Prominent North Bennington civic leader Clarence White dies
Clarence W. White of North Bennington dies at 86 after a long illness at Putnam Memorial Hospital. Born January 10, 1879, he led the H C White Co. and helped found the Kiddie bar. He served as water board chair, First National Bank director and deacon emeritus at the Congregational Church. He is survived by his wife Prutia, daughter Dorothy Towart, two grandchildren, and siblings. Funeral at North Bennington Congregational Church Tuesday at 2 PM. burial at Grandview Cemetery. Contributions to the church welcomed.
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Clarence W. White
North Bennington
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Hawley C
Margie (Watson) White
North Bennington High School
Eastman School of Business
Poughkeepsie
N.Y
H. C. White Co
Clarence White
United States
Europe
Turkey
Russia
South America
Africa
Alice M. Welling
Prutia B. Weir
Bennington Museum
F. B. Jennings
Bennington
Brant Lake
N. Y
Joel
Dorothy) Towart
Linda
Joel Towart
Frederick W. White
L. Ray White
Yonkers
Harold
Marion) Riemann
Hans
Marjorie) Friederick
White
North Bennington Congregational Church
Grandview Cemetery
Mechanic Street
Congregational Church
Obituary notices for Hewitt and Quackenbush
Funeral services were held for Robert Harold Hewitt 30 of Town Farm Road Atco N J who died May 9 burial in Park Lawn Cemetery. Survived by wife Elizabeth Faulkner son Robert G Hewitt two sisters and many relatives. Also note Helen M Quackenbush 80 native of Hoosick nurse and resident of South Yarmouth died at Cape Cod Hospital Hyannis. Funeral in South Yarmouth with burial at Maple Grove Hoosick Falls on Tuesday.
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Robert Harold Hewitt
Harold W. Hewitt
Town Farm Road
Atco
N.J
Hanson-Walbridge
W. Earle Forman
Church of God
Park Lawn Cemetery
Hewitt
New Years
Bennington
Elizabeth Faulkner
Kentucky
Robert G. Hewitt
Francis M. Clark
Helen Greenough
Burlington
South Yarmouth
Mass
Helen M. Quackenbush
Hoosick
Cape Cod Hospital
Hyannis
Quackenbush
Albany Hospital School of Nursing
Brooklyn Hospital
Ball Seminary
Hoosick Falls
Wilbraham
Helen Bain
Lydia Hewitt
Petersburg
Benjamin V. S. Quackenbush
Georgia
Maple Grove Cemetery
Bennington Briefs Move to Clean North Street Lot and Parking Changes
Bennington notices announce no parking Thursday 7 to 9 at North Street lot for cleaning and Friday 7 to 9 at Armory lot closures. American Legion Auxiliary plans its next regular meeting Tuesday at 8 p.m. at the Legion Home. Mrs. Norton Barber spoke on valuable roles open to junior citizens, part of garden clubs Vermont series. The 1945 North Bennington High School class seeks reunion addresses, asking for Irma Weidelmann’s whereabouts via Mrs. Earl Hamilton, 229 Bradford St.
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North Street
Arthur (Toge) Theberge
Armory
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion Home
Norton Barber
Old Bennington
WSYB
Rutland
Federated Garden Clubs of Vermont
Vermont
North Bennington High School
Irma Weidelmann
Shaftsbury
Earl Hamilton
Bradford St
Funeral for Mrs Irma Wede MeyER Knox Held
Funeral services were held Friday afternoon for Mrs Irma Wede Meyer Knox formerly of the area at Hanson Walbridge Funeral Home. Rev Melvin R McGaughey officiated and conducted committal prayers at Hinsdillville Cemetery. Bearers were Clarence Percey Leon Percey Robert Percey Harold Percey Pierre Laflamme and Rosario Aubin. Relatives and friends attended from Naugatuck Conn Gates Utica Snyders Lake Albany and Whitesboro, N.Y.
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Irma Wedemeyer Knox
Hanson -Walbridge
Melvin R. McGaughey
First Methodist Church
Hinsdillville Cemetery
Clarence Percey
Leon Percey
Robert Percey
Harold Percey
Pierre Laflamme
Rosario Aubin
Naugatuck
Conn
Gates and
Utica
N.Y
Snyders Lake
Albany
Whitesboro
Putnam Hose Annual Fair Planned for May 27 31
Putnam Hose Company schedules its annual fair from May 29 to 31 with an auxiliary to assist. Funds aim to buy new uniforms, extend the event one day, and erase prior debt. The auxiliary holds its first officer election June 9 and a food sale is planned for May 29.
