Bennington Municipal Court sentences 21 year old for non support
Keith J Merrow of Bennington received 30 days in Bennington County Jail after pleading guilty to neglect and refusing to support his wife and son. Judge George M Fienberg then suspended all but 30 days of two year long House of Correction terms and placed him on probation with conditions including employment and paying his wife $20 weekly. Other cases included Howard C Chandler ordered to pay $18 weekly in arrears and urged to secure permanent work. Continued arraignments featured Stanley Aldrich fined for defective equipment and fugitives from New York waiving extradition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keith J. Merrow
Bennington
Bennington County
Merrow
House of Correction
George M. Fienberg
Fienberg
Shirley Chandler
Beech Court
Stanley W. Aldrich
Londonderry
Raymond Conner
Raymond Seaton
New York
Chester J. Paligo
Morgan Street
Paligo
Atty
Robert E. Cummings Jr
County Airmen To Aid Recovery In Faith 7 Flight
Two Bennington County airmen on duty with Air Force units assist Maj. Leroy G. Cooper Jr. during his 22 orbit Faith 7 mission. 1st Lt. William J. Kornitzer Jr. and Airman J C Harry D Lucca serve with the 36th Air Rescue Service Squadron deployed at remote Pacific sites to aid recovery if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tachikawa Afb
Japan
Bennington County
Air Force
Leroy G. Cooper Jr
William J. Kornitzer Jr
Benington
36Th Air Rescue Service
Cooper
Kornitzer
William Kornitzer
Scott St
Bennington
Air Force Academy
Colo
Jane O. Owen
Menomonie
Wis
J.C
Harry D. Lucca
Amy
Amy Derosia
Arlington
36Th Air Rescue Service Sqd
Lucca
Pacific
German Consul to Speak on World Affairs at YMCA Bennington
Dr. Phillip Schmidt Schlegel, German consul at Boston, will discuss Germany's role in world affairs at 8 p.m. on Monday May 20 at the Bennington YMCA. The event, sponsored by the Vermont Council on World Affairs, had been mislisted for this evening in Friday's Banner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phillip Schmidt Schlegel
Boston
Germany
Bennington
Schmidt-Schlegel
Vermont Council On World Affairs
Outdoor Writers to Meet in Erie June 16 22
The Outdoor Writers Association of America holds its annual convention in Erie Pennsylvania from June 16 to 22. Co chairmen Bill Walsh and Roger Latham announced that Interior Secretary Stewart Udall will be the featured speaker at the banquet on June 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie
Outdoor Writers’ Association of America
Bill Walsh
Roger Latham
Secretary of
Interior
Stewart L. Udall
Union Board Sets Term Lengths and Elections for Seven Districts
Six member districts vote to implement three year terms starting this year. Present directors serve one year. Elections cover district officers moderator clerk treasurer and auditors for one two and three year terms. Eligible voters are residents of Bennington Graded Greater Bennington Woodford and Pownal Town districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington Graded
Greater Benbury
Woodford
Pownal Town
Patriots to Host Oilers in Preseason Game at Lowell
The Boston Patriots announce a preseason AFL game against the Houston Oilers at the Lowell Massachusetts Municipal Stadium on Aug 14. Sponsored by the Lowell Sun Charities Fund and Boston club president Bill Sullivan, the event marks Houston's first exhibition visit to the area. Boston has finished runner up to Houston in the Eastern Division for two straight seasons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Boston Patriots
Houston Oilers
Lowell
Mass
Patriots
New England
Houston
John Costello
Lowell Sun
Bill Sullivan
Rosary-Altar Society Hosts Sixth Mother-Daughter Fete
More than 160 Rosarians and guests attended the sixth annual Mother-Daughter banquet of the Rosary-Altar Society of St. Francis de Sales Church at Bennington Catholic High School. Rev. N. Joseph Pray, pastor of St. Joseph's parish in Chester, spoke on peace from the Pope's Encyclical. daughters gave musical numbers and a Pennies from Heaven performance followed by God Bless America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Francis de Sales
