Unification Moves as Bennington Eyes Joint Insurance Plan
Bennington town and village officials review six bids for a joint municipal health and life plan for their employees. The process, led by Selectmen and Village Trustee Joseph Pello Jr, targets a final recommendation this week with employee input already favoring Paul Revere Insurance Co.
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Bennington
Joseph A. Pello
Alma Langlois
Selectmen
Pello
Connecticut General Insurance Co
Bennington District Seeks IBM Auto Accounting Merge
Two area districts Mt Anthony Union and Bennington School District Inc plan to joint rent an IBM accounting system to automate books and student records after their merger next July 1. The measure, backed by Kenneth Baldwin, could save costs versus manual methods and requires one operator for both districts.
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Bennington Area
Mt. Anthony Union
New
Bennington
Mt. Anthony
IBM
IBM Company
National Cash Register Company
Kenneth R. Baldwin
Baldwin
Franklin D. Frantz Jr
Bareton L. Jenks
Joint Board of Directors
Union Board
Bennington Men Injured In Williamstown Accident
Four Vermont residents three from Bennington injured in a Williamstown Massachusetts crash. Leon Cross Jr 32 Bennington in fair condition possible pelvis fracture. Joseph Loyzelle 19 Bennington satisfactory condition broken left leg head cuts. Leroy LaCross 21 Bennington fair condition facial and hand cuts. Dale G Phelps 19 South Ryegate satisfactory head injuries. Police investigate cause. Cross driver of station wagon that hit a tree. Daniel Hier 21 Bennington injured in separate Williams Town crash discharged after head bruises.
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Vermont
Bennington
Williamstown
Mass
North Adams Hospital
Leon Cross Jr
Joseph Loyzelle
Cross
U.S. 7
Daniel F. Hier
Pratt St
North Adams
Hier
State Road
Mt. Williams Green House
Stock Averages Rise and Fall Across Sectors
The report shows the market at midday with the stock averages mixed. Industrials slip to 949.93, down 1.39, railroads fall to 235.89, down .67, utilities edge higher to 158.39, up .06, and the composite average sits at 334.30, down .53 with volume at 2,210,000 shares.
Water Board Weighs Unification Administration Options
At a special Tuesday meeting the Bennington Water Board reviewed proposals for running the water system if town village unification occurs. Village attorney John H Williams noted that a town takeover would place rights and obligations under the Putnam deed of gift with the town, making it responsible for operations. The Unification study committee asked whether administration should stay under a water commissioners board or shift to town selectmen.
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Bennington Water Board
John H. Williams
Williams
Board of Water Commissioners
Alfred W. Eblett
Unification Committee
Seymour G. Shultz
George Allard
Herbert Horst
Water Department
Horst
Obituary notes for Dr Donald M McKee in Plymouth Mass
Plymouth and Bennington obituaries report Dr Donald M McKee 36 a Plymouth surgeon fatally injured in a one car Massachusetts Turnpike crash near Palmer due to a fractured skull and injuries. Survivors include wife Lucie Mayer and three children. Funeral plans at St Peters Church and Old Bennington Cemetery. Also notices for Mrs Alfred Yott and Arthur E Baker with service details.
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Plymouth
Mass
Donald M. McKee
Lucie Mayer
West Road
Bennington
Massachusetts Turnpike
Palmer
McKe
Indianapolis
Ind
Robert
Josephine
Morris) McKee
Massachusetts General Hospital
Harvard
Harvard Medical School
McKee
Kenneth
Katharine
Hanson - Walbridge Funeral Home
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
Frederick B. Wolf
Old Bennington Cemetery
Funeral for Rev Edgar W Johnson in Fair Haven
Memorial services for 72 year old Rev Edgar W Johnson who died Tuesday in Manchester Center were held at First Baptist Church with Rev Ehrmann Bennett officiating. He previously led Fair Haven Baptist Church for 17 years before moving to Manchester Baptist. Services preceded committal at Cedar Grove Cemetery.
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Fair Haven
Edgar W. Johnson
Manchester Center
First Baptist Church
Ehrmann Bennett
Mr. Johnson
Manchester Baptist Church
Cedar Grove
YMCA Volley Ball Session And Blackout Game
YMCA notes a 5 to 6 30 p m Thursday men’s volley ball session featuring a Blackout game where a player showered thinking lights would stay out and returned to play better. A blazing fire lit the lobby during the period. The Rifle Club meets Saturday morning at the Armory led by John P Riddle.
