Obituary of William F. Kearns Sr Democratic Leader
William F. Kearns Sr. 60 of 961 Gage St. and former Bennington civil authority member died at Warner Nursing Home after frail health. He was active in Democratic circles, survived by wife Kathryn Toohey, four sons including William Jr. deputy Vermont commissioner of institutions, siblings, nine grandchildren. Funeral at Maher and Son with Requiem High Mass at St Francis de Sales Church. Burial in Park Lawn Cemetery. Rosary recitation Wednesday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William F. Kearns Sr
Gage St
Board of Civil Authority
Warner Nursing Home
Patrick and
Honora (Moore) Kearns
Bennington
St. Francis de Sales Academy
H.E. Bradford Co
Ben-Mont
Eagle Hose Co
St. Francis de Sales Church
Holy Name Society
Kathryn Toohey
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Hoosick Falls
Kearns
William F. Kearns Jr
Montpelier
Vermont
John P. Kearns
New Britain
New York City
Edward L
Margaret) Silver
Albert
Alice) Swazey
Troy
N.Y
Mahar and Son Funeral
St. Francis de Sales
Park Lawn Cemetery
Mrs Oliva Roy 78 longtime Bennington resident dies
Mrs Oliva Roy born Bernadette Pinsonneault died after a brief illness at Putnam Memorial Hospital in Bennington. She lived with sister Rose Vallie at 320 Gage St and was member of Sacred Heart Church and St Anne's Society. Survived by three daughters two sons eight grandchildren and 18 great grandchildren funeral at Maher and Son Funeral Home Wednesday 8:30 a.m. with Requiem Mass at Sacred Heart. Rosary recited tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliva Roy
Bernadette Pinsonneault
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Johnsonville
N. Y
Joseph and
Philonise (Peladeau) Pinsonneault
Sacred Heart Church
Rose Vallie
Gage St
Roy
St. Anne’s Society
Vallie
Raymond
Philonise) Bleau
Bennington
Albert
Irene) White
North Bennington
Cecile Roy
Adelard
Eddie) Roy
Francis
Pete) Roy
Mahar and Son Funeral
Park Lawn Cemetery
John T Powers of Middlebury Dies at 62
Death reported for John T Powers of Middlebury formerly of Bennington born April 25 1881 in Bennington. He was a broker and surveyor in New York City before moving to Middlebury after his mother died in 1940. Funeral held April 28 at Blackmer Hale with burial April 30 in Bennington Village Cemetery. Surviving relatives noted as none.
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John T. Powers
Middlebury
Bennington
Charles N
Julia Frances Powers
Powers
New York City
Mddlebury
Cecil Killien
Charles
Grandview Street
Howard T. Guare
Blackmer-Hale
Walker T. Hawley
Funeral for Mrs. Anna Davis Held at Local Home
The funeral of Mrs. Anna Davis, widow of Charles Davis, was held Monday afternoon at Hanson-Walbridge Funeral Home with Rev. H. Glenn Payne of First Baptist Church officiating and giving committal prayers at Park Lawn Cemetery. Floral tributes and many sympathy messages were noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Davis
Charles Davis
Hanson-Walbridge Funeral Home
H. Glenn Payne
First Baptist Church
Park Lawn Cemetery
Funeral Mass for Miss Jane Tully in East Dorset
Miss Jane Tully 61 former Dorset resident died Saturday in Washington DC. Mass at St Jerome’s East Dorset Thursday 9 am by Rev Joseph Connolly. Burial in St Jerome’s Cemetery. Survived by sisters Anna Purcell Mae Tully Gertrude Tully all in Washington and brothers Francis Tully Watervliet NY John Tully William Tully Watervliet NY plus nephews. Friends may call Brewster Funeral Home Manchester Center Wednesday 7 to 9 pm.
