Mayfest and Composers Conference Win Arts Council Grants
Bennington's Mayfest and Ben nington College's Composers Conference are among 17 Vermont cultural groups to receive grants totaling 37425 dollars from the Vermont Council on the Arts trustees. Each local group will get 1000 dollars as tentative federal matching funds for theatre dance music painting and sculpture programs. John G. McCullough, president, said Congress often appropriates less than the authorized amount.
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Bennington
Bennington College
Vermont Council On the Arts
John G. McCullough
North Bennington
Vermont
McCullough
Congress
Vermont Symphony Orchestra Association
Vermont State Colleges
Brattleboro Music Center
Burlington Dance Theatre
Burlington
Burlington Friends of Music
Vermont Youth Orchestra
Castleton State College
Choraleers
Barre
Composers Conference
Marlboro College
Mayfest
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Montpelier Theatre Guild
North Country Chorus
Beech Street shacks razed in deliberate fire
Beech Street Extension fire destroyed two small wooden shacks and damaged a porch of an unoccupied house. Fire officials suspect arson after finding cardboard pushed under the porch. Firefighters battled the blaze around 8:30 am and confined damage to the porch while shacks burned.
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Beech Street
Bennington
Flynn
Dewey Junkyard
South Stream Road
LeBlanc
U.S. 7
Flats
Betts
Adams St
Charles Sawyer
Committee strains at nuclear plant issue in Vermont
A Vermont audience hears Dr. Lyon warn of nuclear plant hazards and declares a four point platform. The group cites pollution, rapid tech development, and a push for immediate policy change. Lyon notes no safe radiation level and cites back up failures at a Michigan plant as cautionary evidence.
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Tion
Easton
Vermont
Committee For Survival
New England
Lyon
Enrico Fermi
Lagoona Beach
Mich
United States
Kake Walk to End Use of Negro Dialect at UVM
UVM Kake Walk Committee pledges removal of dark makeup kinky wigs and dialect from next winter carnival after talks with black students. Decision attributed to student directors, not President Rowell. Committee undecided on makeup for 73rd edition, amid prior criticism of the practice. Phi Gamma Delta and MAUHS concert note follows in the same edition. Free admission.
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Burlington
University of Vermont
UVM
Rutland Herald
Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity
Vermont
David Maloney
Branford, Conn
Peter Klode
Milwaukee
Wis
Bernard Feinberg
Scarsdale
N.Y
Carl Jacobs
Rutherford, N.J
Steve Douglas
Lyndonville
Tim Rowland
Woodstock
John Osmond
Stillwater
Bennington Briefs Fire Dept Honors Former Chief Gibney
Bennington village firemen gather at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Gibney Haynes & Kane Funeral Home in uniform to pay respects to former Fire Chief John E. Gibney. Mrs Ernest Costa of Shaftsbury VFW Auxiliary president will preside over state convention in Bennington June 6 to 9. North Adams State College community members meet at noon Tuesday in Venable Hall Theatre to honor retiring president Andrew S Flagg, who ends his two year association with the college in August.
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Bennington Village
Ernest Costa
Shaftsbury
VFW
Bennington
North Adams State College
Venable Hall
Andrew S. Flagg
Flagg
Three Attend Conference On Alcohol Drugs Bennington teachers attend state session
Two Mt Anthony High School instructors and one student travel to Montpelier for a one day conference on alcohol and drugs led by deputy education chief Daniel O Connor. Gov Davis and Dr Baird headline a program with panels on marijuana alcohol and narcotics and a group discussion for teachers students and resources.
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Mt, Anthony Union High School
Bennington
Tavern Motor Inn
Montpelier
Mt. Anthony
Charles W. Keir
Kenneth Carlson
Thomas Beshara
Martha Rhinesmith
Deane C. Davis
Robert W. Baird
New York
Daniel O’ Connor
Accidents Close to New York Border Reported on Route 346
State police say Charles T. Auermig, 50, of North Pownal was uninjured when his 1963 Ford snapped two power poles and rolled over near the New York line on Route 346 at 12:05 a.m. Today Major damage occurred to the car. At 1:10 a.m. Saturday Edward H. Bowmaker, 47, of 324 Pleasant St. suffered chin cuts when forced off Pleasant Street by an unknown vehicle and crashed into a utility pole. Bowmaker’s 1964 Valiant also sustained extensive damage.
