Patriots Speaker Warns Of Communists In U S
Mrs. Julia Brown, a former FBI undercover agent, spoke to about eighty Bennington area residents at Bennington Catholic High School warning that Communism infiltrates American life. She described joining the party in Cleveland, infiltrating fronts, and informing on party leaders, urging vigilance and action to purge influence from civil rights groups and other organizations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
America
Communist Party
Julia Brown
FBI
Cleveland
Ohio
United States
Cincinnati Negro Labor Council
House
One American Activities Committee
Nesgroes
Pres
U.S.A
Communist Party International
Brown
Martin Luther King
James Farmer
CORE
Dupes
Patriots
Bennington Catholic High School
Darrell Luinetti
South Londonderry
H. Vaughn Griffin
Rutland
Clifford B. Harwood
Manchester
Green Mountain Patriots
Resch
Mail Fraud Case Jail Sentence Is Extended
UPI reports District Judge Ernest Gibson increased the sentence of William H. Redding, 43, of Gloversville, N.Y., from six years to an extended term after he allegedly ordered $9,300 in mail order goods and resumed selling them post conviction. Co-defendants Frank Camulewicz of Gloversville and Miriam Lanigan of Troy, N.Y., were previously convicted in the 1962 scheme.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Redding
Gloverseville
Frank Camulewicz
Gloversville
Miriam Lanigan
Troy
N.Y
Funerals Held for Joseph E Manuel and Bessie G Hathaway
Services were held for Joseph Elijah Manuel in Shaftsbury with Rev. A J MacDonald officiating at Hanson Walbridge Funeral Home. Burial will be in Old Bennington Cemetery in spring. Also funeral services for Mrs Bessie G Hathaway of South Stream Road were conducted at Hanson Walbridge with Miss Evelyn Payne officiating. Interment was in Towslee Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shaftsbury
Joseph Elijah Manuel
George
A.J. MacDonald
Pownal
Bessie G. Hathaway
South Stream Road
Hanson- Walbridge
Evelyn Payne
Christian Scientist
Church of the Immaculate Conception
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Vermont Bank Renames Morrissey as President
At the annual meeting in Brattleboro Bennington financier Francis E. Morrissey was renamed chairman of the board as Vermont Bank and Trust Company reported about 56 million in bank use sets as of December 31 1964. Shareholders voted 119012 of 142000 shares and proxies included Margaret R. Ellis of Old Bennington. Directors re elected included John D. Clawson Joseph G. Davidson Charles Fienberg and Morrissey. Roland T. Sandberg noted earnings of 3.25 per share for the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brattleboro
Francis E. Morrissey
Bennington
Vermont Bank and Trust Company
Stone Fence Inn
Margaret R. Ellis
Old Bennington
George J. Heaslip
Manchester
Sandberg
Trust Department
Burton W. Potter
Robert Cummings
Banking and Insurance
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Henry A. Dahlgren
Vermont
Armand A. Lampron
George H. Jepson
William Johnson Jr
Rutland
R. Willard Beebe
Car Crash and Bank Developments Highlight Bennington Report
A car driven by Patrick J. Gray skidded 96 feet at Ben Mont Avenue and Leonard Street, hitting a hedge and a tree after attempting to pass a pickup slowed to turn. Barbara F. Pierce and David B. Caslin were also in a separate Monday collision on Dewey Street. In local finance news, a Bennington bank reports $36 million in assets under trust supervision, announces Burton W. Potter’s promotion, and plans for a Manchester branch with tentative opening pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick J. Gray
South Pownal
Ben Mont Avenue
Leonard Street
Ben Mont Ave
Bennington Village
John C. Foster
H. M. Tuttle Co
Ben Mont
Leonard
Gray
Foster
Barbara F. Pierce
Hoosick
N.Y
David B. Caslin
Stark St
Pierce
Dewey Street
Caslin
Legislature Debates Realignment and Unicameral Question
The legislature weighs reapportionment with a 25 member House panel holding a public hearing on unicameral versus bicameral structure. An informal poll shows 14 favoring some plan, five opposed, two silent. Republicans Bates Hutchinson Westphal Cutts Savage oppose realignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vermont
House
Oren Bates
Sherburne
W. Clark Hutchinson
Rochester
Fred Westphal
