Santarcangelo elected village president in comeback win
Santarcangelo, 45, a Fair Haven native and Bennington County fuel distributor, won the village presidency after a comeback run. He defeated Gibney for the Citizens party nomination, faced an attempted withdrawal by the Vermont Independent party, and is married to Ethel H. Pfalzgraf with four children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rueben Levin
Santarcangelo
Citizen’s Party
Gibney
Vermont Independent Party
Fair Haven
Ben-Mont Avenue
Ideal Fuels
Bennington County
New York State
Bradford Hook and Ladder Co
New Village
Ethel H. Pfalzgraf
Brooklyn
N.Y
West Shaftsbury
Santarcangelos
James
John
Jeffry
Suzanne
Vermont appoints trustees to Soldiers Home and higher ed panel
Gov Hoff announces the appointment of Joseph M. O'Neill of Rutland and James J. Ritchie of Burlington to the Vermont Higher Education Facilities Commission. The panel will oversee federal funds for colleges while five more members are to be named by the Vermont Council of Higher Education. Emilio S. Iglesias of Montpelier and Alfred H. Koltowski of Rutland are named as Soldiers Home trustees with Iglesias succeeding Judge Rudolph J. Daley. Kiltonski is reappointed.
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Montpelier
Hoff
Joseph M. O’neill
Rutland
James J. Ritchie
Burlington
Vermont Higher Education Facilities Commission
Vermont
Vermont Council of Higher Education
Emilio S. Iglesias
Alfred H. Koltowski
Bennington Soldiers Home
Iglesias
Rudolph J. Daley
Newport
Kiltonski
Hospital Notes Admissions List and Birth Report
Hospital notes list admissions including Richard Know Arlington Ree ne Guetti North Bennington El phege Rabideau Hoosick Falls Pamela Abbott Johnsone ville N Y Alta Callahan Shaftsbury Linda Hoffman and daughter Arlington Arlene Murphy and daughter Bennington Rosemary Shaw and daughter Hoosick Falls Charles Lindsey Arlington Births Mr and Mrs Donald E Pack er 227 Division St a daughter March 17 Dr Glenn T Seaborg says US likely gains more from atomic energy information exchange than the Soviet Union in a Tuesday briefing Pittsburgh AP
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pamela Abbott
Johnsoneville
N.Y
Alta Callahan
Shaftsbury
Linda Hoffman
Arlington
Arlene Murphy
Bennington
Rosemary Shaw
Hoosick Falls
Charles Lindsey
Pittsburgh
Glenn T. Seaborg
Atomic Energy Commission
United States
Soviet Union
Town votes on budget as highway tax sparks clash
A village board meeting ended with a $2.20 tax rate after selectmen and trustees clashed over highway funding. debates over shifting sewer and curb funds to the highway fund and a proposed layman finance committee highlighted rising costs and planned projects on West Main Street and Dewey Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewey Trust Estate
John H
Cynthia G. Williams
Leon Eldred
Eldred
Joseph A. Pello
West Main Street
Gage Street
Dewey Street
Merson Street
Pello
John DeVito
DeVito
Frederick B. Wolf
Pleasant St
James B. Gibney
John H. Williams
Primary calendar for caucus and primary procedures
A sequence of filing deadlines and notice requirements for caucuses and primaries. It lists dates from June 25 to September 8 covering written requests for checklists, BCA appointments, absentee ballots, petition filings, ballot designations, polling place decisions, and primary day hours. It notes roles for selectmen town clerks county clerks and the secretary of state and the Board of Civil Authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Assembly
Board of Civil Authority
B.C.A
Secretary of State
BCA
Justice of the Peace
Justices of the Peace
Bennington Briefs Highlights Local Club Activities
C D of A members are reminded of a card party at the rooms Thursday night at 8 for Putnam Memorial Hospital. Alex Mahar chairs the St Patrick's dinner dance at Mt Anthony Country Club Saturday night with dinner 7 to 9 and dancing 9 to 12. An Irish surprise and a leprechaun band are planned. Reservations are urged. The Ladies auxiliary to the Military Order of the Cootie will meet Thursday night at Old Bennington schoolhouse at 7 with supper before. Officers will be installed and members should bring a plate and silverware. The 4 H Club met March 14 with seven members. sewing and cooking groups formed, Diane Hilliard made cornflake macaroon and Joanne Hilliard lemon chiffon cake. The new 4 H agent Ada Sue Diamond was a guest. Next meeting April 11. Stanley McGaughey, son of the Rev and Mrs Melvin R McGaughey, is on Baldwin Wallace College dean's list for fall quarter in Berea Ohio, a 3.5 average required for the honor. He is a freshman and a Peru Central School graduate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alex Mahar
