Salem farmer Richard McGuire to speak at Bennington County Farm Bureau
Richard McGuire, owner of Penope Farms in Washington County New York, will be the main speaker at the Bennington County Farm Bureau spring meeting at North Bennington Baptist Church on Wednesday evening. A roast beef supper at 7:30 is planned. McGuire, a former Washington County Farm Bureau president, has chaired state advisory and dairy committees and written a book from Troy Records editorials. He and his wife, a Salem teacher, have three children. A Holy Cross Novitiate singing group will perform and Mrs. John T. Laurie of Rupert will be named Vermont Mother of the Year. Continuous greetings will be offered by Vermont Farm Bureau leaders. All interested are welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard McGuire
Bennington County Farm Bureau
North Bennington Baptist Church
Bernard Whitman
McGuire
Salem
N.Y
Washington County
Gov. Rockefeller
New York State Advisory Council On
Farm Labor Safety
Nyfb Records Program
Workman’s Compensation Commission
Nyfb Dairy Committee
Regional Planning Board
New York State
Penope Farms
Troy Records
Salem Central School
Richard Jr
St. Lawrence University
Bonnie
Salem Central High School
David
Sign Delay Concerns Vermont Roadside Plan
Secretary of State Richard C Thomas voiced worry over a federal delay in approving Vermont s roadside information sign plan. He said assurances were given a decision would come before Travel Information Council s Wednesday Montpelier meeting. He ordered Bureau of Public Roads officials to check on regional and Washington status. The plan, challenged earlier as potentially noncompliant with new interstate and defense highway sign rules, would use colored panels to guide motorists to gas food lodging and recreation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montpelier
UPI
Richard C. Thomas
Thomas
Travel Information Council
State Bureau of Public Roads
al Purchase
Washington
Vermont
Purchase
Bennington Girl Wins Mom Art Prize at Colonie Center
A 12-year-old Bennington girl, Kathy Roy, earned second place in a Colonie Center Mall mom-art contest with a watercolor and pencil kitchen scene featuring a central mother and three children. The award included $50 in gifts donated by center merchants. Donna Corcione, 5, of Albany, won first prize. Kathy’s prize arrived by mail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Colonie Center
Kathy Roy
Robert
Dorothy Roy
Silver St
Center
Donna Corcione
Albany
N.Y
Kathy
Teacher Mary Coulter Honored on Retirement
Mary Coulter, with over two decades of service in Bennington area schools, was feted at the Worthy Inn in Manchester as relatives and friends arranged a surprise retirement dinner. Speakers from the school system and friends recalled her teaching at Molly Stark, Bennington Elementary and Catamount, while gifts included a camera and a stereo system for her Alaska trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Worthy Inn
Manchester
Mary C. Coulter
Kendall Adams
Coulter
Bert
Carolyn) Peckham
Pownal
Larry
Williamstown
Ronald
Albany
Helen Curtis
David Curtis
Argyle
Mary
Velta Thayer
Mrs. Coulter
Brooklyn
Lena Adams
Ruth Bodine
Phil Viereck
Michael Russo
Not Guilty Plea Entered To North Hoosick Holdup
Three Bennington residents faced in Bennington District Court after a North Hoosick armed robbery near Orient Lounge. Clinton J. Hayes, 25, bail set at 5000, represented by John B. Harte. Louis E. Boswell, 33, and Mary Louise Boswell, 28, to enter pleas later. initial pro forma not guilty pleas filed. Also notes a 7 year old electrician from Dorset pleaded guilty to grand larceny and two counts of assault with a deadly weapon. Walter J. Susee Jr., 28, sentenced to 12 to 24 months for probation violation and driving while suspended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
North Bennington
Orient
North Hoosick
N.Y
Bennington District Court
Clinton J. Hayes
Harbour Road
John P. Morrissey
John B. Harte
Louis E. Boswell
Mary Louise
Merson St
New York
Vermont
Dorset
Michael E. Barber
Morrissey
Kathleen H. Coombs
Manchester
Thomas Marcotte
Brian Albeiser
Walter J. Susee Jr
McCall St
House of Corrections
Susee
Expert Skeptic on Nukes to Speak Friday in Bennington
