Obituary notices for Gordon Pike and Mrs White in Wilmington scene
Obituary notes report the death of Gordon Clarence Pike 49 a Wilmington native carpenter died of a heart attack in West Dover while working on Snow Mountain Inn projects.He was survived by Elizabeth Crafts his wife and three sons two daughters and other relatives. Funeral in Wilmington Congregational Church with burial at Riverview Cemetery. Also reported is the death of Mrs Robert White 81 formerly Carolyn Phillips of North Bennington after frail health. Funeral at Mahar & Son Funeral Home with entombment and spring burial planned. Mt Anthony Chapter CBS paid last respects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lauder
Pike
Wilmington
Clarence
Nellie (Gifford) Pike
Maine
M. Elizabeth Crafts
John Pike
West Germany
Averell Pike
Biloxi
Timothy
Melanie
Mary
Harold Lakey
Irma Pike
Wilmington Congregational Church
Riverview Cemetery
Robert White
Carolyn Phillips
South Street
Putnam Memorial Hospital
North Bennington
Nathan and
Anna Becker Phillips
Shaftsbury School
Robert T. White
Mt. Anthony
Order Eastern Star
Allen
Scott Street
Paul E. White
Daytona Beach
Fla
Ralph LeBarron
Cambridge
N.Y
Edward Boyden
Acton
Mass
Joseph Rogers
Point Pleasant
N.J
Mahar & Son Funeral Home
Frank W. Grippin
First Methodist Church
Park Lawn Chapel
Grand View
North
Bennington
CBS
Bennington Dearly Mourns J Elmer Ayres Prominent Local Figure
J Elmer Ayres 87 longtime Bennington resident and former export import businessman died Sunday at Fair view Nursing Home after a long illness. He lived at 208 School St and was son of John H. and Anna Ayres. Survivors include two sons John of Woodstock and Charles of New York City, three grandchildren, two brothers and C Thomas of Bennington. Funeral Tuesday at 2 p.m. from Hanson Walbridge with cremation to follow. Friends may call today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Elmer Ayres
Bennington
New York City
Fairview Nursing Home
John H
Anna (Montgomery) Ayres
School St
Ayres
Oneida
N.Y
C. B. Richards
H. T. Cushman Mfg. Co
North Bennington
Louise Thatcher
John Ayres
Woodstock
Charles T. Ayres
James
Atlanta
Funeral Services for Alphonse Turgeon Held in Miami
Funeral services for Alphonse J. Turgeon who died in Miami were held at Ma har and Son Funeral Home and Sacred Heart Church with a Requiem High Mass offered by Rev. Joseph F. Wiseman. Pallbearers included Lemieux Fortier LaCroix LaFlamme and others. A Bennington Real Fire Dept delegation visited the funeral home to pay respects and Fr Wiseman led the Rosary. Entombment is in Park Lawn chapel with burial planned in the family lot next spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alphonse J. Turgeon
Miami
Fla
Mahar and Son Funeral
Sacred Heart Church
Joseph F. Wiseman
Arthur
Albert
Aime Lemieux
Arthur Fortier
Joseph LaCroix
John LaFlamme
Bennington Real Fire Dept
George DesLaurier
Governors Continue Discussion on Interstate Railroad Aid
The article notes continued consideration by New England governors on page 10 about the need for interstate involvement in railway economic problems. It seeks concrete indications of state interest and potential aid, asking how much states are prepared to support a solution to the railroad's economic issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Milkmen Deliver Appeal for Retarded Youths Fund Drive
Milkmen will deliver door to door tomorrow morning with coffee cream cottage cheese and milk in aid of the Bennington Friends of Retarded Children. The drive supports Red Brick School Shaftsbury and services for mentally retarded youths in Bennington area through local contributions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Bennington Friends of
Horst Dairy
Fairdale Farms
Bennington
Double T
North Bennington
Burdick Dairy
Whitney Dairy
Pownal
Wilcox Dairy
Arlington
Shaftsbury
Youths Injured In Auto Crash Near Seminary Lane
