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Newspaper

Bennington Banner

Location

Bennington, Vermont, United States of America

Date

Jan 06, 1964

Page

5

Manchester zoning hearing set on revised ordinance

Selectmen and Town Manager barred from the Manchester Appeals Board under changes approved by the zoning commission. The first of two hearings on the proposed ordinance will be held tomorrow at 8 p.m. in the elementary school auditorium. Copies of the revised ordinance are available at the town office for public study ahead of the hearing.

Manchester Oakley K. Poreter Zoning Commission Commission Board of Adjustment Board of Adjustment and Selectmen

Arlington News Briefs and Local Notices

Arlington reports an American Legion Post meeting scheduled Tuesday at 8 p m in Legion rooms. St James Episcopal Church Prayer Group meets Wednesday at 4 p m at Mrs Jarvis Wyman’s home. Kendy Brown vacationed in Manchester with grandparents the King family. Funeral for Wilson Jepson drew relatives from Long Meadow Mass Richfield Conn and Bennington Jan 4. Zoning Commission names and titles updated. selectmen set final hearing for Monday Jan 20 due to conflict with another public meeting. Members listed include Campbell Markey West Winslow Swezey Hinkley and Heaslip.

American Legion Post Legion Rooms St. James Episcopal Church Jarvis Wyman Kendy Brown Manchester Jay King Paul Jones Long Meadow Mass Donald Miner Richfield Wilson Jepson Selectmen Zoning Come Mission James B. Campbell Joseph J. Markey Bradford West Carlton J. Winslow Christopher Swezey Stanley Hinkley George J. Heaslip

Local Residents Share Holidays and Updates Across Regions

Manchester and surrounding towns report holiday visits and health notes. J Bennett Beattie returns home after surgery at Mary Hitchcock Hospital. Jamie Campbell back at Dartmouth after Christmas recess. Mrs Blanchard Stone resumes duties as church organist post surgery. Donald Badger in Rutland Hospital. Eleanor Souville home after hospitalization in North Adams. Walter and Mrs Gass plan move to Boston for Prudential duties. Monday Club meets at Anna Buck's. E H Nickerson leads program. Board of Selectmen to meet Tuesday evening due to zoning meeting at 8 p.m. Heaslip family visiting Rutland before returning to Brighton. Naw Rath family weekend in Barre visiting relatives. Sven Erickson of Pawelet substitutes in Grade 4 after resignation of Mrs. French.

J. Bennett Beattie Mary Hitchcock Hospital Hanover N.H Jamie Campbell Dartmouth College James B. Campbell Blanchard Stone First Congregational Church Donald Badger Manchester Depot Rutland Hospital Eleanor Souville North Adams Ance Co Anna Buck E.H. Nickerson Board of Selectmen George J. Heaslip Jr George J. Heaslip Brighton Mass Heaslip Nancy Gail Pond Arlington Pond Rutland William C. Nawrath Barre

Pownal Center Fire Dept Sponsors Card Party and Activities

The first of four charity card nights at the Pownal Center Fire Department hall drew twelve tables and $36 to the department fund. Prizes went to Houran Montgomery Lingner and Sirard. special prizes to Towslee and Barber. Upcoming events include a Jan 11 party, Youth Choir rehearsals, 4-H meetings, a 93 year old patient at Putnam Memorial Hospital, and a March of Dimes drive adding a $1000 scholarship fund for Bennington County students pursuing medicine.

Pownal Center Sanfri Kauppi Robert Thompson Pownal Center Community Church Green Mountain Valley 4-H Albert Dickinson North Pownal James A. Vallencourt Putnam Memorial Hospital Vallencourt James Sincluico Glenn Sweet Floyd Woodcock Vermont State Fire Fighters’ Association Charles Becker Shaftsbury A. Coleman Mason Carpenter Hill Burt Ware Gordon Ware Barber Pond Road Florida Kenneth Ware Williamstown Bennington County Marcel Langlais Pownals David Adler East Pownal Harold Marshall North Pownal Barbara Patterson Henry W. Bassen South Pownal

Hoosick Falls Little Theater Girds For 1964

Hoosick Falls New York theater group plans new membership and spring production. At a Wednesday 8 meeting at Mrs. Charles Turner home Lane Farewell and Edward Mendus will discuss New York State Community Theater Association plans. Members urged to attend to choose plays and possible musical comedy.

Hoosick Falls N.Y Little Theater News Charles Turner Abbott Street Lane B. Farewell Area IV New York State Community Theater Association Edward Mendus Ben Sorkin Ron Badgeley

Manchester Rotary Plans Meetings On Education

The Manchester Rotary Club schedules two meetings this month to discuss educational problems. One session will be open to the public, aiming to inform members and stimulate statewide discussion.

Manchester

Hoosick Falls Rescue Squad Hails Bennington Help

The Hoosick Falls Rescue Squad thanks Bennington Rescue Squad for assistance after its registration lapse. Bennington loaned an ambulance and driver for an emergency run to Mary Fletcher Hospital in Burlington. Education Commissioner Holden Jr. is invited to dine January 21 to discuss school issues at a public meeting.

Hoosick Falls N.Y Hoosick Bennington Hoosick Squad Mary Fletcher Hospital Burlington

Year of Eloquence in 1963 Tragedy and Quotes

A panorama of quotes and tributes from 1963 following President Kennedy's assassination. Notables including Sen. Mansfield, Chief Justice Warren, President Johnson, and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. reflect on loss, unity, and future progress amid civil rights debates and global events.

