Bennington League Hosts Pre-Town Meeting Thursday
Bennington voters can question select men on four ballot articles at the pre-town meeting Thursday at 8 PM in the Bennington County Court House. Eugene V. Clark moderates with Selectmen Higgins and Van Santvoord present to explain proposals on airport runway extension, new garage at sewage plant, unification study committee, and livestock tax exemption. Voters new to town elections can learn basics before next week’s town meeting.
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Bennington
Bennington County
Bennington League of Women Voters
Eugene V. Clark
Joseph Higgins
Richard van Santvoord
Bennington League
Danforth Geer
Committees Plan For July Legion Convention in Bennington
Local American Legion Post 13 promotes a July convention with a lively theme. The article discusses potential savings from merging school districts, plans to hold a March 15 meeting, and outlines a proposed Bennington School District, Inc. merger affecting Mt. Anthony Union and village rural districts.
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Bennington
American Legion Post 13
Lodge of Masons Plans Winter Dance
Mt. Anthony Lodge No. 13 F&AM will hold its annual winter dance in Masonic Temple ballroom Saturday from 8 30 to midnight. Worshipful Master John E. Maxmillian and his committee have secured Eddie Robillard and his orchestra of North Adams Mass to play for both round and square dancing. This social event is given each year for all Masons their wives and guests as well as Eastern Star members and their friends Rainbow Girls and DeMolay. Tickets may be obtained at the door. Refreshments will be served.
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Mt. Anthony Lodge No. 13
F&am
Masonic Temple
John E. Maxmillian
Eddie Robillard
North Adams
Mass
Rainbow Girls
Stock Averages Report at Noon Across Market Sectors
Dow Jones averages show 30 Industrials at 888.86 up 3.25, rails at 211.56 up 1.14, utilities at 160.45 down .23. Composite at 312.95 up .98 with sales totaling 2,640,000.
Bennington School District to vote on Stark Street land purchase
Voters in the Bennington Graded School District meet tonight at 8 p.m. to decide the 13 acre Stark Street property purchase for a possible future elementary school. The bill is about $10,000 payable over two years, funded partly by state aid, with an 8 cent tax on the Grand List proposed. No current plans exist for a school on the site, but trustees urge purchase as vital for future elementary space.
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Bennington
Stark Street
Pownal Summer Home Breaks Investigated by State Police
Vermont state police from the Shaftsbury barracks probe a string of winter burglaries at summer homes and camps in Pownal. Ownership of the properties is unsettled as owners reside outside Vermont. Suspects looted miscellaneous items from at least two houses identified as E. George Lavine on Ladd Road and the Eastwood home on Mason Hill Road.
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Pownal
Shaftsbury Barracks
Vermont
E. George Lavine
Ladd Road
Eastwood
Mason Hill Road
Groups for Retarded Seek Shift to Public Support
Harry Blank of the National Association for Retarded Children spoke at the Bennington Friends of Retarded Children meeting at Mt Anthony Country Club. He said private groups should transition care and education of the mentally retarded to tax-supported public agencies, citing recent federal laws shaped with NARC help.
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National Association For Retarded Children
NARC
Harry Blank
Bennington Friends of Retarded Children
Mt. Anthony Country Club
Blank
Friends OF Retarded Children
Viola Goodyear
BFRC
Robert B. Condon
W. Earle Forman
Melvin R. McGaughey
Hagerman
Obituary notices for Raymond E. Howard and others in Vermont region
Obituaries recall Raymond E. Howard 77 a former village official and store operator who died after shoveling snow near his 815 Gage Street home. Also noted are death notices for Miss Cecelia Schaaf, Mrs Julia Estell Sheldon, and Edith Gould with service details, survivor lists, and funeral arrangements across Shaftsbury Arlington Rupert and Eagle Bridge communities.
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Raymond E. Howard
Howard’s
Gage Street
Pratt & Riley’s
Gage St
Shaftsbury
Freeman S
Flora
Bottom) Howard
North Bennington
Bliss Business College
North Adams
Florence Lovejoy
Reginald
Frederick
Arlington
Amy Harbour
John R
Peoria
Howard
Cora B. Whitney
First Methodist Church
Masonic Order
Earl A
Cambridge
N.Y
Edward
Roy
Marilla) Grout
East Arlington
Melvin R. McGaughey
Masonic Temple
The
Vermont Heart Fund
Funeral for Peter J. Nelson Held in North Bennington
Funeral services were held at St. John the Baptist Church North Bennington for Peter J. Nelson a Shaftsbury resident who died unexpectedly at home Friday. The service included a Requiem High Mass by Fr. Walter F. Miller with a prior prayer at Mahar Sons Funeral Home. Entombment is at Park Lawn Chapel and burial planned for spring in St Johns Cemetery. Relatives and friends attended from Wellfleet Cape Cod Boston Foxboro Revere and Pittsfield along with Shaftsbury North Bennington and Bennington.
