Bennington Area Obituaries Honor Local Residents
Obituaries note the deaths of Richard C. Costello 84 of Convent Avenue and Dr Ellis Kellert 81 of Schenectady after long illness. Costello formerly worked in Lawrence Massachusetts woolen mills and was active in Knights of Columbus. survivors include siblings and relatives with burial planned in Massachusetts. Kellert, a pathologist connected to Ellis Hospital and Albany Medical College, served in World War I and contributed to early X-ray work before his death.
Hospital Notes and Green Mountain Club Meeting Report
Hospital notes list admissions on Friday and Saturday March 1 and 2 1968 in Hoosick Falls Jacksonville Bennington and surrounding towns with names Walter Griffin Eva Darin Mary Patten and others Discharges include Peter Cymbalak Lois Feenan Bernice Ray Mae Stratton Nellie Welch A Sunday meeting notes for the Green Mountain Club at Old Bennington School recount officer reappointments new secretary and tentative hike dates Several lists of attendees and new births reported including a daughter for Mr and Mrs John Gardner and a son for Mr and Mrs Roscoe Harrington plus other area notices Continued from Page 1 discusses Manchester school board elections bond issue and local town voting schedules with candidates and poll hours in various towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green Mountain Club
Old Bennington
John E. Paulson
Robert W. Santway
John J. Baker
J. E. Bullock
Williamstown
Mass
Baker
Forrest Smith
Retired scientist author of 30 papers and Schenectady leader
A who's who obituary cluster shows Dr Kellert, a double guard vital laboratory researcher at Union College after 1959 retirement, authored 30 scientific papers on psittacosis and infectious mononucleosis, active in professional societies, former Schenectady Medical Society president, survived by two daughters, four sisters, two brothers, six grandchildren, and buried after private services at Baxter Funeral Home Colonie. William H. Beecher, 72, longtime Metropolitan Life agent and World War I veteran, died at the Albany VA Center after six days as patient. survived by wife Jennie Finlan, son Thornton, three daughters, siblings, 14 grandchildren, and great grandson. funeral plans by Hanson-Walbridge. Mrs. Avis Sarah Brockway, 82, died, survived by husband James, sisters and brothers, funeral set at Gibney Haynes & Kane, entombment Park Lawn Cemetery. Alex the dog wakes to a quacking duck. Mr. Aline Evans buys Alex as watchdog. Temperatures in Boston forecast to stay below normal five days, with highs in 20s to 30s and a gradual cold snap through the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Dorothy
Marie
Robert Poskanzer
Albany
Harold Neuhoff
Boston
Mass
al Kellert
Charles Kellert
Baxter Funeral Home
Schenectady
Beth Emeth Cemetery
Colonie
William H. Beecher
Lyons
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co
Veterans’ Administration Center
N.Y
August
Rose (Smith) Beecher
Troy
Bennington
Bennington High School
Jennie Finlan
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
Thornton D. Beecher
Ft. Smith
Ark
Robert
Barbara) Charbonneau
Worcester
Edward
Joan) Charbonneau
North Ferrisburg
Gail Beecher
Springfield
Frederick J, Beecher
Edwin
Helen) L. Bigelow
Manchester Center
Marion Beecher
Chauncey (Mildrey) W. Seale
Hanson - Walbridge Funeral Home
Avis Sarah Brockway
James Brockway
Vermont Soldiers
Brockway
Bridgewater
Soldiers’ Home
Jennie Hoisington
Ethel Thompson
Woodstock
Bennington College Professor Wins 37000 NIAMD Grant
Irving Lyon, Bennington College science faculty member, has received a 37000 grant from the National Institute of Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases over three years for research on sugar transport and its interaction with amino acids and lipids in the digestive tract. Lyon, formerly with The Chicago Medical School, highlights undergraduate research value and plans to extend studies to improve understanding of physiological conditions and student scientific inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irving Lyon
