Dorset Honors Dial Era Female Operators at Sendoff
Dorset residents saluted six telephone operators led by Mrs. Francis Scott as the town transitions to a dial system at 7 a.m. Sunday. Scott receives a silver tray with a commemorative verse and cash gifts, while others, including Mrs. Betty Ference and Mrs. Doris Read, prepare for new jobs.
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Dorset
Francis Scott
Codman Hislop
West Road
Patricia Matteson
Roseeile Phillips
Betty Ference
Charlotte Parks
Doris Reed
Barbara Mooney
Edith Snare
New Fire Call System For Dorset Area
Dorset adopts a 7 am start for a centralized fire call system. The Manchester town manager’s office will relay fire alerts to the Central Dispatching System and then by radio to local locations in Dorset and East Dorset. Fire crews and sirens will be activated, with two additional firefighters alerted at each site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorset
Manchester
Don McWayne
West Side
Ray Bushee
James Lee II
Barrow’s House Inn
East Dorset
Dave Forrest
Walter Read
Byron Bowen
North Village Scouts Rally and Cookout Planned
NORTH BENNINGTON North Village Neighborhood Girl Scouts and Brownies plan a rally day and cookout at Lake Paran on Tuesday. They meet at the high school at 3 15 pm for the hike to the lake with games, singing and rehearsal for the June Court of Awards. Donations to Juliette Low World Friendship fund will be taken. Mrs Donald Burchard leads. If rain, event moves to the first fair day after.
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North Bennington
North Village
Brownies
Lake Paran
Juliette Low
Obituary notices for Harrington McCoy and LaMountain
Obituaries report the death of George N Harrington 61 of 104 Charles St. a former janitor at Cora B Whitney School and family notices for Lawrence R McCoy 75 artist who died in Phoenix and Richard P LaMountain 47 North Bennington church sexton who died at Putnam Memorial Hospital. Funeral arrangements listed with locations and times.
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George N. Harrington
Charles St
Cora B. Whitney
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Shaftsbury
Warner
Minnie (Toll) Harrington
Bennington
H.E. Bradford Co
E-Z
Allen-A Mills
Seventh Ward
Harrington
Aerie
Order of Eagles
George N, J
Thomas E
Paul L. Harrington
David M. Harrington
San Francisco
Calif
Sandra Harrington
Leone Sanders
Milford, Conn
John, Burtwood
Elmer
Leone Harrington
Hanson-Walbridge
Stephen C. Greene
Second Congregational Church
Waite’s Cemetery
Worcester
Mass
Lawrence
Manchester Village
Equinox Links
France
20Th Engineers Corps
Vermont
Art Cen
Richard P. LaMountain
St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic Church
North Bennington
William L. Dignan
Mr. LaMountain
Fr. Dignan
John O'Donnell
New York City
Warner Nursing Home
Proctor
Holy Name Society
Marion Chelfoux
Bethel
Dignan
Calvary Cemetery
Rutland
Walter F. Miller
North Bennington Church
Eisenhower denies backing Romney for 1964 nomination
Former president Eisenhower said he has made no endorsement for any candidate and dismissed rumors of backing Romney. He noted other possible nominees and commented on Nixon moving to New York. He spoke during the Rochester inauguration events and noted no clear favorite at this time. Additionally, Anthony Mazzetti was hospitalized after a fall from scaffolding with a fractured leg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester
N.Y
Dwight D. Eisenhower
George Romney
Michigan
Eisenhower
Romney
W. Allen Wallis
University of Rochester
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Sen
Thruston B. Morton
Kentucky
Rockefeller
Richard M. Nixon
California
Anthony Mazzetti
RD 1
Old Bennington
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Mazzetti
Cooper Returns From 22 Orbit Mercury Flight in Good Health
Astronaut Gordon Cooper recovers in the USS Kearsarge bay after a 22 orbit mission. He walks stairs quickly to the cabin, enjoys a steak meal and six glasses of milk, and notes 34 hours of weightlessness may suit future moon shots. Flight director Kraft expresses full confidence in reentry methods.
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Cooper
Pollard
Pearl Harbor
Kearsarge
Henk
Project Mercury
Chris Kraft
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Trudy
University of Hawaii
Houston
Tex
Honolulu
Mawaii
Hickam
Florida Space Center
John H. Glenn Jr
Japan
Midway Island
Pacific
Air Force
Charles W. Upp
Bennington Banner Publishing Details and AP Rights
Display Advertising contact and address for The Bennington Banner at 425 Main St Bennington Vermont. Note: daily except Sundays and holidays. Associated Press rights stated for local news and AP dispatches republication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington Banner
Main St
Bennington
Vermont
The
Banner Publishing Corporation
Associated Press
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Scott
East Rupert
Doris Read
Roseelle Phillips
Negland Telephone and Telegraph Co
Burlington
Phillips
Quality
First National Stores
North Bennington Road
Bellows Falls
Chester
Brattleboro
North Village Scouts Plan
Kelly
Springfield
Davey Oil CO
No. Benn. Rd
SKY Line Inn
Sky Line Drive
Equinox Sky Line
Arlington, Vt
Bennington Area
Lawrence R. McCoy
Ter
Southern Vermont Artists, Inc
Dorothy Harris McCoy
R.P. Lamountain
Ike
Edward Giles
North St
Robert Keir
South Stream Road
Green Mountain Park
Merchants
Greater Bennington Association
Vincent Bartimo
Lou Smith
Donald C. Hicks
GBA
Alexander Dragon
Newsroom
Radius
Togins
Walker
Ee Savery
Cae Henning
Ernest H. Savery
Alan H. Page
Chromecraft
Haynes & Kane, Inc
Corvair
DR. Sed
W. H. Eddington
DIAL
Economy Auto Stores
Noveck- Shultz, Inc
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