Shaftsbury Baptist Assn to Convene in Poultney
The Shaftsbury Baptist Association meeting will be held at Poultney Baptist Church in Poultney at 3 p.m. with Rev. Roger A. MacDonald leading a devotional and Rev. Harold Allen welcoming attendees. A 4:30 p.m. women’s session features Mrs. Roy Estey. dinner follows at 6:30 p.m. The evening gospel will be preached by Rev. Ellis J. Holt of Pittsfield Mass. Delegates are urged from member churches. The association moderator, Mrs. Harry S. Moses, will preside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shaftsbury Baptist Association
Poultney
Association of
Baptist Churches
Rutland
Bennington Counties
American Baptist Convention
America
Roger A. MacDonald
Harold Allen
Roy Estey
Addison Community Baptist Church
Estey
Vermont
Ellis J. Holt
First Baptist Church
Pittsfield
Mass
Court Street
Bennington Briefs Mixed Community Notes
The Rev. Richard Duncanson, former assistant pastor now at Framingham Center Mass, recovering from a broken collarbone after an auto accident. Bennington Lions Club meets 6:30 tonight at Knotty Pine. speakers from Polygraphic Co. on offset printing. Members may offset missed meetings by attending directors’ meetings the first Tuesday each month at Richard Arrison’s barn. Mary Jane Jordan, formerly of Bennington, is a patient at Ellis Hospital Schenectady. Hamilton Shields Sr. and wife travel to England on the Queen Elizabeth with son Hamilton Shields Jr. for six weeks. Leys School student in Cambridge. Bennington Club steak dinner set for March 31 with dancing. call Corky for reservations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Duncanson
Second Congregational Church
Congregational Church
Framingham Center
Mass
Framingham
Ruthellen Road
Bennington Lions Club
Knotty Pine
Robert C. Watson
Frank Arbolino
The
Polygraphic Co
Richard Arrison
Depot Street
Hamilton L. Shields
Elm Street
New York City
England
Hamilton L. Shields Jr
Young Shields
Leys School
Cambridge
Miss Hulihan Weds D W Menzies in Hoosick Falls
Miss Ellen Gae Hulihan daughter of Mr and Mrs Andrew Hulihan of 209 Church Street Hoosick Falls married David William Menzies son of Mr and Mrs William Menzies of Brooklyn in the Church of the Immaculate Conception Hoosick Falls. Ceremony by Rev Lawrence Gerrity with organ support. They plan to live in Hawaii after a wedding trip to New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Ellen Gae Hulihan
Andrew Hulihan
Church St
David William Menzies
William Menzies
Brooklyn
Susan Boupton
Daniel Menzies
Cambridge
New York City
Hawaii
Mrs. Menzies
St. Mary’s Academy
Farmingdale Technical Institute
Long Island
Los Angeles City College
California
Los Angeles
Waikiki
Menzies
International Business Machines School
Remington Rand School
International Business Machines Co
Robert Hulshan
Walter McGrath
Newburgh
Harold Freidman
Albany
Court refuses to review libel award in New Hampshire case
The Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal in the libel suit brought by Roger H. Chagnon of Manchester against Union Leader Corp. The $99,000 award arose from articles in New Hampshire publications during the summer of 1954.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
Roger H. Chagnon
Manchester
N.H
Union Leader Corp
Manchester Union Leader
New Hampshire Sunday News
Chagnon
Garden Center
Union Leader
Correction on Plea in False Fire Alarm Case
Steven H. Hansen aged 17 of Burgess Road pleaded guilty in Monday Municipal Court to participating in the act of ringing a false fire alarm. The Banner previously reported the plea as a charge of ringing false alarms. the correction notes the case alleged participation in the act, not the act itself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steven H. Hansen
Burgess Road
Banner
Schools weigh cost of union district plan
Planning Board outlines 1961-62 pupil based cost shifts among eight districts with Bennington showing $26K rise and North Bennington Shaftsbury $35K. They stress rising regional education costs and argue union district reduces tuition and preserves local voice while encouraging merger of Bennington Graded and Greater Bennington Schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Village of Bennington
North Bennington
Shaftsbury
H.W. Riemann
Molly Stark
Eight Districts Vote On Union High School Plan
