Bennington Area Bombarded by Violent Thunderstorm
A powerful late Saturday storm lashed Bennington and surrounding towns with lightning and heavy rain. Damage included a large maple limb at Shirkshire Restaurant. power outages affected Pownal and surrounding areas. The Bennington Monument vanished briefly behind rain and TV reception failed for hours.
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Shirkshire
East Main Street
Union Street
U.S
Paul W. Bohne
Bennington
Oakerwood Golf Club
Pownal
Jack Lowre
Vermont Public Service Corp
Power Company
Pownal Tanning Co
Mount Anthony
Paul Clark
Better TV Inc
Albany
Troy
Schenectady
Battle Seen At YGOP Convention in Nebraska
The biennial national Young Republicans convention opens in Aha Nebraska with expected clashes between conservatives and moderate liberals. Conservatives hold the edge as Paul Bohne III of Bennington attends as newly elected president of the VT UGOP. The event mirrors the Goldwater era tone of a few years ago and may spark intra party battles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aha
Neb
UPI
Young Republicans
Paul Bohne III
Bennington
UGOP
San Francisco
Peace A Requiem High Mass and Vermont funeral notices
In Arlington and East Arlington, funeral services were held for Mrs. Helen Irene Costello and William Webb with Monsignor Francis B. Flanagan officiating and burials at local cemeteries. A Masonic service followed at the home of Mrs. Douglas Montgomery and Miss Edith Grout. A Vermont state board meeting covered academy waivers and school approvals as part of ongoing education policy, including Lyman Hunt High, Peacham Academy, and Cabot High School.
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St. Francis de Sales
Helen Irene Costello
Joseph A. Costello
Francis B. Flanagan
George Cummings
Patrick Cummings
Armand Desautel
Stanley Pekalski
Msgr
Flanagan
Hanson - Walbridge Funeral Home
Old Bennington
Arlington
William Webb
East Arlington
Mr. Greenwold
South Carolina
Raynolds
BBS
Carleton G. Howe
Manchester
Vermont
Howe
Cornell University
MIT
Lyman
Area Woman Injured In Accident In Vermont Travel Incident
Three automobile accidents were reported by the Vermont State Police over the weekend. Mrs. Hans Mathisen, 42, of Shaftsbury, sustained minor injuries when her husband’s foreign car left a dirt road near Paulin's Garage and crashed into a tree. She was treated at Putnam Memorial Hospital and released. The wreck occurred about 10 p.m. Saturday.
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Vermont
Paulin
Hans Mathisen
Twitchell Hill Road
Shaftsbury
Mathisen
Putnam Memorial Hospital
New York State
Woodford
Clarence Henderson
West Sand Lake
Steven P. Cummings
Carpenter Hill
East Road
Cummings
Hospital Notes North Bennington June 1967 Admissions Discharges Births
Hospital notes list admissions and discharges across Bennington area from June 16 18 1967. Names include John Elliott Marilyn Peckham Shirley Surdam Clifford Adams Harry Russell Rita Trembley Margaret Crawford and more. Births report daughters for families in Bennington Hoosick Falls North Bennington and Norfolk Virginia.
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John B. Elliott
Marilyn Peckham
Shirley L. Surdam
Hoosick Falls
Caroline Brown
Clifford L. Adams
Bennington
Harry Russell
Eagle Bridge
N.Y
Coney E. Vail
North Bennington
Rita J. Trembley
Laura Bump
Margaret Crawford
Gerald Cummings
Margaret O’malley
John Elliott
Joan King
Manchester Depot
Clifford Adams
Robert Smith
Jeanie Gallant
Adelaide Lane
Julia Sonderman
Stock Averages Dow Jones Report Noon June 19 1967
Dow Jones Bache and Co reports at noon on June 19 1967 the stock averages with 30 Industrials at 883.67 up 1.33, 20 Railroads at 256.24 up .23, 15 Utilities at 131.13 up .52, composite at 320.91 down .53 and total volume 3,820,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dow-Jones—Bache & Co
Albany
Waite-Jordan Engagement Announced in Saratoga Springs
Mr and Mrs Joseph Waite of 105 Branch St announce the engagement of their daughter Linda Durward Waite to Richard H Jordan son of Mr and Mrs Llewellyn Jordan of 335 Dewey St The couple are connected to Bennington High School University of Bridgeport Coward High School West Hartford and McGregory Country Club in Saratoga No wedding date set yet.
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Joseph Waite
Branch St
Linda Durward Waite
Richard H. Jordan
P.O
Saratoga
N.Y
Llewellyn Jordan
Dewey St
Waite
Bennington High School
University of Bridgeport
Bennington Catholic High School
McGregory Country Club
Soviet peace hopes fade in middle east clashes nyet veto
Kosygin faces slim odds to ease conflict as Soviet stance in UN debates hardens. In the Security Council Nikolai Fedorenko demanded Israel withdraw from occupied Arab lands while denouncing Israel as aggressor, and Anrei Gromyko pressed for a General Assembly emergency session to back a move toward ending aggression.
