Bennington Area YMCA Sets Annual Meeting Next Monday
The Bennington Area YMCA will hold its annual meeting next Monday with a 6 30 p m dinner. Francis E Gray of West Hartford Conn will speak on The Appeal of the YMCA and is now an NE YMCA staff consultant after retiring last July 1. Directors and officers will be elected and bylaws revised to change director numbers and membership year. Reservations for the dinner are requested by Saturday and the public may attend to hear the speaker.
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Bennington Area
YMCA
Francis E. Gray
West Hartford
Mass
Troy
N.Y
Saginaw
Mich
Hartford (Conn
Hartford
Greater Hartford
Dear Lady Twist Tops Bennington Teen Chart
Bennington teens chose Gary U. Bonds The Dear Lady Twist as number one on the Top Ten Tunes survey. The weekly call-in poll runs Saturdays from 9 to 10 30 p m with Paul Hurlburt in charge.
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Bennington
Dear Lady Twist
Gary
U.S.) Bonds
Sue Thompson
Norman
Paul Hurlburt
Bendi
Dear Lady
U.S
Arsenal Jobs Open at Watervliet Arsenal
Watervliet Arsenal seeks 50 machinists and 50 machine tool operators to fill vacancies. Starting wages for machinists are $2.73 to $3.01 per hour, and $2.40 to $2.66 per hour for machine tool operators. Apply through the Board of Civil Service Examiners in Watervliet, New York.
County Contributes $700 to Vermont MS Drive 1961
Bennington County residents raised $700 for the Vermont Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society in 1961 ending the year with the drive. Pauline A. Lamb of North Adams chaired county efforts while Bennington Legion Auxiliary Post 13 handled campaign materials and patient visiting programs.
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Rutland
Bennington County
Vermont
National
Finley J. Shepard
Wallingford
Pauline A. Lamb
North Adams
Mass
Lamb
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Bennington American Legion Auxiliary Post 13
Mary Cone
Chorus Sing Saturday in Adams Mass with SPEBSQSA members
Green Mountain Boys from the Bennington SPEBSQSA chapter join North Adams Taconic Harmonics for a Barber Shop Quartet Festival at 8 p.m. Saturday in the Plunkett Junior High School auditorium Adams. Performers include the Sleepless Knights of Harmony and North Shore Men with Plus Fours and Berkshire Hills chorus. Tickets from Chester Hickok or John Skalowski. An afterglow will follow in the Adams Legion rooms.
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Green Mountain Boys
Bennington
Spebsqsa
North Adams, Mass
North Shore
Pittsfield
Berkshire Hillsmen
Adams Lions
North Adams Lions
Taconic Harmonics
Chester Hickok
John Skalowski
Legion Rooms
Adams
North Adams
Hoosac
Mothers' March Leaders Named For Polio Drive
Breard H Hawks of Bennington is county chairman with Hamilton Shields as town chairman for the New March of Dimes drive in Bennington. Publicity chair is Mrs Ivan DeMercado, bannister chair Gerald Cornell, and Mrs Peter Donavan Jr leads as general chair. Campaign set for January 25 with ward captains and district leaders listed across Bennington and nearby areas.
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March of Dimes
Breard H. Hawks
Bennington
Hamilton Shields
Joseph Latif
Old Bennington
Waldo C. Holden
Bennington Municipal Court Proceedings Include Several Pleas
Judge Eugene Y. Clark presided as Leland S. Lowry pleaded nolo contendere to operating with suspended license. Harvey Baker admitted trailer weight violation linked to Fairbanks Express truck. William L. Murphy pled guilty to breach of peace with probation and suspended jail. Marie H. Rogers, via guardian, changed a pro forma not guilty to guilty on breach of peace and placed on probation.
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Eugene Y. Clark
Leland S. Lowry
Pownal
Lowry
Clark
Registry of Motor Vehicles
Harvey Baker
Fairbanks Express Co
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
William L. Murphy
Bennington
Marie H. Rogers
Francis H. Rogers
State Police Stop 2653 Motorists In NH Check
New Hampshire Department of Safety reports 2,653 motorists were stopped in statewide spot checks over the weekend to curb rising highway accidents. Results include 36 summonses, three drunks charged, 322 equipment defects cited, and 98 warnings issued.
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Concord
N.H
New Hampshire
Department of Safety
Forbes Wallace approves merger plan with Consolidated Dry Goods
Stockholders of Forbes & Wallace Inc. of Springfield approved a merger with its subsidiary Consolidated Dry Goods Co. which runs the Boston Store in North Adams and four other stores. The plan, awaiting director approval on January 27, would have Forbes & Wallace acquire all assets and assume liabilities and operate directly the combined business subsidiaries.
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Forbes & Wallace Inc
Springfield
Consolidated Dry Goods Co
Boston
North Adams
Consolidated Dry Goods
Franconia Girl Ties for 7th in Austria Downhill
Joan Hannah of Franconia New Hampshire placed seventh in the International Silver Jug downhill at Badgastein Austria tying with Grete Grander of Austria. Most top U.S. skiers struggled on treacherous course conditions.
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Badgastein
Austria
New Hampshire
Joan Hannah
Franconia
Grete Grander
U.S
Regional department stores expand across cities
Forbes and Wallace operate in Springfield with The Boston Store and Consolidated Dry Goods outlets in Northampton and Holyoke, alongside Schenectady and Poughkeepsie in New York, signaling broader regional retail presence.
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Forbes & Wallace
Springfield
Boston
Consolidated Dry Goods
Northampton
Holyoke
Schenectady
Poughkeepsie
N.Y
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Love With You
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Multiplication
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Ray Peterson
Gene Pitney
Arsenal
East
West Berlin
East Berlin
Wall
MS Fight
Altrusa Club
Eastern Star
MS Drive
Walter Talmage
Poultney
United States
Vermont National and Savings Bank
Main ST
Federal Deposit, Insurance Corporation and
Federal Reserve System
Brattleboro
Bellows Falls
Wilmington
Chester
Windsor
Jamaica
Woodstock
Newfane
Mothers’ March
Clark’s Woods
Lester Davis
Woodford Road
Richard B. Leake II
Silk Road
Wilbur C. Rice
Armstrong
H. Greenberg
Main St. Benn., Vt
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Central Vermont Public Service Corporation
S&h
River Valley
Hershey
SWIFT
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Baloney
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