Flag Day Rites Highlight Patriotism and Elks Honors
Maj. Scanlon warned against beatniks and dangerous isms urging Americans to remain patriotic and love their country. Exalted Ruler Louis Bellemare led a ceremony honoring the flag with Elks and local scouts receiving flags and scholarships. Susan Bingham and Hallie Sausville won top youth awards, with other prizes and performances by Mrs. Arthur Simmons and Miss Louise Harris.
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White House
Vermont
Maj. Scanlon
America
Saratoga
Scanlon
Louis Bellemare
Elks
Dominick Yarnal
John Ahearn
Charles Boyle
Clifton Loomis
Albert Jones
Donald Greenslet
Bellemare
Memorial
Stark Street
Yarnal
Susan Bingham
Burr and Burton Seminary
Manchester
Hallie Sausville
Bennington Catholic High School
Barry Griffith
BCHS
James Betts
Bennington High School
Lausville
Griffith
Marie Bergquist
Bendi
Arthur Simmons
Louise Harris
Columbia
Two Suspicious Fires Break Out Over Weekend
Two small blazes in Bennington Village over the weekend were deemed suspicious. A shed behind The Banner building on Union Street burned out, likely started intentionally, while a former Bennington railroad depot on Depot Street, now housing the Vermont State Liquor Store, caught fire with authorities suggesting youths may have started it. Fire Chief Richard Hollister reported the losses were minor but noted official notification to the state fire marshal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington Village
Banner
Union Street
Richard Hollister
Bennington
Depot Street
Vermont State Liquor Store
Hollister
Local Births and Hospital Notes Detailing Bennington Area Admisions
The June 11 and 12 hospital notes list admissions and discharges across Bennington and nearby towns including North Bennington and Hoosick Falls. Notable entries include a Camden New Jersey birth at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital. A son John William Kirchgas sner joined Mr and Mrs William R Kirchgas sner of Oaklyn New Jersey, with Eleanor Griswold of An
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan Wood
Shaftsbury
Diane Thompson
Mona ®Erson
Anita Morse
Bennington
Blanche Robinson
Wilmington
Danny Williiams
Hoosick Falls
Polygraphic Lane
North Bennington
Robert Ploff
Arlington
James Walker Jr
R.D. 1
Pownal Center
Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital
Camden
N.J
John William
William R. Kirchgassner
Oaklyn
Kirchgassner
Eleanore Griswold
Harold A. Griswold
Annandale
Nancy
D. Ed. Moore II
Lorenzo F. Moore
Marion Charest Honored by VFW in Bennington
Mrs Mar ion Charest a veteran and historian for the Bennington VFW received a first prize for the best history and press book at the three day Department VFW convention in Brattleboro It marks Bennington first grand honors at the event Attending were Mrs Wilma Costa president of the Bennington unit and Mrs Margaret Knights assistant conductress for the Department of 1965
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brattleboro
Marion Charest
Bennington
Wilma Costa
Margaret Knights
Bennington High School Class of 1965 Baccalaureate
Rev H Glenn Payne speaks to 105 graduates at Bennington High School Baccalaureate in the gym. The service featured invocations and benedictions from Catholic and Jewish leaders, with Harmonettes and Douglas Watkin performing. Payne urged graduates to face life’s open road with courage, citing Gandhi, John XXIII and Dag Hammarskjold. Commencement set for Tuesday in the gym.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benhi
Rev
Payne
America
Bennington High School
H. Glenn Payne
First Baptist Church
Thaddeus Swertz
C.S.C
Bennington Catholic High School
Meyer Minkowich
Temple Beth el
Douglas Watkin
Lord Most
Franck
John Riddle
Mr. Payne
Tury
Mahatma Gandhi
John XXIII
United Nations
Dag Hammarskjold
Funeral services for Elmer Harland Johnson's daughter in Bennington
Private family services were held for Mrs. Elmer Harland Johnson at Hall Farm Bennington. The Rev. Frederick B. Wolf and Rev. Donald A. Webster officiated and gave committal prayers at Old Bennington Cemetery. Bennington Museum, longtime trustee and benefactor to the museum, closed at noon to honor her memory.
