Bennington Briefs: Local visits and club notices
Weekend visits include Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Finnegan and Mr. and Mrs. Paul Lamour at Sunset Hill House in the White Mountains. Rebecca Grant visits grandmother in Haverhill while Dr. and Mrs. Alan Evens vacation in Maine. Local club meetings cover Rod & Gun, Little League, Moose, and VFW events with plans for a district playoffs, family picnics, card party, and a white elephant sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald Finnegan
Paul Lamoureaux
Jefferson Heights
Sunset Hill House
White Mountains
Rebecca Grant
Arthur Grant
Merson Street
Elizabeth Chase
Haverhill
Mass
Alan E. Evens
Elm Street
Seaside House
Kennebunk Beach
Maine
Arlington Scouts Enjoy Week at Camp Sunrise Orwell
Arlington Troop 34 and Explorer Post 34 members spent a week at Camp Sunrise in Orwell for Arlington Exchange Day. Seventeen Scouts earned merit badges and honors with three tapped for the Order of the Arrow and three earning the new mile swim badge. Camp staff included Post Advisor George Walsh and Robert Buck. families and local leaders joined in for the summer program.
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Camp Sunrise
Orwell
Scout Troop 34
Post 34
Kenneth Clayton Sr
LeRoy Davis
Arlington Boys
Alan Coulman
Mike Zimmer
Keith Clayton
Order of the Arrow
Chris Moody
James Woodard Jr
George Walsh
Robert Buck
Obituary for Florence Holden 87 Bennington teacher
Miss Florence Marion Holden 87 longtime Bennington public school teacher died Sunday night at Prospect Nursing Home North Bennington where she had been a patient seven years. Born Arlington April 5 1875 she taught about 36 years in Arlington and mainly Bennington districts. Survived by brother Charles Stewart Holden and several nephews nieces grandnephews and grandnieces. funeral Tuesday 2 p.m. at St. Peter s Episcopal Church with burial in Park Lawn Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Mary H. Adams
Edward H. Holden
Prospect Nursing Home
North Bennington
George B
Marion
Rule) Holden
Miss Holden
Arlington
Burr & Burton Seminary
Manchester
Vermont State Teachers Association
Daughters of the American Revolution
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
Charles Stewart Holden
Fitchburg
Mass
Walter C. Holden
Harold H
Bronxville
N.Y
Robert T. Holden
James S. Holden
Duncan
Marion) MacLaren
Freeport
Texas
Leon
Anstiss) R. Eldred
Hanson-Walbridge Funeral Home
Rock Point School
Burlington
Hospital Admission and Birth Announcements List
Putnam Hospital records reveal admissions and discharges over July 6 to 8. Notable entries include Mrs Lola Galusha of Shaftsbury and several births such as a daughter to Mr and Mrs Tommy Dillard of Cambridge. Additional births include a daughter to Mr and Mrs George Mentiply of Hoosick Falls and a daughter to Mr and Mrs Robert Connell of Bennington.
