Area Obituaries Honor Local Notables and Residents
Obituaries summarize the deaths of Oscar C. Warren 76, a longtime Ben Mont foreman, and Lemoyne Surdam 79 a Hoosick Falls librarian and banking widow, plus related notices for Monica Dicranian seven weeks old and others. The items name families, hometowns Ashfield Hoosick Falls North Adams Ben Mont and institutions like Sacred Heart Church Mahar Funeral Home Cheney Memorial Free Library First United Church and Maple Grove Cemetery. Funeral details and survivor lists are noted with dates and burial plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Lemoyne (McClellan) Surdam
I. Burke Surdam
Richmond Ave
Eagle Bridge
Morey
Sarah (Shiland) McClellan
Librarians
Bank
Albany
Robert M. Surdam
Grosse Pointe, Mich
National Bank
Detroit
Surdam
Old Methodist Church
First United Church, Presbyterian
Order Eastern Star
Silver Cross
King’s Daugh
Municipal Court Accepts Speeding and Stop Sign Fines
Payments sent to Judge George M. Fienberg include 20 dollars for speeding from Mary A. Gillich of Valhalla New York and Carlo Sorevento of Troy New York. Also ten dollars for failing to stop from Frederick J. Carey of Bennington. Ten dollar illegal parking fines came from Leonard B. King Fort Edward New York Glenn W. Rublee Pittsford Vermont Thomas P. Terrell Williamstown Massachusetts Charles D. Ashworth Rockville Maryland Clarence S. Burdick North Pownal Vermont Charles Makay Welton New York Kenneth French Berkshire Massachusetts Elizabeth M. Ryder Hoosick Falls New York and Emile J. Lefevre Norwalk Connecticut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George M. Fienberg
Mary A. Gillich
Valhalla
N.Y
Carlo Sorevento
Troy
Frederick J. Carey
Benenington
Leonard B. King
Fort Edward
Glenn W. Rublee
Pittsford
Thomas P. Terre
Vermont Teacher Joins COFO Voter Drive in Mississippi
Edward Seaver, an English teacher at Montpelier High School in Vermont, will leave August 1 to work with COFO in Mississippi. He will assist the Negro voter registration effort amid the state’s civil rights strife, acknowledging the dangers but affirming his belief in the cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vermont
Mississippi
Adamant
UPI
Council of Federated Organizations
COFO
Edward Seaver
Montpelier High School
Seaver
Bennington Briefs Local fire meetings and family updates
William Riley of 314 County St. enters Albany Medical Center for surgery. Bradford Hook & Ladder postpones a meeting to July 15. Mrs. Millard A. Phillips released from Putnam Memorial Hospital recovering at 116 Convent Ave. Bennington firefighters invited to county meet at Bradford hose house. Fairdale Farms and Volkswagen teams practice at 5 30 p.m. Wednesday. A Bradford Place family reunion includes many relatives from Brattleboro Pittsfield and Sylvania with illness keeping some away. Seaver, a Duxbury native, discusses Mississippi civil rights work and voter registration challenges facing Black residents in the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millard A. Phillips
Woodford
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Convent Ave
Fairdale Farms
Volkswagen
Frank Whitman
Bradford Place
Leon Whitman
Gregory
Brattleboro
Leroy Whitman
Pittsfield
Mass
Mary Larkin
William Whitman
Michael
Sylvania
Ohio
Harold Sausville
Bennington
Andrew
Martha) Macrocchini
Wethersfield, Conn
Thomas
Amityville
L.L
Dr Robert Cross Starts Internship in Sayre Pennsylvania
Dr Robert M Cross son of Mr and Mrs Marshall W Cross begins internship at Guthrie Clinic Robert Pack er Hospital Sayre Pa July 1 after earning an MD from University of Vermont School of Medicine He and wife Molly McKenzie of Cheshire Conn both Middlebury College graduates Mr Cross also earned Mosby award and was elected permanent class representative at UVM Alumni Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert M. Cross
Marshall W. Cross
Coulter St
School of Medicine
University of Vermont
Guthrie Clinic
Robert Packer Hospital
Sayre
Molly McKenzie
Cheshire
The
UVM
Bennington Girls Attend YWCA Camp Hochelaga