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Putnam Hose Company
Youth Injured In Village Crash In Bennington
A 17 year old from Bennington was treated and released from Putnam Memorial Hospital after losing control of a car and hitting a parked vehicle on South Street near Crescent Boulevard. Lloyd G. Wright of Maple Haven Trailer Court faced police over unregistered Plymouth sedan and no license. Police noted a second minor collision at Putnam Square involving an Albert S. Hislop MGA and Raymond J. Patriceau Pontiac. A 1959 Chevrolet two door was reported stolen from Raymond Paquin. partial plate given as 8 9.
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Bennington
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Bennington Village
Lloyd G. Wright
Maple Haven Trailer Court
Wright
South Street
Crescent Boulevard
Miner’s Gulf Service Station
Putnam Square
Village
Albert S. Hislop
Portsmouth
N.H
Raymond J. Patriceau
Pittsfield
Mass
Raymond Paquin
Pleasant St
Thunder Road Opens Season With 30-Lap Feature Win
Ernie Reed of Plattsburgh New York won the 30 lap feature on opening day at Thunder Road before about 5000 fans. First heat winner was Jean Paul Cabana of Montreal, second heat winner Bob Karbonen of Winchendon Massachusetts, consolation winner Dick Nephew of Moores Forks New York. In Flying Tiger division uncaged for the first time Norm Burl of Plattsburgh won.
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Barre
Ernie Reed
Plattsburgh
N.Y
Thunder Road
Jean Paul Cabana
Montreal
Bob Karbonen
Winchendon
Mass
Dick Nephew
Moore’s Forks
Norm Burl
Governors Deliberate on Deepening Lake for Barge Canal
Governor weighs commitment to a deepening of the lake to link the St Lawrence and Hudson Rivers for barge transport. Senator George Aiken leads advocates, while a committee formed by opponents seeks to protect recreation and scenic beauty. Most opposition centers in Vermont and New York.
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Macomber
St. Lawrence
Hudson
George Aiken
R-Vi
Vermont
New York State
Bennington Municipal Court Fines For Driving Offenses
Williams College student Robert L. Mitchell of Brooklyn paid 40.10 after pleading no contest to careless driving following a collision at Monument Avenue and Vermont 9 near the Walloomsac Inn. Diane C. Fletcher of Kendal Park, N J, suffered a sore elbow. Mitchell was represented by Stephen H. Gilman.
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Robert L. Mitchell
Williams College
Brooklyn
N.Y
Mitchell
Atty
Stephen H. Gilman
Joseph Young
Bennington Village
David B. Kollender
Lynbrook
Bennington College
Ernest Fritz
Yonkers
YMCA Weekly Schedule Highlights Board Meetings Included
Monday contains boys and junior high classes plus Air Force Reserve and Camera Club. Tuesday lists bowling and gym classes with a YMCA Board meeting in the evening. Wednesday features baton classes Jr Hi-Y and Industrial Management Club. Thursday offers Chess Club and leadership workshops with Bricklayers Local. Friday covers senior and junior high boy classes. Saturday presents Jr Rifle Club within Rod and Gun Club activities.
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Air Force Reserve
Ymca Board of Directors
St Francis PTG to Hear Bohne at Bennington Catholic
St Francis Parent-Teacher Group will hold its annual meeting at Bennington Catholic High School Wednesday at 7 30 p.m. U S weather observer Paul Bohne will be guest speaker. A deluxe dessert will replace the usual year end dinner served by Mrs Lew Levin and Mrs Edward Haddad with help from first and second grade mothers. The new officers will be introduced: co presidents Mr and Mrs Lew Levin vice president Mrs Robert Maguire secretary Mrs Joseph Wassick treasurer Mrs Ronald Alderman. Fair tickets are ready for members and a committee report will be given at this meeting.
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St. Francis
Bennington Catholic High School
Paul Bohne
U.S
Weather Observer
Lew Levin
Edward Haddad
Robert Maguire
Joseph Wassick
Ronald Alderman
Bennington High Spring Concert Planned Wednesday Night
The Bennington High School spring choral concert with a group from the Elementary School will be held Wednesday at 7 30 in the Elementary School's all purpose room. Director Elizabeth Gilmore leads the mixed chorus Harmonettes Choral Aires All State singers and an Elementary group. A diversified program is planned and the event welcomes all. Several participants will join the Tri State Music Festival in Bennington Friday and Saturday.