St. Patrick’s
Mt. Anthony Country Club
Military Order of the Cootie
Green Mountain Pup
VFW
Old Bennington
Humming Birds
Diane Hilliard
Joanne Hilliard
Ada Sue Diamond
Stanley McGaughey
Melvin R. McGaughey
Jefferson Heights
Baldwin Wallace Colege
Berea
Ohio
Peru
N.Y
Central School
Hoff Urges U S Change Milk Areas Consolidation
Vermont Governor Hoff urged Agriculture Secretary Freeman to consolidate five federal milk marketing orders in New England. He cited Vermont producers receiving five different prices and a $1 per hundredweight spread between city and county plant prices, arguing one uniform order would ensure equity and stability for dairy farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montpelier
Hoff
Agriculture
Orville Freeman
New England
Vermont
Freeman
New
Annual St Patrick's Minstrel at BCHS Lights Emerald Spirit
The St Patrick's Minstrel at BCHS auditorium under Court St Andrew and Catholic Daughters of America drew a large crowd. Irene Cronin Loomis Simmons and others sang. BCHS students in clown costumes and the Ceccelia Greene and DuCharme dance schools performed with Rockettes and Dukettes glory. Director Harry Hurley led the show with violin pieces as The Aardvarks closed the night with a high-energy set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Patrick’s
Court St. Andrew
Catholic Daughters of America
BCHS
Joseph McDonough
Boutin
Irene Cronin
William Loomis
Therese Simmons
Shirley Flood
Ricky Burgess
Cecelia Greene School of Dance
DuCharme Dance Studio
Carleton Carpenter
Debbie Reynolds
Tiny Jimmy Elwell
Princess Crawford
Jay G. Seaman
Cambridge
N.Y
Cecelia Greene Callahan
Harry Hurley
Bennington Selectmen Weigh Consolidation and Dog Control
Bennington selectmen discussed consolidation of town and village governments and planned a committee after the village vote. They also reviewed Veterans Memorial Park plans, dog control efforts with the listers and a proposed joint pension plan study for town and village employees. They will consult town counsel on damage liability from a flood incident at Leo Bentley’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
GBA
Clarence E. Howard
Bennington Village
Norton Barber
Leo Bentley
Dermody Road
Selectman
Joseph Higgins
Bentley
Higgins
Slick Roads Cause Three Crashes On U S 7
State police cited slick roads for three accidents Tuesday with no injuries. Janet Humphrey 22 of Arlington and Margaret Carver 53 of Manchester collided on Death Valley section of U S 7 in Arlington. Viola Tudor 54 of Sandgate and Theodora Bratton 43 of Williamstown Mass. damaged vehicles on U S 7 in Shaftsbury. Russell J. Ricker 36 of Ely slid into Donald Cottrell 28 of Walloomsac N Y as a second Arlington crash.
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Janet Humphrey
Arlington
Margaret Carver
Manchester
Death Valley
U.S. 7
Carver
Humphrey
Shaftsbury
Viola J. Tudor
Sandgate
Theodora B. Bratton
Williamstown
Mass
Russell J. Ricker
Ely
Donald Cottrell
Walloomsac
N.Y
City Manager Fights Senators Over State Aid Bill
Montpelier city manager Ralph Irving accused two Washington County senators Daniel B. Ruggles III and Alexander J. Smith of not defending Montpelier’s interests during debate on the state aid to education bill. He said Montpelier would lose more than $400,000 in additional state funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montpelier
Ralph Irving
Washington County
Irving
Obituary: David D. Bell 66 former East Road resident
David D. Bell 66 of East Road area died this morning at Fairview Nursing Home after a two year stay. He was born November 1, 1897 in Lushan New York and worked last for Vermont Tissue Mills in Bennington Falls. A World War I veteran and member of Tucker Lodge No 48 F and AM he is survived by a son a stepson a stepdaughter a half brother and a half sister. Calling hours and funeral rites are set at Gibney Haynes and Kane Funeral Home with burial in Evergreen Cemetery Salem New York and Tucker Lodge to conduct its service Friday night.