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Charles T. Auermig
Pownal
New York State Line
Edward H. Bowmaker
Pleasant St
Pleasant Street
Bowmaker
Annual UCS Meeting May 15 at Mt Anthony High School
The United Counseling Service of Bennington County invites members to its annual dinner meeting at Mt Anthony Union High School starting 7 p.m. on May 15. Tickets are $2.25, available via UCS office at 442-5429 or from any board member.
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Lawrence Moore
Technical Planning Associates
Moore
Selectmen
Campbell
Eugene C. Burt
Bennington
Tilgner
The
Boxtops
Mt. Anthony Union High School
MAUHS
Bennington Bookshop
Evans News
Powers Market
Bennington College Cooperative Store
Bennington High School
Jane Latif
Gage Street
United Counseling Service
Bennington County
UCS
Obituary: John E. Gibney Dies at 89
John E. Gibney 89 of 102 Short St. former village fire chief and longtime Bennington Fire Department member died Sunday at Putnam Memorial Hospital after six weeks illness. Born in Bennington May 10, 1879 to Patrick and Mamie Gibney he lived in the area all his life. He married Myrtle Blue Jan 21 1905 in St Francis deSales rectory and 1965 marked their diamond anniversary. He served 52 years with the Bennington Fire Department joining Tiffany Hose Co. in 1898 and later Putnam Hose until retirement in 1950. He worked under four police chiefs and twice led the fire department.
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John E. Gibney
Short St
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Bennington
Hicks Corner
Patrick
Mamie
Cone) Gibney
Myrtle Blue
Rutland
St. Francis de Sales
A. J. Barron
Francis J. Cone
Gordius LaCroix
Elm St
LaCroix
King Co
Paul
Marion) Devenow
Francis
Blanche) Marceau
Irene Mercier
Fred
Rose) Cole
Alma McGuire
William
Rita) Colvin
George
Evelina) Coutu
Paul LaCroix
Louis LaCroix
Holyoke
Mass
Mahar & Son Funeral
Sacred Heart Church
Park Lawn Cemetery
Funeral for Thomas P. Toomey in Bennington church
The funeral for Thomas P. Toomey known as Twink retired postal worker and longtime Bennington Fire Department member was held at St. Francis de Sales Church. A Requiem High Mass was led by Rt. Rev. Msgr. Francis B. Flanagan after a prayer at Mahar & Son Funeral Home. Bearers included Irving Daigneault Dean Mertrude Jesse Mallory Edward P. Mahar Henry Ryan and William H. Fox with Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus honor guard Thomas Donovan Leo Plourde Mason Amadon Joseph Young Francis J. Kelly and Gerald E. Morrissey.
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Thomas P. Toomey
Main St
Irving Daigneault
Dean Mertrude
Jesse Mallory
Edward P. Mahar
Henry Ryan
William H. Fox
Knights of Columbus
Thomas Donovan
Leo Plourde
Mason Amadon
Joseph Young
Francis J. Kelly
Gerald E. Morrissey
Bennington
Tler
Ralph R. Bennett Jr
Esquire
Michael J. Fraher Jr
John Ahearn
Green Mountain Park
Mr. Toomey
Bennington Council
Msgr. Flanagan
Toomey
Frederick Kennedy
Joseph DiGangi
Roger White
John Burke
Paul Caron
Leonard Anzivino
Putnam Square
Henry White
Park Lawn Cemetery
Msgr
Flanagan
Mildenhall
England
Wallingford
Rutland
West Rutland
Connecticut
Hospital Notes May 1969 Admissions and Births
Hospital notes list admissions and discharges across multiple Bennington area communities on May 2 and May 3 1969. It records patient names towns and some relatives plus birth announcements and extensive funeral and service details for local figures including fire department members and school staff. The item mirrors a weekly schedule and community notices segment with dates events and memorial rites.
