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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1964
Page
12
Marian Cummings Jr. and Lee C. Shoemaker vie for a one year Mt. Anthony Union School Board seat in Bennington Village. Both present candidacy statements ahead of the district meeting to elect the successor of John H. Williams II.
Bennington voters head to the polls at Bennington Elementary School from 2 30 p m to 8 30 p m to elect two village school board members and one Mt Anthony Union High School Board representative. Four vie for the village seats and two for the union post left vacant by John Williams II. Incumbent Ivor Pelsue stands for re election alongside Marie Bergquist Kenneth Fleming and James Shea. Union candidates are Marian Cummings and Lee Shoemaker. A separate ballot item seeks 4750 for school plant improvements.
In a reminiscence of veterans aged 65 to 70, a Rutland salesman and others recall the First World War while a local district meeting outlines a 1964 budget. Incumbents run unopposed as taxpayers set the tax rate at 7.16 and approve expenditures of 748 231 dollars, with salaries for treasurer and officers to be fixed.
A 21-year-old North Dakota medical student, Theodore Harwood Jr., suffered severe facial fractures after veering off VT 112, striking a maple tree and entangling in barb wire near Halifax. He was hospitalized in fair condition with chest and stomach contusions after transfer to Albany Medical Center. His cousin Roger Hayes rode with him. Harwood planned to start work with the New England Forestry Foundation.
Reginald H. White, 69, of Clarksburg Massachusetts, drove left onto Vermont Route 108 in front of the Heartwellville Lodge and collided with an oncoming car. Two unidentified women in the other car were taken to North Adams Hospital.
Justin A. C. Curtiss of Newport Vermont was elected department commander of Vermont for the Veterans of World War I at the group's fifth annual convention in Bennington. He succeeds Harold Dean of Bennington as 79 delegates from 15 barracks cast votes and more than 100 attended the dinner with dignitaries including Rep. Robert Stafford and others.
Bennington notes a Fairdale Farms team practice at 5 30 tonight on the Minor League Field. Mr and Mrs John T Care mody of Union Street are hospitalized after an auto crash near North Clare ndon while returning from Rutland with backs injuries expected to keep them for days. King s Shoe Service plans a vacation from July 4 to July 9 with reopening July 10. Dr Donald Shea office to close 3 pm July 1 1964 and Dr James Shea office closed July 1 12 with normal hours resuming July 13.
A Vietnamese unit aboard a new fiberglass boat along a South Viet Nam canal is fired upon by Viet Cong snipers. The crew attempts to maneuver but is stopped as the attackers slip away behind a tree line.
Admission and discharge notes list patients by town including Mrs. Bessie L Woodlock and Mrs. Alice Cook among admissions and Mrs. Mildred Harrington and Mrs. Clara Elliott among discharges. A second item reports Rep Robert Stafford addressing 95 veterans on Viet Nam needs for trained advisors and equipment suitability, plus outlook on WWI pensions and congressional adjournment.
Montpelier Motor Vehicle Commissioner Robert C. Schwartz used his power of instant suspensions to revoke driving privileges from nine motorists this weekend for failure to comply with state laws.
Municipal Court Judge George M. Fienberg handled one case this morning. Lawrence F. Pettibone, 28, of Litchfield Connecticut, pleaded guilty to driving with a suspended Vermont license in Bennington on June 21 and was fined 50 dollars. Pettibone claimed a valid Connecticut license and was told he missed penalties for driving with a suspended license in this state. The judge noted the fine was half the usual penalty.
Roy Earl Cook 58 formerly of Lebanon New Hampshire died Saturday at Putnam Memorial Hospital after two weeks as a patient. He was born February 21 1906 son of Fred B and Mabel Cook and worked as a woodsman in New Hampshire and Vermont. Survivors include his wife Ethera Snelling two sons Kenneth of Miami Florida Roy Cleo of Bennington two daughters Mrs Charles Lacey of Marathon Shores Florida and Judith Ann of Bennington two grandsons in Florida a brother Leon H Cook of Whitingham and a sister Mrs Marion E Mattison of Bennington. Funeral at Hanson Walbridge Funeral Home at the family’s convenience with Rev Melvin R McGaughey officiating.
Clarence N Morse 79 a longtime rural mail carrier from the Bennington Post Office died after a brief illness at Putnam Memorial Hospital He retired in 1954 after 50 years delivering mail in rural routes and on foot He belonged to the Rural Mail Carriers Association and the First Methodist Church Surviving family includes wife Lena Stover three sons two daughters twenty grandchildren and a brother Funeral arrangements are set with Hanson Walbridge Funeral Home.
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