Bennington Elementary Science Fair Awards Winners
The Bennington Elementary Science Fair held for Grades 1-6 drew about 140 entries with 30 judges selecting three prizewinners per class and several honorable mentions. Winners include Grade 1 Douglas Bangs and Peter Bennett first prize and Grade 6 Jed Donavan first prize among others.
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Bennington
Cora B. Whitney
Douglas Bangs
Peter Bennett
David deMarcado
David Riddle
Anne Harrison
Brooke Hadwen
Elaine Bizzarro
Mark Gerity
Jan Hadwen
Patricia Carpenter
Bobby Anderson
Neila Langlois
Jimmy Pulver
Debbie Muckle
Kathy Walker
Kathy Shea
Cynthia Locklin
Robert Mook
Peter Noyes
Tracey Ulrich
Nancy Eddington
Stephen Kirsch
Nancy Gril
Funeral services for Claude A Rich in Bennington County
Funeral services for Claude A Rich side judge Bennington County who died Thursday will be held at 1 30 p m Saturday from the Second Congregational Church with Rev Stephen C Greene officiating Burial will be in Park Lawn Cemetery Family will be in attendance tonight from 7 to 9 at Hanson Walbridge Funeral Home
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Claude A. Rich
Bennington County Side
Second Congregational Church
Stephen C. Greene
Park Lawn Cemetery
Hanson + Walbridge
Car front damaged in curve crash on Airport Road
State police report a front end collision on Airport Road when a vehicle failed to negotiate a curve, left the pavement, and struck an embankment. Driver Richard F. Warringer, 18, of Williamstown, Mass., was not injured.
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Airport Road
Richard F. Warringer
Williamstown
Mass
CDA Notes Election Of Officers At May Meeting
CDA notes election of officers on Tuesday May 5 at 8 p m. The Vermont Council of Catholic Women will hold its spring meeting Sunday May 2 at 2 p m at the Retreat House in North Bennington A panel on the Ecumenical Council will be led by a Catholic priest and a minister The annual Communion breakfast of Court St Andrew was held last Sunday More than 60 members attended Mass at Sacred Heart Church and breakfast at Knotty Pine Restaurant Rev Donald Whipple spoke on Good and Bad Movies Mrs Frances Stockman chaired arrangements and court members participated
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Veremont Council of Catholic Women
North
Bennington
Ecumenical Council
Court St. Andrew
Sacred Heart Church
Knotty Pine
Donald Whipple
Frances Stockman
Stock Averages and Market Snapshot
Stock averages show the industrials at 813.07 up 2.30, railroads at 195.70 up .57, utilities at 139.25 up .02, and the composite average at 284.44 up .67. Sales reached 2,500,000 units.
Statewide Outdoor Burning Ban Issued After Major Fires
Gov. Hoff announced a minimum ten day ban on outdoor burning in Vermont after four large grass fires in two days caused homelessness and property loss. No burn permits allowed until May 10, while woodlands remain open. Fires hit Rutland Moretown Charlott Fairlee, destroying cottages, cabins and camp facilities, with extensive property damage and evacuations.
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Montpelier
Opi
Philip H. Hoff
Hoff
Rutland
Moretown
Fetchit Faces Hard Times After Hollywood Riches
Chicago report outlines Stepin Fetchit's rise from a $2 million movie fortune to bankruptcy and hospital care. The aging comedian recalls lavish living with 12 cars and a pink Cadillac, cites debt from asset losses, and discusses the civil rights era while noting past film roles with stars like Shirley Temple and Will Rogers. He estimates a 1892 birth but looks younger.
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Shirley Temple
Will Rogers
Janet Gaynor
Charles de Gaulle
Chicago
Hollywood
Fetchit
Harlem
Carolina
David Harum
Louis Armstrong
Nat King Cole
Talkies
Johnson Still Belongs to Vt Beagle Club
HARDWICK Vermont Beagle Club confirms President Johnson remains a life member in good standing after lifting his beagle by the ears. Club President Peter J Clark of Hardwick mailed the life membership April 5 and says Johnson did not mean cruelty. The President and Mrs Johnson are invited to attend state Beagle trials September 4 to 7.
