Town Finances See Library Funding And CD Budget Debate
Town board weighed requests for Civil Defense funding, including two all channel short wave radios, while keeping CD spending around 800. They planned a garage workshop project at the sewage plant with capital funding debated as a general tax appropriation. Library budgets rise to 27,500 with Bennington Free Library gaining 3,000. Other libraries’ annual requests remain 1,200 and 600. The board may fold library funds into the general fund in future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thers
Town Civil Defense Organization
William Mattison
Mattison
Barber
Paul Kelley
Construction Co
Bennington
North Bennington
Old Bennington
Inaugural Reflections on Uncharted Horizons and Leadership
A reflective inaugural passage contrasts untraveled deserts and unseen ridges with the old promises and dreams. It contemplates whether the world has changed, and frames a hopeful transition toward a new era guided by wisdom, knowledge, and leadership for the people.
Ford Foundation aided Vermont school project explained
Paul Kirsch, co-director of the Ford Foundation project in southwestern Vermont, spoke at the Bennington Elementary School open meeting of the Bennington Branch AAUW. He described area wide participation by Arlington, Bennington, Pownal, Shaftsbury, and Woodford in a grant funded program to improve curriculum, in service education, and teacher collaboration.
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Bennington
American Association of University Women
Paul Kirsch
Ford Foundation
Vermont
Kirsch
Union High School Board
Arlington
Pownal
Shaftsbury
Woodford
UVM
Bennington College
Massachusetts State College At
North Adams
State University of New York At Albany
University of Vermont
Vermont State Department of Education
Williams College
National Council of Teachers of English
National Council For the Social Studies
Bethlehem
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Gesell Institute
Nova
Ft. Lauderdale
AAUW
Charles Salem
Robert Buck
Harry Eastman
John Bischof
Stock Averages Reported at Noon by Dow Jones and Co
The Dow Jones Bache and Co summary shows the noon reading with the industrials at 897.32 up 1.05, railroads at 213.26 up .35, utilities at 160.11 up .56, and a composite average of 315.13 up .54, with sales totaling 2,600,000.
Hospital Notes Admissions in Petersburgh area
Hospital notes list admissions and discharges across New York towns including Petersburgh Hoosick Falls Dorset and Shaftsbury. It records admissions for Miss Melissa Shepard and Mrs Barbara Powers with son. discharges for Mrs Jon Reilly and others. a birth noted for the Chellis couple in North Bennington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melissa Shepard
Petersburg
N.Y
Jon Reilly
James Reed
Olive Chenaille
Robert Shippey
Bennington
Lucille Moffitt
Elizabeth Thompson
Shaftsbury
Terry Butler
East Arlington
Barbara Powers
Dorset
Carolyn North
Hoosick Falls
Johnson inauguration vows freedom through shared world order
President Johnson spoke of America as a nation of promises, urging unity and the liberation of man. He emphasized a shift from isolation to engaged leadership, saying there is world enough for all to seek happiness in their own way. The swearing-in began at 11 30 am EST with music by the Marine Band. The invocation by Archbishop Lucey urged wisdom, and Leontyne Price performed America the Beautiful, followed by a prayer by Rabbi Schactel.
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America
Johnson
U. S. Marine Band
Stars And __ Stripes Forever
Leontyne Price
Hyman Judah Schactel
Houston
Tex
Village Trustees Seek Fire Code Power in Bennington
The Bennington village meeting will consider a revised charter to empower trustees to adopt and enforce building, fire, plumbing and electrical codes and other regulations, with voters asked to approve the revision at the March warning.
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Bennington
Bennington Youth Events And Village Meetings
Bennington briefs note a St Francis de Sales PTG dance at K of C hall with Nick Mara band, buffet at midnight, and tickets through Stones and Kalinowskis. Also listed are meetings of the Ladies Auxiliary of the Military Order of the Cootie Green Mountain Pup Tent No 2 VFW No 1332 at Old Bennington schoolhouse and St Peter's Evening Group. Friends of the Library to meet at the Bennington Free Library social room with Shelagh Gordon Levin and Catherine Foster. Correction on a Bell laundry ad phone number. Also mentions village officials debating building codes as part of a charter revision and potential transfer of authority to trustees, with a July adjournment date and a draft article by the village attorney.
