Park Street Bridge To Be Closed This Week
Vermont Highway Department will close the Park Street bridge and impose one way traffic on the Hunt Street bridge on U.S. 7 this week for deck resurfacing. Work begins Wednesday or Thursday with detours via County Street Kocher Drive and the Brooklyn and Lyons districts. Delays are expected. motorists urged to be patient.
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Park Street
US. 7
Hunt Street
U.S. 7
Bennington
Vermont Highway Department
Nelson E
Smokey”’ Williams
Williams
County Street
Kocher Drive
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Brooklyn
Lyons District Road
Hunt Street Bridge
Park Street Bridge
Aiken Pledges Open Format on AEC Nuclear Meetings
Bennington College biologist Irving Lyon says Senator George D. Aiken promised voters and opponents access at upcoming Atomic Energy Commission meetings in Bennington and Brattleboro to ask questions about nuclear power. Lyon and others oppose a fast breeder reactor in Easton New York and delivered petitions signed by 1000 Bennington County residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aiken
AEC
George D. Aiken
Atomic Energy Commission
Bennington
Brattleboro
Bennington College
Irving Lyon
Lyon
Washington, D.C
Easton
N.Y
New York
Massachusetts
Connecticut River
Vernon
Quabbin
Boston
Vermont Yankee
Winston L. Prouty
Amherst
Mass
Everett M. Hafner
School of Natural Sciences
New Hampshire College
South Amherst
Churchill Falls
Hamilton Falls
Laborador
Canada-Vermont
Hospital Admissions and Births July 1969
Admission and discharge notes list patients admitted and discharged on Friday and Saturday July 26 and 27 1969 in Bennington and neighboring towns. Birth announcements include Alfred Centerbar Middle Falls New York Douglas Whitman Bennington and Thomas Maynard Bennington with new son and daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Centerbar
Middle Falls
N.Y
Douglas Whitman
McCall St
Thomas Maynard
Box
Bennington
Obituaries from Bennington area residents and others
Obituary notices recount the deaths of Mrs. Margaret Jennings Norton at a Waterbury nursing home after a weeks long illness. Born in Bennington in 1889 she was a Vassar graduate and widow of Philander Norton of Bell Labs. Also listed are Lew Leon Pearce of Williamstown and Mrs. George Griffith Bond of Bennington with funeral details and survivors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naugatuck, Conn
Margaret Jennings Norton
Philander Norton
Waterbury, Conn
Death of Mrs Raymond Delphia in Bennington
Mrs Raymond Delphia 25 of Hicks Avenue the former Sandra Jean Powell died Sunday from a personal safety related gunshot wound found in her car on Carpenter Hill Road State police said Dr Arthur S Faris regional medical examiner pronounced her dead at the scene. Born in North Adams Mass April 23 1944 she was child of Benjamin L Powell Jr and Grace Wilcox She attended Pownal schools Benn ington High School 1962 and St Joseph Business College Whittier College California She worked at Noweck Shultz store and later at Bennington Travel Agency She was former Bennington Battle Day queen Survived by son Stephen Delphia parents sisters and brothers and numerous relatives Funeral pending at Mahar Son Funeral Home with calling hours Tuesday. Burial in Park Lawn Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Delphia
Hicks Avenue
Sandra Jean Powell
Carpenter Hill Road
Arthur S. Faris
John Carmody
North Adams
Mass
Benjamin L. Powell Jr
Grace Wilcox
Pownal
Bennington High School
St. Joseph Business College
Whittier College
Whittier
Calif
Noveck - Shultz
Bennington Travel Agency
Delphia
Bennington
Funerals Held Across Arlington and Nearby Towns
Funeral services were held for Stephen F. Johnson of Arlington at Hanson Walbridge with Rev. Bradford Kress officiating. Burial followed at Ira Allen Cemetery. Kenneth Quentin Ely of Pownal received military honors at Oak Hill Cemetery after services at Hanson Walbridge, with Rev. David Hubbard presiding. Mildred Hathaway of Albany formerly of North Bennington was laid to rest at Grandview Cemetery with Rev. Alfred Scott officiating. Scott Harrington of North Bennington and others were honored at services in North Bennington and at Park Lawn Cemetery with prayers by Rev. Thomas Steffen. Bearers named for each service included local residents and veterans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlington
Stephen F. Johnson
Hanson - Walbridge
Bradford Kress
East Arlington
Pownal
Kenneth Quentin Ely
Hansa
Baker
Mr. Hubbard
Oak Hill Cemetery
North Bennington
Mildred Hathaway
R.N
Albany
N.Y
Hanson + Walbridge Funeral Home
Alfred Scott
North Bennington Baptist Church
Lloyd Pratt
Charles Young
Maynard Overlook
Florida
Frank Ray
Grandview Cemetery
Scott
Scott Harrington
North Branch Street
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Gibney, Haynes & Kane
Thomas D. Steffen
Second Congregational Church
Park Lawn Cemetery
Steven Stemp
Jerry Moon
Bennington
Harold Russell
White Creek
Eli Washburn
Charles Dawley
Cambridge
DWI and Other Charges Dropped Against Vietnam War Veteran
A Vietnam era veteran Rolland C Read 21 of East Dorset Vermont pleaded no contest to careless and negligent driving after an accident at Routes 11 and 30 Manchester near Battenhill Inn. Read received a $50 fine and three charges dropped by Judge Neil S Moss. no one was hurt. Other cases included Roger Crandall pleading guilty to two counts of breaking and entering and Wayne Phillips facing a revised charge after a dispute over wording of a disturbance complaint. Orlie Norton pled guilty to careless and negligent driving causing an Arlington crash. Ruby Frost faced cruelty to animals in Manchester with trial set for Sept 2.