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Hardwick
UPD
Johnson
Vermont Beagle Club
Peter J. Clark
R I Gets Lighted Golf Course
Louisquisset Golf Club in Providence lights its front nine making night rounds possible. The 3000 yard par 34 course uses 122 1000 watt floodlights, delivering about ten foot candles on tees and greens and five on fairways. The $70,000 system is underground wired and aims to recoup costs in three to four years with potential back-nine lighting later if demand stays strong.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
R.i.upd
Louisquisset Golf Club
Louisquisset
Rhode Island
Methodist Youth On Weekend Retreat
Nine members of the Junior Methodist Youth Fellowship will depart this afternoon at 4 30 to the Charles Lack residence in Shaftsbury for a spiritual life retreat. They will stay until Sunday morning and return for the 9 a m service in a group. Leadership will be shared by Rev. Melvin R McGaughey and Lack.
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Junior Methodist Youth Fellowship
Charles Lack
Shaftsbury
Lacks
Melvin R, McGaughey
Lack
Ski Instructor Dies in Car Crash on Mountain Road
A ski instructor Heinz Windbrechtinger, 25, was killed when his car lost control on a mountain road and hit a tree in Stowe VI. Passenger Robert Brown, 22, of Stowe, was treated at Copley Hospital Morrisville for a broken arm and other injuries. Windbrechtinger worked as a ski instructor in winter and a motel employee in summer.
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STOWE
UPI
Heinz Windbrechtinger
Robert Brown
Copley Hospital
Morrisville
Windbrechtinger
Bennington Briefs Highlights Local Marine Training and Meetings
Marine Pfc. Norbert J. Marcoux, son of Mr. and Mrs. Philip Marcoux of 233 School St, took part in a counter guerrilla exercise March 23 to April 1 at Camp Pendleton with the First Marine Division First Regiment. Miriam Circle will meet at Ada Ostrander home 818 Main St Monday for a covered dish at 7 p.m. Bennington Little League registration and tryouts begin Monday at 6 p.m. Iron Kettle ads offer shrimp dinner and roast beef specials May 1. Rural Kindergarten opens September enrollment at 124 South Branch St taught by Helen A. Darrow.
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Norbert J. Marcoux
Philips A. Marcoux
School St
Camp Pendleton
California
Marine Division
Miriam
Ada Ostrander
Main St
Olive Macauley
Ostrander
South Branch St
Helen A. Darrow
Tel
Deputy Pleads Insanity in Mt Snow Theft
Norman Emerson, 35, former special deputy sheriff, pleads insanity to burglary over an $8,800 theft from Mt Snow ski resort. He was moved from Newfane jail to Waterbury State Hospital for psychiatric evaluation after arrest in Albany on April 3.
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Brattleboro, Vt
UPI
Mt. Snow
Norman Emerson
Newfane
Waterbury State (Mental) Hospital
Emerson
Albany
N.Y
Wulfson Reports on Shipping Lines and Local Developments
Wulfson detailed the Vermont Railway line situation describing a messy state of shipping routes at takeover time. He noted new line activities including bulk handling facilities at feed dealers and a Bennington plant by Globe Union to store and assemble batteries. A special excursion is planned, signals at crossings are being repaired, and several local officials and business leaders praised efforts to restore rail service.
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Wulfson
Bennington
Globe Union Company
Vermont Railway
Bennington County Industrial Corp
BICIC
Burlington
Bennington County
Eugene V. Clark
Clark
H. James Wallace
Dow Chemical Company
Bermont
Herbert H. Leonard
GBA
Alexander B.R. Drysdale
Vermont Development Board
Gov. Hoff
Joseph J. Caracciola
Allan B. Angney Jr
Arlington
George Pitnam
Industrial Division
Vermont Development Departement
Salvatore Santarcangelo
Fred Welling
North Bernington
Six Weeks School runaways captured. two remaining at large
Six youths who fled Weeks School for wayward boys ten days ago were caught in Virginia. Two others, Joseph Clark age 18 from Springfield Vermont and David Jones age 16 from Charleston New Hampshire, escaped Thursday night. The six other escapees, who fled in a stolen car, were apprehended in Salem Virginia.
