Legion Notes Highlight Meetings and Public Relations Efforts
American Legion posts in Vermont outline executive board meeting details on the White Chapel Road. They discuss an upcoming oratorical contest, national public relations competition, and district conference. reports cover magazine sales, canteen books for VA Hospitals, child welfare funding, and scholarships for veterans and non veterans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legion Rooms
White Chapel Road
American Legion Post
American Legion
Manchester
Kenneth Baker
Milton Pinsker
Clarence V. Cross
David Knights
Joseph A. Lee
Legion
Bernard Freeman
Montpelier
Albert B. Grazini
National
Indianapolis
Ind
Maynard Young
Vermont
Department Service
White River
The
Thrift Shop Seeks Donations At Town Building
The shop offers a movie screen, stairs gate, large pillows, draperies, Morris chair frame, and a Chinese checkers set needing marbles. Requests include men’s shoes, underwear, pajamas, radios, picture frames, and furniture. Proceeds aid the United Counseling Service. Open Friday 2 5 p.m. and Saturday 10 12. Workers listed include Mrs Clifton Phillips, Mrs Glenard Turner, Mrs Josiah Fuller, and Mrs Edward Haug.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris
United Counseling Service
Clifton Phillips
Glenard Turner
Josiah Fuller
Edward Haug
Four Bennington County men enter armed forces
Four Bennington County residents left Selective Service headquarters by chartered bus on Monday for Albany New York where they were inducted today. William Bischoff Jr Manchester Center Allan Washburn North Bennington Edward Sprague Readsboro and Stephen Brown Pownal all joined the armed forces with Brown also tied to the Vermont National Guard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington County
Albany
N.Y
Armee
William Bischoff Jr
Manchester Center
Allan Washburn
North Bennington
Edward Sprague
Readsboro
Stephen Brown
Pownal
Vermont National Guard
Union Carbide Sells Visking Division to Ethyl Corp
Ethyl Corpora tion to acquire major portion of Union Carbide Visking Division polyethylene film operations. Transfer expected before year end 1963. Plants at Terre Haute Indiana and Fremont are included in the deal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ethyl Corporation
Union Carbide Corporation
F.D. Gottwald
Ethyl
Binny Mason Jr
Union Carbide
Terre Haute
Ind
Fremont
Bennington Men In the Services
Bennington youths and residents join the U.S. Navy and Marines with assignments at Great Lakes Illinois Cherry Point North Carolina Parris Island South Carolina and Newport Rhode Island. Names include Jay A Iskowitz Clif ford J Lange Albert B Whitman Roger H Rancourt and Daniel F Hier. A county 4 H banquet is planned at Paradise Restaurant with C Ross McKenney as speaker. Union Carbide retains ownership of its Cartersville Georgia plant as Ethyl Visqueen polyethylene film assets settle with the FTC.
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Calif
Flemington
N.J
Union Carbide
Cartersville
Wishing
United States
Ethyl
Federal Trade Commission
Vishing Corporation
Visking
Ethyl Corporation
Hospital Notes Admissions and Discharges Listed
A series of patient admissions and discharges is recorded. Names include Mrs Ivah Squires Mrs Mary Ann Dailey Alphonso T Hubbard Miss Kathy Baldwin and others from Hoosick Falls Bennington Pownal Eagle Bridge and nearby towns with several newborn listings and multiple discharges to various towns. Names also appear with residents of Wilmington Arlington Pawlet North Bennington and Johnsonville among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ivah Squires
Mary Ann Dailey
Bennington
Alphonso T. Hubbard
Kathy Baldwin
Hoosick Falls
Paul Tifft
Pownal
Norma Abbott
Johnsonville
N.Y
Patricia Murphy
Emily Slade
Barbara Roberts
Pawlet
Thomas’ Burke Jr
Teresa Dunican
Forrest Cherbonneau
North Bennington
Post Office Real Estate Officer Replies on Elm Street Site
The Bennington Planning Commission released a letter from Dayton J. Wakefield of the Post Office Department addressing objections to Elm Street for a new post office. Wakefield notes the Elm Street site may be commercially zoned and could shift traffic away from Putnam Square while increasing corner congestion at Elm and South Streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post Office Real Estate Officer
