Two Cars Collide on Hunt Street Reported by Police
Bennington Village police reported a 8:20 a.m. collision on Hunt Street near County Street between Kenneth M. Stewart of 205 Dewey St. and Salvatore J. Romano of 89 First St Rutland. Romano said he failed to see the Stewart vehicle while entering Hunt Street from a driveway. Moderate damage to both cars was noted by police.
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Hunt Street
County Street
Bennington Village
Kenneth M. Stewart
Dewey St
Salvatore J. Romano
First St
Rutland
Romano
Stewart
50th Anniversary of Girl Scouting Celebrated at Button Bay
At Button Bay Vermont the National Roundup marks Girl Scouting’s 50th birthday with a 51 candle cake. 8,500 scouts gather for scholarships of 500 each for regional winners, and Kathleen Ann Pressey of Marblehead Massachusetts receives the New England award.
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Button Bay Girl Scouts
Button Bay
United States
New England
Kathleen Ann Pressey
Jersey St
Marblehead
Mass
Court fines and probation set in municipal plea docket
Edwin F. Hoard, 21, of North Street pleaded guilty to non-support and received an 18 to 24 month suspended sentence with probation. He must pay $30 weekly for wife and child support. Clarence Wildman, 48, of 38 Summer Street, North Adams, pled guilty to speeding and was fined $45.10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin F. Hoard
North Street
Eugene V. Clark
Hoard
Clarence Wildman
Summer St
North Adams
Births and admissions at Putnam area hospitals
Admission notes list Miss Robin Wade and Master James Frechette among patients at Putnam Hospital in Shaftsbury and Manchester Depot. Discharges include Mrs. Avis Hurley and baby, Marian Taylor, Daniel Peer in Hoosick Falls, and Mrs. Charlotte Jones with a baby boy in Berlin. Births record a son for Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bennett at 218 Bradford St on July 24, and a daughter Nancy Eleanore born to Mr. and Mrs. William Kirchgassner in Philadelphia on June 23 weighing six pounds three and three quarters ounces. The Kirchgassners plan to reside in Oaklyn N J after Sept 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avis Hurley
Marian Taylor
Bennington
Daniel Peer
Hoosick Falls
N. Y
Charlotte Jones
Berlin
N.Y
Robert Bennett
Bradford St
Nancy Eleanore
William R. Kirchgassner
Philadelphia
Kirchgassner
Eleanore Griswold
Harold A. Griswold
Annandale
University Hospital
Kirchgassners
Oaklyn
N.J
E. L. Sibley Mfg. Co
Putnam Memorial Hospital
George and
Alice (Graffam) Stearns
Providence
R.I
Maine
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
United States
Boston
Stearns
West
Arlington
Vermont
Bertha (Prine) Teall
Robert
Hamilton
Ohio
Richard
Lewis
Marlboro
Mass
Fred Evans
Ashlands
Heart Fund
Heartwell
Rutland
Hanson-Walbridge Funeral Home
Arlington obituary for Walter I. Stearns
Walter I. Stearns 68 longtime West Arlington resident and former general manager of the community business is noted in an obituary. The notice lists his years of residence and prior role in local management.
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Arlington
Walter I. Stearns
West Arlington
The
Bennington Girl Graduates From Beauty Academy
Miss Dawn Letourneau daughter of Mr and Mrs Roman J Letourneau of 214 Washington Ave was graduated from Elie Academy of Beauty Culture in Burlington at exercises on Sunset Roof Hotel Vermont She is a Bennington Catholic High School alumna Mme Flore Zimmerman presented the diplomas and the academy principal spoke to the graduates
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dawn Letourneau
Roman J. Letourneau
Washington Ave
Elie Academy of Beauty Culture
Burlington
Vermont
Letourneau
Bennington Catholic High School
Mme
Flore Zimmerman
Berkshire NAACP leaders plan aid for Freedom Riders in Williamstown
Berkshire County NAACP officials announced plans to meet voting rights riders arriving by bus in Williamstown. Local pastors and businesspeople offered jobs or housing to the travelers while church leaders debated the Christian duty to assist without guarantees.
