Obituaries of Claudia E. Sanders and John E. Fitzpatrick
Claudia Ella Sanders, 74, of North Bennington, died at Putnam Memorial Hospital. Survivors include two daughters Ella Dunham and Viola Campbell. services pending. John E. Fitzpatrick, 67, WWI veteran and Manchester painter, died suddenly in Manchester. Survived by four sisters. funeral Thursday with Requiem High Mass at St Francis de Sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claudia E. Sanders
North Bennington
Claudia Ella Sanders
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Bennington
Eater Street
Harry
Ella) Dunham
Richard
Viola) Campbell
Hanson-Walbridge Funeral
Death of Mrs Helen Breslin aunt of Bennington residents
Mrs Helen Breslin aged resident of Albany died Jan 11 in Bennington native of Bennington daughter of the late Mr and Mrs Joseph Watson Survivors include son Marsh Breslin and two sisters Rose Davis and Bessie Channing Funeral services were held at Campion Sons Albany with a Solemn Mass at St Vincent DePaul attended by Mrs Holden and Mrs C H Buckley of Bennington
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Watson Breslin
Robert T. Holden
Mt. Anthony Road
Breslin
Bennington
New York State Capital Area
Morris St
Albany
Joseph Watson
Marsh W. Breslin
Dudley
Rose
St. Vincent DePaul’s
Holden
C. H. Buckley
Ohio artist and Four Area director marry in Dayton
Miss Susan May Price daughter of Mrs Harry Steele Price Sr of Dayton and Sarasota Fla and the late Mr Price married Charles Jackson Barstow of Manchester Vt son of Mrs Harold Barstow Amherst Mass and Ocean Park Me Jan 13 at Fairmont Presbyterian Church Dayton A reception for 500 followed and the couple plans to reside in Manchester after Jan 25 Barstow is a director of the Four Area Association in Manchester The bride is an artist with degrees from Stephens College Martha Washington College and Florida Southern College The groom attended Williston Academy Fork Union Military Academy and the University of Virginia
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
Ohio
Susan May Price
Harry Steele Price Sr
Sarasota
Fla
Price
Charles Jackson Barstow
Manchester
Harold (Dunbar) Barstow
Montague Road
Amherst
Mass
Ocean Park
Maine
Barstow
Fairmont
James Zimmerman
Xenia
Thomas R. Price
W. H. Kinnucan
New York City
G. B. Price Jr
George Houk
Ted Goodall
Peter O’neil
Toledo
Stephens College
Columbia, MO
Martha Washington College
Fredericksburg
Florida Southern College
Lakeland
Williston Academy
Fork Union Military Academy
Fork Union
University of Virginia
Four Area Association
Vancouver Totem Pole Carver seeks new path after long tenure
Bill Reid, a renowned Haida carver from Vancouver, says he plans to abandon totem pole carving to return to a 20th century job. The 42 year old split his time between cedar totems for the University of British Columbia and a two and a half year carving run. Reid previously spent two decades in radio announcing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vancouver
B. C
British Columbia
Bill Reid
Reid
University of British Columbia
Funeral Services Set for Robert E. Frost 72
Robert E. Frost 72 of Manchester Depot died Saturday at home. Funeral services scheduled Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Brewster Funeral Home Manchester Center with Rev. Edgar Johnson officiating. Burial in Factory Cemetery. Born Dorset September 10 1889 to Silas and Hattie Frost. Survived by wife Ruby daughter Millie Martelle son Joseph Frost stepchildren Mary King John Frost Robert Frost sisters Marjorie Colvin Mary Matthews. Friends may call tonight 7 to 9 at the funeral home.
