Track officials clash over pari mutuel profits and state tax
In Vermont lawmakers spar over racing revenues as Green Mountain Park reports a total handle of 29.5 million dollars across 171 programs since April. O'Brien questions betting needs while Bartimo cites optimistic assumptions and demands an audit of the books. The track cites state license fees and uncashed tickets as part of revenue. Attendance rose to 603,670 across three meetings, with Labor Day drawing 11,591. A Twin Double record payout and Labor Day betting highs mark the year's results. In Tokyo, former police officer Michio Miyashita is jailed for one and a half years after forging jail papers to release a woman for a hotel stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Islator
Chittenden County
John J
Jack) O’brien
Pownal
United States
Bartimo
Green Mountain Park
Vermont
Tokyo
UPI
Michio Miyashita
Miyashita
Fund Drive Aims to Raise 10725 for Red Brick School
The Bennington Friends of Retarded Children announce a drive to raise 10725 for the Red Brick School and related services for mentally retarded children. Contributions may be mailed to Arthur Murphy, treasurer, or given in coin cans around Bennington, with a street collection planned Friday evening. Local funds cover school needs like hot lunches, building upkeep, and bus transportation. The Cora B. Whitney P T A Group meets at 8 tonight in the kindergarten room with four district supervisors speaking on art, vocal music, physical education, and guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur B.murphy
BFRC
Salvatore Santarcangelo
William D. Worthington
Viola Goodyear
Daisy L. Myers
Julius H. Manes
Alfred Hertz
George Sleeman
Stephen H. Gilman
Gloria Gil
Philip McKenna
Betty Tyman
Fernand Gendron
Red Brick
The
Bennington Friends of
Bennington
Arthur Murphy
County National Bank
Cora B. Whitney
Walter Gavin
Sylvia DuCharme
Elizabeth Gilmore
Thomas Butterfield
George Slee
State Department of Education
Red Brick School
Arlington
Shaftsbury
Pownal
Woodford
Alice Miller
Lorraine Eastman
Edward Flynn
Avis Whitman
Bennington Friends of Retarded Children
Francis B. Flanagan
Melvin McGaughey
Julius Manes
Marie Condon
Daisy Myers
Betty Tynan
Joseph Hall
Double T T Farm
Fairdale Farms
H. J. Horst
Burdick Farms
North Bennington
Masonic Lodge to Honor Lester Nichols 50-year Member
Mt Anthony Lodge No 13 will hold ceremonies at the Masonic Temple to honor Lester H Nichols on his 50-year anniversary on November 17. The program will feature Worship Master John E Maxmillian, pin from Right Worshipful Leon W Eldred, and musical numbers by Village President Salvatore Santarcangelo. Additional participants include Charles F Mason and Henry W Bassen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John E. Maxmillian
Mt. Anthony Lodge No. 13
F&am
Masonic Temple
Lester H. Nichols
Nichols
Edwin L
Bennington
Grand Lodge
Burlington
Maxmillian
Leon W. Eldred
Salvatore Santarcangelo
Charles F. Mason
Henry W. Bassen
Lodge
Santa Barbara
Calif
Hospital Notes November 13 Admissions and Discharges List
Admissions include Judith LaTorella Manchester Center Evelyn Carelli Hoosick Falls Atta Bible Bernadette Sausville Susan Cullinan Wilfred Bourgeois Rita Tremblay Bennington Donna Wager Berlin N Y Marion Graves Manchester Depot Helen Agostini Bernard Cullinan Arlington Dean Yar nal Bennington Discharges list Charles W Tinkham North Hoosick Joseph Bekkenhuis Jr Whitingham Robert R Watson Florence WN Wood Bennington Frank M Boupton White Creek Carl Cunningham Mary Jane Welch Hoosick Falls JuneKittel Louise Mattison Patricia Pran dini Bennington Master Stephen Wilson North Hoosick Dorothy Sparrow Wilmington Helen Bishop Pownal Center Bessie Hogan Master Jason Keough Barbara Green Helen Oldham Bennington Lia Shattuck Manchester Depot Katherine Tarbell Dorset Births Mr and Mrs Benjamin Cummings Arlington a son Nov 13 Also birth of Jennifer Dawn to Capt and Mrs D B Fountain of Tokyo Japan Mrs Fountain is Elizabeth Hohman of Bennington They have three other children.