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St. Francis de Sales
K of C Hall
Nick Marra
The
Stones
Kalinowskis
Military Order of the Cootie
Green Mountain Pup
VFW
Bennington
Friends of the Library
Bennington Free Library
Shelagh Gordon Levin
Catherine Foster
T.S. Eliot
Lage
Salvatore Santarcangelo
John H. Williams
Montpelier
Williams
Santarcangelo
Eyesore removal praised by Bennington Village trustees
Trustee Joseph A. Pello Jr. urged thanks to Mrs. Samuel Margolin and Max Fienberg for clearing fire damaged properties on North Street. The Margolin block near Vermont Restaurant was leveled after a December 1961 blaze, while Fienberg’s North Street junction building was gutted earlier this month. The board asked Clerk Hilda Hurley to send formal thanks.
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Joseph A. Pello Jr
Bennington Village
Samuel Margolin
Max Fienberg
Fienberg
Gage and
North Streets
Pello
Hilda Hurley
Obituary notices from Schenectady and surrounding towns
William A. Russell 43 of Troy Road Schenectady died unexpectedly at home after prior illness and work in Bennington area. Clarence McCart 73 retired farmer of White Creek died after long illness. survived by wife Bessie and many children. funeral Thursday. Caleb D. Stevens 63 of Chatham died Jan 17 in Radford Va while traveling south. survived by wife Ruth F and five daughters. Mrs Milton Yerke 52 of Berlin died after long illness. survived by husband and four children. funeral Friday.
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Schenectady
N.Y
William A
Buster) Russell
Bennington
Troy Road
Elizabeth Hunt
Bennington High School
William
Delia) Russell
Troy
Willard
Elizabeth) Walsh
White Creek
Clarence McCart
McCart
James
Sara McCracken McCart
Ioof Lodge
Jermain Methodist Church
Bessie Winters
Harwood McCart
Grafton
William McCart
Eagle Bridge
Jean McCart
Joan Telford
Ralph McCart
North Hoosick
Harold
Dewey McCart
Edith Kingsbury
Leo J. Mahar
Main St
Hoosick Falls
Woodlands Cemetery
Cambridge
Chatham
Caleb D. Stevens
Barbara Holmes
Radford
Stratton
Maine
Mark and
Kate (Smith) Stevens
Ruth F
Holmes
Pauline S. Clements
Jean Voloto
Fort Worth
Texas
Mary Manglass
Fishkill
Lois Zinzi
Newburgh
Caleb D. Stevens Jr
el Cazon
Calif
Roxy S. Johnson
Waterville
Stanley B. Stevens
Scarboro
E.B. Gifford and Son Funeral
Chatham Rural Cemetery
Berlin
Milton Yerke
Nettie M. Crandall
Brunswick Nursing Home
Yerke
Petersburg
Frank and
Ruby Crandall
Dorothy N. Bentley
Trevah Burdick
Paul M
Richard D
Grace Sharper
Hattie Merrills
Stephentown
Caroline Perkins
Eldora Ryder
George Crandall
Cropseyville
Thomas M. Barber
Floyd G. Sheeley
Petersburg Baptist Church
Meadow Lawn Cemetery
Bennington youth gets four months to one year in state house
A 17 year old Bennington resident and defendant, Charles Nelson Shortt, pleaded guilty to two counts of breach of the peace. Judge George M. Fienberg sentenced him to four months to one year in the state House of Correction, with the term to run concurrently. The judge called the sentence lenient given the youth, noting it serves as a final chance.
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Bennington
State House of Correction
Charles Nelson
Shortt
Houghton Lane
George M. Fienberg
Stephen H. Gilman
R. Marshall Witten
Gilman
Fienberg
Lillian Rice
Clark Rice
Willliam E. Deery Jr
David M. Hart
Dennis G. Stemp
Accidents Investigated On Hazardous Vermont Highways
State police report two early morning crashes on snow covered roads with no injuries. At 5 a.m. Phyllis Webb 23 of Shaftsbury lost control on Vermont 67A hit a wall rolled over after being blinded by oncoming lights. At about 8:15 a.m. Taras Tutek 18 of New York City skidded off Vermont 9 in Woodford and struck an Elm tree. vehicle extensively damaged.