A 1952 Chevrolet was wrecked after striking a tree on a curve at Seminary Lane Saturday at 3 30 a m. Driver Douglas Greene 19 Shaftsbury and passenger James Bump 19 were taken to Putnam Memorial Hospital by Bob's Ambulance. Greene released with minor injuries. Bump in fair condition after abdominal surgery and chest injuries plus a fractured right leg. Bump’s parents say no visitors, but friends may write.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seminary Lane
Douglas Greene
Shaftsbury
James Bump
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Bob
Greene
Bump
Fire Kills 9 Continued on Page 10
A mother who has remarried is expecting a child as a result of a deadly fire that killed nine. Young Dearie spent hours after the blaze with Mrs. Charles Hunt and Mrs. Frank Hunt across the street before being admitted to Monson State Hospital in Palmer. He reported being awakened by an explosion and crying as he struggled through smoke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dearie
Charles Hunt
Frank Hunt
Monson State Hospital
Palmer
Massachusetts Department of Mental Health
Tubby Named U S Delegate to U N in Geneva
Roger W. Tubby, long a State Department aide and former White House press secretary, shifts from assistant secretary of state for public affairs to U S representative to the United Nations in Geneva with ambassadorial rank. He will stay in his current post for several weeks before the Geneva assignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger W. Tubby
The
Banner
White House
U.S
United Nations
Geneva
State Department
Washington
George W. Ball
Tubby
Foreign Economic Administration
Michael McDermott
Department of State
Truman
Adirondack Daily Enterprise
Saranac Lake
N.Y
Adlai E. Stevenson
Kennedy
New York Herald Tribune
London
Time-Life Fortune
Haley seeks three year term in town manager reform bid
Bennington native and Republican candidate Haley urges a three year authorization to extend the town manager form and to ask the 1963 state legislature to change enabling laws. He also pledges continued efforts to clean the Walloomsac River and notes his veteran background. He is a former American Legion leader with five children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haley
Walloomsac
Vermont
Bennington
Pacific
Veterans’ Affairs
American Legion
Veterans’ Group
Auto Fatality at Park Lawn Cemetery Cambridge N Y
A fatal auto incident is reported with services and visit times for family and friends. Funeral home visits begin tonight after 7 with further hours scheduled this evening and on Tuesday afternoon and evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Park Lawn
Cambridge
N.Y
Stratton speakers praise forest land use and recreation
Lawrence Kugelman of International Paper argues for multiple use of forest land including logging watershed control and recreation. Lowell Thomas and guests recount ski history with Stratton praised as surpassing expectations amid calls for broader land access. State officials and Stratton Corp directors attend but some speakers refrain from comment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence J. Kugelman
Woodlands
International Paper Co
Kugelman
Daniel Webster
Kelley Stand Road
Webster
William Henry
Tippecanoe) Harrison
Lowell Thomas
Fred Pabst
Erling Strom
New York
Adirondack Mountains
Bennington Briefs From the Bennington Union
The United Counseling Service board personnel committee will meet Tuesday at 8 p.m. at UCS offices on Willow Road. Ladies Auxiliary to Green Mountain Pup Tent 2 and related groups set a scratch and officer election for Thursday Feb 1 at 7 30 p.m. at the president’s home with a crazy hat auction after the scratch. Duplicate bridge winners at Mt Anthony Country Club on Jan 26: north south Claude Rich and wife, 40% with Rodger Randall 38 1/2. east west Beverly Gates and Hamilton Shields first 37 with second place team Raymond Polley and John G Putnam Jr. 33. Next bridge play Friday Feb 9 at 8 p.m. Mrs John G Putnam Jr has