeGoesbriand Memorial Hospital
Burlington
Brattleboro Memorial Hospital
Kerbs Hospital
St. Albans
Rutland Hospital
Kerbs Memorial Hospital
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