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Phyllis Webb
Shaftsbury
Vermont
Taras M. Tulek
New York City
Vermont 9
Woodford
Vermont hotel group backs promotion fund hike
The Vermont Hotel Motel Association voted unanimously to support the Development Department bid for more promotional funds from the state legislature. Development Commissioner Elbert Moulton called for private funds to supplement a tight development budget as a harsh winter threatens ski business and the upcoming tourist seasons. Association president Laurence Heath warned of empty parking lots and rising unemployment claims if travel money dries up.
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Shelburne, Vt
UPI
Vermont Hotel Motel Association
State Development Department
Elbert Moulton
Moulton
Laurence Heath
Association
Bennington Village Trustees Tackle Downtown Traffic Problems
Bennington Village trustees weighed ways to ease congestion downtown. President Salvatore Santarcangelo proposed buying an eight foot land strip along North Street to widen the street and relieve bottlenecks. The plan hinges on price and possible negotiations with owners.
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Bennington
Salvatore Santarcangelo
North Street
Putnam Bridge
County Street
Highway Department
Santarcangelo
Aleady
Max Fienberg
Gage Street
Park Streets
John H. Williams
Hillside
Ben Mont Avenue
Depot
Trustees’ Traffic Committee
Village Planning Commission
John C. Buredis
Burdis
Putnam Square
State Highway Department
Damage suit is settled in Rutland case
A $121,000 damage suit by Joseph Labreque of Bennington over injuries at the Rutland Fair on September 2, 1963, when a stock car left the track and struck him, was settled out of court. No settlement amount was disclosed. The case against the United Stock Car Racing Club of New Haven, Conn., was resolved after opening arguments.
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Rutland
UPD
Bennington
U.S
Joseph Labreque
United Stock Car Racing Club of
New Haven
Conn
Rutland Fair
Sidewalk Dispute Ends as Trustees Pay Kearns Land
Trustees voted to compensate the Kearns family for an 86 square foot parcel needed to complete a new sidewalk along Gage Street in Bennington. The payment marks end of a dispute with the village and allows spring construction to proceed, extending the sidewalk from North Branch Street through Gage and Cross Streets to East Main Street.
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Kearns
Village Marthers
Cross and Gage
North Branch Street
Gage and
Cross Streets
East Main Street
Nash
Gage Street
Highway Department
Town Meet Unification Plans Set for Bennington
Bennington voters will decide at the March 2 Town Meeting whether to authorize a 25 member selectmen appointed committee to study consolidation of town and village governments and draft a unification act. The plan requires legislative approval and voter ratification in multiple municipalities. Also, Frank Prideaux of Bennington, VP of Rutland Gas Utility Corp., joins a five member panel to coordinate promotional efforts for nine Vermont gas utilities, meeting March 17 in Boston.
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Bennington
Selectmen
Springfield
Frank Prideaux
Rutland Gas Utility Corp
Vermont Gas
Vermont Gas Utilities Association
Boston
Hartness House
Joseph Forti
Capital City Gas Co
Montpelier
Vermont
Dorset Bride Weds Manchester Depot Groom in Church Ceremony
Miss Edna Hart daughter of Mr and Mrs Dana Hart of Dorset married Robert Mylott of Manchester Depot Friday at the Manchester Congregational Church with Rev Charles Myers officiating. Attendants were Mrs James Lee II and Montie Hart. The bride works at Barrows House in Dorset and the groom at Orvis Fish Rod Company. They will reside in Manchester Depot.
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Dorset
Edna Hart
Dana Hart
Robert Mylott
Manchester
Manchester Congregational Church
Charles Myers
James Lee II
Montie Hart
Barrows House
Orvis Fish Rod Company
Manchester Depot
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