Obituary notices for Morrissey and Richardson
lifelong Bennington resident Miss Helen Morrissey 91 dies at Warner Nursing Home after years there. She leaves two nieces and cousins. funeral at Mahar and Son with 9 a.m. Mass at St Francis de Sales. Entombment in Park Lawn Cemetery. Rosary at 8 Tuesday. Nellie Richardson 91 dies at Warner Nursing Home after seven years illness. Survives daughter Ethelyn Peck and another daughter Mrs. Watkins. service in Bellows Falls. Burial transfer to Fenton Hennessey Home in Bellows Falls and service conducted in Bellows Falls Baptist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen F. Morrissey
Bennington
West Main Street
Warner Nursing Home
James
Ellen (Stuart) Morrissey
St. Francis de Sales Church
Altar Rosary Society
Daniel J. Fitzgerald
Bessie Morrissey
Miss Morrissey
James Morrissey
Margaret
Mahar and Son Funeral Home
St. Francis de Sales
Park Lawn Cemetery
Nellie (Chapin) Richardson
Grafton
Ethelyn Peck
Grandview St
Richardson
Bellows Falls
Westminster
Will Richardson
Saxtons River
Joseph Leach
Walfred Watkins
Westminster Station
Carlton R. Peck
Albany
N.Y
Christopher Peck
N. Y
Kenne
N.H
Funeral services held for Mrs Jennie W Wilcox 70 in Manchester Center
Mrs Jennie W Wilcox 70 died Saturday at Putnam Memorial Hospital Bennington after a long illness. Funeral services were at the Baptist Church in Manchester Center with burial at West Arlington Cemetery in spring. She lived in Shaftsbury and West Arlington, moved to Manchester Center 10 years ago, and was active in local churches and Legion auxiliary. Surviving husband Orrin Lanthrop four sons Herley Wilcox Robert James Thompson Lester Thompson a daughter Frances Tripp 13 grandchildren four great grandchildren and other relatives. Born Salem New York December 22 1891 to Lester and Cora Hastings Woodward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester Center
Jennie W. Wilcox
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Bennington
Baptist Church
Edgar Johnson
West Arlington Cemetery
Wilcox
Shaftsbury
West Arlington
Sandgate
Manchester Depot
Salem
N.Y
Lester
Cora (Hastings) Woodward
Orrin Lanthrop
Frances Tripp
Cambridge, N.Y
Herley Wilcox
Robert
James Thompson
Lester Thompson
Hoosick Falls
N. Y
Funeral services for Mrs Jean Lathrop Manchester
Mrs Jean Lathrop Manchester 93 died Saturday at home. Funeral Wednesday at 2 p.m. Brewster Funeral Home Manchester Center with Rev E H Nickerson. Burial Ira Allen Cemetery Sunderland in spring. Survived by daughter Laura Jean Harwood Grand Forks N D two sons Hubbel Lathrop Manchester and Jack Morgan Rapid City S D six grandchildren. Friends may call Tuesday 2 to 4 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Jean McGeachen Lathrop
Brewster
Manchester Center
E. H. Nickerson
N.D
Hubbel Lathrop
Jack Morgan
Rapid City
S.D
Thomas Hurley of Hoosick Falls Dies After Illness
Thomas Hurley 60 husband of Esther Nims Hurley of 58 High St Hoosick Falls died Saturday at Albany Medical Center after a brief illness. Born in Hartford Conn he lived in Hoosick Falls 20 years. He leaves two brothers and two sisters plus several nieces and nephews. He belonged to local Elks Derby Club Knights of Columbus Holy Name Society and Catholic Layman Retreat Society. Visitation 7:30 this evening and 8 p.m. Tuesday at Haussler Funeral Home 72 Main St with funeral 9 a.m. Wednesday at the Church of the Immaculate Conception. Burial in St Marys Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Thomas Hurley
Esther Nims Hurley
High St
Albany Medical Center
Hartford
Hurley
State Highway Department
Noble & Wood Machine Co
Mfg. Co
Church of the Immaculate Conception
St. Mary's Cemetery
Mrs. Sarah F. McGuire dies in Hoosick Falls
Mrs. Sarah F. McGuire widow of John F. McGuire died Thursday at Cambridge New York. She resided at 2 Fifth Street Hoosick Falls and leaves three sons James John and Joseph all of Hoosick Falls a daughter Loretta McGuire of Schenectady and several nieces and nephews. Funeral was held today at the Church of the Immaculate Conception with interment in St Marys Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Sarah F. McGuire
John F. McGuire
Cambridge
Fifth St
James
John
Joseph McGuire
Loretta McGuire
Schenectady
Church of the Immaculate Conception
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Mrs Jesse Blaisdell 85 dies at Warner Nursing Home