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Charles W. Tinkham
North Hoosick
Joseph Bekkenhuis Jr
Whitingham
Robert R. Watson
Florence WN
Wood
Bennington
Frank M. Boupton
White Creek
Carl Cunningham
Mary Jane Welch
Hoosick Falls
June Kittel
Louise Mattison
Patricia Prandini
Sephen Wilson
Dorothy Sparrow
Wilmington
Helen Bishop
Pownal Center
Bessie Hogan
Jason Keough
Barbara Green
Helen Oldham
Lia Shattuck
Manchester
Katherine Tarbell
Dorset
Jennifer Dawn
D. B. Fountain
Tokyo
Japan
Fountain
Elizabeth Hohman
Bennington Area Groups Meet Amid Holiday Prep
Bennington briefs note Beech Street PTG meeting Tuesday at 7 30 p m at the school with Marian Taylor and Franklin Frantz Jr of the Union School board as guest speakers. YMCA board and auxiliary dinners and meetings follow on Tuesday evening, plus several church and civic group gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beech Street Ptg
Marian Taylor
Franklin Frantz Jr
The
Union School Board
Bennington Area
YMCA
Record Deer Hunt Looms With High County Totals
Deer hunting enters peak phase as mounts rise with Addison Bennington 43 and Windham 170 leading totals. County sums show 756 animals across regions while a fatal hunting accident in Vermont ends Canada victim Sidney B. Phelps’s life after a shotgun misfire during a farewell gesture. Fernand J. Lavoie injured in Walden accident as rifle discharged while passing weapon in a car.
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Addison Bennington
Caldonia
Chittenden
Essex
Franklin
Lamoille
Orange
Orleans
Rutland
Washington
Windhall
Windsor
Moretown
UPD
Connecticut
Vermont
Sidney B. Phelps
Fairfield
Conn
John
Phelps
Fernard J. Lavoie
Valleyfield
Que
Walden
Joseph P. Leduc
Adelaid
Lavoie
Weekend Accidents Across U S 7 and Benmont Ave
A series of weekend accidents are reported by state and local police. Susan L Eggs ware, 21, of Park Street Extension, lost control on U S 7 in Shaftsbury and rolled over after veering to avoid another vehicle. no injuries. Kenneth P Montgomery, 26, of Granville, backed into a brick sign base at Ladd Brook Restaurant with moderate damage. James N Moon, 29, of North Adams, suffered chest injuries when his car left U S 7 in Pownal and hit a rock ledge. ambulance ferried him to Putnam Memorial Hospital in good condition. James E Bartlett, 44, of Beech Street Extension, sustained facial cuts after his car struck a guard post and pole near U S 7 and Vermont 67, cutting power to South Shaftsbury for about half an hour. In Bennington, two cars damaged at Main Street and Benmont Avenue when Everette E Newell stopped for a sign and collided with Norman A Dresner.
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Susan L. Eggsware
Park Street Extension
U.S. 7
Shaftsbury
Kenneth P. Montgomery
Granville
N.Y
Ladd Brook
Montgomery
James N. Moon
North Adams
Mass
Pownal
Pownal Center
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Moon
James E. Bartlett
Beech Street
South Shaftsbury
Bartlett
Vermont 67
Bennington Village
Main Street
Benmont Avenue
Everette E. Newell
Hallowell
Maine
Ben Mont Avenue
Newell
Norman A. Dresner
New York City
Funeral for Robert B. Clarke at Green Mountain Park
The funeral for Robert B. Clarke mutuel clerk at Green Mountain Park Pownal was held Saturday afternoon at Hanson-Walbridge Funeral Home. The service was officiated by Rev Cornelius Clarke of the Christian Alliance Church with military honors by Bennington Post No 13 American Legion. Interment followed at Harmony Grove Cemetery Portsmouth NH with bearers Richard O'Dowd Harold Smith Jacob Abbott Basil French and Martin Sullivan.