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South Dorset
Jane Tully
Dorset
Washington, D.C
St. Jerome’s Catholic Church
East Dorset
Joseph Connolly
St. Jerome’s Cemetery
William and Mary (Mc. Bride) Tully
Burr & Burton Seminary
Manchester
Castleton Normal School
Washington
St. Jerome’s Church
Catholic Daughters of of America
St. Paul’s Church
Anna Purcell
Mae Tuly
Gertrude Tully
Francis Tully
John Tuly
William Tully
Watervliet
N. Y
Richard Rawson longtime Bennington banker and insurer dies
Richard Franklin Rawson aged 82 died early today at Putnam Memorial Hospital after a period as a retired insurer. Born November 1 1879 in Barton he moved to Bennington as a child and rose to assistant treasurer of the former Bennington County Savings Bank. In 1938 he and Barbara Burt bought Hollister Insurance Agency now Lonergan and Thomas. He retired in 1958 after a long service. he was active in the Bennington Club Knights of Pythias Stark Hose Co Second Congregational Church and enjoyed camping and fishing.Survivors include a niece Mrs Mary Louise Plumb of Bennington and nephew Rawson Atwood of Rumson NJ. Funeral Thursday at 2 pm Hanson Walbridge Funeral Home with burial at Park Lawn Cemetery and visiting hours Wednesday 7–9 pm.
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Richard Franklin Rawson
Bennington County Savings Bank
Bennington
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Mr. Rawson
Barton
Erskine E
Myra (Skinner) Rawson
Barbara Burt
Hollister Insurance Agency
Lonergan and Thomas Agency
Elm Street
Bennington Club
Knights of Pythias and Stark Hose Co
Bennington Fire Dept
Second Congregational Church
Rawson
George H
Mary Louise) Plumb
Rawson Atwood
Rumson
N.J
Hanson-Walbridge Funeral Home
Stephen C. Greene
Park Lawn Cemetery
Local counseling service praised over state institutions
At the United Counseling Service annual meeting Dr. James M. Toolan urged local level care over state hospitals, noting Putnam Memorial Hospital will set aside beds for local mental health treatment. He praised UCS aftercare and community clinics, and stressed tailored treatment and early intervention by clergy schools and courts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julius H. Manes
James M. Toolan
United Counseling Service
Mt. Anthony Country Club
Toolan
Bellevue Psychiatric Hospital
New York City
Bennington
Manes
UCS
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Horst Rodies
Herbert Douglas
Joseph LoPiccolo
Mary Murray
Joseph Wiseman C
Putnam Hospital Notes May 11 14 Births and admissions listed
Hospital notes show admissions on May 11 and 12 including Dorothy Rollins Bennington and several others with multiple births. Discharges include Mrs Donna Liporace and a baby girl Hoosick Falls. Birth announcements list couples in Bennington East Arlington Dorset Pawlet North Bennington and nearby towns with several May dates.
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Donna Liporace
Hoosick Falls, N.Y
Amelia Russell
Vernica Geannelis
Gregory Maguire
Veronica Slattery
Bennington
Glenda Ramey
Dorset
Jane Zecher
East Dorset
Anne Labadie
East Arlington
Ruth Watrous
Pawlet
Esther Mallory
Caroline Oldham
Dorothy Rollins
Mary Moriarty
North Bennington
Frank Sparrow
Wilmington
Nonnie Keough
Baby Boy
East Monday
Helen Hasen
Irma Hayes
Caroline Sargent
Ronald Keough
Alfred Hazelton
David King
Manchester Depot
Robert W. Macksey
Arlington
Leroy Oldham
BenMont Ave
Thomas Hayes
Salvatore Martorello
Second St
Hoosick Falls
William Ashbaugh
Main St
Bennington High Student Injured in Gym Class Trampoline Fall
A 14 year old student named Sharon Carrier was admitted to Putnam Memorial Hospital after injuring her leg during a gym class at Bennington High School. Hospital spokesmen said the leg was not x rayed and described the injury as a possible fracture. The accident happened about 10 a m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sharon Carrier
Bennington High School
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Miss Carrier
