Tax Costs Estimated Under Town Unification
Revised estimates show a unified town tax rate of 4.79 with a 173 225 grand list. Bennington Village Old Bennington and North Bennington rates would shift. outside town would drop to 3.49, with discounts for rural homeowners. Public meetings ahead of a townwide vote on April 26 to approve the new charter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington Village
Old Bennington
North Bennington
Clement P. Gilchrist
Bennington
Hospital Notes March 17 1966 Admissions and Births
Hospital notes for Thursday March 17 1966 list admissions including Dawn Moon Petersburg New York Kathryn Rood North Bennington Shirley Scarey Hoosick Falls Agnes Letourneau Norma Shays and son Beatrice Eggsware Walter King Jr Bennington Reita Havreluk and daughter Jacksonville Leroy Watson North Bennington Barbara Sweet East Arlington. Three babies born on St Patrick's Day include a daughter to Dana Chellis 124 Lincoln St North Bennington a son to James A Myers Main Street North Bennington and a daughter to Robert Yarenski Hill Road Hoosick Falls all on March 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dawn Moon
Petersburg
N.Y
Kathryn Rood
North Bennington
Shirley Scarey
Hoosick Falls
Agnes Letourneau
Norma Shays
Beatrice Eggsware
Walter King Jr
Bennington
Reita Havreluk
Jacksonville
Leroy Watson
Barbara Sweet
East Arlington
St. Patrick’s Day
Dana Chellis
Lincoln St
James A. Myers
Main Street
Robert Yarenski
Hill Road
Pottery Revival Highlighted at Bennington Museum
Bennington Museum reopens March 1 with new displays including a major reassembly of Bennington and New England pottery led by the late Mrs. Elmer H. Johnson's bequest. The Eagle, a 1790 carved bird once at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, anchors a lobby setting. The expanded mid 19th century ceramics collection is planned for late April exhibition. The Johnson gift strengthens a Bennington pottery legacy with Norton and Fenton works, and the museum forecasts a strong summer show and rising attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington and
New England Pottery
Bennington Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York City
Skillin
Skillings
Massachusetts
John
Simeon
Metropolitan Museum
John Singleton Copley
Richard C. Barret
Musem
Elmer H. Johnson
Bennington
Barret
Norton Pottery
Fenton Pottery
Johnson
Gov
John G. McCullough
North Bennington
Bennington Town Charter Earns Praise for Merger Plan
State Senator Salvatore Santarcangelo praised Bennington's proposed town charter that would consolidate the town village and five districts. The enabling act passed with minimal changes and drew interest from other towns. resolutions thanked town and village counsel Norton Barber and John H. Williams II, and local delegates for guiding the act to passage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Salvatore Santarcangelo
Bennington County
Senate Municipal Corporations Committee
Santarcangelo
General Assembly
Attys
Norton Barber
John H. Williams II
Bennington Village
Planning Group Details Vermont Highway Relocation Plan
The planning group and commission outlined steps to align local highway plans with the department proposal for a Pownal to Dorset relocation and bypass. Aerial surveys, photogrammetric design, and a 1969-72 construction timetable were set, with hearings in April and site-impacts to be minimized near Green Acres area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pelsue
General Assembly
Pownal
Dorset
Pownal - Bennington
Shaftsbury
National Guard Armory
Arlington - Sunderland
Manchester - Dorset
Manchester
New York
Greenacres
Commission
Vermont
Ladies Flight Clinic At Bennington Airport
The second session of the Ladies Flight Clinic was held Wednesday evening at Bennington Airport with 10 women attending. The first session on March 9 drew 15 local women interested in learning basic flying safety for non pilots or pinch-hitters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barret
Bennington
Joel Whittemore
Laura Nowak
North Bennington
Ann Kyer
Eagle Bridge
Priscilla Weir
Carolyn Whittemore
Allison Nowak
Jean Ward
Hoosick Falls
Delores Finkle
Janette Moseley
Buskirk
Adeline Lathrop
Greenwich
Norma Herrington
Flying Farmers Club
The
Flying Farmers of Vermont
Bennington Emblem Club Plans Charity Card Party