Mrs Jesse Blaisdell 85 formerly Eva LaChapelle died at Warner Nursing Home Sunday. She moved to Bennington 11 years ago to live with her son-in-law and daughter Mr and Mrs Frank A Starbird. Born in Canada January 11 1877 she lived in Lynn before Bennington. Survived by three daughters and three sons. Transfer of remains to St Laurent Funeral Home Lynn and funeral planned in Lynn with burial at St Jean Baptiste Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse Blaisdell
Eva LaChapelle
Warner Nursing Home
Béhnington
Frank A. Starbird
Coulter Street
Canada
Napoleon and
Adeline Poulin la Chapelle
Lynn
Mass
Bennington
St. Francis de Sales Church
Starbird
Adelyn Blaisdell
James
Chester N. Blaisdell
Peabody
Edmond
Dana Blaisdell
Mahar and Son Funeral Home
St. Laurent Funeral Home
Western Ave
Sister Mary Basil Burlington dies after short illness
Sister Mary Basil Madeline Mary Glendenning of the Sisters of St. Joseph dies after a brief illness at DeGoes Briand Hospital. In her 50th year of religious life, she taught music in Rutland Bellows Falls Fair Haven Brattleboro and Bennington. Funeral services were held at Mt. St. Joseph Convent Chapel in Rutland with burial in Calvary Cemetery Rutland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Mary Basil
Madeline Mary Glendenning
Sisters of St. Joseph
Bennington
DeGoesbriand Hospital
Connellsville
Rutland
Pius X School of Music
Manhattanville College
Bellows Falls
Fair Haven
Brattleboro
Mt. St. Joseph Convent
Calvary Cemetery
W Perley Cramton East Berkshire Longtime Vermont Legislator
W Perle Cramton 57 former legislator and aide died Friday in St Albans Hospital Funeral services set for tomorrow Cramton served as East Berkshire representative in 1953 and 1955 sessions Senate doorkeeper in 1957 and 1959 and House doorkeeper in the last term He also cared for Grand Isle State Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Berkshire
W. Perle Cramton
General Assembly
St. Albans
Cramton
Grand Isle
Senate
House
BCHS Wins One Act Play Area Test in Whitingham
Bennington Catholic High School won the one act play area test held Saturday in Whitingham. Four schools competed including St Michael’s Brattleboro Brattleboro High School and Whitingham High School with works Distant Thunder Pawns and Three on a Bench.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington Catholic High
Whitingham
Bennington Catholic High School
Mugford
Ellen Toomey
Etta Mugford
Mary Green
Tabby Pipp
Gloria Charest
Lowell
Daniel Abbott
John Mugford
Thomas Lukken
Caleb Orme
Charles Toomey
Francis LaDue
Barbara Paquin
Joseph Pineau
Gary Boulet
Gary Boutin
St. Michael’s of
Brattleboro
Brattleboro High School
and Whitingham High School
BCHS
Springfield
Funeral services held for George H. Moore former village trustee
Funeral services for George H. Moore longtime Railway Express employee and former village trustee were largely attended at Mahar and Son Funeral Home. Rev. Frank W. Grippin led the service with many floral tributes and memorials to the Youth Choir Fund. Pallbearers named Frank Krawczyk Walter Parmente Donald Buchanan John Coyne James Mallory Edward Worthington. Burial in Park Lawn Chapel with spring interment planned in family lot. attendance from Bennington area firms and relatives from Starksboro Troy Waterford N Y Williamstown Mass and surrounding communities. Gradation Group of First Baptist Church attended in body, sister Florence Moore a member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George H. Moore
Railway Express
Warner Nursing Home
Mahar and Son Funeral
Frank W. Grippin
First Methodist Church
Methodist Church
Frank Krawczyk
Walter Parmente
Donald Buchanan
John Coyne
James Mallory
Edward Worthington
Park Lawn Chapel
Bennington
Starksboro
Troy
Waterford
N.Y
Williamstown
Mass
First Baptist Church
Mr. Moore
Florence Moore
Funeral for Wilmington official Fred H. Thomas
Fred H. Thomas longtime chairman of the Wilmington Board of Selectmen died Wednesday while attending the funeral for Town Representative Leon S. Wheeler. Masonic service at Social Lodge 38 with Rev. Henry Peck officiating. Attendees from multiple Vermont communities. Buried in Riverview Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
Fred H. Thomas
American Legion
George Kershaw
Arthur Poupart
Frank Brooks
Earl Brown
Robert Waters