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YMCA
Ymca Rifle Club
John P. Riddle
Cpl Smith in Critical Condition After Rutland Incident
Cpl Lawrence E Smith State Police attached to Shaftsbury barracks remained in critical condition at Mary Fletcher Hospital Burlington after a fall at his Rutland home Saturday He underwent head surgery Sunday and was later moved from Rutland to Burlington where doctors called his condition grave The 40 year old man son of Mr and Mrs Thomas Smith of Manchester Depot is well known statewide and was found by his wife after tripping on stairs He now reports from Bellows Falls office.
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Lawrence E. Smith
Shaftsbury
Mary Fletcher Hospital
Burlington
Rutland
Cpl. Smith
Thomas Smith
Manchester
Rutland Hospital
Smith
Bellows Falls
BFRC Launches Fund Drive and Plans Training Class
The Bennington Friends of Retarded Children kicks off National Retarded Children's Week with an annual appeal seeking 12 163 dollars to support local education and aid programs. State funding rises to about 43 000 dollars as a new trainable retarded class starts in January at Red Brick School Shaftsbury.
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BFRC
Bennington Friends of
Red Brick School
Shaftsbury
Bennington Friends
Earle W. Forman
Main St
Forman
Winhall man fined in Municipal Court for DUI
Rays mond R. Hallenbeck, 41, was fined 100 dollars plus costs in Sunderland Municipal Court for driving while intoxicated on October 18. Judge George M. Fienberg, ruling in special quarters during court redecorating, ordered the heavy fine after Hallenbeck pleaded guilty. Also noted were hospital admission of Ivor S. Pelsue, Vermont Highway Department, to Putnam Memorial Hospital with satisfactory condition, and a busy docket of arraignments and fines for various driving offenses.
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Winhall
Municipal Court Library
Sunderland
George M. Fienberg
Raysmond R. Hallenbeck
Ivor S. Pelsue
Vermont Highway Department
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Tony K. Morin
North Adams
Mass
North Street
William J. Parrish
Peru
Parrish
Patricia A. K. Marechal
Shaftsbury
U.S
Charles E. Bullock
Ontario
Canada
Pownal
Larrry E. Lauzon
Fillmore Street
Bennington
East Rupert
Richard B. Wilkins
Dorset
Wilkins
Joseph McNealus
Pawlet
Allan R. Hill
Terence K. Grogan
Coventry
R.I
Fienberg
Grogan
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Bennington Town
Paul Revere
Connecticut General
John Hanecock Mutual Life Insurance Co
Aetna Insurance Co
Blue Cross
Blue Shield
And
Insurance
Loneergan and Thomas Insurance Agency
First National Stores
North Bennington Rd
Bennington, UI
Give
Mee Rtame
Harte Theatre
Columbia Pictures Presents
Richard Widmark
Sidney Poitier
James MacArthur
Dow Jones—Bache & Co
Albany
Besa A
Water Board
Alfred Yott Sr
Alfred Yott
Mary Montero
Portugal
Boston
Arthur E. Baker
Rhodesia
House of Commons
Britain
Topeka, Kan
UPI
Gene Benson
Benson
Sally Hubbert
Charlotte Johnson
Red Brick
June Nicholson
Jim Foster
Walter Carey
Kevin Becker
Bennington Briefs
The
Practical Nurses Association
Arthur J. LaCroix
U.S. Navy
A.J. LaCroix
Lincoln St
Hawaii
Hawaiian
Western Pacific
Rose Gleason
Elizabeth Groenwegen
Altar Rosary Society
K of C
Second Congregational Church
Iron
New England
Iron Kettle
St. Francis de Sales
St. Joseph's Novitiate
St. Bernard
LeBlanc
Mark E. Baker
Baker
BRFC
Stuents
Vernon O’dell
Helen V. LeBlanc
Barbara O’dell
Hoosick Falls
Howard Lohnes
Petersburg
Albert Krawczyk
Marshall Knapp
Elizabeth Russell
Lillian Lancour
North Bennington
Charles Conquest
North Hoosick
Chad Phillips
Arlington
Evelyn Vincent
Berlin
N.Y
Agnes Ferranini
Thomas de Mars
Eagle Street
Clifford Brimmer
Willow Road
Linden Parrish
Maple St
St. Raphael’s Hospital
New Haven
Conn
Paul Alfred
Robert Ostberg
Captain’s Walk
Clinton
Ostberg
Safford and Gage Streets
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