Ford Project Steering Group Urged to Steer
Professor Fred Stocking of Williams College urged the Ford Foundation Steering Committee to move beyond discussion and toward active steering. Co-director Paul Kirsch noted progress is slow but the program will last through 1967 and emphasized tapping local resources. The Bennington project also explores new music education approaches and Gesell Institute testing to improve early placement and reduce later discipline and dropout issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford Project
Ford Foundation
Fred Stocking
Williams College
Paul E. Kirsh
Bennington Area Obituaries Highlight Local Lives
Obituary notices from Bennington area detail the death of Mrs Glynn L Morrissey 55 of Silk Road Albany Medical Center with long frail health. Other notices include Mrs B Legus Hunt Hoosick Falls age 84 charter DAR member and former Hoosick Grange leader and Leonard A Godfrey Sr former Hoosick Falls athlete. Funeral arrangements set for Mahar Son Funeral Home Hoosick Falls Robson Home for Funerals Williamstown and Gibney Haynes Kane Funeral Home Bennington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
B. Legus Hunt
Hoosac-Walloomsac
Daughters of the American Revolution
River St
Town Budget Continues Debt Payoff and Revisions
The town budget discussion shows $14,000 paid on Brooklyn Bridge notes with $6,000 remaining. The 1965 plan adds $4,000 to town officer pay and $6,000 for Globe Union water extension notes. Highway funding drops $8,000 from 1964, with 1965 highway costs about $56,000 but expected receipts from the Grand List and town tax cover roughly $35,000. New items include $5,200 for the pension plan with Bennington Village and $2,800 for regional planning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn Bridge
Globe Union
Raymond P. Betit
Francis J. Hogan
Bennington Village
Regional Planning Commission
Diplomat Stolz family to leave Russia within a week
The Stolz family who arrived in Moscow on July 6 from Kennedy Airport planned to relocate to a furnished embassy apartment. Stolz and former first secretary Kerst faced Soviet accusations of shady dealings with a Russian referred to as B. Kerst denied any foundation, calling it retaliation for the Karpovich affair. Stolz, 39, has a long government career and language skills, with ties to Ohio and Amherst College. The elder Stolz family hopes to move to Vermont 313 in Montgomery County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Moscow
Kennedy
Stolz
U.S
K.A. Kerst
Washington
Kerst
Karpovich
United States
United Nations
New York
Robert N. Thompson
Fyodor Kudashkian
Soviet Union
State Department
Department of the Army
Sofia
Bulgaria
Frankfurt
Germany
Ohio
Amherst College
Monterey
Calif
Montgomery County
Stokes
Vermont 313
Town Meeting Shapes Up With Unification and Airport Plans
Bennington selectmen shaped the 1965 town meeting warning including articles to extend the town airport main runway and form a 25 member government unification study committee to prepare an enabling act for state passage. A garage storage building for the treatment plant was also proposed with other articles postponed for final reading next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington Selectmen
Selectmen
Bennington
Vermont State Policeman Slides on Ice Collision
Sgt. John Poljacik, Shaftsbury Barracks commander, slid on glare ice at the Shaftsbury police outpost and struck a parked 1956 Ford owned by William Capin and his own 1964 Plymouth cruiser. Damage to both vehicles was described as minor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Poljacik
Shaftsbury
Vermont
Poljacik
Funeral Rites For Mrs Rhoda E Noyes And Albert E Brown
Funeral services were held for Mrs Rhoda E Noyes who died Saturday night after a long illness. The Rev H Glenn Payne officiated at Mahar and Son Funeral Home. Entombment will be in Park Lawn Cemetery in the spring. Albert E Brown retired plumber from West Road had funeral at Hanson Walbridge Funeral Home with the Rev John W Vander Groef officiating. Entombment in Park Lawn Chapel and burial in the family lot in Park Lawn Cemetery in the spring. Committal prayers were offered by Rev Vander Groef.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glynn L. Morrissey
Silk Road
Hazel B. Hathaway
Albany Medical Center
Albany
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Eugene and
