VFW Elects Thorley As Vermont Commander
James T. Thorley of St Johnsbury was elected and installed as commander of the VFW Department of Vermont at a three day state convention closing at the state armory. Other officers and district commanders were named with Jerald Blodgett and Gerald Morey among key appointments. National officers attended the banquet with about 200 present at Paradise Restaurant.
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VFW
James Thorley
St. Johnsbury
Vermont Department
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Harry W. White
Montpelier
Center
Philip R. Gowen
Hyde Park
Buckler
James T. Thorley
Department of Vermont
State Armory
Joseph A. Provost
Burlington
Richard H. White
Wendell Roy
George W. Halliday
James Wells
Swanton
William Ross
Fairlee
Jerald R. Blodgett
Lisbon
N.H
Gerald Morey
James W. Myers
Winooski
Arnold Murray
Bellows Falls
E. Frederick Woodruff
White River Junction
Gen
Alexander Smith
Richard Wood
Rutland
Vincent T. Morin
Ira Coutermarsh
Lawrence Pierce
Barre
Buddy Poppy
Melvin Willis
Newport
Francis Reed
Bud Ross
George Willette
Glen Pelow
Voice of Democracy
Robert Leithead
Post
St. Johsbury
Ways
Means
Charles Brown
Joseph J. Lombardo
Brooklyn
N.Y
Paradise Restaurant
Daley E. Whipple
Fitzwilliam
Whipple
James B. Gibney
U.S
Winston L. Prouty
Ralph A. Foote
Sylvio Cassano
Hardening East West Nuclear Talks Amid Kremlin Strains
Review of Geneva negotiations shows Khrushchev offering limited on site inspections while Moscow faces internal pressure over Cuba and farm woes. Western optimism dims as Soviet leaders warn against Western penetration and press for greater rocket military buildup.
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Russia
Khrushchev
Kennedy
Moscow
Geneva
U.S
Kremlin
Peking
Krem
Lin
Washington
Cuba
NATO
West Germany
Lions Elect Whitingham Man District Governor
Fairlee Vermont Whitingham Jacksonville Lions Club member Chester A Page was elected district governor of the Lions of Vermont at a three day convention at Bonnie Oakes Lake Morey. Page will attend the International convention in Florida June 16 and has a long history with perfect attendance since WWII.
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Florida
Nice
France
Burrington Hill
Whitingham
Page
Mt. Snow
Court rules agency shop unlawful in Florida case
Florida's Supreme Court held an agency shop agreement illegal where non union workers refused to pay union fees. The dispute involved Local 1625 of the AFL-CIO Retail Clerks and Food Fair stores in Miami, and is tied to continuing labor relations in Indiana as well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Page 1 Corp
Indiana
Florida
Afl-Cio
Food Fair, Inc
Miami
Supreme Court
Four Way Race Set For School Posts
A four way contest for two seats on the Bennington Graded School District Board of Trustees emerged after candidacy filings. Anthony Pello joins incumbents J Goodall Hutton and Ronald R Knapp and Marie Bergquist in seeking the two three year terms. Absentee ballots will be available from District Clerk Robert Hayes Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Anthony Pello
Spring St
Pello
J. Goodall Hutton
Elm St
Ronald R. Knapp
Burgess Rd
Marie Bergquist
Plea St
Atty
John. H. Williams II
Main St
John P. Morrissey
Union St
Robert Hayes
Michael J. Hogan Jr
Julia K. Nash
Richard Long
John E. Malone
Donald Cone
Hayes
Bennington Briefs Highlights Local Events and Meetings
Local notices list members meeting at the BPO Elks Home at 7 pm then to Mahar and Son Funeral Home at 7:30 to pay respects to Elk Harold A Blodgett. Prizes awarded for Carnegie class speeches to Nicholas Carbonaro Harold Kramer and Betty LaBonte. Reunions and alumnae events at Wells College noted with attendees from 36 states and abroad. The CD A plans its last meeting until fall with officer elections and refreshments. Dr Browning will be away June 6 to 8. office resumes June 10.
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BPO Elks
Mahar & Son Funeral
Harold A. Blodgett
Dale Carnegie
Nicholas Carbonaro
Harold Kramer
Betty LaBonte
L. Elsa Loeber
Mt. Anthony Road
Old Bennington
Edna T. Wright
Manchester Depot
Wellesley College
Wellesley
CD of A
Five Injured In Two Crashes In Vermont Weekend
Five people were injured in two crashes in Vermont over the weekend. Gary Norton 17 of Pawlet and passengers Richard Mattison 17 and Michael Monroe 13 were hurt when their car went off Vermont 30 in Pawlet. A Bennington collision injured Mrs Emily Joseph and Mrs Margaret Mahanna. Other minor crashes damaged vehicles at Bennington Garage entrance and Depot Street involving Gordon Waite and Arthur Tremblay.