Bennington Catholic High School
Stella Bruneau
N. Joseph Pray
St. Francis
St. Joseph’s
Chester
Pray
Kathleen
Susan Torrisi
Sharon Bailey
Barbara Brunina
Helen Burgess
Mary Coonz
Mary Dermody
Ann Horst
Kathy Ottaviano
Joanne Leete
Linda Ryan
Therese Simmons
Heaven
Thomas Donovan
Anthony Brackett
Fr. Pary
Fr. Pray
Bennington
A. Pray
Cooties Install Vosburgh Here
Edward Vosburgh Jr. was installed as seam squirrel of the Military Order of the Cootie Green Mountain Pup Tent 2 at the annual installation of officers on a May Sunday night. William H. Stuchel Jr. acted as installing officer with several officers and assistants named. The Cootie monthly award was presented to John Madden and plans were made for a Cootie parade during the VFW convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Vosburgh Jr
Military Order of the Cootie
Green Mountain
William H. Stuchel Jr
William Walden
Robert Martin
Seam Squirrel
Eugene Soda
I Pup Wep
North Adams
Mass
James Welch
Patrick Devlin
Francis Bruniana
Louis Ross
Richard Hunt
Howard Knox
John Madden
VFW
Thrift Shop Updates And Weekly Sale Plans
Thrift shop salesladies Mrs. Caryl Adams Mrs. Josiah Fuller Mrs. Raymond Howard and Mrs. Edward Haug report requests last week for a ukelele paperback books a baby carriage and a crib. A special sale on children's clothes is planned this week. New stock includes books a blue tablecloth a package of Curity sponges and a few toys maternity dresses and nurses uniforms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caryl Adams
Josiah Fuller
Raymond Howard
Edward Haug
Museums in New York Plot Summer of Global Arts
Major New York museums unveil broad summer programs from May to September. Highlights include MoMA Rodin exhibition with 100 sculptures and 40 drawings, Americans 1963 in May, Five Unrelated Photographers, and acquisitions shows. Whitney hosts two limited runs and a collection section. Primitive Art Museum features R. B. Lansbury private collection show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Peru
Rodin
Rembrandt
Aristotle
Homer
Rodin Museum
Philadelphia
Musee Rodin
Paris
MMA
Heyman
Krause
Liebling
White
Winograd
Whitney Museum of American Art
The
Whitney
Friends of the Whitney
New York Hilton
Museum of Primitive Art
R. B. Lansbury
Episcopalians Vote Against Lotteries at Vermont Diocese Meet
The 173rd convention of the Episcopal Diocese of Vermont ended at St Andrew's Church with debate and voting. It opposed the state lottery proposal and racial discrimination while electing lay and clergy members to key committees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Johnsbury
Episcopal Diocese of
Vermont
St. Andrew’s Church
John M. Burgess
Massachusetts
Harvey D. Butterfield
William H. Williams
St. Peter’s
Bennington
Frederick B. Wolf
Donald A. Webster
Department of Promotion
Immanuel Church
Bellows Falls
Bennington Club Meetings And Naval Service Notes
The Women's Democratic Club meets Thursday at 8 p.m. at Mrs. Richard Van Santvoord's Shadowbrook home. The Bennington High School PTA meets Wednesday at 8 p.m. in the high school auditorium with a Meet Your School Board panel. Lions Club dinner is Tuesday at 6 p.m. at Knotty Pine with Russell A. Holden as guest speaker. regular meeting follows at 6:30 p.m. at Knotty Pine, program chair Joseph McDonough. Veterans Memorial Committee meets tonight at VFW rooms to finalize Memorial Day observance plans. Two local sailors, Jean W. Ratelle USN and Ernest A. Thompson USN, are noted for naval exercises and training abroad. VFW Post 1332 and ladies auxiliary will install officers Tuesday at 8 p.m. with a 6 p.m. covered-dish supper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Democratic Club
Richard van Santvoord
Shadowbrook Road
Bennington High School
Meet Your School Board
State Highway Cmst
Russell A. Holden
Bennington Lions Club
Knotty Pine
Joseph McDonough
Veterans’ Memorial Committee
VFW Rooms
North Street
Water Board To Open Bids For Vehicle
