Engagements of Area Interest Highlight Local Couples
Notices announce several engagements across Bennington area couples. Nancy Veronica Coonradt to Peter John Gibson of Duluth Minnesota, with a July wedding planned. Janet Dawn Eggsware to Robert Kenneth Johnson of Robinson Avenue, summer wedding planned. Virginia Ann Carpenter to Jay Harvey Depew of Dorset, no date set. Noreen Hayden Peart to Louis Charles Morneault Jr. with a May 1 wedding in Bennington. both pairs involve Bennington graduates and local employers or services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Coonradt
Fillmore St
Nancy Veronica
Peter John Gibson
Peter D. Gibson
Duluth
Minn
Miss Coonradt
Bennington Catholic High School
U.S. Coast Guard
Traverse City
Mich
East Rupert
Hudson V. Carpenter
Virginia Ann
Jay Harvey Depew
Morris Depew
Dorset
Miss Carpenter
Burr and Burton Seminary
Manchester
Potentials Inc
Real Estate
Manchester Center
Burr and Burton
Armed Services
Harold Craig Peart
Coulter St
Noreen Hayden Peart
Louis Charles Morneault Jr
Louis C. Morneault
Cedar St
Cambridge
Mass
Nathaniel M. Stone
Malden
Boston
Morneault
Rindge Technical High School
Wentworth Institute
Boston-Cambridge
Bennington
Married Robinson Bailey in Methodist Church
Joyce Marie Bailey daughter of Mrs Jennie Bailey of 712 Main St married David Edgar Robinson U S Army son of Mrs Mabel Robinson of 19 Beech Court at 2 p m Saturday in the local Methodist Church. Reverend Melvin R McGaughey officiated. The bride wore a rose colored street length dress with matching accessories and a pink carnations corsage. Her maid of honor Miss Janice Robinson wore blue and a pink carnations corsage. Best man was James Dunham. The couple will reside in Bennington with the groom returning to duty in Germany on Jan 30. A small reception followed at the groom’s home with about 40 in attendance before leaving for a wedding trip to an undisclosed destination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joyce Marie Bailey
Jennie Bailey
Main St
David Edgar Robinson
U.S. Army
Mabel Robinson
Beech Court
Melvin R. McGaughey
Janice Robinson
James Dunham
Germany
Bennington
Just Married, He Becomes Bride Expert Correction
A Washington County Post correction notes Pvt. Vincent M. Cristaldi of Cambridge New York who married Nancy Herrington on December 26 is training as a bridge specialist not a bride specialist. The December 31 issue misprinted the assignment as bride specialist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Pvt
Vincent M. Cristaldi
Cambridge
N.Y
Washington County Post
Cristaldi
Nancy Herrington
Roaring Branch Home Demonstration Meets At Mrs Brimmer’s
The Roaring Branch Home Demonstration Group plans a meeting at Mrs. Fannie Brimmer’s home. Seven members learned crewel embroidery led by Mrs. E Ruth Dorman, with three guests present. Gifts to Brandon School and a donation to the Red Cross were reported. Mrs. Sweet and Mrs. Dorman attended a leaders training session in North Bennington on bedding. Sponge cake tea and coffee were served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roaring Branch
Fannie Brimmer
Lula Sweet
E. Ruth Dorman
Brandon School
American Red Cross
North Bennington
Blair Whitman Blair to Wed David Stocking in Williamsport
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd S. Blair of Hancock Road announce the engagement of their daughter Cynthia Whitman Blair to David Warner Stocking, son of Mrs. Louise Guild and Prof. Fred H. Stocking. Cynthia is a Mt. Greylock graduate and nursing student at Massachusetts General Hospital School of Nursing. David is a Mt. Hermon School graduate and Bowdoin College class of 1966 member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kermit Eggsware
County St
Janet Dawn
Robert Kenneth Johnson
Kenneth Johnson
Robinson Avenue
Miss Eggsware
Bennington High School
W. T. Grant
Bennington Road
Williamstown
Mass
Lloyd S. Blair
Hancock Rd
Cynthia Whitman Blair
David Warner Stocking
Louise N. Guild
Stratton Road
Fred H. Stocking
Old Bennington
Miss Blair
Mt. Greylock Regional High School
Massachusetts General Hospital School of Nursing
Boston
Stocking
Mt. Hermon School
Bowdoin College
Brunswick
Maine
Burton and White Wed in Albany Church Parsonage
Helen Burton and Watson A. White of Hoosick were married January 3 at 3 p.m. in the Madison Avenue Baptist Church parsonage Albany with Rev. Everett Gardiner officiating. A reception followed at the home of Mrs. Edward Stevens in Watervliet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosick
N.Y
Helen Burton
Watson A. White
Madison Avenue Baptist Church
Albany
Everett Gardiner
White
Edward Stevens
Watervliet
Miss Rosalind Hardy recalls avalanche adventure as fun
Miss Rosalind Hardy, 17, who spent five days with companions in a hut on a German mountainside last week when an avalanche trapped them, said it was super fun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chigwell
England
Rosalind Hardy
Father Fradet Elevated to Monsignor in Burlington
The Rev. W. John Fradet, former curate at St. Francis de Sales Bennington, was made Papal Chamberlain and promoted to monsignor in a Jan. 13 ceremony at Burlington Cathedral. A Swanton native and priest since 1950, he directs the Diocesan Confraternity for Christian Doctrine and the Information Center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