Elmore
Royal Cutts
Townshend
Stella Savage
Bloomfield
Savage
Bennington Briefs Plural community notices and events
Various local meetings and events listed including Fourth Degree at Mae Sonic Temple led by Manchester Lodge with refreshments. American Legion Auxiliary meeting at Mrs. William Dailey's home. Life Underwriters Association at Mt Anthony Country Club with a talk on life and health insurance industry changes. Altar Rosary Society food sale for Vermont Gas store on Main Street. Stratton Mountain ski base conditions. Veterans of Foreign Wars meeting with building committee report. Cardiovascular Teaching Day at Albany Medical College co sponsored by Heart Association. Dr Durand's office closed for a medical meeting. Friday night dancing at Bene nington Eagles Hall with buffet after midnight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Vermont Life Underwriters Association
Mt. Anthony Country Club
Altar-Rosary Society of
St. Francis de Sales
Vermont Gas Corp
Albany Medical College
Huyck Auditorium
The
College
Heart Association of
Albany County
American Academy of General Practice
Johnsons enter to Hail To The Chief amid seating cues
Inauguration listeners were seated and aisles cleared until the public address warned that Johnson would not enter unless everyone was seated. Then the President and Mrs. Johnson entered to the strains of Hail To The Chief, followed by the Vice President elect and Mrs. Humphrey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson
Elect
Humphrey
Catamount Club Marks Founding of Radio League
Catamount Radio Club observed the 50th anniversary of the American Radio Relay League at Bennington High School. Robert Chapman presented an ARRL charter to the Catamount club as Jack Evans of Arlington joined with call letters WA1DLA. General discussion and refreshments followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catamount Radio Club
American Radio Relay League
Bennington High School
ARRL
Catamount Club
National Organization
New England
Robert Chapman
Jack Evans
Arleington
Waidla
Ski Patrol Head to Speak at Prospect Mt Ski Club Meeting
Robert W. Martin, 15 years in ski patrol and head of Prospect Mt. Ski Patrol, will be the featured speaker at the Prospect Mt. Ski Club meeting Wednesday night at 8 at the Second Congregational Church. He will discuss patrol history, qualifications, duties, safe skiing practices, demonstrate straps, and a planned early March winter carnival committee will be formed. executive committee meets at 7 prior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert W. Martin
Prospect Mt
Stock Averages Report From Dow Jone Albany Noon
The noon report shows the Dow Jones Industrial average at 897.46 up 2.25 points. The railroads average stands at 212.93 up 0.38 and utilities at 159.11 up 0.41. Composite average sits at 314.67 up 0.74 with total sales of 2,500,000.
State Education Board To Ponder Driver Training
In Montpelier the State Board of Education meets to discuss driver training courses amid Gov Hoff subsidy plans. The agenda includes electing a new chairman to replace Harold Raynolds who resigned to focus on Senate duties. Tom Arthur of Orwell is the temporary nominee awaiting Senate confirmation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom. Arthur
Orwell
Senate
Woodford Town Meeting caucus nominates candidates
Woodford citizens caucused at Woodford Hollow School to nominate candidates for town offices ahead of Town Meeting Day on March 2. Nominations included Merle Becker for selectman three years, Richard Frantz for selectman three years, Felix Castellano for selectman two years, Jesse Bugbee school director three years, Jane Barbeau school director two years, Helen Cleary town auditor three years, Charles E. Dewey moderator, Olin Smith constable and tax collector, Marguerite Cleminson grand juror, and Nedra Hager town clerk and treasurer. Write in bids allowed. filing with the town clerk ends 21 to 28 days before Town Meeting Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodford
Woodford Hollow
Merle Becker
Ralph Knapp
Richard Frantz
Felix Castellano
Jesse Bugbee
Jane Barbeau
Helen Cleary
Charles E. Dewey
Olin Smith
Marguerite Cleminson
Nedra Hager
Woman Hurt In Accident In Whitingham
