Farewell to Fr Brackett at St Francis Parish
About 140 parishioners gathered in the BCHS cafeteria to bid farewell to Rev Anthony H. Brackett as he transfers from St Francis de Sales Church to St Aloysius Parish in St Johnsbury. Church representatives and clergy praised his virtues and service during nearly five years at St Francis.
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St. Francis de Sales Church
BCHS
Anthony H. Brackett
Father Brackett
St. Aloysius Parish
St. Johnsbury
St. Francis
Harvey Dubois
Our Lady of Lourdes Mission
Pownal
Jean Wassick
Frank Cummings
Mr. Brackett
Bennington
Buckler
Memorial Day Scout Parades Highlight Bennington Areas
Girl Scout and Brownie units in Bennington join the Memorial Day parade with troop flags grouped in a color guard. North Bennington Scouts meet at the school at 8 30 a m for the parade. Tributes accompany Father Brackett’s farewell as he moves to a new parish with Monsignor Flanagan praising St Francis supporters. A monetary gift from parish groups is presented to Father Brackett.
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Bennington
North Bennington
Robert Cummings
Holy Name
Father Brackett
Richard McGowan
HNS
St. Aloysius Rectory
St. Francis
Francis B. Flanagan
Flanagan
Thomas A. Bransfield
Brackett
Frank Cummings
The
Catholic Daughters of America
Handy Endorses Outward Bound Approach At School
School trustees and headmaster favor extending extracurricular and athletic programs along outward bound lines to build character. The effort aims to foster empathy, world awareness, and self reliance amid a shift away from negative thinking. Handy and wife Jane Martin have four daughters Amy, Jane, Myra, and Nellie.
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United States
Handy
Jane Martin
Bennington College
Amy
Jane
Jinky
Myra
Nellie
Area Obituaries Joseph Poore former North Bennington shop teacher
Obituary notices for Joseph L. Poore 72 retired machinist and North Bennington High School shop instructor who died at Putnam Memorial Hospital after seven months as a patient. Details include birth in Craftsbury July 14 1891, family, affiliations with Masonic bodies, and funeral arrangements, plus a second obituary note for Edward Kehoe 66 former Hoosick Falls resident and WWI veteran who died in Troy New York after a short illness with funeral plans and military rites.
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Joseph L. Poore
North Bennington High School
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Bennington
Shaftsbury
Craftsbury
Joseph H
Eliza
Briggs) Poore
Walcott
Springfield
Government
North Bennnington
NBHS
The
Methodist Church
Tucker Lodge No. 48
F&am
North Bennington
Rod and Gun Club
Hanson Walbridge Funeral Home
Cemter Shaftsbury Cemetery
Phoebe E. Barber
John
Carrie Scherr
H.W. Wickes
Woodville
N.Y
Mr. Kehoe
Hoosick Falls
William and
Anna (Guthrie) Kehoe
Elks
Veterans of Foreign Wars
American Legion
Helen Barber
William F. Kehoe
John M. Kehoe
Chicago
Ill
Charles Fabiano
Church of the Immaculate Conception
St. Mary’s
Leo Mahar
Main Street
Commencement Week Begins Monday at St. Joseph College
St Joseph College Old Bennington marks its 37th commencement ceremony on June 7 at 3 p.m. Degrees to 12 associate in business administration and 13 associate in science graduates. Donald C. Hicks will speak. Sister Mary Christine will announce degree authority.