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North Bennington
Elmer Harland Johnson
Vermont
John Griffith McCullough
Hall Farm
Frederick B. Wolf
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
Donald A. Webster
McCullough
Old Bennington
Bennington Museum
New Trustee Named To Middlebury Board
Adrian C. Leiby of Bergenfield New Jersey is named to a five year term on the Middlebury College Board of Trustees. George Yeomans of Rochester New York is selected national president of the Associated Alumni of Middlebury.
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Middlebury
Adrian C. Leiby
Bergenfield
N.J
Middlebury College Board of Trustees
Associated Alumni of
George Yeomans
Rochester
N.Y
Molly Stark School 8th Graders Graduate at Final Assembly
Principal W Philip Walker awarded certificates to 57 eighth graders at Molly Stark School during the final assembly Friday morning. Among the named students receiving certificates are Mary Anderson, Laurie Baldwin, Stephen Bennett, Eileen Bishop, Joseph Bishop, Harold Bleau, Margaret Burgess, Mark Burgess, Patricia Carbonaro, Robert Carey, Robert Caron, Janet Carpenter, Bonnie Cooper, Michael Carey, Marjorie Dawson, Linda DeForge, Patricia Durant, Arelene Gallett, David Galusha, Linda Gardner, and Tracy.
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W. Philip Walker
Molly Stark School
Mary Anderson
Laurie Baldwin
Stephen Bennett
Eileen Bishop
Joseph Bishop
Harold Bleau
Margaret Burgess
Mark Burgess
Patricia Carbonaro
Robert Carey
Robert Caron
Janet Carpenter
Bonnie Cooper
Michael Carey
Marjorie Dawson
Linda DeForge
Patricia Durant
Arelene Gallett
David Galusha
Linda Gardner
Tracy
Fishermen Missing After Lake Champlain Search Abandoned
State police near South Hero Vermont halted dragging on Lake Champlain for Hormidas Audette 51 of Winooki and Arcade Guerin 58 of New York City after two days of searches by police boats a Coast Guard cutter volunteers motorboats and National Guard planes.
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South Hero
UPD
Lake Champlain
Richard Curtis
State Police Marine Division
Hormidas Audette
Winooski
Arcade Guerin
New York City
Coast Guard
National Guard
National Guard and Civil Defense
Pleasant Street Repair Planned Between School and Park
Pleasant Street will be closed from School to Park while the highway crew installs a new sub base curbs and gutters The work starts Tuesday and is expected to last at least a week if weather cooperates The project is announced by Arthur Toge Theberge village street superintendent Bennington
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Arthur
Toge) Theberge
Bennington Village
Pleasant Street
Park
Theberge
Obituary notices for Bartholomew and Boutin families
Committal services for Deborah Bartholomew 12, Rochester, Minn., will be Thursday at 9:30 am in Whitehall N Y. Rev. John Bailey to lead prayers. She is survived by parents Lloyd G Bartholomew and spouse, siblings Suzanne Lynn, Lloyd Jr, Douglas, and extended relatives. Also memorials to Poultney Trinity Church. William Joseph Boutin 65 of Gypsy Lane died Saturday at Putnam Memorial Hospital after 38 years with Fillmore and Far dale Farms. Survived by wife Donalda, four daughters, five brothers, three sisters, and many relatives. Funeral Tuesday at Sacred Heart Church with Rosary tonight. burial at Park Lawn Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suzanne
Lynn’ Bartholomew
Lloyd Jr
Douglas
Rochester
Emerson Bartholomew
Whitehall
Frank C. Thrall
Rutland
John Graham
Hanover
N.H
Emerson Bartholomew Jr
Poultney Trinity Episcopal Church Memorial Fund
William Joseph Boutin
Gypsy Lane
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Boutin
Fillmore
Fairdale Farms
Napoleon
Eugenie
Marcoux) Boutin
Jacksonville
Bennington
Donalda (Bergeron) Boutin
Helen Boutin
Rita Boutin
Loriana Abrams
Margaret Martin
Sacred Heart Church
Hanson-Walbridge Funeral Home
Park Lawn Cemetery
Stock Averages at Noon by Sector and Composite
The Stock Averages at noon show the Industrials at 880.00 down 1.70, Railroads at 196.51 up 0.71, Utilities at 154.75 up 0.42, and the Composite average at 303.31 down 0.10. Totals indicate 2,010,000 shares traded.
