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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1962
Page
2
Sen John Boylan says the Appropriations Committee will push a bill next week to add between 70000 and 80000 dollars to the special education fund. The increase will address recent cases without expanding the current program, aiding about 17 children in Vermont and nearby areas plus others at home.
Montpelier AP dispatch says S. Kendall Wild, 35, becomes Morning Press Bureau chief in the state capital, succeeding Philip Savory who resigned to advise the Vermont Democratic Party. Wild is son of Rutland Herald editor Sergeant P. Wild. Hector Marcoux, former senator and representative, announces candidacy for state senator in Chittenden County for the Sept 11 primary. Marcoux, 56, is a Democrat with two House terms and three Senate terms, last in 1959.
Vermont areas will see one cent increases in both retail and home delivered milk prices next month. The Milk Control Board said low butterfat milk will sell at 23 cents per quart home delivered and 22 cents in stores, except Brattleboro. High butterfat content milk rises by one cent for both home delivery and retail.
James L. Warsher of Massachusetts urged Gov. Keyser to endorse forming a new corporation to restore Rutland Railway operations. He proposed state guarantees or a loan to acquire the line, arguing fresh officials could better serve passengers, shippers and employees amid a stop by strike since September while ICC decides on abandoning the route.
Nelson E Pendleton 53 son of former American Woolen Co president was found dead near his Lyndon estate from carbon monoxide poisoning. He lived 20 years in Vermont to recover from burns and served as Lyndon Institute trustee. He leaves a widow and six children. a California hotel fire burned him years ago. He was born in Somerville Massachusetts and attended Phillips Academy Exeter.
Three Vermonters depart for Rendsburg Germany to join 60 educators from Europe and America in a week long residential adult education conference. The trio includes Royce Pitkin president of Goddard College and Evalyn Bates director of adult education at Goddard and secretary of the residential section of the Adult Education Association. They are the sole New England delegates among nine from the national group.
In Albany Mayor Erastus Corning spoke for ten minutes with Nijmegen mayor Charles Hustinx, Albany’s sister city in the Netherlands. The discussion covered city improvements and noted Albany’s 1614 settlement and Nijmegen’s ancient independence, with the Telstar relay chain described from White Plains to Andover and Goonhilly.
In Adams an 18 year old Craig Briggs released on parole from Berkshire House of Correction July 10 on two year term outside Massachusetts was arrested for parole violation and sent back to jail. In North Adams Thomas A Hosty failed to file enough signatures to run as an independent in First Berkshire District for state legislature. officials ruled his name may appear with Democrat incumbents Robert A Sala and Francis Rosch.
Paris report on Marc Bohan for Christian Dior shows a conservative collection with long lean lines and a kept waistline. The silhouette remains slim with a straight back and curved front, knee-length hemlines, and long daytime sleeves, while tweed coats and fur-lined jackets appear in a prestige evening wardrobe of velvet and brocades.
Gov. Wesley Powell urged moving the Civil Aeronautics Board hearing on regional airports from Boston to Manchester. He plans to contact New England governors to back Manchester for its central location to northern states affected, with hearings expected to last at least two weeks covering Maine New Hampshire and Vermont.
Heartwellville Lodge hosts a Saturday reception from 1 to 5 listing hostesses Mrs Russell Clough Stamford Mrs Melvin Coe Heartvilleville Mrs Charles Kozlowski Heartwellville Mrs John T Carrier Whitingham and Mrs Robert Coombs Whitingham. Rep Stafford will speak at 3 and take questions on state and national issues with a free buffet lunch to follow. Sponsors are Mr and Mrs Raymond J Crosier.
Halifax attorney Roger Lea MacBride filed petitions to run for Town Representative in the General Assembly. He pledges lower taxes and reduced state spending, cites reforms as overdue, and notes his Princeton and Harvard Law School pedigree and authorship of two political legal books. He lives with wife Susan at Deer Park in Halifax.
In Boston, Mrs. Eileen Ruth Donaghey and James E. Donaghey welcomed triplet boys at St. Margaret's Hospital. The calendar adds to their brood now totaling 12 boys and 2 girls. weights ranged 3 lb 15 oz, 4 lb 6 oz, and 4 lb 3 oz.
Lucille A. Weichert of Bennington has earned Dean's List honors for the second semester of her junior year at Alfred University. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Weichert and a Bennington High School graduate majoring in Music Education in the College of Liberal Arts.
Miss Susan Stalbird daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank A Stalbird of 116 Coulter Street serves as apprentice with the Champlain Shakespeare Festival at the University of Vermont She is a box office assistant and appears as a citizen in Julius Caesar and a spirit in The Tempest while also performing with UVM Players in Beauty and the Beast.
Putnam Hospital lists admissions including Carlo Del Tatto Bennington Wendy Cone Eaglebridge N Y Beatrice Sumner NorthBennington John Harrington Shaftsbury Jay Buck North Pownal James Bartlett Gertrude Harte Bennington Cordia West Dorset Thomas Fleming Hoosick Falls N Y Mrs Joyce Jones and son Jacksonville Harold Giddings Jr Manchester Center Mrs Darlene Browe and son Shaftsbury Mrs Patricia Bell and daughter Cambridge N Y Mr and Mrs Clyde Young Bennington daughter on July 26 Mr and Mrs Thomas Griswold Williamstown Mass daughter on July 26 Mr and Mrs Albert Thompson Shaftsbury son on July 26 Mr and Mrs Dominick Yarnal Bennington son on July 26.
Hannah Neumann widow of Dr. Louis Neumann died at Putnam Memorial Hospital at 76. Born January 17, 1886 in Brooklyn, she lived in Dorset since 1936, affiliated with Zion Episcopal Church Manchester Center. Survivors include Reid Lefevre and Edwin Lefevre Jr. Funeral at Zion Church Saturday 11 a.m. Burial Maple Hill Dorset. Visitation Brewster Funeral Home Manchester Center today 2–4 and 7–9 p.m.
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