Four Bennington girls take part in Independence Day events at Vermont YWCA Camp Hochelaga in South Hero. Nancy Greene daughter of the Greene family. Katherine Irons daughter of the Irons family. and sisters Jan and Brooke Hadwen, daughters of the Hadwen family, are spending the opening two weeks of the camp in its 45th season on Lake Champlain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Hero
Bennington
Vermont Ywca
Trustees Eye Junk Control Law Tonight
Bennington Village Trustees meet at 7 in the village office to review a junk control ordinance drafted by Village Atty John H Williams and consider parking bans on parts of North Street and West Main Street. The session will also hear traffic committee comments and a bicycle registration petition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
John H. Williams
Salvatore Santarcangelo
North Street
West Main Street
Funerals Held for Coulter and Mears in Local Services
Funeral services were conducted Monday at Hanson Walbridge Funeral Home for Mrs. Merle Coulter former Charlotte Bronson who died July 4 with Pastor John Button officiating. Burial followed at South Shaftsbury Cemetery. Attendees included Tri-C Group Baptist Church and visitors from multiple towns. Also funeral services for Frank Mears who died July 4 in Jackson New York were led by Rev Granville Greenwald with burial in Greenfield Center New York. Out of town relatives came from Saratoga and surrounding areas. A 1964 Ford collided with Raymond King’s car on North Street Monday night causing minor bumper damage to King’s Chevrolet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
William Roberts
Philip Martinez
Anthony J. Matera
Rensselaer County
Roberts
Carrie Hoffman
Middle Falls
Allie and
Rose Ann Dorrien Hoffman
Greenwich High School
First Baptist Church
Jesse Hoffman
Edeward Hoffman
Salem
Wilfred Patenaude
Mechanicville
William Griffin
Cambridge
Leo J. Mahar
Main St
John Y. Elliot
Maple Grove Cemetery
Crystal Lynn
Rhonda Jean Dicranian
Aram Dicranian Sr
Pittsfield
Bernard Belding
Clarkseburg
Charles Beleding
North Adams
San Soucie
Southview Cemetery
John E. Fordan
Our Lady of the Incarnation Church
Blackinton
Merle Coulter
Charlotte May Bronson
Hanson- Walbridge
John Button
Arthur
William Bronson
H. Paul Towsley
L. Merle Farrington
Almon Wetherell
Jesse Strong
the Baptist Church
Union Carbide
First Methodist Church
South Shaftsbury
Button
Adams
Fall River
Sterling
Williamstown
Mass
Cropseyville
Arlington
Frank Mears
Jackson
Hansone Walbridge
Granville Greenwold
Federated Church
Alvey Roberson
Harry Hayes
Shushan
Harold Austin Jr
Saratoga
Robinson Law
Greenfield Center
New York State
Richard J. Walker
Merson Street
Raymond King
North Street
King
New Yorkers Hospitalized After State Line Crash
Two New York residents were hospitalized after a Pontiac convertible rolled onto its side while hitting a bridge on Vermont 346 near the state line. Injured are Charles Campbell 36 and Joan Edie 32. driver James Gerrity 35 had minor injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pownal
Vermont 346
Vermont
New York
Severson
State Line
New York-Vermont
Charles Campbell
Altamont
N.Y
Joan Edie
Albany
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Pownal Center
James E. Gerrity
Guilderland
Village Tightens Rules on Mobile Trailers
Ulrich and Eldred describe potential growth of trailers on Morgan Street and residents’ fear of housing losses. In 1962 Joseph Corcoran was denied water and sewer for a trailer park at Morgan Street and Imperial Avenue, a dispute reaching the state Supreme Court. A-3 zoning now bans trailer parks and allows only single trailers on full lots. no zoning exists townwide. Floyd Harmon led a board move to review trailer tap-ins at regular meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ulrich
Morgan Street
Eldred
Joseph D. Corcoran
McKinley St
Imperial Avenue
State Supreme Court
Minogue
Floyd Harmon
Birth of Daughter Mary Helena O'Donnell
A daughter, Mary Helena, was born this morning July 7 at St. John's Hospital New York to Mr and Mrs John O'Donnell of Kew Gardens LI NY. The baby weighs seven pounds three ounces. Mrs O'Donnell is the former Kathleen Hogan daughter of Mr and Mrs Francis Hogan of 146 Dewey St.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Adams
