Benhi Announces Co-Valedictorians for This Graduation Year
Principal Paul E. Kirsch names Janet Gail Carpenter and Ellen Jane Shoemaker as co valedictorians. Janet, daughter of the Carpenters of 133 Putnam St, attends Colby College this September and has a 3.89 GPA. Ellen Jane Shoemaker, daughter of the Shoemakers of 113 Norton St, will attend Boston University with a 3.89 GPA and a strong music background.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul E. Kirsch
Benhi
Janet Gail Carpenter
Ellen Jane Shoemaker
Janet
Lewis Carpenter
Putnam St
Jane
Lee C. Shoemaker
Norton St
Colby College
Waterville
Maine
Forest buys 362 acres in Vermont for Green Mountains
United States Forest Reservation Commission approves the purchase of 362 acres in Bennington County from Mrs. Gertrude George for inclusion in the Green Mountain Forest. The 10 860 dollar land in Woodford is timber land with recreation potential and will be transferred after July 1 when funds become available. A second Vermont parcel of 100 acres in Bristol on the New Haven River is also planned for sale at 1900 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D.C
George D. Aiken
United States Forest Reservation Commission
Bennington County
Gertrude George
Green Mountain Forest
Woodford
Sen. Aiken
Come Mission
National Forest
Vermont
Bristol
New Haven
Rep Stafford to Speak Tonight on Civil Rights Bill
Vermont Congressman Robert T. Stafford will address a public information meeting at Bennington Elementary School at 7 p.m. The session, organized by the Christian Social Concern Commission of the Shaftsbury Methodist Church with area churches, will feature a question and answer segment moderated by Msgr Francis B. Flanagan of St. Francis de Sales parish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vermont
Robert T. Stafford
U.S. Senate
Rep. Stafford
Bennington
Christian Social Concern Commission
Shaftsbury Methodist Church
Arlington
Pownal
Msgr
Francis B. Flanagan
St. Francis de Sales
Full Civil Docket for June Term in Bennington County Court
Manchester Vermont June term opens with a full civil, divorce and chancery docket before Superior Judge Donald E. O'Brien. A single criminal case may be tried. 133 civil suits, 59 divorce cases, and 11 chancery suits are listed. jurors to report Wednesday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Bennington
Donald E. O’brien
Burlington
Atty. R. Marshall Witten
George H. Plumb
Union Board Shoemaker Linked to Bennington Education Plans
Union district supporters press a six member board structure with Shoemaker as former Bennington Graded School Board chairman and Dow Chemical manager urging union school adoption. Statements emphasize cost of not building and updates on next steps with community sale of change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shoemaker
Bennington Graded School Board
Brandeis University
MIT
Bendi
Dow Chemical Company
Beamont
Bennington
Union Board
Union School
Pownal Man Fined for Speeding After Police Chase
Stephen Gray, 25, pleaded guilty in Municipal Court to speeding and was fined 30.10. Officer Donald Greenslet testified he pursued Gray from near the Massachusetts line to the Pownal View Barn, reaching 85 to 90 mph. Gray admitted exceeding the 50 mph limit but contested the 80 mph figure amid heavy highway traffic near the race track. Judge George M. Fienberg also ordered Robert Lake Jr. to pay 20 weekly support for his wife and daughter through attorney Victor A. Agostini after Lake pleaded not guilty to two failure-to-support charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nathan Siegel
Patterson
N.J
George DeGasparre
Pawtucket
Green Mountain Park
Bennington
Stephen H. Gilman
Benningtonians
Second Congregational Church
Vermont Gas Corp
Burgess Brothers Construction Co
Marjorie Williams
Brattleboro
Gannett, Oakes and Weber
Ryan, Smith and Carbine
Rutland
Sennett and Sennett
Burgess Brothers
Leonard Candib
James B. Gibney
Candib
Gibney
Donald Hackel
John A. Burgess
Montpelier
Gerald E. Morrissey
The
Taconic Racing and Breeding Association
John B. Harte
Pownal
Donald Greenslet
Stephen Gray
Greenslet
Gray
Massachusetts State Line
Pownal View Barn
George M. Fienberg
Robert Lake Jr
Ben Mont Ave
Dolores
Lake
Victor A. Agostini
Alfalfa Weevil Control: Farmers Rely on Insecticide Guidance
The article notes the alfalfa weevil remains severe and sparse bird help is ineffective. US Department of Agriculture has released predators for larvae south of the area, with studies pending. In the meantime, farmers should follow the control information provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Memorial Day weekend traffic largely quiet on local roads
