Bennington Pedal People Set for Midwest Bike Tour
Seventeen youths from Bennington depart with four adults for a 400 mile three week bike tour of the Great Lakes region. They will tour Cleveland area industries and museums including Ford and Kellogg plants, visit Greenfield Village, universities, zoos and parks, and travel by car ferry and train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Great Lakes
Cleveland
Ohio
Ford
Kellogg Cereal
O’hare
Great Lakes Naval Museum
Cuyahoga River
Greenfield Village
Detroit
University of Michigan
Notre Dame
Brookfield Zoo
Museum of Science and Industry
Aquarium
Natural Science Museum
Chicago
Battle Creek
Mich
Indiana Dunes State Park
Gary
Lake Erie
Debby Blanchard
Sandra Cook
Ann Cummings
Laurie Haynes
Pam Hollister
Colleen Mollica
Marian Peirce
Chris Baker
Ben Barret
Paul
Village Unification Vote Tied to Tax Peace and Identity
The village weighs unification with town to gain a tax cut while stabilizing village taxes. Trustees oppose, fearing loss of identity and reduced village influence. If approved, town must add three selectmen and consolidation dates begin Jan 1 1971. Zoning and fire department protections remain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Selectmen
Putnam
Swim Lessons Begin Tuesday At Town Y Pool
Swimming instruction classes for adults start Tuesday, June 30, at the Town Y Pool with sessions on Tuesday and Thursday evenings at 6 30. David Ordway, the pool director, teaches. Advance registration available at the pool or YMCA office. A minimum of five enrollees is required. No charge for the lessons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Town Y Pool
David Ordway
YMCA
Governors Davis Names Aides For Primary Campaign
Gov. Davis announced county chairmen for the upcoming primary and named area coordinators to liaison with headquarters in Montpelier. Coordinators Ivan Van Bree Doug Kelly and Ted Riehle bring prior 1968 campaign experience to oversee county organization and scheduling tours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montpelier
Davis
State St
Bennington Community Briefs Highlight Local Meetings and Notices
Bennington lodge of Elks holds Tuesday 8 p.m. meeting with officer initiation and 12:15 p.m. election voting. snacks after. Knights of Columbus council meets 7:30 p.m. Tuesday to elect officers for year starting July 1. Nursing association to hold a Saturday food sale at Central Vermont Public Service store from 10 a.m. Senior Citizens Club meeting canceled until further notice. Veterans of Foreign Wars post and auxiliary hold special joint meeting Tuesday 8 p.m. Red Cross Bloodmobile in Bennington Wednesday June 24 from 11:45 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at First Baptist Church Colgate Hall. donors urged. Transportation to polls available at 442-4520.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington Lodge of Elks
Bennington Council
Knights of Columbus
K of C
Practical Nursing Association
Central Vermont Public Service
Main Street
Red Cross
Bennington
First Baptist Church
Colgate Hall
Main St
District Court sentences varied at Bennington session
Judge John P. Morrissey fined a Pittsfield man 200 dollars for driving with a suspended license and careless driving, plus placed on probation until fines are paid. Bruce Wayne, 18, of Shaftsbury, was fined 50 dollars and given five days in jail for improper registration and defective equipment. Robert Johnson, 24, Bennington, pleaded guilty to breaking and entering. second count dropped. Michael Lyons, 16, Bennington, not guilty to careless driving. released to father. John O Donnell, 21, Cambridge, pleaded guilty to fraud two counts with a suspended sentence and 40 dollars restitution to Grand Union. Peter Lauzon, 24, Williamstown, fined 150 dollars for intoxicated operation. Eric Burgess, 19, Bennington, fined 20 dollars for unregistered vehicle with improper plates. Earl Melendy II, 27, South Londonderry, no contest to assault. pre sentence investigation ordered and released on own recognizance. Nathan Barrett, 42, New York City, guilty to lewdness. three days sentenced, earlier charge dropped.
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Bennington
John P. Morrissey
Pittsfield
Mass
Andrew J. Russell
Bruce Wayne
Shaftsbury
George M. Fienberg
State Correctional Institution
Wayne
Lewis Stanley
Fienberg
Robert Edward Johnson
County St
Neil S. Moss
Michael Davey Lyons
Gordon Lyons
Cambridge
John Eugene O’donnell
Grand Union Stores
Peter Gilbert Lauzon
Williamstown
Eric J. Burgess
Scott St
Thomas Haley
Earl R. Melendy II
South Londonderry
Morrissey
Melendy
Nathan N. Barret
New York City
Barrett
J.B. Harte
Contest shapes up for state secretary race
Rutland janitorial service operator Stuart St. Peter says he will announce his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for secretary of state. He will challenge John Edmands of Springfield for the party nod to oppose Republican incumbent Richard Thomas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rutland
UPS
Stuart St. Peter
St. Peter
John Edmands
Springfield
Richard Thomas
French Cooking to Be Explained in Brattleboro Demos
Brattleboro Mrs Ellen Cronan Rose Bennington Banner food columnist will present 10 Friday night demonstrations of French cooking and menu planning in her Brattleboro home starting July 3. She will prepare complete French meals for six, using seasonal local produce with discussions on food pairings course sequences recipes and beverages. For enrollment and menu consultation call Brattleboro 254 6981.
