Ginsberg Aims to Sell Remaining New York Trackage
Rutland Railway president William S. Ginsberg says about 93 miles of New York track could be sold within 40 days to the Ogdensburg Bridge and Port Authority for roughly 1.5 million dollars. The line halted after a 1961 strike. Vermont and New York efforts have restored freight service on segments, with 26 miles sold to the Ogdensburg Authority already.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rutland
UPI
Rutland Railway Corp
New York
Ogdensburg
N.Y
Burlington
Bennington
Vermont Railway Corp
Bellows Falls
Ludlow
Vermont
Green Mountain Railway Corp
Ogdensburg Authority
Bennington postal worker Twink Toomey retires after 41 years
After sorting his last letters at 9 30 a m Toomey ends nearly 41 years with the Bennington Post Office. Postmaster Pekalski presents commendations from Postmaster General Gronouski and Toomey’s family attends the farewell ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas P
Twink) Toomey
Bennington
Toomey
Stanley J. Pekalski
John A. Gronouski
Philip Vance
Toomeys
Robert
Pekalski
Buckler
Perfect Attendance Why They're Never Late
Benhi reports 20 students in grades 9 to 12 with no absences or tardies this year. Girls lead boys 11 to 9 in perfect attendance. Seniors Linda Patterson and Linda Rogers have long records of never missing. Jim Moore and Betty Bostwick ride to school. Barbara Buck likely the closest junior to the campus on Union Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benhi
Linda Patterson
Linda Rogers
Jim Moore
Betty Bostwick
Jim
Betty
Barbara Buck
Barb
Union Street
Beech Street
Susan Hegel
Ruth Gavin
Eus Gene Damon
Jack Griffis
Cleve Roya
George Squires
Bendi
Pam Zyne
Ladie Ann Graves
Ginny Kemmerer
Nancy Humphrey
Davis Cup Inaugurates International Tennis History 1900
In New York upi reports the Davis Cup, the world’s premier men’s team event, began in 1900. The piece surveys local youths and families notes perfect attendance themes as students describe simple routines and morning wakeups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
UPI
Funerals Held For Blanche Carver In Hoosick Falls
Funeral services for Blanche L Carver observed her 80th birthday May 25 with rites at Robson Funeral Home Hoosick Falls. She died Tuesday at Putnam Memorial Hospital Bennington after a short illness with Rev. Thomas Chestnutt officiating and prayers at Park Lawn Cemetery Bennington. Bearers were James Bradley James Carver Ernest Gibeault Robert Gardinier Leo Kellogg and David Carver Jr. Out of town relatives attended from Bennington Rutland Albany Kingston Minerva Boston and Greenwich. The Hoosick Falls American Legion Auxiliary paid last respects and attended in a group. The auxiliary had honored her on her birthday the prior week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Blanche L. Career
Robson Funeral Home
Carver
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Bennington
Thomas Chestnutt
United Church Presbyterian
Park Lawn Cemetery
James Bradley
Troy
James Carver
Boston
Ernest Gibeault
Buteland
Robert Gardinier
Kingston
Leo Kellogg
Albany
David Carver Jr
Minerva
Rutland
Drive Launched For Montpelier Medical Center
More than 300 central Vermont leaders began a $1 million subscription drive for a proposed Barre Montpelier Medical Center in Montpelier. The 175 bed hospital would replace Barre City Hospital, serve about 45 000 people in Washington and Orange Counties, and cost roughly $3.5 million with $1.35 million from federal grants and $1.15 million from on hand funds or borrowing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montpelier
UPI
Vermont
Barre- Montpelier Medical Center
Washington County
Orange County
Barre City Hospital
North Bennington Student To Graduate from Middlebury
Stuart D. Campbell of North Bennington is among 29 Vermont graduates to receive bachelor of arts degrees from Middlebury College at the commencement. The ceremony will feature remarks by Francis Keppel and address by Dr. Whitney J. Oates, with ROTC second lieutenants to be commissioned and a baccalaureate sermon by Dr. Armstrong. Other Vermonters listed include Pauline Frizzell Brattleboro and H Stetson Fletcher III Rutland among the graduates.
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Middlebury
Stuart D. Campbell
J. Duncan Campbell
North Beneington
Ski Patrol
Delta Upsilon Fraternity
Pauline A. Frizzell
Brattleboro
Russell Gladieux
Zenith R. Burnett
Jacksonville
Bruce Allbee
Newfane
Anne E. Pierce
Springfield
H. Stetson Fletcher III
Rutland
Jeffrey L. Pelton
West Rupert
Charles D. Johnson
Proctor
Judith K. Williams
Edward Sommers
C. Richard Hawley
Miles T. Bryant
Lee Calligaro
Ann C. Twitchell
Lynne K. Webster
Burlington
Christopher Burden
Charlotte
Robert A. Skiff
Jeffersonville
Kenneth A. Moore
East Peacham
Diana B. Sargent
Deborah S. Gillette
Gerard C. Foster
Thomas F. Koch
Barre
Newton B. Baker
Waterbury
Charles C. Whitney Jr
Proctor Hall
Armstrong
Mead Chapel
Bennington youth sentenced after guilty probation violation
Robert T. Clark 18 of 738 Main St Bennington was sentenced to 6 to 12 months in the Windsor House of Correction after pleading guilty in Municipal Court to probation violation. State’s Atty R Marshall Witten said he failed to report to his probation officer, left the state, and drank alcoholic beverages. Earlier Feb 17 he was convicted of three fraud by check charges and four forgery counts.
