Bennington Civil Defense Conducts Nuclear Attack Test
In sleet and snow, Bennington civil defense officials held a test exercise at their mobile headquarters Sunday night to rehearse emergencies from a nuclear attack. State observers Richard Holmes Gertrude Hodge and Arah Hicken watched as the local unit faced problems simulating response scenarios.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Civil Defense Organization
Richard Holmes
Gertrude Hodge
Arah Hicken
Clean-Up Day in Bennington Overwhelmed by Trash
Forty-two volunteer boy scouts five truck crews from town and villages eight women drivers from garden clubs collected litter on Saturday on Bennington Clean-Up Day but trash overflowed routes. A lone worker and a few volunteers gathered nine sacks. Nuclear attack fears and outages triggered emergency coordination from town headquarters as issues ranged from school closings to looting and warnings of nuclear fallout across multiple cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
North Bennington
R.M. van der Linde
Ronald Shepard
Malcolm Hewitt
Craig Cherbonneau
Buddy Rouch
Park Street
William Mattison
Leo Boutin
John Wood
Martin Percey
Franklin Frantz
Ormal Pierce
Norman Hauck
Harold Hicks
Gil Green
Mattison
Orwin Coonz
Woodford
U.S. 7
Fairdale Farms
Plattsburg
Glens Falls
Albany
Troy
Hospital Notes May 5 1967 Admissions and Births
Hospital notes list admissions Joyce Jones Hoosick Falls Jane Zecher East Dorset and discharges John Heap George Antonio Bennington Robert Milliman Hoosick Falls Mary Pudvar and son Pownal Linda Bovey and son Dorset May 6 includes Victor Weeden Berlin Amelia Baldwin Grace Becker Diana Brown Florence Knapp Hurley Hoag Evans Pownal Center Ruth LaFlamme and Jane Zecher Births two new babies to Troumbley Dorset Fernett Division Place Bushee School Street Jones Hoosick Falls and Cooney pending further details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joyce Jones
Hoosick Falls
Jane Zecher
East Dorset
John Heap
George Antonio
Bennington
Robert Milliman
Mary Pudvar
Pownal
Linda Bovey
Dorset
Amelia Baldwin
Grace Becker
Diana Brown
Wilmington
Florence Knapp
Star Route
Woodford
Frederick Fernett
Division Place
Edmond Bushee
School Street
Robert Jones
Neil Cooney
Funeral Mass for Walter R. King Jr. Held at St Francis de Sales
A Requiem Mass for Walter R. King Jr. was celebrated at St. Francis de Sales Church after a prayer service at Hanson-Walbridge Funeral Home. Msgr. Francis B. Flanagan presided. Bearers included Stanley King Jr and Lawrence Parizo. burial was at Park Lawn Cemetery. Local Eagles Aerie No. 1861 members observed the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Francis de Sales
Walter R. King Jr
Beech Court
Francis B. Flanagan
Hanson-Walbridge
Stanley King Jr
Lawrence Parizo
Adrian LaFlamme
Herbert Tudor
Ernest Livingston
James Edgerton
Flanagan
Park Lawn Cemetery
Aerie of Eagles, No. 1861
Mr. King
13 Year Old In Bike Mishap Near Morgan Street
A 13 year old Morgan Street boy James Lawton was taken to Putnam Memorial Hospital after a bicycle accident on Gage Street. He was released after X rays showed no fractures. Police said he rode west at 8 28 a m when a dog chased him and he hit a parked car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan Street
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Bennington
James Lawton
Robert Lawton
Morgan St
Gage Street
Main Street
Richard Noble
Bendi
Main
Anthony Paskiewize
Shelton
Conn
Paskiewicz
Richard R. Greene
Shaftsbury
Greene
U.S. 7
Joan P. Geist
Cambridge
Mass
Eleanor G. Smith
North Street
Geist
Smith
Scheduling Session for Bennington Catholic High School
A third and final scheduling meeting is announced by George A. Sleeman of Mt. Anthony Union High School. It will run Tuesday from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Bennington Catholic High School cafeteria for parents of Grades 8 through 11 in parochial schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington Catholic High School
George A. Sleeman
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Mt. Anthony
Guidance Department
Obituary notices from Bennington area landmarks
Obituary items chronicle Mrs. Doris Martha Midgley Green longtime Bennington Museum teacher and curator assistant with ties to Hoosac School and English origins, plus multiple regional deaths including Arthur J. Cole WWI veteran and Coyt Dimick Sharon leader, with funeral arrangements and local affiliations listed.
