Workless Town Auditor Position Discussed at 1963 Meeting
The town’s annual meeting delved into the three auditor system. Three-year terms house three auditors with one elected each year. concerns arose over 1962 payments and who served. State auditors are reviewing town accounts, delaying regular town auditor checks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Norton Barber
Barber
Alma Langlois
Lucien Hanks
North Bennington
James A. McKee
Helicopter Rescues Two Boys From Flooded River
In Xenia Ohio a Wright Patterson Air Force Base helicopter rescued 15 year old Robert Page and 17 year old Carl Henderson after they clung to trees as a flood swollen river widened to 300 feet. The recovery occurred before 8 am with both youths taken to a hospital for checkups. Capt Clyde Jacobs piloted the craft with Capt Earl May as copilot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Xenia
Robert Page
Carl Henderson
Clyde Jacobs
Earl May
Town Meeting legal questions prompt attorney at meetings
At a Shaftsbury town meeting discussion centered on legal questions and who should answer them. Ed Levin urged the selectmen to have an attorney present to interpret law and procedure during future meetings. The idea was voted down after laughter from Selectman Myers and a voice vote defeat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Levin
Selectman
Myers
Levin
Shaftsbury
Flood Threat Prompts Evacuations Across Indiana Area
Flood warnings and evacuations spread from Cecil Township near Marianna to a swamped area southwest of Indianapolis. Weathermen forecast crests past flood stage on the Wabash and White rivers with many tributaries rising. A nationwide wet belt covered the central Plains to the Northeast and colder air followed heavy western snow with subzero Wyoming temperatures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil Township
Marianna
Indiana
Wabash
White
Indianapolis
Central Plains
Mississippi Valley
Ohio Valley
Great Lakes
Maine
Wyoming
Heaslip Open to State Liquor Board Post
Manchester representative George J. Heaslip said he would accept a possible appointment to Vermont's Liquor Control Board. He was among three Bennington County Republicans under Gov. Hoff consideration for the sole remaining vacancy, subject to Senate confirmation. Heaslip noted he is not yet familiar with the board's powers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
George J. Heaslip
State Liquor Control Board
Heaslip
Bennington County
Philip H. Hoff
Threeman Board
Senate
Reid Lefevre
Merritt Hewitt Jr
North Bennington
Hoff
T. Garry Buckley
Bennington
Buckley
Contol Board
Bidault Linked to CNR as France Treason Suspect
Former wartime resistance leader Georges Bidault, aging 62, is described as the political head of the CNR the secret army organization and is wanted in France on treason charges. He has avoided public comment on terrorist methods and has appeared in undisclosed European locations after fleeing in 1962. The BBC reported contact with Bidault through an unnamed intermediary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CNR
Bidault
France
de Gaulle
BBC
Hospital Notes Admissions and Discharges Recorded
Admissions list includes Gloria Kathy Suzanne Anna Paligo Bennington Robert Woodard John Guiden and Mrs Dolores Harrington Hoosick Falls. Discharges note Mrs Helen Goodrich Arlington Mr and Mrs Ernest Jones 17 Hawks Place a son on March 4 Mr and Mrs William Russell R D 2 White Creek N Y a son on March 4 Mr and Mrs Donald Ward of Wilmington a son on March 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gloria
Kathy
Suzanne
Anna Paligo
Bennington
Robert Woodard
John Guiden
Dolores Harrington
Hoosick Falls
Ernest Jones
Hawks Place
William Russell
R.D
White Creek
N.Y
Donald Ward
Wilmington
Non-Village Developments Face Higher Rates For Water
Bennington water board says outlying developments must install their own mains and pay higher rates if extended service proceeds. The plan hinges on voter approval of a 20000 dollar sinking fund for the Bickford Hollow reservoir, with federal aid tied to flood control and recreation. Housing groups may seek village incorporation to access water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Bennington Water Commissioners