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Bennington Lodge of Elks
Bernard
Corky) Flynn
Corky Flynn
Constance LaBeau
Emblem Club
Elks Building Fund
Buckler
Girl Scout Troop 26
Sacred Heart Parish
Marden Roy
Raymond Betit
Linda Cranston
Elizabeth Betit
Darlene Berard
Donna Boutin
Mary Humphreys
Mary Roy
Roy Scout Troop 55
David Hollister
David Pratt
Steve Brookman
Thomas Crowe Sr
Alan Hollister
Thomas Crowe Jr
Stevenson
U.N
Williams
John E. Sawyer
Robert Lowell Jr
Henry R. Luce
Allen W. Dulles
Central Intelligence Agency
Alfred Gardner
Massachusetts Crime Commission
Clarke Williams
Brook Haven Laboratory
William C. Fowle
Mercersburg Academy
Rayford W. Logan
Howard University
Robert Lowell
Johnson
Viet Nam
Joann Perry
Belle Bowles
Martha Mears
Claudia Mattat
Gordon Hall
Richard Bird
East Dorset
Beverly Hammond
Edward Millington
Evelyn Peterson
Margaret Foster
Myrtha Brown
Mary Ann Howe
Arlene Rockwell
Wendy Chenaille
Ardita Chase
Amanda Sinclair
Marcel Lettre
Luella Stuart
Cheryl James
Monte L. Bushee
Fillmore Street
Thomas D. Bush
Manchester Dept
Carl Phillips
Harte Theatre
Columbia Pictures
Bresser
Turner
Cliff Hugh Robertson
O'Brian
Acapulco
James Boad
Goldfinger
Sanora Dee Roert Goulet
Any Williams
Sasa 13
Meroe Os
Wwe
Maurice Chevalier
Universal Picture
VFW
van Santvoord
Page
Henri Phillipe Petain
Ardennes Forest
Bronx
Woodford
Glastonbury
Vincent J. Spinelli
Hotchkiss School
Lakeville
Conn
M. J. Dailey
John C. Dailey
Spinelli
Karen Cuesari
Philip H. Hoff
Francis B. Flanagan
Joseph F. Wiseman
Elmer H. Johnson
Middlebury Board
Bennington Briefs
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 1332
VFW Rooms
Moose Lodge
The
Moose
Mt. Anthony
Order
Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Cora B. Whitney
CES
Montpelier
American Legion Auxiliary
American Legion
Legion
Ceil
ADV
LeBlanc
Gershaneck
Lawrence Gilmore
Stephen Goodrich
Nancy Gore
Linda Graves
Russell Graves
Francis Greene
Patricia Grimmett
Nicholas Harrington
Burt Harrington
Bart Howe
James Harwood
Jackie Lou Hurley
Noreen Johnson
Peter Keating
Deborah Knights
Dorothy LaFountain
Richard Maier
Dolores Milligan
Donald Morse
Thomas Oldham
Gloria Paligo
Deborah Percey
Thomas Prouty
Edwin Quist
James Reed
Gregory Russell
Michael Saliba
Richmond Thurber
Fay Tobin
Deborah Bartholomew
William J. Boutin
Dow Jones—Bache & Co
Albany
Javery
South
Ernest H. Javery
Alan H. Page
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