Bank merger falls through in Barre Vermont
Burlington based Chittenden Trust Co and The People's National Bank of Barre see their planned merger rejected by the Vermont Banking and Insurance Department. Officials say the ruling cites reduced competition in the Barre Montpelier area as the grounds.
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Burlington
Chittenden Trust Co
Vermont Banking and Insurance Department
Chittenden
People’s National Bank of
Barre
Barre-Montpelier
Old Bennington Rejects St Joseph College Variance Plea
The Old Bennington Zoning Board of Adjustment denied St. Joseph College’s request for variances to enlarge Marian Hall and the carriage house. The May 14 amendment sought higher housing capacity and removal of the 1965 conditions, but the board ruled the hardships and harmony with ordinances were not proven. The panel, including Waldo C. Holden as chair, emphasized maintaining village character and avoiding property value depreciation.
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Old Bennington
St. Joseph College
Old Bennington Zoning Board of Adjustment
Marian Hall
Sisters of St. Joseph
Monument Avenue
Fielder
Catamount Lane
Marion Hall
Grant Street
Bennington
Board of Adjustment In
Waldo C. Holden
Dudley M. Baker
Walter A. Lapham
Joseph Parks
Lucie McKee
Memorial Day Parade Across Main Street Attended
A Memorial Day observance led by Town Manager Edward R. Lamb followed a traditional parade route along Main Street under overcast skies. The procession featured Armed Services color guard, Veterans groups, Gold Star mothers, National Guard, students from Mt. Anthony schools, scout units, auxiliary groups, Janet Flynn’s baton twirlers, an armored tank, fire trucks, and decorated bicycles. Grand marshal was Ernest Costa of Shaftsbury.
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Hamilton
Edward R. Lamb
Main Street
North Street
Veterans’ Home
Armed Services
Veterans of Foreign Wars, Elks
American Legion
Gold Star
National Guard
Walloomsac River
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Mt. Anthony Junior High
VFW Ladies Auxliary
Two from county earn degrees at Middlebury
Two Bennington County residents graduated from Middlebury College at the 171st commencement. Madeline B. Neilson of Dorset earned a B.A. in geography and Millyn D. Moore of Arlington earned a B.A. in history. Vermont had 19 representatives in the class. Dr. Andrew F. Brimmer, Federal Reserve board member, delivered the address and received an honorary LLD. Other honorary degrees went to Dr. Glenn Leggett Fred P. Land and E. Carroll Stollenwerck.
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Middlebury
Bennington County
Middlebury College
Madeline B. Neilson
Dorset
Millyn D. Moore
John M. Moore
Arlington
Vermont
Andrew F. Brimmer
Board of Governors
Federal Reserve System
Glenn Leggett
Grinnell College
Fred P. Land
E. Carroll Stollenwerck
Laird, Inc
New York
Funerals Held for Pollert and Stergious in Area Churches
Funeral services were held for William R. Pollert of Pownal at Hanson Walbridge Funeral Home with Rev. David Hubbard officiating. Pollert died in Hartford while visiting his daughter. Also funeral services for John George Stergious, Greek native and longtime chef, were conducted at Gibney Funeral Home with Father Peter Castarakis presiding and Fraternal Order of Eagles members serving as bearers. Stergious died May 25 at Putnam Memorial Hospital with services at Park Lawn Cemetery conducted by Father Costarakis.
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William R. Pollert
Pownal
Hanson- Walbridge
David Hubbard
Pownal United
John George Stergious
Greece
Worthy
Alpherie Ross
Louis Ross
Donald Gerity
Earl Tripp
Worth
Aerie
Mitchell Kahwajy
Costarakis
Park Lawn Cemetery
Father Costarakis
Sophocles
New Jersey
New York
Stergious
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Public documents on Vermont Yankee licensing at Brattleboro library
Public documents on the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant licensing hearing are on file at the Brooks Memorial Library in Brattleboro for public examination. Albert A. Cree notes the library holds duplicates of AEC papers and the so called document room on Main Street contains lawyerly data for intervenors, not primary documents.