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U.N
Middle East
Nyet
Nikolai T. Fedorenko
Security Council
Israel
Andrei A. Gromyko
Russia
General Assembly
Assembly
Obituary: NYT Columnist Oscar Godbout Jr. Dies at 40
Oscar Arthur Godbout Jr. of Bennington and Teaneck died after a heart attack at Holy Name Hospital. A NYT outdoors columnist since 1950, he led the Wood Field and Stream column from 1961, reported hunting and conservation, and served in the Navy 1943 46. Born Sept 22 1926 in Bennington he is survived by two daughters his parents a sister and many relatives. His funeral will be in Scottsville NY Bennington connections noted throughout.
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Teaneck
N.J
Oscar Godbout Jr
Bennington
New York Times
Holy Name Hospital
Oscar
Margaret (Galipo) Godbout
Scottsville
N.Y
Dartmouth St
Raymond Clifford
Washington Avenue
Rochester
U.S. Navy
Oscar Arthur Godbout Jr
the Times
Godbout
Biscayne Bay
Miami
Hollywood
New York
Wood, Field and Stream
John W. Randolph
Scotland
Ireland
Utah
Wyoming
Joanne Obermaier
Andrea
Michele
Robert Whyte Jr
Elaine Godbout
WOTM Notes Highlight Officer Installation at Moose Hall
The Women of the Moose plan an officer installation at Moose Hall Wednesday at 7 30 p m with retiring senior regent Josie Baczek serving refreshments. The gathering also signals summer meetings, with July and August dates to be announced by incoming senior regent Doris Sweet, then two meetings per month from September. Dues for 1968 must be paid for the year. The senior regent thanks co workers who donated salads for the class enrollment buffet.
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Doris Sweet
Hope Chapter
Moose
Bennington Briefs Highlights from local meetings and notices
The American Legion Auxiliary plans its regular meeting Tuesday at 8 p.m. at Mrs. Adelard Roy’s home to nominate delegates for the State Convention. Bennington Fire Department engineers and foremen will meet tonight at 8 at the Eagle Hose rooms. The United Counseling Service trustees meet Wednesday at 8 p.m. in UCS conference room. Mrs. Edward F. Horst has departed for a rehabilitation center in Schenectady, N.Y. for further treatment. Richard B. Diamond architect’s office will close June 19–23 for vacation. reopen June 26. Dr. W.S. Hall attends a cardiology seminar June 21–24. office closed. Astronomical note by Harlow Shapely describes globular clusters and open clusters around a distant center in Sagittarius. a globular cluster may contain up to 100,000 stars.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Adelard Roy
Silver St
The
United Counseling Service
UCS
Edward F. Horst
Sycamore Lane
Shaftsbury
Crescent Manor
Schenectady
N. Y
Richard B. Diamond
Scorpius
Harlow
Sagittarius
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Niagara Mohawk Power Corp
Mt. Anthony Country Club
R. Green
Commonwealth Ave
Boston
Mass
John Daley
Vermont Camping Assn
Trumbull Hill
Michael Povsner
Hamilton
Moscow
Washington
Johnson
Vietnam
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
Jerold Crawford
Woodford Road
Levi Perham
Crawford
Mideast
United States
United Nations
George M. Fienberg
Bennington District Court
Richard A. Towne
Schuylerville
Robert C. Ryan
Fienberg
John E. McLaughlin
Spruce Drive
YMCA
Ymca Swimming Pool Committee
Willie May Hoyt
Putnam Hose Auxiliary
River Street
Bernice Connelly
Viola Knapp
Christine St. John
Carolyn Cone
Marge Griffin
Jeats Tone
Douglas Mattison
Wendy Green
George D. Jones
Berlin
Hazel Harrington
Agnes M
Sarah Bryant
James Harrington
Veronica Coonradt
Caroline Rock
Ann Hodgin
Claude Burroughs
Amos Heap
Bernard Leamy
Robert Godfrey
County St
William Brown
Union St
Harold Peckham
R.D
General Hospital
Norfolk
David Ellis
Richard Trombley
Virginia Beach
Trombley
Joan Winslow
Ellis Winslow
Crescent Boulevard
Charles E. Dewey
West Main St
Bennington, VT
Mobil Heat
Depot ST
Dial
Linda D. Waite
Jordan
N.Y. Times
Paul Wagner
Bakersfield
Wagner
Leon E. Wagner
Oscar Godbout
WOTM
Bennington Briefs
Bennington Fire Department
Eagle Hose Rooms
W.S. Hall
Leta
AL Sotroy Donahue IN
Harte Harte Theatre
John
Tale Vu Y
World-Journal Tribune
Sweden
Motion Pictures
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