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Manchester Depot
Robert E. Frost
Brewster Funeral Home
Manchester Center
Edgar Johnson
First Baptist Church of
Factory Cemetery
Dorset
Silas
Hattie (Hopkins) Frost
Ruby (Jones) Frost
Millie Martelle
Joseph Frost
Mary King
Manchester
John Frost
Mount Clemens
Mich
Robert Frost
Marjorie Colvin
South Dorset
Mary Matthews
Rutland
Funeral rites for Gertrude Hulett of World End Diner
Funeral services for Mrs. Gertrude Hulett owner of the World End Diner were held at Mahar and Son Funeral Home Bennington with a Requiem High Mass at Our Lady of Fatima Church Wilmington celebrated by Rev. Robert J. Powers. Leonard Roberge sang. Rosary was recited Friday night. Entombment is in River View Cemetery Wilmington with spring burial in the family lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Searsburg
Gertrude Hulett
Troy
Mahar and Son Funeral Home
Bennington
Our Lady of Fatima Church
Wilmington
Robert J. Powers
Leonard Roberge
Powers
River View
Gold Star Mothers Tribute Planned at VFW Home
An upcoming Gold Star Mothers tribute is scheduled for Tuesday January 23 at the VFW Home on North Street. VFW Post 1332 and its auxiliary organize the program with a 630 p.m. covered dish supper for members. Gold Star Mothers will be guests of honor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
VFW
North Street
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1332
Gold Star
VFW Department
Rose Greenwood
Leona Smith
Helen Hall
Bennington
Rebels and revelry amid danger in European ballroom
The scene shows 10 European couples miming a move as terrorists linger in the background. Girls in bare-shouldered dresses smell of perfume while hosts serve champagne and whisky. A French supporter of the Secret Army Organization proclaims, We are winning, the government must deal with us, rebels are finished, even as many guests dance and laugh.
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Secret
Vets Memorial Committee Plans Third Project
Veterans Memorial Committee seeks private donations to fund a third memorial at North Bennington cemetery after completing Park Lawn and Old Bennington memorials. Aimed for Memorial Day dedication, donations may be sent to treasurer Hugh Clark, 610 Gage St. Special meeting set for Thursday Feb 8 at 8 p.m. at VFW rooms.
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Veterans Memorial Committee
North Bennington
Park Lawn Cemetery
Old Bennington Cemetery
Hugh Clark
Veterans Memorial Fund
Gage St. A
VFW
Benhi Students Attend Greek Play at Williamstown
Eight Benhi students and parents from top division English classes visited Williamstown Massachusetts on a Wednesday evening to see Sophocles Oedipus Rex at the Williamstown College Theatre. They toured the stage and workshop and spoke with actors in the Green Room. Students praised the chorus and production while noting some actors could be better.
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Williamstown
Mass
Sophocles
Williamstown College
Sue Taylor
Bill Nash
Gloria Jean Howe
Dorset Players to Host Puppet Show January Meeting
Dorset monthly meeting at the playhouse on Wednesday January 17 features a 7 p.m. supper chaired by Mrs. Austin Rumney, followed by a puppet show titled The Three Wishes led by Mrs. Helen Wieneke of Camp Wynakee. Two Joyce Hurley dancers will stage a short pantomime.
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Dorset
Dorset Players
Playhouse
Austin Rumney
Helen Wieneke
Camp Wynakee In
Joyce Hurley
Boys Favor Harvard Girls Favor Stanford In Merit Poll
The National Merit Scholarship Corp annual test poll shows high school juniors favor Harvard for boys and Stanford for girls for next fall since the question asked last year. Among 20,479 boys 1,476 chose Harvard, 1,400 MIT, 713 Stanford while 12,459 girls picked Stanford 448 Radcliffe and 303 Cornell.
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Washington
Harvard
Stanford
National Merit Scholarship Corp
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Radcliffe
Cornell
Cleaning crews tackle grime at Disneyland rides
Anaheim. Maintenance chief describes daily routine tasks at Disney land including rolling a fire truck to attractions and spraying hoses to wash grime from mountains and rockets. Crews also wax floors scrape gum wash streets and pick up paper in routine upkeep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anaheim
Calif
Disneyland
Five Day Forecast For New England Areas
The U S Weather Bureau predicts five day temperatures across northern New England Massachusetts and Rhode Island will run 6 to 10 degrees above normal with exceptions. Temperatures cool Tuesday then rise to a warmer Thursday followed by a colder Friday and a warm Saturday. Precipitation totals exceed six tenths of an inch with rain tonight changing to snow flurries in northern New England early Tuesday. Rain affects Massachusetts Rhode Island and northern New England around Thursday.
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Boston
U.S. Weather Bureau
New England
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Vermont
Bennington Community Groups Meet This Week
Bennington area clubs and civic groups schedule meetings this week including Circle 1 of the First Methodist Church at 7 45 tonight and the St Francis Parent Teacher Group on Wednesday at 8 p m at BCHS cafeteria.
