Group studies 3 town union district move Arlington Sandgate Sunderland
A citizens study group in Arlington and Sunderland considers voter approval to form a three town union school district with Sandgate. Dr Rupert Spencer notes a K 12 union would best serve the district but talks have fluctuated with Arlington and Sunderland directors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlington
Sunderland
Sandgate
Rupert Spencer
State Dept. of Education
Spencer
Citizens’ Study Group
Manchester
Arlington High School
Little League
Man
Bester
Harry Hayden
North
Hayden
Woman Injured In East Road Mishap
Betty Jean Pechtel of 111 Valentine St. was reported in good condition at Putnam Memorial Hospital recovering from internal injuries after her car went off East Road in Shaftsbury at about 1 a.m. and hit a tree. The Bennnington Rescue Squad took her to the hospital. Frederick P. Torrisi, 19, received cuts on his upper lip when his car went off Airport Road on a curve and hit a bridge pole and a mailbox. He was treated and released. The Lamb vehicle sustained only slight damage while parked cars were damaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Jean Pechtel
Valentine St
Putnam Memorial Hospital
East Road
Shaftsbury
Bennington
Frederick P. Torrisi
Pinsonneaults Celebrate 40th Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Edward Pinsonneault Sr of 217 Park St marked forty years of marriage with a family dinner at the Vermont Steak House. They wed June 27 1927 at Sacred Heart Church and have resided at 217 Park St since 1930. Attendants were Laura LaFlamme Riley and Henry Pinsonneault. The couple have four sons Edward Jr Hector Raymond and Peter all of Bennington and 17 grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Pinsonneault Sr
Park St
Mrs. Pinsonneault
Pinsonneault
Bowmaker
Vermont
Alice LaFlamme
Mr. Pinsonneault
Sacred Heart Church
Fath
Er J. A. Campeau
Laura LaFlamme
Riley
Henry Pinsonneault
Pinsonneaults
Edward Jr
Hector
Raymond
Peter
Bennington
Missing light aircraft search continues over multiple states
A light Piper Cherokee carrying a newlywed couple vanished near Albany on Sunday. Ground and air crews from New York, Massachusetts, Vermont and Connecticut searched the East Mountains and Cheshire Lake area for 14 days, logging about 70 flight hours and 1,600 square miles as crews report nearly all leads exhausted and weather hindering sightings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Stevenson
Maryland
Melrose
N.Y
Albany
New York
East Mountains
Stephentown
North Petersburg
Babcock Lake
Stevenson
New Lebanon
Civil Air Patrol
Vermont
Massachusetts
William M. Kirby Jr
Cap
Kirby
Bennington
Brattleboro
New York State Line
Connecticut River
Massachusetts Turnpike
Chesire Lake
Adams
Mt. Greylock
Ashfield
Cummington
Mass
Pownal Center
Bennington Briefs Highlights Local Notices and Events
Bennington briefs report James Robert Keir named to the University of Maine Orono spring dean list among 1,258 honor students. Vermont safety official Tor G Marshall will teach safety at the YMCA Pool July 5. Local Selective Service to close June 30 to July 4. reopen July 5. Veterans of World War I Baracks 1955 meet tonight. No July meeting for the Bennington Red and Gun Club. Mrs Evelyn Dragon returns home after 10 days visiting relatives in New York and New Jersey. Sister Timothy, a retired nurse now in Spokane, visits Bennington area. Summer event listings requested for Greater Bennington Association weekly sheet. LeBlanc's Auto Wrecking closes Saturday, reopen July 5. ADV and VFW Post 1332 announce dance July 1 with George O'Brien and his Rhythmaires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Robert Keir
Bennington
University of Maine At
Evelyn Dragon
Dewey Street
New York State
New Jersey
East Meadow
N.Y
George Preuss
YMCA Board Recaps Plainville Trip And World Service Goal