George Streeter
Legion
Percy Haskins
Chanley May
Kenneth Sullivan
Great Barrington
Brattleboro
Dummerston
Bennington
Whitingham
Readsboro
Jacksonville
West Dover
Woodford
Searsburg
Mr. Thomas
Riverview Cemetery
Funeral service for Flora R. Hulet held in Arlington
Mrs Flora R Hulet of Arlington died March 14 at Putnam Memorial Hospital Bennington. funeral held at Hanson Walbridge Funeral Home with Rev Charles W Grande officiating. Taconic Grange 491 Shaftsbury members visited Friday. Red Mountain Chapter 41 Order Eastern Star conducted services. Pallbearers named Millard Vaughn John Cross Richard Wood and Henry Coley. Burial planned at Evergreen Cemetery in spring with out of town attendees from Hudson White Creek N Y Arlington Shaftsbury East Arlington area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flora R. Hulet
Arlington
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Bennington
Hanson-Walbridge
Charles W. Grande
Federated Church
Taconic Grange
Shaftsbury
Hulet
Red Mountain
Order Eastern Star
Millard Vaughn
John Cross
Richard Wood
Henry Coley
East Arlington
Park Lawn Chapel
Evergreen Cemetery
Hudson
White Creek
N.Y
Plan Rejected But Resumption Hopes Persist
Governor Keyser said New York State would fight Rutland Railroad abandonment, seeking partial resumption within a year. ICC hearings start Thursday as talks with Ginsburg and other officials continue in Florida, Rutland, and New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rutland
Keyser
ICC
Ginsburg
Florida
New York
New York State
Burlington
Bennington
Shaftsbury
Gassetts
Bellows Falls
Municipal Court Handles Pleas and Bail in Local Cases
Clifford L. Eastman pleaded guilty to resisting arrest and intoxication counts, fined $25 and $5 plus costs after an initial not guilty plea. Howard C. Chandler to three counts of check fraud, pre sentence investigation ordered. Jennifer Ullrich fined for speeding, Addison Noble Jr. faces bail on negligent driving charges. Ellwood A. Russell fined for driving under suspension. John E. Holmberg not guilty on two counts of breaking and entering with $500 cash or $1,000 property bail. Dorset Schoolhouse break-in charges dated March 15. Robert E. Cummings Jr. appointed counsel. Robert S. Peare committed to Waterbury State Hospital for observation after not guilty plea to lewd conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford L. Eastman
South Branch St
Eastman
Howard C. Chandler
Chapel Road
Eugene V. Clark
Jennifer Ullrich
Haverford
Addison G. Noble Jr
Manchester
Ellwood A. Russell
Pleasant St
John E. Holmberg
Dorset
Clark
Robert E. Cummings Jr
Robert S. Peare
Bennington student Kenneth Campbell dies in crash
Kenneth Campbell a senior at Bennington Catholic High School died from a fractured neck and skull after a collision involving Campbell youths and Pownal residents. He was 20 years old on Friday and worked the 3 p.m. to 11 p.m. shift at Pownal Tanning Co. He leaves his mother and father and a large family. Funeral arrangements were handled by Mahar and Son Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Campbell
Kenneth
Ronald
Bennington Catholic High School
North Adams
Mass
Pownal Tanning Co
Barber School
Pownal Center
Our Lady of Lourdes Church
North Pownal
Earl
Jeannette Snow) Campbell
Gail
Nola
Susan
Jonatta
Colleen
Craig
Curtis
Raymond Snow
Cambridge
N.Y
Irving Carpenter
Pownal
Mahar and Son Funeral Home
Bennington and Manchester Area Hospital Admissions and Births
Hospital admissions list names Kathy Squires Barbara Burke Beatrice Latour Clara Hathaway Anna Mears Rhoda Comi and baby boy Faye Stabler and baby girl in Bennington Manchester Depot and Manchester Center A M S aturday March 17 includes Mary Durant Gladys Mitchell Roy Ross Laura Phillips Elizabeth Nichols Elizabeth Stemp Hoosick Falls N Y on Sunday March 18 Gyneth Bevins Barbara Maroney Paul Holmberg Adele Currier Dorset Master Timothy Bartlett Mrs Fannie Pierce North Bennington Mrs Mildred Burdick North Pownal Miss Carol Eberle Frederick Strait Hoosick Falls N Y Births Mr and Mrs Lester Dearstyne 1006 County St a son Jeffrey Edward born March 13 weight five pounds eight ounces Mr and Mrs Richard Winters Hoosick Falls a son born March 18 Mrs Roger Ballard Jr Winnetka Ill a daughter Virginia Field Ballard born March 17 weight seven pounds six ounces Grandparents Capt and Mrs Wells Laflin Field Catamount Lane Olds Bennington
