Stratton Opens Shirkshire Doll Museum on East Road
Mrs. Norman Stratton announces the Shirkshire Doll Museum opening this week in the basement of a turkey brooder behind her East Road home. About 200 dolls will be displayed daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. with admission 50 cents for adults and 25 cents for children. The collection centers on antique French dolls and rarities, with themed groups such as Santa's Workshop and Baby's Room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Stratton
East Road
Shirkshire
Shaftsbury-Bennington
Santa
Bennington Officials Announce Week-Long Office Closures
Bennington town and village treasurer Michael J. Hogan Jr. reports offices will close from Friday end of business until Monday morning July 13 for vacation. The United Counseling Service and several local offices also announce brief closures and a church chicken barbecue is planned for July 16. Reservations for the barbecue must be in by July 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael J. Hogan Jr
Hogan
Bennington Town, Village
Bennington Graded School
Greater Bennington Schools Inc
Mt. Anthony Union
United Counseling Service
Putnam Memorial Hospital
J.H. Manes
King’s Shoe Service
ADV
Three Registrants Leave for Induction
Three registrants departed Selec tive Service headquarters by chartered bus this afternoon for Albany New York to be inducted into the armed forces Thursday. Ronald Cars on Robert Knapp and Hiland Main Jr all of Bennington Vt were volunteers. Clerk Viola Conley announced that 12 registrants will report for pre induction physical exams on July 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selective Service
Albany
N.Y
Ronald Carson
Robert Knapp
Hiland Main Jr
Bennington
Viola Conley
Bowen, longtime New Yorker ad chief, dies at 95
Bowen, advertising director at the New Yorker from 1925 to 1953, died after a life that included Yale University, World War I service, and leadership roles in Bennington County Red Cross and local church affairs. He spent summers in Bennington and lived in Buffalo and Lakeville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pagelis
Minn
Buffalo
N.Y
Hotchkiss School
Lakeville
Conn
Yale University
Army Air Force
Virginia van Santvoord
Bennington
Bowen
New Yorker
The
BCIC
Bennington County
the Red Cross
Second Congregational Church
Estes Seeks County Court Clerk Post
Estes, born in Pownal and educated at Bennington High School and the University of Vermont, operated a Union Street grocery for 39 years until 1961 and now works with the Old Country Store in Old Bennington. He has served on the Bennington Graded School Board and sits on the Putnam Memorial Hospital corporators and Cooper School Fund trustees, seeking the side judge post based on business ties and community service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estes
Pownal
Bennington High School
University of Vermont
Union Street
Old Country
Old Bennington
Bennington
Funeral services for Joseph C. Curtin held in Silver Spring Md
Funeral services for Joseph C. Curtin longtime North eastern regional representative of Wood Flong Corp from Hoosick Falls were held at St. John Evangelist Church Silver Spring Md. Attending were four Hoosick Falls company reps including Thornton Hall president and other sales staff from districts. Curtin died Sunday in a Los Angeles hospital after illness since June 7 while at a sales conference. He was born February 26 1923 in Washington DC and previously worked as stereo type press superintendent for Montgomery Publishing Co in Rockville Md. Interment followed at Park Lawn Cemetery. Surviving are his wife Patricia Compton and four children Patrick Daniel John Mary Ann.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph C. Curtin
Pine Road
Wood Flong Corp
Hoosick Falls
Los Angeles
Calif
St. John’s the Evangelist Church
Silver Spring
Thornton Hall
Curtin
California Hospital
Clifford Earley
Mr. Curtin
George Meehan Sr
George Meehan Jr
Washington, D.C
Wood Flong
Stereotype Press
Montgomery Publishing Co
Rockville
Park Lawn Cemetery
Patricia Compton
Patrick
Daniel
John
Mary Ann
Caracciola Urges Education Reform and Court Modernization
Caracciola advocates expanded vocational education to curb dropouts and favors consolidating school districts by forming 20 or 40 districts. He pushes annual legislative sessions with automatic end dates, faster procedures, regionalized municipal courts, and higher pay to attract capable judges. He stresses his candidacy aims to serve Bennington and state needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caracciola
Hunt Street
New York
Bennington
Red Cross Swim Classes Begin Monday at Paran
Red Cross swimming and life saving classes open next Monday July 6 at Lake Paran and run through July 24. All classes are free. Minimum age five. Registration form signed by parent or guardian required to enroll. Children under eight must be with a responsible older person. Enrollment times Monday: 9 a.m. swimmers and advanced, 9:30 a.m. intermediates, 10 a.m. beginners and advanced beginners, 11 a.m. junior and senior life saving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Lake Paran
Roscoe Pound Harvard Law Dean Dies at 91
Roscoe Pound longtime dean of Harvard Law School and famed legal figure died Wednesday night at Stillman Infirmary Cambridge Massachusetts after a long illness. He was widely regarded as the grand old man of law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roscoe Pound