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Rutland
AEC
Vermont Yankee
Vernon
Brooks Memorial
Brattleboro
Albert A. Cree
Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp
Safety and Licensing Board
The
Atomic Energy Commission
Cree
Lower Main Street
Brooks Memorial Library
Samuel Jensch
Washington, D.C
Eva Leech
Lebanon's camel population halves by 1969
Beirut Lebanon UPI report from the Central Statistics Department shows 844 camels in 1964 shrinking to just over 400 by 1969. The decline reflects a rapid drop in Lebanon's camel population.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beirut, Lebanon
UPI
Lebanon
Central Statistics Department
One traffic mishap mars long holiday weekend
State Police reported only one automobile accident on Bennington area highways during the Memorial Day weekend. The 4:15 p.m. Monday crash on U.S. 7 involved three vehicles and caused only moderate damage with no injuries.
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Mars
Gordon Mooney
Shaftsbury Barracks
Bennington
U.S. 7
Vermont Railroad
James T. Farley
Earl K. Savage
Stamford
Mooney
Traffic toll surges to 546 in holiday period
United Press International reports 546 traffic deaths by 11 a.m. EDT during the 78 hour Memorial Day stretch from 6 p.m. Friday to midnight Monday. California leads with 44 deaths, followed by Ohio 34 and New York and Illinois 30 each. North Dakota reports zero.
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National Safety Council
United Press International
California
Ohio
New York
Illinois
North Dakota
College Calendar Highlights Public Events in June
The public is invited to free events at the college in June. On Tuesday June 1 the Opening Senior Art Show runs 8:30 p.m. at the Carriage Barn Gallery. June 3 features a Kenneth Clark Civilisation lecture and a philosophy talk in Tishman and Tisham Halls, plus a concert in Carriage Barn in circus attire. June 5 offers the film The Inspector General at 9 p.m. in Tishman Hall, and June 6 presents Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas Opera produced by Catherine Satterlee at 8:15 p.m. in the Carriage Barn.
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Carriage Barn Gallery
Kenneth Clark
Tishman Hall
Leonad C. Feldstein
Fordham University
New York City
Tisham Hall
Caroline Simonds
Deborah Borda
Petrov
Dido
Aeneas
Purcell
Catherine Satterlee
Bennington Briefs Highlights Local Meetings and Honoring Bert Fonteneau
A Bennington briefing lists a 7:30 Head Start meeting at Red Brick School Shaftsbury with speaker Kathleen Evans. Rural Fire Dept members to meet in full uniform at Mahar Son Funeral Home to honor Bert Fonteneau. Sacred Heart Bazaar items welcomed by Wednesday. food sale items by Friday or Saturday. Mt Anthony Chapter Eastern Star cancels this Wednesday. next meeting June 16. Keir earns SUNY Albany certificate in educational administration after a two year program. Hatfield spoke at commencement. Beech Street resident Therena Crow hospitalized at Putnam Memorial. Naval Academy midshipmen Shoemaker and Bodine named to Superintendent's List. Pvt Andre Fonteneau graduates Parris Island recruit training. Rural Fire Dept Auxiliary to meet for Fonteneau tribute. Bennington Minit Car Wash announces Wednesday special.
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Bennington Rural Fire Department
Mahar & Son Funeral Home
Bert W. Fonteneau
Bert Fonteneau
Hospital Notes May 28 1971 Admissions and Births
Admissions list includes Robert Dean Edward Hull Mrs Agnes Wright Master Leroy Thomas Frank Irick and others. Births note Mr and Mrs Lloyd Wright and Mr and Mrs Christian Goodermore with a daughter born May 28.
