Bennington Selectmen Authorize State Aid Airport Upgrades
Bennington selectmen approved using Vermont Aeronautics Board funds for local airport maintenance and improvements. Projects include sweeping paved areas rolling sod runway fertilizing grass runway and taxiways grass cutting filling ruts and grading areas. Bills due by June 12 and potential carryover of any unspent funds were discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Vermont Aeronautics Board
Thomas Kinney Jr
Joel T. Whittemore
VAB
Kinney
Whittemore
Richard van Santvoord
James Cross
Civil Rights Rally Planned in Springfield Thursday
Springfield Vermont hosts a civil rights rally at Park Street High School on Thursday May 28 at 8 p.m. with four noted Vermont figures including former U S Senator Ralph Flanders and Dr Robert Weiss World War II veteran Albert Meyers is honored in a funeral in Manchester Center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Park Street High School
U.S
Ralph
Black River
Pearn
David Sevigny
Rowland Conklin
Sen
Flanders
U.S. Senate
Vermont
Miss McCarthy Returns from Europe Duty Postings
Miss Jane McCarthy RN has returned home to Coolidge Avenue after a year and a half in Europe. She served six months in Switzerland and six months in Greece with classmate Miss Rena McGowan of Maine. They traveled home via Irish International Lines with a jet from Ireland and were met at Kennedy Airport by her parents and sister and brother in law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane McCarthy
R.N
Europe
Switzerland
Greece
Coolidge Avenue
Rena McGowan
Maine
Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital
Hanover
N.H
Ireland
Memorial Day Parade Route and Postceremony Refreshments
Memorial Day observances will proceed from Bennington High School to Putnam Square and onto the Vermont Soldiers Home grounds for exercises. Refreshments follow with adults served at the VFW rooms and youths at the K of C Hall. Public address system loaned by Harold Babcock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soldiers
Benenington High School
Main Street
Putnam Square
Hunt Streets
Vermont Soldiers’ Home
VFW
North Street
K of C
Harold Babcock
Bennington Lions hear tributes to Wood and Williams at Cambridge festival
Walter C Wood praised as a respected educator at the Cambridge festival while plans for next year’s event shift to Bennington. Farrell recalled Williams’s athletic merit and his teaching career, noting their contrasting backgrounds yet close friendship. Lions paid tribute to Schuyler Vander Veer and welcomed two new members Dr Edward Crealese and Robert Svitak. Lee Lawson of Wallingford Rotary attended as a special guest.
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Cambridge
N.Y
Wood
Lions
Bennington
Farrell
Lions Club
Carl
Curly) Williams
Bennington High School
New York
Wwalt
Burlington
Pittsfield
Dalton
Mass
Williams
Lou Levine
Jack Benny
Lion
Schuyler H. Vander Veer
Edward Crealese
Robert Svitak
Chester Page
Whitingham
Lee Lawson
Joseph A. McDonough
Wallingford
Fatal School Young Athlete Remembered as Leader
The youth, a senior football captain and starting end on his college freshman team, is survived by his mother and two brothers Edward and Aloysius. His father Alojzy died two years ago. His body moved from Brewster Funeral Home Manchester to Trottier Funeral Home Adams. Services set for Friday at 8:15 am at the funeral home followed by a requiem high Mass at St Stanislaus Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert E. Meyers
Bennington Post Office
Albany VA
St. Francis de Sales Church
Anthony H. Brackett
Mahar & Son Funeral Home
John Gygax
Jesse Mallory
John Thomayer
Patrick Devlin
Nicholas Marra
Michael Hogan Jr
Bennington
William Hassenpflug
Ned McGurn
Glynn Morrissey
Robert Mayhew
Edward Maynard
Thomas Donovan
Mason Amadon
Chester Bronson
Roger White
Richard McGowan
Company I
Stanley J. Pekalski
Bennington Lodge of Elks
Francis Corbett
John Ahearn
Park Lawn Cemetery
Father Brackett
Thomas Haley
American Legion
Virginio Perrotta
U.S. Army Reserve
Mr. Meyers
Jersey City
N.J
Stroudsburg
New York City
Edward
Aloysius
Alojzy
Brewster Funeral Home
Manchester
Trottier Funeral Home
Adams
Funeral Home
St. Stanislaus Church
Obituaries for North Bennington and Hoosick Falls
