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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1969
Page
3
State and regional federal officials from New England and New York attend a preparedness meeting at Faneuil Hall Boston on Wednesday March 12 at 10 am to analyze flood threats from heavy snow. A.D. O'Connor regional director Office of Civil Defense leads briefing.
The AARP will meet at First United Methodist Church on Thursday March 13 at 2 p.m. Tom Foster will present color travel slides of Kenya Uganda and Tanzania with images of countryside wildlife birds and flowers. Refreshments provided by local volunteers. Emergency preparedness plans are being reviewed by state and federal agencies for potential flooding.
Cub Pack 345 announces den meetings begun after a Sunday gathering. Dens are led by Mrs. J Leard and Mrs. Robert Houle with Cubs Richard Leard Richard Houle Alan Back Frank Griffis John Sigsbury Kenneth Sigsbury James Michaels. Additional dens led by Mrs. Joan Bentley and Mrs. Judy Raffael with Cubs Robert Raffael Matthew Raffael Mark O'Brien Jeffrey Bentley John Andrews Norma Thomas Gary Thomas John Meerworth Joseph Lopicolo Gregory Lopicolo Jeffrey Hansen Chris Comi.
A London Daily Express letter to the editor describes dialing 100 for the operator and being connected to a courteous operator in Arizona during a long chat. The notice calls for more adult volunteers to support Cubs programs with contact details for Fred Willard at 116 Jefferson Ave.
Vermont National Guard 131st Engineer Company widens QL-21 to Ban Me Thuot, moving platoons forward as each section is finished. They replace spongy clay with blast rock to form sub grade, and build bypasses at bridge and culvert sites for monsoon season and steady supply routes to Ban Me Thuot.
Village Clerk Hilda Hurley announces voter eligibility for the annual meeting on Tuesday March 18. The Board of Civil Authority will meet March 15 to add names to the checklist. Eligible new voters are residents who turned 21 since April 1 1968, took the Freeman's Oath, lived in Vermont for a year, and resided in Bennington village 180 days. Absentee ballots must be requested by 9 p.m. March 14. Office hours extended March 15 9 a.m. to noon and March 16 1 30 p.m. to 2 30 p.m.
The funeral for Mrs Myron M Barton formerly Aurora La Chance of Potter Place N H and Bennington was at Mahar Son Funeral Home and Sacred Heart Church with a Requiem High Mass. Entombment follows at Park Lawn Chapel and White Chapel Cemetery in spring. Relatives attend from New York Dunedin Florida Potter Place Andover New Hampshire.
Judge John P. Morrissey presided as cases from Bennington District Court Wednesday feature Guilty pleas for DUI speeding and traffic violations. Alan D. Reder of Williamstown Mass fined 150 dollars for DUI after Feb 1 Shaftsbury Barracks incident. Douglas E. Hill Jr. of Woodford entered a not guilty plea to careless and negligent driving with bail set at 50 dollars for a March 5 Vt. 67A crash. Richard G. Cameron of 231 Grove St. pleaded guilty to DWI on Feb 27 in Bennington and was fined 150 dollars. Anthony J. Scheet of Bennington pleaded guilty to two traffic violations on US 7 in Manchester March 7, paying 25 dollars per count. Ronald F. Ettori of Rutland pleaded guilty to speeding on US 7 in Shaftsbury Feb 28 and paid 25 dollars. Bruce W. Cooper of Bennington pleaded guilty to speeding on East Road and failing to stop at a red light Feb 25, with 25 dollar fines. Robert C. Chandler of 151 North St. paid 25 dollars for speeding on US 7 Feb 18. Waivers include Peter K. Sivashan of Harwinton, Conn., paying 25 dollars for speeding on US 7 in Manchester Feb 23. Paul C. Rumvill of Springfield paid 30 dollars for an unsecured load on US 7 in Shaftsbury Jan 29. Irving M. Cross of Hoosick Falls, N.Y., paid 25 dollars for unregistered snowmobile on Trumbull Hill Rd Feb 11. Ronald F. Wendell of North Bennington paid 35 dollars for road law violation on White Creek Rd Feb 4.
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