GBA Urges Groups to Submit Event Dates for Listing Service
The Greater Bennington Association announces a ready date listing service to avoid conflicts among civic fraternal and religious groups. Secretary Short asks groups to telephone or write event dates and current officers to keep files up to date and help coordinate county events.
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Greater Bennington Association
Paul J. Short
GBA
Short
Viola Goodyear
Goddyear
Greater
Bennington
Weavers Barred From Paar Show Over Oaths
The Weavers folk quartet was barred from NBCs Jack Paar program after refusing to sign loyalty oaths. Members Milton Brown said performers would not confirm non affiliation with the Communist party. Fred Hellerman and Lee Hays invoked the Fifth Amendment before Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
National Broadcasting Co
Jack Paar
NBC
Milton Brown
The
Weavers
Communist Party
Brown
the Weavers
Fred Hellerman
Lee Hays
Ronnie Gilbert
Erik Darling
Hellerman
Army to Release St. Michael's Prof John Doyle for Return
An assistant philosophy professor at St. Michael's College in Vermont will be released from military duty in time to rejoin the faculty for the second semester. John P Doyle, 31, of Roslindale Massachusetts, has been serving as a Morse Code instructor at Fort Devens Massachusetts since November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winooski Park
St. Michael’s College
John P.doyle
Roslindale
Mass
Fort Devens
Access Roads Policy Sent to Key Players in Vermont
The proposed access policy would be set by the State Highway Department. Copies were sent to Gov. Keyser, Bennington County legislators, the Vermont House Ways and Means Committee, the House Highway and Bridges Committee, William Poeter, chairman of the Vermont Highway Department, and all Southern Vermont ski areas.
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State Highway Department
Keyser
Bennington County
Vermont House
Ways and Means Committee
House Highway and Bridges Committee
William Poeter
Vermont Highway Department
Vermont
Trustees Denounce Zoning Change For Depot Street Site
Trustees report area is zoned for commercial uses and discuss new Depot Street tanks for fuel oil storage and a proposed generating plant for gas manufacture. They authorize bids for a police cruiser, approve tying Bennington Graded School District to the village fire alarm system, consider a pre election public meeting, and note 68 of 97 December parking tickets paid with praise for Village Atty. Levin.
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Depot Street
Henry Mallory
Police
Bennington
Levin
U2 Pilot Rescued From Swamp Near Picayune
Air Force rescue team plucked U2 pilot Charles Stratton from a cypress tree in swampy bayous near Picayune Mississippi. Stratton, 32, was flown to Keesler Air Force Base Biloxi. His home is Detroit with wife and two children. Wreckage search continued west of Picayune near the Louisiana Mississippi line.
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Picayune
Miss
Air Force
Charles Stratton
Stratton
Keesler Air Force Base
Biloxi
Detroit
del Rio
Tex
Louisiana-Mississippi
Soviet Union
Sewage Grant for Hardwick Village Plans
Hardwick Village in Montpelier receives a $3,800 advance from the Community Facilities Administration to draft preliminary plans for new sewage treatment facilities.
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Montpelier, Vt
Hardwick Village
Community Facilities Administration
Bennington civil jury trial on premises fall
Mrs Irene Wilson sues Floyd G Tefft and Cora Tefft for medical costs and pain from a September 2 1960 fall on Upper Main Street North Bennington alleging faulty premises. Trial began yesterday before Superior Judge F Ray Keyser and will resume at 11 30 AM. Jury listed. No other jury trials this week though several divorce cases expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irene Wilson
North Bennington
Floyd G
Cora Tefft
County Court
F. Ray Keyser
Wilson
Manfred W. Ehrich Jr
Bennington
Clayton Kinney
Rutland
Ann Whitney
Stamford
Mabel Towart
Anna Metcalfe
Shaftsbury
Harold Tower
Vermont Heart Association appoints county chairs for 1962 drive
Dr. Porter H. Dale announces the 1962 Vermont Heart Association fund drive with physicians playing a key role. County medical chairmen include Drs Theodore Collier Addison Woodhull Hall Bennngton Ebridge Johnston St Johnsbury Ellsworth Amidon Burlington F Russell Dickson Concord Robert Catlin St Albans Charles Norton D O Grand Isle Roger Mann Waterville Elizabeth Berry Randolph Delmer Durgin Newport William Pratt Rutland Porter Dale John Hogle Brattleboro Windham Robert Richards Springfield Windsor. The association supports research education and community service.