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Bennington High School
Elizabeth Gilmore
Bendi
Harmonettes
Bennington
Taylor says Vietnam war improving but no GVN victory in view
U S Ambassador Maxwell B Taylor says forces in South Vietnam are adequate for now and no fixed troop cap exists He notes Seventh Fleet action curbing Communist sea infiltration and that air strikes have boosted military morale He warns Hanoi shows no sign of giving up and the battle remains tough as Saigon stabilizes locally
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United States
South Viet Nam
Taylor
U.S. Seventh Fleet
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Saigon
North
Viet Nam
17Th Parallel
Hanoi
Two-Day Cancer Research Seminar At Putnam Institute
An international group of scientists will attend a two day seminar at Putnam Memorial Hospital Institute for Medical Research in Old White focusing on cancer origins and virology. Seven distinguished women of science will lecture with topics on virus in cancer, leukemia, oncogenic viruses and cellular heredity. Open to lay people registration via Dr Helen W Toolan. sessions run Friday and Saturday with an open house Saturday afternoon.
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United States
Canada
England
Putnam Memorial Hospital Institute For Medical Research
St. Joseph College
Old Bennington
Helen W. Toolan
Toolan
Cecelie Leuchtenberger
Swiss Institute For Experimental Cancer Research
Lausanne
Switzerland
Charlotte Friend
Sloan Kettering
Institute For Cancer Research
New York City
Bernice E. Eddy
Division of Biologics Standards
National Institute of Health
Bethesda
Sarah E. Stewart
National Cancer Institute
Marguerite Sykes
James Ewing Hospital
Department of Medicine
Memorial Hospital
Alice E. Moore
Sloan Kettering Institute
Ruth Sager
Department of Zoology
Columbia University
Robert J. Slater
University of Vermont Medical College
Putnam Institute For Medical Research
Bishop Recalls Bennington Days For CDA 50th Anniversary
The Most Rev. Robert F. Joyce spoke to 165 Catholic Daughters of America at a Paradise Restaurant dinner marking Court St. Andrew No. 259's 50th anniversary. He urged lay active involvement while noting Vermont’s Catholic growth since the court’s founding half a century ago.
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Robert F. Joyce
Burlington
Catholic Daughters of America
CDA
Catholic Church
Joyce
Court St. Andrew No
Paradise Restaurant
Rome
Christ
St. Francis de Sales
Bennington
Court St
Court of St. Andrew
Katherine Dumas
Francis B. Flanagan
St. Francis de Sales Church
Marion McCaffery
State Regent
Windsor Knights of Columbus elect officers for third term
At the 67th annual meeting May 15 and 16 in Windsor Charles Jasmin of Montpelier was named state deputy for a third one year term. Re-elected are State Secretary Kenneth Littlefield Waterbury State Treasurer William Hebert Winooski State Warden Thomas Kane Winooski and State Advocate Gerald Morrissey Bennington. The Rev Gerald Duford St Michael's College remains state chaplain with Bishop of Burlington speaking Saturday night. Emmett Burke supreme director of K of C from Yonkers N Y was principal speaker. Next convention May 14 15 at Bellows Falls with Council No 753 host. Attendees from Bennington included Morrissey delegates J Russell Carpenter C Mason Amadon and Leo Plourde faithful navigator Bennington Fourth Degree Assembly.
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Windsor
Knights of Columbus
Charles Jasmin
Montpelier
Father Fontaine
Gerald E. Morrissey
Bennington
Kenneth Littlefield
Waterbury
William Hebert
Winooski
Thomas Kane
Gerald Duford
St. Michael’s College
Robert F. Joyce
Burlington
Emmett Burke
K of C
Yonkers
N.Y
Bellows Falls
Council No. 753
J. Russell Carpenter
C. Mason Amadon
Leo Plourde
Autos Damaged In North Bennington
North Bennington police report two cars damaged in an afternoon crash on Vermont 67. Mil dred Hathaway of Albany 64 lost control on a sharp curve and struck Roy M. Sanborn 33 of North Bennington parked car. Mrs Hathaway suffered a bruised right arm.
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North Bennington
Mildred Hathaway
Albany
N.Y
Vermont 67
Roy M. Sanborn
Hathaway
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Vermont Technical College
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Bendi Parent-Teacher Association
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Mt. Anthony Country Club
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