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St. Joseph College
Old Bennington
Donald C. Hicks
Greater Bennington Association
Mary Christine
SSJ
Mary Barbara
David Bartholomew
Betsy Stockman
F. Elwood Allen
Phillips
Rita Hoffman
Mary Alice Scott
Marilyn Bostwick Andrews
Joyce Atwood
Sandra Daniels
Jean Hahn
Suzanne Jones
Jill Morrison
Maribarbara Dahl
Doris Perkins
Sandra Powell
Barbara Patterson
Kathleen Robare
Maureen Simon
Mary Ann Thayer
Donna White
Vermont GOP Yearbook Campaign Hits 52000 in Donations
The 1964 Vermont Republican Yearbook goes to press after a party member driven canvass raised 52000. Chittenden County led with about 11000, Essex Junction earned a 1000 center-page spread, and Windham, Addison, Orleans, Bennington, Caledonia, Rutland and Washington reported strong returns. The yearbook, a chief fundraising tool, will be distributed to 5000 readers including state and national Republican officials and journalists.
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Richard A. Snelling
Burlington
Socrates Zolotas
Grace Hill
Charlotte Marsh
South Burlington
Mary Thurber
Charlotte
Adams
Windham
Addison
Orleans
Bennington
Caledonia
Rutland
Washington
Essex Junction
Albert D
Lawton
Lyman C. Hunt
George E. Meech
Peacham
Rubbish Fire Ignites at 610 Gage Street
The Bennington Fire Department rushed to 610 Gage St to tackle a rubbish blaze in a garage behind Thomas R. Haley’s residence. Fire was quickly extinguished and officials were investigating the cause at press time.
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Bennington
Gage St
Thomas R. Haley
Prep Club Expansion Planned for Bennington Students
The Bennington and Arlington high schools’ prep club, begun as a senior program, will expand next year to include sophomores and juniors. Eighth session attendees received certificates at Mt. Anthony Country Club after a talk by Harry Coholan of the Everett Chamber of Commerce. Donald C. Hicks announced the broader plan and tours of area plants for first-year participants.
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Bennington
Mt. Anthony
Harry Coholan
Everett, Mass
Chamber of Commerce
Everett
Bennington and
Arlingeton
Herbert H. Leonard
Greater Bennington Association
Barton L. Jenks
Prep Club
GBA
Donald C. Hicks
Hicks
Bennington Briefs Highlights Local Events And Notices
The Moose kitchen offers fried seafood and steamed clams tonight from 6 to 10 led by Sylvester Babson with Ernie Caron as pianist. Memorial Day events include Veterans of WWI assembly at Thurber's Garage for a cemetery dedication and parade afterward.
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Sylvester Babson
Ernie Caron
Thurber
Pleasant Street
Laid Off By Carbide Officials Report More Workers
Officials at the Bennington plant of Union Carbide Consumer Products Division say today 15 more workers are laid off. Five from the Scott Street plant and ten women from the Gage Street plant join 35 others affected as government contracts expire. Company hopes for new government work. The piece also discusses career prep and school to work transition programs led by prep club organizers Coholan and Leonard.
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Bennington
Union Carbide Coreporation
Consumer Products
Scott Street
Gage Street
Two Youths Charged In Careless Driving Penalties
In a Municipal Court session, James F. Cowan III, a Williams College student from Wellesley Hills, pleaded no contest to careless and negligent driving and paid 55.10 dollars after a crash on Vermont 346 in North Pownal at 3 a.m. on April 11. Lloyd G. Wright, 16, of North Bennington, received a suspended 90 day term, probation, and a 65.10 dollar fine after pleading guilty to similar charges tied to a stumble near a fatal Dorset incident. Additional actions included fines for Edward J. Squires and Richardson Slade, while Lawrence LaBarron and Earl J. Peacock Jr. faced support order actions.
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Williams College
James F. Cowan
Wellesley Hills
Mass
Atty
R. Marshall Witten
Cowan
Veremont
North Pownal
Witten
George M. Fienberg
New York
Lloyd G. Wright
North Bennington
Bennington County
John B. Harte
Wright
Dorset
Lloyd Casey
Clifford Harwood
Manchester
Edward J. Squires
Shaftsbury
Richard E. Slade
Manchester Depot
Vermont
Earl J. Peacock Jr
North
Bennington Road
New England Employment Rises in April Over March and 1963
New England total non agricultural employment reached 3,797,500 in mid April, up 42,900 from March and 29,800 above April 1963. The gain reflects broad seasonal expansion in major non manufacturing industries while factory employment fell about 6,300 as declines in durable and some non durable goods outweighed gains.
