Brattleboro Eyes Vermont Style for Bennington Plans
Brattleboro officials compare Bennington's split villages and school districts with Brattleboro’s model, arguing consolidation is mostly political. They highlight Brattleboro’s representative town meeting, strong fire and recreation services, modernized assessments, and a high but arguably comprehensive tax base.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethel
Essex Junction
Brattleboro
Bennington
Meerve
Donnington
Beecause
Elwell
Bennington’s
Bratstleboro
Howard Mattison
Bennington Rural
North Bennington
West Brattleboro
Vermont
Trustees Delay Decision on a Second Police Car
Bennington Village trustees postponed a final choice on buying a second police cruiser for next year. At a special meeting they will review year end finances to decide if two cars can be afforded, considering bids from Wilson Ford Co. and Williams and Bugbee and potential trade ins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Wilson Ford Co
Williams and Bugbee
Accidents Noted By State Police
A state police report details several crashes. Margaret Trask of Adams Massachusetts rear ended Joyce Sweet of Lyons District at a Bennington Flats shopping access point. Vermont 11 30 in Winhall saw a vehicle go off embankment, Velma Tanner injured minor. Alfred Tanner Jr Burlington driver hit guard rails rolled over and struck a tree. West Main and Valentine Streets intersection saw Ellen Bishop and Aaron Preston collide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington Flats
Margaret Trask
Adams
Mass
Joyce M. Sweet
Lyons District
Velma Tanner
Burlington
Clifford Harwood
Manchester
Alfred Tanner Jr
West Main
Valentine Streets
Bennington Village
Ellen Bishop
South Stream Road
Valentine
Aaron Preston
Newfane
Main Street
Pre School Placement Test Described to Board by Sleeman
George A. Sleeman described a 20 minute test from Gesell Institute to judge preschool readiness for kindergarten. The program would be a three year pilot with Bennington Village and Greater Bennington schools, funded only by a tester’s salary. The tester could handle about 600 children and would likely be a local young teacher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prudential Committee
Greater
Bennington
George A. Sleeman
Bennington High School
Sleeman
Gesell Institute of Child Development
New Haven
Conn
Frances Ilg
Ilg
Bennington Village
Greater Bennington
Bennington Briefs Roundup of local meetings and notices
Bennington briefs list town notices and gatherings including Civil Defense net tonight at 9 on Channel 2, Wom en of St. Peters meeting, Selective Service office hours, Emblem Club, Southern Vermont Dairy Goat Association, VFW Auxiliary, Catholic Daughters rummage sale details, Methodist Circle meeting, a Bennington Club roast beef dinner, and Thanksgiving turkey cooking ad. Also school board updates cover placement test discussion, walkway project approval, Beech Street School repairs, new typewriter purchase, custodian hours, and plans to contact Vermont Railway about Willow Road planking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elwell
Brattleboro
Miller
Bennington
John H. Williams
Esex
Essex
Vermont
Water and Sewer Departments
Highway Department
Brattleboro Housing Authority
Town of
Civil Defense Citizens Band
Fran Hoag
Beech Street
Heard Committee
Stewart E. Allen
Jay Wulfson
Vermont Railway Corp
Willow Road
Molly Stark
Rural School Board Seeks Classrooms
The Greater Bennington School District plans at least two more classrooms by September to ease Beech Street and Molly Stark School crowding. A mobile classroom was added this year, and census data expect about 100 first graders annually. Board weighs options amid potential union high school plans and future merger talks.
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Greater Bennington School District Inc
Prudential Committee
Stewart E. Allen
Beech Street
Molly Stark
Allen
Harriet M. Davis
Bennington Village
Obituary of Mrs. Bessie Fine Perelman 80
Mrs. Bessie Fine Perelman 80 of New Rochelle died after a long illness in a nursing home. Born in Russia February 15 1884 she was active in Jewish women’s groups in Burlington and Florida, founder of Buds of Zion in 1902, and had three daughters and six grandchildren. Funeral was at Mt Lebanon Cemetery Iselin New Jersey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Rochelle
N.Y
Bessie Fine Perelman
Russia
James
Esther (Getz) Fine
Burlington
Temple Zamora
Coral Gables
Fla
Ahavath Gerim
Hadassah
Council of Jewish Women
Estabel Levine
Nesbith Fienberg
Bensington
Phyllis Rose
Mt. Lebanon Cemetery
Islin
N.J
Stock Averages At Noon On Wall Street
Dow Jones averages show slight gains with the Industrials up .71 to 875.28, Utilities up .36 and the Composite dipping .24 to 309.27. Railroads fall 1.37 to 214.33 amid steady market activity and total sales reach 2,070,000.
