Union School Bond Vote Emphasized at Bennington Club
Walter G. Danisch outlined the importance of a bond issue for Union High School District No. 14 to over 60 members of the Couples Club at Bennington First Methodist Church. He warned withdrawal by a large district would hurt the program and said cost estimates and drawings for an 850 pupil high school would be prepared for public explanation before a February bond vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union High School
Couples Club
Bennington First Methodist Church
Walter G. Danisch
Clark’s Woods
New School
Danisch
Woodford
Pownal
Architects Collaborative
Cambridge
Mass
Cost
Danish
Mt. Anthony
Old Bennington
Percy Russell
Edwin Peterson
Lawrence Smith
Leonard Morse
First Methodist
Alden Harbour
Carlton Burt
Harold Cross
Knapp awaits village approval for street project
Property developer Edward L. Knapp Jr. awaits a go ahead letter from Bennington Village trustees to approve a street into his 10 acre Gage Street Extension development. Six of seven trustees support the street, while Trustee Joseph Pello Jr. wants a personal inspection before final action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward L. Knapp Jr
Frank St
Bennington Village
Gage Street
Hilda Hurley
James B. Gibney
Knapp
Miss Hurley
Joseph Pello Jr
Bennington
Dorset man pleads guilty in home breaking case
Municipal Court heard Harris R. Hyatt 21 of Dorset charged with breaking into William G. Cluett’s home on Jan 4 with intent to commit a felony. Judge Holden deferred sentence to Wednesday after Hyatt pleaded guilty. Shand 29 of Sunderland also pleaded guilty to driving without a license and was fined $25.10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harris R. Hyatt
Dorset
William G. Cluett
Weldo C. Holden
Hyatt
Holden
Douglas B. Shand
Sunderland
Shand
Reorganization Plan for Guard Revised Slightly
Vermont adjutant general says the final reorganization of the National Guard shows little change from the earlier plan. A new brigade will replace state units of the 43rd Division as it is eliminated in a national Guard overhaul. Vermont may add about 300 personnel with minor administrative shifts and truck types for a supporting brigade unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Vermont
State National Guard
43Rd
Defense Department
Francis W. Billado
Eight Motorists Injured In Ice Coated Highways
In Hoosick and nearby towns a series of ice coated highway crashes left eight motorists injured. Diane Brandauer, 39, in critical condition. her husband Karl and daughter Joan Fulton among the injured, with details from Putnam Memorial Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diane Brandauer
Mendham
N.J
Hoosick
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Karl
Peter
Joan Fulton
Brandauer
New York 7
New York
N.Y
Fire District To Ask 15-Cent Tax Rate
The Prudential Committee plans to recommend a 1963 tax rate of 45 cents, same as last year, at Bennington Fire District No. 1’s annual meeting. They propose a budget of 12,014 funded by normal Grand List increases, up from 10,567. Officers and chiefs elected. meeting at Willows Road fire house at 8 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prudential Committee
Bennington
Willow Road
Kennedy seeks 1964 budget with near 99 billion outlay
President Kennedy unveils a 1964 budget near 99 billion dollars aiming to boost defense space and fixed interest costs while restricting other spending. He cites education unemployment relief health care and voting rights, and calls for a stronger NATO Peace Corps and Latin American aid amid Cold War tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennedy
Congress
Kenedy
Peace Corps
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Latin America
U.N
Stock Averages and Sales Figures Reported
The report notes stock averages across sectors with values for Industrials Railroads Utilities and Composite at 674.07 148.63 133.65 and 238.11 respectively. The Railroads show a slight dip while most sectors rise. Sales are listed at 2,240,000.
