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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1964
Page
14
Proposed rules for Putnam Memorial Hospital operation filed in Bennington County Court relate to a chancery suit over whether towns in the county bear financial responsibility for care of destitute residents. Ten of the county's 16 towns brought the joint suit.
Funeral services for Emma F Boynton 96 of Manchester Center will be held Friday at 2 p.m. in Brewster Funeral Home led by Rev. E H Nickerson. Born in Brooklyn Dec 15 1867 she moved to Manchester in 1910 after marrying Orrin Boynton. She belonged to First Congregational Church and Mt Equinox Home Demonstration group. Surviving nieces and nephews. Call 7 to 9 p.m. today.
Funeral services for Miss Agnes Harwood Rule of 16 Woodstock Avenue were held Wednesday at Trinity Episcopal Church with Rev. Robert H. Throop officiating. Organist Horace Hollister accompanied. burial followed at Evergreen Cemetery. Bearers included Dr. Harold H. Plough and Paul H. Plough, Carlos J. Blakely, Justice James Holden, and Earl H. Blakely.
Temple Beth El schedules Pentecost services for Saturday Sunday and Monday. Services run 8 p m Saturday and Sunday 9 p m Sunday and 8 a m Monday with a memorial on Monday morning. Junior Congregational Sunday at 11 a m led by Rabbi Leopold Kagan. Festival also known as Feast of Weeks marks giving of the Ten Commandments.
Bennington Section of the Green Mountain Club schedules a joint hike and trail clearing on Bald Mountain. The group departs from Hell Hollow in Woodford after leaving the Long Trail, meeting at 10 a.m. at the Bennington Post Office with tools and a trail lunch. Bob Hagerman leads the trip.
Trustee Sleeman said voters who opposed the proposal may realize they did not solve crowding problems. Trustees want meetings with other union district boards before another session with the union board. They seek plans for elementary enrollment issues if a union high school is not approved.
Stock bulletin shows the Dow Jones Industrial Average at 200.39 with a 0.18 decline as 30 industrial issues, 20 railroads and 15 utilities reflect a composite of 2289.08 down 0.53 from the previous reading. Trading volume stands at 2,120,000 shares.
Edward MacDonald, 36, of Shaftsbury, pleaded guilty in municipal court to willfully injuring an animal on July 15. Judge George M. Fienberg fined him 105.10 dollars. The state says MacDonald and three companions shot a cow owned by Donald Towne of Arlington. Two co-defendants pleaded guilty. the fourth is overseas in the armed forces. MacDonald had pleaded not guilty on August 7 and was released on 1500 dollars bail.
Four units of the Bennington Rural Fire Department answered a late Wednesday alarm about 10 30 p m that proved false. The report cited Carpenter Hill Road and an unidentified caller. Some fear the blaze was in Pownal, but officials say no Pownal fires occurred that night. Others suspect deliberate mischief behind the alarm.
New York Attorney General Louis Lefkowitz warns travelers to use bona fide travel agents and ensure federal approval for charter flights to foreign countries. More than 500 travelers, mainly students in the Albany area, were promised Europe tours but their Civilian Air Board approvals were not secured. Refunds totaling 83000 are being issued, with checks from 100 to 275 dollars. The agent Herbert Palace pledges compliance with state and federal rules. Earlier, a Bennington scandal linked Mario Paris to a failed tour. authorities pursue legal action as he remains at large in South America.
UFWA and Shea plant workers face an NLRB settlement requiring the union to post notices and pause a union vote for 60 days. The union resisted delays, pressed for reinstatement discussions for Vadakin, and plans a regional rally to bolster support and funding.
Principal Paul E. Kirsch of Bennington commends the fire department for a rapid response to a high school alarm that proved false. Firemen reached the building within three minutes. an accidental lever trip by a student in the narrow corridors triggered the alarm. The principal notes the school can be evacuated in one minute and 20 seconds.
Trustees of the Bennington Graded School District adopt a budget totaling 748 231 for the June 30 annual meeting, up from 693 473 this year. The net tax is 7.16, 24 cents more than now after subtracting Mt Anthony Union School District costs. main rise comes from instruction and more teachers due to enrollments.
A Bennington County VSSDA meeting focused on consolidation of the Mt Anthony Union and the Bennington Rutland Supervisory Union into a union district. Members weighed local control against larger high schools and improved vocational training with federal aid potential.
The Bennington County Humane Society invites members guests and friends to its fourth annual meeting on Tuesday May 26 at 8 p m at Fisher Elementary School Arlington. Guest speaker Robert Candy of the Vermont State Fish and Game Department will present the National Audubon film The Bald Eagle. The society reports 1963 as its busiest year with 673 dogs and cats sheltered 5656 animal days and 283 trips to pick up animals. Donations urged to Treasurer William Castle Shaftsbury.
Paul E. Kirsch outlined a Ford Foundation funded summer program for Bennington area schools. He will co direct with W Philip Walker and a steering committee will meet May 26 to plan curriculum projects and a French program using the BSD language lab. Credits will be awarded and teachers paid from the $237 000 foundation grant for 10 districts.
Two positions remain open on the Bennington school staff for the coming year. Supt. Leon E. Wagner announces vacancies for a full time shop teacher and a reading specialist. The Greater Bennington Prudential Committee plans to hire both next year for the first time.
Admissions list includes Richard Jones Earl Buzzell Patrick Murphy and several Mrs. Tempey Wells Mrs. Claire Santway Mrs. Sarah Chase Mrs. Dorothy Mc Gurn from Bennington Hoosick Falls and West Dover. Discharges name Kathy Loomis Elizabeth McGuire Mrs. Dorothy LaRoche Miss Ann Cummings Master Bryant Vallie Miss Colleen Kinney Miss Elizabeth M. Prue Philips Marcoux Mrs. Constance LaBeau Bennington Mrs. Dorothy Tausenbfreund and daughter. Births report a son May 13 to Dennis Woodward and wife of 313 Beech St. Shaftsbury Ronald Lindsey and wife of Eagle Street Shaftsbury also welcomed a son May 13.
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