Adam Blair Ryan son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Ryan of North Bennington died at home, born April 24 at Putnam Memorial Hospital. Private burial in Park Lawn Cemetery. Robert E. Church 48 of Hoosick Falls died of a heart attack at Nancy Shoe Co. Survivors include wife Gertrude Beakin and six children. Funeral Thursday at 2 p.m. at Robson Home for Funerals. Interment Meadowland Cemetery Petersburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Dorset
Mark William Casey
Zion Episcopal Church
Manchester Center
Robert Clayton
Robert Nolet
John Sheldon
Leroy Musick
Harold Snow Jr
Charles Towsley
Claude Casey
Dorset
Maple Hill Cemetery
Father Clayton
Burr and Burton Seminary
Manchester
Bennington
Roy
Janet (Roberts) Casey
Scott
North Bennington
Adam Blair Ryan
Charles J. Ryan
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Robert E. Church
Petersburg
Nancy Shoe Co
Church
Charles E
Bessie Moon Church
Shoe Company
Gertrude Beakin
Clarence Hurley
North Pownal
Caroline Church
Boyntonville
Gayle
Garry
Diana
Bruce Church
Walloomsac
Charles R
Roger Church
Hoosick
Robson
Main St
Meadowland Cemetery
Memorial Day Road Work Snarls Target New England Roads
Memorial Day weekend traffic disruptions are expected across New England due to highway construction. Projects include Route 3 in Massachusetts, Route 128 interchanges, I-95 routes in Rhode Island, and multiple bridges and detours in Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and other areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
UPI
New England
Automobile Legal Association
Massachusetts
Hanover
Duxbury
Bourne
Cape Cod Canal
Massachusetts Turnpike
Weston
Fall River
Lexington
Burlington
Wellesley Hills
Newton
Shawsheen Village
Connecticut
Meriden
Groton
Waterford
Maine
Orland
Calais
Bar Harbor
Portland- Westbrook
New Hampshire
Conway
Farewell Party Thursday For Father Brackett
A farewell event honors Rev. Anthony H. Brackett who leaves for St Johnsbury Friday. The St Francis de Sales parish hosts the gathering at the Bene nington Catholic High School cafeteria Thursday at 8. Parishioners and others are invited as Brackett becomes assistant at St Aloysius Church in St Johnsbury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anthony H. Brackett
St. Johnsebury
Benenington Catholic High School
Father Brackett
St. Aloysius Church
St. Johnsbury
Stock Averages Report at Noon From Dow Jones
The Dow Jones industrial average stood at 816.04, down 2.88 points at noon, with 30 industrials, 20 railroads, and 15 utilities showing declines. Composite index at 289.12 fell .84, while total sales reached 2,030,000.
State Police Probe Silk Road Accident
Two cars were slightly damaged in an accident Tuesday afternoon investigated by state police. Clarence P. Baxter, 73, of Old Bennington and Amos Scott, 62, of North Adams, Mass., collided at Silk Road and Vermont 67A when Scott stopped at a Silk Road sign and Baxter turned onto the road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence P. Baxter
Old Bennington
Amos Scott
North Adams
Mass
Silk Road
Vermont
Scott
Baxter
Officials Oppose No Objections to Park Home Petition
Soldiers Home Deputy Atty Gen Chester S Ketcham for the state Atty Eue gene W Clark for the union school district and Atty Elizabeth K Dollard one of three corporators named by Chancellor Hill to represent a reactivated Trenor W Park Home indicated no objections to points in the petitioners brief Also present were Col Edward Giles commandant of the home Robert T Holden chairman of the Soldiers Home board of trustees and John G McCullough trustee Moe Cullough an heir to Park is seeking waivers from other heirs for any further interest in the property
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester S. Ketcham
Atty
Euegene W. Clark
Union
Elizabbeth K. Dollard
Chancellor Hill
Trenor W. Park
Col. Edeward Giles
Robert T. Holden
Soldiers’ Home Board of Trustees
John G. McCullough
Moe Cullough
Park
Bennington Selectmen grant one last dog license extension
The Bennington Selectmen approved a final extension for 1964 dog licenses to June 15. Dog Constable George Rogers will enforce a blanket warrant for unlicensed dogs, with penalties and a 50 percent fee, while town clerk continues issuing licenses to new pets and four month old dogs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
