This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 20 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1962
Page
10
Bennington items list a public meeting in Lyndonville on the Retarded Child and His Training with panelists including Rev W Earle Forman Miss Jean Garvin and Mrs Ethlyn Dutton. Other notices cover society meetings lectures and civic reminders with local leaders and events throughout the week.
The Bennington Girl Scout Council met at the YMCA on March 1 led by Mrs. Arthur Wickenden. New board organizer Mrs. Fred Ester was named, with a plan to build a volunteer card file for future vacancies. Cookie sale plans for Girl Scout week March 10-17 were approved under director Mrs. Francis Latif. Troops reported badges and community work, training progress, and preparations for the April 3-5 Presidents’ meeting in Chicopee Mass.
A detailed weekly roster of YMCA events at Red Brick and Shaftsbury schools, North Bennington venues, and area clubs. Activities include chess, boxing, wrestling, Bible class, bowling, air force reserve meetings, youth clubs, and daily recreation options with weather permitting ice skating and pool facilities for members.
In Monday session Judge Eugene V. Clark presided. Edward F. Moffitt, 21, of Arlington, received a 12 month suspended sentence in the House of Correction for driving while intoxicated and was placed on probation with a rule prohibiting vehicle ownership or operation. Brian Green of Bennington pleaded guilty to an uninspected vehicle with a defective emergency brake and was fined 15.10. Priscilla Knapp Cook, 16, of 201 Depot St., pleaded not guilty to breaking the peace after allegedly threatening and kicking Joel Wheeler. bail set at 25 cash or 100 sureties.
Hospital admissions include Robert Millington burial at South Shafts and discharges for Hilda Barber Mrs Pauline Andrews and baby boy at Bennington Kenneth Buck North Hoosick N Y Chester Grassette Jacqueline Blair Arlington Howard Adams Manchester Center Alexander Scherr Williamstown Master Shawn Burke Dorset Master Joseph Frost Bennington Catherine Hughes Hoosick Falls N Y Mrs Patricia King and baby boy George Gilman Bennington Elizabeth Wilson Hoosick Falls N Y Daniel Peirce North Bennington Harold Blodgett Mrs Barbara Bruce Bennington James Stone Norman Chaffee Pownal Center Mrs Bertha Balmer North Bennington Jack Taylor Whitingham and several other named patients Mrs Nancy Foster and baby boy Mrs Laura Bump and baby girl Mrs Marjorie Gervais and baby boy Mrs Amelia Bashaw Bennington Mrs Nora Keyes and baby boy Manchester Miss Jeanne Katz New York City Mrs Alma Ricker Pownal Births include a son March 4 to Mr and Mrs Roger Parks 176 Branch St Arlington a daughter March 2 to Mr and Mrs Cecil Butler Water Street Arlington and a daughter March 2 to Mr and Mrs Robert Rogers Depot Street Wallingford Vt Also born March 1 at North Adams Hospital a son to Norris A Phelps and wife of Woodcock Road Williamstown Mass Mrs Phelps is former Betty Jim Carpenter daughter of Carleton Carpenter Sr The couple has two daughters and another son.
The Bennington County Nurses Association met at Green Mountain Restaurant Arlington with Dr Richard Fabricius speaking on fractures. Over 40 nurses attended as the group plans a brush party on March 12 at 8 p m at Old Bennington schoolhouse for the Mary A Baker scholarship fund and a rummage sale on April 13 at the YMCA starting 1 p m.
Fritz Huchting of Elm Street is cast as Tom MacKenzie in The Seven Year Itch for the Sar ra Ferman Community Theatre first production with performances March 22 23 and 24 Mrs Elaine Witten plays The Girl Across the Way Miss Ferman announced today A planning meeting will be at Mrs Edith Turner 323 Pleasant St 730 pm Turner Public relations director Bill Holland and Huchting will read Julius Caesar and other Shakespeare excerpts Sunday March 11 8 pm Old Bennington Schoolhouse Readings of classics draw local interest
Dr. William Milner presents his Alaskan hunting trip films at the Elks Barn on Saturday March 10. General chair Ralph Thurber leads the event, a major annual gathering, with John Wiskoski serving roast prime beef tenderloins. Reservations are urged through Thurber or the Elks Club.
Rev and Mrs David Rambo, appointed as missionaries to the Philippine Islands, will speak at 8 p m Tuesday at Alliance Tabernacle in an informal service with a question period. The Ladies Missionary Fellowship will provide needed articles for the Ram bo outfit. Refreshments will be served and the public is invited.