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Vergennes
UPI
Virginia
Harrison C. Greenleaf
Joseph Clark
Springfield
David Jones
Charleston
N.H
Salem
Hospital Notes April 30 Admissions and Births
The hospital notes admissions list include Master Frank E Johnson Bennnington Halladay Evans West Halifax Miss Terry Butler East Arlington Mrs Dolly Flanders Bennington Gerald Campbell Bennington Mrs Dorothy Weaver Bennington Master John Dougherty Hoosick Falls Master Thomas Griffin Hoosick Falls Master Michael Flynn Eagle Bridge Master Daniel Quinlan Bennington Miss Suzanne Lariviere Shaftsbury John Babcock Jr Bennington Births report a girl to Mr and Mrs Reginald Rabideau 273 Union St a boy to Mr and Mrs William Langlois 208 Beech St a girl to Mr and Mrs William Petitt 170 South Branch St
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Frank E. Johnson
Bennnington
Halladay Evans
West Halifax
Terry Butler
East Arlington
Dolly Flanders
Bennington
Gerald Campbell
Dorothy Weaver
John Dougherty
Hoosick Falls
Thomas Griffin
Michael Flynn
Eagle Bridge
Daniel Quinlan
Suzanne Lariviere
Shaftsbury
John Babcock Jr
Reginald Rabideau
Union St
William Langlois
Beech St
William Petitt
South Branch St
Bennington Court Records Show DUI and Vehicle Collision
Raymond W. Martin 45 received a four to six month suspended sentence and probation for driving under the influence in a Woodford collision that demolished two cars and injured occupants. He must pay a $110.10 fine and make restitution to the other car’s owner Erma Wright. Martin’s son was treated for minor injuries. a bottle of wine was allegedly hidden. Also admitted: Charles Lake 20 and others faced licenses, theft, or speeding charges with fines and bail set.
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Bennington
House of Correction
Windsor
George M. Fienberg
Raymond W. Martin
Martin
Woodford
Atty. R
Marshall Witten
Witten
Erma M. Wright
Woodford Road
Branch Street
Lake
Edward Morse
Park Street Extension
Richard Caron
Main St
Morse
Atty
Robert E. Cummings Jr
Caron
John P. Morrissey
Bennington Village
Ralph Thurber
Safford St
Vermont
Rupert
Roger Jackson
Granville
N.Y
Ralph Peets
Fair Haven
Dorset Village
Rupert Flats
Frederick A. LaTour
Shaftsbury
Wagner Re-Elected Southwest School Superintendent
Leon E. Wagner was reelected superintendent for another year at the Bennington Southwest School District during the district’s annual meeting on Thursday. The action secures leadership for the coming term and confirms ongoing governance for the district.
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Leon E. Wagner
Bennington Southwest
Young GOP May Backtrack On Civil Rights
Vermont Young Republicans chair Donald Milne says the group will likely back the jury trials provision for contempt but oppose the public accommodations section in the pending Civil Rights Bill. A recent eight of 23 member vote split the group with full support pledged by state chairman Derick V. Weob. The VYR plans a meeting tonight at Prouse's Restaurant in Rutland with a larger attendance expected and rules observed.
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Milne
Prouse
Rutland
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David Page
David Hollister
Miss Killian
Tts
John LaCroix
Paul Ulrich
Steve Wassick
Tracey Peck
Lorraine Lauzon
Kevin Murphy
Patricia Carnavan
Robert Blodgett
Dale Gerity
Barbara Pratt
Roy Hurlburt
Steve Eddington
Steve Gordon
Scott Butler
Rickey Greene
Betsey Killian
John Hayes
Susan Kehoe
Jed Donavan
Jean Shultz
Stephen Latif
Bradley Davis
Randy Mook
Steven Rice
Martin Betts
Heaven
Earth
Eddington
Bob Walker
Drysdale’s
RT. 7 North
Claude A, Rich
Dow-Jones—Bache & Co
Charlott
Fairlee
Lake Fairlee
Camp Quinnibeck
Negro Comic
Stepin Fetchit
Cook County Hospital
Vt. Beagle Club
R.I
Methodist
Bennington Briefs
Little League
Little League Fields
Wagner
Young Gop
Paradise
Greater Bennington
North Bennington
Pownal
North Pownal
Wiliam F. D. Smith
Prudential Committee
Greater Benning Schools, Inc
Lloyd Spaulding
Olive Williamson
CBS
Masonic Temple
Mt. Anthony
LT Ae Ee Theatre
Ar Coma
Che Creek
Audie Murphy
Paramount Pictures
John Ford Donovan
Palange Ross
Wolin
Nore Eonguanon
Lee Remick
JAMES _GARNER
Nadian
Harte Theatre
the Sans
umbae Pictures _—— “LIAN Production
Tawrence OF
Arabia
Vurwss
Antront Quinn
Jack Pawvkins
Jose Ferrer Anthony Quaint
Claude Rains
Lrennedy
Erm
Omar Sharif
Aur
Peter Otocle
Annence Ce
Viveca Lindfors
Kevin McCarthy
Lee Grant
Diana Sares
Werbert Berghof
Ben Maddow
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