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Vermont
East Dorset
Bennington
Rolland C. Read
Valente
Vietnam
Read
John T. Carmody
Moss
John P. Morrissey
Roger W. Crandall
Jamaica
Charles Brainard
Winhall
Allison Bolin
Landgrove
Crandall
Atty
Milton Pinsker
Wayne Phillips
Union St
Phillips
George Feinberg
Pinsker
Feinberg
YMCA
Orlie P. Norton
Fort Ann
N.Y
U.S. 7
Arlington
Carmody
Norton
Ruby Frost
Manchester
John B. Harte
U.S.A
Bennington Briefs Transfer and Vacation News
Raymond Red Bleau of 21514 BenMont Ave has been moved from Putnam Memorial Hospital to Albany Medical Center. Mr and Mrs Alfred Niles and Miss Wendy Martin return from a two week vacation in western and southwestern states and Mexico with pleasant weather reported. Drs Arthur and Elizabeth Faris will be out of town for vacation. office closed Saturday Aug 2 through Aug 17 ADV.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Capella
Bennington High School
Mt. Anthony Country Club
Burt Rockwood
Pat
Towslee) Capella
Mur
Raymond
BenMont Ave
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Albany Medical Center
Alfred Niles
Wendy Martin
Drs. Arthur
Elizabeth Faris
Playground Pet Show and Scavenger Hunt at Three Parks
Memorial Park Stark Street and Molly Stark Playgrounds host a pet show on Friday August 1 at 9 30 a m with leashed pets and snoopy bones for winners A scavenger hunt follows on Wednesday July 30 at 2 p m with bones for the first finishers About 75 children from the three playgrounds visited Camp Y woods last Friday July 25 for a day of games lunch and a swim at the Y pool including a playground camper race
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memorial Park
Stark Street
Molly Stark
Camp
Y’? Woods
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Vermont National Guard
Ludlow
Rutland
Elm Street
Elm
Dewey Streets
Scribner
Benni ’49Ers
Iel (Bass) Jacobs
Barbara (Jacobs) Murray
Pat (Davey) Lyons
Mary Jane (Andrews
Helen Callahan
Patricia Church
George Dibble
Ruth (Reynolds) Frazier
Mary Ellen Jones
Mattison Rogers
Capella
Anna Cross
Lester Gilbar
Eugene Hubbard
Petersburg
Craig Caslin
Odna Cone
Margaret
Patricia Rowe
Myra Graves
Sylvia Leonard
Sandra Hayes
Maureen More
Ramona Brooks
Norma Goodermore
Berlin
Teresa Marechegiani
Readsboro
Keith Robson
Hoosick Falls
Aileen Pello
Deborah Taylor
Dawn Smith
Paul Smith
Gail Crandall
Ada Diamond
Margaret Farrell
Linda Mae Read
Charles Greene Rockwood Jennings
Jennings
Jeannette Gardner
Elmira
Frederick Beach Jennings
Philip B. Jennings
Old Bennington
Issac B. Jennings
Isaac Jennings
First Congregational Church
Mrs. Norton
Cynthia G. Bennett
Vassar College
Vassar
Maynard Cleveland Bartram Jr
Bloomfield, Conn
Mr. Norton
Philander Norton Jr
Naugatuck
Congregational Church
Lew L. Pearce
Williamstown
Lew Leon Pearce
Aqueduct
North Adams Hospital
Green Mountain Track
Victor Jory
Majorie Rame Beau
George G. Bond
George Griffith Bond
Mabel Furley
Crescent Manor
Daniel and
Abigail Louisa (Montgomery) Hurley
First Baptist Church
Bond
Baptist Church
Mt. Anthony
Eastern Star
Frank
Harry
Archibald Hurley
Earl S. Hurley
Roger B. Hurley
Martha (Hurley) Roy
Eleanor (Hurley) Miller
Hanson - Walbridge Funeral Home
Mrs
Benjamin L. Powell Sr
Mahar & Son Funeral
Kenneth Q. Ely
Miss Mildred Hathaway
Dwi
Beneficial
Beneficial Finance System
Beneficial Finance Co
Main Street
Bennington Briefs
Mexico
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