Bennington Briefs Highlights and Local Notices
Bennington clubs meet for a covered-dish supper as Green Mountain Demonstration Club members tour Kurn Hattin. Patricia Harris discusses alterations of ready-made wear with demonstrations. Thanksgiving pauses next meeting to Nov 12 at Mrs Valera Waite’s. Navy photo flash notes Roger Rancourt among 600 at USS Albany commissioning in Boston. Williston Academy honors James Dubin. Nancy Hoisington attends Vermont Dietetic Meeting in Burlington with Dr Stokes Gentry speaking. Airman Austin DeBell reassigned to Keesler AFB after Lackland training. Airman Ronald Marcoux new assignment at Laredo AFB after Lackland. Kings Daughters meet at Mrs H N Hammond’s home at 336 South St.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucy LaPorte
Gladys Mallory
Green Mountain
Roger H. Rancourt
USN
Henry E. Rancourt
River St
Navy
Albany
Naval Shipyard
Boston
Austin J. DeBell
Austin H. DeBell
Bradford St
Keesler Afb
Miss
United States Air Force
Lackland Afb
Texas
Bennington High School
Ronald R. Marcoux
Roland L. Marcoux
Division St
Laredo Afb
Bennington Catholic High School
Burdett College
Lane pleads guilty in Adams speed case
In the only Municipal Court case before Judge Waldo C. Holden on Monday, John A. Lane of 106 Howland Ave Adams Mass pleaded guilty to exceeding the speed limit and was fined 20.10 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waldo C. Holden
John A. Lane
Howland Ave
Adams
Mass
YMCA Activity Schedule Highlighting Weekly Classes and Clubs
The Bennington YMCA announces a packed weekly slate including men's volleyball, hockey and several fitness classes. The calendar lists Batons, bowling for grade school, evening industrial groups, school physical education, Stamp Club, Bricklayers Local meetings, diverse gym classes, and a Rifle Club session on Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Industrial Management
North Bennington
YMCA
Church of God
Campaign drama shapes House control and Cuba crisis
The piece discusses the battle for House control, noting Democratic edge limits and a conservative GOP coalition. It contrasts Kennedy and Eisenhower campaigning while the Cuba crisis escalates, with a US blockade sparking questions about Cuba's political significance amid rapid events.
Putnam Hospital Admissions List Names Residents and Patients
Kathleen Bierwirth Kimberley Foster Petersburg Master Robert Day Walter Lundeen Arlington Miss Sharon Spaulding Bennington Henri Engelbert Dorset Mrs Nancy Bailey Manchester Center Robert Walsh East Arlington Mrs Beatrice Sorkin Hoosick Falls Frank Girford Buskirk N Y Mrs Julia Gates Bennington
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kathleen Bierwirth
Kimberley Foster
Petersburg
Robert Day
Walter Lundeen
Arlington
Sharon Spaulding
Bennington
Henri Engelbert
Dorset
Nancy Bailey
Manchester Center
Robert Walsh
East Arlington
Beatrice Sorkin
Hoosick Falls
Frank Gifford
Buskirk
N.Y
Julia Gates
Eastern Star Sale Set for Saturday
The Order of the Eastern Star Bazaar at Masonic Temple runs 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday with tea served 2 to 4 p.m. Coffee and doughnuts available 10 a.m. to noon. Table chairmen listed for food candy aprons children gifts white elephant and tea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eastern Star
Order of the Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Hilda Orr
Rose Hall
Marie Williams
Florence Doyle
Marjorie Mort
Bertha Pratt
Laura Phillips
Charlotte Gardner
Lydia Cleveland
Edna Seymour
Bennington Jaycees Reject Turn Toward Peace Move
The Bennington Jaycees at Old Bennington School House condemn the Turn Toward Peace movement as defeatist and pacifist. They support world peace and public education but oppose the movement’s methods and unilateral appeasement stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jaycees
Bennington
TTP
Pickus
Vermont
Russia
U.S
Jaycee
Bennington Jaycees
Turn Toward Peace
Robert Pickus
Bendi
Robert Harrington
Richard Nagel
Joseph Hall
Phillip McKenna
Edward Frazer
Ted Bird
John Rowe
James Wilson
Edmunds
Kilponen Rites Held in Arlington and West Paris
Kallie S Kilponen 47 died suddenly at the home of Mrs Mary Squires in East Arlington where he had resided three years. Funeral at Hanson Walbridge with Rev Charles W Grande. Body went to West Paris Maine for service and committal. Survived by mother three brothers one sister of Farmington Maine and two daughters Mrs Larry Heikkemen and Mrs Sylvia McLaighlin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlington
Kallie S. Kilnonen
Mary Squires
East Arlington
Hanson-Walbridge
Charles W Grande
Federated Church
West Paris
Maine
Kilponen
Mary Kilponen
Farmington
Larry Heikkemen
Sylvia McLaighlin
Norway
North Adams
Mass
Joseph Zepka
Chester Gallett
Bennington
Church of the Incarnation
Blackington
Southview Cemetery
Zepka
Protection Ave
Poland
Savoy and
Hancock
Mary Zych
Bernard Grynkiewicz
South Hadley
Carl Kuras
Andrew Bator
Holyoke
Albert Zepka
Brockton
Ernest Zepka
Pittsfield
Edward
Matthew Zepka
Funeral services for Rudolph W Elwell of Shaftsbury
Funeral services for Rudolph W Elwell, well known Shaftsbury resident, were held at St. Peter's Episcopal Church with the Burial Office by Rev. Frederick B. Wolf. Burial followed in the Elwell family lot at South Shaftsbury Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rudolph W Elwell
Shaftsbury
Putnam Memorial Hospital
St. Peter's Episcopal Church
Frederick B. Wolf
Elwell
South Shaftsbury
Fr. Wolf
Obituary of Mrs Mabel Pike Buckley 76 Brattleboro