Watervliet Man Fined For Leaving Scene of Accident
In district court a Watervliet man pleaded guilty to leaving the scene of an accident after colliding with a pole on Vermont Route 9 in Old Bennington. He was fined $100 including costs, given an alternate suspended sentence, and placed on probation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watervliet
N.Y
Atty
R. Marshall Witten
Napoleon L. Gagne
John T. Carmody Jr
Gagne
Vt. 9
Old Bennington
Bennington Museum
Paul Holmberg
Manchester
Richard E. Weeks
Holmberg
James Williams
Dufresne’s
China evolves under Communist rule and women’s liberation
Mrs. Lin tilhac outlines China’s shift from traditional norms under Mao 1949 to revolutionary campaigns and mass mobilization. She notes the West’s misreading of a society catapulted from medieval times to the mid-20th century, and argues for greater cross-cultural contact to improve understanding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Mao Tse-tung
Red Guards
Lintilhac
Mao
West
Sun Yat Sen
Chiang Kai Shek
Sung Sisters
Chiang
Lintilhao
Dis
Area Residents To Attend Methodist Conference
The 135th Troy Annual Conference will be held at the Olympic Arena in Lake Placid New York from Wednesday through Sunday with pastors and lay delegates from Bennington Shaftsbury Pownal and Cambridge among those attending. The event presides Bishop Lloyd C. Wicke and features sessions memorial services reports and talks on church mergers including a Friday night address on Methodist moves toward union and a merger vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sharon — Coyt
Sheldon Dimick
Everett C. Dimick
Brattleboro
Bennington
Gifford Memorial Hospital
Randolph
Bridgewater
Sheldon L
Mary (Coeland) Dimick
West Hartford
Lucy Ellen Moore
Sharon
International Paper Co
Wilder
Sharon Village
Sheldon M
Rollo
White River Junction
Sharon Congregational Church
Doris K. Rikert
Pine Hill Cemetery
Boardway & Cilley Funeral Home
Chelsea
Lake Placid
N.Y
Troy
Olympic Arena
Melvin R. McGaughey
Roy A. Sullivan
Bennington First
Tracey K. Jones Jr
World Division
The
Methodist Board of Missions
J. Wallace Hamilton
Pasadena
St. Petersburg
Fla
David Randolph
Drew University Theological School
Wicke
Methodist Church
Evangelical United Brethren Church
Union School Budget Faces State Aid Study and Local Election
The Union School budget details a potential state aid shift as lawmakers study easing parochial school strain. Gov Hoff notes a possible special session is uncertain, with retroactive aid possible in 1968. Voters will elect a moderator, clerk, treasurer, and auditor for three years, while budget reports show a net of 1,727.55 and Bennington's share at 1,195.87, with a projected tax rate of 6.85 under old listing rules, halved to 3.43 with new fair market value assessment.
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North Bennington
Shaftsbury
Pownal
Woodford
Taylor
BCHS
Hoff
Herbert H. Leonard
Bennington
Stock Averages at Noon May 8, 1967
Dow Jones industrials reach 907.24 with a 1.28 rise as 30 stocks, railroads at 236.47 up .60 and utilities 138.93 up .32 lift the composite to 319.95 while volume totals 4,820,000.
