Driver Flees After Stolen Car Crash in Bennington
A 1957 Ford reported stolen last Friday from the North Street Parking Lot crashed on South Stream Road, rolled over and burned. The driver fled the scene and was not located. flames ignited dry grass and power lines caused a local outage before Benn ington Rural Fire Department extinguished the fire. Richard Mullins reported the car missing around 1 a.m. Saturday per Bennington Village Police.
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North Street
South Stream Road
Bennington
Richard Mullins
North Bennington Road
Bennington Village
Area Schools To Stage Homemaking Shop Fair
The fifth annual Industrial Arts and Home Economics Fair will be held at North Bennington High School Friday from 2 30 to 8 30 p m with eight area schools participating Judges will award first second or third place prizes and blue ribbon grand awards for the best project in each class Visitors can sample home baked goods and view displays from Arlington Bennington Molly Stark North Bennington Wilmington Whitingham Red Brick and Manchester Elementary Schools
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North Bennington High School
Wilmington High School
Whitingham High School
Molly Stark
Arlington High School
Manchester
Bennington High School
Ject
Bendi
Robert Howe
Neil Day
Benhi
Joyce Goyette
Bennington High
North Bennington
Wilmington
Red Brick School
Bennington Club and Lodge Events Highlight Local Week
Regular meeting of the Bar racks Auxiliary at 8 p.m. in VFW rooms with a white elephant sale afterward. Loyal Order of Moose to vote on building plans tonight. Green Mountain Pup Tent 2 to install officers Sunday at 7:30 p.m. at VFW rooms. Welcome Wagon Club meets Thursday at 7:30 p.m. bowling at Bennington Lanes then social at Knotty Pine. Rutland County Auxiliary installs officers with Margaret Knights assisting. Bennington Rural Fire Department reports a brush fire on Long Trail Road, Woodford, extinguished. volunteers helped prevent spread. Stock Car racing to begin Sundays at 2 p.m. May 12 at Fairmont Speedway, Fair Haven. Dr. J H Manes office closed May 13–16. Bennington Lanes open at 6 p.m. daily starting yesterday.
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Military Order of the Cootie
Green Mountain
VFW Rooms
Welcome Wagon Club
Bennington Lanes
North Bennington Road
Knotty Pine
Bennington
Long Trail
Woodford
Trustees Push Stricter Enforcement of Parking and Garbage Rules
Bennington trustees debated parking near schools and church property and urged tighter enforcement of parking and garbage truck regulations. They considered repainting no parking zones, investigating church space use, licensing compliance, and new fire truck traffic procedures after a recent collision and ongoing litter issues.
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Bennington Village
Bennington Student Fined for Improper Scooter Registration
Mrs. Nancy Charles of Princeton New Jersey a Bennington College student was fined 35 10 by Acting Judge Robert E Cummings in Municipal Court after pleading guilty to riding an improperly registered scooter. Police arrested May 2 on Main Street when plates from 1961 and 1962 were found on the vehicle she admitted borrowing.
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Nancy Charles
Princeton
N.J
Bennington College
Robert E. Cummings
Charles
Main Street
Atty
R. Marshall Witten
Bennington Village
Massachusetts
Vermont
Court Enjoins Action On Zoning Code Here
Corcoran seeks seven actions against town bodies over zoning and water service. Courts order meeting for injunction hearing May 24 to decide if the order stays in effect pending trial.
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Corcoran
Mountain View Park
Water Commissioners
Gibney
Bennington County Court House
Water Board
Youth Released After Leg Wound Accident
Thomas A. Holland, 19, of North Branch Street Ext., shot himself in the leg with a .22 pistol while hunting chipmunks in Brooklyn woods. He was treated at Putnam Memorial Hospital and released the next afternoon. the bone was not damaged.
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Thomas A. Holland
North Branch Street
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Richard N. Fabricius
Holland
Brooklyn
William Potter
Highway Department
Fabricius
March Auto Count Higher On 2 Roads
State highway department reports March traffic on two major routes rose while a third fell. U S 7 north of South Shaftsbury saw 6.1 percent higher daily traffic with gains of 105 weekday, 326 Saturday, and 357 Sunday vehicles. Vermont 11 in Peru rose 9 percent for the month, with 12 month average up 2.4 percent. Vermont 9 west of Wilmington declined 0 9 percent with weekday up but Saturday and Sunday down and 12 month average down 3.3 percent.
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State Highway Department
Automatic Traffic Recorder
U.S. 7
South Shaftsbury
Vermont 11
Peru
Vermont 9
Wilmington
Selectmen Urge Litter Bundling as Area Clean-Up Effort
Town officials call residents to bundle newspapers for pickup by area refuse crews to curb windblown litter near the sanitary landfill. Ben-Mont Papers may bale waste paper before disposal. town sewer charge rises to 125 percent of village water rates, with 1963 actual rate at 100 percent. Penalties for nonpayment remain under review as licensing for the Sells-Gray Circus is approved.
