Town Fathers Take Action On Brooklyn Junkyard
Bennington selectmen directed their agent to notify Brooklyn District junkyard operator Fred Hutchinson of compliance steps under state law after a village yard fencing dispute. The board plans inspection next week to verify screening and may pursue civil or criminal action if noncompliance persists while also addressing a separate Green Acres junkyard license and state permit issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington Selectmen
Brooklyn
Selectmen
Alma Langlois
Fred Hutchinson
Hutchinson
Fred Baker
Richard van Santvoord
van Santvoord
Norton Barber
Barber
Fred Olin
Green Acres
Olin
Toomey Named Chairman of College Board
Edward Toomey of Bennington, formerly affiliated with Bellows Falls Trust Company, has been elected chairman of the Windham College board of trustees. He succeeds Dr. Philip B. Chase. Toomey also serves as Rockingham Public Library trustee and Bellows Falls Rotary Club president, with a history at Rockingham Memorial Hospital and Rockingham School District. He owns Walker Insurance Agency with wife Mary Elizabeth Stoke and three children Deborah Ann John E and William D.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Putney
Edward Toomey
Bennington
Bellows Falls Trust Company
Windham College
Eugene C. Winslow
Toomey
William Toomey
Bennington County Savings Bank
Bellows Falls
Philip B. Chase
Chase
Rockingham
Diploma Class of 13 Receives Practical Nurse Certificates
A class of 13 graduates from Putnam Hospital School of Practical Nurse, including two Bennington County residents, were hooded at Bennington Elementary School auditorium. Dr. Edward J. Bloustein, newly named president of Bennington College, delivered the principal address urging nurses to maintain personal care amid hospital and university trends and spoke on student rebellions on campuses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington County
Putnam Hospital School of
Bennington
Edward J. Bloustein
Bennington College
Une
Bloustein
Ann Kaiser
Elizabeth Humphreys
Bennington Briefs Highlight Local Events and Honors
Bennington residents attended a Holiday Inn dinner by Colonial Plumbing Corp. and nearly 200 Smith College Alumnae delegates gathered in Northampton. Local groups host meetings at North Adams YMCA and Bennington Village garage hosts federal surplus distribution. Local entertainers, birthday milestones, and a hospital nursing award are noted along with job ads and a deer-season shop closure.
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Richard Fonteneau
Bennington
Albany
N.Y
Colonial Plumbing Corp
Holiday Inn
Refin-A-Matic
Middletown
Ohio
Lester L. Riley
Dorset
G. Murray Campbell
Manchester
Smith Club
Vermont
Smith College
Northampton
Mass
Funerals and Elections Highlight Busy Vermont News
Funeral notices from Bennington area families, with Eddie Matti and Joseph Pelletier Jr. remembered in Hanson Walbridge and George W. Fall Home services and burials in Park Lawn and Salem. Virginia and New York election results noted, with party gains and gubernatorial outcomes, plus commentary from party chairs.
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Eddie Mattison
Pleasant St
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Hanson-Walbridge Funeral Home
Melvin R. Mee Gaughey
Mattison
Park Lawn Cemetery
McGaughey
Bennington Water Department
Joseph F. Pelletier Jr
Mt. Anthony
Salem
Mass
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Hanson-Walbridge
George W. Fall
Pelletier
Griffin Furniture
Arlington
Kearns Fights Bond Financing Of Administrative Costs
Montpelier Vermont. State Administration Commissioner William Kearns objects to using bond funds to cover day to day administrative costs of recreation projects. Attorney General John P. Connarn ruled such costs may be financed from bond issue funds. Kearns warns this is borrowing to pay for lunch and deems it poor fiscal policy.
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Richard H. Macomber
Fairlee
Richard Mallary
Emergency Board
Mallary
Elbert G. Moulton
Kearns
Attorney General
WOTM Bazaar Plans Revealed At October Meeting
At the October 20 gathering led by Senior Regent Nancy Livingston, WOTM outlined a bazaar set for November 5 and 6 at Moose Hall. Virginia Leger heads food, with Anna Behan coordinating white elephant and Gladys Knapp and Isabelle LaBarge handling the fancy table. Next meeting tonight features Mary Quackenbush as food and mystery chair, and members urged to donate for the white elephant sale to fund library books. Josephine Baczek won the last mystery gift.
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Nancy Livingston
Moose Hall
Virginia Leger
Anna Behan
White Elephant
Gladys Knapp
Isabelle LaBarge
Josephine Baczek
Rhoda Pierce
Charter Night Library
Mary Quackenbush
Bennington Selectmen Set Up Election and Repairs Plan
Bennington selectmen approved details for the November 23 special legislative election with four polling places in three subdistricts and shifted hours to 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Paper ballots will be used due to few offices on the ballot. In a separate item, they will seek a cost estimate from William Morse to repair or replace an overhead hangar door at the town airport, funding concerns delaying action.
