Meyer Wins Equinox Hillclimb for Third Straight Year
Locust Valley NY racer Jack Meyer repeated at the Equinox Hillclimb in Manchester, clocking 4 minutes 9 seconds on the 5.2 mile course though missing the 1968 record. oil from a spun Brabham slowed others but caused no injuries. Vermont entrants and 15 car classes joined a crowd enjoying a low‑pressure, fun driven event sponsored by the NY region SCCA with racers from several Northeast states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Jack Meyer
Locust Valley
N.Y
Meyer
Bob French
Brabham
New York
Sports Car Club of America
Connecticut
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Vermont
Walter Lapham
Old Bennington
Peru
Bill Selvage
White River Junction
al Alden
Paul Choiniere
Mallets Bay
Selvage
Alden
Mt. Equinox
Limerock
Thompson
Bridgehampton
Knights of Columbus Plans Semiannual Meeting and Shrine Pilgrimage
K of C President Harry Hurley announces a 7 p.m. Tuesday semiannual Home Association meeting for Bennington Council 307 members with reports and officer elections. A July 5 Isle La Motte St. Anne's Shrine pilgrimage follows a family day picnic. Bishop Joyce will celebrate Mass at 11:15 a.m. with incoming state officers to be installed. Local council elected officers for the year starting July 1 led by Grand Knight Charles Holden, naming Harry Short as grand knight and a slate including Edward Haddad, Frederick Parker, Armand Parnaude, Edward Pinsonneault Sr., George Coutu, David Brookman, and trustees J. Russell Carpenter and Leonard Anzivino.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Hurley
K of C Home Association
Bennington Council
K of C
The
Home Association
St. Anne’s Shrine
Isle la Motte
Lake Champlain
Robert F. Joyce
Knights of Columbus
Charles Holden
Harry Short
Edward A. Haddad
Frederick Parker
Armand Parnaude
Edward Pinsonneault Sr
George Coutu
David Brookman
J. Russell Carpenter
Leonard Anzivino
Supreme Court Ruling on Sisson Conviction Appeal
The court held that the Wyzanski ruling in Sisson’s case effectively issued an acquittal, which cannot be appealed, after he was ordered to render combat service in Vietnam and a new arrest of judgment was granted pending appeal procedures.
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Sisson
Vietnam
Harlan
Wyzanski
Installation of Women of the Moose Officers
At the last Women of the Moose meeting officers were installed including Vera Jones as senior regent and Shirley Wilkins as junior regent. Installing officers were past governor Jack Bahan and Robert Peabody with Nancy Livingston assisting. Wilkins thanked co-workers, gifts were given to Wilkins and Burgess, attendance prize to Eleanor Rice, and a lunch followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women of the Moose
Vera Jones
Shirley Wilkins
Eva Gerity
Clara Noble
Bessie Hall
Ina Damon
Jean Lausville
Nellie Galipeau
Fannie Bahan
Argus
Mary Buzzell
Sentinel
Jack Bahan
Robert Bahan
Robert Peabody
Nancy Livingston
Turf skiing at Bromley gains popularity and plans
Enthusiasts at Bromley embrace turf skiing with optimism as many try the new sport and believe it could become a year round activity. A Bromley shop pamphlet outlines basic techniques while Kenny Smith may instruct and national championships are planned for August featuring Canadian and American competitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bromley
Rogers
Kenny Smith
Manchester Soldier Listed Among Viet Prisoners
Hervie Studdie Stockman, a Manchester resident and summer visitor, is named among 335 prisoners of war held by North Vietnam in a Defense Department list published by the New York Times. Lt Col Harry Heath cited Geneva Convention rules in withholding background details, and Stockman’s wife Catherine, said to be living in Manchester for the summer, could not be reached for comment. Heath noted no further information would be released to prevent reprisals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Hervie Studdie Stockman
North Vietnam
Stockman
Defense Department
New York Times
Harry Heath
Catherine
Heath
Shaftsbury Men Fined for Deer Spotlighting
Two Shaftsbury men, Perle Webb and Warren Greene, were fined $100 each after a jury found them guilty of locating deer with artificial light in Rupert on Nov 7, 1969. Judge Morrissey and state Fish and Game Warden William LaCount led the Bennington District Court session, with multiple other local defendants receiving varied penalties for motor vehicle and alcohol offenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shaftsbury
John P. Morrissey
Bennington
Perle William Webb
Warren Charles Greene
William LaCount
Manchester
Webb
Robert E. Cummings Jr
Greene
J.B. Harte
