Bennington Obituaries Outline Local Church and Post Office Notices
Obituaries and notices for Bennington area include William Billert 59 longtime fire alarm superintendent died after a long illness at Putnam Memorial Hospital. Harold Peart 64 ex post office clerk died at home. Anna Purcell 76 former Dorset teacher died after a long illness in South Dorset. Alice Cook 84 widow of Fred Cook died at Putnam Memorial Hospital. Dora White 81 widow of Harry White died at Putnam Memorial Hospital. Services and burial details provided for each, with survivor lists and funeral home arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Billert
Pleasant St
Bennington
Old
Twin State Gas & Electric Co
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Harold C. Peart
Coulter St
Mr. Peart
William and
Elizabeth Peart
Bennington High School
Pratt Institute
Brooklyn
N.Y
Old Charles Cooper Co
Rose M. Hayden
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
James Elmer McKee
Mt. Anthony Lodge F&am
Lodge of Perfection
Postal Service
Bennington Post Office Employer Association
State Clerks’ Unit
Noreen
Boston
Mass
Frederick B. Wolf
South Dorset
Anna (Tully) Purcell
John Purcell
Sunderland
Alice Cook
Fred Cook
Manchester Congregational Church
Ethan Allen
Feneral
Dora R. White
Harry M. White
Shaftsbury
Clark
Sarah (Fisher) Bartlett
Miriam Lodge
Rebekahs
Baptist Church
North Bennington
William Mercier
Cora St. Clair
Hannah Baldwin
Nellie
Mass billboard firm seeks injunction over Vermont sign removals
Pittsfield Massachusetts outdoor advertising firm wins temporary injunction to block Vermont secretary of state from removing signs in Bennington Pownal and other towns. A July 20 Montpelier chancery court hearing will decide if the injunction should continue while disputes over sign locations and area character proceed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mass
Montpelier
Pittsfield
Vermont
Bennington
Pownal
Chancery Court
Maurice Callahan
Howard E. Armstrong
Callahan
Armstrong
State Highway Department
Shelburne
South Burlington
Armestrong
Boy on Bike Hurt in Crash With Wrecker
Robin Harrington ten was thrown fifteen feet from the bike handlebars when it collided with a wrecker driven by Ronald Z. Bisson. Rodney Cameron ten, who was uninjured, steered the bicycle near the Lyons District when it veered into the truck’s path. Harrington was treated at Putnam Memorial Hospital and released after observation with a bruise and facial cuts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robin Harrington
County St
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Rodney Cameron
Bradford St
County Street
Lyons District
Ronald Z. Bisson
North Pownal
Bisson
Bennington Briefs Share Returns and Local Meetings
Mrs. Josie Baczek and Mrs. Rhoda Pierce return from a week in Washington D C. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Woodard and child return from Lake Champlain trip. Mrs. Arthur Langlois and Mr. and Mrs. Edmond LeBlanc visit Lowell Massachusetts. Bennington Fire Department prepares for a 7 p.m. meeting to honor William Billett at Mahar Son Funeral Home. Women of the Moose plan a regular 8 p.m. meeting at Moose Hall with Senior Regent Bessie Burgess presiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josie Baczek
Rhoda Pierce
Washington, D.C
Louis Woodard
Mabel Waite
Lake Champlain
Arthur Langlois
Edmond LeBlanc
Lowell
Mass
Bennington Fire Department
Bradford Hook and Ladder
Mahar & Son Funeral Home
William Billett
Bennington
Women of the Moose
Moose Hall
Bessie Burgess
St. John’s Hospital
Lowell, Mass
Richard Martin
Richard M. Lynch
Lynch
Marlene Langlois
Ben Mont Avenue
Funeral rites for Elizabeth Haussler held in Bennington
Funeral services for Elizabeth Rob inson Haussler widow of Louis M. Haussler were conducted at the Church of the Immaculate Conception with a Requiem Mass. Prayers at the graveside followed in Park Lawn Cemetery Bennington. Survived by two sons John A Hoosick Falls and Joseph L Buffalo, three daughters and ten grandchildren plus nine great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olic
Washington
John J. Purcell
Bethesda
John
James Purcell
Mary
Gertrude
South Dorset
Washington, D.C
William Tully
Troy
N.Y
John L. Tully
Watervliet
Frank A. Tully
Silver Springs
Jay
Brewster Funeral Home
Manchester Center
St. Jerome’s Church
East Dorset
Hoolick Falls
Elizabeth (Robinson) Haussler
Louis M. Haussler
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Kenneth J. Kennedy
USA
Park Lawn Cemetery
Bennington
John Robinson
John A
Hoosick Falls
Joseph L
Buffalo
Joseph Curry
Francis J. McEvoy
James Merrill
Haussler
Bennington High School
John A. Hausesler Sr
Robert Merrill
Raymond Sheffer
Andrew Jones
Cold War Platform Supports Goldwater on Nuclear Control