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Robert B. Clarke
Green Mountain Park
Pownal
Hanson-Walbridge
Cornelius Clarke
Christian Alliance Church
Bennington
American Legion
Edward Reod
David Knights
Mr. Clarke
U.S. Army
Edward Warner
Carl Capella
Lawrence Case
Hugh Rogers
Robert Dimke
John Flynn
Harmony Grove Cemetery
Portsmouth
N. H
Richard O’dowd
Harold Smith
Jacob Abbott
Basil French
Martin Sullivan
C. Hodgins
Water Department Superintendent For 24 Years
Obituary notices memorialize Emory H Wheeler 68 longtime Bennington Village Water Department superintendent who died suddenly in Glens Falls NY after retirement from 37 years service. Born August 15 1896 he married Ruth Stockwell in 1920 and left behind daughter Thelma Cormuss brother Joel plus two granddaughters. Funeral at Hanson Walbridge with Rev Payne, memorials to Vermont Heart Fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emory H. Wheeler
Bennington
Burgess Road
Ruth Stockwell
Somerset
Vermont Heart Fund
Bennington Court Records Summarize Nov 10 Violations
Municipal Court cases cover multiple defendants on U S 7 in Bennington and surrounding towns. William Klein Walter Dumont Erwin Metzer Philip Mayo Jr Isabel Gwinn James Benson Robert Bingham Donald Towne Shirley Foster James Foster Charles Gilbeau Gerald Krawczyk Bernard Bourgeois John Tymosko Warren MacDonald face fines for highway use permit violations and speeding with several arrests dated November 10 and November 12 and one July 3 incident in Woodford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Klein
New Jeresey
U.S. 7
Bennington
Klein
Walter F. Dumont
Cranbury
N.J
U.S
Erwin Metzer
Bronx
N.Y
Woodford
Metzer
Philip W. Mayo Jr
Cheshire
Mass
Vermont
Pownal
Isabel M. Gwinn
Darien
Conn
James Q. Benson
North Haven
Putney
Manchester
Shirley A. Foster
James K. Foster
Charles A. Gilbeau
George M. Fienberg
Gerald F. Krawczyk
Bernard J. Bourgeois
North St
John P. Tymosko
North Adams
Warren W. MacDonald
MacDonald
Shaftsbury petitions seek revote on union withdrawal
Dr Faris expects selectmen to call a new vote soon after Shaftsbury and North Bennington districts weigh actions. Original Shaftsbury withdrawal passed 279 to 261. Voters in North Bennington on Tuesday will decide on withdrawing or remaining in the union district. Discussion includes a possible Norshaft union high school. Timing tight to meet the 30 day petition limit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Faris
Shaftsbury
North Bennington
Norshaft Union High School
Unemployment In Bennington Shows Increase
Uninsured unemployment in the Bennington area averaged 2.6 percent in October, versus 2.9 percent statewide. October's rate rose from 2.3 percent in September and 5 percent a year ago, with 190 initial claims filed statewide due to new unemployment or shortened hours. Industry breakdown shows apparel, service and private households, and wholesale and retail trade driving claims.
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Bennington
Frank H. Mudgett
Department of Employment Security
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Ora B. Whitney
Masonic Lodge
Lester Nichols
Ludlow
Vermont Association For Retarded Children
Harold Shepard
Judith LaTorella
Manchester Center
Evelyn Carelli
Atta Bible
Bernadette Sausville
Susan Cullinan
Wilfred Bourgeois
Rita Tremblay
Donna Wager
Berlin
Marion Graves
Helen Agostini
Bernard Cullinan
Dean Yarnal
Benjamin Cummings
Bennington Briefs
American Legion Auxiliary
Nevils
Park Street
Veteran’s
Circle IV
First Methodist Church
Robert Gibbs
Women of the Moose No. 1018
Moose Hall
Bessie Burgess
Jean Thompson
Josephine Baczek
Helen Foster
Vera Johnson
Gage Street
Oliver L. Lawrence Sr
Oliver L. Lawrence Jr
Miami Springs
Fla
Harold Ryan
New York
South
Robert McCoy
Washington Ave
McCoy
Edith Walker
Jean Durant
Margaret Lillie
Molly Stark
New York City Coliseum
Betty
Frances Lillie
Gail Sawyer
Radio City Music Hall
Norman E. Joly
U.S. Navy
William J, Joly
R.D, No. 2
Randolph
Norfolk
James Shea
Water Department
Robert F. Taylor
Taylor
Pownal Road
Roland J
Louise B. (Selby) Taylor
Williamstown
Florence Moore
Pittsfield
Frederick B. Wolf
St. Peter’s Church
Park Lawn Cemetery
Mahar & Son Funeral
Thrift Shop
Genevieve Phillips
Marjorie Hayes
Peggy Haug
Juna Fuller
Amy Howard
Sally Adams
Agnes Johnson
Mabel Towart
Esther Burt
Olp Gond
Kentucky
Union School
Dow-Jones—Bache & Co
Albany
Harte Theatre
Century-Fox
Glenn Ford
Nancy Kan
Rod Taylor
Suzanne Pleshette
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