Charles Graham to Graduate From Ky College
Barbourville Kentucky Union College senior Charles Norman Graham will complete requirements for a bachelor of arts degree in June with a history major and French and religion minors. He is active in French Club Oxford Club and Union College Christian Association and is the son of Harley E. and wife of Bennington. Union College will graduate 119 seniors with bachelor's degrees and four master candidates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbourville
Charles Norman Graham
Union College
Bennington High School
Graham
French Club
Oxford Club
Union College Christian Association
Harley E. Graham
Conegress St
Bennington
Union
Hospital Fee Case In Court This Week
Two Chancery Court matters are set for hearings before Chancellor William C Hill in Bennington County. The indigent care lawsuit seeks clarity on town obligations under the Henry W Putnam Deed of Gift to Putnam Memorial Hospital. Also on the docket is a Vermont Soldiers Home property sale dispute seeking court construction of deeds and trustee authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chancery Court
Bennington County
William C. Hill
Hinesburg
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Henry W. Putnam
Chancellor Hill
Vermont Soldiers’ Home
Court of Deeds
Bennington Briefs Highlights Reunion and Local Events
Mrs. Theodore N. Goddard will attend the Pine Manor Junior College alumnae reunion in Wellesley Massachusetts on June 5 and 6. Cornerstone laying for East Village Quadrangle on the new Chestnut Hill campus is planned. Bennington Fire Department responded to two calls including a flooded oil burner and a car fire at Branch and Main Streets. Knights of Columbus and Elks announce upcoming meetings. Mahar and Son Funeral Home will receive mourners for Albert E. Meyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore N. Goddard
Priory
Monument Circle
Old Bennington
Pine Manor Junior College
Wellesley
Mass
East Village
Chestnut Hill
Boston
Bennington
Claude Squires
3 Division Place
Branch
Main Streets
Carolyn Lahmeyer
Mongaup Valley
N.Y
Elks
Elks Lodge
Mahar and Son Funeral Home
Albert E. Meyers
Area Obituaries Highlight Local Veterans and Residents
Obituaries note Albert E. Meyers 55 a Bennington mail carrier veteran of World War II with two Purple Hearts. Other notices include John F. Glazik 68 of Buskirk and Mrs Anna Cunningham Rutland, with funeral details and family survivors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert E. Meyers
McCall St
Bennington
U.S. Veterans’ Administration Hospital
Albany
N.Y
Mr. Meyers
Jersey City
N.J
Albert H
Margaret (Kane) Meyers
St. Francis
Holy Name Society
Bennington Lodge of Elks
Post Office Letters Carriers Association
Funeral rites for infant Scott Eric Bump in Center Shaftsbury
Funeral services were held Sunday at Hanson-Walbridge Funeral Chapel for Scott Eric Bump infant son of Mare and Lucy Bump who died Friday in Westfield Massachusetts. Rev Taylor B Light of Hoosick Falls Baptist Church officiated and gave the committal prayer at Center Shaftsbury Cemetery with family and friends from Hoosick Falls Hoosick and Massachusetts attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Francis de Sales
Mahar & Son Funeral Home
Park Lawn Cemetery
Hanson-Walbridge
Scott Eric Bump
Mareshall
Lucy Bump
Westfield
Mass
Taylor B. Light
Hoosick Falls Baptist Church
Center Shaftsbury Cemetery
Hoosick Falls
Hoosick
Points
Massachusetts
Morrissey Renamed K of C Delegate At State Convention
Mr and Mrs James Delong Mr and Mrs Leo Plourde and Mr and Mrs Gerald E Morrissey returned from St Johnsbury where they attended the annual state convention of the Knights of Columbus last weekend Grand Knight Delong and Plourde represented Bennington Council 307 Morrissey state advocate was renamed to that position for a second term and selected as a delegate to the National K of C Convention in August in New Orleans La The state convention will be held in Windsor next year Mr and Mrs Mason Amadon also attended sessions but went mainly for the Letter Carriers Association meeting
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Delong
Leo Plourde
Gerald E. Morrissey
St. Johnsbury
Knights of Columbus
Grand Knight Delong
Plourde
Bennington
Windsor
Mason Amadon
Letter Carriers Association
Hospital Notes List of Admissions and Births in Bennington Area
Admissions include Richard Mallory Sr Bennington Mrs Stella Bruneau Bernington Mrs Corina Bakaitis Hoosick Falls and others. Births reported for several families in North Bennington Bennington Hoosick Falls Manchester Depot and Attleboro with multiple newborns and parents named. Discharges include Leonard Bushee Bennington and Miss Melissa Amidon Peters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Mallory Sr
Bennington
Stella Bruneau
Leonard Bushee
Melissa Amidon
Petersburg
Richard E. Jones
William Merriman
Hoosick Falls
