Local Guardsmen Complete First Week of Training
Local Guardsmen of Bennington's 86th Engineer Company at Camp Drum New York finish a busy first week. Commanded by Captain Robert Houle the unit arrived July 22 and completed bivouac setup. They trained on timber trestle bridges M2 Bailey bridges rafts and multiple rope and cable rigging tasks. Water purification units operated on Black Creek under Sgt. Francis Woodward while 1st Lt. George Dickie led another group through field exercises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Drum
N.Y
Bennington
86Th Engineer Company
National Guard
Robert Houle
Francis Woodward
Black Creek
George Dickie
Funeral Rites Held for Mrs Alice G Flanagan of Rutland
The funeral for Mrs Alice G Flanagan widow of Dennis B Flanagan and mother of Rt Rev Msgr Francis B Flanagan pastor of St Francis de Sales Church Bennington was held in St Peter's Church. Concelebrated by relatives and clergy from Burlington and surrounding parishes, the service included Libera prayers and burial at Calvary Cemetery. A large gathering of priests and relatives attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ the King Church
John A. Lynch
Thomas H. Connor
St. Peter’s Church
Paul M. Bresnehan
Burlington
John Frader
East Charlotte
John M. Shortill
Poultney
Valentine Michulkan
West Rutland
Francis E. McDonough
Loretto
Charles A. Towne
Winooski
Dean B. Flanagan
Dennis B. Flanagan
Atlanta
Bernard J. Hickey
Manchester
Conn
John E. Eagan
Greenfield
Mass
John J. Bowen
Springfield
John L. Carolan
Dublin
Ireland
Patrick T. Hannon
White River Junction
Christopher McHugh
Woodstock
Calvary Cemetery
Father Connor
W. Paul Hackett
Ludlow
Martin Clancy
Readsboro
Francis Holland
Cambridge
Walter F. Miller
North Bennington
Frederick B. Wolf
C. L. Wallen
Thomas Bransfield
Bennington
E. Edward Hoffman
John J. Foley
Holy Cross Novitiate
Gerald T. Buckley
Arlington
Two Die In Florida Accident Near North Adams
In Florida near North Adams a single-car crash at 11 45 p m killed Theodore Barnhart and Ernest Bingham both 21 of North Adams. David Beer was taken to Albany Medical Center with severe head injuries while five others were hospitalized locally. The car failed to negotiate a curve and struck a tree on Central Shaft Road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Adams
Mass
Florida
Here
Theodore Barnhart
Ernest C. Bingham
Thomas P. McGrory
David Beer
North Adams Hospital
Albany Medical Center
Robert
Stock Averages Report Noon July 31 1967 Dow 908.46
The noon stock report from Dow Jones Bache at Albany shows the industrials at 908.46 up 6.93, railroads at 272.38 up 0, utilities at 134,014.22 up 0.22, and the composite average at 333.45 up 1.39 with volume reaching 4,820,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dow-Jones—Bache & Co
Albany
Mock citation mocks Bennington listers in feud
Richard A. Sleeman drafted a spoof citation praising the listers to mock their work on property appraisals. The frame holding the document was to be given to Francis J. Hogan this weekend, but the text reiterates Sleeman's criticisms of Hogan Betit and Toomey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard A. Sleeman
Francis J. Hogan
Listers
Hogan
Sleeman
Sisters OF
Bennington
Vermont
Obituary Notes for Barber Wilkins Snow Cameron Family
Obituary notices report Emmette Joseph Barber, 48, owner of Empire Cleaners, died at Putnam Memorial Hospital after three days. WWII veteran with service in Guadalcanal and Luzon. Also listed are Lizy Wilkins death in Grace Cottage Hospital and Charles E Snow death notice from Snyder, NY, plus infant Kevin Mark Cameron burial details in Bennington area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmette Joseph Barber
Pleasant St
Empire Cleaners
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Joseph N
Louise (Butler) Barber
Burlington
Bennington
Btry. C
89Th Field Artillery Bn
Guadalcanal
Solomons
Luzon
Mildred Hathaway
David
Steven
Donald
Joseph
Robert
Howard
Leo
Hartford
Conn
Harold
Irene) Shappy
Theodore
Anna) Krogel
California
Madelon Snell
Texas
Louis
Gladys) Urban
Watertown
Charles
Marian) Dubie
Washington, D. C
Sacred Heart Church
Charles Wallen
Hanson- Walbridge Funeral Home
Park Lawn Cemetery
Kevin Mark Cameron
Richard A. Cameron
Clifford B. Wright
Welland Cameron
White Chapel Cemetery
Mercury Morning Star and Other Notables in Brief