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Tommy Dillard
Cambridge
N.Y
George Mentiply
Hoosick Falls
Robert Connell
Bennington
Casals Directs Marlboro Concerts in New Summer Hall
Pablo Casals led the Marlboro Orchestra in Bach and Beethoven with Rudolph Serkin at Marlboro School of Music. Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother attended Sunday, as 800 concertgoers filled the new open auditorium during Casals two week residency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marlboro
Rudolph Serkin
Marlboro Music School
Pablo Casals
Hagermah
Casals
Serkin
Marlboro School
Marlboro Orchestra
Marlboo
Queen Eliabeth
Belgium
Beethoven
Alexander Schneider
Peter
Adolph Busch
Arnold Steinhardt
Shmel Ashkenasi
Puerto Rico
Sunderland Station Wagon Hits Guardrail
State Police report one accident in Bennington County over the weekend. Sayre Meinken, 16, of Rydal Pennsylvania, lost control on Sunderland Bourough Road at 3 20 p m Saturday. Her 1962 Ford Falcon wagon skidded, struck guardrails, causing about 400 dollars damage to the left side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington County
Sunderland Bourough Road
Sayre Meinken
Rydal
Bennington man pleads guilty on unsigned plates
Municipal Court cases show William F. Slade 23 of 1006 Gage St. fined 25 dollars total for two unsigned plate charges with option of jail or fine for each count. Other defendants include Charles H. Knapp Jr. posting 50 dollar cash bail for non-support. Rog er McLain 21 fined 40 after nolo plea in careless driving. Charles Gates 17 fined 35. Sayre Meinken 16 fined 30 after guilty plea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
John P. Morrissey
William F. Slade
Gage St
Charles H. Knapp Jr
Church Street
Granville
N. Y
Knapp
Roger W. McLain
River Road
North Adams
Mass
Nolo
Charles Gates
Londonderry
Sayre Meinken
Rydal
Funeral for Mrs. Alice B. Sweet Held at Hanson-Walbridge
The funeral for Mrs. Alice Blanchard Sweet of Pownal Road, widow of Faulteen M. Sweet, drew a large gathering at Hanson-Walbridge Funeral Home. Rev. H Glenn Payne officiated. Pallbearers named as Raymond Armstrong, Harold Dean, Lewis Foster, William Hattar, Calvin Nickerson, Edward Rood. Veterans groups and Ladies Auxiliary paid respects. Burial followed at Park Lawn Cemetery with out of town relatives attending from Pownal Greenville N H Waterbury Vt and nearby areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Blanchard Sweet
Pownal Road
Faulteen M. Sweet
Hanson-Walbridge Funeral
H. Glenn Payne
First Baptist Church
Raymond Armstrong
Harold Dean
Lewis Foster
William Hattar
Calvin Nickerson
Edward Rood
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Louis Ross
VFW Ladies Auxiliary
Gold Star
American Legion
Ladies Auxiliary
Helen Hall
Frances Bruso
Agnes St. John
Wilma Campney
Park Lawn Cemetery
Pownal
Greenville
N.H
Waterbury
Vermonters Enjoy Air Show and Fly-In Weekend
A Bennington area group traveled by plane to an air show and Morrisville State Airport fly-in on Sunday. Attendees included pilots from White Creek New York Manchester and Bennington with CAP cadets Thomas Kinney Jr and Doris Bushey. The Morrisville event boasted over 40 planes and demonstrations by Howard Dutton Dustaire and a glider, with Vermont Aeronautics Commissioner Edward F Knapp present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington Area
Morrisville State Airport
Granville
N.Y
Pawlet
Civil Air Patrol
John Meerworth
Edward Kyer
White Creek
Frank Griffin
Kenneth R. Clayton
Harris DuBois
Ronald Higgins
Bennington
Manchester
Equinox Flying Club
Bryne Warren
Richard Bovey
Joel Whittemore
National Guard
Burlington
Morrisville
George and
Bud Breen
Chris Tolle
Pownal
Varnum Stearns
Hoosick
Bennington Cap
Thomas Kinney Jr
Doris Bushey
Howard Dutton
Haverhill
Max
Dustaire
Middlebury
Vermont Aeronautics
Edward F. Knapp
Newport Jazz Festival Ends Amid Riot Charges
Newport Rhode Island AP reports the 1962 festival closed with about 150 people involved in reveling and public drinking. Police kept order after beer can rioting disrupted the event. Paul D. Barrows, 32, of Merchantville New Jersey, was fined 15 dollars for firing blanks from a stage pistol at a blocking motorist.
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Newport
Paul D. Barrows
Linden Ave
Merchantville
N.J
Barrows
Koltonski to Retire as Vermont Reformatory Head
Miss Helen M. Koltonski, superintendent of the Vermont Women's Reformatory, resigns effective Nov. 1 after 20 years leading staff. She, who turns 70 in October, will retire. Gov. Keyser to issue a commendation letter. Personnel division seeks applicants at $6 318 to $7 982 salary.