Francis Rogers
Manchester Depot
Joan Hol
Man
Carol Ann MacDonald
Baby Boy
Attleboro
Mass
Rex J
Kilburn
William Sulle
Eagle Bridge
Robert G. Thompson Sr
Shaftsbury
Greenwich Man Fined For Wet Driving Case
Alfred H. Dederick, 31, of Greenwich New York, was charged with driving under the influence after a Friday night crash on White Creek Road North Bennington. He pleaded not to intoxication in Municipal Court and was fined 114.10 with a 90 day suspended jail sentence and probation with payment to the probation officer. Defense attorney Margaret Lillie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred H. Dederick
Greenwich
N.Y
White Creek
North Bennington
Dederick
Bennington County
George M. Fienberg
West Road
Manchester
Bennington
Jean M. Andrews
North
Bennington Road
Frank Bennett
U.S. 7
Bennett
Francis Rogers
Depot St
Rogers
Fienberg
Russell Mack
Shaftsbury
Stock Averages Steady at Noon Trade
The Dow Jones industrial average sits at 822.24, up 1.37 as railroads fall 0.92 to 206.37 and utilities edge down 0.02 to 141.02. The composite average rises 0.06 to 20.73 with sales totaling 1,860,000.
Car Stolen From Race Track Wrecks Near Pow nal
George R. King of 121 Ben Mont Ave reported a car stolen from Green Mountain Park and wrecked late Friday night near U S 7 south of Barber Pond Road Pow nal. The driver fled toward a barn after the crash and disappeared. Police said the northbound vehicle rolled off the road 360 feet and came to rest with a facial injury noted by spectators. An extensive barn search found no trace of the driver.
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Pownal
George R. King
Ben Mont Ave
U.S. 7
Barber Pond Road
Green M Mountain Park
Green Mountain Park
Buckler
Local Girls Injured In Auto Mishap
Two Bennington girls were injured Saturday afternoon in a one car accident on Vermont 67A. Driver Diane Whitney 17 suffered a broken arm and was taken to Putnam Memorial Hospital in good condition. Passenger Perri Ross 16 was treated and released. Police say a W H Morse Co truck entered the highway causing Whitney to brake and skid into a tree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Green Acres Flats
Vermont
Diane Whitney
North St
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Perri Ross
Grandview Street
W. H. Morse Co
Miss Whitney
Raynolds Doubts Bennington High Qualifies as Vocational Center
Vermont Board of Education chair Harold Raynolds told Bennington Rotary that Bennington High School cannot meet area vocational center standards due to inadequate facilities. He cited voters’ defeat of a union high school bond and a missed $50,000 annual grant, urging smaller class sizes and stronger library, art, music and guidance programs to improve Vermont education. He contrasted road spending with educational funding and urged attention to school boards hiring practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Raynolds
State Board of Education
Bennington High School
Raynolds
Bennington
Union High School
Bendi
Vermont
Springfield
Veremont
Salares
Massachusetts
Burlington
Chelsea High School
Bennington court clears several cases and fines issued
Municipal Court adjudged Ernest W. Hall a defective delinquent and sent to Waterbury State Hospital for observation after pleading guilty to multiple counts of contributing to the delinquency of minors and furnishing beer to minors. Several locals received fines for careless driving, unlicensed driving, and overnight parking violations with warnings about future prosecutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest W. Hall
Bennington
John P. Morrissey
State Hospital
Waterbury
Hall
Morrissey
Margaret Lillie
Nelson C. van
Van
Ben-Mont Ave
Arthur S. Cardinal
Roger Crandall
Rawsonville
McCall Street
Sam Cameron
Ben- Mont Ave
George M. Fienberg
Stuart D. Gilbert
Manchester
Gilbert
Six Injured in Hoosick Sunday Car Crash
A two car collision on New York 7 at Potter Hill Sunday night left six people injured. A siv-year old boy was admitted to Putnam Memorial Hospital in Bennington and five others were treated and released. Stanley Urbon of Hoosick Falls remained in good condition with a back injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosick
N.Y
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Bennington
New York 7
Potter Hill
Stanley Urbon
Anthony J. Urbon
Hoosick Falls
Unitarian Fellowship wraps season with plans for fall series
The Unitarian Fellowship held its final meeting at Bennington Fee Library. A 37 session fall program was announced under chair David Bergmark. Tyler Resch of The Banner spoke at the last gathering. The annual meeting and picnic are set for June 14 at the Povsn ers camp in Shaftsbury with a children’s play planned. In a separate item a car collision near Millie's and Marys Tavern left Joseph Pearl Jr and James Peltier injured. Pearl was charged with reckless driving and slated for arraignment after hospital release.