Armedia (Falkner) Hathaway
Hoosick
N.Y
James A
Robert G
Allo
Bennington
Donna Morrissey
Bertha Cranston
William
Marjorie) Bradley
Hoosick Falls
Mahar & Son Funeral Home
Melvin R. McGaughey
First Methodist Church
Park Lawn Chapel
Grandview Cemetery
North Bennington
N. Y
Leonard A. Godfrey
West Aceton
Mass
Albert E
Elizabeth Downes Godfrey
East Hoosick Road
Mount Hermon
U.S. Naval Reserve
Godfrey
Julia N. Hickox
Williamstown
General Electric Co
Pittsfield
Second Congregational Church
Leonard A, Jr
West Acton
Virginia Westcott
North Stonington
Hazel V. Godfrey
Southlawn Cemetery
Lily (Mannock) Gygax
Convent Avenue
John Gygax
Warner Nursing Home
Gygax
Newmarket
Bannockburn
Scotland
William Munnock
James Stevenson
Nova Scotia
County
Berne
Switzerland
Philip Jennings
Old Bennington
C. B. Squiers
Walter H. Coyle
Stephen C. Greene
Park Lawn Cemetery
Jersey City
George
Elizabeth Groeschel
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
Herbert R. Roemmelt
Langhorne
Chester W. Roemmelt
Montpelier
Herbert R. Oe Jr
West Winfield
Irving Groeschel
East Oonange
N.J
Doneald A. Webster
St. Peter’s Church
Hoboken
North Bergen
Rhoda E. Noyes
Mahar & Son Fneral
H.glenn Payne
First Baptist Church
Albert E. Brown
West Road
Hanson - Walbridge Funeral Home
John W. Vander Groef
Old First Church
Vander Groef
Hospital Notes and Birth Announcements in Local List
Admissions include Ormal Pierce Sr and Mrs Toomey along with several others from Bennington and Arlington areas. Discharges note Mrs Donna Hunt and son, Mrs Bertha Lunden, Mrs Victoria Orvis, and others. Births reported for Hoosick Falls, North Bennington, and Arlington on January 26. A town project proposal outlines $200,000 total cost with 50 percent federal, 25 percent state funding, and a 10 year repayment plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ormal Pierce Sr
Katheryn Toomey
Pamela Bartell
Alice Hart
Ella Kimball
Caroline Clark
Donna Hodgman
Bennington
Charles Lancour Sr
Shaftsbury
James Cutler
Hoosick Falls
Donna Hunt and Son
Cambridge
N.Y
Bertha Lunden
West Arlington
Victoria Orvis
Arlington
William Hennessey
Christopher Hyde
Donna Maroney
Bennington boards hear zoning change and school town plans
The Bennington Zoning Board of Adjustment will hold a public hearing at 7:30 p.m. at village offices on varying the zoning to allow more housekeeping units at 124 Congress St. A semi monthly Bennington Graded School District trustees meeting at 7:30 p.m. in the elementary school will discuss progress on the high school project and the elementary merger study committee. The Moose lodge meets at 8 p.m. and Friday round and square dancing runs 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. with music by the Wonder Valley Gang. A list of Saturday prize winners from the reopening of C L White Paint Glass & Wallpaper Store is announced. The article also covers local civic notices, hospital updates, and town appropriation discussions for a possible $20,000 to $25,000 building and a $30,000 estimate with state and federal aid. The Vietnamese coup and U.S. diplomatic context are summarized with comments on the embassy’s stance and the plan for elections by March 21. The Town Farm land study and tax exemption articles for the Bennington Rescue Squad are noted, with considerations of poll tax exemptions and livestock exemptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Union High School
The
Loyal Order of the Moose
Wonder Valley Gang
Safford Street
Norton Barber
Board of Tax Abatement
Board of Civil Authority
State Farm Bureau
van Santvoord
Court Puts Off Five Fatality Accident Case
The trial of Arthur V. Flanagan, 40, facing drunken driving and careless driving with death resulting in a January crash on U S Route 7 in Pittsford has been postponed indefinitely in Rutland municipal court. The accident killed Mr and Mrs Paul E Dorey and their daughter Jana, 4, plus two 80 year old women. eight Dorey children were left orphans. Flanagan has been in VA Hospital nearly a year recovering from hip injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul E. Dorey
South Burlington
Jana
Dorey
Flanagan
Veterans Administration Hospital
Stock Averages at Noon on Dow Jones Markets
Dow Jones Bache averages show Industrials at 899.72 up 1.58, Railroads at 211.08 down 0.20, Utilities 159.65 up 0.36, composite 314.57 up 0.37. Trading activity totals 2,610,000 shares.