Dorset widow Florence Dickson dies at 76 in Florida
Mrs Florence Dickson previously led Paterson Bank School Thrift Association for 33 years and headed the school thrift plan in 1925. She served as secretary of the Passaic American Institute of Banking and chaired the New Jersey Safe Deposit Association Woman's Committee. Burial in Paterson. A Rutland obituary notes Claudia Porchesa, norma, dies at Rutland Hospital. former Manchester resident. Funeral in Immaculate Heart of Mary Church. Burial in Danby. Also, Guy M McDonald, 72, North Pownal, ex-Pownal Tannery worker, dies at Putnam Memorial Hospital. survivors listed. funeral Tuesday in Bennington. Burial Oak Hill Cemetery.
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Dorset
Florence (Roberts) Dickson
George A. Dickson
New Jersey
St. Petersburg
Fla
Paterson
N.J
Paterson Bank School Thrift Association
Passaic American Institute of Banking
Woman’s Committee
New Jersey Safe Deposit Association
American Bankers Association
Garden Clubs of
Manchester
Women’s Fellowship of
Dorset Church
Rutland
Claudia H. Porchesa
Edwardo N. Porchesa
Stratton Road
John Just
Arthur Simmons
Bennington
Rutland Hospital
Hugh and
Emma
Elden) Hawkins
Manchester Depot
South Shaftsbury School
Manchester Center School
Burr and Burton Seminary
Rutland Business College
Immaculate Heart of Mary
Donald C. Kelly
Scottsville Cemetery
Danby
North Pownal
Guy M. McDonald
Pownal
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Mildred A. Hurley
McDonald
Gulf Refining Co
Bennington Aerie
F. O. Eagles
Loyal Order of Moose
Elida Upton
Burlington
Ruth Legacy
Marion Gilbar
John Jepson
Hanson-Walbridge Funeral Home
H. Glenn Payne
First Baptist Church
Oak Hill Cemetery
Episcopal Plan to Combat Injustice Rebuffed in Vermont
In Montpelier the Episcopal diocese of Vermont refused to suspend rules to consider a motion by Bennington pastor Rev. Theodore Shatagin. The proposal urged parishes to develop a plan to eliminate social injustices following a Friday address by James Patrick Gibbons Jr. on civil rights.
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Montpelier
UPS
Bennington
Episcopal Diocese of
Vermont
Theodore I. Shatagin
Father Shatagin
James Patrick Gibbons Jr
Washington, D.C
Harvey D. Butterfield
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Arts Council
Beech
Vermont Department of Employment Security
Nuclear
William Schubart
Vermont Philharmonic Orchestra
Bartok
Bach
Morton Gould
Bennington Briefs
King’s Daughters
Jennie Gardinier
Second Congregational Church
UCS Meeting
Walter Corey
Arlington
Kathleen Croft
Vickie Carpenter
Walter Susee
Margaret Galvin
Joyce Goodwin
Caroline Green
Hoosick Falls
Pamela Clough
Wesley Montgomery
Pauline Monroe
William Peters
Eagle Bridge
Christopher Earnhardt
Catherine Clone
Sue Ellen Willett
Harriet Ostrander
Hazel Grassette
Christine Grennan
Joan Bohmer
Rowena Hongoust
Buskirk
Melissa Corbett
Ethel Benjamin
East Arlington
Chester Montgomery
Terry Lynn Tatro
Sunderland
Howard Fitzgerald
Vincent McGovern
Michael Harte
Helen Jones
North Petersburg
Hils
Michael King
Johnsonville
Pascal Wilkins
South Londonderry
Clarence Decker
Pawlet
YMCA
Memorial and Welling Field
IMC
Armory
Peter M. Hoar
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
Edward B. Geyer Jr
Herbert Sanderson
Richard Lima
Richard Caswell
John Carton
Charles Keir
Arthur Taylor
Andre Dorais
Arthur Farrar
Herbert Gilman
Chester
Parker Waring
Springfield
Hanson - Walbridge Funeral Home
Chester - Springfield
Hoar
Laurel Glen
Cuttingsville
H. Bowen Shattuck
Shrewsbury - Cuttingsville
Barbara Adams
William Adams
Florence B. Adams
Valentine and H. Fe, Bradford Co
Gibney
Gibneys
Union Street
Short Street
Gibney, Haynes & Kane Funeral
Helen B. Finn
Harry Finn
Joseph Huse
Factory Point
Mrs
Edwardo Porchesa
Episcopal Convention
Shatagin
Gibbons
Washington
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