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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1965
Page
10
Bennington Town and Village trustees near a decision on joint health insurance bids from Paul Revere. Village trustees failed to reach a quorum, delaying final action while town officials favored Paul Revere for higher sick leave, major medical coverage, and larger life benefits.
SHAFTSBURY Vermont Department of Public Safety has assigned a new trooper to the state patrol post in Shaftsbury reporting Monday in an internal memo. The move expands coverage amid ongoing training and patrol needs.
Three people were injured when a 1958 Dodge driven by Jack A. Lettre 18 of 117 McCall Street veered off Lovers Lane in Bennington after being blinded by another car’s lights. Lettre suffered a cut above the eye while passengers Thomas Coyne and Eleanor Gatlin, both of Bennington, had leg and knee injuries respectively. Police estimated $300 damage. In a separate incident on Union and South Streets at noon Tuesday, Edmund J. Lauzon Jr. and Beatrice Edmunds reported minor bumper contact. Bennington Village Police, working with Shaftsbury troopers, also announced the addition of Glenn Hall 29 to the force, joining as a southern county trooper alongside two others covering Manchester and north areas. Hall, a native of New Jersey, has lived in Vermont seven years, previously with American Optical and Brattleboro police. He and his wife Audrey and their three-year-old daughter will reside on Hawks Avenue in North Bennington.
A Sacred Music Concert is planned Sunday at 7 30 p.m. at First Methodist Church featuring about 60 voices from Bennington Brattleboro and Shaftsbury Methodist choirs with guests. An afternoon rehearsal starts at 3 p.m. A bag lunch social follows the rehearsal before the concert. Singers perform works by Hadyn Beethoven Shubert and more directed by Dean Osgood Mrs Ethel Hamilton and John North with organists Harold McDonald Peter Gowen and Mrs Eleanor Lawrence. Soloists include Mrs Virginia Barrett Mrs Ruth Watkin Mrs Noreen Mason and Mrs Ethel Hamilton. A trumpet quartet performs Lord Open Thou Our Eyes.
Grace M. Hibbard 66 wife of Perley N. Hibbard died at Fairview Nursing Home after over two years as patient Born in Dedham Massachusetts February 25 1899 daughter of Samuel and Mary Jane Bargh Married August 1927 moved to Bennington 1930 from Norwood later lived on West Road Colgate farm then South Stream Road engaged in poultry and dairy business Active in community affairs Survived by husband two sons Albert D Hibbard Homer NY Samuel N Hibbard Holden MA a brother William H Burgh West Roxbury MA and four granddaughters Family services Thursday 10 a.m. Hanson Walbridge Funeral Home Brookdale Cemetery Dedham MA 2 p.m. prayer service with burial at Brookdale Cemetery Dedham MA
The Bennington area YMCA affiliated IMC holds its monthly meeting at Mt Anthony Country Club with dinner at 7 pm. Guest speaker Jack Woolley of Norwich University discusses a unique service for Vermont industry. All men in managerial positions in Bennington county and Hoosick Falls invited. IMC president Ted Dawicki presides. A weekly rotating industry display will run in the YMCA lobby to educate youth about local industry. Funeral notices follow for Wallace H. Venable, 72, ex NASC science head and veteran.
Republicans and Democrats for Bennington County senators and Bennington Woodford district representatives will attend the Know Your Candidates meeting tonight at 8 in the Bennington High School auditorium. Sponsored by the Bennington League of Women Voters as a nonpartisan voters service.
The Hoff Administration plans a new push to pass comprehensive school districting legislation in the 1966 session. It uses state aid incentives and permissive provisions to attract reluctant districts, with a stiff consequence implied for noncompliance.
The Southern Vermont Chapter of The American Association of Retired Persons will hold a special meeting at 10 a.m. Friday in the social room of the Bennington Free Library. Vermont Congressman Robert T. Stafford will be the guest speaker. He will review bills enacted by the 89th Congress. The meeting is open to the public and no business will be conducted.
Rutland David N Webster son of Mr and Mrs Irving N Webster of 706 County St has re enlisted in the Marine Corps for two years He was sworn in at Albany New York and began a 30 day leave before duty at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point NC He is a corporal jet engine mechanic with four years prior service and previously worked as a drill press operator The article also notes pending education reform plans for school districts and state aid increases but these relate to separate items and are not about Webster.
The Bennington Rotary Club schedules its annual auction for Saturday December 4 starting at 9 a.m. at the Bennington Armory. Donations are being gathered by chairman Richard Jolivette with a growing list of committee chairs and auctioneers Sal Santarcangelo and Vincent Pizzano. Proceeds fund community projects and ski tow improvements at Mt Anthony Country Club. Call 2-5489 to donate or arrange pickup.
At the meeting the proposal to discharge wastes through a giant river bottom pipe and empty them far out in the Atlantic was circulated by a participant. A reply cited that the plan had been proposed years ago by a representative of the Rensselaer County Health Department, and Ingraham said the state is not considering the plan.
Mary Carey Dailey widow of Edward J. Dailey and mother of Mrs George Bierwirth of Bennington died November 7 in Bennington. Funeral held November 9 at the Church of the Immaculate Conception with Requiem Mass by Rev Alfred Ellis and committal prayers by Rev Charles Bauman. Bearers were Daniel Boylan Robert Griffin John Benkowski and Paul H LaPorte. Survivors include a sister Mrs Catherine McGrath Bronxville two grandsons and 10 great grandchildren. Her brother built the Whitingham Dam the first earthen dam in the country.
Hospital notes list admissions including Mrs Ellen Long Mrs Barbara Prouty Gary Michaels Bennington Miss Laura Eddy and others at Manchester Center Hoosick Falls North Bennington and East Dorset Discharges include Steven Brookman Mrs Elizabeth Wilcox and daughter Mrs Wilma Kasavicha and other Hoosick Falls Manchester Center and North Bennington residents Births report a son to Mr and Mrs Francis Livingstone of White Creek on November 16.
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