Local Notes From Massachusetts and Vermont
Manchester Gordon E Bentley lies in Massachusetts General Hospital Boston. Richard Clayton elected Master Councilor state DeMolay. Keith Porter named Seventh Preceptor in Ritualistic Competition. Tyron P Gaudette 25 arrested AWOL from U S Army lodged in Rutland jail. Daniel and Mrs Leary relocate to Bennington with new jobs. Mrs Colburn and daughter fly to Walnut Creek to be with sister seriously ill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon E. Bentley
Massachusetts General Hospital
Fruit Street
Boston
Mass
Richard Clayton
Edwin Clayton
Keith Porter
Air Force
Tyron P. Gaudette
Manchester
U.S. Army
Rutland
Daniel Leary
Bennington
Daniel
Noon
Colburn
Herman Sherr
Burr and Burton Senior killed in Auto Crash
Andrew S. Kollender 18 of Wells died Friday evening when his foreign convertible left Dorset West Road, hit two trees and burned. Police say the gas tank ignited. he was pronounced dead at the scene and cremated in Troy, N.Y. Survivors include his parents, three sisters and a nephew. Funeral plans by Brewster Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorset
Andrew S. Kollender
Wells
Dorset- West
Kellender
John T. Carmody
Kollender
Clifford Harwood
Manchester
Brewster Funeral Home
Shaftsbury
Manchester Police
Dorset Fire Department
Alexandria
Mortimer and
Dorothy
Lutz) Kollender
Burr & Burton Seminary
Lyndon State College
Lyndonville
Ann Kollender
Bennington College
Mary Jane Kollender
Washington, D.C
Sandra
Captain Niles Receives Flying Cross in Vietnam
Captain Malcolm B. Niles, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Niles of Shaftsbury, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal for heroism near Bear Cat, Vietnam. He piloted a helicopter under fire to aid downed crew and evac assets, later extracting a wounded prisoner with vital intelligence. Niles, 27, serves as adjutant to the 222nd Assault Helicopter Company and graduated Bennington Catholic High in 1961. His wife resides in Shaftsbury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bearcat
Vietnam
Malcom B. Niles
Robert M. Niles
Eagle St
Shaftsbury
Bear Cat
Niles
222Nd Assault Helicopter Company
Army
Bennington Catholic High School
Girl Scout Receives Medal For Heroism In West Arlington
Andrea Russell a 14 year old Girl Scout from Chelmsford Mass earned a heroism medal in West Arlington for saving two children when a car rolled backward toward a brook last summer. She and three adults acted quickly to stop the vehicle as it teetered toward Route 313 and a deep culvert. The award was presented at a large Chelmsford church during a special Girl Scout Day with a citation praising her calm decisive action and swift safety measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Arlington
Andrea Russell
Chelmsford
Mass
Andy
Bill Bowens
Bowens
Friends
Brad
Beth
Merrimac Valley Girl Scout Council
Richard Russell
Employment firm aids Gwendolyn Kekino in Hawaii
Honolulu report by Western Girl Inc states it secured a job for Miss Gwendolyn Kuuleikailalohap iilaniwailauokekoaulumahiehiek ealaonaonaopiikea Kekino. The agency said the placement was completed Thursday in Hawaii.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honolulu, Hawaii
UPI
Western Girl, Inc
Gwendolyn
North Bennington Barn Destroyed by Fire
A Sunday fire destroyed a 19th century barn in North Bennington center on Bank Square. Bank ledgers from 1864 were soaked but not burned, while the property owner’s car and motor oil stock survived. Fire officials noted no stated cause and estimated damage unknown as volunteers controlled the blaze and kept nearby garages safe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Bennington
Sam Hall
Martin W. Percey
Percey
Vermont
Bank Square
Main Street
Shaftsbury Grievance Day and Grand List posted