Bennington College
National Institute of Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases
Dr. Lyon
Chicago Medical School
Bennington
NIAMD
Lyon
Bennington set for town meeting with multiple contested races
In Bennington voters head to the polls tomorrow to decide contests for moderator town agent and various town offices amid eight articles raising taxes. The warnings include a $50,000 outside property appraisal and several special appropriations for sewer water extensions park development and building additions with a plan for a master plan and a CPA audit under BTPA influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norton Barber
Milton Pinsker
John E. Malone
Charles Mather
Bennington
Clarks Woods
Bennington Park
Park Commission
BTPA
CPA
Time Plan For Periodic Religious Education Classes
An open meeting is set for 8 p m Thursday in St Peters Parish Hall to discuss the BREF plan for released time religious education at MAUHS. The plan covers 9th and 10th grade denominational courses from represented churches and non denominational 11th and 12th grade options. The school board has sent the proposal to its legal counsel, with MAUHS notified last month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Peter’s Parish
Bennington Religious Education Foundation
Mt. Anthony Union High School
BREF
Mauhs
Episcopal
United Church of Christ
Methodist
Church of God
Albany Stock Averages Reported At Noon March 30
Albany stock averages listed at noon show Industrials 20 Railroads 15 Utilities with a composite index of 294.02 and a Dow Jones figure of 836.40. Volume reported 60,000 shares.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dow-Jones
Bennington Club and church events listed in briefs
Community notices show the 1 40 Club meeting at Earlene Ware Shaftsbury. Women's Fellowship at Second Congregational Church at 7 30. 116 Missouri Valley College dean list honoree Ladie Ann Graves a Bennington native and sophomore majoring in elementary ed. District 6 Practical Nurse Association meets at Putnam Memorial Hospital with Dr A J Moskovitz speaker. Stratton Mountain ski base reports 12 to 45 inch surface with excellent skiing. Mt Anthony Chapter 1 Order Eastern Star meets at Masonic Temple honoring past matrons and patrons. 25 and 50 year pins will be distributed. Green Mountain TOPS meets at VFW Hall. planning March 11 meeting at Patricia Pinsonneault’s home with Dr Helene Toolan as guest speaker. Two Military Wives Club members at Putnam Memorial Hospital scheduled for surgery Sonya Walk and Margaret Mason.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladie Ann Graves
Louis G. Graves
Bennington
Missouri Valley College
Marshall
Thomas Tweite
Mt. Anthony
Order
Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Green Mountain Tops
VFW
Patricia Pinsonneault
Maple St
Helene Toolan
Military Wives Club
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Glenn
Sonya) Walk
Pownal
William
Margaret) Mason
Four Injured In Hoosick Crash
Four people treated at Putnam Memorial Hospital for injuries after a two car crash at the Hoosick intersection of routes 7 and 22. Drivers James Cartwright and Horace Crow listed with back injuries. passengers Owen Cartwright and Lee Sherman had minor injuries. Injured transported by Hoosick Rescue Squad. state police investigated.
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Putnam Memorial Hospital
Hoosick
N,y
James O. Cartwright
Third Ave
Troy
Horace M. Crow
Lark St
Albany
Owen J. Cartwright
Lee G. Sherman
Congress St
Cohoes
Cartwright
Hoosick Rescue Squad
W.R. Doyle
M.P. Cryan
New York
Brunswick
Arlington
Vermont
John W. Moore
Schenectady
U.S. 7
Grace Ludden
Poultney
Ludden
James Ludden
Alvira Ludden
Pownal Center
Ben Dubin
Bennington
Leonard Johnson
Pownal
Dubin
Johnson
Nicholas Abate
Engagement of Lucie Hitchings Hayes to Lieut George Semler Jr.
