North Village Priest A Silver Jubilee for Father Miller
North Bennington Rev. Walter F. Miller pastor of St. John the Baptist Church celebrated his Silver Jubilee with a Sunday reception and buffet at Bennington Catholic High School. Hundreds attended as parishioners and guests honored him with a program in the school gym featuring students, soloists, and gifts from the altar boys. The Rt. Rev. Patrick Brennan and Miller’s sister Hazel Miller attended, alongside many out of town guests and former parishioners.
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North Bennington
Walter F. Miller
St. John the Baptist Church
Bennington Catholic High School
George E. Shea
Shaftsbury
Father Miller
Patrick C. Brennan
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Burlington
St. John the Baptist Catholic Church
Bill Hurley
Louise Harris
Shirley Flood
Betty Riley
Edma A. Riley
Lawrence F. Powers
Donald Dailey
George Shea
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Longtime Bennington resident Martin Keough dies at 68
Martin Leo Keough longtime area resident and founder of Keough Bros Manufacturing died Sunday at Putnam Memorial Hospital at 68. He helped start the furniture firm in 1947 with brother Patrick, later moving to George E Shea Wood Products. He served in WWI and supported Little League. Survived by widow Mary, two children, four grandchildren, two sisters and a brother. funeral set at Mahar & Son with Requiem High Mass at St John the Baptist Church.
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North Bennington
Martin Leo Keough
Keough Bros. Manufacturing Company
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Arlington
Edward and
Mary
Christopher) Keough
A.S. Payne Co
Patrick J. Keough
Keough
Mary Powers
St. John the Baptist Church
Thomas J. Burke
Mechanic Street
Mr. Keough
Robert E. Keough
Edward
Frances)Nash
Woodbury
N.J
Margaret Duplis
Ella Molloy
Lawrenceville
Mahar & Son Funeral
Holden
Mass
Loretta E. (Cardinal) Murphy
Bernard Murphy
Bennington
Pittsfield
Gregory, Young III
St. Joseph Church
Holy Stanley League of Charity
Francis J, Murphy
Richard J, Malumphy
Marvin Andrea
East Nassau
N.Y
Young
Euphemic
St. Joseph’s Cemetery
Bennington Community Notices Highlight Meetings and Fire
Bennington brief items report Fairdale Farms nightly practice at 5 30 at Minor League field. Village Board of Water Commissioners meeting cancelled. United Counseling Service public relations committee holds June meeting at Willow Road offices. Fire department responded to a home blaze on Division Street Sunday night, started in a kitchen refuse container. Reminder to license dogs by June 15 and rabies certificates required. Eblem Club officers and members to meet Wednesday at 8 p.m. at Elks Barn. Pfc Norbert J. Marcoux participated in Operation Pine Tree off Southern California May 20 20 with Ninth Marine Expeditionary Brigade. Mare’s and King’s Shoe Service to close Mondays starting June 15.
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Committee On Public Relations
The
United Counseling Service
Willow Road
Bennington
Joseph L. Mercier
Division Street
Emblem Club
Elks Barn
Norbert J. Marcoux
Philips A. Marcoux
School St
California
Ninth Marine Expeditionary Brigade
Bennington Woman Fined for Breach of Peace in Court
In a special arraignment in Municipal Court Saturday afternoon, Ruth R. Antonio 21 of Bennington was fined 33 106 after pleading guilty to a breach of peace charge. The state alleges she disrupted the peace Saturday by disorderly act and language.
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Ruth R. Antonio
Bennington
Union Essay Contest Winners Announced
Winners of the unionism essay contest in Vermont were announced by Bennington County Central Labor Council president Kenneth E. Clayton. First prize goes to Ann Brissette of BCHS, second to Kenneth Clayton, and third to Patricia Bennett of Burr and Burton Seminary.