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Boston
New England
Wendell D. Macedonald
U.S. Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Junkyard License Granted To Fred Olin In Bennington
Bennington selectmen approved a junkyard license for Fred Olin of Green Acres after state police raised compliance concerns and a town inspection found condition improvements. Officials required further cleaning in front of the fence before final approval.
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Bennington
Fred Olin
Green Acres
Olin
Joseph E. Higgins
Louis F. Lausville
Hollywood star Bernardi heads to New York for Defenders role
HOLLYWOOD reports UPI says Schel Bernardi travels to New York City to join a Defenders episode. The piece also lists hospital notes with admissions and discharges for several local residents, including Lori Sheldon of Hoosick Falls and families from Dorset and Bennington.
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Lori Sheldon
Hoosick Falls
Hollywood
UPI
Herschel Bernardi
New York City
the Defenders
Home Economics and Industrial Arts Shine at Sixth Southwestern Vermont Fair
Benci's home economics and industrial arts departments participated in the sixth annual Soutwestern Vermont Home Economics and Industrial Arts Fair at Whitingham School on May 22. The event showcased student work from garments to pies and quick breads, with home management displays on kitchen storage and an industrial arts highlight of water skis. Demonstrations included welding by Clifton Johnson and crafts by Marilyn Cone and Linda Potter, with committee members from Benci and participants from Whitingham Arlington Molly Stark Wilmington and North Bennington.
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Benci
Soutwestern Vermont
Whitingham School
Bendi
Clifton Johnson
Marilyn Cone
Linda Potter
Priscilla Crawford
Josephine Jones
Theresa Paradis
Douglas Marsden
Whitingham
Arlington
Molly Stark
Wilmington
North Bennington
Orthopedic Associates Move to New Elm Street Site
Orthopedic Associates operated by Dr. Richard Fabricius and Dr. Edward Coughlin Jr relocate from Elm Street to the carriage barn behind the late Dr. Wandrey’s house at 304 South Street. Offices reopen Monday, June 1.
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Orthopedic Associates
Richard Fabricius
Edward Coughlin Jr
Elm Street
C.F. Wandrey
South St
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Anthony Brackett
William Haynes
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Edward Kehoe
Troy
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Peter Sellers
George C. Scott
Stanley Kubrick
Vincent J. Spinelli
CSC
John F. Lonergan
St. Joseph College Glee Club
Cecilia Marie
Fred Phillips
Dennis McCue
Ivan Atwood
James Bevis
Vincent Cristaldi
David DiVergilio
Edwin Maroney
Michael Powers
Roger Slonski
John Weyers
GOP
Plymouth
Calvin Coolidge
Winston L. Prouty
Bennington Briefs
YMCA
Union Board
Marian Taylor
Greater
David Adler
Pownal Town
Jenks
Taylor
Adler
Banner
Bennington Village
Arthur
Tog) Theberge
School Streets
Theberge
Green Mountain Club
Bennington Water Commissioners
Board of Water Commissioners
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Carbide
Prep
Leonard
Coholan
Lawrence LaBarron
Imperial Ave
Fienberg
Beverly Baker
Linda Dunklee
Dorothy Kelley
Evelyn Arrison
Sylvia Sawyer Jr
Bernardino N.Y
Bennington Drive - IN
Paul Newman
Diane Bak
Elke Sommer ER
Jackie Steve Gleason McQueen
Tuesday Weld
Darling
Doris Day
James Garner
Polly Bergen
Man IN the
Middle
Robert Mitchum
France
Nuyen
Main St
Aero Ao
North Hoosick New York
Troy Donahue
Connie Stevens
Steve Reeves
Billy Wilder
Shirley Maclaine
Maryern
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