returned to Buffalo NY after visiting her parents in Bennington. her husband has been cruising with the U S Navy Reserve. Cecelia Greene School of Dance dancers appeared in a March of Dimes benefit show at Mt Greylock Regional School in Williams Town MA. Dolores Heiner, Anna Corcoran, Beverly Gates, Eleanor Harvey, Ronald Charbonneau, Nancy Rounds, Jane Montgomery, Jill Fisher, Joyce Desautel performed. Miss Greene appeared as a principal in the show. Bernard Lively of Williamstown directed. Greg Palmer, son of Vaughn Palmer of Bradford Street, is out of classes at Bennington High due to a skating accident Sunday afternoon. another skater’s skate cut his leg. He was treated at Putnam Memorial Hospital and placed in a cast. He is a junior at Bennington High.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Anthony Country Club
Claude Rich
Rodger Randall
Ned Healy
Hamilton Shields
Raymond Polley
John G. Putnam Jr
Cecelia Greene
Greg Palmer
Vaughn F. Palmer
Bradford Street
Bennington High School
Greg
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Gary Harbour
Benhi
Stratton board chair cuts ribbon for Bear's Den lodge lounge
Ry, the chairman of the Stratton board of directors, opened Bear's Den a new bar and entertainment lounge on the lodge's second floor with a ribbon cutting ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stratton Board of Directors
Brattleboro Jaycees Honor Fire Chief Mattison
Brattleboro Fire Chief T Howard Mattison was named outstanding young man by the Brattleboro Junior Chamber of Commerce. He received the club's first annual Distinguished Service Award at a Bosses Night banquet, noted for organizing Brattleboro Fire Department companies and the rescue squad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brattleboro
T. Howard Mattison
Wallace Harris
The
Jaycees
Jaycee
Bennington
Brattleboro Junior Chamber of Commerce
Hospital admissions and discharges listed for Putnam area
Admissions include none. Discharges list Paschal Zullo Thelma Oakes Mrs Mary Hoffman and baby girl Bennington Donald Hebert Hoosick Falls NY Mrs Mary Green North Bennington Mrs Alice Young and baby girl Arlington SATURDAY JAN 27 John Fuller Wilmington VI Hector J Pinsonneault Yvonne Stone Bennington Mrs Elaine Ogilvie and baby girl Mrs Bessie Springer Hoosick Falls NY SUNDAY JAN 28 Janet Brenenstuhl North Bennington Phyllis Bugbee White Creek NY Herbert Cone Ann Sawyer Horace Baker Bennington Carole Cross Lillian Immen Arlington Mrs Marjorie Lampron and baby girl Old Bennington Blanche Rietz Hoosick Falls NY Dennis Troumbley Dorset Births Mr and Mrs Ralph M Brewster Hoosick Falls a son on Jan 26 Mr and Mrs Thelman Stevens North Hoosick a daughter Jan 26 Mr and Mrs Lew Levin Shaftsbury a daughter on Jan 26
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paschal Zullo
Thelma Oakes
Mary Hoffman
Bennington
Donald Hebert
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Mary Green
North Bennington
Alice Young
Arlington
Hector J. Pinsonneault
Yvonne Stone
Elaine Ogilvie
Bessie Springer
Herbert Cone
Ann Sawyer
Horace Baker
Carole Cross
Lillian Immen
Marjorie Lampron
Old Bennington
Blanche Rietz
Dennis Troumbley
Dorset
Ralph M. Brewster
Thelman Stevens
North Hoosick
Lew Levin
Shaftsbury
Also Mentioned on This Page
Gordon C. Pike
N.E. Governors
West Hartford
Conn
Greater
U.N
Dean Rusk
Robert J. Manning
Stratton
Strom
Far West
Midwest
North America
Merrill
Edward G. Janeway
Windham County
Stratton Corp
Ralph Foote
Roland Vatour
Vermont Development Department
Herbert O. Smith
Londonder
Clorox
Campbell
Hamburg
FUR Coat Sale
P.t
Fienberg
Main St. Benn., Vt
Bennington Briefs
United Counseling Service Board of Trustees
UCS
Willow Road
Ladies Auxiliary
Green Mountain Pup
Convent Avenue
Buffalo
U. S. Navy Reserve
Brattleboro Jaycees
Mattison
Adams Clothes Shop
Putnam Hospital
John Fuller
Janet Brenenstuhl
Phyllis Bugbee
White Creek
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