Rupert
Morrissey
Denver W. Coulter
Schuylerville
N.Y
State House of Correction
Windsor
Coulter
Harte
Paul A. Grover
Camp Y Woods Launches Full Activity Program
Camp Y Woods began a busy season with a full roster of campers, staff, and activities. Campers have joined in all regular offerings with archery highlighted under Peter Howe’s direction as the range was prepared by counselors before opening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Y” Woods
Peter Howe
Playground Charter Patrol Parade in Bennington
The annual Patriots Parade by Bennington playgrounds takes place Thursday at 10 a.m. Forming at 9:45 a.m. in the Oneida lot, the parade travels via Main, Putnam Square, North and Gage to Memorial Park for judging of costumes and bike decorations. Awards, sodas, and playground Bucks will follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Oneida
Main
Putnam Square
Gage
Memorial Park
Search Continues For Drowned Boy In Lake Bomoseen
The seventh day of the search for Lew Kedroff Jr., 13, of Springfield, missing after falling from a motorboat in Lake Bomoseen, yielded no results. Fifteen craft and three divers scoured the area while state police consider hidden currents may have carried the body away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castleton
UPI
Lew Kedroff Jr
Springfield
Lake Bomoseen
Lew Kedroff
Lake Paran dedication and smorgasbord planned next Sunday
Lake Paran Bennington event to raise funds for mortgage payoff includes a 3 p.m. dedication and a 4 p.m. smorgasbord with tickets at 1 dollar for adults and 50 cents for children under 10. Local residents Mrs A Richard Edson and Mr Edson’s family visit, while 1940 Bennington High School reunion plans urged by July 2. VFW meeting set for Tuesday at 8 p.m. Life insurance ads urge cash value thinking. Pittsburgh Paint sale ongoing with store closures for June 27 and 29 and reopening July 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Paran
North Bennington
At the Movies Listings of Local Arts
At the Harte Theatre screens The Madwoman of Chaillot with Katherine Hepburn in a noted stage role while MASH, billed as a funny anti war film, plays at Williamstown Cinema with Anne of a Thousand Days shown at 7 and 9 p m Richard Burton plays Henry VIII. The Manchester Cinema Theatre schedules an 8 p m showtime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chaillot
Katherine Hepburn
Harte Theatre
Williamstown
Anne of
Richard Burton
King Henry
Manchester
Hospital Notes and Birth Announcements June 28 1970
Admissions list includes Irene Couch Christine Stone Bruce Legacy Jody Lauzon Lee Hart Jay Carpenter Sherry Robinson and daughter Robert Wilkinson Christine Robson and daughter Arthur Wood Dorothy Ryan Carol Lynch Leon Jones Peter sburg Alice Boesse David Ricker Jr Lee Hammond Mary Keegan and son surrounding Hoosick Falls Arlington Bennington New City North Peters burg and New York Births report Paul Bogue Gene Gaiotti Richard Speanburg Adelbert Capen and Robert Svitak with twin daughters born June 28 in Manchester Valley Falls and nearby towns.
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Bruce E. Legacy
Jody M. Lauzon
Lee Hart
Jay Carpenter
Sherry Robinson
Bennington
Robert Wilkinson
Arlington
Christine Robson
Hoosick Falls
Arthur Wood
Dorothy Ryan
Shaftsburg
Carol Lynch
New City
N.Y
Leon Jones
Petersburg
Alice Boesse
North Petersburg
David Ricker Jr
Lee Hammond
Mary Keegan
Bierwirth
Timothy Ruggles
Samuel Restino
Patricia Hebert
Richard Sargent
Pownal
Lillian Legacy
Hoosick
Tonia Boyd
Whitingham
Eva Peters
North Bennington
James Nowak
Manchester
George Hofman
Christine Stone
Melanie Main
Celine Hoffman
Carol Hoard
Manchester Center
Carol Kristiansen
East Dorset
Noreen Shores
Virginia Roberts
Manchester Depot
Paul Bogue
Gene Gaiotti
Willard Street
Richard Speanburg
Main Street
Valley Falls
Adelbert Capen
State Employees Vote Dues Rise in Vermont
Vermont State Employees Association representing 4000 workers approved a dues increase from 30 to 50 cents weekly to fund staff and office expansion and boost the annual budget to over 103000 dollars. Garnet Harvey, executive director, said expansion meets growing union needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montpelier
UPI
Vermont
Garnet Harvey
WSEA
Liberty Union discussions with Green Mountain group in Vermont