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Vermont Heart Association
Porter H. Dale
Montpelier
Dale
Theodore Collier
Middlebury
Addison
Woodhull
Randolph
Orange
Delmer D. Durgin
Newport
Orleans
William A. Pratt
Rutland
Washington
John R. Hogle
Brattleboro
Windham
Robert L. Richards
Springfield
Windsor
American Heart Association
State Employes To Begin Studies In Public Administration
Twenty five state employees will enroll this month in the first course of a new state education program. Commissioner Frank P. Free announced the initial instruction period starts January 30 under joint state and University of Vermont auspices. The program aims to boost civil service careers and improve contributions to state government.
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Montpelier
Frank P. Free
University of Vermont
Free
National Guard Unit Reviews Riot Control Film
National Guard Troop L of the 3rd Recon Squadron, 102nd Armored Division met in the Bennington Armory to view a film on riot control procedures. It explained military involvement only after police fail to quell riots and that methods minimize harm to rioters. The next drill is January 8 at 7 30 p.m.
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Bennington
Putnam Hospital Tuesday January 2 List
Readable list of names associated with Putnam Hospital dated Tuesday January 2. Includes Malvina Allen Bennington Albert Boynton Arlington Edith Bushner Hoosick Falls Charles Brewster Manchester Center William Nolan Sally Dalton Michael Stratton North Bennington John Harris Carl Boup ton Shaftsbury Denver Telford Eagle Bridge John Lauzon North Bennington Mrs Marion Bolster Arlineton and a girl
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Malvina Allen
Bennington
Albert Boynton
Arlington
Edith Bushner
Hoosick Falls
N. Y
Charles Brewster
Manchester Center
William Nolan
Sally Dalton
Michael Stratton
North Bennington
John Harris
Carl Boupton
Shaftsbury
Denver Telford
Eagle Bridge
N.Y
John Lauzon
Marion Bolster
Hehy
Arlineton
Youth sentenced in dog killing case at Shaftsbury
A 19-year-old youth was sentenced in municipal court to four to six months in jail with most suspended and placed on probation with a ban on firearms after pleading guilty to torturing and killing a dog near Shaftsbury. restitution of $100 to the owner was ordered. The case followed reports the dog was hung, shot, and cut down.
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Shaftsbury
House of Correction
Robert G. Thompson Jr
Jean Henry
John A. Burgess
Henry
Thompson
Humane Society
Thompsons
Burgess
Dorothy Gibbons
Marie H. Rogers
Bennington
Londonderry
Howard C. Chandler
North Street
Thomas E. Ayers
Wes Pawlet
Duane L. Bentley
Wesley Smith 69 Hoosick Falls resident dies after long illness
Hoosick Falls New York Wesley Smith 69 a longtime resident of Hoosick Falls died Sunday after a long illness at Putnam Memorial Hospital Funeral services were held at Robson Funeral Home with Rev Lawrence Plumley officiating Interment was in Maple Grove Cemetery He was born in East Greenwich NY to William and Camilla Brewer Smith His wife Stella Gibbons preceded him in death Survivors include two brothers William and Raymond Smith and a sister Mrs Ethel Kelly of Albany
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Wesley Smith
William
Raymond Smith
Bennington
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Robson Funeral Home
Lawrence Plumley
Hoosick Falls First Baptist Church
Maple Grove Cemetery
Mr. Smith
East Greenwich
Camilla Brewer Smith
Stella Gibbons
Ethel Kelly
Albany
Funeral services honor Rollo G. Elwell WWII veteran
Rollo G. Elwell, a World War II veteran, was honored at funeral services Tuesday at Hanson Walbridge Funeral Home. He died December 29 at the Veterans Administration Hospital, White River Junction. Arlington Post 69 American Legion provided military honors. Entombment will be in Park Lawn vault with spring burial planned at Chapel cemetery. Relatives and friends from Albany, Arlington, Manchester and nearby areas attended.
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Rollo G. Elwell
Hanson- Walbridge
Elwell
Veterans’ Administration
White River Junction
Frank W. Grippin
First Methodist Church
Myron Greene
Harold Harrington
Richard Sweet
Raymond Gates
Gilbert Mattison
Eric Lantz
Arlington Post 69
American Legion
John J. Hannon
Walter M. Rice
Medric Grover
Cmdr. Rice
Park Lawn
Chapel Cemetery
Albany
N.Y
Arlington
Manchester
Funeral services for Carl Henning
Funeral services for Carl Henning a well known poultry dealer of Shaftsbury were largely attended at Mahar and Son Funeral Home Tuesday afternoon Rev A J MacDonald pastor of South Shaftsbury Methodist Church officiated Burial will be in Maple Hill Cemetery in Dorset Chapel and burial arrangements were announced.