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Brothers of the Church
Seeley
Pittsfield
Seventh-day Adventists
Massachusetts
Rolf Linfors
Frank Walker
Berkshire County
NAACP
Harry Hart Construction Co
Miss Hart
J. Allen McLean
Pilgrim Memorial Church
Bennington Briefs Obvious Local Meetings and Notices
Bennington officials host visiting John J. Caton from the Cas Iron Pipe Research Association to discuss water department problems. FOE Auxiliary meets Thursday at 8 in North Street rooms. WWW 1 Barracks 1955 meets Friday at 8 p.m. at the VFW. Helen Evans returns from a 17 day trip to Nova Scotia Cape Breton Island New Brunswick and Maine. Friday is last day to sign for federal surplus commodities. Dr. Arthur and Elizabeth Faris plan July 27 to August 9 travel out of town. Wanted delivery driver for Bennington Bell Laundry. 23-25 classified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Caton
Cas Iron Pipe Research Association
Chicago
Bennington Village
Water Department
Emory Wheeler
Caton
Helen Evans
Pleasant St
Nova Scotia
Cape Bretton Island
New Brunswick
Maine
Court Hearing Set Over Reapportionment By August 20
A federal court in Littleton New Hampshire plans a hearing Friday on a Rhode Island and Michigan reapportionment dispute. The Rhode Island Supreme Court rejected authority to order a special session while Democratic Gov Notte hinted at a session. Florida Gov Bryant may present an informal plan August 1 as a three judge panel urged action before August 13 to avoid court drawn maps.
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Stewart
Franconia
N.H
Federal Court
Littleton
State Senate
Detroit
Michigan
Rhode Island
State Supreme Court
General Assembly
John A. Notte Jr
Assembly
Florida
Bryant
Post Office Prosecution Targets Advertising Literature Claims
Post Office officials report hundreds of complainants allege they could not obtain orders or refunds as promised. U.S. Attorney Radigan and Assistant Carnahan said the cases would perhaps go to trial this fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post Office
U.S
Radigan
Asst
John Carnahan
Forecast Shows Cooler Northern New England Then Warmer Sunday
The U S Weather Bureau five day outlook covers northern New England Massachusetts Rhode Island and parts of Vermont New Hampshire and Maine. Temperatures average 2 to 5 degrees below normal in most areas with the north sections and northeastern New York running more than 5 degrees below. Cooler Thursday and Friday, somewhat warmer Sunday. Rainfall expected 0.2 to 0.6 inch, higher in northern regions with showers Thursday and again around Monday.
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Boston
U.S. Weather Bureau
New England
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
New York
Rabbit hunter’s guard leads to buckshot in appendix
Wellington Kansas reports George Sandell Jr. fell on a scaffold and was treated for back pain. Doctors discovered a ruptured appendix filled with two buckshot pellets from a recent rabbit hunt. He survived the operation.
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Wellington
Kan
George Sandell Jr
Sandell
Bennington Girls Attend Camp Sugarbush
Eighty Bennington area girls join the two week day camp at Sugarbush on Jackson Road in Pownal. Girl Scout and Brownie troops learn camping, crafts and recreation under Mrs. Robert McWaters. Camp runs 9 30 a m to 5 30 p m daily with Fairdale Farms supplying water.
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Camp Sugarbush
Michele Sears
Debra LaVigne
Nancy Mackey
Miss Sears
Valerie Pinsonneault
Darlene Berard
Peggy LeBlanc
Bennington
Sugarbush
Jackson Road
Pownal
Robert McWaters
Fairdale Farms
Arthur Wickenden
North Bennington
Napoleon Pietryka
Lloyd Pratt
Bruce Lavigne
Danny Fager
Chris Wickenden
Ed Sweeney
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Girl Scout
Cynthia Rousseau
Rachel M. Kinney
Old Elms
Laura Mackey
Martha Humphries
Beverly Ayers
Bonnie Leamy
Sandra Hewitt
Linda Ann Statin
Mary Ellen Carpenter
Susan Berard
Susan Hoisington
Connie Littlefield
Nancy Boudakian
Edmunds
Triple “S
Grand Union
Empire
By Faryl Finn
Kennedy
Sally Bowles
Chester Bowles
Mary Vance Trent
State Department
Kensington
Bennington, Vermont
Williamstown, Mass
Putnam Hospital
Robin Wade
Shaftsbury
James Frechette
Garry Childs
Manchester
Alcatraz
Burt Lancaste
Karl Malden
Thelma Ritter
Florence Hurd
White Creek
Mary McClellan Hospital
Cambridge
Sandgate
Cambridge Valley Chapter
CES
I.T.K. Club
Old Congregational Church of
Hurd
Francis T. McCarthy
Beauty
Sunday News
Bennington Bookshop, Inc
Main Street
Bennington, Vt
Bennington Briefs
FOE
Barracks
VFW Rooms
Selectmen’s
Alma Langlois
Dr. Arthur
Elizabeth Faris
Bennington Bell Laundry
Williams Toyyn
Jp Wormi Theatre
Williams ‘Town
Weston Playhouse
Ston
Harlan F. Grant
South Londonderry
Woodstock
James Stewart
Jerry Wald
Mrhobbs
Qbian
John Saxon Marie. Wilson
Reginald Gardiner
DE Luxe
Colonie
Alee
Latham Circle
Eddie Rich
Gabriel Dell - Visa
D’orso
Latham
Bennington Book Shop
Frank Lovejoy
Stan Kenton & His Band
Rumplestiltskin
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