Mrs Mabel Pike Buckley 76 widow of Charles V Buckley died Monday at her daughter’s home in Wilmington after 10 days of care. Born in Wilmington April 26 1884 she taught school before marriage to Buckley in 1907. The couple ran restaurants in Wilmington Palmer Monson and Brattleboro then owned Ye Old Tavern and Albany Cafe before Mr Buckley’s death. Survived by daughter Thelma Lamarder Wilmington son Maurice Nashua sister Leila Brattleboro two grandchildren and nieces and nephews. Funeral arrangements by Dickinson Streeter Brattleboro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel (Pike) Buckley
Brattleboro
Charles V. Buckley
Wilmington
Samuel C. and
Emaline (Morris) Pike
Wilmington High School
Mr. Buckley
N.H
Leila
Holland Wilson
Dickinson Streeter Funeral Home
Dems' HQ Offers Returns and Coffee in Bennington
The Bennington Democratic headquarters on West Main Street will be open today and tonight to provide running returns as election results come in. A cable television set donated by Dave's TV will let partisans watch outcomes in other states. Coffee will be served all evening by the Bennington County Women's Democratic Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington Democratic
West Main Street
Dave's TV
Bennington, County
Vets Widows Organize Bennington Chapter No 1
State officers from Adams and Pittsfield Massachusetts met at the Bennington VFW rooms to organize a Widows of World War I Veterans chapter. Charter members include Vera Woodward Lillian Hall Margaret Ash Hazel Sweet Ethel Vance Rose Greenwood Edna Lloyd among others. ceremony followed by a buffet lunch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adams
Pittsfield
Mass
VFW
Bennington
Margaret H. Brisson
Massachusetts
New England
Theodora Lacy
Florine Riche
Elise Hannon
Vermont
Vera Woodward
Lillian Hall
Margaret Ash
Hazel Sweet
Ethel Vance
Rose Greenwood
Edna Lloyd
Helen Hall
VFW Auxiliary
Louis Ross
Voting Residents of North Bennington May Vote at Firehouse
Residents of the Village of North Bennington and those who have notified the town clerk may vote at the North Bennington Firehouse. Voting location and eligibility are specified for upcoming municipal participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Bennington
GBA Opens Breakfast Kickoff to Boost Dues Drive
The Greater Bennington Association launches a one day dues drive with an 8 a.m breakfast at the New Englander Restaurant to raise funds and prevent dissolution. President Breard Hawks says missing contributions have left the group about $3,000 in the red, threatening the office closure on November 15 if goals aren’t met. Representatives will canvass the area after breakfast to recruit members and present a clearer 1963 outlook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greater Bennington Association
New Englander
GBA
Bennington
Breard H. Hawks
S$ennington
West Coast candidate fights back against last minute attacks
The West Coast contender refutes charges of bigotry and anti government stances, labeling them false. Nixon denies a White House bid and pledged not to seek national office in 1964 while supporting Kennedy when he agrees with him. He denies involvement in the Hughes Tool loan to relatives. Brown defends himself amid campaign attacks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nixon
Dick Powell
White House
Hotise
Kennedy
GOP
Hughes Tool Co
Brown
Hughes
Students Seek Funds to Aid Negro Voting Efforts
Bennington College students set up a booth outside the Armory to solicit funds for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. The group works across the South to help Negroes vote and educate and register in rural areas with 40 Northern Student Movement volunteers in Mississippi, Georgia, and Alabama. The drive is sponsored by Williams and Bennington College Civil Rights Committees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington College
South
Student Non - Violent Coordinating Committee
Mississippi
Georgia
Alabama
Williams and Bennington College
Freedom Fighter Disturbs Peace At J F K s Hotel
Josef Mlot Mroz 41 of Salem is held on disturbing the peace charge after he rang a truck bell outside the Sheraton Plaza hotel as President Kennedy arrived to vote. Mroz, editor of Tribune of Enslaved Nations, has a history of anti communist demonstrations including a 1959 hunger strike against Khrushchev and a 1960 incident with New York police.
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Boston
Josef Mlot Mroz
Salem
Kennedy
Mlot-Mroz
Sheraton Plaza
Mrot-Mroz
the Tribune of Enslaved Nations
Nikita Khrushchev
Washington
New York
Khrushchev
United Nations
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Bennington Briefs
James M. Dubin
Benjamin Dubin
Harrison Ave
Williston Academy
Easthampton
Nancy Hoisington
Burlington
Stokes Gentry
Kings Daughters
H.N. Hammond
South St
Dunham's
Elm St
Dial
House
House Rules Committee
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Naugatuck Valley
Connecticut
St. Paul
Muskegon
Mich
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Cuba
United States
Putnam Hospital
U.N
Panama Canal
Soviet Bloc
Kallie S. Kilponen
Rudolph W. Elwell
Harte Theatre
Bennington, WI
EL Cid
Panavision
Hiesvon
IMATE
Melville Shavelson
Dems
State Armory
N. Bennington Firehouse
Landgrov
Landgrove School
Manchester
Peru Community House
Pownal
Town Hall
Readsboro
Central School
Rupert
Landgate Shaftsbury
Cole Hall
Searsburg
River
Stamford
Sunderland
Town House
Woodford
Hollow
BENHI
Elizabeth
Libby) Ayers
Penny Bergquist
Kathy Danforth
Diane Whitney
Robert Houle
West Coast
J.f.k.’S
Bennington Cooperative
Wills Building
Kodak
Noveck-Shultz Inc
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