Wagner appoints James F. Kelly as assistant superintendent
Bennington Southwest Supervisory Union will gain James F. Kelly as assistant superintendent starting Aug 1. Kelly, from New Hartford New York, has led elementary supervision and math program work, with prior teaching and coaching roles, and a doctorate pursuit. He brings experience from Remsen and Madison projects and naval service.
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Leon E. Wagner
Bennington
Pownal
Art Shaftsbury
Woodford
North Bennington
North Pownal
Greater Bennington
Kelly
Remsen
N.Y
Madison
West Canada Valley
Newport
Unadilla
Central School
Oneonta
New Hartford Central School
Utica High School
Syracuse University
State University of New York
Plattsburgh
Robert Lo=rette
State University of New York At Albany
Utica Blue Sox
Utica College
Naval Air Force
Two Hospitalized In Woodford Crash
Two people were hospitalized and one slightly injured in a two car crash on Vermont 9 in Woodford Tuesday evening. Ralph L. Thurston, 52, of Wilmington, in fair condition with a scalp laceration and possible internal injuries, was trapped and extricated by emergency crews. Laura Phillips, 61, in fair to good condition, suffered a scalp laceration and chest injuries. her husband Millard, 65, treated for minor injuries and released. Police say Thurston’s westbound car lost control, crossed the highway and hit Phillips’ eastbound vehicle. Laura Phillips was ejected. In a separate incident on East Main Street, Richard L. Tetreault and F Ray Shutts collided. both cars sustained rear and front damage respectively, with Shutts claiming he did not see the turning car. A third minor one-vehicle crash occurred on Lake Paran Road in Shaftsbury. Gerald E. Thomson, 18, skidded off the road but was not injured.
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Vermont
Woodford
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Ralph L. Thurston
Wilmington
Thurston
Bennington
Versmont
Laura Phillips
Phillips
Richard L. Tetreault
School St
East Main Street
F. Ray Shutts
RFD
Tetreault
Shutts
Lake Paran
Shaftsbury
Gerald E. Thomson
Sycamore Lane
Thomson
Hospital Notes Admissions and Discharges List
Admissions include Mrs. Louise Willette Peter Percey Bennington Mrs Jo sephine May Williamstown and others. Discharges note families from Manchester Center Manchester Shaftsbury Wilmington and Bennington. There are multiple births listed for June 30 to Gabert Pud var and Cook families.
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Louise Willette
Peter Percey
Bennington
Josephine May
Williamstown
Mass
Marion Gorman
Lorraine Surdam
Hoosick Falls
Geneva Mass
Arlington
Mary A. Senecal
Manchester Center
Jean Markey
Manchester
Joyce Scarey
Shaftsbury
Barbara Maynard
Wilmington
Joyce Lemieux
Cathy Thibodeau
Charlotte King
Miledred Barber
Rosemary Lindsey
Notable conductor Monteux dies at 89 in Maine
Pi erre Monteux world famed conductor died in his sleep at his home in Hancock Maine aged 89 born in Paris and became American citizen in 1942. He led orchestras in Boston San Francisco Amsterdam Berlin London Paris and Vienna and worked with Ballet Russe Metropolitan Opera and NBC symphonies. He canceled Berkshire appearances last month for rest after collapsing while conducting in Rome two days before his 89th birthday. He is survived by a daughter Mrs Simon Barendse of Manchester Vermont.
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Hancock, Maine
UPI
Pierre Monteux
Paris
Monteux
Boston
San Francisco
United States
Amsterdam
Berlin
London
Vienna
Europe
Ballet Russe
Metropolitan Opera
National Broadcasting Co
St. Cecilia Academy
Rome
Simon
Nancie) Barendse
Manchester
L’ Auberge
Shaftsbury Voters Consider School Alternatives Debate
Shaftsbury voters debated the union school proposal as part of a broader study of school alternatives. The committee endorsed a 20 to 1 teacher pupil ratio for building needs, while critics urged educational breadth beyond economics. Tax rate set at 9.95 with tuition and budget items approved.
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Warfield
Shaftsbury
Povsner
Faris
John E. Marshall
Boston
Vermont
Norshaft Committee
Union
Heil T. Reed
Marion Hardy
Jesse Strong
Barton L. Jenks
Mt. Anthony Union
Bennington High School
Bendi
Bennington
North Bennington
Spaulding
Leon E. Wagner
Florence Wood
Bec
Selectmen Seek Legal Action Over Wandering Sheep
Bennington selectmen met to explore legal steps against Lyons District resident Richard Vachon whose sheep have wandered on public highways and onto a neighbor's land. They cited a state law imposing up to a $10 fine for owners who let animals roam. Town Counsel Norton Barber will advise on enforcement after three sheep reportedly blocked traffic and damaged vegetation.