George Rogers
Siad
Barber
Selectmen
Southeast Asia tension fuels debate at UN council
The U S defense posture in Southeast Asia is under debate as Cambodia accuses U S advisers of involvement in border raids. Senator Goldwater and other officials face criticism over cannibalistic atomic-weapon rhetoric, while Stevenson defends U S policy and restraint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Defense Department
Cambodia
Council
U.S
Washington
Southeast Asia
Laos
Fedorenko
Stevenson
Goldwater
United States
South Viet Nam
Fedorenkov
Bennington PTA Program Tonight Features Kirsch Talk
Bennington Elementary PTA hosts an evening program with Dr. Paul E. Kirsch, principal of Bennington High School, speaking on What to Expect in Junior High School. Readings, dances, and skits accompany the sixth grade and room assignments as part of the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington Elementary Parent Teacher Association
Philip Viereck
Reba Moninger
Reuben and
Rachel
The
Paul E. Kirsch
Bennington High School
Bennington Club Officers Elected at Annual Meeting
The Industrial Management Club of the Bennington Area YMCA elected William Bayer secretary and Edward Hanselman treasurer at its annual meeting. CD of A members are reminded of the June business meeting Tuesday at 8. Memorial Day observances require contact with Mrs Janssen or Mrs Gates by Friday. The Banner will not publish this Saturday Memorial Day. The Ranch Beauty Shop on Dewey Street will be closed until further notice due to illness.
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Alma Langlois
First
Barber
Miss Henry
Selectmen
The
Humane Society
Banner
Industrial Management Club
Bennington Area
YMCA
William Bayer
Bijur Lubricating Corp
Edward Hanselman
Dodge Fibers Corp
Hoosick Falls
Marie Janssen
Julia Gates
Dewey Street
Hospital Notes and Births From Bennington Area
Discharges include Mrs. Betty Hill and son from Manchester Depot Mrs. Lottie Smith Mrs. Florence Bogle and Miss Diane Whitney of Bennington. Births record Mr and Mrs Tyrone Gaudette of Elm Street North Bennington a son May 26. Names listed: George D Matteson North Bennington Herman Farrington Jacksonville Master Neil Krawczyk Pownal Center Mrs Flora Young Bennington Mrs Dorothy Totten Arlington.
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George D. Matteson
North Bennington
Herman Farrington
Jacksonville
Neil Krawczyk
Pownal Center
Flora Young
Bennington
Dorothy Totten
Arlington
Betty Hill
Tyrone Gaudette
Elm Street
Bennington Free Library Hosts Summer Reading Program
Your Library Librarian reports the Bennington Free Library will launch a children’s summer reading program in early June. Led by Kathryn B. Young, the program emphasizes free book selection with guidance, mirrors 48 exhibit themes from the New York World’s Fair, tracks reading with progress cards, and ends with a mid August celebration. It aims to boost year round reading and offers opportunities to advance or catch up in reading skills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sen
Joseph McCarthy
Wisconsin
Sen. Flanders
U.S. Senate
MacCarthy
Senate
Robert Weiss
Hanover
N.H
Dartmouth College
Cleveland Williams
St. Michael’s College
Winooski
Burlington
NAACP
U.S
MacDonald
Rutland Baptist Church
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
SCLC
Williamston
N.C
Rutland
Springfield
Stephen E. Fletcher
S. R. Young
Kathryn B. Young
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Town Selectmen
Bennington Village
John Page
Whittemore and Kinney
Airport Commission
Mark W. Casey
Miss McCarthy
Walter C. Wood
Eileen
Gillian
Kentucky
Rhode Island
Cranston
Bolton
White River Junction
Vermont 125
Middlebury
U.S. 9
Woodford
Dow-Jones—Bache & Co
Albany
Nehru
India
Britain
Dehra Dun
Congress Party
Lal Bshadur Shastri
Fomer
Shastri
Norton Barber
Ralph H. Bortell
Lyons St
Bortells
Bortell
Lena Somers
Thomeas R. Carty
Atlanta
Deep South
Georgia
Louisiana
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
Southern Education Reporting Service
Kirsch
Bennington Briefs
Board of Selective Service
Aluminum
By John B. Rothrock
Bennington Free Library
Antage
Noveck- Shultz
Toll Gate
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