Rumors swirl over Shaftsbury school condemned to sway votes
In Shaftsbury Vermont rumors claim the Red Brick School was falsely condemned in 1956 to influence a proposed union high school district vote. Paul Warfield and other school officials defend records show no condemnation, outlining options and state aid factors behind the village school decisions.
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Old Shaftsbury School
Shaftsbury
Vermont
Shaftsbury Village
Bennington Friends of Retarded Children
Paul Warfield
Shaftsbury School Board
Warfield
State Health Department
Friends of
Mrs Mary E L Wiswall 96 Saratoga Springs NY
Mrs Mary E Lawton Wiswall 96 mother of Frank Wiswall Saratoga Harness Racing Association president died Saturday at her home in Saratoga Springs N Y She was born in Nyack and lived in Saratoga Springs since 1957 oldest member of First Baptist Church of Troy Surviving son Charles Wiswall six grandchildren and 18 great grandchildren Funeral services were at Tebcutt Memorial Chapel Albany Interment Albany Rural Cemetery Friends may call Hanson Walbridge Funeral Home tonight 8 to 10 Services Thursday 2 p m at North Pownal Congregational Church A further obituary will appear in tomorrow's Banner
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Saratoga Springs
N. Y
Mary E. (Lawton) Wiswall
Frank Wiswall
Saratoga Harness Racing Association
Nyack
Wiswall
First Baptist Church of
Troy
Charles Wiswall
Montchanin
Del
Tebcutt Memorial Chapel
Albany
Albany Rural Cemetery
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Bennington
Hanson- Walbridge Funeral Home
North Pownal Congregational Church
Funeral services for Mrs Elizabeth Bartlett in Dorset
Funeral services for Elizabeth Bartlett 55 widow of Clay Bartlett will be held Wednesday at 4 p.m. in the Congregational Church. Rev. William Chace will officiate with private committal at Maple Hill Cemetery. Born July 17 1906 in Dorset she is survived by her mother a daughter Helen Elizabeth a son Clay Sutherland Bartlett and a sister Mrs J A Mitchell Jr.
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Dorset
Elizabeth Bartlett
Clay Bartlett
Congregational Church
William Chace
Maple Hill Cemetery
Bartlett
Ernest H
Bessie (Chambers) West
Burr and Burton Seminary
Manchester
Dorset Players
Helen Elizabeth
Clay Sutherland Bartlett
J.A. Mitchell Jr
Chappaqua, N.Y
Mrs. Alice Fiet Church Dies Retired North Pownal Postmaster
Mrs. Alice Fiet Church, 68, widow of Clarence F. Church and former North Pownal postmaster for 15 years, died Monday after retirement in April.
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North Pownal
Alice (Fiet) Church
Clarence F. Church
Union School Board considers union district plan
Dr. Faris explains the union district proposal aims to curb rising costs and improve curricula. The Planning Board drafted outlines for building a 700 student high school with 900 capacity, targeting a fall 1964 opening and long term enrollment growth. League of Women Voters organizers stress information sharing, not endorsement, as voters weigh consolidation options.
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Ula
Faris
Planning Board
David Gil
League of Women Voters
Bennington Village
Bendi
League
Lee Shoemaker
LWV
AMA Opposes King-Anderson Plan on Aged Health Care
Dr. Leonard W. Larson of the AMA and state officials attack the King-Anderson proposal claiming it would end private medicine for seniors, raise Social Security payroll taxes, and mimic Britain’s national system. They defend Kerr-Mills as federal aid delegated to states, noting 38 states already implement it and it would cover 65 and older nonbeneficiaries under the president’s plan.
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Annis
England
Leonard W. Larson
Bismarck
N.D
AMA
King-Anderson
Kerr-Mills
Christine Oesterle 69 Dies. Bennington Resident
Christine Oesterle died at Sourcliffe Nursing Home on Monday. Born in Bennington on August 31 1892 she worked at Bottom and Torrance and later the Bennington Hosiery plant. Funeral at Maher and Son Funeral Home Wednesday at 10 am Reverend Frederick Wolf to officiate burial in Park Lawn Cemetery flowers omitted memorials to St Peters Episcopal Church requested.
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Christine
Tina) Oesterle
Sourcliffe
Bennington
Bottom
Torrance
Robinson Avenue
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
Elizabeth Oesterle
Ruth Oesterle
Brattleboro
Kenneth E. Oesterle
Paul Bauer
Melrose
L. I
Richard
Niles Oesterle
Joseph
Sally Ann) Brown
Torrington
Conn
Mahar and Son Funeral Home
Frederick B. Wolf
St. Peter’s Church
Park Lawn Cemetery
St. Peter's Episcopal Church
Pomona Grange Meeting Tonight With Taconic Grange
The Pomona Grange will meet tonight with Taconic Grange at Shafts bury. The fifth degree will be conferred in full form for inspection. State officers will be present and Bennington is the host.