Skid Crash Injures Whippany Man in Shaftsbury Route
A Whippany man Edward J. Morris, 21, was hospitalized with facial injuries after his car collided with a southbound vehicle driven by Sharon A. Davis, 20, and then with another Arlington driver George R. Holland, 45, on U.S. 7 in Shaftsbury. A separate Tuesday incident involved John Ross Jr., 22, of Rouses Point, N.Y., colliding with a tractor trailer driven by Ferdinand J. Smith, 37, of Selkirk, N.Y., in a traffic tie-up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N.J
Putnam Memorial Hospital
U.S. 7
Shaftsbury
Edward J. Morris
Sharon A. Davis
Arlington
Morris
Davis
George R. Holland
Holland
John Ross Jr
Rouses Point
N.Y
Ferdinand J. Smith
Selkirk
County Court A Negligent Driving Suit Settled Out of Court
The County Court trial of Joseph Midurski versus Christopher Cushman ended in a private settlement after several hours of testimony. Midurski originally sought 8000 dollars for injuries from the July 29 1962 automobile collision in which Cushman drove and Midurski was a passenger. Testimony also included William Flynn of White Creek New York. Settlement terms were not disclosed. court sessions to resume Thursday with domestic relations cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Midurski
North Bennington
Christopher Cushman
Old Bennington
Midurski
Cushman
William Flynn
White Creek
N.Y
New York State
Cushman given suspended term for three breach of peace counts
Harry T. Cushman, 26, of 128 Burgess Rd, received a suspended 4 to 6 month sentence on three counts of breach of peace from Judge George M. Fienberg after pleading guilty. The sentences run concurrently but 30 days must be served in county jail, with probation thereafter. One day more for intoxication runs concurrently. State’s Atty. Wittten urged a period of commitment, noting prior appearances and root causes in Cushman’s drinking. The judge warned Cushman that failure to control drinking could send him to Windsor State Prison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
State House of Correction
Harry T. Cushman
Burgess Rdt
Cushman
John H. Cushman
John Cushman
New England Telephone and Telegraph Co
George M. Fienberg
Atty. R. Marshall Witten
Witten
Cusheman
Fienberg
Windsor State Prison
Also Mentioned on This Page
Stocking
Raymond V. Phillips
University of Vermont
UVM
Kirsch
Lionel Nowak
North Bennington School Board
Bennington College
Ford
Nowak
U.S. Office of Education
Office of Education
Bennington-area
Vermont Education Association
Blackboard
Saturday Review
George A. Sleeman
Bennington High School
Gesell Institute
Sleeman
Frances Ilg
New Haven
Conn
Arnold Gesell
Gesell
Tig
Bennington Area
Mrs. Glynn Morrissey
Mrs. B. Legus Hunt
Grace Bosworth
Bosworth Homestead
Pittstown
Royal A
Mary M. (Brown) Bosworth
Hunt
Robson Home For Funerals
Main St
John Y. Elliott
Woodlands Cemetery
United Press International
London
UPI
Jill Baker
G. Clara Groeschel
Fairview Nursing Home
Donald Bodak
Church St
Thomas Bluto
Alan Wallace
Bennington Briefs
C. L. White
R. E. House
Marion Riddle
Gage St
Stephen White
R.D
Thomas J. Crowe
Beech St
James Wolfe
Stewart Preston
Grandview St
Donald Harrington
Cecile Wright
School St
Dorothy Kornitzer
Ruth Holden
Virginia Lonergan
Margaret Lillie
Clara Trombley
Coolidge Avenue
Bennington League of Women Voters
L. William Gillette
Bennington Auxiliary State Police
State Police
Lally
ADV
First Selectman
Richard van Santvoord
Selectmens
Alma Langlois
Viet Nam
Huong
U. Alexis Johnson
Saigon
Tran Huong
Armed Forces Council
Khanh
Armed Forces
National Congress
Maxwell D. Taylor
Thailand
Laos
Town Farm
Selectman
Joseph Higgins
Allen Organization of
van Sartvoord
Higgins
Charl
Debbie Reynolds
Tony Curtis
Pat Boone
Dow-Jones—Bache & Co
N.J. Man
Atty
William C. Sennett
George H. Plumb
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