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Vermont
Bennington County Central Labor Council
Kenneth E. Clayton
Arlington
Ann Brissette
Albert L. Brissette
Carpenter Hill Road
Bennington Catholic High School
Kenneth Clayton
Young Clayton
Arlington Memorial High School
Burr and Burton Seminary
Manchester
Patricia Bennett
Walter J. Bennett
Manchester Center
Linda Landon
Merrill A. Landon
Hicks Corners
BCHS
Putnam Hotel
Bennington County
Sister Mary Christine
St. Joseph’s College
Philip P. Savory
Banner
Wallace P. Scott
Bennington College
Ralph Williams
Vermont Labor Council
John J. Daley
Rutland
Priest Speaks Tonight at 8 About Red China
The Rev. Mark Tennien Maryknoll priest imprisoned by Red China speaks at 8 tonight at Bennington Elementary School. Sponsored by Green Mountain Patriots the speaker discusses his 1940s 1950s prison experiences his writings Chung King Listening Post and No Secret Is Safe and his current work in Kuwana Japan where he has built a church convent and kindergarten and seeks funds for an elementary school.
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Mark Tennien
Maryknoll
Bennington
Green Mountain Patriots
Father Tennien
Pittsford
Rutland
Chung King Listening Post
China
Tennien
Kuwana
Japan
Bennington Leaders Push Growth and New Facilities
At a Bennington commencement St. Joseph College leaders urged growth through expansion of facilities and services. Speaker Hicks urged overcoming negative attitudes, noting efforts to extend the water system to a new industrial site on Vermont 67A to attract industry and sustain growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hicks
St. Joseph College
Bennington
Vermont 67A
Be an Individual Behn i 64 Baccalaureate Service
A Bennington High School baccalaureate service opened graduation week with seniors in caps and gowns at Bennington Elementary. Rev Frederick B Wolf urged students to be individuals with roots, relationships, and identity within history and nation. Harmonettes sang Ave Verum Corpus and the benediction followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Bennington High School
Charles S. Chandler
Bennington Church of Christ
Harmonettes
Benhi
Mozart
Frederick B. Wolf
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
Mr. Wolf
Wolf
Pine Cobble School honors three graduates in Williamsotwn
Barber Jonathan Lyman and Buckley David Gifford were valedictorian and salutatorian of a three student Pine Cobble School class in Williamstown Massachusetts. Miss Christopher English also graduated with diplomas presented by Mrs. Copeland.
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Barber, Buckley
Pine Cobble
Williamstown
Mass
Jonathan Lyman Barber
Daevid Gifford Buckley
Bennington
Pine Cobble School
Christopher English
Young Barber
Atty
Norton Barber
Frederick C. Copeland
H. W. Oliver Jr
Phillips Exeter Academy
Exeter
N.H
T. Garry Buckley
Darrow School
New Lebanon
N.Y
Jennifer Olaranna Viereck
Philip Viereck
Shaftsbury
Sir Winston Churchill
Copeland
Douglas G. Burgoyne
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Caplin Urges Bridging Religious Gaps at St Michael's
Mortimer M. Caplin told St Michael's College graduates that the ecumenical movement started by Pope John XXIII offers hope for world brotherhood and racial understanding. He urged students to choose sides, make decisions, and strengthen democracy as Bishop Walter W. Curtis noted space exploration mirrors advances in Catholic teaching and theology while warning questions are not answers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winooski
UPI
Internal Revenue
Mortimer M. Caplin
Pope John XXIII
Pope John
Caplin
St. Michael’s College
Bridgeport
Conn
Curtis
Stock Averages Show Mixed Day With Small Gains
Industrial average rises slightly to 806.07, up .04. Railroads gain 0.17 to 202.67 and utilities up 0.66 to 140.64. Composite average stands at 285.99, up .31 as sales reach 1,600,000.
