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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1963
Page
10
The 120 men and five officers of Companies A and C of the 2nd Tank Battalion Bennington's National Guard units will leave Friday for two weeks of summer encampment.
Police issued a nationwide alert for Fred Joseph Bishop 41 of Green Mountain Trailer Park in connection with the disappearance of 13 year old Linda Blackford of Winooski. Bishop left June 20 the same day Linda went to visit a friend. FBI and state prosecutors joined the case. Bishop faces a kidnapping warrant and a $1084 bogus check charge.
Cool winds swept into Bennington Vermont ending an 11 day drought and heat wave as a brief thunder shower dropped 0.03 inches at Harwood Hill. Rain totals from June 21 helped avert a harsher drought while officials urged conservation and banned auto sprinkler use in North Bennington.
The district outlines summer projects including rewiring the teachers' room and basement study area for upperclass researchers, repainting and redecorating the teachers' room, replacing east and west entrance floors with quarry tile, painting five Benhi classrooms and two Bennington Elementary classrooms, and finishing first floor corridor repainting. Monument Roofing Co. will re-roof the elementary school multi purpose room. Routine maintenance and minor repairs are handled by the district custodial staff under Donald Fauley and Myron J. Woodward.
Eagle Bridge N Y Joseph Christopher Schrieber 65 longtime head custodian at Lawrence High School L I died Tuesday at his Eagle Bridge home He was born Valley Stream son of Peter and Lena Lang Schrieber He survived by wife Martha Hoffman seven grandchildren one son Joseph Schrieber Oceanside three daughters Mrs Jack Stein North Merrick Mrs Matthew Kleimman New York City Mrs Stanley Burtis Bellflower Calif one brother Arthur Schrieber Cedarhurst three sisters Mrs Andrew Visusial Lindenhurst Mrs Donald Robinson Oceanside Mrs Clarence Frost Florida Funeral Wednesday at 2 pm Leo J Mahar Funeral Home Hoosick Falls Rev George F Miller Jr Eagle Bridge Methodist Church officiating Interment Island Hill Cemetery Buskirk
Bennington selectmen urged the Town Democratic Committee to provide several qualified candidates to fill the July 1 vacancy left by Clayton Daigneault. They prefer a list rather than a single nominee and may begin considering names next week, focusing on a capable, active worker.
The Banner business office will close on Saturdays for the rest of summer starting July 6. Regular Saturday hours have not been in effect for two years, though noon hours were kept as a public and carrier accommodation. Weekday hours will be 8 30 to 5 this summer. The selectmen will not appoint a man tied to a party reward. Robert B. Condon was withdrawn after a state law barred business owners with first or second class beverage licenses from serving on a liquor control board. Condon and his wife run the New Englander Motor Inn on North Bennington Road.
The Greater Bennington Association will award a cooler blanket to the winning owner in tomorrow's feature race at Green Mountain Park. The blanket presentation will be by GBA president Herbert H. Leonard and vice president Alexander Dragon.
Parisi drew Bennington teachers and students into a planned 25 to 30 person tour of Europe with stops in Brussels Heidelberg Innsbruck and Rome. He vanished after sailing to Europe on the Queen Mary and authorities issued a warrant for his arrest while Air France traced his travel checks and possible related incidents.
Bennington trustees tabled action on an Ora Gates Eliza Krumias trailer at 119 Rollin St pending Corcoran v Village of Bennington. Village Atty John Williams warned approving would risk enforcing possibly invalid zoning rules while President Gibney urged separate consideration due to land ownership and timing of a trailer ban vote.
Bennington Village and Town offices close for weekend. Temple Beth El speaker addresses Liberty and Independence at 8:45 a.m. Friday. YMCA closed July 4 with pool hours 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. and no instruction. Officials prepare for street work, fuel oil bids, and fire department special police appointments as Central Vermont moves poles and West Main Street widens.
Trustees say no one presented a bill for Veterans Day parade firemen traffic aid as a memo circulated with names of 16 volunteers. Fire Chief Hollister explains the note was a department report, not a bill, and will be corrected in minutes.
James H. Colvin died Saturday at his son Vernon’s home 133 McCall St. Funeral Tuesday at Hanson Walbridge Funeral Home with Rev. Stephen C. Greene officiating. Burial at Grand View Cemetery North Bennington with bearers Robert Powers James Kelly Francis Casey and Thomas Maroney. Out of town relatives came from Shaftsbury Bellows Falls Pownal and Canada.
Trustees discussed moving the post office to a new site citing maneuvering difficulties and space costs. Plans include village purchase of the current building, renovating for village offices and police use, with rental space for state agencies to offset heating and maintenance costs.
Admissions include Miss Jean Kelley Bennington Ian MacDonald Shaftsbury Mrs Etta Harris North Pom nal Discharges list several residents including George Heaslip Manchester Center and Master Richard Hess Arlington Births announce a son born to Mr and Mrs Raymond Lovely Manchester Depot on July 2.
The Dow Jones composite shows 713.23 for the Industrials with a 44.29 rise while the Railroads stand at 175.894 up 1.42 and Utilities at 139.184 up .07 The composite average is 257.22 with a 41.39 gain and total sales reach 1 790 000 in this bulletin.
Bennington Fire Department volunteers plan a ticket campaign for the Kelly and Miller Bros Circus on July 12. Fire Chief Richard Hollister said units will vend in front of County National Bank during Friday shopping hours and continue next Wednesday and Thursday nights. Proceeds fund training programs and sponsors receive a larger share from advance-ticket sales. Tickets available at local service stations and Hollis Armstrong's home.
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