Bennington Briefs Highlights Local Meetings and Events
Regular WWW 1 meeting to be held at VFW rooms with officer elections. Rabbi Kauffman to speak on Religion and Health on WBTN at 8 45 a.m. local residents receive birthday notices and Red Cross Gallon Club updates. Green Mountain Home Demonstration Group met for meat selection, Feb 26 meeting planned. A tractor trailer accident reported on West Main Street. TV interview preview features Carleton Carpenter and Theodore Bikel. Weekend ads announce New England Clam Chowder and a fish platter specials and a January 26 food sale at Beech Street School PTG event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green Mountain Home Demonstration Group
Alice Harrington
Burgess Road
Ethel Waite
Elm Steel
Daisy Vallencourt
Hollywood
Wrgb-Tv
Channel 6
Carleton Carpenter
Theodore Bikel
Carpenter
West Coast
Norris Phelps
Williamstown
Mass
New York
Carleton
Vermont Gas Corp
Main Street
PTG
Beech Street School
Gold Star Mothers Feted At Service
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1332 and auxiliary hosted a Gold Star Mothers ceremony at the VFW hall Tuesday night. The event featured candle lighting by 11 mothers, a solo by Francis LaDue, prayers, taps, and remarks from VFW and American Legion representatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Gold Star Mothers
VFW Hall
Rose Greenwood
Leona Smith
Helen Hall
VFW
Louis Ross
Ethel Vance
Francis LaDue
Helen Galipeau
Margaret Price
Gold Star
Taps
Raymond Coutu
Jerry Kelson
Jerry’s Flowers
Post Dept
Aldo Manfredi
Richard Woods
Rutland
Edward Rood
American Legion Post 13
Legion Post
Glen Hebert
Bud Hulett
Walter Jensen
Sylvia Cassano
Hugh Clarke
Snow Lack Cancels Vets Giant Slalom
The Eastern Veterans Giant Slalom at Mt Sunapee New Hampshire postponed due to unsuitable racing conditions.
Writer and Realtor Maxine Frost Dies in Boston Hospital
Wilmington obituary for Maxine Drew Frost a noted writer artist and realtor who died Tuesday at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital Boston after weeks as a patient. She wrote for McCalls Ladies Home Journal Woman's Day and Vermont Life and earlier worked seven years as Gen David Sarnoff's secretary in New York. Funeral Friday at St Michael's Episcopal Church Brattleboro with interment in Kerr's vault. spring burial planned in Whitingham Four Corners Cemetery. Memorials urged for St Michael's new education building through Mrs Clara LaTerre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
Maxine Drew Frost
Peter Bent Brigham Hospital
Boston
Huron
S.C
John T
Genevieve
Drew) Frost
Huron College
Columbia University
Eugene Swan Jr
Haiti
U.S. State Department
General Sarnoff
Whitingham
Jack T. Frost
Hollywood
Calif
St. Michael’s Episcopal Church
Brattleboro
Kerr
Four Corners
St. Michael’s Church
Clara LaTerre
Death of Alphonse Turgeon 88 in Miami Florida
Alphonse Turgeon 88 of Miami Florida, formerly of Bennington, died of pneumonia Wednesday afternoon in a Miami hospital. He was born February 16, 1874 in Canada and lived in Norton Vermont for years. Survived by wife Marie Louise seven daughters and one son Norman Turgeon. another son Leon died in a 1946 plane crash. Body to be moved to Bennington for burial arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alphonse Turgeon
Miami
Fla
Bennington
Mr. Turgeon
Canada
Norton, VI
J. J. Shakshober
Pownal
John LaFlamme
Searsburg
Brick Yard
Old Bennington Weavers
Florida
Marie Louise
Alpheda Landergren
California
Lulu Kaufmann
Blanche Egan
New York
Doris Flaherty
Annette Turgeon
Margaret Turgeon
Yvonne Underwood
Norman Turgeon
Leon
Readsboro Sergeant Wins Expert Marksman Badge In Germany
Sergeant First Class Howard R. Moon, 33, of Readsboro Vermont, earned the expert marksmanship badge while qualifying with the Army's new M 14 rifle in Germany. He arrived overseas in 1958 and serves with the 38th Artillery. his wife Dorothy accompanies him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Germany
Howard R. Moon
Rollin M. Moon
Main Street
Readsboro
Moon
38Th Artillery
Dorothy
Barre Sailor Faces AWOL Charge
Ter rance C. Edgecomb 23 of Barre Vermont a Navy submariner who disappeared Sunday was turned over to Navy authorities on a charge of being absent without leave. Police arrested him as he arrived at a girlfriend’s apartment after wallet and clothes were found on a beach and tips that he was seen there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Key West
Fla
Terrance C. Edgecomb
Barre
Navy
Edgecomb
Miss Patricia Damour Hostess Bridal Shower Honor
Patricia Damour, bride to be of Stanley Brat cher of Williamstown Mass, was honored at a Friday night surprise bridal shower in the Catholic Daughters rooms. Hostesses were Mrs. Dorothy Damour and Mrs. Joan Damour. Pink and white decor, a bell shaped cake by Mrs. Wilfred Seymour, a buffet luncheon, and gifts for the bride complemented the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patricia Damour
Stanley Bratcher
Williamstown
Mass
Catholic Daughters Rooms
Dorothy Damour
Joan Damour
Wilfred Seymour
Order Examinations for Arson Suspects in Vermont