New Appeal On ICC Action Expected Over Rutland Abandonment
Burlington AP The Railroad Labor Association plans another appeal in U S District Court of the ICC ruling allowing abandonment of the strike bound Rutland Railway. Abandonment date is January 29. The ICC ruling last week upheld a prior appeal and followed a December decision. The railroad has not operated since September 25, 1961.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Railroad Labor Executives Association
U.S
Interstate Commerce Commission
Rutland
ICC
Cars Collide on Pleasant Street in Bennington
Bennington police reported a Monday morning collision on Pleasant Street between School and North Streets. Miss Jeanette Butler driving east collided with Arthur Manelas who said frost on his windshield limited his view. Both vehicles sustained front end damage. no injuries were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Fletcher
Shaftsbury
Bennington-South
Shaftsbury Towon
Douglas B. Shand
Sunderland
Fletcher
Shand
Flether
Bennington Village
Pleasant Street
Jeanette C. Butler
Weeks St
Arthur Manelas
Pleasant St
Manelas
Miss Butler
Bennington community notices and member events
Bennington briefs list several church and civic meetings including the Commission on Membership and Evangelism at First Methodist, Women of the Moose 1018, and American Legion Auxiliary. Also noted are a Mother and Daughter Banquet, Naval training assignments, Civil Defense Auxiliary Police, and local organizational updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commission On
The
First Methodist Church
Women of the Moose 1018
Eagle Hose Co
East Main Street
Doris Babson
Obituary: Harold D. McDonald Shaftsbury Electrician
Harold Duane McDonald 55, lifelong Shaftsbury resident and electrician, died after falling from a 17 foot ladder while repairing an outside entrance at Robert Kline’s home on Cleveland Avenue. Born August 12, 1907, he ran an electrical repair business for ten years, was active in the Methodist Church, a skilled violinist and amateur photographer. Survived by wife Louise Peters, three sons Clinton, Harold Jr, Bernard, a daughter and nine grandchildren. Funeral services at Hanson Walbridge Funeral Home Tuesday at 2 p.m. with Rev. A J MacDonald officiating. Corpse passed afternoon hours today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shaftsbury
Harold Duane McDonald
Robert Kline
Cleveland Avenue
McDonald
Dennis
Susie
Kent) McDonald
Eagle Square Co
Methodist Church of
Hanson Walbridge
A. J. MacDonald
Shaftsbury Methodist Church
Louise Peters
Clinton
South Norwalk
City Editor Edward Schriftgiesser Dies After Illness
Rutland Herald city editor Edward B. Schriftgiesser 60 died after a long illness. Funeral services set for 11 a.m. tomorrow at Trinity Episcopal Church. A veteran journalist, he worked for the Boston Transcript and AP before joining the Herald in 1956. Survivors include widow Else, brother Karl, and mother Hetty B. Schriftgiesser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rutland
Edward B. Schriftgiesser
Rutland Herald
Trinity Episcopal Church
Schriftgiesser
Boston Transcript
Associated Press
Boston
Boston Record
American and Sunday Advertiser
Washington Evening Star
New York PM
Burlington Free Press
The
Herald
Berthold
Else
Karl
Londonderry
New York City
Hetty B. Schriftgiesser
Walter E. Winney Jr. 3 Hoosick resident dies in Albany hospital
Walter E. Winney Jr. of Hoosick died Saturday at Veterans Administration Hospital Albany after a long illness. He was a World War II Navy veteran born in Troy and long employed as a window washer with his father. He managed the Hy-Makers basketball team in Troy and belonged to the Hoosick Volunteer Fire Department. Surviving are his mother two sisters and several cousins. Funeral Tuesday at 2 pm at Leo J Mahar Funeral Home Hoosick Falls with Rev Richard A Corlett officiating. Burial in Woodlands Cemetery Cambridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosick
Walter E. Winney Jr
Veterans Administration Hospital
Albany
Troy
Winney
Troy High School
Hiymakers
