Halloween in Bennington Quiet with Few Incidents
Halloween in the Bennington area passed quietly with minor vandalism. Village police said air rifle hits broke five windows at Ideal Fuels, one at a service station, and one in a parked car, plus windows at The Banner building. State police reported several roadside fires in Pownal. Most children trick or treated Saturday rather than Halloween night.
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Bennington
Ideal Fuels Company
Ben Mont Avenue
Pownal
Gilcher Named The Banner's Wire Editor
Edwin Gilcher, longtime Banner staffer, has been named wire editor by Publisher Lawrence K. Miller and Managing Editor Philip Savory. Gilcher succeeds Ches ter Ringheiser, now heading The Banner's Manchester office. He lives in Cherry Plain NY, has two children, and has past work as an actor and puppeteer in NYC theater, radio, and TV.
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Edwin Gilcher
Banner
Lawrence K. Miller
Philip Savory
Wire
Chester Ringheiser
Manchester
Gilcher
Cherry Plain
N.Y
Berlin
Elizabeth Carr Cipperly
Ellen
Stephen Cipperly
New York City
Elementary School PTA Makes Plans
The October PTA meeting at the elementary school featured President Theodore Beatty introducing staff. Awards went to Mrs Dorothy Brownell's room for most parents present. Reports covered the Adult Leadership Training Conference in Mt. Snow on Nov 5-7 and a book sale on Nov 9.
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PTA
Theodore Beatty
Dorothy Brownell
Ralph Bennett
Mt. Snow
Memory Maize
Wilhelmina Smith
Lee Shoemaker
Roy Bergquist
Eugene Clark
Bendi Pta
Robert Stafford
Congress
Bennington
Beatty
Frances Ilg
Gesell Institute of Child Development
Cider
Dougnuts
Weekend Accidents Investigated In Bennington Village
Five year old Ben Mont Avenue boy was struck by a car but not seriously injured in a mishap about 4 15 p m Saturday afternoon. Karl E Betit is son of Philip Betit of 126 Ben Mont Avenue. He darted from behind a parked car on School Street into the path of a 1958 Buick driven by Ina May Sherman of 312 Gage Street traveling south. Police also reported two other accidents: a rear end collision on North Street near Gage Street between a 1955 Chevrolet driven by Morris Wheeler of North Housick New York and a 1956 Ford driven by Edward Devlin of 11 Beech Court. and a 1963 Ford driven by Emily Harrington of Pine Road colliding with a 1963 Oldsmobile driven by Maurice Noon of 111 Stark Street at Main and School Streets.
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Ben Mont Avenue
Bennington Village
Karl E. Betit
Philip F. Betit
Ben Mont Ave
School Street
Ina May Sherman
Gage St
North Street
Gage Street
Morris H. Wheeler
North Hoosick
N.Y
Ford
Edward W. Devlin
Beech Court
Emily P. Harrington
Pine Road
Oldsmobile
Maurice Noon
Stark St
Main
Harrington
School
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Edward Morin
North Adams
Mass
Hoosick
N. Y
Morin
Glenn Sheldon
Depot St
Eagle Square Meeting Set For Tuesday
After a two day wildcat strike by most of Eagle Square Mfg Co production staff, an agreement on seniority and union involvement led to normal operations. A Tuesday meeting will finalize a contract clause, with management and Local 645 negotiating committee set to draft the wording.
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Shaftsbury
Eagle Square Mfg. Co
The
Upholsters International Union
Richard G. Mason
Banner
Bennington brief winds cause minor damage and events
Winds up to 45 mph spared serious damage in Bennington as utilities reported scattered power outages and a local line down on Coulter Street near William J. Haynes. Mt Anthony Chapter of Eastern Star sets an obligation night meeting at 8 p m Wednesday. Halloween artwork by local children to be displayed in Main Street and North Bennington stores through Friday with posters available for pickup at the YMCA Saturday or next week.
