Two Obituaries for Wilmington and Bennington Figures
Miss Minnie Corbett 76 former town auditor and post office employee died after a six month illness in Brattleboro. Survived by a brother a niece and several cousins she was born in Wilmington in 1890 and attended local schools. Funeral at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Wilmington Baptist Church with ministers officiating. James P Hogan 83 lifelong Bennington resident and retired textile worker died unexpectedly at Putnam Memorial Hospital after heart attack recovery. Born 1882 to Patrick and Ellen Hogan he worked at Holden Leonard and Bennington Mills before retiring. He belonged to St Francis de Sales Church Holy Name Society Knights of Columbus and Moose Lodge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
Minnie Corbett
Brattleboro
Ernest
Marion Corbett
Rutland
Miss Corbett
Mayflower Chapter
Order
Eastern Star
James P. Hogan
McKinley St
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Bennington
Mr. Hogan
Patrick
Ellen
O’dea) Hogan
Old Catholic Academy
Convent Avenue
Elizabeth Guiden
Holy Name Society
Knights of Columbus
Putnam Hose Company
K of C
Barbara M. Hogan
William
Mary) Martin
Joseph
Monica) Corcoran
Rose) Hurley
North Bennington
Raymond
Ann) Lauzon
Salem
N.Y
James E. Hogan
Patrick J, Hogan
Hartford
Park Lawn Chapel
Azelie A. Dutelle
Loretto
Joseph M. Dutelle
Louiseville
Canada
Ignace and
Claire (Lefrancois) Leclerc
St. Anne
St. Joseph’s Cemetery
Clifford Funeral Home
Manchester Center
Martha B. Powers
Thomas J. Powers
Manchester
Edgar
Mary (Bowen) Bryant
Powers
St. Paul’s
Donald Powers
Kathleen Powers
Michael Powers
Clyde H. Bryant
Martha I. Bates
Springfield
University of Vermont
Abell
Pi Beta Phi Sorority
Robert
Martha) E. Rudd Jr
North Pownal
Sabin C. Abell Jr
Shelburne
Corbin & Palmer Funeral Home
South Union St
UVM College of Medicine
Robert Slater
Burlington
Hearings On Highway Plans In Vermont Today
Two hearings are held today by the Vermont Department of Highways on U.S. 7 projects in Bennington and Pownal to remove high risk road sections. Bennington hearings begin 7:30 p.m. at the Bennington County Courthouse, addressing curve straightening near Memorial Avenue Ext and Carpenter Hill Road and another near the Dar ling Kelly Motel and Maple Haven area. Pownal session starts 2 p.m. at the Pownal Center Firehouse, covering hazards near Pine Tree Hill and Jackson Cross Road. Public objections and suggestions will be welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vermont Department of Highways
Bennington
Pownal
Bennington County
U.S. 7
Bennington Village
Monument Avenue Ext
Carpenter Hill Road
Darling Kelly
Maple Haven
State Highway Board
Pownal Center
Pine Tree Hill
Jackson Cross Road
Jaycee Reorganization To Be Considered
An open meeting by the Greater Brattleboro Jaycees will discuss reorganizing a Bennington chapter, scheduled for Tuesday in March. The session will cover goals, structure, and potential membership effects within the local Jaycee organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Greater Brattleboro
Jaycees
YMCA
National Organization
Brattleboro Jaycees
Jaycee
George Cook
Fred Phillips
The
U.S
Bennington News Roundup Includes Alarms Students and Notices
A late Saturday false fire alarm in Bennington yielded a caught seven year old whose name was withheld by Chief Charles Sawyer. Local student James R. McGurn Jr. secured fall enrollment at St. Michael s College while Bruce E. Banulis, 17, joined the 82nd Airborne at Fort Bragg. Snow Valley reports a 7 to 45 inch base with good skiing. Community notices include AAUW, Elks and YMCA events, a dog lost on Woodford Mountain, and Jaycee chapter developments in Brattleboro with details on formation and contact numbers. The Viet Nam unrest commentary quotes Ky warning against disturbances and affirming government resolve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Charles Sawyer
Imperial Avenue
Army
Bruce E. Banuelis
Ben W. Banulis
82Nd Airborne Division
Fort Bragg
N.C
Fort Dix
N.J
Bennington High School
Dominican Republic
Inter- American Peace Force
Nuclear sub threat to U S Polaris fleet outlined
The piece notes Soviet submarine force strengths with 45 nuclear subs, 20 torpedo arms, 10 ballistic subs and 15 with winged missiles, plus 75 diesel subs. It argues Russia could station 10 nukes off coasts and could wipe out up to 50 million people in a one shot push, while the U S counters with a $2 billion annual antisubmarine program and a larger missile force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic
Pacific
Mediterranean
Cuba
United States
Russia
U.S
Accidents Reported In Vermont And New York
A New York driver, Francis P. McNabe Jr., 37, was admitted with a lacerated scalp after his car left the road in Pownal. David Vassar of Dorset suffered lacerations and possible internal injuries when his sedan hit a pole near Snow's Garage. A Pownal resident reported a hit-and-run involving a white car that struck Lorraine P. Bolonar of Green Island, New York, in the late evening. Bolonar escaped injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York State
David Vassar
Dorset
Manchester
Snow
Pownal
Lorraine P. Bolonar
Green Island
N.Y
Bolonar
Bovee Named Skidmore Public Relations Chief
Victor Bovee of Bennington has been appointed director of information services in Skidmore College Office of Public Relations and Development in Saratoga Springs. He previously led publications and information services at Bennington College and held editorial and broadcasting roles in Iowa Missouri and Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saratoga Springs
