UCS Seeks Donations to Offset State Aid Cutback
Trustees of the United Counseling Service of Bennington County seek $16,500 in donations to cover a $3,500 reduction in state health funds and a total budget gap. The drive, chaired by Miss Helen R. Bryan, aims to raise about $6,000 more after a shortfall noted in anticipated receipts.
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UCS
United Counseling Service
Bennington County
Vermont State Board of Health
Helen R. Bryan
Dorset
United Boards of Community Mental Health Agencies
Family Life Foundation of
Rutland
Rutland Community Chest
Family Life
Old Village Sets Public Hearing on Zoning Ordinance
Old Bennington trustees schedule an 8 p.m. meeting August 13 at the Schoolhouse to hear public input on a proposed zoning ordinance. The process follows statutory steps after a July 12 zoning commission hearing and legal review by Equity Publishing Corp. of New Hampshire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George H. Plumb
Zoning Commission
Hiking Jury Awards 300 For Trespassing
In Bennington County Court in Manchester last week, a jury awarded $300 to Walter and Silas Harrington in a trespass case against Hans F. and Dora O. Gaye. Nine women and three men hiked Shaftsbury land to view fence lines as part of the case.
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Walter
Silas Harrington
Hans F
Dora O. Gaye
Bennington County Court
Manchester
Harringtons
Shaftsbury
Mary Cone
Clarissa McCarthy
Bennington
Marjorie Coulter
Arlington
Anita Norse
Winhall
Janet Snow
Dorset
Laura Stone
Peru
Margaret H. Morgan
Searsburg
Rena Holland
Readsboro
Dale Chase
Harold Marshall
Pownal
Clarence Davis
Rupert
Israel Greenberg
Edward G
Elinor Janeway
Rescue Squad Relay Calls For Ambulance Service
Bennington Village police will relay emergency ambulance calls to Bennington Rescue Squad on duty. The squad’s emergency number matches the police department, 442-2255. A North Radio Co fundraiser for the squad, postponed to August 15, offers two Citizen Band radios and three antennas with tickets from squad members. The prize drawing will be at Tri Mont Texaco, 305 South St.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington Village
Bennington
The
North Radio Co
Tri- Mont Texaco
South St
Christine's Lover Freed By Court
London AP reports Court of Criminal Appeal frees Aloysius Gordon from a three year sentence for assaulting Christine Keeler. Chief justice Lord Parker cites new evidence including a marijuana tape, but says no new trial. Gordon, 31, Jamaican jazz singer, was convicted April 18 and released after a nine minute hearing. The Profumo affair and related trials form Britain's political scandal context.
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London
Court of Criminal Appeal
Christine Keeler
Aloysius
Lucky) Gordon
Lord Parker
Christine
Gordon
Britain
John D. Profumo
House of Commons
Macmillan
Commons
Profumo
Stephen Ward
Miss Keeler
Marilyn
Mandy) Rice-Davies
Ward
Vacation Church School Hosted by Two Churches
First Baptist and First Methodist sponsor a Vacation Church School with the theme Widening Relationships. It runs August 5 to 16, weekdays 9 to 11 50 a.m. at 601 Main St. for ages 4 to Grade 6, with nursery. Pre-registration Friday 1 to 4 p.m. The 25 cent weekly fee covers interdenominational materials and activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vacation Church
First Baptist
First Methodist
First Baptist Church
Main St
Vacation Church School
Baptist Church
Earthquake Tragedy Strikes Skoplje and Iran Village
Demolition continues in Skoplje where two recovered bodies are believed to be Sgt. Harold R. Stacy and his German wife. About 150000 residents fled under government orders as power returns in parts of the city. A new tremor collapsed a two story ruin. In Iran a separate quake hits a southern village, destroying 352 homes and killing five with eight injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Air Force
Harold R. Stacy
Gouverneur
N.Y
Skoplje
Iran
Gahgum
Hospital Notes Admissions and Births Listed in Bennington Area
Hospital notes show admissions including Mrs Hildur Peterson William Bruneau Mrs Margaret Thomas Bennington Mrs Effie Burroughs Manchester Depot Charles Cornell Buskirk N Y and discharges for Richard Keough Arlington Master Dwight Nadeau Bennington Marcel Langlais North Powell Births record a son to Mr and Mrs Thomas Moore Lyons District a daughter to Mr and Mrs R Nelson Bell East Main Cambridge and a son to Mr and Mrs Jesse Dewey RD 2 on July 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hildur Peterson