Liberals visiting Brattleboro area include Green Mountain Union members Steven Kaplan Morrisseau Stoltzfus and Richard A. Clark as Liberty Union organizers plan strategy meetings. They seek to end the Vietnam War and reshape national priorities focusing on Vermont welfare housing abortion law reform and the Vernon Vermont Yankee plant. The group aims to recruit by reviving the 1968 McCarthy mailing list and to hire a statistical analyst to pressure the legislature for new laws and raises. White River Junction UPI Two rock musicians face arraignment in Vermont District Court on drug charges after being arrested in Chester. John Maxfield and Andrew Reymond members of The Berth were jailed at Woodstock Correctional Center pending arraignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green Mountain Union
Brattleboro
Steven Kaplan
Richmond
Office of Economic Opportunity
Morrisseau
Allen G. Stoltzfus
Burlington
St. Michael’s College
Richard A. Clark
Chittenden
New Party
Liberty Union
Prioities
Vermont
Vermont Committee
U.S
Eugene McCarthy
D-Minn
White River Junction
UPI
John Maxfield
Wilmington
Andrew Reymond
Hinsdale
Ill
Chester
Woodstock
Two Arrested In Drug Raid On King Street Apt
Two college students Mark Emmett Brundage a UVM student and Nicholas Carl Santo a Johnson State College student were arrested during a drug raid Friday on their King Street apartment in Burlington They face $1000 bail and pleas entered later in Vermont District Court Judge Edward J Costello kept the cases open for pleas The warrants allege unlawful possession of LSD hashish over eight ounces and marijuana over three ounces Both suspects originally hailed from Bennington Vermont
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Burlington
Mark Emmett Brundage
UVM
Nicholas Carl Santo
Johnson State College
King Street
Burlington Community Correctional Center
Vermont District Court
Edward J. Costello
Office of State
Patrick J. Leahy
Bennington
State Police Corporals Promoted Transferred
Five state police corporals receive promotions or lateral transfers with new duties and stations. J C Harvey A Jones becomes corporal and safety education officer at Troop A Colchester. others move between Troops A B C D and subtroops in St Albans Middlebury Rutland and Rockingham. All report Aug. 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey Jones
Shaftsbury Barracks
Vermont State Police
Glenn E. Davis
Cpl. Jones
Colchester
Montpelier
J.C. Harvey A. Jones
Shaftsbury
Public Safety
Davis
Cpl
Bernard J. Fitzsimmons
St. Albans
Middlebury
Donald P. Russell
St. Johnsbury
Rutland
Fred L. Graves
Rockingham
Robert E. L. Colburn
Obituaries of Hayes Trembley Humphreys Potter and Family
Multiple obituaries list Mrs Harriet C McEckron Hayes 41 of Manchester Center, Louis Trembley 84 of Hoosick Falls, Dorset artist David Humphreys, and Shaftsbury resident Maribe Potter. Details cover birthplaces, survivors, affiliations, and funeral arrangements across Manchester, Poughkeepsie, Dorset, and Shaftsbury.
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K of
Supreme Court
WOTM
James Edward Stone
George M. Fienberg
Barry A. Wall
Wali
Cummings
Arthur James Devlin
Devlin
Sarah Vosberg
Louis James Dryden
South Londonderry
Daniel Peterson
Peterson
Peter
Angelo Salo
Bondville
Salo
Hyland Herbert Capen
Frederick Hutchinson
Capen
Camp Y Woods
Double TT Farms
Everett’s Cave
Mt. Anthony
Emerald Lake
YMCA
Drowned Boy
Bennington Briefs
A. Richard Edson
Richard
Gregory
Elizabeth
A. Sidney Edson
Grandview St
Edson
General Electric
Cincinnati
Bennington High School
Jane Longtin
Jere DeVito
VFW
Pittsburgh
Yard
T.A. Carpenter & Ro
Irene Couch
Patricia Browe
Donald
Robert J. Svitak
Willow Road
Gerald L. Marshall
Troop C
Donald Hayes
Harriet C. McEckron
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Harold
Harriet (Reynolds) McEckron
Zion Episcopal Church
Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary
Sharon
Karen Hayes
Kenneth Wilkins
Albert Waythus
Philip Guinan
Bridgeport
Harold F. McEckron
Raymond McEckron
Poultney
George McEckron
Paterson
N.J
Brewster Funeral Home
Robert L. Clayton
Mettowee Cemetery
Pawlet
Louis Trembley
Poughkeepsie
Second St
Vassar Hospital
Margaret Myers
Wappinger Falls
Mr. Trembley
Fitchburg
Mass
Dodge Fibers
Fire Department
Elizabeth Brahan
Mahar
Church of the Immaculate Conception
St. Mary’s Cemetery
David Humphreys
Dorset
New York City
Southern Vermont Artisits
Paris
France
Princeton University
Cincinnati Society
Gen
George Washington
Salon Des Beaux Arts
National Academy of Design
Allied Artists of America
Audubon Artists
Beatrice Jackson Humphreys
Arthur Jones
Elaine Kohler
Mrs
Maribe Potter
Maribe Loretta (Galusha) Potter
Church Street
David and
Martha (Niles) Galusha
North Bennington High School
Sim-Sen Co
Potter
Margaret Livingston
Theron
Ann) Troumbley
Ralph
Yvonne) Stone
Richmond D. Galusha
U.S. Air Force
New Mexico
White Creek
Hanson-Walbridge
A. J. MacDonald
Shaftsbury First United Methodist Church
Walker
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