Two arson suspects from Sheldon Springs and Swanton, Miss Beatrice Thibault and Carl Longe, were ordered by Franklin County Court to undergo psychiatric evaluation at the state hospital after a $7,000 fire at the Sheldon Home Association in St. Albans displaced 40 residents. Innocent pleas were entered. if found sane, they will face arson charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterbury
Sheldon Home Association
St. Albans
State Hospital
Beatrice M. Thibault
Swanton
Carl P. Longe
Sheldon Springs
Franklin County
Sheldon Home
John Finn
Rusk Warns Cuba Regime as World Communism Threat
U S Secretary of State Dean Rusk declares Cuba a bridgehead for world communism in Latin America and urges American republics to unite against communist intervention. He denounces Castro regime as endangering democratic change and the inter American system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Cuba
Hemisphere
Rusk
Latin America
Americas
Dr. Castro
Castro
GBA Hears Plans For Southwestern Vermont Growth
The Bennington Growth Association discusses growth as Girl Scout activity and tourism rise in Southwestern Vermont including Bennington Pownal Shaftsbury and Woodford. Plans cover community regional planning fluoridation foot traffic ski access and downtown remodeling as 1962 dues and new membership drive are urged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Eastern
Vermont
Button Bay
Short
GBA
Wilmington
Manchester
Bennington
Pownal
Shaftsbury
Woodford
Kenneth R. Clayton
County National Bank
Bennington Potters
Clayton
Charles Gould
Greater
Merchants Bureau
Dover
M. J. Dailey
Breard H. Hawks
Dailey
Mothers March Tonight Launches Dimes Drive In Vermont
A 7 pm fire alarm signal will start the Mothers March of Dimes drive with porch lights on to aid collectors. Local funds split 25 percent for medical research 37 percent to the national foundation and 37 percent to the local unit. Scholarships of 2000 each year support Vermont students. applications via John Kennedy Jr. North Bennington. General chairwoman is Mrs. Peter Donavan Jr with ward captains listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry White
National Foundation
Vermont
John Kennedy Jr
North Bennington
Peter Donavan Jr
Harry Eddington
Walter Noyes
Henry Grimm
Natalie Cross
Arthur Patten Jr
Fred Grant
Raymond Aja
Joseph Latif
Old Bennington
Waldo C. Holden
Clark’s Woods
Lester Davis
Woodford Road
Richard Leake II
Silk Road
Wilbur Rice
Putnam Hospital Births and Discharges Noted
Discharges include Mabel Wooddell Iva Squires Jeannette Griffith Evelyn Hathaway Bennington John Colvin Arlington Mrs Jessie Fyfe and baby boy Petersburg N Y Births include a daughter born to Mr and Mrs Armand Lamp ron of Bennington on Jan 24 Loretta Harrington Dennis Troumbley listed among names for Wednesday Jan 24 at Putnam Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Wooddell
Iva Squires
Jeannette Griffith
Evelyn Hathaway
Bennington
John Colvin
Arlington
Jessie Fyfe
Baby Boy
Petersburg
N.Y
John Meerworth Jr
Eagle Bridge
Armand Lampron
Kennedy backs Pentagon speech clearance policy
President Kennedy endorses the Pentagon system that requires advance clearance for military speeches as civilian control and policy interpretation. He supports a Senate subcommittee probe into censorship and notes useful inquiry will proceed with testimony from Adm. Burke and Gen. White. He also submitted State and Defense dept checks for his State of the Union remarks on foreign policy and defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Kennedy
Pentagon
United States
Senate
Adm
Arleigh A. Burke
Naval Operations
Thomas D. White
Air Force
Burke
Sei
Strom Thurmond
D-S.c
State and
Defense Departments
Congress
New Review Policy Set on Job Vacancies
Gov. Keyser announced a quarterly review of vacant Vermont state positions. The Personnel Division will assess whether to abolish posts or speed up recruitments, citing substantial money involved. Final action requires Emergency Board approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montpelier
Keyser
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Bennington Briefs
WWW
Barracks
VFW Rooms
Sigmund I. Kauffman
Temple Beth el
WBTN
Herbert Cone
Harvard Street
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Reuben Levin
Edward Bowmaker
Burlington
William Andrick
Hoosick Falls
James A. Valencourt
Pownal Road
Rock Maple Gift Shop
Red Cross Gallon Club
New Hampshire-Vermont
Leon R. Eldred
Marie Freeman
Julius H. Manes
M. Leo Chaloux
William C. Carroll
John J. Billow
Leona R. LeBlanc
Darrell R. Sawyer
John Dunham
Harry Percey
West Main Street
West Main
Donald J. Malley
Mahwah
N.J
NY Car Carriers Inc
North Street
Vermont 9
Peter L
Effie Kapetan
Jefferson Ave
New England
Maxine Frost
Vermont-New Hampshire
Elks Club
Joan R. Myers
Alice Adams
Red Cross
Hagerman
Barre Sailor
Miss Damour
Greeley
Leonard A. Black
YMCA
Sal Santarcangelo
D. Ed Moore II
Association
Putnam Hospital
Loretta Harrington
Dennis Troumbley
Dorset
Dunhams Furniture, Inc
Swift’s Premium
Campbell’s
Dainty
Swift
Mueller
Morton’s Salt
Mussleman’s Apple
Ivory
Ballards
Soz
IOC Keebler Club
Indian River
Maine
Pasovens Cherry Pie
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