The funeral for William A. Card long time Boston and Maine Railroad employe and section foreman from Pownal was largely attended at Hanson-Walbridge Funeral Home Friday. Rev Frank W Grippin officiated with multiple floral tributes. Pallbearers named were Fred Ryan Joseph Towsley Henry Baker and Walter Adams. Entombment followed at Park Lawn Chapel and burial planned for Oak Hill Cemetery in Pownal in spring with out of town attendees from Montpelier Petersburg the Pownall and Bennington area.
The funeral for John D. Callahan, formerly of Grafton New York, took place Saturday at 11 a.m. from the Robson Home for Funerals in Hoosick Falls. Rev. Lawrence L. Plumley officiated and will conduct spring committal at Grafton Cemetery. Interment was in Maple Grove Cemetery with bearers Wilbur Gates Gordon Jones Joseph Mahoney and Neil Murphy.
Bennington Lions Club plans to join the Manchester Lions in celebrating the 10th anniversary. The Manchester club shifts its meeting night to the 15th with events at Worthy Inn on March 14, social hour at 6 30 banquet at 7 30 and speaker at 8 30. Cards for attendance are due by March 9.
Town meeting coverage lists candidates for local offices including Julia K Nash town taxes and grand jurors Eugene Burt and Peter Donovan Jr Norton Barber as town agent and James Cross with Frank lin Becker as road commissioner District 1 The main contest is a three way race for selectman for three years among Thomas R Haley Clayton Daigneault and Alfred E Arnold all party labeled plus incumbents and independents mentioned
A trailer truck jackknifed on a slick Torrington road and toppled a sign. Its cargo consisted of 20 tons of rock salt used for treating icy streets.
Mrs. Solomon Niles nee Ruba Waite died Saturday morning at Putnam Memorial Hospital after two weeks as a patient. Born March 18, 1869, she lived most of her life in Bennington, married Solomon Niles in 1891, and lived with her nephew since 1946. She was a Church of God member, quilt maker, and is survived by her niece and several cousins. Funeral services Tuesday at Mahar and Son Funeral Home with burial in Shaftsbury cemetery. Visiting hours today.
Mrs Mattie Wood widow of George A Wood aged 68 died Saturday afternoon in Bridgeport Hospital Former Bennington resident she had lived at 2212 Elm Street Stratford Connecticut Born Londonderry June 30 1893 attended area schools Employed at Flint and Robbins plant in Bennington Survivors include two sons Robert F Brannigan Stratford Conn and Donald G Wood Ansonia Conn one daughter Mrs George Lincourt Bennington two sisters Mrs Ernest Brown Concord California and Mrs Earl Wood Pownal Eleven grandchildren Funeral Wednesday at 2 p m at North Bennington Baptist Church with Rev Alfred Scott officiating Entombment follows Friends may call funeral home Tuesday 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p m
Mrs Hattie E Yerke 70 co proprietor of a Petersburg restaurant with her daughter died after a brief illness. Services conducted at Thomas M Barber Funeral Home Petersburg by Rev Floyd G Sheeley with interment in Meadowlawn Cemetery Petersburg. Widow of David F Yerke.
Two separate accidents occurred with no injuries reported. Donald Capella of 323 Pleasant St. was stationary at a red light on Saturday when Phillip Forrest of Woodford Road struck his 1960 Volkswagen, causing rear bumper muffler and hood damage amid patchy ice on the roadway. A second minor crash occurred Sunday on Vermont 9 in Searsburg involving Mary J. Costello of Wilmington turning onto Vermont and hitting Frances E. Reilly of Astoria L I N Y, with no injuries.
Seventeen couples joined the Welcome Wagon Club for a tobogganing party at Mt Anthony Country Club despite cold conditions. Couples enjoyed outdoor rides followed by indoor games in the clubhouse. Mrs Mae Chechile and Mrs Scovely organized the event with several toboggans in use late evening.
A Grafton native who spent 45 years in the Petersburg area passed away. She had joined her daughter Mrs. Charles Williams in running the Pink Rose Restaurant in North Petersburg for the past three years. Survived by daughter Mrs. Williams, another daughter Mrs. Lewis Wager of Berlin, son Ernest Yerke of North Petersburg, a brother, three sisters, five grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.