A Whitingham woman, Ruth Elizabeth Sawyer, was treated at Putnam Memorial Hospital for knee lacerations and abrasions after losing control on Valley Road and striking a tree. She later was admitted at Bennington hospital in satisfactory condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitingham
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Ruth Elizabeth Sawyer
Wilmington
Bennington
Shaftsbury
Richard M. Little
Odessa
Tex
U.S. 7
Vermont 67
Shaftsbury Barracks
Hugh F. Elliott
Rutland
Meadow Lane
Elliott
Wayward Steer Found Wandering in Bennington Village
Police search for the owner after a brown and white steer was found roaming Bennington Village shortly after midnight. Officiers guided the steer from Putnam Street to a pasture near the Holy Cross Fathers Novitiate on Monument Avenue Extension. By noon the animal remained there. Winfield J. Williams of 235 Putnam St. reported the steer’s presence, with no explanation of its origin or how it arrived on the quiet residential street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington Village
Putnam Street
Holy Cross Fathers
Monument Avenue Extension
Winfield J. Williams
Putnam St
Anie
Bennington District weighs merger with space needs and law steps
School directors in Bennington consider merging two districts or keeping them separate while planning two new elementary buildings by 1969 70. The committee, with counsel Atty Eugene V Clark, seeks enabling legislation and notes dates tied to a 1963 act. If approved, merger could start July 1 1966 and run through a shared 12 grade system with a union school board structure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Eugene V. Clark
Bennington Town
George van Santvoord
Clark
William F.D. Smith
Greater
Bertienington
Union School Board
Obituaries in New York and Rhode Island area
Obituaries note the Jan 10 death of Maria Pearson of South Cambridge and services Jan 13 at Flynn Brothers Funeral Home with interment at Union Cemetery. Also funeral notices for Mary Breen McCann of Hoosick Falls, and Benjamin N. Dufresne of Barrington with services in Barrington and West Barrington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Cambridge
N.Y
Maria (Munsion) Pearson
South Camebridge
Mary McClellan Hospital
Flynn Brothers Funeral
Greenwich
Oswald A. Muller
Hospital Notes Admissions List Names Many Patients
Admissions include Miss Kim Coon Master Timothy Herrington Hoosick Falls Mrs Victoria Orvis Arlington Miss Dolores LaBarge Master David Baker Master James Reed Bennington Master Jaymes Jones Jacksonville Miss Laura Turner North Bennington Einar Fabricius Pawelet Births include Master Ronald Watkins Master Edward Watkins Cambridge NY Edward Bisson North Pownal Mrs Rita Mattison and daughter Arlington Mrs Jean Decker Hoosick Falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kim Coon
Timothy Herrington
Hoosick Falls
Victoria Orvis
Arlington
Dolores LaBarge
David Baker
James Reed
Bennington
Jaymes Jones
Jacksonville
Laura Turner
North Bennington
Einar Fabricius
Pawelet
Ronald Watkins
Edward Watkins
Cambridge
N.Y
Edward Bisson
North Pownal
Rita Mattison
Jean Decker
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Bennington Banner
U.S
By Bob Hagerman
Mrs. Brown
Buteland
Patriots Actievating Committee
Herbert Philbrick
Mark Tennien
Maryknoll
Vaughn
Harte Theatre
Technicolor
Jerry Lewis
Joseph E. Manuel
Mrs
Bessie Hathaway
Vermont Bank
Morrissey
Bennington Briefs
Bennington Lodge of Perfection
Maesonic Temple
Manchester Lodge
American Legion Auxiliary
William Dailey
Stratton Mountain
Lower Mountain
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 1332
North Street
Dr. Durand
ADV
F.O. Eagles Hall
Benenington Aerie
Radio League
Prospect Club
Dow-Jones—Bache & Co
Albany
State Education Board
Wayward Steer
Mrs. Nelson Pearson
Mary B. McCann
Mary Breen McCann
Munsell St
St. Mary’s Hospital
Frederick K. Ryan
3Rd
St., Troy
McCann
Edward and
Mary Doody Breen
St. Mary’s Academy
Francis T. MccCann
Blessed Virgin Mary Sodality
Edward Yankus
Leo H. Leib
Poughkeepsie
George Echart
Erie
Leo J. Mahar
Main St
Benjamin N. Dufresne
Florida Poirier
Clare Radeloff
Naperville, Mill
Doris Allard
Barrington
Francis Dufresne
Japan
Edward Dufresne
West Barrington
McConnell - Watson
Willett
Riverside
St. Luke’s Church
Washington Road
Yucey
Calif
Salem
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