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Bennington
Lyons
Richard Vachon
Norton Barber
Vachon
Firemen Douse Woodford Brush Fire
Four Bennington Rural Fire Department units battled a Tuesday postnoon brush fire on a tinder-dry hillside behind J and J Concrete Step Co. near Vermont 9. The blaze threatened a hillside but burned only brush and fallen trees, with crews attacking from both sides using Indian pumps, brooms and rakes.
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Woodford
Bennington
Village School Voters OK $4750 Improvements
Bennington Graded School District voters authorize $4,750 for five building projects to qualify for about $1,800 state aid. The measure did not raise the tax rate, with a total district budget of $749,331 and a 346 to 64 vote.
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Bennington
Bendi
John J. DeVito
North St
Benhi
Ronald R. Knapp
Annual Shaftsbury meeting urges classrooms not union high school
Shaftsbury School Board chair Lloyd Spaulding warns the district that regardless of forming a Mt Anthony union high school, new classrooms are needed. He pushes for community committees to decide on kindergarten lunch and library plans while noting 190 students are bused and hot lunch is lacking. A committee to study kindergarten library and hot lunch was approved with five volunteers.
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United Counseling Service
Warfield
Friends of Retarded Children
Merton Snow Sr
Spaulding
Bradford Smith
Benhi
Knapp
Bendi
Michael J. Hogan Jr
Shaftsbury
Mt. Anthony
Arethur S. Faris
Millicent Cross
Mary Lou Cross
Blanche Rackliffe
Jean Mileler
Audrey Jones
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Battenkill
WRB
Richville Road
Tanner Brook
U.S. 7
Barton's _7
Barton's Continental Cookies
Barton’s
Bartons New York
Ugano Switzeml Ang Evans News & Office Equip., Inc
Main St
Hagerman
Raymond Gabert
Weston
Robert A. Pudvar
David N. Cook
Elm St
Maine
Mrs
Joseph Ryan
Utica
Deliha (Hulihan) Ryan
White Creek
St. Luke's Memorial Hospital
James P
Liza (Maher) Hulihan
Johnsonville
Syracuse
Ryan
Church of the Immaculate Conception
St. Francis de Sales
Altar and Rosary Society
the Legion of Mary
The
Ladies of
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Earl B. Woodcock
Cambridge
Camebridge
Salem
Ashgrove Road
Sandgate
Lillian Coon
Charles Gilchrist
Shushan
William Harrington
Joseph Brandaick
Albert Messina
Carthage
Wal Ter Headwell
Carleton Peters
Craig
Thomas Woodcock
O.K
Hattie Nichols
Golden Age
Harrison Avenue
Hanson - Walbridge Funeral Home
Clarence N. Morse
Chapel Road
Lawrence Larrowe
Methodist Church
Park Lawn Cemetery
Stanley J. Pekalski
Berenard F. Ryan
Earl S. Hurley
Nicholas F. Marra
C. Mason Amadon
Glynn L. Morrissey
Roger E. White
Thomas P. Toomey
Bondville
North Attleboro
Rhode Island
New York State
Morse
Mr. Morse
Shaftsbury Voters
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Michael Powsner
Trumbull Hill
Pine Cobble School
Williamsetown
Paul
Fresno
Calif
California
CVA
Manchester, Vermont
Winslow Homer
Founders
Elfriede Abbe
Richard Comins
Samuel Ogden
George Hughes
Adele Godchaux
Marjorie Sargent
Sun
State Symphony Orchestra
Alan Carter
Geo, Finckel
Sigurd
Karin Rascher
I Drive - IN Theatre
Robt Walker
Tommy Sands
Burl Ives
Lionel Jefferies
Oliver Reed
Benshi Auditorium
Mardale Builders of
Burgess Road
Morse and Butler Inc
Morse and Butler
Mardale Builders
Joseph Beaudoin
Main
Pleasant Streets
Evans News. Co
Bennington Briefs
Banner
Selective Service Local Board
King’s Shoe Service
ADV
J.H. Manes
Hedstrom
Haynes & Kane, Ic
Main ST. Bennington
Dow-Jones—Bache & Co
Albany
Industrals
Railroads
Utilities
Composite Avera Sales
Hartee Theatre
Benning
North Hoosick Rt
New York
Walt Dewey
Coon
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