Bennington Probate Board Elects Officers
Elected president of the board was Dr. Dorothy Hager of North Bennington succeeding Dr Julius H. Manes. The Rev. Frederick B. Wolf is the new vice president and Herbert W. Gall continues as treasurer with Mrs. John W. Cleary as secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Pownal
William C. Nawrath
Manchester
Leroy Marsden
Union St
Ralph J. Larson
North Bennington
Bradford Smith
Shaftsbury
Dorothy Hager
Julius H. Manes
Frederick B. Wolf
St. Peter’s Church
Herbert W. Gall
Grant St
John W. Cleary
Woodford
Greater Bennington Sets Plans for Union School Vote
Greater Bennington Prudential Committee outlined final arrangements for the May 28 union district vote at Molly Stark School. Voting day closes all district schools at noon and the Board of Civil Authority meets May 25 to correct the district checklist. The panel also discussed ballot procedures polling station staffing and operations at Molly Stark. The committee approved letters of appreciation for the Bennington Garden Club and landscape architect Ewart E Allen for shrubbery around Molly Stark. The vacant Brooklyn School will be leased to Sarra Ferman Community Theatre for a year at 60 dollars monthly with utilities paid by the theater and option to remove a non supporting partition returnable on request, with future rent negotiable depending on success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greater Bennington
Prudential Committee
Molly Stark
Board of Civil Authority
Bennington Garden Club
Ewart E. Allen
Brooklyn
Sarra Ferman Community Theatre
Benjamin urges active citizen participation and tax caution
Benjamin pledges continued promotion of industrial growth and rising per capita income while urging all citizens to engage in politics and government. He warns against rising personal income taxes, arguing 20 percent of GNP funds are dangerous to savings and enterprise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin
Laos Strategy Stays on Course Amid Communist Threat
Officials say the United States will not reverse its Laos policy. The aim remains to secure a Laotian settlement via a cease fire and the creation of an independent neutral government, despite continued Communist pressure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
State Police Cruiser and Auto Crash in Pownal
A Vermont State Police cruiser sustained minor damage after a 2:45 PM collision with a 1955 Plymouth driven by Carol A. Bishop in the Armory Parking Lot area near Franklin Lane in Bennington Village. Trooper George A. Strong, the cruiser operator, reported slight left door damage while the Brassard vehicle had none.
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Vermont
Franklin Lane
Armory
Bennington Village
George J. Brassard
Pownal Center Road
Pownal
Carol A. Bishop
George A. Strong
Brassard
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W. F. Kearns SR
Mrs. Oliva Roy
Mrs
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Diane
Vhusouanas
Bennington Bookshop, Inc
North Bennington Road
Plaid Stamps
Brewster Funeral Home
Manchester Center
Richard F. Rawson
Counseling Service
England
Europe
Freud
Bennington Briefs
Park Street
Air Force Reserve
U. S. Air Force Academy
Colorado
Massachusetts
USAF
Ladies of the Cootie
Green Mountain
Cootie Neva LaCroix
North St
Bennington Post 13
American Legion
Vermont Soldiers’ Home
Vermont Department of Motor Vehicles
Thomas P. Kelly
Darling Kelly’s
Quality Courts United, Inc
Winding Brook Lodge
Keene, N.H
Quality Courts
Evans News
George E. Corey
Cutler Street
Arnold Revett
Coolidge Ave
Clara Hawks
Evans
Putnam Hospital Notes
Ellen Rice
Lillian Lancour
Thomas Aveni
Middle Village
Long Island
Barbara Caneva
Pound Ridge
Shelley Purdy
Stephen Cole
Violet Flynn
Robert Carpenter Jr
Lillian Amadon
Margaret Higgins
Stephen Smith
Chester Hall
Carl G. Jacobsen
Fairlawn Park
Drysdale’s
Plaid
Adams Clothes Shop
Dial
Laos
Aluminum
Super Market
Walbridge
Silver St
Insurance Agency
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