Cmst
George Allard, Jr
Bickford Hollow Reservoir
Allard
Old Bennington
Reuben Levin
Levin
Bennington Flats
Clark’s Woods
Bickford Hollow
Union School
Monument Avenue
Elm Street
Emory Wheeler
Water Works
Bennington Briefs Preview Evening Meetings This Week
The King's Daughters meet at Mrs. J R Wilson's 203 Union St Wednesday at 3 p.m. Deputy Cmdr Lew Spaulding visits American Legion Post 13 at Brooklyn School Wednesday at 8 p.m. Mt Anthony Chapter 1 Order Eastern Star holds regular meeting Wednesday at 8 p.m. at Masonic Temple for Past Matrons and Patrons night. Bennington selectmen will not meet tonight and will resume later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King
J.R. Wilson
Union St
American Legion
Cmdr
Lewis Spaulding
Brooklyn
Mt. Anthony
Order Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Bennington
Lenten Program Opens At St. Peter's Parish
St. Peter's launches a Thursday night Lenten family series starting with a 6 p.m. parish supper and 6 45 p.m. choral Evensong. Panels titled The Laity Looks at the Church will discuss The Layman Looks at the Prayer Book with moderators Dr. William Browning Grover Marshall Mrs. Walter LaGrange and Mrs. Sterling Wilson. Special weekday services include 12 05 p.m. corporate Communion breakfast for youth Tuesdays, 6 30 a.m. vestry and men’s service Wednesdays, and 9 15 a.m. morning prayer for women followed by coffee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Browning
Grover Marshall
Williamstown
Walter LaGrange
Sterling Wilson
Lloyd Fleming
Arthur B. Murphy
Thomas C. Beach
Bennington Rocketts Dance in Burlington Queen City
The Bennington Rocketts dance group appeared at Memorial Auditorium in Burlington on Saturday, drawing an ovation from a large audience. Members included Darlene Lauzon Dolores Heiner Anna Corcoran Eleanor Harvey Barbara Lawless Nancy Finneg an Susan Barber with Barber a new member. They were accompanied by Mrs. Gerald Finnegan Mrs. Florence Heiner and John Behan. Their next session is Tuesday at 7 30 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington Rocketts
Burlington
Memorial Auditorium
Darlene Lauzon
Dolores Heiner
Anna Corcoran
Eleanor Harvey
Barbara Lawless
Nancy Finnegan
Susan Barber
Gary Mix
Miss Barber
Gerald Finnegan
Florence Heiner
John Behan
Union School Tax Effects To Be Aired
Voters in Greater Bennington Schools Inc. get a final chance to discuss tax rate effects of the proposed union high school bond issue at 8 p.m. Wednesday at Molly Stark School. The meeting will focus on bond impact not previously presented, with union board officials ready to answer questions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greater Bennington Schools Inc
Molly Stark
Union School Board
Benhi Teacher Wins John Hay Fellowship for 1963 64
Bennington High School teacher David S. Jareckie is among 90 public senior high school teachers to receive John Hay Fellowships for 1963 64. The program funds a year sabbatical to study humanities at UC Chicago Columbia Yale Harvard or Northwestern. stipends total about 750000 with more than 200000 from school systems. Jareckie teaches U S history modern history geography and democracy and holds a UVM degree. The awards are announced by Dr Charles R Keller in New York City.
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Bennington High School
David S. Jareckie
Middle Pownal Road
John Hay
Charles R. Keller
New York City
District of Columbia
University of California
University of Chicago
Columbia University
Harvard University
U.S
University of Vermont
UVM
Bradford
Ecole Hoteliere
Lausanne
Switzerland
Bennington
Bennington Voters Consider Regional Planning Commission
Voters weigh Article 14 proposing a regional planning commission to coordinate growth among Bennington's three villages and town. An initial $500 appropriation for clerical work is planned, with potential federal aid covering two thirds of a comprehensive master plan. Transfers of village systems to town administration discussed with terms to be set by selectmen.