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Central Vermont Public Service Corp
New England Telephone and Telegraph Company
Bennington
Coulter Street
William J. Haynes
Mt. Anthony
Order
Eastern Star
Main Street
North Bennington
Ymca Program Committee
Village Recreation Committee
Lions Clubs and Schools
YMCA
Mt. Anthony Country Club
Jerry Finnegan
Nancy Lee Finnegan
New Bennington Directory Distributed by H A Manning Co
The Bennington City Directory issued by H A Manning Co of Greenfield Mass covers Bennington North and Shaftsbury plus Hoosick Falls and Hoosick Township It lists 396 pages of citizens businesses and professions with changes totals for Bennington and Hoosick Falls and a grand total of 14157 changes. The revised directory includes new names and address changes with recapitulation figures and publication details.
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Bennington
Hoosick Falls
Thrift Shop Offers Wide Array of Household Goods
The shop lists many items now on hand including a Teflon fry pan bird cage bassinet lamp shades yarn curtains two sewing machines window shades tea pots a coffee urn a baby’s crib glass candlesticks bedspreads and classical records plus a large flower basket and vases. Shoppers request books especially novels paper backs ladies hats and shoes and overshoes for men and women. Workers last week were Lillian Kleine Phyllis Cross Peggy Haug Esther Burt Leah Cook and Marjorie Hayes.
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Lillian Kleine
Phyllis Cross
Peggy Haug
Esther Burt
Leah Cook
Marjorie Hayes
Hospital Notes Friday and Saturday admissions list
Hospital notes record admissions and discharges across multiple towns for October 29 and 30. Names include Mrs Albertine Begin Mrs Noreen Shores Master Bruce Bowen Master Todd Lipscomb Mrs Norma Shanahan Charle Conquest Mrs Dorothy Carroll and daughter Emil Grimm Mary McGarvin Winifred Davis and daughter Rachel Little Miss Donna Lee Smith Evelyn Vincent Maurice Kielgaard and others in Bennington Hoosick Falls Arlington West Arlington Berlin Buskirk N Y plus a birth noted for a daughter October 31 and a daughter born October 29.
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Albertine Begin
Hoosick Falls
John Williamson
R.D
No. 1
North Bennington
Noreen Shores
Manchester Depot
Bruce Bowen
Bennington
Todd Lipscomb
North Pownal
Charles Conquest
North Hoosick
Norma Shanahan
Michael Driscoll
Petersburg
Eileen Pellerin
Ormal Pierce Sr
Dorothy Carroll
Dorothy Read
Emil Grimm
Mary McGarvin
Mary Greenslet
Shaftsbury
Winifred Davis
Cambridge
N_Y
Rachel Little
Arlington
Donna Lee Smith
West Arlington
Evelyn Vincent
Berlin
N.Y
Maurice Kielgaard
Buskirk
Funeral services for Philip A Shepard Sr
Philip A Shepard Sr died at Putnam Memorial Hospital Thursday morning. Funeral services were held at Mahar and Son Funeral Home and St Francis de Sales Church with a Libera service by Rt Rev Msgr Francis B Flanagan. Burial was in Park Lawn Cemetery. Relatives attended from North Hoosick Williamstown Mass North Bennington and James Shepard US Navy Albany NY.
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Philip A. Shepard Sr
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Mahar & Son Funeral Home
St. Francis de Sales Church
Francis B. Flanagan
Stephen Shepard
George Bushee
Everett Sprague
Peter Bouplon
Charles Richmond
Robert Mayhew
Flanagan
Park Lawn Cemetery
Monsignor
North Hoosick
Williamstown
Mass
North Bennington
Mr. Shepard
James Shepard
U.S. Navy
Albany
N.Y
Key West
Fla
Lafayette Lyons
Mary O’conenell
St. Francis de Sales
Alfred Taylor
John and Edward Griffin
Arthur Butler
William Stuchel
Leon Cook
Monsignor Flanagan
Drybranch
Washington, D.C
Cummington
Obituary notices from Sunderland and surrounding towns
Obituaries report John McDermott 59 of Sunderland died at Albany Medical Center from burns suffered Oct. 4 after smoking in bed. He leaves a wife Catherine Glass and multiple children. Joseph B. Lyman Jr. 57 of Charlestown dies at home after years as sales engineer. survived by wife Janet, son Joseph III, three sisters, and several nieces and nephews. Eddie Mattison 94 lifelong Bennington resident dies after short illness. survivors include Emery, two daughters, five grandchildren, and 19 great grandchildren. Harold Forrest 55 of Bondville dies after long illness in Rutland Hospital. survived by wife Mary, daughter Mary Louise, two sons, sister, two brothers, and several nieces and nephews. Burial and funeral arrangements are listed for each, with local service details in Arlington, Bennington, and Manchester Center.