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Bennington
House of Correction
Windsor
Atty
R. Marshall Witten
Robert T. Clark
Main St
Clark
Clifford Harwood
Manchester
John P. Morrissey
Cpl
Nickerson
Kurek
Procetor
Morrissey
Fienberg
Donald Badger
Manchester Depot
Witten
Badger
Vermont
Dorset
Margaret Lillie
James R. Casey
Dewey St
John C. Kornitzer
Scott St
Casey
Kornitzer
U.S
Domenic Bertoli
Housatonic
Mass
Youth gets suspended terms in forgery and fraud cases
Municipal Court Judge George M. Fienberg ordered suspended sentences of one to three years on forgery counts and four to six months on fraud counts with probation, to run concurrently. The youth was reminded to behave and learn from the experience.
Alleged Murderer Identified In Sardine Dispute
In Peabody Massachusetts James Courtney 66 of Dover New Hampshire was identified by fingerprints as the man found dead in woodland. Joseph Long 51, held without bail on a murder charge, allegedly admitted fighting with Courtney after the victim ate the entire sardine supply.
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Peabody
Mass
API
James Courtney
Dover
N.H
Courtney
Brookline
Joseph Long
Long
Fort Kent
Maine
Hartford, Conn
Bennington Rescue Squad reports $1200 in drive funds
Co chairmen Pierre LeTourneau and William Baker say about 30 coin cards with 20 quarters each have been returned, plus $1000 from an anonymous donor. About 5,000 cards mailed to families in Bennington Shaftsbury and Woodford aim for return by October, with some drop offs at Tri Mont Texaco on South Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierre LeTourneau
William Baker
Bennington
Shaftsbury
Woodford
Tri-Mont
Bennington Briefs Network of church events and cadet news
Various local items note a church chicken barbecue June 9 in Hoosick Falls with proceeds funding Baptist camp programs. Edward Trainor, son of Bennington residents, heads NROTC training with Navy and Marines in Texas and California. Choir rehearsals are shifted to a Saturday picnic if weather allows. Pittsfield hosts a June 13 ASQC family picnic at GE grounds. A Kelley family trip from Tacoma covers 3314 miles with visits in Detroit and Spokane concluding in Washington. Iron Kettle advertises roast sirloin $1.95 and scallops with chowder $1.40.
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Men’s Fellowship Council
First Baptist Church of
Edward
Ty) L. Trainor
Edward O. Trainor
Gage St
Iowa State University Nrotc
Navy
Marines Corps
Naval Air Training Command
Corpus Christi
Texas
Naval Amphibious Base
Coronado
Calif
Young Trainor
Bennington High School
E. Jack Kelley
Tacoma
Wash
Donna
Kelley
Lorraine Fehily
Bennington
Art critic to speak on Morris Louis at Bennington College
Art critic Michael Fried will lecture at Bennington College on Morris Louis in Barn 1 at 8 pm. The wide ranging talk will include slides and is open to the public. Fried is known for American Arts contributions and New York Letter in Art International.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Bennington
Michael Fried
Bennington College
Morris Louis
Fried
American Arts
New York
Art International
Barn 1
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Lynne
Roy Jordan
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Ginny
Pam
Everett Maxim
Everett
American Legion Auxiliary
Mrs
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Greenwich
West Pawlet
Mary McClellan
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Merriman
Fred Badger
Cambridge
Kenneth Tracy
William Adams
White Creek
Clarence Durkee
Windale
Garrett Funeral Home
Roger W. Seacord
Church of the Open Bible
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Blanche L. Carver
RT. 7 North
Montpelier Medical Center
Poultney
Sandra L. Hazen
Chester Depot
Perry O. Hanson III
Ripton
Liane M. Bicknell
Jane E. Myers
Memorial Field House
Klaus H. Wolff
Henry B. Prickett
Heidi S. Winkler
Whitingham
Richard S. Ide
Pittsford
Scott Sharkey
Hoosick
George W. Keyes Jr
Londonderry
Mabel James
R.D
Alta Callahan
Ida Odell
William G. Luke
Mary Brundige
George D. Matteson
Alberta R. Harrington
Manchester Center
Charles Letourneau
Louis Knapp
Star Route
Antoinette Derosi
William Berard
Burgess Road
William Congdon
Oakes S&t
George M. Fienberg
Frank T. Kurek
George Nickerson
U.S. 7
Cadillac
Bennington Briefs
Stickles Garden
Pittsfield
American Society For Quality Control
General Electric Athletic Association
Crane Avenue
G. A. Baines
Oak Hill Road
Aurus
New England
Washington
Washington Senators
Cleveland Indians
Dow Jones—Bache & Co
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Tawrence OF
Arabia
Technicolor
Peter O'Toole
Alec Guinness
Walt Disney
Frankie Avalon
Annette Funicello
Marie Windsor
Harte Theatre
Agton, VI
Troy Donahue
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