Woodford Road Fire Leaves Family Homeless
Firefighters from Woodford-Bennington rushed to a blaze at the Draper Mill on Woodford Hollow, gutting the Wright family apartment and destroying possessions not insured. Assistant chief Turgeon said water came from a deep well and two portable pumps, with cause to be investigated. No injuries reported. five Wright children survive. Separately, a Wednesday afternoon fire at Fairdale Farms damaged the men’s locker room, with losses estimated under $1,000 and an insurance adjuster to inspect Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodford
Bennington
Woodford Hollow
Fairdale Farms
Draper Mill
Olin C. Smith
Woodford Road
Wright
Turgeon
Robert T. Holden
Holden
Candidates Debate Focuses On Redistricting And Route 7
Vermont senatorial candidates tackled reapportionment and regional school districts at meetings for Subdistricts 2 and 3. They debated equal representation principles, rural minority protections, and a crash program for upgrading U.S. 7 with Angney favoring potential four lane plans. Santarcangelo warned of delays to Bennington bypass, while Condon proposed a tourist route concept for Route 7 and cautioned against overbuilding highway capacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington Town
van Santvoord
General Assembly
House
Senate
Howard
Wilson
Chittenden County
Rutland County
Grand Isle
Vermont
Charles Tilgner
Lillie
Angney
Santarcangelo
State Highway Department
Bennington
U.S. 5
N.Y. 9
N.Y. 22
New York State
U.S. 7
Condon
Stephen H. Gilman
Margaret Lillie
Bennington County
Republican Committee
Nesbith Fienberg
Democratic Committee
Oakes Raps Hoff At Wilmington GOP Meeting
Former Windham County Sen James L Oakes assails Gov Hoff for calling Republicans a negative party He cites reforms built by Republicans including highway work state parks and municipal bonds He and other candidates spoke at Wilmington High School urging support for party platforms and upcoming elections
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakes
Democrat Hoff
Wilmington
Windham County
James L. Oakes
Brattleboro
Windham County Republic Committee
Philip H. Hoff
Hoff
Windham and
Republican Party
Vermont
North Village Merchant Dies at 76
William Clayton Colvin 76 a North Bennington merchant and noted auctioneer died at Putnam Memorial Hospital Bennington after several months of frail health. Surviving are six children and four sons with funeral at Hanson Walbridge. Memorials to Vermont Cancer Society.
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North Bennington
William Clayton Colvin
North Village
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Bennington
C.H. Houghton & Co
A.N. Shepard
A.S. Hathaway
Fred Beagle
Colvin & Beagle
Bank Street
Welcome Hall
Taconic Grange No. 491
Shaftsbury
Russell
Amherst
Mass
Edwin
Harold
Albert Colvin
Hanson- Walbridge Funeral Home
Grandview Cemetery
Slick Roads Spark Multiple Accidents In Vermont County
Severe snowfall produced hazardous driving across Bennington County on Thursday morning. State police had few details, but reports cited a jackknifed trailer on U.S. 7 near Death Valley and minor crashes in Shaftsbury Pownal and nearby areas. In Bennington village a 1965 Volkswagen station wagon driven by Marie M. St Amand skidded on Ben Mont Avenue striking a parked Richard Lindsey Dodge. both vehicles sustained rear and front end damage respectively.
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Bennington
Shaftsbury Barracks
Death Valley
U.S. 7
Shaftsbury
Pownal
Ben Mont Avenue
Marie M. St. Amand
Woodford
Richard Lindsey
Washington Avenue
Miss Amand
Lindsey
Funeral for Wallace H Venable at St John’s North Adams
Wallace H Venable retired head of the science department at North Adams State College and former member of the North Adams School Committee died of a heart attack Tuesday in North Adams. Funeral at St. John’s Episcopal Church Friday at 2 p.m. Rev. Lafayette Sprague will officiate. No calling hours at Simmons Funeral Home. Flowers omitted. Donations may be given to the scholarship for a deserving student at North Adams State College.
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Wallace H. Venable
North Adams State College
North Adams
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Lafayette Sprague
Simmons Funeral Home
Bennington Briefs Highlight Local Meetings and Events
Miss Gwladys Bowen will present an illustrated travel talk on the northwest at a Gradauion Group meeting in the Bennington Free Library social room Friday at 7 45. Mt Anthony Union School Board meets tonight at 7 30. Police officer Casimir Rogalski was admitted for observation at Putnam Memorial Hospital. Moose Club will host fried seafoods and fries and a dance with Nick Marra's orchestra Saturday night. Cynthia Atwood named to Pine Manor Junior College choir. Jackie Reynolds chairs a charity food sale at Central Vermont Public Service on Saturday for the Senior Methodist Youth Fellowship starting 9 30 a m. Leo Parker received the Gold Star Mothers Thanksgiving basket. Pound Party by the Altar Rosary Society set for Nov 22 at St Francis de Sales Parish. Cub Scouts Parents Night at 7 p m November 22 at Second Congregational Church. Garage for rent on County Street. American Coffee Shop closed Friday to Nov 29 for vacation. For rent: 4 room apartment on Pratt Street.