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Sunderland
John McDermott
Hale Company
East Arlington
Albany Medical Center
McDermott
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Bennington
Mr. McDermott
Edwin and
Margaret (Baxter) McDermott
Catherine Glass
Delores McDermott
Judy Sallisky
Mary McDermott
John
Raymond
Paul
James McDermott
Evelyn Brace
Hanson-Walbridge Funeral
Arlington
Granville Greenwold
Federated Church
Evergreen Cemetery
Charlestown
N.H
Joseph B. Lyman Jr
Hare Rs Avenue
Pittsfield
Joseph B
Harriet D. (Harwood) Lyman
Lyman
Evangelical Congregational Church
Joy Mfg. Company
Joy Supervisors Club
Janet (Hartmann) Lyman
Joseph B. Lyman III
Andover-Newton Theological School
Newton Centre
Mass
Richard Hall
Lyndonville
Helen Lyman
Colebrook
John G. Haviland
Elyria
Ohio
Eddie Mattison
Bennington Water Department
Milo
Emogene
Have ‘Rington) Mattison
Eagle Square
Mary Hill
Emery Mattison
Arthur Bleau
Merrill Cutler
Hanson-Walbridge
Melvin R. McGaughey
First Methodist Church
Park Lawn
Bondville
Harold Forrest
Rutland Hospital
Brewster Funeral Home
Manchester Center
Robert C. Clayton
Zion Episcopal Church of
Forrest
Middlebury
Edward and
Mary
Leno) Forrest
Hale Furniture Company
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
American Legion Post 69
Mary Louise Forrest
Rockville
Stock Averages At Noon On Wall Street
Dow Jones industrials at 957.57 down 3.25, 20 railroads at 235.46 down .40, 15 utilities at 157.75 down .21, composite average 335.36 down 84. Volume traded 3,179,000.
Fire destroys Shaftsbury home on East Road
A Saturday night fire on East Road Shaftsbury, likely incendiary, destroyed the Alfred Green house owned by Clifford Howell of New York City. Mrs. W A Frylinck alerted the fire department, but flames engulfed the building before resupply. Nearby structures were protected and rural crews battled two other weekend fires, a grass blaze at Buell Harrington’s home and a chimney fire at Sherman Sweet’s home, with mutual aid on standby.
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East Road
Shaftsbury
Alfred Green
Clifford Howell
New York City
W.A. Frylinck
Sherman Sweet
North Branch St
Ext
Bennington Man Pleads Guilty in Municipal Court
A 21 year old Bennington man Nelson A Barney of 232 Bradford St pleaded guilty to two breach of the peace charges and an intoxication count. Judge George M Fienberg sentenced him to 6 to 12 months at Windsor House of Correction following a Sunday incident in Bennington. A Pownal youth James John Green,17, pleaded guilty to breaking and entering a Bennington summer camp and was released to his father pending investigation. Donald Goodrich,31, Danby, pleaded not guilty to a breach of the peace charge dated Oct 25 at Manchester with bail set at 200. Donald P Snyder, Shaftsbury, was resentenced to Windsor Prison for careless driving after a prior term, with 91 days to 4 months added.
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Bennington
George M. Fienberg
Windsor House of Correction
Nelson A. Barney
Bradford St
Fienberg
Pownal
James John Green
Russell Wilbur Noyes
Green
Manchester
Donald Goodrich
Danby
Auto Registrations Available In Bennington Feb 11 18 25
Vermonters can register pleasure cars at 10 pilot outposts in February with new hours from 1 PM to 8 PM. The quicker process shortens the March 1 deadline by moving registrations to municipal sites in Bennington and other areas. Other vehicle types still follow traditional registration. Feb dates for Bennington are 11, 18, and 25.
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Bennington
James Malloy
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