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Pawlet
Dorset
Vermont
Gary H. Norton
Richard Mattison
Michael Monroe
Jefferson Avenue
Weeks Street
Bennington Village
Emily Joseph
Bradford St
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Margaret Mahanna
Fairview Nursing Home
Joseph
LeRoy Nichols
Danbury
Conn
Raymond Gallant Jr
Gallant
Bennington Garage
Gordon Waite
Branch St
Depot Street
Arthur Tremblay
County St
Martin J. Sinclair
Jefferson Ave
Bennington men receive jail terms for speeding and breach of peace
Municipal Court sentenced William J. Bartlett 20 of 1059 Main St to three months in the House of Correction with 30 days to serve in jail and probation after pleading guilty to driving to endanger life and property and related offenses. Richard Caron 24 of Bennington drew 8 to 12 months after pleading guilty to breach of peace for disorderly conduct and assault on Officer Mattison during arrest.
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William J. Bartlett
Main St
House of Correction
Bartlett
Bennington County
George M. Fienberg
Atty. R. Marshall Witten
Bennington Village
Main Street
Witten
Burgess Road
Gore Road
Richard Caron
Bennington
Fienberg
Caron
Wallace Mattison
Bennington Town Manager Bill Faces Senate Scrutiny
The Senate Municipal Corporations Committee questions a bill to allow Bennington to adopt a three year town manager system and elect certain officers for three year terms rather than one year. Senator Eugene V. Clark notes committee doubts on special exceptions to general township law while Town Counsel Norton Barber testifies. Current statutes require yearly adoption and removal. supporters say three year terms offer stability to attract a competent manager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate Municipal Corporations Committee
Bennington
Eugene V. Clark
Clark
Norton Barber
Obituaries Services Held in Dorset For Dr. M P Gaffney
Dr Matthew Page Gaffney 71 died suddenly at his Dorset home. He was a noted educator and former University of Tucsoon professor of education. Funeral held at Dorset Congregational Church with cremation at Earl Crematorium Troy N Y. He taught in Chicago area and at New Trier High School Winnetka Ill. He leaves wife two sons and a sister and brother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorset
M.P. Gaffney
Matthew Page Gaffney
University of
Dorset Congregational Church
Earl Crematorium
Troy
N.Y
Sodus
Matthew Gaffney
Roger Ascham
White Plains
Williamson, N.Y
Gaffney
New Trier Township
Winnetka, Ill
Harvard Graduate School of
Harold A. Blodgett
Fairview Terrace
IOOF
Putnam Memorial Hospital
First Baptist Church
H. Glenn Payne
Park Lawn Cemetery
Mr. Blodgett
Randolph
Jesse
Abbie (Avery) Blodgett
Northfield High School
New England Institute of Embalming
Boston
Walbridge Co
Mahar & Son Funeral Home
Odd Fellows Lodge
Cambridge
Alice L. Carpenter
Charles Carpenter
Mary McClellan
Salem
St. Luke’s Place
Lincoln
Margaret Masterson Lathrop
James A. Lathrop
Noble Hospital
Westfield
Mass
John
Margaret Masterson
Blandford
Milo Lathrop
Nyack
John Lathrop
James E. Lathrop
Bennington
John M, Masterson
Lincol
United Church
Robert Bishop
Maple Cemetery
Roy E. Larsen
James Bryant Conant
Conant
Colgate University
Columbia University
Colgate
Yale
Northwestern
Princeton
Chicago
Laura (Clarke) Gaffney
Matthew Page Gaffney, Jr
Merrill Mason Gaffney
Francis H. Gaffney
Rochester
Thomas R. Gaffney
Webster, N.Y
Louis Kennon
Charles A. Kennon
Julia Whalen
Amsterdam
South St
William
Schenectady
Martin
Maude K.) Scott
Edwin Coffin
Grandview Street
Walter Knights
South Street
Roy Hamilton
Owen Brittell
Bette Kennon
Hanson-Walshbridge
Old Bennington
Wallace Plans House Floor Push On Civil Rights Legislation
The article notes Wallace intends to address the House individually to urge GOP civil rights bills. A U.S. marshal finally served Alabama Governor Wallace with a court summons for today’s hearing after he avoided service for a week. He said he would proceed with his planned actions and dismissed arrest as part of a dramatic stand against centralized government.
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U.S
Alabama
Wallace
New York
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Mallory
Ruby Flanders
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Josephine
Outer Marsh
Arlene McDermott
Concord
Thorley
Lions
Whitingham Man
High Court
Bennington Briefs
Olof Bard
East Meadow
L.I
Town
W. H. Browning
Bill
Dow-Jones—Bache & Co
Albany
Bennett's
Madkour
Merton F. Ingram
Stamford
Merton Frank Ingram
Donald F. Shea
Charles Radel
Albert Jangrow
Richard Davis
Marshall Witten
Hanson-Walbridge
Herbert Ingram
Worcester
George Pratt
Ingram
Marlboro
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