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Ethan Allen
Pomona Grange
Taconic Grange
Shaftsbury
Bennington
Three Vt Students Named Champlain College Marshals
Champlain College announces the three Vermont undergraduates chosen as marshals for the June 9 commencement. Melissa Swezey Burns is chief marshal for the college, Janice Spaulding leads the secretarial science marshal, and Walter Luchini oversees business administration.
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Burlington
Barnstable Officials Seek Federal Rule to Halt Welfare Export
Barnstable Board of Selectmen urged House Speaker McCormack to craft federal law curb states exporting welfare cases. David Harris, first rider on scene, found a cook's job. others remain jobless. E Thomas Murphy noted arriving women would require welfare. Protests rage as Kennedy family summers in Hyannis Port nearby.
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Kennedy
Hyannis Port
Hyannis
Barnstable
Six year old boy injured in Main Street accident
A six year old boy escaped serious injury after running into an automobile at Main and Branch Streets around 12 30 pm. Stepen Main was treated for arm abrasions and released. Driver Mrs Alice J Post said she was unaware of the incident and police traced her car by registration.
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Main
Branch Streets
Stepen Main
Norman Main
Bradford Place
James Shea
Alice J. Post
Waterbury Center
Valley Health Center Votes Oral Vaccine
The Deer field Valley Health Center held its annual meeting in the Wilmington High School cafeteria with about 25 attendees. A preschool Sabin polio vaccine distribution was approved for area children. new officers were elected and existing trustees named to continue.
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Wilmington
Deerfield Valley Health Center
Henry Meyer
Paul Allen
Wilmington Lions
Lions Club
Robert Coombs Jr
Henry Meyer Jr
Norman Dalrymple
Harry Spicer
Edmund Laher
J. Thomas Moore
Yvonne Jillson
Dr. Leach
Wallace Sage
Ralph Howe Jr
Rena Wheeler
Richard Boyd
Betsy Fellows
Nicholas Harvey
Ellen Cimonetti
Heavy Title Talk Dominates Bout in Detroit
Detroit boxers drew a sparse crowd of about 200 as talk of a heavyweight title bout stirred interest. Floyd Patterson failed to appear, while promoters Leon Saddler and Elisha Gray claimed a $750,000 guarantee for a Patterson Liston clash. Michigan boxing commissioner Dave Gudelsky said Liston Patterson and Cus D Amato were not present.
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Detroit
Floyd Patterson
Patterson
Leon Saddler
Elisha Gray
Sonny Liston
Michigan
Dave Gudelsky
Liston
Cus D’amato
Area Girl Presents Senior Paper at MacMurray Chemistry Symposium
Miss Adrienne E. Wickenden of North Bennington presented her senior chemistry research at the fourth annual Chemistry Symposium at MacMurray College in Jacksonville Illinois on May 12. Keynote speaker was John C. Bailer from the University of Illinois. Her paper covered ion exchange resins in removing oxalate and phosphate for qualitative analysis of ammonium sulfide and ammonium carbonate. She graduates in June with a BA in chemistry and serves as editor of the MacMurray Greetings. she is a member of Alpha Lambda Delta.
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Jacksonville
Ill
Adrienne E. Wickenden
Arthur Wickenden
Mechanic St
North Bennington
MacMurray College
Illinois
John C. Bailer
University of Illinois
American Chemical Society
Miss Wickenden
MacMurray
The
MacMurray Greetings
Ledyard Remembrance Flight Keeps Dartmouth Trek Alive
In Old Saybrook Connecticut John Ledyard’s legend endures as 16 Dartmouth men completed the annual 218 mile Connecticut River voyage in eight canoes. The expedition from Hanover New Hampshire to Old Saybrook was completed in five days continuing a historic ritual.
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Ledyard
Dartmouth College
Connecticut River
Hanover
N. H
Old Saybrook
Dartmouth
Union High School District Question and Answer
The Bennington Southwest Planning Board outlines in Q A form how union schools could attract and retain teachers by offering specialization, broader course options, and a more efficient salary scale. Officials warn rejecting the plan may force separate building programs and prevent area wide education planning amid overcrowding concerns.
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Bennington - Southwest School Planning Board
Bennington Briefs Mix of Local News and Events
Robbery in Troy leaves Mrs Frank Stopielo minus over 3000 dollars and three diamond rings. Two registrants depart Selective Service HQ for pre induction re examinations in Albany. Bennington Little League players to meet for parade and opening day. Bridge winners at Mt Anthony CC. Fashion Fair prizes awarded to local residents. Poet Robert Frost to read on WFCR FM. Real estate ad plus doctor travel notice wrap the day.