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Brattleboro
Ellen Cronan Rose
The
Bennington Banner
Rose
Cordon Bleu Cookery School
London
Boy Hit By Car In Cambridge Injures Back
A 10 year old Cambridge boy suffered a possible back injury after being struck by a car on West Main Street around 7 p.m. Sunday. Dennis H. Pratt, son of Mr and Mrs Harvey Pratt, was hit as he ran from the north curb into the vehicle driven by John F. Ryan of Bennington. He was hospitalized at Putnam Memorial in good condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge, N.Y
Putnam Memorial Hospital
West Main Street
Dennis H. Pratt
Harvey Pratt
Cambridge
John F. Ryan
Putnam St
Bennington
Ryan
Main Street
Hospital Notes June 19 1970 Admissions and Births
Admissions list for June 19 1970 includes Laurel Secoy East Arlington Verna Kayatta Manchester James Denenson Arlington with discharges and multiple names. Birth announcements note Alvin Shores Manchester a son Charles Robson Hoosick Falls a daughter Ronald Piper Box 8 Manchester a son Alain Benoit Dorset a daughter June 19 20 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laurel Secoy
East Arlington
Verna Kayatta
Manchester
James Denenson
Arlington
Terri-Ann Davis
Cornelia Ketcham
Emelina Boivin
Lois Eggsware
Tara Lynn Canuto
Bennington
Eleanor Baldwin
Hoosick Falls
Gerald Dean
Dorset
Alvin Shores
Charles Robson
R.D. 2
Ronald Piper
Box 8
Alain Benoit
Old School Board Final Session At Mt Anthony High
The Mt Anthony Union High School Board meets for the last time tonight at 7 30 p m at the high school. Three members Norman Stratton Mary Lou Cross and Franklin Frantz were unseated in the recent at large election and chairman William A Castle will leave after choosing not to run. The board will hear a report on the DUO projects for the past semester by coordinator Stephen Lynch. New members Raymond Murray William F D Smith James S Shea and Lawrence Harrington will take seats July 1.
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Mt. Anthony Union High School
Norman Stratton
Bennington
Mary Lou Cross
Shaftsbury
Franklin Frantz
Woodford
William A. Castle
Stephen Lynch
Raymond J. Murray
William F.D. Smith
James S. Shea
Lawrence E. Harrington
Fire damages apartment at Branch Street corner
Village Fire Chief Charles J. Sawyer reported an extensive blaze damaged the Burley apartment in a two family house at Branch Street and Bradford Place Sunday. Alarm sounded about 11 15 a m. Firemen searched about 15 minutes for two children believed inside but none were in the building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Burley
Branch Street
Bradford Place
Charles J. Sawyer
Sawyer
Jerry Berthold
Burley
Funeral Rites Held for Earl H Weeks Elk and Chef
The funeral for Earl H Weeks of 155 Ben Mont Ave a culinary expert and Elk longtime figure was held at St Francis de Sales Church after a Wednesday night death. Requiem High Mass was led by Rev Msgr Francis B Flanagan with Weeks grandson John Restino on the altar. Elks lodge officers Knights of Columbus council 307 and Green Mountain Race Track staff attended as mourners and participants. Interment followed at Park Lawn Cemetery with committal prayers by Msgr Flanagan. Relatives came from Glastonbury Conn North Hoosick N Y Portsmouth R I and Trenton N J.
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Earl H. Weeks
Ben Mont Ave
St. Francis de Sales
Francis B. Flanagan
Mr. Weeks
John Restino
Mahar & Son Funeral Home
Bennington Lodge of Elk
Albert Jones
John Ahearn
Richard Ralph
Walter Parmenter
Arthur Simmons
John H. Maloney
John B. Harte
Tracy Kenyon
Green Mountain Race Track
Weeks
Park Lawn Cemetery
Msgr
Flanagan
Glastonbury
Conn
North Hoosick
N.Y
Portsmouth
R.I
Trenton
N.J
Nora (Harris) Stanley
William C. Stanley
North Bennington
St. John the Baptist Church
Michael Demasi
Grandview Cemetery
Demasi
Shaftsbury
Fair Haven
Rutland
Stanley
Prospect Nursing Home
Obituaries from North Bennington and nearby towns
North Bennington Albert Couch 73 former Manchester resident dies after short illness at Putnam Memorial Hospital Bennington. Retired after 15 years at Bennington College. Survived by wife Flora Streeter three daughters and five sons, sister and brothers, many grandchildren. Funeral Sunday Brewster Manchester Center. Burial Factory Point Cemetery. Also in Massachusetts and Rutland obituaries for Irene Boyer 69 Williamstown Dr Rachel S Hinckley 56 Rutland and Royal E White 68 North Bennington woodworker at H T Cushman Mfg Co died. Funeral details given for each with churches and cemeteries named.