The Committee for Survival hosts a meeting on Friday May 16 at 8 p.m. in St. Peter's Episcopal Church Bennington highlighting nuclear power safety. Leo Goodman Washington D C attorney for the United Auto Workers will discuss How Safe is Nuclear Power and report on Rockefeller Gov program and the fast breeder reactor plans. Goodman has argued cases before the Supreme Court and testified before Congress on radiation hazards, offering a skeptical view of high level nuclear expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiroshima
Bennington
Committee For Survival
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
Leo Goodman
United Auto Workers
Washington, D.C
New York State
Rockefeller
Easton
Detroit Edison
Detroit
Supreme Court
Goodman
U.S
Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
AEC
Gov
Edward Teller
Funerals for Margaret Racette and Clarence Brown Held
The funeral of Mrs. Margaret Racette widow of Peter E Racette was held at St Francis de Sales Church after a Requiem High Mass celebrated by Rev Richard Thompson Burial followed in Park Lawn Cemetery with committal prayers by Rt Rev Msgr Francis Flanagan Bearers were Thomas Maloney Thomas Madden Harry Clark and Thomas Biggs Mrs Racette resided with her son in law and daughter at 333 Silver St before dying at Putnam Memorial Hospital A separate service for Clarence L Brown formerly of the Vermont Soldiers Home occurred at Hanson Walbridge Funeral Home Burial with military honors followed at Grandview Cemetery North Bennington where taps were sounded by Gary Mattison and the flag presented to Mrs Mildred White.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Racette
Peter E. Racette
Pageant Street
St. Francis de Sales
Richard Thompson
Roderick Lavallee
Park Lawn Cemetery
Francis B. Flanagan
Thomas Maloney
Thomas Madden
Harry Clark
Thomas Biggs
Racette
Bernard Bushee
Silver St
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Clarence L. Brown
Vermont Soldiers
Hanson - Walbridge
H. Glenn Payne
First Baptist Church
Mr. Brown
Grandview Cemetery
North Bennington
Payne
Edward Rood
Hugh Clark
Bennington Post 13
American Legion
Mildred White
Taps
Gary Mattison
Vincent F. McGovern
Prospect Street
Bennington
Mark
Margaret (McMahan) McGovern
Margaret Perry
St. John the Baptist Church
St. John’s Cemetery
Joseph Wright
Grove St
Isaac
Bertha Wright
Greenwich
N.Y
Shea’s Wood Products
Bennington College
Marie
William
U.S. Army
Germany
Joseph
Edward
Clarence
Marjorie
Gibney, Haynes & Kane Funeral
Wright
W. Earle Forman
Church of God
Hospital Notes Weekend Admissions and Births
Hospital notes list admissions on Fri May 9 with names like Roger Wilcox and Harold Leach, discharges including Mrs Judith Ouellette, births announced for Jacqueline Marie Krawczyk at Fort Knox and Elizabeth Ann Cross, and a public meeting poster tied to nuclear safety concerns and a stance against a proposed fast-breeder plant in Easton. The report covers multiple Bennington area residents and regional births through May 11, 1969.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacqueline Marie
Joseph L. Krawczyk Jr
Fort Knox
Joseph Krawczyk
Rice Lane
Bennington
William Grant
Charleston
Ill
St. Krawczyk
Cu Chi
Vietnam
Black Poet Readings At Bennington College Tuesday Night
Black poet Don C. Lee will read his poetry at Bennington College on Tuesday May 13 at 8 30 p m in Barn I The public is invited with no admission charge Lee is black writer in residence at Cornell University and on leave from the Museum of African American History and Columbia College Chicago He has published three poetry books and contributed to major journals He is active in the Organization of Black American Culture and the reading is sponsored by the Black Studies Program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don C. Lee
Bennington College
Barn I
Lee
Cornell University
Museum of
Negro Digest
Journal of Black
Bennington Briefs Event Topics Planned for Tuesday
The Plain Dirt Gardeners will meet Tuesday at the Old Bennington schoolhouse with the topic Drying Flowers and Arrangements. Bennington Lodge of Elks will hold its regular meeting Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Bennington Lodge of Elks
Shaftsbury Man Hurt in Hoosick One-Car Crash