William Bruneau
Margaret Thomas
Bennington
Effie Burroughs
Manchester Depot
Charles Cornell
Buskirk
N.Y
Richard Keough
Arlington
Dwight Nadeau
Marcel Langlais
North Pownal
Thomas Moore
Lyons District
R. Nelson Bell
East Main Street
Cambridge, N.Y
Jesse Dewey
RD 2
Twin State Paper Expands Vermont Edition Coverage
Claremont Daily Eagle publishes its second daily Vermont edition with a replated front page focusing on Springfield and Windsor Vermont news. Publisher Edward J. Bennett says the edit will provide more Vermont state news and allow more local and county news in the New Hampshire edition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claremont
N.H
Claremont Daily Eagle
Vermont
New Hampshire
The
Eagle
Edward J. Bennett
Springfield
Windsor
Bennett
Automakers Say 63 Production Sets a Record
U S auto makers reported 1963 model car output at an all time high with Vehicle No. 7 130 001 rolling off the line surpassing the 7 130 000 mark set by 1955 models. Industry expects about 210 000 more cars before mid August shut down for 1964 changeover reaching 7 340 000. Production plant origin could not be identified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
U.S
Senate Republicans Oppose Civil Rights Bill Push
Senate opposition grows as civil rights debate continues. House Judiciary Committee under Celler nears end of hearings on the President's package, which includes a proposed ban on racial employment discrimination not fully endorsed in the final package.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House Judiciary Committee
Celler
Searsburg Postmaster Bartlett Remembered in Rural Legacy
Obituary notes Needham D Bartlett who served nearly 20 years as Searsburg postmaster dying Jan 5 1933. His tenure left a mark with a postcard photograph trade and a self published religious pamphlet. Searsburg Post Office closed Jan 6 and never reopened.
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Max Jolley
Richford
Bartlett
Searsburg
Troop 53 Scouts Return From Camp Sunrise
Troop 53 from Bennington returns Sunday after a week at Boy Scout Camp Sunrise in Orwell. Scouts Roy Andersen Martin Betts Stan Cleveland Bruce Fuller Dick Farrar Bart Howe Jeff Locklin Joel Howard Jim Harrington Francis Morin Ralph Quackenbush Steve Shultz Dan Shultz Bull Tudor John Peck Paul Garrison, with Kenneth Gile as scoutmaster, earned badges and awards including mile swim and aquatic honors. the volleyball team reached the camp finals and all members proved strong swimmers.
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Bennington
Sunrise
Orwell
Roy Andersen
Martin Betts
Stan Cleveland
Bruce Fuller
Dick Farrar
Bart Howe
Jeff Locklin
Joel Howard
Jim Harrington
Francis Morin
Ralph Quackenbush
Steve
Dan Shultz
Bull Tudor
John Peck
Paul Garrison
Kenneth Gile
Order of the Arrow
Man given suspended sentence for assault after drinking incident
In Municipal Court Judge George M. Fienberg placed William M. Bain 50 of East Road on four to six months suspended sentence and probation after he threw beer a vase and silverware at his wife to deter drinking. The attack left Martha Bain with head hands injuries and hospital care. Bain must abstain from drinking and faces ongoing probation with a special condition. A juvenile faced a breach of peace charge after a family quarrel at home with a suspended sentence and license suspension plus counseling and probation.
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George M. Fienberg
Atty
R. Marshall Witten
William M. Bain
East Road
Bain
Witten
Martha
Weeks
Vergennes
United Counseling Service
Fienberg
Bennington Vending Operators Pledge Minors Sales Status
Bennington area vendors discuss tobacco sales to youths. Harrison Peckham Jr. reports a policy against minor purchases and supports laws forbidding sales to minors. He notes decals and a 30 to 40 machine presence across local outlets.
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Sionaire
Bennington
Harrison Peckham Jr
Putnam St
National Vending Machine Association
Peckham
Cummings Seeks Reorganization of Vermont Banking Insurance Dept
Vermont Banking and Insurance Commissioner Robert E. Cummings Jr. outlined possible reorganization to merge banking and insurance under one agency, noting Vermont, New Jersey, and Tennessee currently share this structure. He also plans to administer a new retail installment act and improve small loan rules while restoring the Advisory Banking Council.