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Unitarian Fellowship
Bennington Fee Library
David Bergmark
Tyler Resch
The
Banner
Michael Povsners
Trumbull Hill
Shaftsbury
Two Die in Castleton Crash Killing Teens
A two-seat convertible bearing six youths crashed on Route 4 in Castleton. Mary Ann Hurhula 15 and Dianne Marie Pomainville 17, both of Proctor, died. Four others were injured, one critically, including Robert J. Austin 17 in very grave condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castleton
UPI
Mary Ann Hurhula
Dianne Marie Pomainville
Proctor
Robert J. Austin
Rutland Hospital
John Hurhula
George Roussopoulous
Cambridge
Mass
Steven Hayes
Boston
Hurhula
Route 4
Veterans Exemption Deadlines Challenge Bennington Residents
A Bennington VA exemptions spokesman warns veterans and widows who fail to file exemption certificates with the listers by Friday risk tax payments. He notes last year the Board of Civil Authority denied exemptions for late filers and urges those eligible to request certificates from the VA and copy the listers. He also says some mobile home owners have not filed required personal property inventories.
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Veterans and Veterans
Veterans Administration
Listers
Bennington Sisters’ Office
Town Board of Civil Authority
Bennington Club elects officers at annual meeting
The Bennington Club elected Dr William J Burnham Hiram G Savage Donald Gerow Jr and John W Cleary to the governing board and Carlton Holmes as clerk for the coming year Winston Luther was named president at the organizational meeting The resolutions committee expressed sympathy to the families of Carl B Williams Claude A Rich and Schuyler H Vander Veer and arranged copies of the resolutions for the bereaved families and the Bennington Banner
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington Club
William J. Burneham
Hiram G. Savage
Donald Gerow Jr
John W. Cleary
Carlton Holmes
Mason Amadon
Alfred Bottum
Lucien E. Loomis
Lester H. Nichols
Winston Luther
Theodore A. Corliss
Leo H. Plourde
Carl B. Williams
Claude A. Rich
Schuyler H. Vander Veer
Bennington
Rutland Man Hurt In Truck In Sideswipe Crash
A Rutland man David Pockette, 20, suffered fractures to the arm elbow forearm and wrist when his car sideswiped Gary D. Mix, 32, of Bennington on U.S. 7 in Clarendon. Pockette was hospitalized with serious injuries. Both vehicles were not seriously damaged, state police said.
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Clarendon
Rutland
Gary D. Mix
Bennington
David Pockette
Mix
U.S. 7
Pockette
Also Mentioned on This Page
Charles Graham
Ky.College
Charles N. Graham
Bennington Briefs
John F. Glazik
Buskirk
Brooklyn
Glazik
United Farm Agency
Kansas City
St. John’s High School
Pratt Institute of Brooklyn
Polish Roman Catholic Union of America
U.S. Polish National Alliance
Theresa Maurer
Gerald Schmidt
Park Ridge
Anna Walsh
Som
Erville
Leo J. Mahar
Main St
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Island Hill Cemetery
Anna Cunningham
Francis Cunningham
Keenan Clinic
Clyce J. Fuller
St. Peter’s Church
Calvary Cemetery
Clifford Funeral
G.E. Morrissey
K of C
Javery
South Street
Ernest H. Javery
Alan H. Page
Ronald Whitton
RFD
North Beninington
Charles Mears
Ruby Gates
Doris Auering
Jean Debell
Tina Marie Willette
Mary Quinn
S. Anne Miller
Barbara Lauzon
Jesse Stevens
Edgar Hill
Charles G. Harte
Alan Dunklee
Howard Lohnes Jr
William A. Wright
Endicott
Nancy J. Corliss
Charlotte Killian
Florence Bogle
Armand Lampron
Greenwich Man
Dow-Jones—Bache & Co
Unitarians
Anthony Jr
Sophie Kennedy
Urban
Millie
Pearl
Peltier
Kennedy
Raleigh, N.C
Robeson County
N.C
Benningtonian
Jom Jones
United Artists Lopert
Drysdale’s
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