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Rutland
Helen M. Koltonski
Vermont Women’s Reformator
Koltowski
Minor Collisions Mar Weekend Record
Bennington Village Police report two minor accidents over the weekend. Friday at 4 30 p m a car owned and operated by William Rogers of North Bennington Road was struck by a truck owned by H Greenberg and Sons of 321 Main St driven by Roger G Mattison while Rogers was attempting to park on Main Street near South Street. There was minor damage to both vehicles. At 7 31 p m yesterday at Main and Union Streets there was a
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington Village
William Rogers
North Bennington Road
H Greenberg
Littering Costs Thousands On Missouri Highways
Missouri highway crews report cleanup averages 23.29 dollars per mile with junk ranging from pins to trailer units found along interstates. Beer, soda, and whisky bottles make up the largest volume of trash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson City
State Highway Commission
Highway Department
Car collision minor injuries near Woodford and Oakes
A minor collision occurred between vehicles driven by Richard R. Rumboldt of Woodford Road and Harold W. Andrew of 95 Oakes Street. Both cars sustained slight damage with no serious injuries reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard R. Rumboldt
Woodford Road
Harold W. Andrew
Oakes St
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Bennington Briefs
Bennington Rod & Gun Club
Shaftsbury
Bennington Little League
William Hall
Area
Brooklyn
Hall
Betty Daigneault
The
Banner
Esther Carroll
Elizabeth Bushee
Massena
St Lawrence Seaway
Eisenhower and
Snell Locks
Robert Moses
St. Lawrence State Park
Barnhardt Beach
Women of the Moose
Moose Hall
Isabelle LaBarge
Barber Lake
VFW
Leon A. Lemieux
U.S. Navy
Elizabeth Lemieux
Currituck
San Diego
Aleutian Islands
Howard Jones
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Thomas L. Hill
USAF
Westover Field
Judith Ann Murray
Joseph Earl Coonrad
Zola Chaffin
North St
Greater Bennington Association Information Office
Office Register Today
Carolyn Clark
Priscilla Reynolds
Miriam Rebekah
North Street
Bennington County Firefighters Association
K of C Home Association
Leonard Covello
Mark
Livingston
Harold Goeney
Green Acres
Jacksonville
N.C
Joan
George H 0 Hman
Camp Lejune
Geeweys
Lake St. Catherine
Main Street
Elect
Rotesserie
Fienberg
Bennington, Vt
Bennington Bookshop, Inc
Aan Marsh Tel
Boy Scout
Rudolph Woodcock
Pat
Ypsilanti, Mich
Florence Holden
Florence Marion Holden
Coats
Drysdale’s
PLAID
Putnam Hospital
Lola Galusha
Evelyn Perkins
Carolyn Sweet
Leona Bourdon
Frances Greene
Wilmington
Samuel Randall
Patricia King
Frances Hansen
Augustine Flynn
Enid Houran
Franklin Cooper
Eagle Bridge
Marion Williams
Leo Lariviere
James F. Dwyer
Margaret Cross
Whitingham
Joan Arnold
Rita Anzivino
Elmer Burgess
Josephine Humphries
Richard Corcoran
Louann Sheffer
Helen Restino
Lorraine Cone
Mary Kent
Cecil Roberts
Manchester Depot
Dorothy McCart
Petersburg
School of Music and Concert
Pian
Ist Rudolph Sekin
Son
Sunderland
Mrs. F. M. Sweet
RIVE
Spencer Tracy
Frank Sinatra
Newport, R.I
Helen Koltonski
Reformatory
Harte Theatre
Main
Union Streets
Dorrel Farme
New “Hagerty Silver
Atkins Jewelers
Main St
Libby
Miller’s
Seans
Jane Parker
Apple Pie
NTR
Risvar
Ann Page
Ine
A&p
Colonie Stara Ten At
Latham Circle
Eddie Rich
Piper Laurie
Sun
Latham
Bennington Book Shop
Tommy Sands
New York
Maynard Ferguson
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