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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1966
Page
6
A petition signed by 186 Shaftsbury residents requests a special town meeting to elect a lister by ballot to fill the vacancy left by Arthur Carman’s resignation. The vote hinges on Vermont statutes and a pending legal opinion from Parker Ainsworth and Richards.
Dr Charles A Ratte of Windham College will give a public lecture on the Connecticut River Valley geology from Pre Cambrian times to present. He will outline ancient geologic events and discuss water bearing horizons in southern Vermont around Robert Frost Hall at 8 p m Wednesday.
A 250 foot steel bridge collapsed Sunday over the Androscoggin River in Milan New Hampshire. The 66 year old driver Arthur Napert, manager at White Mountain Lumber Co. plant, escaped serious injury as his car rested upright on the ice after the bridge gave way. Authorities attributed the collapse to the car's weight.
Manchester police investigate a break in on West Road in which Theodore Bremmer Jr. reported several guns and other valuables missing. A station wagon in the Bremmer garage held stolen silverware later found. value unspecified. The crime occurred Friday or Saturday night, with a Sunday report of the break.
Hoosick Falls Donald Smith was elected president of the Hoosick Falls Country Club at a meeting last week. He succeeds John Gorman. Also elected were George Dougherty Jr., vice president, Daniel Boylan, secretary, and Fred McGuire, treasurer. A son, Christopher Paul, was born March 10 at Putnam Memorial Hospital to Mr. and Mrs. Donald Bradley of Center Street. Following a successful public square dance, Hoosick Grange sponsors another dance Saturday night from 8:30 to 12:30 in the Grange Hall. Music by The Townsmen of Albany with Johnny Bridgewater, caller. Refreshments served. Mrs. Omer Brenenstuhl, general chairman, says it will be their last public dance this season. GOP Women meet. Hoosick Republican Club committees announced with names including Miss Jean Dewar, Mrs. Thomas Restino, Miss Elva Gigel, and many others. Life membership certificate given to Mrs. Mary Walsh, widow of the late Congressman William D. Thomas.
Social items describe Walloomsne Billy Luke visiting Burton Lakes and a Ladies Auxiliary St Patrick Day presentation at Twin Brooks Rest Home. Regional residents including George Madill, Ruth Stearns, and the Hoags are noted for visits, surgeries, birthdays, and family celebrations around Putnam Memorial Hospital and local homes.
South Cambridge Robins observed in the area during the past week. Local youth from a church attended the circuit MYF at Eagle Bridge Sunday. Miss Daughn Austin of Hanover NH visited her parents in Hoosick. Bruce Baker hospitalized at Mary McClellan after a rescue squad arrival Thursday. Holy Week services announced for North Hoosick circuit churches and Buskirk Reformed Church. Mrs. Dale T. MacNeil of Salem passed state board exam for registered nurse. Fifth Lenten service at First Methodist Melrose March 27 led by Rev Oswald A Muller. Pleasant Valley Grange card party set for March 29 at 8 p.m. Nine tables were in play at the last event. Malcom Hamilton and Francis Wade attended Mrs Rose Szumowski’s funeral in Colonie. Sunday they visited her sister Marion Dick and Irvin Dick in West Hoosick.
Private Harold E. McKeighan son of Mr and Mrs Raymond F McKeighan of Rupert completed a 21 week field radio repair course at the Army Southeastern Signal School Fort Gordon Georgia, marking a milestone in military training and service readiness.
Tonight at 7 30 the special school meeting is set in the North Bennington school gym to authorize a new heating system for the main building. An Norshaft Arlington Little League meeting is scheduled for Tuesday at 8 at the Shaftsbury Fire House for all managers coaches and interested parents. Local faculty members Mrs Aline Sandrini and Miss Mary Meagher attended a Vermont Classroom Teachers Association session in Middlebury. Weekend events included Vermont Student Council Association convention hosting Bennington families and NBHS juniors visiting the University of Vermont for campus tours and program glimpses.
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