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Max Perrotta
Altar Rosary Society
St. Francis de Sales
St. Francis de Sales Academy
Democrat Faces Residency Questions In Special Election
In a Subdistrict 3 race at 344 Elm St a Democrat candidate discusses residency doubts naming a motel as mailing address. He says he plans to serve Subdistrict 1 residents and denies any plan to delay the seat through Gov Hoff appointed replacement. Official voter checklists list April 1 as the date for residency guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elm St
Condon
Philip Hoff
Subdistrict 1
North Bennington Road
Bennington - Woodford
Hospital Notes November 17 1965 Admissions Births
Hospital notes list admissions including Doris Kretzmer Barbara ODell LeRoy Pine Carol Brobuski and others from Hoosick Falls Shaftsbury Bennington Castleton Shaftsbury and Bennington area. Births include Norman Willette Sr’s daughter on North Street and David Elwell’s daughter in Shaftsbury. Mary Fletcher Hospital Burlington reports a son born at 6 44 am to Kenneth Bahan and Rosalie Lemieux Bahan with weight seven pounds twelve ounces.
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Doris Kretzmer
Barbara O’dell
LeRoy Pine
Carol Brobuski
Hoosick Falls
Margaret Betty Liillie
Bennington
Rhea Gleason
Shaftsbury
Norman Willette Sr
North St
David Elwell
East Road
Mary Fletcher Hospital
Burlington
Kenneth Bahan
Bahan
Aime Lemieux
Rosalie Lemieux
Carlton Bahan
Plane terror scare erupts aboard flight after staged gun threat
Passengers describe a tense scene as a youth in the cabin pretended to wield a gun. Haake restrained him and offered bourbon to calm him. Kraft grew pale as the weapon failed to fire. Robinson tried to reach the cockpit door before stewardess Nancy Taylor blocked him. Captain Dean Cooper diverted the plane to New Orleans after warning there was a boy aboard waving a gun.
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Haake
Kraft
Robinson
Nancy Taylor
Dean Cooper
New Orleans
Two Traffic Cases Heard in Municipal Court
Nancy Ann Foucher 30 of Pownal pleaded no contest to careless and negligent driving with an accident on U S 7 Nov 14. Judge George M Fienberg fined 25 dollars total. Raymond J Myers 21 of County Street was fined 50 dollars for speeding on Vt 9 Nov 6. He pled guilty as the arresting officer testified Myers may have exceeded 70 mph. The judge noted the 2 30 a m arrest, travel from New York State, and prior violations, calling Myers a thorn in the side of the court.
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Nancy Ann Foucher
Pownal
U.S. 7
John H. Williams II
Foucher
George M. Fienberg
Raymond J. Myers
County Street
Bennington
Gordon Mooney
Myers
Fienberg
New York State
Stock Averages at Noon Dow Jones and Bache Report
The noon stock report shows three groups with declines. Industrials fall 4.74 to 951.83, railroads dip 0.32 to 237.33, and utilities rise 0.09 to 157.39, with the composite average down 1.00 to 334.95 and total volume at 3,240,000.
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YMCA
Bennington Area
Hollywood
UPI
Elvis Presley
Paradise
New England
U.S
George Aiken
Putney
Edward G. Janeway
Londonderry
Stovan Christone
Dover
Christone
Central Highlands
Chu Pong Mountain
South Viet Nam
1St Air Cavalry Division
Saigon
William J. Menzies
Santa Barbara
Calif
Collins
Friends of Rehabilitation Group
FDR
Windsor
Vt. 9
Itles
William C. Colvin
Eral
Vermont Cancer Society
Funeral Home
Gerard E. Scholl
Austin Hill Road
Farmingdale
L. I
Gumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation
New York City
Old Holden & Leonard Company
N.Y
John
Louise (Goeckler) Scholl
Sacred Hearth Church
St. Killian’s
Ada C. Piat
St. Killian’s Church
Louise Diele
Bellrose
Louis Scholl
Edwina Bard
Adelaide Talbot
Mahar & Son Funeral Home
Arthur F. White
Conklin Street
Trinity Cemetery
Amityville
Frank C. Osborn
Manchester
Frank
Alice ) C. Osborn
East Manchester Road
Hanson - Walbridge
Troy
Osborn
Burr & Burton Seminary
Allace H. Venable
Armour Star
Safford and
Gage Streets
Bennington Briefs
Clayton Blodgett
Woodstock
Hartford District
Mt. Anthony Union
Bennington Village
Casimir Rogalski
Silver St
Moose Club
Nick Marra
Cynthia Atwood
George Atwood
R.D. No. 1
Old Bennington
Pine Manor Junior College
Chestnut Hill
Miss Atwood
Jackie Reynolds
Central Vermont Public Service Corp
Methodist
Leo Parker
Second Congregational Church
County St
Pratt Street
Beshara’s
Park St
ADV
Democrat
Charles Hollis
Mary Davis
Norma Shanahan
Laura Eddy
Catherine Hayes
Castleton
Harte Theatre
Adam
AIFS
Michael Anat
Sia
Dow-Jones—Bache & Co
Albany
Chishnas Behethal
Atkins. Jewelers
St. Bennington, Vt
Gladstone Shoes
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