Harvard Law
Cambridge, Mass
UPI
Harvard Law School
Harvard
Stillman Infirmary
Hospital Notes and Births Selections in Vermont Area
Hospital notes list residents including Mrs Isabelle Walsh of North Bennington Master Farron Lake and others with addresses in Hoosick Falls and Pownal Center. Births report in Petersburg and Cambridge both on July 1, a daughter for Mr and Mrs William Shepard and a son for Mr and Mrs Eli Washburn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isabelle Walsh
North Bennington
Farron Lake
South Dorset
Jean Viens
Ruth Mavilla
Benniington
James Bettis
North Hoosick
William Shepard
Petersburg
N.Y
Eli Washburn
Cambridge, N.Y
Thurston, North Bennington teacher Ethel Marsh obituary notices
Ralph L. Thurston, 52, proprietor of Thurston's in Old Saybrook and former ski lodge operator, died after a two car accident in Vermont. Mrs. Ethel Wright Marsh, 78, retired teacher and North Bennington resident, died at Hoosick Falls Health Center after a long career in home economics and education across multiple states and institutions. Funeral services and burial details for Marsh are provided by Mahar & Son Funeral Home with arrangements in North Bennington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph L. Thurston
Thurston’s
Old Saybrook
Conn
Wilmington
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Woodford
Thurston
Pownal
Part Mutuel
Green Mountain
North Bennington
Ethel (Wright) Marsh
Harold E. Marsh
Hoosick Falls
Rochester
N.Y
Alfred G
Cora (Hall) Wright
Shaftsbury
Rhode Island State College
Glens Falls
Willimantic
Norwich
Washington, D.C
Columbia University
Cornell University
University of Rochester
Mahar & Son Funeral
Frederick B. Wolf
St. Peter’s Church
Bureal
Grandview Cemetery
Harold F
Flora Belle (Johnson) Thurston
New Haven
Cottage Place
Elk Lodge
Westbrook
Emily Spencer
Mage
Gerald MacGuire
New Jersey
Richard Cotter
Mystic, Conn
Robert
Old Sayebrook
Harold MacDonald
Swan Funeral Home
Riverside
Long Trail
Millard A. Phillips
Bennington
Vermont Transit
Josephine (McGuire) Harte
James Harte
Warner Nursing Home
Mahar & Son Funeral Home
Maine Couple Injured in Skid Near Route 67
A Maine couple Verne Fuller 67 and Judith Fuller 48 of Gardiner were injured when their 1964 Ford Falcon skidded off Route 67 in North Hoosick New York. Both were listed in good condition at Mary McClellan Hospital Cambridge. The car was found partly in a stream and police said wet road conditions caused the skid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Hoosick
N.Y
Maine
Verne Fuller
Judith Fuller
Gardiner
Mary McClellan Hospital
Cambridge
New York
East Greenbush
Stock Averages Report At Noon On Wall Street
Dow Jones industrials stand at 840.21 up 2.15 railroads at 216.44 up .65 utilities at 143.88 down .21 composite at 299.08 up .59 with total sales of 2,450,000 reported by Bache & Co Albany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dow Jones—Bache & Co
Albany
New Village Petition Seeks Bicycle Registration Law
A petition and letter asking Bennington Village Trustees to consider an ordinance requiring bicycle registration will be presented to Village President Salvatore Santarcangelo before the next meeting. About 40 residents have signed. author Mrs. Rupert Young expects more. The letter cites accidents and urges licenses, fees, and safety checks as in neighboring towns like Burlington and North Adams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Salvatore Santarcangelo
Rupert Young
North St
Young
Burlington
North Adams
Mass
Museum Art School Lettering and Poster Class Cancelled
Six registrations cancel an 11 year old and older class starting Tuesday will allow six children to enroll in lettering and poster layout. Sign up by phoning 2 2180 for six weeks Tuesday and Thursday mornings 9 30 to 11 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Museum Art School
Also Mentioned on This Page
New ‘Shirkshire Doll Museum
Bennington Briefs
All Saints Church of
Hoosick
Chips
George Fienberg
Lake Dunmore
Bennington I Drive - IN
Thurs
Ag & Sat
Robt Walker
Burl Ives
Tommy Sands
Lionel Jefferies
Oliver Reed
Lake George
RTE
Opera Festival
Mary Wood
St. Francis de Sales
Thomas Bransfield
VFW
Esther Greene
Agnes St. John
Ina Damon
Inez Gregory
Francis B. Flanagan
Wood
Greene
Wilma Campney
Lillian Bourassa
Military Order of the Cooties
Green Mountain Pup
Msgr
Flanagan
Paran
Caroline Paligo
Louise Willette
Ellen Harrington
Marion Armestrong
Leo Myers
Ralph Cipperly
Gina Roberto
Marion Gorman
Debra Ricker
Pownal Cemter
Ruth Thomas
Edward Paquin Sr
North Bernington
Larry Brown
Jacksonville
Hattie E. Nichols
Golden Age
Harrison Avenue
School St
Nichols
Benenington
George
Ida (Warn) Hill
Melvin R. Nichols
American Legion Auxiliary
First Baptist Church
Fred Kendall
Harry Hill
Connecticut
Leslie
Peter
U.S. Army
Air Force
Hanson- Walbridge
John Button
Louis E. Brault
Burlington, Vt
St. Michael’s College
St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church
New Village Petition
Fred and
Patricia Carmichael
George Washington
A George 5
Kaurmomny Mostra
Sre
Dorset Playhouse
Gordon Keyworth
WBTN
Herald Tribune
Fresh Air Fund
New York City
William E. Dailey Sr
Hagerman
H Harte Theatre
Walt Disney Homaisina
Taka el At
North Hoosick Rt
Walt Dvaney
TOS
Khlimanjaro
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!