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Timothy Bartlett
Bennington
Fannie Pierce
North Bennington
Mildred Burdick
North Pownal
Barbara Jones
Petersburg
N.Y
Carol Eberle
Frederick Strait
Hoosick Falls
Lester Dearstyne
County St
Jeffrey Edward
Richard Winters
Roger Ballard Jr
Winnetka, Ill
Virginia Field Ballard
Kathy Field
Wells Laflin Field
Catamount Lane
Olds Bennington
Village strike talks hinge on Rutland impacts say Levin
Levin argues for settlement with the Ben-Mont strike after noting the company’s financial strain from the Rutland walkout. He hints at conditional concessions tied to freight service restoration and cites village votes funding water lines depot dam improvements and street work benefiting the plant and workers. Village President Hicks criticizes Levin’s approach while Gibney runs unopposed for village president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Levin
Rutland
Donald C. Hicks
Coolidge Ave
Hicks
Labor and Management
Bennington Briefs Highlight Local Meetings and Profiles
Local notes list the Taconic Grange meeting with a 6 30 p m covered dish supper, American Legion Auxiliary at 501 South St 8 p m Tuesday, Jaycee gathering at Old Bennington Schoolhouse tonight, and UCS March board session at Jolivette building Willow Rd. Also PTA at 8 p m Wednesday focusing on grades four to six, Beech Street group at 9 p m Tuesday, and social plans for Saturday 8 p m. Military and family items include Marine Lance Cpl George J Hohman aboard USS Thetis Bay in the Caribbean. Peter Sachau returning from Antarctic leave to Park St. Deborah Elwell in Wooster Ohio play Hanneles Himmelfahrt. and a C D of A fashion show tonight at 8 in Main and Silver rooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George J. Hohman
Arnold B. Hohman
Main St
Marine Aircraft Group 26
Thetis Bay
Caribbean
Deborah Elwell
George Elwell
Prospect Street
North Bennington
Hanneles Himmelfahrt
College of Wooster
Wooster
Ohio
Miss Elwell
Almshouse
Brothers Arrested in Arizona Jeweler Slaying Case
Clemmie Jackson 19 of Phoenix faces homicide charges in the death of Samuel L. Resnick a former Albany Troy jeweler. Arrest followed tip that Resnick sought killers over cancer. over $5 000 in jewelry missing. J E Jackson 21 and others linked. jewelry found buried near a chicken coop. Mrs. Resnick and her son deny cancer claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arizona
Clemmie Jackson
Phoenix
Samuel L. Resnick
Albany
Troy
N.Y
Crocket
Texas
Lillian Resnick
Martin
Unclear Strike Developments Delay Comment Until Wednesday
The source notes a figure would refrain from comment on strike developments until Wednesday when he is expected to be elected.
Hill named to dean's list at Franklin and Marshall
Jerry Howard Hill of Arlington is on Franklin and Marshall College dean's list for the first semester of 1961 62 academic year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster
Jerry Howard Hill
D. Howard Hill
Arlington
Franklin and Marshall College
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mrs
Mrs. Orrin Wilcox
Jean Lathrop
Sister Mary Basil
W. Perley Cramton
Max Oil Service
Virginia N. Perrotta J
Holbrook
Interstate Commerce Commission
Pownal Youth
Putnam Hospital
Kathy Squires
Barbara Burke
Charles Thompson
William Whitman
Beatrice Latour
Clara Hathaway
Anna Mears
Rhoda Comi
Faye Stabler
Mary Durant
Gladys Mitchell
Roy Ross
Laura Phillips
Elizabeth Nichols
Eber Tamblin
Elizabeth Stemp
Gyneth Bevins
Barbara A. Maroney
Paul A. Holmberg
South Dorset
Adele Currier
Ben-Mont
Gibney
Bennington Briefs
American Legion Auxiliary
Lillian LaFlamme
South St
Daniel Casey
Hamden
The
United Counseling Service
UCS
Jolivette Building
Willow Road
Bennington Elementary Parent Teacher Association
Beech Street
Marshall Witten
New York City
Sally Adams
Phyllis Cross
Leah Cook
Juna Fuller
Margaret Haug
Old First Church
Second Congregational Church
Junior Pilgrim Fellowship
Diane Hanson
Lynne Davis
Cheryl Minke
Diane Beecher
Peter Sachau
U. S. Navy
Antarctic
Park St
Daniel Scott
Sachau
Elaine LaCroix
Davisville
R.I
C.D. of A
Silver
Ariz
Vermont National and Savings Bank
Main ST. Bennington
Vermont
Federal Deposit, Insurance Corporation and
Federal Reserve System
Chester
Jamaica
Windsor
Woodstock
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