Shaftsbury town listers Howard C. Miles Reaves Tuthill and Alfred Wade compiled the Grand List and posted it in the town clerk’s office Sisters will hold Grievance Day May 10 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Grievants may send letters to the listers care of the town clerk. Miles says talks occur first come first served in Cole Hall with private sessions. Town Clerk Elizabeth King urges checklist accuracy for June 3 Constitutional convention vote. Library Association meets Tuesday at 3 30 p.m. in the school. Visiting Miles from Antigua Rev Eric Westell will be here through Thursday. Mrs Marion Knapp of Bennington visited relatives in town last weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard C. Miles
Reaves Tuthill
Alfred Wade
Miles
Cole Hall
Elizabeth King
The
Library Association
Manager Explains Road Plans
Manchester Town Manager James L. Woodard announced major summer construction funded by state aid road funds. Beech Street will be continued and possibly blacktopped to U.S. 7 at a total cost about 10 485 dollars, paid from two state aid funds. Remaining state aid balance funds Johnson bridge approaches on Richville Road. nearby resurfacing on East Manchester Road and Barnumville Road with 3000 dollars from taxpayers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Beech Street
James L. Woodard
U.S. 7
Woodard
Johnson Bridge
Richville Road
East Manchester Road
Barnumville Road
Shaftsbury Firemen Elect Officials
Shaftsbury announces annual officer appointments for the volunteer fire department. Eligible members must be 18 or older, of good character, and within two miles of the firehouse. New officers include Chief John Wood and President Wesley Bump with a full slate of captains, lieutenants, and committee members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shaftsbury
Jim Myers
Ronald Lindsey
Robert Booth
House Committee
Charles Becker
Gerry Mattison
John Wood
North Bennington church groups plan meetings and visit
The Women's Fellowship of the Congregational Church meets Tuesday at 7 30 p m in the church social rooms. Baptist and St John s Sodality women share a pot luck supper Wednesday at 6 30 p m in the Parish Hall. Vermont State Police Cpl Robert Goodnow will present a film and discuss drug use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Fellowship
The
Congregational Church
Women of the Baptist Church
Women of St. John’s Sodality
Cpl
Robert Goodnow
Vermont State Police
Virginia Webb Wins $500 Third Prize in Benedictine Awards
Mrs. Virginia Webb won the $500 third prize for a painting in the Seventh Annual Benedictine Awards in New York City. Her work was among 35 finalists selected from over 2,000 entries nationwide and will join Benedictine's permanent collection. It will be exhibited at the Manufactures Hanover Trust Gallery in New York between May 12 and 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Virginia Webb
Benedictine
New York City
Manufactures Hanover Trust
New York
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Munson Farm
Harned-Fowler Post
VFW
Ronald Kent
Albert F. Kent Jr
Ronald
Steven DeLong
Dana Foster
Jodi Harrington
Lisa Hart
Debbie Cady
Robin Jarvis
Bobby Clayton
Warren Keyes
Richard Keyes
Tony Piverotto
Orvis Co
R.K. Miles
Ken’s
Walker Hardware
Karl Kilburn
Ben Franklin
Casey’s Esso
Sendra’s Market
Jack’s Hardware
John Balch
Ivan D. Combe
Howard **Hawk
New Munson Farm
U.S.7
Michael Miller
P.O. Box
Burr
Burton
Liberty
Thompsonville
Conn
Troy
N.Y
White Creek
Manchester Center
Capt
Malcolm B. Niles
Flying Cross
Saigon
By Kay Weeks
Elizabeth Dwyer
Paran Recreation
Paran Recreations Inc
Leonard J. Powers
Paran
Howard E. Stevens
Lake
Strzesak
Ransom Salmon
School Street
South Street
Palmer
Sheilah Miller
Antigua
Anguilla
Eric Westell
Marion Knapp
Claude Hoard
Gregory
Atwood Zua
Son
Valatie
Shaftsbury Firemen
Sodality
Ireland
Lawrence Powers
Robert Condon
Donald Powers
Condon
Robert
Kate
Harold Sausville
Earl Hedding
Mary Hitchcock Hospital
Hanover
N.H
North ST
Imay
Grant
Walker
Monument Plaza Shopping Ctr
Bsenn
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