Hanks To Speak On Thailand Study Tonight
Hanks and Jane R. Hanks who joined the Bennington Cornell survey of hill tribes in Thailand will discuss Tribes and Trials of the Hills in Northern Thailand at the Social Science Workshop at 8 p.m. at Bennington College. The slides illustrate the presentation, now moved to Room 1 in the Barn to welcome the public. Hanks is on leave as a Bennington College faculty member.
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North Bennington
Lucien
Jane R. Hanks
Bennington - Cornell
Thailand
Bennington College
Hanks
Veterans Day rites hosted by Van Santvoord in Bennington
George Van Santvoord of Shadowbrook Farm World War I Croix de Guerre winner will speak at Veterans Day ceremonies before the Town Building on South Street. Bennington’s new town representative and former Hotchkiss headmaster returned in 1955. Parade starts 10:30 a.m. from Bennington High School with Gold Star Mothers and 86th Eng. Co. color guards.
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George van Santvoord
Shadowbrook Farm
South Street
van Santvoord
Bennington
Hotchkiss School
Lakeville
Conn
Bennington High School
Salvatore Santar
Nington Catholic High School
Main Street
Greater Bennington Association
Vermont Blind Council Meets At Annual Convention
At the Vermont Council for the Blind annual convention held Saturday in Bennington Clarence Briggs and his blind wife from East Main Street arranged the gathering. Hayden Nichols of Rutland presided with his wife Helen. Delegates came from Bennington Brattleboro and Rutland. A new constitution was enacted and speakers from Albany and Montpelier discussed agency functions and legislative interest. Next year’s convention was tentatively set for Brattleboro.
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Vermont Council For the Blind
Bennington
Clarence Briggs
East Main Street
K of C Hall
Knot+ ty Pine
Brattleboro
Rutland
Hayden Nichols
Helen
Joseph Pike
Albany
N.Y
Association For the Blind
Howard Walbridge
Division of Services For the Blind
Montpelier
William Dwyer
Empire State Association For the Blind
Vermont
New York States
Hospital Notes November 9 Admissions and Births
Hospital notes list admissions including Marie Burdick North Pownal James Ward Mrs Pauline Barber Mrs Ida Sweet Bennington Joseph Bekkenhuis Jr Whitingham Stedman Aldrich Dorset Susan Manton Wilmington Gertrude Robinson Manchester Master Jonathan McCafferty West Dover Discharges include Marilyn Boyle Bennington and Master Cal vie Towery Arlington Births report Dor een Marie Sachau Brattleboro born November 9 to Peter and Barbara Sachau formerly of Bennington Deborah Rachel born October 30 to Peter and Paula Manes Waban Mass granddaughter of Julius Manes Union Street. siblings Barbara Gail Sherry Jane.
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Marie Burdick
North Pownal
James Ward
Pauline Barber
Ida Sweet
Bennington
Joseph Bekkenhuis Jr
Whitingham
Stedman Aldrich
Dorset
Susan Manton
Wilmington
Gertrude Robinson
Manchester
Jonathan McCafferty
West Dover
Peter Manes
Helena Road
Waban
Mass
Deborah Rachel
Julius H. Manes
Union Street
Barbara Gail
Sherry Jane
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Brattleboro Government
Joseph Pello
Springfield
Pello
Williams
John DeVito
William F. D. Smith
Leo Boutin
Clement Gilchrist
Arthur Taylor
John Litster
Burton Potter
Carmel Babcock
Oscar Fienberg
Volkswagen
Dial
Bennington, Vt
Depot Street
Richard Hollister
State Fire Marshal's Office
Hollister
Nixon
Chicago
Illinois
Goldwater
Rockefeller
GOP
Republican
High Center
Johnson
Bennington Briefs
The
Banner
the Women of
St. Peter’s Church
Board of Selective Service
Emblem Club
Elks Rooms
Southern Vermont Dairy Goat Association, Inc
Arthur Bemis
Westminster West
Julia Ernst
VFW
North Street
Thelma Provost
Catholic Daughters of America
Anne Cummings
First Methodist Church
Reba Moninger
Elm St
Bennington Club
Ladd Brook
U.S. 7
Pownal
Tel
Morse and Butler Inc
W. Philip Walker
Omer
Sam) Durant
Rural School Board
Bessie F. Perelman
Dow Jones—Bache & Co
Bennington Municipal Court
Stewart S. Leber
Glencoe
Ill
Arlington Village
Thomas M. Lewinson
New York City
Frederick A. Watson
U.S
Shaftsbury
Samuel J. Candid
Arlington
Frederick R. Metcalf
Peru
Carl E. Allen
Roger Smith
Harteford
Smith
Vermont Blind Council
Marilyn Boyle and Son
Calvin Toweery
Peter Sachau
Doreen Marie
Sachau
Gedeon LaCroix
Park Street
Harte Harte Theatre
Fred Macmurray
Polly Bergen
Tal Wallis
Otoole
Panavision
Swift
Salem
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