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Shaftsbury
Peter J. Nelson
St. John the Baptist Church
North Bennington
Walter F. Miller
Mahar & Son Funeral Home
Bennington
George Shea
Herbert Ware
Murray McGuire
Frederick Driscoll
LeRoy Becker
William Strong
Pittsfield
Mass
Father Miller
Park Lawn Chapel
St. John’s Cemetery
Wellfleet
Cape Cod
Boston
Foxboro
Revere
House Alignment Seen April 1 By Rep. Hebard
Rep Emory Hebard of Gloversville says the House Res upportionment Committee will pass a realignment bill by April 1 and ship it to the Senate for approval by May 1. The plan allows two months until the July 1 deadline to adjust for changes or court feedback and to address constituent questions on town meeting day March 2.
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Hebard
Hospital Notes Admissions and Births Feb 22
Admissions list includes Patricia Ann Farnum Myrtle Vada kin David Wickenden Gail Ware Kenneth Ware Robert Baldwin Lillian Lancour Janice Fenno and others from Bennington Pownal Center Shaftsbury South Dore. Discharges include Chester Gallett Arthur Cole Margaret Ivimey Hoosick Falls. Births record daughters born Feb 22 to Eugene LaCroix Maurice Gropman and Robert Haynes families.
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Patricia Ann Farnum
Bennington
Myrtle Vadakin
David Wickenden
North Bennington
Gail Ware
Kenneth Ware
Pownal Center
Robert Baldwin
Lillian Lancour
Shaftsbury
Janice Fenno
South Dore Set
Chester Gallett
Arthur Cole
Margaret Ivimey
Hoosick Falls
Maurice Gropman
Elm St
Robert Haynes
Center St
Charter Amendments To Be Aired Tonight In Bennington
Bennington Village voters may hear an explanation of five proposed amendments to the village charter at a public hearing tonight at 8 in the County Courthouse. The changes include expanded powers for village trustees to regulate bicycles, adopt building plumbing electrical and fire codes, and enact junk and garbage controls, plus longer terms for village president clerk and treasurer. Ballot articles remain on the third Tuesday, with the floor meeting date moved to the Monday before that Tuesday if approved.
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Bennington Village
Municipal Corporations Committees
Trailer Truck Involved In Two Accidents In Searsburg
A Houston owned tractor-trailer became stuck on Vermont 9 in Searsburg and was involved in two crashes. A 1965 Chevrolet coupe driven by Linda D. Meretyk, 22, of Brooklyn, collided head on with the truck, causing extensive damage to the car and minor damage to the truck. About an hour later a Vermont State Police cruiser parked behind the truck was struck when the truck rolled back after its brakes released, causing minor damage to the cruiser. The truck sustained no damage in the second incident.
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Houston
Tex
Vermont
Searsburg
Roland A. Davis
Linda D. Meretyk
Brooklyn
N.Y
Bennington Family of Four Hurt in Williamstown Crash
Four members of a Bennington family were injured when their car was struck on the left side by another vehicle in Williamstown Mass The driver William H Hattat suffered torn ligaments in the right arm wife Florence head and mouth injuries Wellington nose and lip injuries and seven year old Christopher nose injuries were treated and released at Williamstown Medical Associates Center The accident remains under investigation
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Williamstown
Mass
Bennington
William H. Hattat
Pownal Road
Florence Hattat
Wellington Hattat
Christopher Hattat
Williamstown Medical Associates Center
Bennington Briefs State and local notices and activity
A jury was drawn in Bennington County Court to try an alienation of affections suit by Mrs Earlene Fellows against Linda Lake. United Commercial Travelers announce a Wednesday 8 p.m. meeting at the Bennington Club. Stratton Mountain reports a 15 inch base and good slopes. The Bennington Auxiliary State Police meet Wednesday at 7 30 p.m. at the North Bennington firehouse. Barbara Legger was omitted from the Bennington High School honor roll. a parking lot accident on Main and North Streets involved Barbara A Sheehan of North Adams Mass. Vermont State Police logged an Arlington accident on U S 7 involving George Williams 46 of Cavendish and Robert Bertram 16 of Wells with minor damage and no injuries.
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Bennington County
Earlene Fellows
Linda Lake
Stephen H. Gilman
William C. Sennett
Mathew J. Caldbeck
St. Johnsbury
Main
North Streets
Hattar
Main Street
North Street
Barbara A. Sheehan
North Adams
Mass
Vermont
U.S. 7
Bennington County Humane Society
Arlington
George Williams
Canvendish
Williams
Robert Bertram
Wells
Malcolm X Assassination Sparks Harlem Rally Violence Fears
Fire investigators probe a suspicious blaze as Malcolm X lies in repose in a Harlem mortuary. Police seek suspects in the assassination amid 400 spectators at a Harlem ballroom rally, with hundreds of patrolmen deployed to deter potential violence.
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Malcom X
mid-Harlem
Malcolm
Malcom
Harlem
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Gerlach) Schaaf
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Stowe
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