Search Continues for Smith Escaped Burglar Fugitives Sighted
Bennington Vermont authorities persist in seeking Edward Jesse Smith the Connecticut burglar who fled Bennington Municipal Court Monday morning. Reports describe two tentative sightings of a hitchhiker resembling Smith, while police await cross state records as they pursue leads. Smith was arrested after a break in at R M Albert’s Arlington home and escaped from the municipal court. his muddy Ford and a husky dog remain unclaimed at Shaftsbury facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Jesse Smith
Connecticut
Bennington Municipal Court
John P. Riddle
Gage St
Bennington - Rutland
Shaftsbury
Manchester
Riddle
Bennington
John Maloney
Maloney
Smith
Danby
Vermont
R. M. Albert
Arlington
Albert
Albert Home
George M. Fienberg
Bennington County Humane Society
Shaftsbury State
Six Year Old Girl Hit By Car In Bennington
A six year old girl, Colleen Gerow of 110 South Branch St., escaped with minor injuries after being struck by a car at Main and Branch streets around 3 p.m. Tuesday. The driver, Joseph W. Kean of Groton Mass., was moving about 15 mph when the child darted from the north sidewalk. She was treated at Putnam Memorial Hospital and released. A separate accident at Union and South Streets involved a 1961 International truck owned by Gleason-Rouse Transportation and a 1964 Ford convertible driven by Cheryl W. Galipeau. the truck struck the car fender as it turned from South onto Union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Branch Street
Bennington Village
Colleen Gerow
South Branch St
Main and
Branch Street
Joseph W. Kean
Groton
Mass
Kean
Main
Gerow
Bennington
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Union
South Streets
Gleason-Rouse Transportation Co, Inc
White River Junction
Paul L. Hammond
Lebanon
N.H
Cheryl W. Galipea
Division St
South Street
Galipeau
Local Youth Identifies Assailant
A 15-year-old Bennington youth identified one of four men from a composite sketch tied to an assault on 18-year-old Linda Musella in Troy. The girl was forced into an auto, slashed, and released near Hudson Valley Community College after a terror ride through the South End.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy
N.Y
Bennington
Edmund Burdick
Melrose
Valentine St
Frank
Bennington Vilage
Young Burdick
Chris Stevens
Ralph Stevens
Schaghticoke
Burdick
Valley Inn
Linda Musella
First Street
South End
Hudson Valley Community College
Detective Bureau
Bennington Briefs in Brief: Fire Dept Faces Seventh False Alarm
Bennington Fire Department responded to another false alarm near 1 a.m. at the intersection of Gage and Branch Streets, marking the seventh such call since January. A 19 year old was discharged from Putnam Memorial Hospital after treatment for a downtown incident, and John Rose was taken to hospital by the Bennington Rescue Squad. The Sugar on Snow party planned by the Green Mountain Club was postponed. St John’s Masonic Lodge will present a skit at the spring frolic on April 16 at the Pittsfield Jewish Community Center. Dr William D Worthington was named to the Blue Shield Plan board of directors at its Concord meeting. Free Hoover Service Clinic set for March 26 at Griffin Electric offering free small repairs. Advertisement: For sale 1964 Honda 305cc, $475, Tri-Mont Texaco contact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Gage
Branch Streets
Charles Sawyer
LeBlanc Avenue
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Main
Depot Streets
John Rose
Springfield
Ordnance Craftsmen
General Electric
Columbia Council
Knights of Columbus of
Dalton
Pittsfield
William D. Worthington
County Medical Society
Concord
N.H
Kennedy Memorial Marble Details Revealed at Danby Quarry
A front view of the Kennedy Memorial shows a rectangular shape while the side presents a tapered pyramid-like form. Ten steps of Danby Imperial marble lead to the memorial, with a retaining wall capped in black granite from Stonington Maine. Roy Webster, Danby quarry superintendent, estimates 64 marble pieces will be used and the work will continue another month. Blocks will be finished in Proctor Vermont before shipment to Washington for carving. Danby marble has appeared in the Lincoln and Jefferson Memorials and other major buildings. Sept. Webster notes strong demand and the quarry’s high white with gold flecks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stonington
