Union Board Weighs Fate of School Union Idea
The Union Board debates continuing a regional high school plan affecting Shaftsbury Woodford and Pownal districts. Directors warn against Bennington High School going alone, citing tuition losses and hardship for students and districts, while weighing future options after two defeats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shaftsbury
Woodford
Pownal
North Bennington
Faris and
Hewitt
Bennington High School
J. Goodall Hutton
Hutton
Trustees Rent Motorized Street Sweeper for Six Months
Bennington Village trustees decided Friday to rent a motorized street sweeper for six months at 2400 dollars. An operating cost record will determine whether future rentals or a purchase are economically justified. Current street cleaning relies on handbrooms trucks and occasional short rentals of automatic gear. Rough estimates were discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington Village
Pearson Kennedy discuss Canada arms pact amid easing tensions
The leaders spoke at a White House luncheon about the 1959 agreement to arm two Bomarc missile bases in Canada with US nuclear warheads. Kennedy and Pearson showed good humor as they addressed friction and looked for a warming trend in their talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearson
Liberal Party
Canada
Kennedy
Eagle Square seeks tax deal as Grand List stays set
Shaftsbury villagers to vote at a special meeting on Wednesday to approve an article keeping Eagle Square’s Grand List value at 113 421 for ten years. The plan includes renting a Waynesweeper Model 770 from Mingella Machinery Co to boost sweeping, with training for operators and estimated higher summer fall costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clawson
Eagle Square
Shaftsbury
Mingella Machinery Co
Barre
Ralph Cathrew
Cathrew
Hilda Hurley
Integration foe prompts mass meetings and bond actions in city
The article notes threats of expulsion for integrating schools, with Rev. Fred L. Shuttlesworth saying Negro mass meetings will continue and may resume demonstrations. It reports arrests and jails emptying, a National Maritime Union AFL-CIO check of 32692 aiding bond posting for prisoners, and bonds totaling 158000 in U S Treasury bonds deposited with the city comptroller. It also lists winners in a local fair across multiple divisions and names judges from several towns and high schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred L. Shuttlesworth
National Maritime Union
Afl-Cio
King
City Comptroller’s Office
U.S. Treasury
Indictments Include Crimmins for Gifts to Paley and More
Indictments allege Crimmins corruptly requested and accepted gifts and gratuities from architect Paley, with an understanding in which his official vote or judgment could be influenced. A second count lists acceptance of a gift. The Crime Commission, formed last October, continues a secret probe into housing contracts, with Harold Wilcox sworn as special assistant attorney general to lead the inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goodman
Crimmins
Paley
Brooke
Grand
Crime Commission
Harold Wilcox
Ipswich
Massachusetts
Local accidents report two Friday collisions in Bennington
Donna LaFlamme 116 Fairview Terrace struck a fire hydrant at Beech and Main Street Friday evening per Bennington Village Police. In a separate incident Gary W. Patterson of Bennington and Richard N. Green of South Shaftsbury damaged their cars in a collision at Main and Depot Streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donna LaFlamme
Fairview Terrace
Beech and
Main Street
Bennington Village
Gary W. Patterson
Bennington
Richard N. Green
South Shaftsbury
Main
Depot Streets
Mrs Davis Pleads Not Guilty in Shooting Case
Laura Davis of Middlesex pleaded not guilty in Municipal Court to shooting her husband Wayne as he slept at home. A Waterbury Hospital report found her sane and competent for trial after an insanity plea previously. The couple are parents of seven.
Obituary Ethel C Bratton Dies at 86 in Bennington
Miss Ethel C Bratton, 86, died Friday at Prospect Nursing Home in North Bennington where she had resided for years. Born December 19 1876 in Stamford she taught across multiple cities and became principal of the Ethical Culture School in New York City before retirement. Funeral 11 am Monday Hanson Walbridge with burial in Stamford. flowers omitted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel C. Bratton
Prospect Nursing Home
North Bennington
Miss Bratton
Stamford
Wheeler and
Nancy Barber Bratton
North Adams
Mass
Castleton Teachers College
Oswego
N.Y
Bennington
Akron
Ohio
Yonkers
Ethical Culture School
New York City
Montgomery
Ala
Teachers College
Beech St
Everett Lillie
Arnold
LeGrand Thompson
Hanson-Walbridge
Thomas Street
Old First Church
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Bendi
Benhi
Faris
Robert M. Wilson
John McCullough
John H. Williams
Wilson
Chuck
North Bennington Road
Mercury
Bennington Garage Corp
Main Stree
Benningtor
Bett Savini
Ist Prize
BROWN
Childrens Division
WM. Pulver Branch
ST. Bennington, VT
Francis Buck
Bennington, VT
Dan McCarthy
Coolidge Ave
Ken N. Johnson
Sage ST. NO. Bennington, VT
Greg Moon George
ST. NO. Bennington, VT
Economy Auto Stores
Main ST
DIAL
Josephine Hamlin
Waseeka
Morgan
United States
Northampton
Hamlin
John H. Hamlin
Town Line Road
Helicon Farm
Bennington Garden Club
First Congregational Church
Old Bennington
J.f.k.pearson
John Diefenbaker
Diefenbaker
Hyannis Port
Stanley Tools
Bonnie Birch
Whitingham
John Goyette
Robert Hamilton
Jeff Clawson
Dale MacDonald
John Hunter
Alan Davis
Wilmington
Peter LaMorder
James Leben
Bruce Bushee
Industrial Arts
Lewis Bleil
Richard Czarnec
Robert Gallant
Wahconah Regional High School
Dalton
James Gibbons
Leonard LaMothe
South Junior High
Pittsfield
Alan Stewart
Dalton High School
Walter Thompson
Mt. Greylock High School
al Turner
G. Trombly
Lee High School
Herbert Mosman
Don Trachie
Marjorie Brus
Arlington
Robert Stout
Marion Harris
Norman Parnell
Mt. Greylock
John Calhoun
Hoosick Falls
THE
Vermont
Bellows Falls
Chester
Brattleboro
Rutland Bennington
Davis Lane
Brandon
George Cushing
Riegelsville, Pa
Friday
National Ayrshire Breeders Associ
Region
Preston
Davenport
Litchfield, Conn
Association
Scotland
England
Bennington Banner
Banner Publishing Corporation
Associated Press
Radius
U.S
Noveck-Shultz, Inc
Tiskor 2
Taskt
Volkswagen
Chevrolet
Eddington
Sandalwood
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