At the Bennington Area YMCA board meeting Helen Thomas and Mrs Marie Condon reported on a Plainville Conn visit to view a new YMCA building and discuss women and girls programs. They aim to aid Y expansion while Elizabeth Thomas Loomis Dana joined the trip. A $350 World Service goal was set as youth activities drive the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington Area
YMCA
Helen Thomas
Marie Condon
Plainville
Conn
Elizabeth Thomas
Loomis Dana
Ymca World Service
Waldo Holden
New England
Herbert Leonard
Frank Oktavec
White House Praises Nancy Rallis Speech
A White House assistant to the President sent a fan letter to Nancy Rallis, valedictorian of Mt. Anthony Union High School, praising her commencement speech and backing democratic principles. The message, dated June 27, notes the President’s gratitude for youth support and urges continued care for democracy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D.C
White House
LBJ
Nancy Rallis
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Walker-Morgan
New High School
Nancy
Johnson
Miss Rallis
Whitney Shoemaker
UN Debates Jerusalem Stance and Voting Priority
The assembly discusses a compromise resolution amid pressure over Jerusalem. Non aligned powers push for a priority vote while Israel seeks immediate control of the entire city, intensifying urgency. Nearly all of the 59 addressing nations oppose permanent seizure of Arab lands by Israel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Israel
Jerusalem
Assembly
Irene M. Brown 87 Cambridge resident dies after long illness
CAMBRIDGE, N.Y. Irene M. Brown 87 a Shaftsbury native died Tuesday at Cowan Nursing Home Greenwich after a long illness. She had lived in Cambridge 24 years and previously in Greenwich. She was with her daughter Mrs Victor Maxwell. She was a Bottskill Baptist Church member. Funeral Saturday 2 p.m. at Charles A Ackley Funeral Home Cambridge with Revs Louis N Powell and Paul Bartholomew officiating. Interment Center White Creek Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
N.Y
Irene M. Brown
Shaftsbury
Cowan Nursing Home
Greenwich
Victor Maxwell
Bottskill Baptist Church
Charles A. Ackley
Louis N. Powell
Paul Bartholomew
Coila United Presbyterian Church
Coila
White Creek Cemetery
Vermont Emblem Clubs Gather At Bennington Meeting
Emblem Club 368 hosted the Vermont Association of Emblem Clubs quarterly meeting at the local Elks lodge. About 30 members and guests attended after a buffet lunch. President Mrs. Winona Sheridan led a workshop on Communications and Community Service before the business session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington Emblem Club
Vermont Association of Emblem Clubs
Elks Lodge
Vermont
Winona Sheridan
Montpelier
Hartford Emblem Club
Springfield Emblem Club
Emblem Clubs
U S Forces suffer heavy casualties in Vietnam conflict
Last week saw U S combat deaths double from the prior week to 80, with 1,258 wounded and 14 missing. Total U S casualties reached 11,323 dead and 68,341 injured, as two Paratrooper platoons were ambushed in a central highlands fight. Communists reported 1,905 killed. U S and allied forces suffered additional losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Central Highlands
U.S
South Vietnam
Market Averages Report Noon June 29 1967
Dow Jones industrials at 867.83 down 1.04. railroads 256.42 down .05. utilities 130.85 up .26. Composite average 317.89 down .13. Trading volume 4,590,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dow-Jones—Bache & Co
Albany
Red Cross Blood Donors Top Bennington Quota
Bennington area donors turned out in force for a Red Cross Bloodmobile visit. 141 pints were collected, surpassing the quota by 41 pints. Union Carbide led with 27 donors, Eagle Square followed with 22, and many youths earned parent permission slips, with several first time donors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Bennington