Maine
Roy Webster
Danby
Webster
Kennedy
Vermont Marble Company
Proctor
Washington
U.S. Senate
Oregon State Capitol
Oregon Building
Veterans Memorial Building
Detroit
Mich
Dorset Mountain
U.S. 7
Town road improvements eyed by Bennington selectmen
Bennington selectmen and Road Commissioner James Cross reviewed summer road projects including hard surfacing on Willow Road Gore Road Mountain Road and sections near Fairdale Farms Bennington Flats and Clark Woods as well as lesser work on Ore Bed Austin Hill and Dermody Roads. Nine applications for sanitary landfill operator were received with no further filings. airport runway expansion stalled due to lack of state federal funds until 1967. a trophy is planned to honor Bennington Catholic High School’s back-to-back Class L basketball titles with local officials to cooperate on the presentation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
James Cross
Willow Road
Gore Road
Vermont 9
Fairdale Farms
Sanitary Landfill
Funeral for James P Hogan draws wide turnout
The funeral of 83 year old James P Hogan, longtime resident of 129 McKinley Street, was heavily attended at St Francis de Sales Church. A Requiem High Mass was celebrated by Rev. Richard McGowan with Rev. Gerald Buckley present in the sanctuary. Attendees included deputy sheriffs from Hartford where Hogan’s son is sheriff, plus relatives from Salem, Albany, Troy, and nearby towns. Bearers and family members included Hogan grandchildren and other relatives. Burial will be in Park Lawn Chapel at a later date after entombment in the church cemetery’s mausoleum cremation forthcoming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James P. Hogan
McKinley St
Putnam Memorial Hospital
St. Francis de Sales Church
Richard McGowan
Gerald T. Buckley
St. Margaret Mary’s Church
Arlington
Mahar & Son Funeral Home
Ronald Lindsey
Shaftsbury
Mr. Hogan
William J. Hurley Jr
North Bennington
Arthur Hogan
Whiting
Daniel Corcoran
New York City
James Corcoran
Boston
Michael
Timothy Corcoran
Bennington
Peter Lauzon
Salem
N.Y
Hartford
Douglas Hawkins
C.S.C
Hogan
Loyal Order of Moose
Frederick Harwood
Vernon Hollister
Eric Lantz
Carlton Bahan
The
Moose
Francis B. Flanagan
Park Lawn Chapel
Holcomb
East Hoosick, Buskirk
Albany
Troy
Bridgeport
Congressmen Attacked in Capitol Office Slashing
Washington reports a 21-year-old Capitol custodian Raymond B. Hines was arrested for stabbing Republican Rep. James C. Cleveland of New Hampshire on the fifth floor of the Longworth Office Building. Cleveland, 45, escaped a gut injury by inches, and $30 to $40 was taken. Police line up noted the assailant apologized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Capitol
Raymond B. Hines
James C. Cleveland
New Hampshire
Cleveland
James C. Colgate
Bennington
Longworth House
NATO unity and deterrence in Johnson's NATO remarks
President Johnson emphasized NATO as a peacekeeping alliance not a war machine. He highlighted the alliance deterring war and stabilizing the North Atlantic, while signaling US effort to press De Gaulle to disclose disengagement plans before addressing specifics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
NATO
Johnson
North Atlantic
Atlantic
Ayer Cup Contest Announced by N W Ayer and Son
Philadelphia report says N W Ayer announces the 36th annual Ayer Cup for typography makeup and printing will judge last March 17 dailies with about 1700 English language newspapers eligible. Entries due April 15 with judges named later. Three jurors will pick 1966 winner and 10 honorable mentions. three honors per circulation category and one to top tabloid. Last year’s winner was the Bennington Banner. Nearly 800 papers entered 1965.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
UPI
N.W. Ayer & Son, Inc
Lot
United States
Bennington
Main Street
Obituaries from White Creek and Hoosick Falls