A regional study urges eight Bennington area districts to form a union high school system to curb rising costs and accommodate growth. The plan envisions a union junior high for grades 7–8, a union senior high for 9–12, with each town keeping elementary duties and a new bond-funded building program to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Shaftsbury
Arlington
Wilson
Marshall
Union
Union High
Country Dance Festival Slated For Norwich
The Twelfth Annual Vermont Country Dance Festival will be held at the Norwich University Armory in Northfield on Saturday, April 28. Charles Baldwin of Norwell Massachusetts will serve as Master of Ceremonies and Chuck Wells and his Orchestra will perform. Afternoon demonstrations begin at one o clock with The First Timers performing Two Head Ladies and Heads and Sides. Intermediate Groups present Left Hand Lady Pass Under and My Little Girls while Veterans perform Nelly Bly and Texas Star.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vermont
State Board of Recreation
Norwich University
Northfield
Charles Baldwin
Norwell
Massachusetts
New England
Chuck Wells
Nelly Bly
Texas Star
Mrs Bonnie Stone Dies in Bennington After Illness
Bonnie Van Derwerker Stone 55 longtime Schuylerville native died suddenly Monday at her daughter's Shaftsbury home while convalescing after hospital treatment. She leaves four children Eugene Saratoga White Glens Falls Wade and Morris. mother Lena Van Derwerker Schuylerville. siblings Donald William Benjamin and two sisters. several grandchildren. Visitation today Hanson Walbridge Funeral Home 2-4 and 7-9 pm. Funeral Thursday 2 pm at Still Funeral Home Schuylerville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonnie van Derwerker Stone
Schuylerville
N.Y
Bennington
Charles Wade
Shaftsbury
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Eugene
Saratoga
Richard
Jean) M. White
Glens Falls
Lois) Wade
William
Wilma) Morris
School Street
Lena van Derwerker
Schuyleville
William Poulin
Indiana
George F. Kretzner Rites Planned in Hoosick Falls
George F. Kretzner 78 of 45 River Street Hoosick Falls died Monday at Mary McClellan Hospital Cambridge after a short illness. He lived with son Albert and leaves Frederick of Bayonne, a daughter Mrs. Arasim of North Hoosick, a brother Frederick of Roselle NJ, four grandchildren and one nephew. He worked at Colasta Co Specialty Insulation Manufacturing Co and Polygraphic Co and was active in Hoosick Falls Eagles and Elks. Funeral 2 p.m. Thursday from his daughter’s home with Rev George F Miller Jr officiating. Interment Maple Grove Cemetery. Elks to conduct service Wednesday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
George F. Kretzner
River St
Mary McClellan Hospital
Cambridge
Frederic G
Gerhadine Cauzler Kretzner
Bayonne
N.J
Mary Theresa Burns
Albert
Frederick
Stanley Arasim
North Hoosick
Rosella
N J
Colasta Co
Specialty Insulation Manufacturing Co
Polygraphic Co
North Bennington
Hoosick Falls Aerie of Eagles and Hoosick Falls Lodge
BPO Elks
Kretzner
Mechanicville Elks Lodge
Arasim
George F. Miller Jr
VFW Post to Seat Officers Sunday at State Armory
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1332 will install officers for the coming year at 2 p.m. Sunday in the State Armory. The event invites Gold Star Mothers World War I veterans American Legion and auxiliaries Spanish War Veterans and families. Aldo Manfredi of Rutland will conduct the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans of Foreign Wars
State Armory
American Legion
VFW
Aldo Manfredi
Rutland
Vermont
Dept. of Vermont
C. Wayland Loyd
Loyd
E. F. Woodruff
Department
Washington, D.C
Woodruff
Shaftsbury Minister to Preach Mid-Week Lenten Sermon
The Rev. Angus J. MacDonald will preach at Shaftsbury Methodist Church on the mid week Lenten service. His talk titled The Cross at the Heart of Life reflects a career spanning churches in Nova Scotia Ontario and Saskatchewan. He serves on multiple church and community boards and is married with one son studying in Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist
Angus J. MacDonald
First Methodist
Shaftsbury
North Sydney
Nova Scotia
MacDonald
McGill’s
Divinity Hall
Montreal
United Church of Canada
Sydney Presbytry, Maritime Conference
Quebec
Prince Edward Island
Ontario
Cote Des Neiges United Church
Calvary United Church
General Council
T. W. Jones
Canwood United Church
Prince Albert
Saskatchewan
First Methodist Church
United Counseling Service
Bennington