Pownal Board Names for Inspection Appointments
Governor appoints 13 member inspection board including Selectmen Coleman Mason and Arthur E. George Town Clerk Mrs Rachel Mason Justices Marcel Langlais Eben Lillie Burton Peckham Harold Hicks Mrs Florence Towslee Town Agent David Adler Mrs Rolland Roy Henry Brown and others to conduct the inspection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coleman Mason
Arthur E. George
Rachel Mason
Marcel A. Langlais
Eben Lillie
Burton Peckham
Harold P. Hicks
Florence Towslee
David Adler
Rolland Roy
Henry Brown
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Mary Powell
George Young
Daniel Scarey
Laurence F. Powers
Murray McGuire
Daniel Fager
William Flood
Brad
Miss Harris
William Hurley
Mrs
Lucile M. Townsend
William H. Wills Insurance Agency
Lyndonville
George
Merry C. Townsend
Hardwick
Wills Agency
Miss Townsend
American Legion Auxi
Liary
Bennington Girls Club
Vermont Association of Insurance Women
Second Congregational Church
Hanson-Walbridge Funeral
Elmwood
Barre
Vermont Cancer Society
Funeral Home Office
Bennington Briefs
Fairdale Farms
Village Board of Water Commissioners
King’s Shoe Service
Marera’s Shoe Service
ADV
Earl Streeter
Wilmington
Jennie Pello
Franklyn Churchill
John Scarey
Randall DeCoigne
Howard Lohnes Jr
Ruby Gates
Bessie Woodward
Margaret Sirois
Gerald Campbell
Mary Clemons
Jean Cole
Mary Dougherty
Hoosick Falls
Elizabeth LaBonte
Leland Burdick Jr
Michelle Suredam
Leo Surdam
Perley Carruth
Whitingham
Roger Keyes Jr
Londonderry
Mindy Robson
Iva Squiers
Mabel James
Phyllis Burmham
Marion O. Bushee
Richard Wright
North Pownal
Judith Ann Fox
Kenneth Dufresne
R.D. 2
Seth B. King Jr
Ellen Harrington
Alberta Burgess
Kathy Harrington
Joseph Duluca
Winifred Thompson
Ernest C. Gratz
Heather Burke
Dorset
Virginia Berard
Pauline Dunn
Irene Stevenson
Ida Odell
Genevieve Bell
Csster
James Harris
Shushan
William Reed Jr
East Arlington
Alan L. Knapp
Ms A Aly
le Eeed
North Noosick
New York
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Cornel Wilde
Gertrude Harrington
West Road
Joseph A. DeLuca
First National Supermarket
Bennington Flats
Euguen E. McMurrin
Port Jefferson Station
U.S. 7
First National Parking Lot
Wilson
McMurrin
Bennington Village
Red
St. Joseph
John F. Lonergan
Mary Christine
Glee Club
Easthope Martin
Mendelssohn
Cecelia Marie
Vincent Spinelli
CSC
Marilyn B
Andrews
Joyce
J. Atwood
Sandra J. Daniels
Jean D. Hahn
Suzanne T, Jones
Jill L. Morrison
Claremont, N.H
Maribarbara A, Dahl
Barbara A. Patterson
Pownal
Sandra J. Powell
Kathleen T. Robare
Maureen A. Simon
North Adams
Donna E. White
Ivan W. Atwood Jr
James E. Bevis
Vincent M. Cristaldi
Cambridge
David A. DiVergilio
Rita L. Hoffman
Edwin T. Maroney
Doris M. Perkins
Michael E. Powers
Alice M. Scott
Roger C. Slonski
Bloch
Benhs Chore Us
Melvin R. Mc Gaughey
St. Michael’s
Dow-Jones—Bache & Co
Albany
Kirk Douglas
Burt Lancaster
Dean Martin
Elizabeth Montgomery
Pink Panther
HARTE
Stuart Millar Ang
Lawrence Turman
Gore Vidal
Fonda Robertson Adams Ceighton Berman Tracy
Sothern
United Artists
Youngstown
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