Astronomy notes report Mercury as a morning star visible in the eastern sky before sunrise. Venus remains brilliant but setting early evening. Mars in Libra low southwest. Jupiter not visible. Saturn rises east about 10 pm. Funeral notices list Lionel Bartholic and Regis Longtin with service details and survivors. tax assessor grievances recount listers’ inequities and a formal citation signed by Richard A. Sleeman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercury
Mars
Libra
Jupiter
Saturn
Weekend Accidents Keep Police Busy
Area police logged a busy weekend with multiple traffic crashes. The most severe occurred at 8:35 p.m. Saturday at the junction of Vt. 9 and 8 in Searsburg, involving Luigi Zornio of Wendell New York and Stephen Wooster of Williamstown Massachusetts, with five passengers and four others injured and both cars badly damaged. Additional injuries occurred in separate crashes on Vermont routes including Vt. 9, Vt. 8, and U.S. 7, with victims from Keene New Hampshire to Arlington Massachusetts and North Bennington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Searsburg
Luigi Zornio
Wendell
N.Y
Zornio
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Stephen D. Wooster
Williamstown
Mass
Wooster
Ida Zornio
N.H
Toronto
Ontario
Maria Dal Mass
Bruno Dal Mas
Liza Dal Mas
Ida Dal Mas
Samuel Dintino
Keene
Helen Ripley
Washington, D.C
Dintino
Freda Dintino
Sara MacLennon
Farmington
Wilmington
Ripley
Frank S. Crosier
North Bennington
Silk Road
Bennington
Putnam Memorial
New York Line
Thomas F. Casey
Schaghticoke
Donald F. Bourn Sr
Bourn
Casey
Peru
Robert Beekmen
Holyoke
Lawrence Smith
Stratton
Hospital Notes Friday July 28 1967 Admissions and Discharges
Hospital notes list admissions on Friday July 28 1967 including Atta Belisle Bennington and Flora Bushee Manchester Center and discharges Earl Passino Jr Edith McCarthy Harriet Barrows and others. Additional entries cover Saturday and Sunday July 29 30 1967 with names and places and births noted for Petersburg South Dorset Hoosick Falls and Bennington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Passino Jr
Bennington
Edith McCarthy
North Bennington
Harriet Barrows
Dorset
Thomas Poulin
Arlington
Flora Bushee
Manchester Center
Grace Jones
Hoosick Falls
Shane Bishop
Jared Mattison
Marjorie Smith
Frank Grover
East Arlington
Virginia Harrington
Robert Alderman
Petersburg
N.Y
John Sheldon
South Dorset
Raymond Prouty
McCall St
Ralph Davendanis Jr
Cummings St
Bennington Briefs: Local Postings and Closures
Mrs. Edward Riel of Elm Street attended the Watervliet funeral of Mrs. Delia Ward. Pine Crest Kennels will close at 4 30 daily until further notice. Ceil's Beauty Shop at 133 Ben Mont Ave closed for vacation from July 28 to August 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Riel
Elm Street
Watervliet
N.Y
Delia Ward
Pine Crest
Ceil’s
Ben- Mont Ave
Also Mentioned on This Page
Alice G. Flanagan
86Th Armored Brigade
Kathleen Rowley
Harte Theatre
Christopher Per
Trevor Schneider
Vai Brynner AS “the Baron
Terence Young
Walt Disney
Globe Union
United Auto Workers Local 1371
James D. Williams
Messrs. Hogan
Betit
Toomey
Bennington Area
Emmette J. Barber
Elmer Wilkins
Glebe View Cemetery
South Londonderry
Charles E. Snow
Melvin R. McGaughey
First Methodist Church
Mahar & Son Funeral Home
Lionel S. Bartholic
Lionel Sylvester Bartholic
Pittsford
Monson
Daniel
Mabel (Pearce) Bartholic
Mabel Griffin
George Gale
Proctor
Chris Pratt Jr
Hawaii
Chester Armstrong
Ella Bernier
Warwick
Barnard Funeral Home
Pine Hill
Brandon
Regis Longtin
Saranac Lake
General Hospital
Longtin
Paul Smiths Electrical Light and Power Co
Paul Smiths College
Iberville
Canada
Narcisse
Eliza
Ousquette) Longtin
Paul Smiths
Raymond
Manchester, Conn
Olevine Longtin
Hanson Walbridge Funeral Home
Tonite
Tues
Sean Connery
James Bond
Ino Wou
Ming
Ava Harry Saltzman
and— Alimo John Richard Laurence Wayne - Widmark
Harvey Abate
Bennington Drive-In
Doris, Richard Day Harris
von Ryan
Doctor 'Zhivago
Priscilla Sweet
Doris Sweet
Stark Street Playground
Beth Holmes
Kate Holmes
Barbara Holmes
John Graves
Louis C. Graves
Old Bennington
Gillmore
Green Mountain Park
Frank P. Shannon
Sutton
Howard E. Mattison
Pownal
U.S. 7
Edward Cutler
Cutler
Steven H. Young
Gordon O. Post
Mechanicville
Young
William Dexter
Port Jefferson
William Flood Jr
U.S
Kocher Drive
Lovers Lane
Mark H. Dwyer
Reinhoud H. van der Linde
van der Linde
Hunt Street
Dwyer
Atta Belisle
John Molloy
East Dorset
Mary Senecal
Jacqueline Hall
Mildred McGowan
Pawlet
Bennington Briefs
Weston Community Club
LAS Aid
Playhouse
Weston
Weston Playhouse
Seidman and
Murray Schisgal
Mickey Rooney
Dorothy Loudon
Latham
Helen Gallagher
Sweet Charity
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