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Gibney
Park Street
Ben-Mont Papers Corp
John H. Williams II
Selectmen
Selectman
Clayton Daigneault
H.J. Wallace
Ben-Mont Papers
Bennington Village
Bennington Jaycees
Sells-Gray
Funeral for Mrs. Anna Countryman Held in St Johnsbury
The funeral for Mrs. Anna M. Countryman took place at Calderwood Memorial Chapel in St Johnsbury on May 2 with Dr. C. Roy Bragg officiating. Bearers included Claude C. Arnold Hugh E. Impey Edward R. French Raymond C. Mcopp and Walter G. McKee. Burial followed at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.
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Anna Countryman
Anna M. Countryman
Calderwood Memorial Chapel
St. Johnsbury
C. Roy Bragg
Claude C. Arnold
Hugh E. Impey
Edward R. French
Raymond C. Mcopp
Walter G. McKee
Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
Mercury theft hits Bennington plant from Union Carbide
Union Carbide Consumer Products reports the theft of about 250 pounds of liquid mercury valued at 750 from its Bennington works. Plant Manager Harlow Matz said the loss occurred late last week, possibly Friday night, with inventory records showing the material earlier. The mercury stored in four units was in an open storage area and Vermont police and Bennington Village were notified.
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Bennington
Union Carbide Consumer Products Co
Harlow Matz
Matz
Bennington Village
Vermont
Race Track Officials Toast during Meet the Track Family Dinner
Green Mountain Park in Pownal Vermont hosted nearly 250 residents at a Bennington Club dinner to meet track staff and hear Reid Lefevre introduce management led by Vincent J. Bartimo. Lou Smith sent regrets from Rockingham Park while James Louns bury received praise for promoting pari mutuel racing in Vermont.
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Reid Lefevre
Manchester
Green Mountain Park
Bennington Club
Emil Grimm
Pownal
Meet the Track
Bennington County
Vincent J. Bartimo
Lou Smith
Track Corporation
Smith
Rockingham Park
New Hampshire
Bartimo
United States
Canada
Martin E. DeMatteo Jr
Bennington
Jake Rudkin
Edward Bowmaker
Philip Chalmers
Maj
Ray Smith
Gene Strezak
H.M. Stevens Co
Nate Gladstone
Edward DePina
James P. Hammond
Lefevre
Pownal Town
James Lounsbury
Vermont
Court Ends Road Hearing on Vermont 9 Relocation Plan
Superior Judge Rudolph Daley heard testimony in Newport on a proposed two mile relocation of Vermont 9 through Woodford and Searsburg. Marian Martin sought a formal objections hearing but the State Highway Board favored the state route, citing fewer curves and longer passing sight distances.
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Rudolph Daley
Newport
Vermont 9
Woodford
Searsburg
Vermont
Marian Martin
Stephen H. Gilman
State Highway Board
Martin
Gilman
Stearns R. Jenkins
State
Jenkins
Martin Highway
Gordon Lane
Harold P. Radigan
Lane
Hospital Notes May 7 Admissions and Discharges
Admissions include Mrs. Ann K. Foster of North Bennington Mrs. Irene Gates and Mrs. Gloria Parker of Hoosick Falls NY Discharges list Mrs. Mary Louise Albowicz of Hoosick Falls Mrs. Martha Gaffney of Dorset NY and Mr and Mrs James Griffin of Route 2 Valley Falls NY with a daughter born May 7.
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Ann K. Foster
North Bennington
Irene Gates
Gloria Parker
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Mary Louise Albowicz
Martha Gaffney
Dorset
James Griffin
Route 2
Valley Falls, N.Y
Hadassah Luncheon Charity Card Party Planned
The Bennington Hoosick Falls Hadassah chapter will hold a luncheon and card party at Mt Anthony Country Club on Thursday at 12 30 p m Proceeds aid chapter projects A home bake sale runs with the event Guests may bring their own cards for a chosen card game Prizes will be awarded
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Bennington - Hoosick Falls
Hadassah
Mt. Anthony Country Club
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Buckler
By Regina Hurley
Bendi Catamount
Bennington Briefs
VFW
Loyal Order of Moose
James E. Murtha
Pleasant Valley
Dorothy Smith
Irene Devine
Mt. Vernon, N.Y
Patsy Santo
Dewey St
Galerie St. Etienne
West 57Th St
New York City
Lewis Butler
Beech Street
Veterans’ Administration Hospital
White River Junction
Margaret Knights
Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary
Rutland County Auxiliary
Lillian Bourassa
Selmajane Stuchel
Fairmont Speedway
Fair Haven
J.H. Manes
Union St
Eugene V. Clark
Crescent Boulevard
Park and
Pratt Streets
Clark
Charles Bodine
James B. Gibney
Bodine
George Ryan
Joseph Pello
First Methodist Church
Ryan
Williams
Fire Committee
David Carver
Putnam Hose Co
River Street
Pleasant North Street
Carver
Supreme
Laqoiud
Main St
Triple “S
Grand Union Empire
Dow Jones—Bache & Co
Albany
Alfred Hitchcocks
The
Noveck-Shultz, Inc
Bennington, Vt
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