Bennington Water Department will open bids at 7 30 p m on May 20 for a multi purpose four wheel drive vehicle. The vehicle will transport staff and equipment on inspection trips to the Lake Hancock source and mountain springs feeding the system. Previously the department used a Jeep owned by the Lake Hancock caretaker, the late Frank Bob Quackenbush, for mountain work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Lake Hancock
Mountain Springs
Frank
Bob) Quackenbush
Obituaries from Pownal and nearby towns memorialize several residents
A long illness takes Pearl Miner of Pownal 64. Carrie McDermott of Granville 84. M Higgins of Ridge 95. Helen Morrissey of Hoosick Falls 86. Helen Bowman of Pownal 68. Funeral details span Hanson Walbridge Bennington and area churches with burial in Oak Hill or St Patrick’s Cemeteries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pownal
Pearl Miner
Earl
Hattie Potter Miner
Everett Potter
John C. Hatch
Baptist
Potter
Oak Hill Cemetery
Bertha M
Clara F. Higgins
Cambridge
Earl Dorsch
Schenectady
Arthur J. Higgins
Ella Shanley
Joseph McInerney
Troy
N.Y
D.L
Hoosick Falls
Helen
Ellen) Morrissey
Hoosick
Earl Kenney
Ball Street
North Hoosick
William Morrissey
Leo J. Mahar
Main St
Church of the Immaculate Conception
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Local Women Attend Garden Club Meeting
Mrs. Thomas P. Brockway and Mrs. T. Garry Buckley returned from Philadelphia where they attended the 50th annual meeting of the Garden Clubs of America. Five hundred delegates from 41 states plus Honolulu were represented across 171 clubs with a Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra concert, Winterthur Museum luncheon, Longwood Gardens dinner, and a Philadelphia Museum of Art awards event highlighting flower prints and paintings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas P. Brockway
T. Garry Buckley
Philadelphia
Garden Clubs of America
Honolulu
Academy of Music
Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra
Eugene Ormandy
Winterthur Museum
Wilmington
Del
Longwood Gardens
du Pont
Philadelphia Museum of Art
GCA
Illinois Mo tors Wage and Purchase Spending Rise in 1962
General Motors spending in Illinois for wages and purchases to run its three manufacturing operations climbed by more than 57.5 million dollars in 1962, according to state officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
UPI
General Motors
Illinois
Driver Hurt In Pownal Auto Mishap
Orville C Benoit 22 suffered facial and chest lacerations when his car left Vermont 346 in Pownal struck a rock ledge and was destroyed. Richard A Baugh 18 of Stamford escaped injury after his car skidded into a power pole on Church Street. A collision on U S 7 in Arlington caused no injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
An Adams, Massman
Vermont
Pownal
Orville C. Benoit
Richard A. Baugh
Stamford
Church Street
Death Valley
Arlington
James E. Judd
West Reading
Conn
Edward J. Slater
Schnectady
N.Y
Also Mentioned on This Page
U. S
South Africa
Donald K. Slayton
Harte Theatre
Debbie
COST
Cliff David Robertson
Janssen
Eileen Heckart
Hans Conried
Mary McCarty
Tce Ghostley - Gant
Gower
Joseph Calvelli
Aca Wilham Wood
Paramount
Union Board
Sisters
Sisters of St. Joseph
Joseph Celebrent
Ravanello
Roberts Aborn
Castleton State Teachers College
Sta Hoto
Buckler
St. Catherine
St. Bernard
Rosary—Altar Society
Thrift Shop
Lover’s
Museum of Modern Art
Dow Jones—Bache & Co
Albany
Williamstown
Bennington Briefs
Jean W. Ratelle
USN
Donat J. Ratelle
Bradford St
Mediterranean
Canberra
Ernest A. Thompson
Allen L. Thompsen
McCall St
Shangri-La
Guantanamo Bay
Cuba
Carrier Division Six
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Alfred Hertz
Allen
Pamela Brown
Washington Ave
Bennington Area
YMCA
Daniel Sargent
Miss Pearl Miner
Carrie McDermott
Te Methodist Church
Mettowee Valley Cemetery
Pawlet
Mrs
Timothy Higgins
Helen Morrissey
Francis Bowman
Seekonk
Bowman
F. Walter Bowen Dimon
Marion (Fairbrother) Phillips
South Kingston, R.L
Fownals
Hoosac Valley
Seventh-day Adventist Church of
James Sincluice
South Pownal
Hopkin’s
Sherman Burbank
Ronald Seeley
Seventh-day Advent Church
Big Spender
Dunhams Furniture, Inc
Elm Street
Rosa
Javery
Coe
Sanest
Tavery
Alan H. Page
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