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The
First Methodist Church
St. Francis
BCHS
U N Assembly Debates Angola and Trusteeship Issues
The 50 nation Asian African group will push its Angola resolution with minimal changes. The four to six week session will address ending Belgian trusteeship in Ruanda Urundi and discuss independence timelines for British Guiana and Rhodesia. Cheddi Jagan pushes May 1 independence for British Guiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Angola
Assembly
Ruanda
Urundi
Paul-Henri Spaak
Britain
British Guiana
Southern Rhodesia
South America
Cheddi Jagan
Suburban Fire Slightly Damages Grandview Home
Columbus firefighters were summoned to a Grandview residence when a hair dryer ignited a bed at the Edward Dryer home causing minor damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus, Ohio
Grandview
Edward Dryer
Miss Stevens Named Hoosick Historian
Hoosick Falls Town Supervisor John A. Murphy appointed Christina S. Stevens of Abbott Street as town historian. She was sworn in by Town Clerk George A. McEvoy and will conduct a general survey of the town and village industries. Stevens is state historian of the New York Chapter, Daughters of Founders and Patriots, a member of the Rensselaer County Historical Society, and an agent of the New York State Historical Association regarding Bennington Battlefield Park at Walloomsac.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosick Falls
John A. Murphy
Christina S. Stevens
Abbott Street
George A. McEvoy
Stevens
New York
Daughters of Founders and Patriots
Rensselaer County Historical Society
New York State Historical Association
Bennington Battlefield
Walloomsac
Hospital Admissions and Births in Bennington Area
A list of admissions discharges and births across Bennington, Hoosick Falls, Manchester and surrounding towns. Notable entries include Mr. and Mrs. John C. Page of 323 Elm St welcoming Mark Owen on Jan 14, weighing seven pounds five ounces, and several newborns to local families, with multiple hospital notes for Putnam Hospital and regional centers.
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John C. Page
Elm St
Mark Owen
Ernest H. Jones
Beech Court
Donald R. Cameron
East Arlington
William Berard
Burgess Road
Morris E. Martelle
Manchester Depot
Roy Bourn
Manchester
Keith Merrow
Educator conference weighs college aims and student development
Yale professor Karl Deutsch proposes a two year relaxation of college demands followed by stricter standards later. Harold Taylor of Sarah Lawrence argues for recognizing talent wherever found in a democratic society. Participants discuss bridging values and public ignorance about colleges, need for research on late adolescence, and liberal education goals. Funding comes from the Mary Conover Mellon Foundation. Local guests include Binger Farnsworth Murray Coles Mendenhall Sawyer Chassle Harris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karl Deutsch
Yale University
American College
Mary Conover Mellon
Vassar
New England
Carl Binger
Dana Farnsworth
Henry Murray
Harvard University
James Coles
Bowdoin College
Thomas Mendenhall
Smith College
John Sawyer
Williams College
Joseph Chassell
Robert Harris
Austin Riggs Center
Stockbridge
Panel discussions highlighted by William C. Fels at Bennington College
A detailed report on the panel discussions and the role of William C. Fels, president of Bennington College, is continued on Page 3. Ed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William C. Fels
Bennington College
Army Lets Baylor Play All-Star Game
Elgin Baylor of the Los Angeles Lakers received Army leave to play in the NBA All Star game in St. Louis. His pass runs from midnight Monday to midnight Wednesday while he remains on active duty with the Army and assigned to the 828th Station Hospital in Fort Lewis.
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FT. Lewis
Wash
Army
Elgin Baylor
Los Angeles Lakers
St. Louis
Robert Furcello
828Th
Baylor
Political Fairy Tale The Farmer's Daughter Shines on Theater 62
NBC's Theater 62 adapts The Farmer's Daughter into a brisk political fairy tale with Lee Remick and Peter Lawford delivering engaging performances. The episode marks a bright contrast to earlier disappointments, lifting the series with witty humor and strong cast dynamics.
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New York
NBC
Reluctant Oriole Refuses to Go South
In Concord New Hampshire a Baltimore oriole lingers after others have migrated. The tame bird has entered two residents homes prompting the Fish and Game Department to plan capture and shipment to the Florida Fish and Game Commission to avoid predation by a cat.
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Concord
N.H
New Hampshire Fish and Game Department
Sydney Martin
Frank Band
Fish and Game Department
Florida Fish and Game Commission
New England Names Al Sam Pac er of the Year at Meeting
New England trotting leaders named Al Sam as New England pacer of the year at the annual meeting in Boston. The three year old colt owned by Oteca Farm Westbrook Maine earned 33500 in seven races in 1961. Trained and driven by Earle Beedy the colt posted a best time of 1584.
