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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1966
Page
12
New York UPI reports the career of John Dennis a Brooklyn auto mechanic as a Horatio Alger tale in reverse. The prologue notes fame fleeting with Sunday noon marking the start of a rise and Monday a fall in the life of Dennis.
Meredith Surdam of 315 Pleasant St. was listed in good condition at Putnam Memorial Hospital after a Saturday morning motorcycle crash following a police chase by Bennington Village Police. Loren R. Disque has resigned as county extension agent for 4-H club work in Bennington County, with a new appointee expected soon by the University of Vermont extension service.
Waldo C Holden Jr of Boston earned a B S degree from the School of Public Communication at Boston University as 2100 seniors and 1000 graduates received degrees. Barbara Ward warned of lethal crises and urged closer Europe and policing cooperation while Gov. Volpe and others received honorary doctorates. In a separate incident, Dennis, hailed as a hero, rescued 11 year old Ronnie Perez from burning tracks after a fall, but Perez remained in critical condition.
Thomas Hayes of Fair Haven resigns after 15 years as Senator Winston Prouty’s chief aide. He ends his Washington post and moves his family back to Vermont as he competes with Richard Snelling for the Republican gubernatorial nomination.
Bennington Briefs reports Emblem Club rehearsal at K of C hall at 7 45 p m District 6 Practical Nurse Association meets at Putnam Memorial Hospital conference room at 8 p m with state president Mrs Libia Gagetta and state secretary Mrs Clara Roitero speaking on the ANA position paper. Hiland M Main Jr promoted to Specialist 4 in Germany with the 25th Artillery, a 1962 Bennington High School graduate. First Methodist Church Circle I formed with officers named and meetings set for the third Monday. Also notes former AP telegraph operator Carlton Sprague visiting Bennington, Mt Anthony Chapter Eastern Star reschedules to June 15, Sister Mary Dolora back from Peru for a two year study, and local hospitalizations and social events including a Moose Rummage Sale and Elk Club social.
A three day small craft safety school is set for June 17 to 19 at Camp Abnaki North Hero. Sponsored by the YMCA Coast Guard and Vermont State Police the program offers workshops on freshwater navigation boat handling safety first aid and incident reporting led by Lt. Robert Jackson Ensign Terance McCabe Lt. Foster Corliss Cpl. Arthur Yean Neil Fisher Richard Pearson and Norman van Gulden. Open to high school graduates college and adults owners operators and camp counselors. Tuition is 15 including six meals leadership and literature. Details and registration from Bennington YMCA or Camp Abnaki Burlington Box 806.
Admissions include James Oatman Miss Donna Shepard Merrill Pleasant Ben nington and others from North Bennington Manchester Center Hoosick Falls Shaftsbury and Bennington. Discharges include Mrs Rosaltha Macumber Mrs Sheila Johnson and daugh ter Mrs Dorothy Osmer Mrs Bertha Slade Mrs Josephine Gordimer Kenneth Smith Barbara Webster Julia Kilburn Henry French Katharine Leitz and son and more. Birth: a daughter born May 29 at Cheate Hospital Woburn Mass to Philip Sleeman and Linda Boutin former Bennington residents.
Area obituaries list Marie Elizabeth Peters in Manchester Depot aged 86, born 1879 in New York City, survived by daughter Martha Wessner and six great grandchildren. Henry Ax, 75, died in Manchester Center. buried at St Jerome's-East Dorset, survived by sister Maria Breuer.
UPI reports scientists from Vermont and federal agriculture agencies will spray three Lake Champlain islands to kill gypsy moths then stock them. On Stave and Lake Lady sterilized moths will be released, while Rock Island will be treated with a female sex attractant to study mating and control methods.
Windsor union and management plan another bargaining session to avert a strike at Cone Automatic Machine Co. Local 114 represents about 600 of 850 workers as a two year contract nears expiry. The union seeks 15 cents an hour, a one year contract, union shop, and expanded fringe benefits, while the company offers 18 cents over two years. A 1961 strike lasted two weeks. Federal mediator John O Reilly cites a great impasse in the Vermont Marble Co. dispute nearby, with nearly 700 workers striking May 1 for 35 cents, union shop, and more benefits.
Funeral services for Joseph E. Farnum who died Friday were held Sunday in the Congregational Church here. His four sons James Raymond Robert and Edward Farnum served as bearers. He and his wife Mary E. Simmons had celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary last New Year’s Day.
Dow Jones Bache and Co report shows 30 Industrials at 891.98 down 5.06, 20 Railroads at 220.87 down .92, 15 Utilities at 136.36 down .24, composite average 313.21 down 1.43, with totals 2,430,000 shares traded.
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