The platform favors tighter supervision over tactical nuclear arms by NATO and aligns with Goldwater on foreign policy. It warns there can be no peace or security until victory over communism is achieved. Scranton allies pushed for longer debate, but convention leaders limited discussion time to one hour total.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Scranton
Ex Bennington Girl In GOP Spotlight
A former Bennington College student will have the GOP National Convention spotlight in San Francisco. Mrs. C. Douglass Buck Jr., secretary of the Republican National Committee, will call the roll of delegates during the telecast. She is the former Mary Polly Sinclair who studied at Bennington until 1947 and now lives near Wilmington Delaware.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington College
San Francisco
C. Douglass Buck Jr
Republican National Committee
Snelling Criticizes Vermont Education Board For Poor Local Rapport
Montpelier. Rich ard A. Snelling a Shelburne businessman and lieutenant governor candidate told the state Board of Education that its rapport with local school boards and communities is weak and hinders leadership. He proposed a three step “Snelling Plan” to expand local union districts with field agents, objective feasibility studies, and local votes, tying state aid to district size and improvements in curriculum and teacher standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montpelier
State Board of Education
Vermont
Shelburne
Richard A. Snelling
Education Department
Snelling
Department of Education
Uneion
John E. Baker
University of Vermont
Paul Dunham
United States
Hospital Notes and Births Include Local Families
Admissions list spans New London Connecticut Arlington Bennington Readsboro Shaftsbury Manchester Center and surrounding towns. Births note James Sheldon East Dorset Clayton Padock Hoosick Falls Robert Treat Manchester Depot and Richard Martin Lowell with families identified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clayton E. Padedock
R.D. 2
Hoosick Falls
Robert C. Treat
Manchester Depot
Weekend Accidents Are Minor
Francis G. Van Slyck 41 of Nassau N Y received cuts and bruises when he lost control of a car that went over an embankment on the North Pownal cut off Friday evening. Two companions 16 and 37 also from Nassau were slightly injured. Another incident Sunday morning James Curtis of Charlestown N H lost control on Vt 9 the car off the road into an embankment he was uninjured. A 1954 Chevrolet driven by Roland E Burk 28 White Creek N Y and a 1962 Mercury driven by Alice B Reagent 52 Shaftsbury traveling south on U S 7 were slightly damaged with no injuries. A 1964 Oldsmobile driven by Joseph C Ciccone 58 Huntington N Y pulled out and a cement mixer in northbound lane collided causing moderate damage to both. no injuries reported. The mixer truck owned by William E Dailey Inc Shaftsbury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis G. van Slyck
Nassau
N.Y
Pownal
Robert Lasheer
Arthur Dupone
James Curtis
Charlestown
N.H
Bennington
Curtis
Vt. 67
U.S. 7
Roland E. Burk
White Creek
Alice B. Reagent
Shaftsbury
U.S
Joseph C. Ciccone
Huntington
Dean T. Mertrude
Main St
William E. Dailey Inc
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New Vermont
Abraham Lowma
Greater Vermont Association
John Kannedy
Barre
GVA
Vermont-Massachusetts
Brattleboro
Atty
Francis E. Morrissey
Bennington Area
Billert
Emil
Amelia Billert
Bill
Billett
Bennington Lodge of Elks
Aerse
F. O. Eagles
Anna Kelley
Joseph
Marie) Maeloney
Sandwich
Franklin
Margaret) Wilson
Stanley
Norma) Laurie
West Rupert
William R. Billert
John E, Billert
James E. Billert
John R, Billert
Hoos
Ick Falls
Mrs
Herbert E. Blake
Blake
Timothy C. Toomey
Church Street
College Road
Paradise Inn
David F. Atwood
Silk Road
Margaret Lillie
Atwood
Walter B. King Jr
Beech Court
Woodford
Gary J. Daniels
George M. Fienberg
Daniels
Witten
Lake
East Harteford
Conn
Green Mountain
Charles E. Micoletti
Fred A. Micoletti
Raymond W. Clark
Vincent G. Driscoll
Thomas Levin
Vincent P. Romano
Barkhamsted
Narcisse J. Marcoux
Norwalk
R. Marshall Witten
Pownal Town
Bennington Drive - IN
Technicolor
Natalie Wood
Richard Beymer
United Artists
Olonie End
Latham Circle
Eddie Rich
Fair Lady
Allyn Ann McLernet
George Gaynes
Latham
Lynn Bari
Alan Mowbray
Billy Gray
Harte Theatre
Joseph E. Levine Presents
Las Vages
Elvis Presley
Dow-Jones—Bache & Co
Albany
Bennington Briefs
Isle la Motte
State Council
Leo Plourde
Mason Amadon
J. Russell Carpenter Jr
Gerald E. Morrissey
Gretchen Frasier
New London
Antoinette Mattison
Arlington
Marjorie L. Field
Agnes Roucoulet
Alta Callahan
Peter Krawczyk
Donna Lee Raymond
Benenington
Harriet Evers
Elizabeth Bartlett
Deborah Hayes
Elizabeth Birch
Readsboro
Brian Pierce
North Benenington
Laraine Higuera
Randolph Savory
Christopher Wright
Charley Robinson
Whitingham
Augusta Scriveen
Petersburg
James B. Sheldon
Lake George
Opera Festival
Diamond Point
New York
Ale Rica
Main Street
Tre
Ak Pm
North Hoosick Rt
van Shelley
Martha GH Orson
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