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Carl Henning
Shaftsbury
Mahar & Son Funeral Home
A. J. MacDonald
South Shaftsbury Methodist
Park Lawn Chapel
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dorset
Woman Injured In Area Crash This Morning
State police report a 7 a.m. crash on White Creek Road Shaftsbury involving a single 1960 Ford driven by Mrs. Gladys K. Tollison 31 of White Creek NY. The car left the road struck a tree rolled, causing forehead and knee lacerations. She sought treatment.
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White Creek
Shaftsbury
Gladys K. Tollison
N.Y
Tollisen
Dean B. Yarnal
South St
Yarnal
Littlefield
Youth Receives Suspended Term In Court Guilty Plea
Edward Changa, 17, of New York, pleaded guilty in Bennington Municipal Court to third degree assault on Troy NY police officer Richard Butler and received a one year suspended sentence in Rensselaer County Jail. He must pay for Butler’s damaged uniform and stay sober under probation.
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Edward Changa
New Yorker
Bennington
Troy
N.Y
Rensselaer County
Changa
Richard K. Butler
Abraham C. Goldstein
Arlington
Allen Matteson
State Hospital
Waterbury
Marshall Sanatorium
Butler
Bennington Community Notices and Club Events
Multiple local meetings and events listed. rehearsals at VFW rooms for Albany VA Hospital trip. Ladies of the Cooties and Green Mountain Pup Tent 2 activities. Bennington High School PTA meeting with Robert Wilson on Union now or Never. surplus food commodities distribution at Elks Barn for January signups 9 AM to 4 PM. Women of the Moose meeting with Miss Claire Ralph speaking on child welfare. United Church Women tea for visiting foreign students at Nelsons home. duplicate bridge winners at Mt Anthony CC with results and next date January 12. Jennie Yett announces a large winter sale at 313 Weeks Street Rennington Amy.
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Bennington High School
PTA
Robert Wilson
Union
Mt. Anthony Country Club
John Zulick III
Woonsocket
R.I
Skidmore College
Young Women’s Christian Association
Dartmouth College
Brown University
Illinois
New York
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
New Hampshire
Buck Cogswell Nuptials Tie Denville Couple
Miss Martha Wheeler Buck wed William Roy Cogswell in a St. Peter's Episcopal Church ceremony on December thirty. The bride, a Skidmore and YWCA leader, and the groom, a Dartmouth and Brown student, plan to live in Woonsocket Rhode Island with attendees from multiple states.
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Martha W. Buck
William R. Cogswell
Denville, N.J
Martha Wheeler Buck
George W. Buck
Elm St
William Roy Cogswell
John W. Cogswell
Pocono Road
Denville
N.J
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
Frederick B. Wolf
Donald A. Webster
International Students Return After Holiday Visits
Fourteen foreign students who spent part of their holiday with Bennington families have returned to New York City to resume studies. The group includes residents from Spain, Japan, Turkey, France, Finland, Costa Rica, Iraq and other nations, hosted by numerous local families and clergy.
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Bennington
New York City
Raymond C. Aja
Edgar W. Killian
Crescent Boulevard
Spain
Frederic Burnham
South Stream Road
Rosabelle Cartin
Costa Rica
Necati Ozfurt
Turkey
Leon R. Eldred
Elm Street
Kaarlo Sarkko
Finland
Martin H. Hirsch
East Arlington
Uykhero Sakamoto
Japan
Robert Howe
Bush
Manuel Medina
Robert C. Wagner
Old Bennington
George Halaby
Iraq
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Miss Paar
Army
St. Michael’s
National Guard
Putnam Hospital
Bennington Briefs
VFW Rooms
Albany VA Hospital
Elks Barn
Alma Langlois
Women of the Moose
Jane Potter
Claire Ralph
Christine Potter
Board of
United Church Women
Gerald D. Nelson
Hugh Nash
Frank Howlett
Col
N. Y. DuHamel
George Ellis
Ferdinand Mayer
Eleanor Davis
Dorothy Damour
Jennie Yett
Weeks Street
Rennington
Saratoga Springs, N.Y
Janet Litster
Rosalie Brewster
New
John H. Cogswell
Pittsfield
John W. More
Saratoga Springs
Peter Murtha
John S. Zulick III
Philadelphia
Gerard Zimmerman
Norwich
Lloyd
Walker
Drysdale’s
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