Mt Anthony Senior Exhibits at New England Science Fair
Miss Nancy Rallis of Mt. Anthony Union High School won first place at the 20th annual New England Science Fair at the Boston Museum of Science. Her project on Cavendish apparatus and gravitation beat 33 top exhibitors from five states. She received merit, a pin, Scientific American, and museum membership, and attended a science banquet with advisers and Hayden Planetarium program. Rallis had earlier earned top honors at the Vermont State Mathematics and Science Congress, and she awaits admission to Vassar Wheaton and Smith colleges. She holds high honors status and leads the MAUHS Math and Science Club, French Club, Student Council, Debate Club, and Girls Athletic Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy Rallis
James Rallis
Weeks St
Mt. Anthony Union High School
New England
Boston
Hayden Planetarium
Gilbert E. Merrill
Philadelphia Academy of Science
Rallis
MAUHS
University of Vermont
Burlington
Vassar
Wheaton
Smith Colleges
National Honor Society
Girls Athletic Association
Bennington club and group meetings fill weekly notices
Bennington Lodge of Elks holds its regular meeting Tuesday at 8. The Second Congregational Reading Group meets at 7 30 Tuesday at 140 Union Street with Mrs Leroy J Marsden hosting and Mrs William Morey reviewing Barrios of Manta. BCHS Guild meets 7 30 tonight, Lions Club gathers 6 30 Tuesday at Mt Anthony Country Club for Fun O Rama report. VFW Auxiliary meets 8, Gold Star Mothers at 7 30, Stan ley A Cardinal, son of Arthur C Cardinal, promoted aboard USS George Bancroft. Dr James Shea office closed May 10 to 15. ADV notes estate settlement for E G Phillips Bank Street. Miscellaneous furnishings and antiques sale Saturday May 13 10 4 ADV. Dr J H Manes office closed Friday Saturday and Monday next week with usual hours Tuesday May 16 ADV.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winifred Midgley
Lewes
Sussex
England
Arthur Green
East Orange
N.J
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
Frederick B. Wolf
Hanson-Walbridge
Vermont Cancer Society
Hanson - Walbridge Funeral Home
Second Congregational
Leroy J. Marsden
Union St
William Morey
Manta
Bennington Lions Club
Mt. Anthony Country Club
Lions
E.G. Phillips
Bank St
North Bennington
J.H. Manes
YMCA Schedule Of Weekly Activities
Monday schedule lists softball matches Sals versus Cushman Memorial and Wreckers versus Locals Tansitor, plus IMC Course at VI Bank & Trust at 7 and various clubs. Tuesday features women's bowling at 10 and duplicate bridge at 7:30, with softball Globe Union versus Carbon Memorial at 6.
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Sals
Cushman Memorial
Wreckers
Tansitor
VI. Bank & Trust
Air Force Reserve
Globe Union
Carbon - Memorial
College Instructor Arraigned On Marijuana Charge
A 24 year old Castleton State College French instructor, Ann Bond Harris, pleaded innocent to cultivating and possessing marijuana. She was released on $1,000 bail after turning herself in to Rutland authorities. Her husband posted bail. Police report that four arrests occurred in less than two weeks, including students Kevin Cosgrove and Ellis Pearson, and Thomas Zabski Jr. who pleaded insanity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rutland
UPI
Castleton State College
Ann _ Bond Harris
Rutland District Court
Edward McClallen
William Harris
Middlebury
Middlebury College
Castleton
Kevin Cosgrove
Ellis Pearson
Albany
N.Y
Thomas Zabski Jr
Shelburne
State Hospital
Waterbury
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Victor Weeden
Berlin, N.Y
Alfreda Stemp
Marjorie Hurley
Gordon F. Hoag
Charlotte Evans
Pownal Center
Clarence Foster
Ruth LaFlamme
Theron Troumbley
R.D
May
Harte Theatre
BLUE
National Society of Film Critics
Carlo Ponti
Vanessa Redgrave
A Premier Productions Co., Inc
Bennington Area
Harold George Green
Benenington Museum
Gordon Vail
Green
Doris Martha Midgley
Harold G. Green
Johns Manville Corporation
West Orange
Hoosac School
Hoosick
Leighton-Buzzard
Bedfordshire
University of London
Sue
United States
Molly Stark
Vermont
Arthur J. Cole
Veterans’ Hospital
Roscoe and
Katherine
Quinn) Cole
A.S. Payne Co
Keough Bros
St. John’s Cemetery
Dennis Mironowicz
Eagle Bridge
Russia
Valeria Labonowski
Bernard
Leo J. Mahar
Main St
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Lloyd
Mrs
Harold Green
Shirley E. Maxwell
North Adams
Stanley Maxwell
John B. Harte
Edward L. Powell
Methodist
Gordon Byars
White Creek, Lay Reserve
Lloyd C. Wicke
New York Area
Dow Jones—Bache & Co
Bennington Briefs
Bennington Lodge of Elks
Bchs Guild
VFW
VFW Rooms
Stanley A. Cardinal
Arthur C
Ben Mont Ave
George Bancroft
James Shea
YMCA
Indian Guide Tribe
Thomas Linton
Carbon
Bijur Memorial Sal’s
Globe Union - Tansitor
Jr. Hi
Red and Gun
By Armstrong
Dust Named Furniture Incorporated
EL Street
Chopin
Bach
Haydn
Ithe
the Record
Wply-Fm
Broadway
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