Area Industrial Workers On Their Annual Vacation
Bennington area plants shut down for two weeks as 1,300 workers take vacations. Cushman Mfg Co, Benmont, Vermont Tissue and Vermont Container Corp pause operations. Union Carbine products resume some output. Tansitor Electronics staggers vacations. half of 30 at Vermont Container Corp off each week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Union Carbide Consumer Roducts CO
Vermont Container Corp
Bijur Lubricating Corp
Bennington Brush CO
Polygraphic CO
North American Inc
Albany Novelty Division
Golden Wedding Marked by Bennington Former School Leader
Dr. and Mrs. Harold D. Sylvester of Fulton New York observed their 50th wedding anniversary on June 26 1912 noting his past roles as superintendent in Oswego County and Connecticut now teaching at Manlius Military Academy and slated to coordinate at Peekskill Military Academy. They hosted a party with their daughter Mrs John Wilbur and members of the original wedding party. The couple married in Fulton June 26 1912 with the former Lena Merriman. They have three grandchildren Clarice Harold and Maurice. The couple’s son in law and daughter reside in Fulton. The column also lists several local businesses announcing weekly or annual vacation shutdowns for summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold D. Sylvester
Fulton, N.Y
Bennington
Sylvester
Bennington Graded School
John Wilbur
Fulton
Lena Merriman
Clarice
Health Dept
New York City
Harold
U. S. Air Force
Texas
Maurice
Fulton High School
Oswego County
New York
Connecticut
Vermont
Manlius
N.Y. Military Academy
Peekskill Military Academy
Queen Mother Hosts Marlboro Music Event in Vermont
Queen Elizabeth of Belgium attends Marlboro Music School in Southern Vermont as patron of the Queen's Instrumental Competition. Pablo Casals, famed Spanish cellist, leads the competition through July 15, with past winners linked to the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth
Belgium
Marlboro
Vermont
Pablo Cassals
Exspy Soblen Attempted Knife Attack Aboard Plane
Soblen the Soviet spy was trapped in a curtain forward section of a large jet with an Israeli doctor as his escorts. He reportedly cut his wrists and stabbed himself under a blanket after asking for a blanket and a meal. Police and medics rushed the plane to London where Soblen was hospitalized. The other 152 passengers stayed largely unaware during the incident. The U.S. and Israel lack an extradition treaty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Soblen
Sam Shamir
London
United States
Israel
Obituary for Mrs William Knapp 75 of North Adams
Mrs. William Knapp 75 formerly of Bennington and North Pownal died Friday around 5 p.m. at her son in law and daughter's home Carmen De Marco and Cecelia Oliver. Funeral services were held at San Soucie Funeral Home with Rev Orvel Hooker officiating. Burial was in Oak Hill Cemetery Pownal. Survivors include two daughters Ruth Harris North Adams and Frank Harris North Pownal a son George North Adams Raymond North Adams William Jr Troy N Y Wilfred Hoosick Falls N Y 24 grandchildren and 2 1 2 great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
N.Y
Helen Orth
Bennington
Hogel
Holden Leonard
Ben Mont
Frank
Carl Hogel
Arthur
Essex
Charles Hagel
Eastmeadow
Maurice Noon
John Deery
Miami
Fla
Hanson - Walbridge Funeral
H. Glenn Payne
First Baptist Church
Park Lawn Cemetery
North Adams
Mass
William Knapp
North Pownal
San Soucie
Orvel E. Hooker
Oak Hill Cemetery
Wilfred
Hoosick Falls
Mrs. Fred Parker obituary in Arlington area
Mrs. Fred Parker former Inez Bentley longtime schoolteacher died Saturday at her Arlington cousin's home at age 95 born February 15 1867 in Manchester She taught in Sunderland and Sandgate and lived in Hoosick Falls Manchester and Arlington Survivors include a half sister and several nieces nephews and cousins Funeral held at Mahar and Son Funeral Home with Rev C G Belcher officiating Burial in Maple Grove Cemetery Hoosick Falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlington
Fred Parker
Inez Bentley
Ralph Delaney
Manchester
Sunderland
Sandgate
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Parker
Stephen Hill
North Bennington
Mahar and Son Funeral Home
C. G. Belcher
St. James Episcopal Church
Maple Grove
Cemtery
Hospital Admissions and Births Roundup at Putnam Hospital
Friday and Saturday admissions and discharges listed for Putnam Hospital Bennington area. Several births noted including daughters and sons to local families such as Adams Wilmington Betit Willow Road and Danforth Rutland. Names span Lillian Spendiff Barbara Parmenter Elizabeth Buckley and others with relatives from Hoosick Falls North Bennington and Manchester Depot.