East Hoosick NY state police report Shaftsbury resident Moffitt injured in a one car wreck on Johnson Hill Road. He crawled to David Kessler’s home for a call to Hoosick Rescue Squad and was taken to Mary McClellan Hospital in Cambridge in good condition. Telephone service disrupted by the crash around 8 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Hoosick
N.Y
Sherman Moffitt
Shaftsbury
Johnson Hill Road
David Kessler
Town of Hoosick
Mary McClellan Hospital
Cambridge
Nursery Director Speaks Tonight For Day Care Week
Marion Downes Bennington College nursery director will lecture at the Bennington Free Library at 8 this evening on the socialization of young children as Day Care Week activities kick off. Posters announce upcoming events including a Thursday luncheon with Gov. Deane C. Davis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Marion Downes
Bennington College Nursery School
Sibley Co Gets Training Grant
Washington The U S Department of Labor awarded Edward L Sibley Company of Bennington 2816 for an on the job training program The grant announced by Senator Winston L Prouty Vermont delega tion supports training one grinder operator one pre apprentice machinist and two screw machine setup men The four trainees will be paid by the firm during training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.S. Department of Labor
Edward L. Sibley Company
Bennington
Winston L. Prouty
R-Vt
Senate Labor and Public Welfare Committee
Vermont
Sen. Prouty
Movie Timetable at Manchester and Williamstown cinemas
Omar Sharif stars in Mayerling directed by Terence Young about Crown Prince Rudolf and Baroness Maria Vetsera at Manchester Cinema 8 p.m. Also showing 2001 A Space Odyssey with Keir Dullea and Gary Lockwood by Stanley Kubrick at Harte Theatre 7 p.m. and Williamstown Cinema with multiple daily showings 7 and 9 10 p.m. weekends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mayerling
Omar Sharif
Terence Young
Crown Prince
Rudolf
Austria-Hungary
Maria Vetsera
Manchester
Keir Dullea
Gary Lockwood
Stanley Kubrick
Harte Theatre
Williamstown
Miss Bitensky On Study Tour
El mira College sophomore Miss Susan Bitensky daughter of Mr and Mrs Jason Bitensky of 351 Elm St Bennington joins a 29 student study tour of Europe and Greece during the six week spring term opening April 21. Led by Dr Baird W Whitlock the 48 day trip visits Spain Greece Italy France and England with reports required for academic credit. Miss Bitensky is Mount Anthony Union High School graduate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmira
N.Y
Susan Bitensky
Elmira College
Jason Bitensky
Elm St
Bennington
Europe
Greece
Spain
Italy
France
England
Baird
Whitlock
Miss Bitensky
Mount Anthony Union High School
Also Mentioned on This Page
County Farm Bureau
Bennington Gallins Award
Mary Coulter
George A. Sleeman
Clarence L.brown
Roger Wilcox
Judith Ouellette
Pauline Monroe
Katherine O’brien
Sandra Lockrow
Hoosick Falls
Harold Leach
Pawlet
Walter Corey
Arlington
Hector Marcoux
Leona Damour
Ada Dupras
North Adams
Mass
Michael Harrington
Woodford
Richard Wallace
Alexander Corriveau
Martin Ayers
Dale Wilson
Patricia Dean
Mildred Toomey
Howard Fitzgerald
Matthew Murdock
Jacksonville
Melissa Keyes
William Peters
Eagle Bridge
James Houran
Marion Williams
Yvonne LaFlamme
Everett Cole
Manchester Depot
Thomas Bushee
Manchester Center
Christine Olm
Leroy Weld
Ethel Benjamin
Stella Hamilton
James Young
North Adams Hospital
Elizabeth Ann
Mike Cross
Harwood Hill
Cross
Mary Kittle
Brandon
George Kittle
Atomic Energy Commission
Mrs
Vernon Young
Doris E. Young
Emma Laing Stevens
Granville
Young
Shushan
Edgar
License) Haskins
Bertha Monroe
East Poultney
Leroy Hawkins
Concord
N.H
Leslie
Edgar Haskins
Mettowee Valley
Paw
Ren
Robert M. King
Marion (Church) Powers
Michael F. Powers
Tarpon Springs
Fla
Mahar & Son Funeral Home
William O’dell
Grafton, N.Y
Bennington Rescue Squad
Funeral Home
Earl L. Callahan
Fourth St
William and Mary (Gooding) Callahan
Hoosick Falls High School
L & S Lumber Company
Callahan
Hoosick Falls Aerue
F. C. Eagles
Oneont
Mahar Funeral Home
Maple Grove Cemetery
Don C, Lee
Bennington Briefs
Hoosick
Children of Sacred Heart School
PelMe
Senior Citizens Club
Woodford Lakeview
Red Barn
Bennington Club Inc
Rs Gore
Feds
Sibley Co
Cay Earn
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