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North Bennington
Albert Couch
Manchester
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Bennington
Bennington College
Greenfield
Mass
Roswell
Lizzie (Brown) Couch
Flora Streeter
Mildred Couch
Eleanor Greenwood
Hoosick Falls
Jean Hackett
Schenectady
N.Y
Duncan Couch
East Dorset
Leonard Couch
Colchester
Brewster Funeral Home
Manchester Center
Joseph Huse
First Baptist Church
Factory Point Cemetery
Williamstown
Irene Boyer
Armand Boyer
North Hoosac Road
Sweet Brook
Sherington
Canada
Cyrill
Odille
Allain) Chenaille
Donald
Eileen) Boyer
Charles
Priscilla) Palmer
Pownal
William Boyer
North Adams
Rachel S. Hinckley Rutland
Rachel S. Hinckley
Rutland
Castleton State College
Harold Gibbs
Lakewood
N.J
West Rutland
Elmer and
Emily
Alin) Hinckley
Columbia University
New York City
CSC
Brooklyn College
Brooklyn
Aldous Funeral Home
Northam
Shrewsbury
Drug Board Accused of Serious Misconduct in Probe
Sen Stovan Christowe and Rep Benjamin Gould accuse the Vermont Pharmacy Board of serious misconduct as a two hearing probe into the drug industry yields findings. The panel plans to forward information to the attorney general and seeks to limit the board's powers. Christowe opposes a ruling banning price advertising as restraint of trade and aims to resume hearings through October.
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Burlington
UPI
Stovan Christowe
Rwindham County
Wcaxtv
Benjamin Gould
R-Vergennes
Christowe
Pharmacy Board
Gould
Bennington Cyclist Killed On College Road
Jerome D. Statin 37 of Bennington died after his 1969 Honda struck a tree on Bennington College Road just north of Ut. 67A at 11 35 p m He and passenger Gary Gore 23 were thrown from the bike Gore was treated and released Statin married Ellen Myers and worked for Holmes Trucking Co He was active in local unions and clubs A requiem Mass was held at St Francis de Sales Church Burial followed at Center Shaftsbury Cemetery Contributions may go to the Cancer Research Foundation of Putnam Memorial Hospital
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Bennington
Bennington College Road
Jerome D. Statin
Gage St
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Gary Gore
Gore
Jerome David Statin
Harry W. and
Genevieve (Flaro) Statin
St. Francis de Sales Academy
Bennington High School
Holmes Trucking Co
Ellen Myers
St. John the Baptist Church
North Bennington
Teamsters Union
Eagle Hose Company
Scott
Harry
Gary
Carolyn) Gore
Linda Statia
Darcy Statia
Wendy Statia
Genevieve Statia
James
Sheila) Hamilton
Shaftsbury
Shirley Allen
Pawlet
Gary Joseph Gore
St. Francis de Sales
Hanson- Walbridge Funeral Home
Center Shaftsbury Cemetery
Cancer Research Foundation
Funeral Home
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Thomas D. Steffen
Second Congregational Church
Midwest
Stafford Whittemore
Marian Cummings
Margaret Johnston
Ted
Lillian Beatty
William Haynes
Ronald Knapp
Windsor
Ambassador Bridge
Harry Brauser
Vonnegut
Vogue Magazine
Hammond
Ind
Vermont
Nancy Steffen
Albans
Ted Riehle
South Burlington
Addison
Thomas B. Cook
Shoreham
Paul Bohne III
Caledonia
Paul Sevigny
Danville
Chittenden
Clarke Gravel
Essex
Amos Colby
Lunenburg
Franklin
Robert Bliss
St. Albans
Grand Isle
Raymond Paquette
Albury
Lamoille
N. Dean Rowe
Johnson
Orange
Walter L. Kennedy
Chelsea
Orleans
Arthur Mooney
Newport
Joe Jones
Mendon
Washington
Dan Ruggles III
Windham
Leslie Snow
Frank Mahady
White River Junction
Lee Davis
Bennington Briefs
Mt. Anthony
Edward Rice
Pol.adv
Arthur P. Lemieux
POL. Adv
Senior Citizens Club
Senior Citizens Center
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1332
Auxiliary
Mary-Elizabeth Morales
Division St
St. Barnabas Hospital
Third Ave
Bronx
Francis J. Durand
Diane Weber
Eagle Bridge
Francis F. Dunbar
Jeffrey Gauthier
Mabel Shaw
Janet Snow and Son
Frederick Hoag
Samuel Reilly
Calverton
Doris Bernard
Wilmington
Jennie Fillmore
Catherine Palmeteer
Petersburg
Becker
Barbara Catherine Behan
Arthur W. Wood
Patricia Lindenberger
Marguerite Fetters
Alice Sausville
James R. Crowe
Old
Mrs
Nora Stanley
Albert D. Couch
Raphael's
Eastlawn
Royal E. White
Dewey St
H.T. Cushman Mfg. Co
Mr. White
Whalensburg
Henry O
Martha (Dodge) White
Middlebury
Bessie Kent
Mary Stearns
John
Mary) Benway
Plattsburgh
Hanson-Walbridge Funeral Home
Melvin R. McGaughey
First United Methodist Church
Drug Board
College Road
Campbell
Walker
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