Planning Agency
Elm Street
Bennington Regional Planning Commission
Dayton J. Wakefield
Post Office Department
Vermont
Commission
Bennington
South
Elm Streets
Putnam Square
Village Zoning Commission
Elm
South Streets
Main Streets
South Street
Jefferson Avenue
Depot
Washington
Old Cemetery Association Holds Fall Meeting in Swanton
The Vermont Old Cemetery Association met in Swanton with about 35 members present. A panel of six assistants to the executive board was approved, naming Leon V. Bushey Francis J. Kleinhans William R. Matthews Oscar A. Rixford W. A. Ross and George Wilmarth as members. Membership surpassed 400, including 32 Granges 12 historical societies 12 home demonstration groups 10 patriotic societies and other groups. Treasurer Donald C. Billings reported the permanent endowment fund over 400. A Swanton group reported raising 500 for local cemetery restoration and future maintenance emphasizing initiative and community support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon V. Bushey
Monkton
Francis J. Kleinhans
Roxbury
William R. Matthews
Burlington
Oscar A. Rixford
East Highgate
W. A. Ross
St. Albans
George Wilmarth
Addison
Donald C. Billings
Middlebury
West Swanton
Nigeria talk by Mrs Iwajomo at United Church Women luncheon
Mrs. Theodore Iwajomo described Nigeria’s size about Texas and 40 million people in a talk to about 80 UCW members at First Methodist Church. She noted education levels, government funding, and social leadership roles for women, urging local members to teach children that Africa is fast developing and Nigeria progressive. An 11 year old son accompanied the family in Williamstown. Announcements followed including visits and meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
UCW
First Methodist Church
Marion Hardy
Nigeria
Iwagomo
Africa
Williamstown
Waterbury Hospital
Carolyn Clark
Baptist Church
Second Congregational Church
Autos Collide At Washington Elm
Minor damage reported in a Sunday auto collision at the intersection of Washington Avenue and Elm Street. Walter Otis Noyes Jr. of 308 Elm Street drove a station wagon and Alfred H. Thibodeau of 107 Stark Street drove a sedan. both were southbound and stopped at Elm Street when the Thibodeau rear ended the Noyes vehicle after the former struck first.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Avenue
Elm Street
Bennington Village
Walter Otis Noyes Jr
Elm St
Alfred H. Thibodeau
Stark St
Noyes
Thibodeau
Also Mentioned on This Page
Joseph Lee
Wamsutta
Union St
Thrift Shop
Jay A. Iskowitz
Manuel Iskowitz
Pleasant St
Naval Training Center
Great Lakes
Clifford J. Lange
Georgeanna Lange
Safford St
Marine Composite Reconnaissance Squadron Two
Second Marine Aircraft Wing
Marine Corps Air Station
Cherry Point
N.C
Lange
Albany High School
Albert B. Whitman
George E. Whitman
Ben-Mont Ave
Marine Corps Recruit Depot
Parris Island
S.C
Whitman
Camp Lejeune
Bennington High School
Roger H. Rancourt
USN
Henry E. Rancourt
River St
Norfolk
Guantanamo Bay
Cuba
Sixth Fleet
Mediterranean
Daniel F. Hier
Mary B. Hier
Pratt St
Naval Station
Newport
R.I
Hier
Navy
Bankers
Bankers of
Paradise Restaurant
C. Ross McKenney
Lyme
N.H
Dartmouth College
Bank
Gregory Austin
Eagle Bridge
Marjorie Bacon
Dorothy Durocher
Terrence James
Hoo- Lick Falls
Viola Bird
Jacksonville
Gerard W. Boutin
South Branch St
Bernard Mayer
Hillside Street
Warren Roberts
John F. Rogers
Wilmington
Thomas Burke Jr
Joyce Bodak
Hoo Sick Falls
Thomas J. Kresky
Tracy C. Jones
Petersburg
Roger B. Hurley
Beatrice Mattison
Arlington
Jeanette Campbell
Ruth Grout
East Arlington
Fred Clark
Harry Crawford
Irene Mooney
Jacqueline Allard
Lillian Lancour
Mildred Harris
Sophie Thompson
John C. Burdis
Wakefield
Burdis
Wakerfield
Old Cemetery Association Meets
Swanton
Vermont Old Cemetery Association
Fice
Theodore Iwajomo
Mass
Williams College
United Church Women
Howard Johansons
Washington, Elm
Rexall
Polymullion
Main Street
Quinlan
FORD
Motor Company
America
Manchester Motors Inc
Manchester Center, VI
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