Hoosick Volunteer Fire Dept
Funeral notice for Fred J. Johnson Sr. of Homer Nebraska
Fred Johnsen Sr. of Homer Nebraska died Friday at an older age. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at Beck er Funeral Home in South Sioux City with burial in Homer. He was born in Denmark and moved to America in his 20s to farm in the Midwest. He later served as agricultural foreman at the Nebraska State Reformatory in Lincoln. His wife Thora died in 1947. Survivors include Mrs. Knapp, four daughters and three sons, plus several grandchildren including Edward Knapp IV and Colette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Johnsen Sr
Homer
Neb
Edward L
Caroline) Knapp Jr
Benningen
Becker Funeral Home
South Sioux
Denmark
America
Midwest
Nebraska State Reformatory
Linoln
Thora
Jennie
Harry
Knapp
Anna Meyer
Pender
Agnes Sounsen
Mabel Vassas
Marie Jackson
Winnabago
Fred Johnson Jr
Walter
Martin Johnson
California
Italian Socialist Central Committee rejects pro-Communist bid against Fanfani
The Italian Socialist Party Central Committee voted 45 to 35 to back Premier Amintore Fanfani and his coalition. They will support the government until general elections are required by May end, despite a move that would have toppled him ahead of talks with President Kennedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Italian Socialist Party
Amintore Fanfani
Kennedy
Fanfani
Elizabeth Lathrop, longtime educator, dies in California
Miss Elizabeth Lathrop died in Los Angeles on December 26 after a short illness. Born August 7, 1884 in Dorset, she taught home economics at several colleges including 17 years at the University of Akron and later at the University of California during World War I. She lived in California for the last decade, survived by brothers Albert Lathrop of Pawlet and John Lathrop of Schenectady, along with nieces, a nephew, and four grand-nephews and nieces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pawlet
Elizabeth Lathrop
Los Angeles
Calif
Miss Lathrop
Dorset
Frank
Ermina (Blakely) Lathrop
Marcia Gray
Dorset Inn
Northfield School For Girls
Columbia University
University of Akron
Ohio
University of California
W. W. Bennett
Manchester
California
Albert Lathrop
John Lathrop
Schen
13 Year Old Hero Leads 4 Youths to Safety
In St Albans Marceline Cameron, 13, guided her two nieces and two nephews to safety after a stove explosion caused a fire. Fire Chief James Cioffi praised her cool thinking as she babysat for her sister Mrs Robert Draleaus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Albans
Marceline Cameron
James Cioffi
Marceline
Robert Draleaus
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Safford & Gage Sts
George M. Fienberg
Philip H. Hoff
Eugene V. Clark
James Lounsbury
Bennington County
Leroy Lawrence
Stamford
Legislative Joint
Democrat Hoff
F. Ray Keyser Jr
Hagerman
U.S. 7
Halpert
Cpl
Gordon Mooney
Yoderler
Winhall
Richard J. Con‘annon
Massepequa Park
Bruce R. Mears
Mears
Alan Fisher
River Road
Arlington
Richard Stroffelene
West Arlington
Lyman Kipp Jr
Bennington College
Nina Boyd
Whitingham
Marshall Boyd
Vermont 100
Boyd
Linda
Massachusets
Green Mountain Power Co
Wilmington
Harte Theatre
J.F.K
Union
Dow-Jones—Bache & Co
Bennington Briefs
Harold C. Galusha
Edward C. Galusha
South Stream Road
Naval Training Center
Great Lakes
U.S. Navy
Veterans’ Memorial Committee
New Legion Home
Civil Defense Auxiliary Police
Molly Stark
Steven R. Black
Gerald W. Black
Raymond G. Black
Dewey St
Great Lakes, Ill
American Legion Auxiliary
William E. Dailey
North Bennington
Park Lawn Cemetery Inc
Stephen H. Gilman
Crescent Boulevard
Norton Barber
Monument Ave
Clarence IE. Howard
Second Congregational Church
Leon Wagner
William Towart
Robert I. Gannon
Marion Hardy
United Church Women
North Bennington Congregational Church
St. Francis
BCHS
Richard Johnson
Better TV Inc
Washington Ave
John A. Ekwall
Vermont Bank & Trust Co
Bennington Jaycees
Dr. Durand
Edward F. Knapp IV
Colette of
Anne
Amey
Jean Simmons
Universal
Burt Bros
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