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Barber Item
Regional Planning Commission
Donald C. Hicks
The
Greater Benninton Association
Barber
Bennington Village
Obituaries
Magdelina Caruso 89 widow of Anthony Caruso dies in Readsboro where she lived 43 years. Survived by daughter Mrs Antoninia Nadeau and three sons. calling hours at Montagne Funeral Home North Adams. Funeral Thursday 10:30 at St Joachim Church Readsboro with burial in Village Cemetery. Walter F Doyle 59 Hoosick Falls native and trial lawyer for LIRR and Roosevelt Raceway dies at Cape Cod Hospital. Funeral at Church of the Immaculate Conception Hoosick Falls. Interment St Marys Cemetery. Survived by wife Dorothy Brasselle and three sons. services held. former Madison Square Garden attorney and Fordham Law graduate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Readsboro
Magdelina Caruso
Anthony Caruso
Antoninia Nadeau
Tunnel Street
Lithuania
St. Joachim’s Church
Anthony
Frank
Peter
Longdale
Calif
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Walter F. Doyle
Long Island Railroad
Roosevelt Raceway
Cape Cod Hospital
Hyannis
Mass
Church of the Immaculate Conception
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Doyle
Edward A
Ella Rourke Doyle
Fordham Law School
Columbia University
Madison Square Garden
Babcock Lake
Orleans
Dorothy Brasselle
Richard Doyle
S.J
Cornell University
Walter D
Robert W
Garden City
L.I
Foreign Youths To Address Teen Congress
St Johnsbury to host the fifth annual Teen Congress March 29 to 31 with the State Board of Recreation and Vermont Recreation Society as sponsors. Delegates arrive Friday for a get acquainted party and a full program follows with Rev George Heald and Dr John A Wallace address. A foreign teen panel, banquet program and gala party are planned before departures Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Heald
St. Johnsbury
John A. Wallace
Experiment In International Living
Congress
Vermont
Government Rests Case Against Buy Rite Corp
In Burlington a U.S. District Court case against Buy-Rite Corp of Bennington three New Jersey firms and five individuals nears the end of the prosecution. Postal Inspector McAvoy testified on the Buy-Rite Buyers Club and Factory Supply Co operations, noting about 1.6 thousand complaints and total takings of roughly $1.32 million by Feb 1962.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
U.S
Buy-Rite Corp
Bennington
New Jersey
William H. Stuchel Jr
Ernest W. Gibson Jr
Francis A. McAvoy
Buy-Rite Buyers Club
Factory Supply Co
Lodi
N.J
George W.F. Cook
Rutland
Stuchels
McAvoy
Buy-Rite Buyers Club and Factory Supply Co
Buy-Rite
Buy- Rite
Buy-Rite, Factory Supply
American Wholesalers Service
Standard Distributors
T.C. Fry
Isidore Press
Meyer Voices Alarm On Draft Threat To Free Society
Former Democratic congressman William H. Meyer told the House Armed Services Committee hearings that conscription risks militarism and urged shifting to incentives for a professional force. He backed a four year draft extension and a study on its effect on enlistments to reintegrate services with free enterprise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
William H. Meyer
West Rupert
House
Armed Services Committee
Meyer
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Keough
Ually
Noveck- Shultz
Jewsfer
American Gem
Somanly
Diamonds
Liquor Board
Bideault
Helen Goodrich
Arlington
Dow Jones—Bache & Co
Albany
State Armory
Clayton B. Daigneault
Leon R. Eldred
Richard van Santvoord
Hagerman
Charles G. Harte
J. C. Jerome
Bennington Briefs
St. Peter’s
Queen City
Robert Hudnitz
Boston
Barbara Paresky
Simmons College
Paul Paresky
Elm St
Paul Leake
Richard B. Leake III
Woodford Road
Darrow School
New Lebanon
Friendly Circle of the First Baptist Church
Perley Nourse
Iron Kettle Restaurant
ADV
Keller
Jareckie
Grace Jones
Kinston
N.C
Ton Pinsker
Joint Commission
North Benington
Highway Equipment Reserve Fund
Friehofers
Salem’s
Fry
Press
Breard H. Hawks
Bennington Realtor
Stuchers
Bennin
Theatre Gton
Laurence France
Martha Harvey-Nuyen
TaM'ko
Paramoun
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