N.Y
Victor Bovee
Bennington
Skidmore College
Skidmore
Bennington College
Iowa
Bovee
State College of Iowa
Sioux City
Des Moines
Marshalltown
Springfield
Missouri
Omaha
Neb
Unitarian Universalist Association
Boston
Mass
American College Public Relations Association
American Alumni Council
Associated Church Press
American Newspaper Guild
Astronomy Notes on Moon Phase and Canes Venatici
New moon arrives around midnight aiding observation of Canes Venatici. Readers can locate the handle of the Big Dipper, the Bootes handle, and the bright Canes Venatici between Berenice’s Hair and Bootes. The note highlights hunting dogs constellation and its position in the sky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berenice
Six New Officers Beef Up Probation Parole Program
Vermont appoints six new probation and parole officers and two supervisors effective July 1, boosting statewide staffing in rehabilitation efforts. The plan adds nine prison personnel including a director of education and several social workers and activity leaders to Windsor, Chittenden, and other counties, with a new research officer to coordinate programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montpelier
Vermont Department of Institutions
John V. Woodhull
Woodhull
Windsor
Washington County
Rutland
Burlington
Chittenden
Addison
Orange
State Prison
Hospital Notes Friday to Sunday March 1966 Admissions and Births
Admissions list includes Mrs Mary Hall Hoosick Falls Master Frederick Miller IV Shaftsbury Ralph Oakes Sr Bennington among others. Births note new daughters for Peat Murph y Sweet Durkee Knights L andy and a March 21 birth to Dr. Stanley J. Smith of Parris Island with Bennington roots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary E. Hall
Hoosick Falls
Frederick W. Miller IV
Shaftsbury
Ralph Oakes Sr
Bennington
William Peat Jr
William J. Murphy
Robert Sweet
Earl Durkee
Johnsonville
N.Y
Stanley J. Smith
Parris Island
S.C
M.C. Smith
Colonial Garden Apartments
Funeral Rites for Mrs Frances B Lorenz Held in Arlington
Requiem Mass at St. Margaret Mary's for Frances B Lorenz of Sandgate who died Wednesday at Putnam Memorial Hospital Bennington. She operated the Evergreen Hotel in Sandgate. Interment in St Columban's vault with committal prayers. burial planned in spring in St Columban's Cemetery. Relatives attend from New York City Long Island Sandgate and nearby areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlington — A
St. Margaret Mary’s
Frances B. Lorenz
Sandgate
Lorenz
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Bennington
Evergreen
Gerald T. Buckley
William Lomberg
Fred Lomberg
Mark Christiansen
Carl Hess Sr
West Arlington
St. Columban’s
Father Buckley
Hanson-Walbridge
Arlington
New York City
Long Island
Edith Josephine Thompson
Charles W. Thompson Sr
Willow Road
Hanson - Walbridge
Melvin R. McGaughey
First Methodist Church
Park Lawn Chapel
Frank Hollister
Solomon Harrington
August Kelson
Martin G. Ayer Sr
Asa Elwell
Joseph Sausville
Mt. Anthony
Order Eastern Star
Ethel Vance
David Barton
Tucker
North Benning
Stolen Pipe Recovered Near Saint John Church
Virtually all of the 400 pounds of drainage pipe stolen Friday night at Saint John the Baptist Church site in North Bennington were recovered. Found about 100 yards away and hastily covered with branches, 16 of about 19 lengths were recovered after children spotted them while playing this weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Bennington
Saint John the Baptist Church
Stock Averages Report Noon March 2 1966
Dow Jones and related averages listed with industrials railroads utilities and composite totals. Figures show noon values with gains and declines for each index and a total composite around 331.69. Firm identified as &' Co. of Albany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dow-Jones
Also Mentioned on This Page
Vermont Association of Student Council
Bennington Catholic High School
WASC
Walter Morrissey
BCHS
Earl Daniels
Lyndon Institute
Craig McNeer
Montpelier High School
Mary Rita Candon
Proctor High School
Bennington Area
Miss Minnie Corbett
J.M. Dutelle
Edgar C. Bryant Jr
Manchester Depot
St. Paul’s Church
James B. Murray
St. John’s Cemetery
Brewster Funeral Home
Irene B. Abell
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation Service
University Heights
Charles W
James R. McGurn Jr
St. Michael’s College
Winooski Park
Snow Valley
AAUW
J. Russell Carpenter
Elm Street
Theodore Beatty
Frank Hogel
Marion Downes
Woodford Mountain
Humane Society
Viet Nam
Nuclear
Menands, N.Y
Francis P. McNabe Jr
Vassar
John Riddle
Vermont
American Guild of Organists
First Congregational Church
Celia G. Hudson
Joseph Stannard
Epot
Ringheiser
Nancy Hall
June Reynolds
Christine A. Tyrrell
Katharine C. Carmody
Patricia C. Randall
Geraldine M. Surdam
Shirley Searey
Harriet Gaines
Frank Snow III
Cambridge
Linda Smith
Barbara Goddard
East Arlington
Francis N. Rogers
Otis Dorman
Muriel Wilwo
Cambridge, N.Y
Adolph H. Fischer
Williamstown
Margaret M. Tobin
Glenna Minogue
Christine Ware
Marjorie E. Surdam
Leonard Knights
Edward Landy
Edith J. Thompson
Ton
Ada
Lillian Bassen
Ruth
Rhoda Mason
Esther
Rose Mattison
Martha
Beatrice Gilman
Electa
Harriet Beals
Norshaft Lions Club
Thompson
Southgate
Calif
Fitchburg
Gardner
Leroy
Rochester
Monroe, Conn
Evansville
Ind
Bellemare
North
Bennington Road
Albany
Harte Theatre
Natalie Wood
Christopheer Plummmmer
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