Funeral rites for John H. Malone held in Bennington and Pittsfield
Funeral services for John H. Malone a former Bennington resident who died suddenly in Pittsfield Massachusetts were held at Mahar and Son Funeral Home and at St Francis de Sales Church. Rev James G Dodge offered the Requiem High Mass with Msgr Francis B Flanagan leading the Rosary. Burial followed in Park Lawn Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Malone
Bennington
Pittsfield
Mass
Mahar and Son Funeral
St. Francis de Sales Church
James G. Dodge
Donald Delude
Burt Harrington
James E. Feeney
Walter LaFlamme
Russell O'Connell
William Maynard
Malone
Putnam Hose
N. Y
Shaftsbury
100th Anniversary of Morrill Act Observed in Washington
Educators and lawmakers marked the Morrill Act's centennial. Sen George D Aiken praised Justin Smith Morrill of Vermont for authoring the 1862 land grant act signed by Lincoln. Exhibits on Morrill opened at the National Archives and Library of Congress. Aiken urged expanding the program with an extension service for rural small business and industry to spread higher education and practical knowledge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George D. Aiken
Justin Smith Morrill
Vermont
Abraham Lincoln
National Archives Building
Morrill
Library of Congress
House of Representatives
Senate
Aiken
Allan J. Heath
Carlton W. Holmes
Robert B. Val
University of Vermont
UVM
Associated Industries of Vermont
Joint
Council of Economic Education
AEW
Bennington Local Notices and Upcoming Activities
Bennington briefs cover family vacation plans of the Mattesons in Sunderland and visits to Springfield and Troy with a Hudson cruise, plus local meetings at Wid Bennington school house and town offices. Openings remain for Camp Sugarbush at Pownal, with registrations via Mrs Bernard Whitman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Matteson
Sunderland
Michael
Peter
Karen
Paula
Mattesons
Springfield
Mass
Troy
N.Y
Camp Sugarbush
Pownal
Bernard Whitman
R. D
North Bennington
Governors Meet Ends With Civil Rights Leadership Call
Gov Powell signaled a 1964 presidential bid during NBC Meet the Press. Rockefeller challenged the Kennedy administration at the governors conference and urged more active leadership in civil rights, putting Democrats on the spot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gov
Powell
NBC
Meet the Press
Rockefeller
Kennedy
America
Kennedy Lopez Mateos Pact Promotes Hemisphere Cooperation
A joint communique from President Kennedy and Mexico's Adolfo Lopez Mateos pledges closer US Mexico collaboration to advance political and economic progress in the hemisphere. They commit to opposing outside intervention and to reducing salt in the Colorado River water flowing into northern Mexico, addressing farmer complaints in Mexicali about soil damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennedy
United States
Mexico
Adolfo Lopez Mateos
Castro
Cuba
Khrushchev
Moscow
Colorado River
Mexicali
Five County Accidents Hit Vacation Traffic No Injuries Reported
Five accidents in Bennington County over Saturday weekend involved nine cars with over $2,000 in damages to vehicles power lines and a chicken house but no serious injuries. State police noted heavy weekend traffic on U S 7 Shaftsbury and Pownal saw multiple crashes with varying damage while Bennington Village police reported no weekend accidents.
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Bennington County
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Vermont
Shaftsbury
Arthur Greene
Valerie Knapp
Arlington
Glenn Milbury
Hoosick Falls
N. Y
Chrysler
Agnes Mears
Bennington
Knapp
Eleanor Lewis
N.Y
Karen George
Pownal
Church
Main Streets
Miss George
Herbert Bernheimer
Middlebury
U.S. 7
Willam Meyer
Manchester
Edward Schmidt
Gordon City
Bernard Cross
East Arlington
Schmidt
Cross
Cambridge man pleads guilty in municipal court speeding case
In the only Municipal Court action this morning Acting Judge John P Morrissey presided as Preston L Keays 26 of Cambridge pleaded guilty to speeding and was fined 20 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John P. Morrissey
Preston L. Keays
Cambridge
N.Y
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H. T. Cushman Mfg. CO
Benmont
Vermont Tissue Paper CO
Tansitor Electronics
Sprague Electric CO
Thomson Mfg. CO
Harte Theatre
Geronimo
Panavision
Technicolor
Chuck Connors
Kamata Bev
Rock Hudson
Doris Day
A Universa: Internationaetease
Eastman
Wichita Joes
MacCrea
En Williamstown Ss
THE
Williamstown
Glenview
August Hogel
Sourcliffe Nursing Home
Helen
Feinsburg
Germany
Mexico City
Mrs. Kennedy
William M. Knapp
Icentral
Vermont Public Service Corporation
Putnam Hospital
Lillian Spendiff
Hoosick, N.Y
Augustine Flynn
Barbara Parmenter
Alison Bow
Dorothy Rollins
Deborah Willette
Banche Rice
Gail Batease
Elizabeth Buckley
Brian Houran
Edna Smith
Harold A. Philputt
Frank I. Gifford
Buskirk
Donald G. Matatt
Roger E. Wilcox
Noth Powanal
Maud Brace
James Sessions
Hugh R. Perkins
North St
John C. Scarey
Richard O'Dell
Charles Vogler
William B. Adams
Wilmington
Kenneth Betit
Willow Road
Brian Mark
Warren Danforth
Rutland
Danforth
Rejane Rousseau
Nation
Justin Morrill
Washington
Congress
System of Land-Grant Colleges
Bennington Briefs
Wid Bennington
Donald C. Hicks
Bennington Selectmen
Arthur P. Guerard
USN
A.J. Guerard
Union St
Radarman
Naval Training Center
Great Lakes
Ill
Adrienne Wickenden
Arthur Wickenden
MacMurray College
Jacksonville
MacMurray
Kennedys Home
Cen Ree Aeree
Salem’s
Wea A. Market
Grand Union
Bennington Pastry Shop
Bennington Village
Atkins
Bennington, Vt
Main St
Bermuda
North Bennington, Road
Shaftsbury, VI
Merry
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