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Cummings
Banking & Insurance Department
Bank Commissioner
Insurance Commissioner
Department of Finance
Vermont
Advisory Banking Council
Thasn
Dollar Days Begin Thursday
The Greater Bentington Association Downtown Merchants Division schedules a semiannual Dollar Days sale from Thursday through Saturday during normal hours. Stores offer dollar items and prices rounded to the nearest dollar as part of a 13 week summer promotion following a July 18 kickoff event.
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Greater Bennington Association
Downtown Merchants
GBA Group
Bendi Class of 48 Plans 15th Reunion
The class of 1948 from Bennington High School will hold its 15th reunion Saturday at Mt. Anthony Country Club. About 75 attendees are expected with Richard Maloney of Hartford as emcee and Jean Burgess as general chairwoman. A social hour runs 6 to 7 p.m. A smorgasbord is served and Burt Rockwood's orchestra will provide music. Out of town guests have made reservations.
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Bennington High School
Mt. Anthony Country Club
Richard Maloney
Hartford, Conn
Jean Burgess
Burt Rockwood
Stock Averages Report From Dow Jones Bache Albany
The Dow Jones and Bache Albany report closes with the Industrials at 694.32, Railroads 166.44, Utilities 139.85, Composite 250.30, up 0.98 on sales totaling 1,480,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dow-Jones—Bache & Co
Albany
Daisy L. Coon 84 dies at home in Berlin New York
Mrs Daisy L Coon wife of Frank E Coon of Berlin New York died Sunday at her home Born January 13 1879 in North Petersburg New York she lived many years in Pownal Vermont She leaves a brother Clarence Rathbun a sister Mrs John Sick a brother Harold Spencer and three grandchildren Pallbearers included Rodney Hewitt Kenneth Kornetzki Floyd Boesse and Tracey Burdick Burial was in Oak Hill Cemetery Pownal Vermont Funeral was at Charles White Funeral Home Berlin led by Rev Franklin Moist.
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Berlin
N.Y
Daisy L. Coon
Frank E. Coon
Clarence Rathbun
Hartford
Oak Hill Cemetery
Pownal
Rodney Hewitt
Kenneth Kornetzki
Floyd Boesse
Tracey Burdick
Funeral Services Held for William F. Shanahan Sr.
Funeral services for William F. Shanahan Sr. of Gage Street were held at St. Francis de Sales Church after a Requiem High Mass. Msgr. Flanagan led prayers at the Mahar & Son Funeral Home and committal prayers at Park Lawn Cemetery. Several fraternal groups and relatives attended from out of town and nearby areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William F. Shanahan Sr
Gage Street
Putnam Memorial Hospital
St. Francis de Sales
Francis B. Flanagan
Mahar & Son Funeral Home
Elmer J. Hansen
Dewey Jenney
Harry Fruitrich
Peter Green
Raymond E. Howard
Clyde Burgess Sr
Leonard LaFlamme
Holy Name Society
Msgr
Flanagan
Bennington Lodge of Elks
Ralph R. Bennett
John Ahearn
Park Lawn Cemetery
Marjorie Shanahan
Sarasota
Fla
Albert F. Lucas
New York City
Eugene McGuire
Dayton
Ohio
Henry J. Shanahan
Charles Fox
Dobbs Ferry
N.Y
Pittsfield
Mass
Green Island
Elizabeth
N.J
North Bennington
Bennington Area
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Old Village
Peggy Maclay Beauty Shop
Main St. Bennington
Midwest
Grimm
Twin State Paper
Bennington Briefs
Thomas D. Cook Jr
Banff
Alberta
Canada
Baptist Women’s Society
H.S. Moses
Grandview St
Ralph Rogers
Benmont Ave
Emerald Lake
North Dorset
Legion of Guardsmen
Camp Thorpe
Goshen
Legion
Donald C. Hicks
Institute For Chamber Executives
Syracuse University
Syracuse
Karen Vogel
Becky Grant
Merson St
Grant
Insurance Dept
R. E. Cummings JR
Salem
Hamburg
Salem’s
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