New Post Office Site Choice Expected This Month
A U S Post Office Department committee may review Bennington site options in mid July and select the best. After selection, building specs and bids for land and the lease back package will follow, with a 10 or 20 year lease. Villagers consider options for the existing post office building if a new one is built.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Post Office Department
Bennington
Boston
William P. H. Flanagan
New England
Post Office Department
Flanagan
James B. Gibney
Gibney
Legislature winds up 23 week 63 session in Vermont
Vermont leaders wrap the 1963 session with key votes on capital punishment and a $1.8 million bond issue for state colleges. Lt. Gov. Ralph Foote touts progress while Governor Hoff critiques spending. The session ends amid budget balance assertions and a tax penny proposal affecting vending and local businesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoff
Foote
John H. Boylan
Essex
Frederik J. Fayette
D - Chittenden
Senate
Robert Grussing
Dummerston
Robert Gibson
Brattleboro
Montpelier
Vermont
House
John J. O’brien
D-Chittenden
Gov
Bennington Briefs Closed for Fourth of July Observance
Lloyd's Studio will be closed Friday and Saturday for Independence Day and reopen July 8. Keough's Barber Shop shuts Friday night and all day Saturday. The Ted Senecal garbage route was purchased by Corliss Senecal of 108 Morgan Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd’s
Keough’s
ADV
Ted Senecal
Corliss Senecal
Morgan Street
Water Board Extends Main To Serve Longtin Home On Rudder Road
The Bennington Water Department will lay a six inch main about 500 feet along Rudder Road this summer pending town acceptance and selectmen approval for excavation. The extension follows Mrs. Robert Longtin’s repeated request to service her home, the last of several properties once linked to Holt Spring and now challenging aging private lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Main St
Robert McCoy
Washington St
Gail Senecal
Willlow Road
Kenneth Aldrich
Grafton
N.H
Armand A. Lampron
Vermont Bank and Trust Co
Archie King
GBA
Donald C. Hicks
Montpelier
Bennington
Water Department
Selectmen
Hilda Hurley
Alma Langlois
Rudder Road
Longtin
Water Board
John Gygax
Eastview Drive
Bank Street
Clark’s Woods
Zoning Injunction Decision Delayed in Bennington Suit
Superior Judge Dale W. Brooks said he cannot rule on the Corcoran versus Village of Bennington case until attorney Hanford Davis files a request for findings. Davis expects to file soon, and after both sides submit requests the court will issue its decision within days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Water Board
Rollin Street
Hilda Hurley
Corcoran
Williams
Water Commissioners
Hanford Davis
Brandon
Morgan Street
Imperial Avenue
Mountain View Trailer Court
Dale W. Brooks
Stowe
Joseph D. Corcoran
McKinley St
Bennington
Davis
Brooks
John H. Williams
Fall Corora
Chancery Court
Saratoga Trot Specials and Local Notices
A dense racing results page lists Trot and related events with numerous horses, times, and starting notes including Mary Jean Leo Heit, Corner Stone Huff, Willow Boy, and Penumbra plus many others. The section also covers village legal notices, water project inquiries, and a Chicago AP note on fingerprinting diamonds for recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mite
Butchie Bo
Amna
Anthony Patch
Fiorista
Sandy E. Volo
Jessie
Prince Robert
Rotterdam
Obituaries for Hill Buck Towsley and Miss Birdella Buck
Obituary notices report the deaths of Mrs. Peter Hill 65 of Bennington and Miss Birdella Buck 89 of Shaftsbury plus artist Seale Hastings Towsley 75 from Manchester. Hill leaves a husband two sons three daughters and many relatives. Buck had lived on the Shaftsbury farm and taught piano. Towsley WWI veteran and artist leaves a brother and funeral is at Hanson-Walbridge with burial in Dellwood Cemetery and private services for Buck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Hill
Eunice
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Valentine St
Bennington
Frank and
Lottie (Zwingli
Mr. Hill
Second Congregational
First Methodist Church
Peter E. C. Hill
Peter G. Hill
Niagara Falls
N.Y
Robert M. Hill
Wapco
Wash
Samuel
Eunice) Kelson
George
Harriet) Procter
Waterford
John
Patricia) Foster
France
Frank R. Camp
Pittsfield
Mass
Archie J, Camp Sr
Buck
North Bennington
Shaftsbury
Florence Bronson
Mabel Cole
Hanson-Walbridge Funeral Home
A.J. MacDonald
Seale Hastings Towsley
Vermont
Mr. Towsley