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Albany N.Y
Terrance Riley
Arlington
William Noyes
Bennington
Robert Cotton
Bennington High School
Robert Frost
America
Wfcr-Fm
WFCR
Educational Radio Network
WMUA
University of Massachusetts
Funeral for Mrs. Harry Sheriff Former Bennington Teacher
Mrs. Harry Sheriff formerly Hazel Hart of Bennington died Thursday at Noble Hospital Westfield Mass Funeral held Saturday at Hanson Walbridge with Rev Stephen C Greene officiating Burial in Hart family lot Park Lawn Cemetery Survivors include sisters Mrs Arthur Kehoe of Rutherford NJ and Bennington Mass a brother Raymond Hart Wales MA and a son Arthur Sweet Southwick MA
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Harry Sheriff
Hazel Hart
Bennington
Noble Hospital
Westfield
Mass
Hanson-Walbridge Funeral Home
Greene
Mt Holyoke Alumnae Meet In Hanover
Mt Holyoke College graduates from Vermont and New Hampshire gathered in Hanover to hear Mrs Vilhjalmur Stefansson describe Alaska and Siberia with pictures. Mary Higley Mills outlined college changes while Vermont group elected Mrs Jane Hobson as chairwoman for next year and appointed five area chairmen including Miss Marion Hardy for Rutland Bennington.
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Mt. Holyoke College
Vermont
New Hampshire
Hanover
N.H
Alaska
Siberia
Vilhjalmur Stefansson
North Pole
Copenhagen
Anchorage
Alska
Mary Higley Mills
Jane Hobson
Montpelier
Marion Hardy
Rutland-Bennington
Local Births and Admissions List From Bennington Area
Hospital notices report numerous admissions and discharges across Bennington area towns including Bennington Shaftsbury Pownal and North Bennington. Names include Mrs Cora MacFarland Neal S Faulkner Mrs Anna Mears and many others with several births announced locally.
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Cora MacFarland
Bennington
Neal S. Faulkner
Wilmington
Anna Mears
Henry Durant
John W. King
Ellen Rice
Paul L Harrington
Shaftsbury
Joan C. King
Manchester Depot
Shirley Burdick
Pownal
Lionel Marks
Brooklyn
N.Y
Hazel Rudd
Hoosick
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Lloyd Spaulding
Jesse Strong
WBTN
Mary E. L. Wiswall
Mrs. Clay Bartlett
Alice F. Church
Union School
New School
Tina) Osterle
Marshalls
Champlain
Ment
Valley Health Center
Episcopal
Congress of Racial Equality
Carl Rachlin
Jackson
Miss
Joseph Dickson
Mich
Malcolm Boyd
Wayne University
Rachlin
Gil Avery
Roxbury
Myron Bley
Cambridge
Robert Pierson
New York
Nelson Rockefeller
Old Saybrook, Conn
John Ledyard
Hoosick Falls
Williamstown
Bennington Briefs
Frank Stopielo
Samaritan Hospital
Joseph A. Pello Sr
Depot Street
Stopielos
Stopielo
Mt. Anthony Country Club
F. G. Jenkins
George Ellis
Col
N.Y DuHamel
Hugh Nash
R Randall
N. F. Honewell
Patricia A. Knights of
R. N. Fabricius
Gage St
June Laskey
W. J. Barritt
Grandview St
John Lonergan
Monument Avenue
W. S. Hall
Denver
Colorado
American Congress of Cardiology
Mrs
Salem’s
Super Market
Main St
Mt. Holyoke
Putnam Hospital
Howard J. Dunbar
Rose Gervais
Flora King
Gloria Osterhoudt
North Adams
Myra Borden
Readsboro
John Niles
Madeline Gratton
Anna Cooke
Floyd Bump
Helen Haynes
Suzanne Seifried
A. Edward Seifried
Michael Parker
Charles Kern
Jeffrey Morse
Whitingham
Sharon Carrier
Theresa Harrington
Lawrence R Parize
Beech Court
Harrison E. Bonesteel
Petersburg
William Sherman
Hamlin Ave
Howard Robinson
Norwalk
Robinson
Joan Pratt
Kenneth E. Pratt
County Street
Lori Ellen
Brattleboro Memorial Hospital
Corwin S. Elwell
Western Avenue
Peter Bruce
Fienberg
iAa
St. Bennington, Vt
Liggett-Bosworth
Liggett Bosworth
North Bennington Road
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