Mass
Monica Dicranian
Aram Dicranian Jr
Protection Ave
Bennington
North Adams Hospital
Mary Helena
St. John’s Hospital
New York
John O’donnell
Kew Gardens
L.I
N.Y
Water Board Opens Ditch Bids for 500-Foot Coult er Street Line
The Bennington Water Board sẽ hold a special meeting next Monday to open bids for excavating and refilling a 500 foot ditch from a water main on Coulter Street to Crescent Manor Nursing Home. Bids due by 5 p.m. July 13. Specifications printed in The Banner. The loop between Coulter Street and Crescent Boulevard nears completion. A right of way across Richard Ralph’s property was granted after board action. The Kaul house on Hunt Street Extension may receive water via the Clark’s Woods to Molly Stark School main, with Betit signing a written right of way.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington Water Board
Couleter Street
New
Crescent Manor Nursing Home
Coulter Street
Crescent Boulevard
Nursing Home
Richard Ralph
Richard Kaul
Hunt Street
Clark’s Woods
Molly Stark
Bennington Hospital Admission List and Vandalism Report
A hospital note lists admissions including Robert Gemmell Heidi White and others from Bennington area. The board reviews insurance for department property raising Burgess Road garage coverage from 6000 to 8000 and discusses a standard water service form drawn by Village Atty John H Williams I. Separate vandalism across local sites damages signs manhole covers and windows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burgess Road
John H. Williams I
Emory Wheeler
Bennington
Nab Stolen Car In 20 Minutes
Bennington Village police recovered a red Volkswagen owned by Liggett and Bosworth Inc and rented by The Banner within about 20 minutes after the car was reported stolen from The Banner Publishing Corp. It was spotted by an alert patrolman in front of the W H Eddington Co. garage on West Main Street. John Saxon, of Beech Street Extension, last drove the car from The Banner lot earlier that afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington Village
Banner Publishing Corp
Liggett and Bosworth Inc
Banner
W.H. Eddington Co
West Main Street
John Saxon
Beech Street Extension
Saxon
Also Mentioned on This Page
Oscar C. Warren
Ben=Mont
Ashfield
Willliam H. and
Flora (Lillie) Warren
Ben-Mont
Prince’s Restaurant
Order of Eagles
Delaney Hotel
North Hoosick
Augustine Branchaud
Walter LaFlamme
Fairview Terrace
Bennington Lodge of Elks
Loyal Order of Moose
F. O. Eagles
Mrs. I. Burke
Ters
Richard C. Hanson
Hancock
Harold S. Fredericke
Eagle Mills
Cheney Memorial Free Library
Bennington Briefs
William Riley
County St
Albany, N.Y. Medical Center
Bradford Hook & Ladder Fire Company
Bennington County Firefighters Association
Bradford Hose House
Safford Street
Carol
Milwaukee
Wis
Duxbury
Ensign Pulver
Viva Las Vegas
Panavision Technicolor
Elvis Presley
Ann Margret
Mr. Limpet
Don Knotts
Carol Cook
Fia
Hee
North Hoosickey
Sandra Dee
McI
Dan Duryea
Dow-Jones—Bache & Co
Black Sabbath
Boris Karloff
Susy Anderson
Evil Eye
Leticia Roman
Robert Cross
Penna
Lake George
Opera Festival
Diamond Point
Trustees Eye
Mrs
Teamsters
Lavin
Joseph Morgera
BSEIU
Providence
R.I. Morgera
Pari-Mutuel
Margera
Teamsters Local 597
Employes’ Committee
Morgera
George Wright
North Walpole
N.H
Vermont Teamsters
Atty
Henry F. Black
White River Junction
Taconic Racing and Breeding Association Inc
Montpelier
Wright
Teamsters Headquarters
Barre
Employes’ Executive Committee
Charles Raymond
Horst Faas
South Viet Nam
Associated Press
Congo
Frank J. Starzel
Starzel
South Londonderry
Resch
Robert Gemmell
Heidi White
Manchester
Reginald R. Matte
Richard Lasher
Marion Rice
Charles R. Ayers
Marilyn Greene
Shaftsbury
Helen M. Lillie
Evelyn Dragon
Joan Bentley
Joyce Herbert
R.D
Bessie L. Woodlock
Rosamond van der Linde
North Bennington
Lucille W. Fay
Dorset
Albert Kent
Manchester Depot
Vincent Higuera
Manchester Center
Howard J. Davis
Hamlen Ave
Lawrence Bump
Mt. Tabor
Davis
White Rock Recreation Area
Hapgood
Duffresne Pond
Busin Urge
Bennington Banner
Fr Legs Chicken Livers Chicken Sect
Saleem’s
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