Bennington Voters Debate Tax Shifts and Airport Expansion
Eldred argues tax parity if highway cuts shift to general fund. Mallory warns against using general funds for highways. Voters approve increased pay for civic officials and auditors, approve a state-audit service, and back a runway extension for the town airport to attract industry. Senator Clark backs the constitution amendment allowing tuition-based out-of-town elementary schooling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldred
Henry Mallory
State Armory
Board of Civil Authority
BCA
John P. Proud
Proud
John DeVito
Chancery Court
Putnam Memorial Hospital
DeVito
Bennington
Joel T. Whittemore
Kenneth R. Clayton
Town Airport Commission
Bennington County
Eugene V. Clark
Norton Barber
Clark
Santarcangelo Candidacy Faces Legal Objections in Bennington
In Bennington, objections to Santarcangelo running as an Independent party candidate stem from questions over the legal right to use the Independent label amid confusion with VIP and Young Vermont Independent party designations. Vermont attorney Crispe co-founded VIP with Buckley. village officials cite blurred party status and voting rights concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santarcangelo
Bennington
Crispe
Brattleboro
T. Garry Buckley
Vermont Independent Party
VIP
Moshevelis
Moshevells
Independent Party
John H. Williams
Miss Hurley
Williams
Philip H. Hoff
Independent
Gibney
Obituaries From Whitingham to Glastonbury
The region notes the death of Mabel Kent Jillson 69 of Whitingham a longtime teacher and store operator. Violet A Lewis 67 of Woodford a former Watertown secretary and musician. Fred L Smith 86 of Hoosick Falls retired tinsmith and firefighter. Lloyd B Waters 76 Petersburg ex court clerk. Robert Edward Gates 38 Cambridge shooting victim. Richard Bora 24 of Charlotte killed in Glastonbury collision. The notices include funeral details and survivor lists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah H. Middlehurst
New Hampshire
Hanson- Walbridge
H. Glenn Payne
First Baptist Church
Watertown
N.Y
Hoosick Falls
Fred L., Smith
Hook & Ladder Co
Pompton Lakes
N.J
Fred L. Smith Jr
Wayne Nursing Home
Rosedale Crematory
Orange
Smith
East Greenbush
Rens- Selaer
State Armory
Church Street
Pear McQuain
Dr. McQuain
St. Mary’s Academy
le Roi Smith
Sarasota, Fla
Petersburg
Lloyd B. Waters
Supreme Court
Rensselaer County
Samaritan Hospital
Troy
Mr. Waters
New York City
DeWitt Clinton High School
RPI
Masons and Order of Eastern Star
Petersburg Civic Council
Floyd Shelly
Petersburg Baptist Church
David Bouton
Petersburg Methodist Church
Pleasant Valley Cemetery
Glastonbury
Funeral of Robert S. Cullinan in Arlington
The funeral for Robert S. Cullinan, a World War I veteran, was held in St. Columban's Church Arlington with a Requiem Mass celebrated by Rev. Gerald Buckley. Bearers included family members from Arlington and Cambridge. The Arlington American Legion Post 69 presented the flag. Entombment is in St. Columban's vault with burial planned in spring. Relatives from Cambridge and nearby areas attended.
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Cambridge
N.Y
Robert Edward Gates
West Main St
Albany Veterans Hospital
Mary McClellan Hospital
Gates
Shaftsbury
Clinton H. Carter
Embury Methodist Church
Woodlands Cemetery
Arlington
Robert S. Cullinan
Samaritan Hospital
Troy
St. Columban’s
Gerald Buckley
Gregory Cullinan
Orlando Cullinan
Stewart Cullinan
John Whalen
Leo Cullinan
Gardner Cullinan
Earl Prouty
YMCA Sets Camp Abnaki Day Here Saturday
The Bennington YMCA hosts Camp Abnaki Day on Saturday March 7 with a 2 to 5 p.m. social hour for newcomers at the Bennington YMCA and a 6:30 to 9 p.m. dinner and slide show at Mt Anthony Country Club for past campers and friends. Norman F. van Gulden director of Camp Abnaki will be at the YMCA 2 to 5 p.m. to meet parents. Reservations advised by March 6. Harold Gordon and Leonard Black oversee local arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Vermont
Mt. Anthony
YMCA
Wilson comments on Johnson and British election timing
President Wilsonavoids direct politics but says Johnson is trusted and predicts a soon British election. He prefers June over fall and met with U S officials including Rusk Ball and McNamara. He was with his wife and son while Mrs Johnson spoke with Mrs Wilson over tea. In New York 27 million women garden, 14 million grow their own vegetables.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson
Labor Party
Western Alliance
United States
Wilson
Alec Douglase Home
Dean Rusk
George W. Ball
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
McGeorge Bunedy
New York
UPI
Union Fork and Hoe Co
Senior's College Acceptance Highlighted At Green Mountain Junior
Susan Tifft, first senior accepted to Green Mountain Junior in Poultney, applied in November. Basketball team beats Arlington 37 26 with Barb Powell top scorer 18, then defeats North Bennington 78 9 led by Sandy Sawyer 31. Sophomore Ann Arnold leads a Future Homemakers tea. Anita Caswell out with mumps. Catamount staff sends best wishes to Caswell and her mumps-stricken sons Chris and Ricky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susan Tifft
Green Mountain Junior
Poultney
Sue
Arlington
North Bennington
Barb Powell
Sandy Sawyer
Anita Caswell
Mrs. Caswell
Chris
Ricky
Stock Averages Show Mild Gains Across Industrials Rails
The stock market reports 30 industrials at 804.174 with a 1.42 point rise while railroads led modestly, signaling steady momentum in midday trading across key sectors including industrials and transportation.