Births and Admissions List From Bennington Area
Mrs Ellen Jennings and others hospitalized or admitted in area hospitals. Many entries for births on March 23 26 24 including Mr and Mrs Clyde Baker Dorset a son and other new arrivals. Local families cited: Hartzell Porter White Pittsford Bennington East Arlington Hoosick Falls Shaftsbury Clinton Mass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Baker
Dorset
Arthur Rogerson
Chapel Road
Herschel Polley
Main St
Hoosick Falls
Edward Wansbury
Sycamore Lane
Shaftsbury
Clarence J. Mattison
R.D. 2
Burton Boyd
Whitingham
Pfe
Jack Hartzell
Hartzell
Clinton, Mass
Karlene Porter
Karl Porter
Bennington
Marvin White
Depot Street
Three Agencies Inspect State's First Raceway
Vermont health highways and public safety officials met with Mark Linenthal the Boston designer of a $4.5 million race track in Pownal for Taconic Racing and Breeding Association. The track to be run by Lou Smith of Rockingham New Hampshire will hold 20 000 spectators and 7 000 parking spaces with a tentative completion in August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington, Vt
Vermont
Departments of Health, Highways and Public Safety
Mark Linenthal
Boston
Pownal
Taconic Racing and Breeding Association
Linethal
Lou Smith
Rockingham, N.H
CDA Notes Supper Precedes April 3 Meeting Involves P To T Committee
The April 3 monthly CDA meeting will start with a 6 30 supper. The supper committee includes members with last names P through T excluding former project chairs. Call 4952 or 6250 to help as workers are needed. The fashion show last week featured Miss Louise Harris on piano with E L Nichols Store support. Mary Sennett led the grand regent efforts with Catherine Coy Jane Colby and models and refreshments. Attendance on Tuesday is important as the banquet and initiation are topics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise Harris
E. L. Nichols
Mary Sennett
Catherine Coy
Jane Colby
Lakers and Celtics Clash in NBA Semifinals
The Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Celtics play tonight in a crucial NBA semifinal game as both teams try to extend their series lead and gain momentum toward the Finals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles Lakers
Boston Celtics
National Basketball Association
Managers Club Hears Sprague Electric Talk
The Industrial Management Club of the Bennington Area YMCA heard Sprague Electric Co. executives discuss the start and growth of Sprague Electric and the Bennington Plant. Robert Smith of Sprague Specialty Products spoke and answered questions. Delegates were named for upcoming meetings in New Haven and Cleveland with plans for fall adult training courses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Municipal Court Docket Shows Multiple Car Case Trials
Municipal Court opened trials at 9 a.m. with a docket of 13 car related cases. The first three hearings were scheduled for 9 a.m. today and on April 5 and April 10, listing defendants and charges such as careless and negligent driving, registration issues, driving while license suspended, breach of peace, speeding, and driving to endanger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Hoyt
Irving Lee
Nancy M. Jones
Howard C. Chandler
Leonard P. Bump
Henry K. Grimm
Earl R. Melendy
Joseph E. Packer
Joseph B. Matteson
William J. Derosia
Walter H. Moses
Neil W. Robinson
Lawrence M. Leonard
Also Mentioned on This Page
Shaftsbury Baptist Assn
Bennington Briefs
Mary Jane Jordan
Summit Ave
Schenectady
Ellis Hospital
D-2
Bennington Club
Corky
Miss Hulihan
D.W. Menzies
Planning Board
Bennington-Southwest School District
Greater Bennington
Prudential Committee
Faris
Norwich
Mrs
Bonnie Stone
A. J. MacDonald
Putnam Hospital
Ellen Jennings
Fast
Dorothy Rogers
Kenneth Stewart
William J. Whitman
Manchester Depot
Ethel Hathaway
Fred Barlow
Plainview
L. L
Robert Braydon
Donald Shewchuck
Rockaway, N. J
Margaret Bull
North Pownal
Joseph Forst
Martha Restino
William B. Powers
Josephine Hart
James Stone
Pownal Center
East Arlington
Sandra Brouse
Bridgepot
Conn
Frances Grover
Joan Kennedy
Lillian Cook
Jean Hurley
Dora Smith
Mae Woodard
L.I
Charles Brasie
Dennis Young
Susan Wright
Frank Macumber
Robert McGuire
James McGuire
Rosecile Phillips
Robert Gibney Sr
Amityville
Walter Squiers
Drysdale’s
Sprague Electric
Dunham’s
Elm ST. Benn
P.M
Salem’s
Super Market
Wilson’s
Maxwell House
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