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David D. Bell
East Road
Fairview Nursing Home
Lushan
N.Y
James D. Bell
Bell
Vermont Tissue Mills
Bennington Falls
Tucker Lodge No. 48
F&am
The
Elks and Eagles
James Bell
Bennington
Edward Woodard
Shaftsbury
Barbara LeBlanc
Harold Adams
Greenwich
Barbara Grogan
Troy
Gibney, Haynes and Kane Funeral
Funeral
Evergreen Cemetery
Salem
A. J. MacDonald
Shaftsbury Methodist Church
Tucker Lodge
Hinsdale
N.H
Stelela I. (Carey) Walker
Brattleboro Memorial Hospital
O’connor
Gerald Miller
Arlington, VI
George E
Hattie
Henry) Carey
Arlington
Naomi Chapter
CES
Wantastiquet Grange
Methodist Church
Gordon Walker
Chesterfield
Hattie Dickerman
Highway Dept to Buy 21 Acres at Ethan Allen Base
Vermont Highway Department plans to purchase 21 acres at the deactivated Ethan Allen Air Force Base in Colchester for 107000 dollars. The deal awaits Government Operations Committee objections before final April 13 and includes eight buildings suitable for storage and automotive maintenance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Vermont Highway Department
Ethan Allen Air Force Base
Colchester
Vermont
George D. Aiken
Winston L. Prouty
Race Track Owner In Auto Mishap
Lou Smith president of the Taconic Racing and Breeding Association escaped injury when his car skidded off Massachusetts 2 near Charlemont and hit a fence pole. The vehicle sustained minor damage as Smith traveled from Rockingham Park, Salem Depot NH, toward Green Mountain Park, Pownal.
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Charlemont
Mass
Lou Smith
Taconic Racing and Breeding Association
Massachusetts 2
Massachusetts
Smith
Rockingham Park
Salem Depot
N.H
Green Mountain Park
Pownal
Youth fined for uninspected car in Shaftsbury
In Municipal Court this morning David L. Violette, 17, Manchester, pleaded guilty to driving an uninspected car and was fined 20.10 dollars after arrest on March 15 on U S 7 in Shaftsbury. John E. DesLaurier, 19, North Branch St., pleaded not guilty to careless driving and posted 100 dollar bail. police say he drove a car involved in a March 7 crash at Main and Safford Streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David L. Violette
Manchester
U.S
Shaftsbury
John E. DesLaurier
North Branch St
Bennington Village
DesLaurier
Main
Safford
Liz Taylor and Burton were wed at Montreal Unitarian church
A March 17 Banner caption corrected to say Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton were married by the Downtown Church of the Messiah in Montreal, a Unitarian church, not an Episcopal church.
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Elizabeth Taylor
Richard Burton
Montreal
Canada
Monetreal
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Soldiers Home
Richard Know
Reene Guetti
North Bennington
Elphege Rabideau
Donald E. Packer
Division St
Bennington Briefs
C. D
Edward G Robinson
Troost
St. Patrick’s Minstrel
Emerald Isle
By Agnes Rockwood
Aardvarks
CDA
Jimmy Elwell
Senators
Highway Department
Ethan Allen Base
Maud D. Knapp
Maud (DeBell) Knapp
Charles Knapp
George
Florence (Warden) DeBell
Keene, N.H
Herbert Knapp
Eva Andrews
Calista DeBell
Ethel Rice
Lois Harvey
Arthur
Homer
Austin DeBell
Fred
Kane & Sons Funeral Home
Safford and
Gage Streets
H. Glenn Payne
First Baptist Church
Park Lawn Chapel
Stella I. Walker
National Life Insurance Co
Ruggles
Dow-Jones—Bache & Co
Albany
Industrals
Uollidies
Liz
Unitarian Church
Main St
Central Vermont Public Service Corporation
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