Charles P Freemyre 86 retired mechanic died after short illness in Cambridge hospital. He lived 66 years in Center White Creek and worked with People’s Gas and Oil Co. Survived by wife Bessie McClellan three daughters a brother two sisters as well as 10 grandchildren and 29 great grandchildren. Funeral 2 p.m. Friday Center White Creek Baptist Church. Interment Woodlands Cemetery Cambridge. M Zita Whitkop Hoosick Falls died after a short illness at Samaritan Hospital Troy. Survived by sister Elizabeth Whitkop a brother Carl Whitkop and other relatives. Funeral Friday 9 a.m. Leo J Mahar Funeral Home and 9:30 a Church of the Immaculate Conception. Burial St Mary’s Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Creek
N. Y
Charles P. Freemyre
Mary McClellan Hospital
Cambridge
Freemyre
Hoosick Falls
Center White Creek
People’s Gas and Oil Co
Bessie M. McClellan
Katherine Goffin
Shaftsbury
Flora Peters
Eagle Bridge
Ruth Allard
Albany
Merritt B. Freemyre
Laura Lewis
Sarasota
Fla
Annis Jones
Baltimore
White Creek Baptist Church
Nelson Egbert
Norris Smith
Woodlands Cemetery
N.Y
M. Zita Whitkop
Hall St
Samaritan
Leo J. Mahar
Church of the Immaculate Conception
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Ozire F. Bushee
Gage St
South Wallingford
George and
Mary (Trombley) Bushee
Allen-A
Old Charles Cooper Company
United States
Union Carbide Consumer Products
Bushee
Coast Artillery
U.S. Army
Lois Jolivette
Bennington
Mary LaFlamme
Alfred Bushee
Mahar & Son Funeral
Joseph F. Wiseman
Anna Colton
Genesee Hospital
Rochester
Webster
James Colton
Colton
John Colton
Amsterdam
Bernard
Ophelia Wilhelm
Troy
St. Mary’s Auxiliary
John
Kansas City
William
Walter Egnor
Latham
Bernard Wilhelm
Hospital Notes and Obituary Tidings From Bennington Area
Hospital notes on admissions discharges and births for Bennington Hoosick Falls and surrounding towns. Ore details include names like Miss Mary Beth Gorman Barbara Harrington and Stephen Coyne plus Joseph Harrington and Ozire Bushee a 66 year old WWII veteran. Also local obituaries for Ozire Bushee and Anna Colton with service details and burial plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Beth Gorman
Hoosick Falls
Barbara A. Harrington
Michelle Rose
Bennington
John D. Rowe
North Bennington
Night sky guide notes Cancer and Hydra shown
Early evening sky highlights Cancer with the Bee hive cluster overhead and a faint nebulous spot visible without aid. A few degrees south lies a small star group forming a geometric pattern that subdivides into triangles, identified as Hydra the 100 head monster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hydra
Post Office Hours Change at Bennington Office
Post Office hours shrink to weekends closing at 6 55 p m with new policy effective Saturday Postmaster Stanley J Pekalski notes the weekend hour shift follows a postal authorities evaluation Patrons urged to use the lobby drop after 5 p m to avoid delays and ensure processing Mail pouches close at 6 50 p m requiring deposits before 6 45 p m for dispatch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Stanley J. Pekalski
Pekalski
Stock Averages Report Dow Jones March 28 1966
The Noon bulletin from Dow Jones Bache in Albany shows the 30 Industrials at 929.89 down 4.63, 20 Railroads at 252.51 down 0.50, 15 Utilities at 142.33 up 0.06, with the Composite average at 331.98 down 1.07 and a volume of 3,580,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dow-Jones—Bache & Co
Albany
Also Mentioned on This Page
Theophile LaFlamme
Joseph Higgins
Board of Selectmen
LaFlamme
Louis F. Sausville
Joseph A. Pello Jr
Ben
Highway Department
Ed Coyne
Bennington Flats
Cross
Coyne
Bennington Briefs
Green Mountain Club
St. John’s
Masonic Lodge of
Griffin Electric
Hoover
Honda
Tri-Mont
Harte Theatre
Richard Burton
Willows
Loop
Clarks Woods
Sharon
Woodland Drives
Birch Road
Ore Bed
Austin Hill
Dermody Road
de Gaulle
White
Bellows Falls
William White
Park St
Westminster
Vergennes
Dewey Guidry II
St. Johnsbury
Guidry
Petersburg
North Petersburg
Ernest D. Yorke
Petersburg Fire Department
Zita Whitkop
Jean Marie Bentley
Center Berlin
Hazel M. Post
Alice Dale
Linda M. Peat
Joyce Sweet
Margaret M. Tobin
Susan Murphy
Dorothy Durkee
Johnsonville
Stephen Coyne
Joseph Harrington
Post Office
Rosasco
Enterprise
State Street
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