Kennedy Mike Mansfield D-Mont Kenenedy Earl Warren U. S. Supreme Court Johnson Congress John Kennedy America Michael Ramsey Archbishop of Canterbury London Evening Standard Mrs. Kennedy Jacqueline Kennedy Jfk Fort Worth Tex Birmingham Cuba United States Vietnam Lyndon Johnson Martin Luther King, Jr Pope Paul VI

Ed Sullivan Faces Competition From The Hollywood Palace

ABC launches The Hollywood Palace with Bing Crosby hosting and Bob Newhart, Mickey Rooney, and others appearing in a vaudeville style showcase. CBS counters with Alumni Fun and a tape of Soeur Sourire on Ed Sullivan Show. The Defenders underwhelms with attempted humor while Pilgrimage of Paul is recommended for CBS tonight.

New York Ed Sullivan ABC Hollywood Palace Jerry Lewis Bing Crosby Bob Newhart Mickey Rooney Sullivan CBS Belgium

Holdup Man Prays With Family Before Jail

Robert Lee Pruitt 36 year old father of eight asked to pray at home on the way to jail for two armed robbery charges. Detectives Peppers and Newsome allowed a family prayer service. the officers waited as the family gathered and joined in the service before escorting Pruitt to jail.

Atlanta Robert Lee Pruitt

Train Hits Hand Cars. Four Die Near Seligman Arizona

Four railroad maintenance crew members were killed when a Santa Fe freight train struck two handcars on a curved stretch about 30 miles west of Seligman in Yavapai County Arizona. A third car was unharmed and remains under investigation. In Washington the federal government allocates 18.7 million dollars for business and sport air ports in fiscal 1964.

Seligman, Ariz Santa Fe Seligman Arizona Yavapai County Lee Inscoe Washington API

Chimp Escapes and Attacks at Denver Zoo

An 87-pound male chimp broke from his cage and charged spectators. Trainer Clyde L. Smith, 51, was bitten on the arm. Christie, 5, the male’s cage mate, fled and attacked the chimp, who was then shot dead by an attendant. Christie had been raised by Smith and his wife before being given to the zoo.

Denver Denver Zoo Clyde L. Smith Christie Smith

Negro Named Outstanding By CYO

Maurice J. Blackwell president of the Baltimore archdiocese CYO is named outstanding Catholic youth of the year. Msgr. Frederick J. Stevenson announces also Francis J. Carigan Jr. of Providence as outstanding Catholic young adult of 1963, a Providence College senior and class president.

Carigan Providence College

Clay Statue Not Bronze as Public Believed in Kentucky

In Frankfort the Henry Clay statue in the Capitol Rotunda is solid plaster, not bronze as presumed. Walker Hancock of Boston, who is here to install the Alben Barkley statue, noticed a painted bronze effect and a broken finger, and urged officials to cast Clay in bronze before deterioration.

Frankfort Henry Clay State Capitol Walker Hancock Boston Mass Alben Barkley Hancock

Holiday travel and family visits span New England and Midwest

East Arlington and Sunderland residents return home after Christmas visits with relatives in Rochester New York Chicopee Falls and Elizabeth New Jersey. Fred Sheldon resumes boat training at Great Lakes Naval Training Center after holidays with his mother Leona Sheldon. Miner Clark brings grandson Thomas Clark home to Midland following the holidays.

Robert Pash Wesley Walker Rochester N.Y Michael Wellspeak Charles Poore Chicopee Falls Mass Gerald Raferty Elizabeth N.J Ed Sheldon Great Lakes Naval Training Center Illinois Leona Sheldon Miner Clark Thomas Clark Midland

Missionary Society Meeting in North Bennington

The Miriam Derwacher Missionary Society of the Baptist Church will meet at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at the home of Mrs. Edwin Austin in North Bennington.

Miriam Derwacher Missionary Society of the Baptist Church Edwin Austin

Also Mentioned on This Page

Manchester Appeals Board Arlington Helene Thompson Main Street North Bennington Road Nancy Otis al Kerpel Oceanside, N.Y Nathan Kamber Walter D. Gass Loudonville Gass Prudential The Vera Langlais Little Theater Suils A. John Holden Jr Worthy Inn Robert B. Vail King B. Frazer Rotary Club Robert S. McNamara L. Gordon Cooper, Jr Ahmed Ben Bella W. Williard Wirtz Robert F. Kennedy Mde Ngo Dinh Nhu de Gaulle Republic Paul D. Harkins U. S Nikita Khrushchev Khrushchev Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh Harold Macmillan Labor Party Harold Wilson Adenauer Willy Brandt John Profumo Christine Keeler Maryilyn Rice-Davies Hamilton Alec Douglas-Home Ilya Ehrenburg Soviet Union Arnold Toynbee Maurice Chevalier Hollywood UPI Dimitri Tiomkin John Wayne Bainbridge Jon B. Elwell USN John B. Elwell Bently Lane Navy Ray Peet Gate Charleston S.C Second Main St H. Greenberg & Son Andi Freeze Vaetiesteke Oren Cynthia Lowry AP Telvision Paul E. E. Peppers J. T. Newsome Pruitt Negro Cyo East Sunderland Robert Shuffleton North Bennington Elizabeth Dwyer First National Stores Bennington, Vt GREENSTAM@s Vale Nichali Drysdale’s Free Parking Hamburg
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