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Boston
New England
U.S. Trotting Association
al Sam
Oteca Farm
Westbrook
Maine
Earle Beedy
Tipperary
Maplecroft Farm
Ipswich
Gloria Knight
Gray Brothers Stables
East Providence
R.I
Porterhouse
Clearview Stable
Winthrop
Lucky Demon
Harrison Hoyt
East Dorset
Last of Washington's Life-Guards Buried in 1843
Virginia farmer Lewis Boyer, who outlived General Washington's Revolutionary War personal bodyguards, rests in Wesley Chapel cemetery north of Piqua in a small forest cemetery. The piece notes his 1843 interment and the historic unit he served.
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Piqua
Ohio
Washington
Lewis Boyer
Wesley Chapel
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Elizabeth Mellenge
St. Catharines
Ont
Canada
Elizabeth A. Mellenger
M. V. Mann
Ridgeway
England
Mellenger
Colgate
John E. Fitzpatrick
N.Y
William and
Elizabeth (Corcoran) Fitzpatrick
St. Mary’s Academy
Walter A. Wood Mowing & Reaping Machine Co
Colasta
Helen W. Breslin
Vets Memorial Committee
Benhi
Geri Winchell
Bennington Briefs
Infant of Prague Nurses Guild
Bennington Catholic High School
Bennington Post 13
American Legion
Vermont Soldiers’ Home
Guy T. Sumner
Park St
Board of Trustees
United Counseling Service
UCS
Jolivette Building
Bennington Elementary Pta
Internal Revenue Service
Main Street
GBA
Merchants Bureau Governing Board
Tourist Bureau Governing Board
South St
Josephine Bahra
Trier
Germany
Stephen C. Green
Crescent Boulevard
Reuben Levin
Levin
Scofflaw
Military Order of Cooties
Green Mountain
Cmdr
William H. Stuchel Jr
Valentine Hospital
Robert B. Seale
Morgan St
Chauncey Seale
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy
Seale
Beecher’s Drug Store
Bennington Little League Board of Directors
Tansitor
Northeast Wood Products
Durand Felter
West Road
Phoenix
Arizona
Felter
Robert Nadeau
Mary Lou Felter
Clarence C. Benedict
Chrysler Corp
Detroit
National Association of Accountants
Shaker Ridge Country Club
Bennington Council
United Church Women
Church Barn
Old Bennington
Ithaca College
Gordon Waite
Joseph Waite
Branch St
Persis P. Williams
Carl B. Williams
Convent Avenue
School of Health and Physical Education
Albany Medical College
Huyck Auditorium
American Academy of General Practice
Mt. Anthony Country Club
James McKee
F.J. Hurley
DuHamel
Ned Healy
Raymond Polley
Paul Benjamin
Hugh Nash
Marion Jennings
Marion Tudor
Selmajane Stuchel
Harry Beals
Pownal
Charles Mason
Pawlet
Cooperative Fire Insurance Association of Vermont
Middlebury
Francis Leach
Rupert
Women of the Moose
Jane Potter
Marion Charest
Helen Foster
Golden Cocker
Jimmy
Paulins Garage
South Shaftsbury
Vance Stacy
James Shea
U.N
Putnam Hospital
Eber Tamblin
Herbert Debell
Albert E. Peterson
Nedra Russell
Alice Rockwell
Marilyn Holland
Charles O. Brewster
Karin Schonbeck
Marie Oesterle
Lorna Ward
Hannah Balch
Master James Lake
Harriet Bryant
Marion E. Gorman
Nicholas Carbonaro
Clara Parker
Lillian Immen
Arlington
Evelyn Beattie
Peru
Alice Fox
Barbara Stewart
Rita Farrington
Lucy Bruso
Cheryl Merrow
Nicholas Hahhaway
North Hoosick
N. Y
Shirley Hall
Vate
PLAID
Orth Bennington RD
TEL
Farmer’s Daughter
Theater 62
Cynthia Lowry
AP TV
Lee Remick
Cornelia Otis Skinner
Peter Lawford
CBS
Lucille Ball
Henry Fonda
Mort Sahi
Teddy Roosevelt
J. P. Morgan the Elder
Jan de Hartog
Jackie Cooper
Tammy Grimes
Tom Ewell
Lee
Virginian
U.S. Grant
Oriole
New Englanders
al Sam ‘Pacer
Walter S. Gibbons
Medfield
Gibbons
Bay State Raceway
Washington’s Guard
Sayles
Ideal Utility TV
Rs Ge
Saturda
Dial
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