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Robert Dean
North Bennington
Edward Hull
Berlin
N.Y
Agnes Wright
Leroy Thomas
Bennington
Frank Irick
Hoosick Falls
Sylvia Fleming
Gail M. Wood
Jesse Archibald
Odna Cone
James Nelson
Arlington
Grace Gratz
Shaftsbury
Mildred White
Lloyd Wright
West Main St
Christian Goodermore
Vermont offers 110 temporary public service jobs
The Employment Security Department announced a Vermont program to provide up to 13 weeks of public service work for unemployed residents who have exhausted benefits or finished training. A total of 110 positions will be available in government or nonprofit agencies, funded by the U.S. Labor Department’s Manpower Administration, paying $2 an hour for a 40 hour week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Labor Department
Manpower Administration
Obituary of Bert W Fonteneau World War II veteran
Bert W Fonteneau 52 lifelong Bennington resident and WWII Air Force veteran died unexpectedly at his camp at Hedges Lake He lived on Morgan Street with his wife Florence LeBlanc Fonteneau born April 13 1919 to William O and Elizabeth Bourgeois Fonteneau He worked at Cushman Mfg Co in North Bennington nine years earlier he ran a plumbing business with his late brother Richard He was a Sacred Heart Church parishioner and Bennington Rural Fire Department member Survived by wife sister Elizabeth LeRay his mother and several nieces nephews and cousins Funeral arrangements will be announced
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert W. Fonteneau
Bennington
Hedges Lake
Morgan Street
William O
Elizabeth (Bourgeois) Fonteneau
Fonteneau
Cushman Mfg. Co
North Bennington
Elizabeth Fonteneau
Freer Trade Drive By Windsor Machine Tool Unions
Two UEW locals Locals 218 Springfield and 289 Windsor plan a Windsor meeting to press for freer trade for machine tool products. They seek support from the Vermont congressional delegation to ease foreign trade restrictions that block American firms while foreign producers access Iron Curtain markets. The goal is to spur local, state, and national attention to push Congress for policy changes.
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Windsor
UPI
United Electrical Workers Union
U.S
Springfield
Vermont
Congress
Williamstown Youth Dies In Route 7 Car Crash
John Walker a 19 year old resident of Williamstown Mass died Saturday from injuries in a one car crash on Route 7. He died instantly of a broken neck while a passenger in a car driven by David Tatro 18 also of Williamstown Tatro suffered facial cuts and was listed in fair condition at North Adams Regional Hospital. Walker a 1970 Mt Greylock graduate had been a Job Corps student for Northern Berkshire Action Agency Survivors include six sisters and two brothers Funeral services were held Monday at Burbank Memorial Chapel Williams town Burial was in Eastlawn Cemetery The police report stated Tatros convertible flew 470 feet off the highway flipped several times ejecting seven occupants and tearing off the top.
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John Walker
Williamstown
Mass
Rufus
Elizabeth (Brookman) Walker
Ronald Brookman
Bennington
David Tatro
Tatro
North Adams, Mass
Mt. Greylock Regional High School
Walker
Job Corps
Northern Berkshire Action Agency
North Adams
Elaine
Nancy Walker
Elizabeth Brooks
Ruth Fortin
Mary Cramer
Louise Bronson
New Hampshire
Charles
William Walker
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Stanley J. Fielder
Princeton
N.J
St. Joseph
John G.stergious
Zenith
Kenneth A. Beauchemin
Main ST
Vt. Yankee
East Main Street
Edward M. Cassidy
Albert F. Teer
Danby
College
Bennington Briefs
Red Brick School
Kathleen Evans
Ladies of Sacred Heart Parish
Mt. Anthony
Order
Eastern Star
Grand
Charles W. Keir
State University of New York
Albany
Mark
Therena Crow
Beech Street
James E. Shoemaker
Lee C. Shoemaker
Norton St
Barry L. Bodine
Charles H. Bodine
Crescent Boulevard
U.S. Naval Academy
Annapolis
North Bennington Rd
Kenneth Morse
Whitingham
Lawrence McCoy
Dawn Baldwin
North Hoosick
David W. Hewitt Jr
Petersburg
Cecelia Powers
Lyman van Nostrand
UEW Locals
Mahar & Son Funeral
Sacred Heart Church
Wilson
Peg
Alem
Macaroni
Fairdale Farms
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