Manchester
George L
Elizabeth(Goodenough) Towsley
Burlington
Upton
152Nd
California
U.S
American Legion
Harry V. Towsley
Georges Millis
N.H
Hanson-Walbridge
W. Earle Forman
Church of God
Dellwood Cemetery
Bennington Delays Interim Selectman Naming Vote
Town Democrats press for a one week delay before naming an interim selectman while caucusing to choose a single candidate. Lawrence Powers says he will request the delay at the weekly board meeting to name a new selectman vacated by Clayton Daigneault, with further caucus planned before next Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Town Democratic Committee
Town Committee
Lawrence Powers
North Bennington
Leon R. Eldred
Richard van Santvoord
Powers
Clayton Daigneault
Crescent Boulevard
Joseph Higgins
Lyons St
Robert Condon
Bennington Road
Condon
Higgins
Eldred
van Santvoord
David Gil
McCall Sr
Gil
New Englander Motor Inn
Ellis Winslow
Crescent Blvd
Winslow
Daigneault
NAACP rounds on Goldwater and Dirksen in Chicago meeting
At a South Side church audience NAACP leaders urged active effort to defeat Republicans who oppose civil rights legislation, criticizing Sen Barry Goldwater and Sen Everett Dirksen for their civil rights positions. The remarks stressed mobilization for upcoming elections and party discipline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
South Side
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Everett Dirksen
Illinois
Senate
Wilkins
NAACP
Dirksen
Republican Party
Kennedy
Funeral Rood Abe Gardner long time Pownal resident
The funeral for Abe Gardner Rood a longtime Pownal resident who died Friday was held Monday at Hanson-Walbridge Funeral Home. Rev Isabelle G. King of Pownal Center Church officiated with bearers Burton Peckham H Daniel Mason Ira Chaffee Lawrence Chaffee all of Pownal Center and Merritt Odell of Shaftsbury. Burial followed at Oak Hill Cemetery in Pownal with prayers by Rev King. Relatives and friends attended from Pownal Bennington and Shaftsbury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abe Gardner Rood
Pownal
Hanson-Walbridge Funeral Home
Isabelle G. King
Pownal Center
Burton Peckham
H. Daniel Mason
Ira
Lawrence Chaffee
Merritt O’ Dell
Shaftsbury
Oak Hill Cemetery
King
Bennington
Dow Jones Industrial Averages Reported At Noon
The noon stock averages list the Dow Jones Industrial Averages at 706.675.32 with 20 railroads noted in the Albany market update.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dow-Jones—Bache & Co
Albany
Hospital Notes Admissions and Discharges Brief
Hospital notes list admissions: Mrs Jennie Copeland Master Glenn LaPorte Master Keith LaPorte Thomas Fleming Hoo sick Falls NY Master Stephen Carriere North Bennington Master Richard Hess Arlington Master Neil Morin Miss Irene McCurdy Bennington Henry Wellspeak East Arlington. Discharges: Mrs Evelyn Whitney Harold A Philputt Mrs Marjorie Rose Bennington. Births: Mr and Mrs Lyman Hansen Burgess Road a daughter on July 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie Copeland
Glenn LaPorte
Keith LaPorte
Thomas Fleming
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Stephen Carriere
North Bennington
Richard Hess
Arlington
Neil Morin
Irene McCurdy
Bennington
Henry Wellspeak
East Arlington
Evelyn Whitney
Harold A. Philputt
Marjorie Rose
Lyman Hansen
Burgess Road
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P.O
Elm St
Stanley J. Pelaski
Pekalski
Ray Charles
Edward J. Anderson
West Brattleboro
Alfred Barry
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
Frederick B. Wolf
Goodkind
Bennington Briefs
Saratoga
Babe Daren
Reisenweavers
Wilseyv
Regal Rodney
Parker
Kathy Springwood
Dear Abbey
Hettie Cith
Chalidale Bryan
Lamb
Oh Shaw
Bennett
J. L. Trail
Borderview
Carrie
Sparky
Adorable Wick
Dazzling Manners
Breezy
Dean
Mile
Penumbra
Vendei
Ray Nibble
Garnsey
Mise Bill Gallon
Hamilton
Enos
Honor Rodney
Karen Victoria
Oh Pace
Ransford
Kinkora
Pinkney
Lady Victoria
Arthurs
Haze Mite
Phyllis
Scott
Queen's
Axice Ha
Marvnand
Sunny tHoeur
Han
Jimmie Lee Gigv
Carmichael
Ronald
Aliso
Imerial Hal
Reidie Wick
Lady Wonder
Era Gonnelly
Anuck Roy
Belvedere
Huff
Royal L. M
Bromieye
Finger Song
Fancher
Alan
Ohio Valley
Hal Nosecroft Red Bear
Shadvyvdale
Hi Tone
Lady Mum
Chancery
Emory Wheeler
Lake Hancock
Birdella Buck
George E. and
Emily
Taft) Buck
Glenn J. Donovan
Waterbury
Kenneth Q. Ely
U.S. 7
Vermont 346
Donovan
Ely
Abe Gardner
Tadela
Hotel Putnam Bldg
Bennington, VI
Colonial Shopping
Williamstown
Adams Clothes Shop
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