Dr and Mrs Guy S Hayes announce the engagement of their daughter Lucie Hitchings Hayes of New York and Maine to Lieut George Semler Jr USMC son of Mr and Mrs Semler of Salisbury Conn and Blue Hill. Hayes a Bennington College sophomore and Milton Academy graduate. Semler a Yale graduate stationed in Washington to study Vietnamese.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
N.Y
Guy S. Hayes
Cali
Colombia
Blue Hill Falls
Maine
Lucie Hitchings Hayes
George Semler Jr
U.S.M.C
Rockefeller Foundation
Calif
Davis S. Rumbough
Blue Hill
Edward L. Barbour
Bartlett H. Hayes
Andover
Mass
St. Semler
Kent (Conn
Yale University
Washington
East Defense Language Institute
Funeral for Mrs. Margaret Higgins in Hoosick Falls
Funeral services were held for Mrs. Margaret Burns Higgins of 49 Hoosick Street at the Leo J. Mahar Funeral Home with a Requiem High Mass at the Church of the Immaculate Conception. Grandsons Joseph Higgins Jr Ronald Higgins Daniel Higgins Charles Taylor Charles Downing and James Feeney served as bearers. Rev. George Callaghan officiated and led prayers at St Marys Cemetery. Mrs Higgins widow of Dean J Higgins who died in 1961.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Margaret (Burns) Higgins
Hoosick St
Leo J. Mahar
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Joseph Higgins Jr
Ronald
Daniel Higgins
Charles Taylor
Charles Downing
James Feeney
George Callaghan
O.S.A
Supreme Court Considers Evolution Teaching Ban in Public Schools
The Supreme Court agreed to decide if states may forbid teaching evolution in public schools. It will hear the case later this term and issue a written opinion. Arkansas upheld the law on June 5, 1967, and a ruling against the statute would strike down a similar Mississippi law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPID
Supreme Court
Arkansas Supreme Court
Mississippi
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Bennington Area
Richard C. Costello
Convent Avenue
John McGarvin
William and
Mary (Halloran) Costello
Marion Murray
Lawrence
Kinnard
Pacific Woolen Mill
Knights of Columbus
Michael E. Costello
Mary
Bridget
Ann Costello
John
Nora) McGarvin
Mahar & Son Funeral
St. Francis de Sales Church
Park Lawn Chapel
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Ellis Kellert
Ellis Hospital
Brierwood Boulevard
Kellert
Capital
Albany Entomological Society
Albany Medical College
Harvard Cancer Hospital
Bender Laboratory
Army
Yale Army Medical Center
Newport New
Ellis Hos
Walter Griffin
Eva Darin
Jacksonville
Mary Patten
Peter Cymbalak
Lois Feenan
Bernice Ray
Mae Stratton
Nellie Welch
Joseph Young
Joyce Goodwin
Lillian Lancour
Shaftsbury
Patricia Niles
Margaret Mason
Marjorie Porter
North Benning
Green Mountain
Eleanor Mattison
Josephine Lafountain
Patricia Parrish
Mary Legacy
David Trombley
John Winn
Ida Verdon
Petersburg
Amelia Reynolds
John Gardner
North
Bennington Road
Roscoe Harrington
Park St
Victor Weeden
Berlin
Douglas Sweet
Convent Ave
Ayes
Nage
Manchester
Irma Zentz
Richard Hayes
Theodore A. Cook
Frederick G. Stone
Walker S. Kimball Jr
David Hosley
Clyde H. Bryant Jr
Woodford
Woodford Hollow
Stamford
Readsboro
Searsburg
Sandgate
Sandgrove
Peru
Mrs
Claude A. Rich
Fort Worth
Upi
Aline Evans
Alex
Blanche Rich
Imperial Ave
Hanson-Walbridge Funeral Home
New England
Weather Bureau
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Canadian
Harold H. Macuen
Monument Avenue Extension
Santa Rosa
Curacao
Venezuela
Jamaica
Haiti
Florida
YMCA
Air Force Reserve
VI. Bank & Trust
Country Club
Armory
University of California At
Los Angeles
University of California At Berkeley
Presbyterian -St. Luke’s Hospital
Chicago
University of Illinois, College of Medicine
Harvard School of Public Health
Town Meeting
Man
Listers
James Cross
Kennon Morse
RTPA
Mary Hodeck
R. Alma Langlois
Board of Sisters
South Street
Sisters’ Office
Selectmen Report
State Auditor of Accounts
Board of Civil Authority
RADIO
CASE
Fienberg
Main ST
Gibson
Elme Street
Lyeurniture Inc
Nington, Vermont
E & Co
Bennington Briefs
Earlene Ware
Women’s Fellowship
The
Second Congregational Church
Frances Crozier
Eugene Clark
Francis Greenslet
Halvor Halvorsen
Practical Nurse Association
A.J. Moskovitz
Stratton Mountain
Astoria
Benn View Motel
Harte Theatre
Elvis Presley
L of the Dolls
20Th Century: Fox
Mark Robson
David Weisbart
Panavision
Hayes
Semler
Mrs. Dean Higgins
Mar
Drysdale’s
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