The Bennington Emblem Club No 368 announced a card party to benefit the Vermont State Emblem Association. The event will be at president Mrs. Constance LaBeau’s home on April 27, with Mrs. Mary Macauley as chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vermont State Emblem Association
Bennington Emblem Club
Elks Rooms
Constance LaBeau
Mary Macauley
Marion Deforge
Alma Yarnal
Helen Foster
Maureen Fraher
Iona Lemieux
Mary Madden
The
Elks
Patricia Lemieux
Molly Stark
Marian Taylor
Union School Board
Bennington Lions Club
Mt. Anthony Country Club
Tri - State
Funeral for Mrs. Patrick T. H. Gordon Held at St Peter's
The funeral of Mrs. Patrick T. H. Gordon formerly Emily Monsarrat, who died Tuesday at Putnam Memorial Hospital, was held Thursday afternoon at St. Peter's Episcopal Church with heavy attendance. The Burial Office was led by Rev. Frederick B. Wolf and Rev. Herbert Sanderson. Honorary bearers included Dr. Woodhull S. Hall, John H. Williams II, Walter Lapham, Gordon Vail, Breard Hawks, Peter Hawks, and Dr. Walter LaGrange. Miss Celia Hudson of Bennington College presided at the console. Entombment followed at Park Lawn Chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick T. H. Gordon
Emily Monsarrat
Putnam Memorial Hospital
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
Frederick B. Wolf
Herbert Sanderson
Woodhull S. Hall
John H. Williams II
Walter Lapham
Gordon Vail
Breard Hawks
Peter Hawks
Walter LaGrange
Celia Hudson
Bennington College
Park Lawn Chapel
Hospital Case Argued in Vermont Bennington
The Vermont Supreme Court remanded the Putnam Memorial Hospital dispute back to the lower chancery court for a decree enforcing its opinion on care for destitute county residents. Judge Harold C. Sylvester held a hearing with town counsel Henry F. Black opposing hospital counsel Clifton G. Parker as to the decree’s nature and timing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington County
Vermont Supreme Court
Putnam
High Court
Lower Court of Chancery
Sylvester
Black
Parker
Atty
Harvey Carter
Pownal
Norton Barber
Bennington
Putnam Hospital
Vermont Scenic Plans Move Forward Amid Preservation Push
Vermont officials push scenic conservation with a new Central Planning Office project to quantify scenery economics, seek stronger laws, and guide a statewide scenic corridor plan. Gov Hoff backs a capital conference on scenic beauty and tougher highway standards after a White House briefing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vermont
Development Department
Reckoning Country
Central Planning Office
Green Mountain
Hoff
State Scenic Preservation Council
Richard Rubino
Massachusetts
Canada
Rutland
Addison
White House
Scenery Preservation Council
Brattleboro
Highway Department
Secretary of State
Federal Bureau of Public Roads
Montpelier
Gov
Stock Averages Dow Jones Bache Albany Noon March 18 1966
The Dow Jones industrials at noon rose to 921.15 up 1.83, with 30 industrials, 20 railroads, and 15 utilities contributing. The composite average stood at 329.42, up 1.71, on volume of 2,900,000 shares.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dow-Jones—Bache & Co
Albany
Obituary for Edith J Thompson Sr. of Willow Road
Edith Josephine Thompson wife of Charles W Thompson Sr of Willow Road died this morning at Putnam Memorial Hospital. A later obituary will appear in Saturday's Banner. Funeral Sunday at 2 p.m. Hanson Walbridge Funeral Home. Calling hours Saturday 2-4 and 7-9. Donations in her memory to Bennington Rescue Squad preferred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith Josephine Thompson
Charles Www. Thompson Sr
Willow Road
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Hanson-Walbridge Funeral Home
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bennington Banner
Earth
Bennington Bookshop, Inc
Emblem Club
Patrick T.H. Gordon
Bennington Briefs
Park Street
Grange Post Masters Association of
Silver Lake
VFW
Edna Lloyd
Prospect
Haystack
Stratton
Snow Valley
Robert E. Cummings Jr
ADV
Moose Lodge
Nick Marra
Rubino
Norman Williams Jr
Woodstock
Allen Foncroff
Cleveland
Ohio
Dorothy Moore
Stowe
League of Women Voters
American Conservation Association
Laurance Rockefeller
Charles Thompson Sr
Harte Theatre
Steve Reeves
Knotty Pine Restaurant
Charlite
Don Ratelle
Printec
RT. 7
North Bennington RD
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