State Police at Shaftsbury reported a fairly safe Memorial Day weekend with three accidents and no serious injuries. A 1948 Dodge pickup rolled on Bank Street injuring three teens. a 1957 Ford station wagon hit a guard rail after a deer encounter on Vermont 313. a 1958 Chevrolet sedan rolled after losing control on Vermont 30 injuring its operator Donald A. Badger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shaftsbury
Bank Street
Pageant Street
Thomas P. Kinney Jr
Memorial Day address urges active public service and thoughtful patriotism
Harrington urged Memorial Day not as a passive remembrance but as a call to rededicate to intelligent mature thinking and public involvement. The ceremony included Gloria Charest’s Gettysburg Address, a Gold Star Mothers wreath, and a flag salute, followed by a parade with school bands, Scouts, and local police and fire units.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrington
Gloria Charest
Stephen C. Greene
Second Congregational Church
Salvatore Santarca
Bennington Catholic High School
Bendi
Arlington Yankee Doodlers
Bennington Grad School Trustees Filing Deadline Tonight
School Trustees Candidates for the Bennington Grad ed School District must file with clerk Robert Hayes by 6 p.m. tonight. Mt Anthony Union School Board candidates must file by the same deadline. The Thrift Shop lists diverse items including jackets, toys, dresses, lamps, a clock and more. Names of former store keepers for the weekend are Lillian Kleine Cross Lorom Sargent Crane Hayward Hicks Fuller and MacKinnon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington Graded
Tater-baker
Lillian Kleine
Paul Cross
Randolph Lorom
Daniel Sargent
Paul Crane
Charles Hayward
Wilhelmina Hicks
Josiah Fuller
Edward MacKinnon
Hospital Notes Admissions and births in Vermont regions
Lists of admissions and discharges across Hoosick Falls Bennington Shaftsbury Pownal North Bennington and Manchester Center. Saturday May 30 notes include multiple individuals with spouses and children among cases and recent births. Names include Mrs Mary Goodwin Leonard Horton Louis Knapp and Rone ald Wilkins with towns specified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mindy Robson
Hoosick Falls
Mrs. Mary Goodwin
Leonard Horton
Charles Letourneau
Louis Knapp
Bennington
Ronald Wilkins
Shaftsbury
James Stevenson
Clifford Brimemer
Eugene Hughes
Edwin Hoard
William Derosia
Student Dies In Troy Crash At RPI Graduation Imminent
Norman Warner, 22, of Hinesburg Vermont, a Vermont college student who planned to receive an engineering degree next week from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, was killed when his small Piper Colt crashed and burned at Troy Municipal Airport. He died at Samaritan Hospital after the Sunday night crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy, N.Y
UPI
Troy
Norman Warner
Hinesburg
Rensselaer Polytechnic Inestitute
RPI
Samaritan Hospital
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Baptist Youth Fellowship
School of Fine Applied Arts
Boston University
Elks Club
Bennington College
Tri-State
N.E.D.T
Girls’ Athletic Association
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Janet Carpenter
Jane Shoemaker
Ted’ Collins
New York
Joseph M. Collins
Ted
Kate Smith
Stafford
Lane
Haynes
Kane, Inc
DIAL
Main ST
Technicolor
Cinemscope
Doris Day
James Garner Bergen
Robert
Mitchum
Frances
Nuyen
Bennington Briefs
Jean Henry
Las Grange
Arthur Howe
Selective Service Headquarters
Albany
N.Y
Mt. Anthony Country Club
Dorothy Durocher
Bessie Woodward
Grandview St
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Woman’s Society of the Methodist Church
Circle 5
Circle 3
Mt. Anthony
Eastern Star
de Rusto
T.A. Carpenter & Sons Paints
Union St
William
Ronald Gallette
Lyons District
Ralph L. Ferris
Hagerman
Janet Flynn
Girl Scouts
Putnam Square
North Street
Walloomsac
Navy
Marine Corps
Thrift Shop
Woods Memorial Park
Thomas Restino
James M. Brahan
Central School
Tamarac
Skyhawks
Co. C Battalion
St. Marks Church
Hoto
Edith Beaumont
Pauline Perkins
Ralph Oakes
Nancy Corliss
Dora Smith
Stella Bruneau
Nancy Gauthier
Marjorie Lampron
Neil Krawczyk
Pownal Center
Irene Harrington
Joseph Bentley
Jane Morandi
Frank Farrington
Wilmington
Dorothy Harrington
Susie Spencer
Eva Cardinal
Charles Mears
Lori Shel
Mary Young
Ethel Gerow
Jane Cook
Benningeton
Mary Brundige
Charlotte Killian
Benenington
Rose Sheridan
Karen Mylott
Manchester Center
Mark Christiansen
Sandegate
Patricia Bushee
Pawelet
North Hoosick New York
Lennon
Moldine
Billy Wilder
Marilyn Monroe
Jack Lemmon
Dow-Jones—Bache & Co
Pakula-Mulligan
Paramount
Natalie Wood
Steve McQueen
Javery
South Street
Ernest H. Javery
Alan H. Page
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