W. John Fradet
St. Francis de Sales
Bennington
Msgr. Fradet
Confraternity of Christian Doctrine
Louis Gelineau
Robert F. Joyce
Joseph Nugent
John Ledoux
Francis Holland
Sacred Heart Church
Swanton
St. Thomas Seminary
Bloomfield
Junior High Is Most Challenging Says Caldwell Educator
Caldwell educator Dr. Harold Judenfreund addressed Benninton area teachers in Caldwell, defending junior high as a distinct unit. He urged specialized training for teachers, noting 12 to 15 year olds undergo emotional changes and benefit from flexible schedules and varied class lengths. He spoke at a Ford Foundation program event and later addressed principals at Paradise Restaurant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caldwell
N.J
Benningston Area
Juneior
Harold Judenfreund
Grover Cleveland Junior High
Judenfreund
Southwestern Vermont
Ford Foundation
W. Philip Walker
Molly Stark
Judene Freund
Paradise
Poisoned corn combats pigeons in Burlington
Burlington health officials spread strychnine coated corn in parks and churchyards to curb pigeons. Dr. Eugene Luck notes pigeons require 14 kernels to die, aims to reduce bird presence in public spaces while citing minimal risk to children and other animals. In 1964 a week saw 800 carcasses collected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Eugene Luck
Union School Talk At Elementary PTA
The Bennington Elementary School PTA will hold its monthly meeting Tuesday at 7 45 p m in the all purpose room. An open program on the proposed union school will be presented with updates on building plans and size by Union School Board members Mrs Marian Taylor chairman John P Morrissey and Mrs Marian Cummings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington Elementary School Parent Teacher Association
Union School Board
Marian Taylor
John P. Morrissey
Marian Cummings
Vermont in Mississippi Project Seeks Books and Gear
Vermont in Mississippi project aims to build a basic reference library with works by Negro authors and on Negro history, plus nursery school equipment and clothes for first and second graders. Attendees from Bennington area discussed fundraising of about $1,000 locally and similar from St Johnsbury. The group backs Edwards Resolution to abolish HUAC, and supports migrant housing inspection and a Vermont Civil Rights Commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Irving Adler
Emma Hoyt
Shaftsbury
Adler
Msgr. Fitzsimons
St. Johnsbury
Ben Collins
Gov. Hoff
Belmont
VCRU
Seaver
Vermont
House of Representatives
Manfred Ehrich
Hoyt
Bennington Girl Injured In Weekend Accident
A Bennington girl was slightly injured Sunday after a car skid on Silk Road. Cheryl Cook, 16, treated for a cut knee at Putnam Memorial Hospital, rode with Patricia Arrison, 16, whose car collided with oncoming driver Donald Phillips, 31, injuring Phillips and passenger Ann Phillips, 27. Another weekend crash near Searsburg caused extensive damage to Michael Carrafielo’s vehicle with no injuries. A skid at Vermont 67A and U.S. 7 damaged Eleanor Welch’s car, and two Readsboro drivers, Flora Plumb and Alfred Guetti, had minor damage at Vermont 100 near Jarvis Hill Road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Cheryl Cook
Depot St
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Silk Road
Patricia Mae Arrison
Michael C. Carrafielo
Boston
Mass
Vermont
Searsburg
Eleanor L. Welch
Shaftsbury
Vermont 67A
U.S. 7
County Delegates In Committee Posts
Bennington County lawmakers gained and retained key panel roles this week under House Speaker Franklin D. Billings Jr. Allan Angney and other incumbents received committee assignments while freshmen and veterans fill chair and vice chair posts across Appropriations Banking and Corporations Ways and Means Public Health and Municipal Corporations among others. A separate police report notes a two-vehicle collision at Weeks and Dewey Streets damaging cars driven by Paul Foster and Sharon Carrier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Readsboro
George Heaslip
Manchester
Collins
Norman Fair
Winhall
Daulton Mann Jr
Peru
Banking and Corporations
William T. Burns
Dorset
Mann
Landgrove
Edith Bauer
House Institutions
Daisy Myers
Woodford
House Public Health
General Assembly
Tracy E. Kenyon Jr
Bennington Village
Paul Foster
Putnam St
Sharon Carrier
Gage St
Weeks
Dewey Streets
Foster
Dewey Street
Weeks Street
Dewey
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Andrick
Nancy V. Coonradt
Gibson
Lloyd
Johnson
Virginia
Carpenter
Depew
Noreen H. Peart
Robinson -Bailey
Blair
Bennington, VT
Sonotone Hearing Aid
Sonotone
Carroll’s
Father Fradet
Union
PTA
Shriners
J. Malcolm Wilson
Poultney
Cairo
Rutland
Milton Craft
Olivier Fitts
Brattleboro
Mississippi
Robert T. Stafford
Edwards
U.S
Don Edwards
D-Calif
House Un-American Activities Committee
Judiciary Committee
Rep. Stafford
Adams Clothes Shop
Miss Arrison
Ann Phillips
Phillips
House Municipal Corporations Committee
Robert Graf
Rupert
House Appropriations Committee
James Lounsbury
Pownal
House
Ways and Means
Marjorie Doyle
Arlington
Ira Whitney
Stamford
Fish and Game
Charles Bentley
Sandgate
Burns
Doris Rice
van Santvoord
Harriet Stone
Sunderland
Senate
Sen
Angney
Public Health
Banking
Robert Wilson
Nichols
Terma
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