Union Carbide
Eagle Square
James King
Merton R. Snow
Lawrence Carpenter
Pauline Marshall
Eric Adler
Richard Fabricius
Dorothy Hager
Woodhull Hall
John Mook
Oakley Frost
Sally Adams
Joanne Anderson
Aretha Centerbar
Dorothy Crane
Janet Fabricius
Lavina Hayward
Virginia Lonergan
Alice Paquin
Natalie Wolfe
Notley DuHamel
L. Alden Graves
Franklin Jones
Richard Leake Jr
Ferdinand Mayer
Thomas Thomas
The
Motor Corps
Louis Levine
Loyal Nash
Theodore Goddard
Gray
Two Injured Near State Line in Car Collision
HOOSICK NY two persons were injured in a two car accident about 1 20 p m Wednesday near the New York Vermont line. Charles Lohnes 17 of Hoosick Falls driver suffered a bruise and Joseph Virgilio of New York City laceration and bruises. Both cars were eastbound with Lohnes turning left and Orme passing. Lohnes cited for signaling failure and Orme for failing to keep right.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosick
N.Y
New York - Vermont
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Bennington
Hoosick Falls
Charles Lohnes
Joseph P. Virgilio
New York City
Virgilio
Claude T. Orme
Newburg
Tpr
Gordon H. Gundrum
Brunswick
Lohnes
Orme
Hospital Notes June 28 1967 Admissions and Births
Hospital notes dated Wednesday June 28 1967 list admissions Gerald Morrissey Jean Nette Carroll Charles Le Tourneau William Puffer Harold Harrington Grace Brandi and others from Bennington Manchester Hoosick Falls Shaftsbury Cambridge Wilmington and Manchester Depot. Discharges include Anthony Lorenzo Augusta Kasten Paul Waine Helen Gardner Claude Burroughs and Karen LaFlamme with daughter born to Louis Betit and wife at 103 Francis St. Also notes Venus and Mars apparent planetary motion referencing Copernicus and Aristarchus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald E. Morrissey
Jeannette Carroll
Charles Letourneau
William W. Puffer
Bennington
Harold Harrington
Manchester
Grace Brandi
Hoosick Falls
Anthony Lorenzo
Augusta Kasten
Paul Waine
Helen M. Gardner
Claude Burroughs
Karen Ann ‘LaFlamme
Cambridge
Sandra Kohutich
Shaftsbury
Doris L. Bernard
Wilmington
Gussie Kamber
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Malcom C. Parent
Gage St
Nancy Lamb
Monument Ave
North Bennington
Donald and
Doris Fisher
Helen Barbeau
Main St
Lamb
Harte Theatre
Shaggy Dog
Walt Disneys
Walt Disney
Mohawk Valley Aviation
North Adams
Bennington Briefs
Tor. G. Marshall
Vermont State Police
Rutland
Local Board
Selective Service
VFW
North Street
Bennington Red and Gun Club
Bayonne
N.J
Dean Norris
Nancy Norris
Newburgh
Frank Dragon
Inlaw
Jon Draegon
Navy Reserve
U.S. Navy
Timothy
Providence
Deneige Bellemare
Spokane
Wash
Great Falls
Mont
Chicago
Greater Bennington Association
LeBlanc
ADV
George O’brien
Rhythmaires
Bennington Ee
National Society of Film Critics
Carlo Ponti
Vanessa Redgrave
Griffin
Profesor
UPI
Clay Richards
Richards
Whitey
Niagara Falls
John J. Collins
Mideast
Emblem Club
Vermont Association
Mara Lusis
Karlis Lusis
Middlebury College
Iwest Mountain Farm
Rt. 313
Ivor S
Tink) Pelsue
Rotary Club
New Hampshire
Joseph Burleigh
Franklin
N.H
Pelsue
Wallingford
Paul P. Harris
Rotary
Harris
Bennington Club
James G. Cassel
Wallingford Club
Willard Goyette
Buckler
State Line
Frank Cummings
Gladys Leslie
Robert Stout
Arthur Richard
Steven Jesseman
George Atwood
Lottie Brash
Arthur Dewey
Amy Howard
Noami LaPorte
William Peat
George Plumb
Benjamin Vail
Leon Wagner
Robert Willard Sr
Robert Willard Jr
Fred Beecher
Thomas Coe
Leo Brimmer
Raymond Polley
Leonard White
Eugene Clark
Richard Leake
Boy Scouts
Kim Clark
Kevin Murphy
George Kerbs
Peter Graves
Brian Pierce
Louis Betit
Francis St
Venus
Mars
Nicolaus Copernicus
Aristarchus
Porterhouse
Safford & Gage
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