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Bennington
Bennington-Woodford
North Bennington
North Village
Willow Road
Woodford Hollow
Bennington Elementary
Selectmen
William H. Morse
John Meerworth
Joel T. Whittemore
Norton Barber
Whittemore
County Aviation Corp
Meerworth
Morse
Hospital Notes November 2 1965 Admissions and Births
Admissions list includes Master John Clancy Hoosick William Guyette Bennington Mrs Catherine March Hoosick Falls Mrs Caroline Mason East Arlington Master Bruce Bowen Old Bennington Maurice Kjelgaard Buskirk NY Mrs Linda Reed and daughter William Stratton Mrs Lucille Spencer Miss Lorraine Bowen Bennington Miss Marie Edson North Bennington Births reported for Mr and Mrs Gregory Squires Woodford a son on November 2 and for Mr and Mrs Leland Burdick North Pownal a daughter on November 2.
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John Clancy
Hoosick
William Guyette
Bennington
Catherine March
Hoosick Falls
Caroline Mason
East Arlington
Bruce Bowen
Old Bennington
Maurice Kjelgaard
Buskirk
N.Y
Linda Reed
William Stratton
Lucille Spencer
Lorraine Bowen
Marie Edson
North Bennington
Gregory Squires
Woodford
Leland Burdick
North Pownal
Stock Averages at Noon Across Sectors
The noon market summary shows the Dow Jones industrials at 958.79, railroads at 235.19, utilities at 158.45, and a composite average of 335.72. Volume totals about 3,770,000 shares, with AT at 52 and 49.
Shaftsbury candidate urges square dancing Friday night
Mrs Wenonah Povsner, candidate for Shaftsbury town representative, invites supporters to Cole Hall on Friday night for square dancing rather than Saturday. Roy Marsden will call the numbers starting at 8 p.m., per yesterday's Banner report.
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Shaftsbury
Wenonah Povsner
Cole Hall
Roy Marsden
Amidon To Speak At Republican Dinner
Former state Treasurer George H. Amidon will headline a Bennington County Republican dinner on Tuesday Nov 9 at Paradise Restaurant Bennington starting 7 PM to raise funds for the campaign leading to the Nov 23 special legislative election. The event supports Santarcangelo and Angney Jr for the two state Senate seats with Amidon eyed as a possible future governor.
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George H. Amidon
Bennington County
Paradise
Bennington
Republican Committee
Young Republicans
Salvatore Santarcangelo
Allan B. Angney Jr
Arlington
Amidon
Citizens For
Montpelier National Bank
Vermont Mutual Fire Insurance Co
Vermont Cancer Society
Shaftsbury
Bohne
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Village
Union Street
Patricia J. Stoessel
William Derosia
Derosia
Stoessel
Secretary of State
Callahan
U.S. 7
Clarence Chandler
Bennington Village
Floyd Rice
Divoll
High Court
Wayne
Hollywood
UPI
John Wayne
Paramount
New Jersey
Carroll E. Seamans
Upper Montclair
N.J
George M. Fienberg
Richard P. Tobin
Donald A. Fanfan
Wilmington
Fanfan
Tunnel Street
Readsboro
Tobin
Putnam Memorial Hospital School of Practical Nursing
Edna Walsh
Bernice McCormack
Mary O’brien
Barbara Knapp
Sandra Lombardo
Margaret Phoenix
Lillian Wilson
Carole Crounse
Donna Bertrand
Gayle Baker
Mary Sherman
Sandra Severance
Lloyd
Williamstown
Tor Ee He
Peter Sellers
Peter SE
Bennington Briefs
Berkshire County
The
American Association of Retired Persons
YMCA
North Adams
Edna C. Martin
Aarp Insurance Plan
New York City
Sne
Jay G. Seaman
Cambridge
WRGB
Channel 6
Cecelia Greene
A.J. MacDonald
Montgomery
D. Herbert
Helen) Lillie
Silkroad
Second Congregational Church
Benjamin Vail
Norton St
William Towart
Sound of Music
Allan Heath
Andy
John McDermott
Sunderland
Albany Medical Center
Hanson- Walbridge
Granville Greenwold
Federated Church
Evergreen Cemetery
John Delaney
West Pawlet
William Delaney
Robert Grace
Charles Squires
Syracuse
Troy
Crewell
Orren Pernel
Lionel Nowak
William Thomson
Robert D. Stout
Phyllis Coburn
R.N
Esther Parmelee
Board of Corporators
Father Lawerence C. McAuliffe
CSC
Coburn
Orwell
Lindsay
Viet Nam
Godwin
Virginia
A. Linwood Holton
Roanoke
Harry F. Byrd
State
Democratic Organization
Aflcio
William J. Story
Virginia Conservative Party
John Birch Society
George Lincoln Rockwell
American Nazi Party
Kentucky
New York State
GOP
Senate
Assembly
U.S
Kenneth B. Keating
Owen McGivern
Court of Appeals
New York
National Party
John M. Bailey
Johnson
Democratic Party
Ray C. Bliss
Philadelphia
Louisville
Akron
WOTM
Harte Theatre
Stanley Kramer
Columbia
SUN
Mat
Hansel & Gretel
Brementown
Dow-Jones—Bache & Co
Vermont Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Cooperation
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