Instant Population Grand List Shapes Vermont House Votes
Vermont lawmaker Richard H. Schmidt distributes a scorecard using the Grand List method to show how Vermont House votes reflect population. The tally assigns about 1 percent population to each legislator’s town, revealing urban rural voting patterns and potential malapportionment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montpelier
Richard H. Schmidt
Vermont
Burlington
Schmidt
Bennington Briefs and Local Notices
Bennington County Court term recessed indefinitely and Rutland County Court to open next week. Science at Bennington High School program at Bennington PTA meeting with open house. Navy sailor Richard C. Ballance returns from 30 days leave aboard USS Hancock, ship at San Francisco. Church commission on membership to meet. Junior Ski Meister entries due Wednesday for giant Slalom and Slalom events open to 8-18 year olds from Bennington area. House voting analysis on Vermont representation and population impact noted. Less than 12 percent of Vermont population can win a majority of votes in the Vermont House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington County
William C. Hill
Burlington
Rutland County Court
Bennington High School
Bendi Pta
Richard C. Ballance
U.S. Navy
M.R. Ballance
Main Street
Hancock
Japan
Hawaii
Saigon
Pacific
San Francisco
Bennington
Dean Osgood
Dewey St
Pownal
Shaftsbury
Woodford
Schmidt
Board of Education
Stratton
Vermont
Bennington Polls Open Until 7 P M For Town Meeting Votes
Bennington voters may cast ballots until 7 this evening in the 1964 Town Meeting warning. Polling stations are the McCullough Engine House in North Bennington and the State Armory in Bennington Village with location notices guiding residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
McCullough
North Bennington
State Armory
Bennington Village
North Village
Ted Griffin Shelters Skunk on Porch In Spring
Ted Griffin a Strout Realty agent on East Main Street faced a skunk on his porch. After water and a hot-water puff failed, police removed the animal while the odor lingered, leaving Griffin to learn a likely nearby family may be nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted Griffin
Strout Realty
East Main St
Mr. Griffin
Skunk
Hospital Notes Admissions and Births
Admissions list includes Master Stanley Jepson Joseph Rousseau Mrs Marion Reilly and Master Donald Rogers with locations Bennington Wilmington Discharges include Mrs Nelle Mann Edmund Lauzon Sr Mrs Doris Fraher and Mrs Rosella Decker Births record a daughter born March 2 to Mr and Mrs Edmund Lanoue of Manchester Depot
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley Jepson
Joseph Rousseau
Marion Reilly
Bennington
Donald Rogers
Wilmington
Nelle Mann
East Arlington
Edmund Lauzon Sr
Doris Fraher
Rosella Decker
Hoosick Falls
Edmund Lanoue
Manchester
Death of State Ward Believed An Accident
William Earl Morse, 15, a state ward, was found hanging in a barn and ruled an accidental death by State's Attorney John Morales. Morse lived with the Wheeler family near Morrisville. Welfare Commissioner Wackerman planned to interview them but did not dispute Morales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamstown
John Morales
William Earl Morse
Burton Morse
Morrisville
Francis Wheeler
Morales
Morse
Wheeler
John J. Wackerman
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Fred Welling
Hagerman
Joseph Pello Jr
Hoff
House
Ways & Means Committee
Washington
Carl W. Jillson Jr
Whitingham
Mabel
Kent) Jillson
Mass
Herbert
Flora (Plumb) Kent
Wilmington High School
Castleton Normal School
Jillson
Whittingham
Balance Rock
Order of the Eastern Star
Whitingham Community Church
North River Grange
Ladies Benevolent Society
Carl W. Jillson
Cmdr
Frank R. Jillson
Alexandria
Lucie Freeman
Covey Funeral Home
Violet A. Lewis
Mabel C. Leonard
Mabel(Cooper) Leonard
Park St
Hanson - Walbridge Funeral Home
Fred L. Smith
Robert E. Gates
Conn
Irving Hayden
New London
Harold Gordon
Leonard Black
The
Down To
Diane Leblanc
Catamount
Ann Arnold
Homemakers of America
Lester Jipp
Richard Caswell
Barbara Webster
Bendi
Colby College
Maine
Harte Theatre
Bennington, VI
Peking
Doris Day
James Garner
Polly Bergen
AN Rarom Rosenberg
Welcher
Dover
Dow-Jones—Bache & Co
Albany
Bennington Briefs
Commission On
First Methodist Church
Ward
Wackerman
Thrift Shop
Marshall Cross
Ruth Hoy
Raymond Howard
Paul Crane
United Counseling Service
U.S
Calif
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