State refuses traffic light at Hicks Corners crossing
The State Highway Board told Bennington officials no traffic signal is warranted at the Hicks Corners intersection of U S 7 despite safety concerns for Molly Stark School students on Willow Road. It favors a traffic control officer and offered DPS training. the Prudential Committee and selectmen will relay the decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Highway Board
Hicks Corners
U.S. 7
Molly Stark
Willow Road
Prudential Committee
Greater
Bennington
Alma Langlois
Highway Board
State Traffic Safety Committee
Department of Public Safety
Selectmen
Joseph J. Caracciola
Bennington Flats
U.S
County Farm Bureau Wins Prizes at State Meeting
At the Barre state Farm Bureau meeting Arlington’s Bennington County Farm Bureau earned three first place cups for its annual meeting best all-round program and talent contest. Six Laurie children of Rupert captured first in the talent contest. Plans for a spring regional meeting at Mt Anthony Country Club include a large county product exhibit and a fundraiser for FFA member Kerr Merritt Morey Jr. in Europe next summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlington
State Farm Bureau
Barre
Ira D. Whitney
Stamford
Bennington County Farm Bureau
Trustees
West Mountain Farm
Bureau
Donald Laurie
Rupert
Ing
Mt. Anthony Country Club
Bennington County
Merritt Morey Jr
Young Farm Bureau
Future Farmers of America
FFA
Europe
Chicago
James E. Williamson
Shaftsbury
Clyde H. Bryant Sr
Manchester
Whitney
Goddard College
Plainfield
Bryant
County Farm Bureau
Henry Steele
Pawlet
BCFB
Donald Lourie
Lourie
Lippmann Analyzes Khrushchev Strategy and Limiting Liberty
Lippmann argues Khrushchev will zig and zag to maintain authority in a country long ruled by authoritarian rule. European Communist regimes balance limited freedom with private wealth to curb discontent and prevent open factionalism that could threaten central power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Khrushchev
Russia
Stalin
Kadar
Gomulka
Allied Crude Vegetable and soy oil trading on credit
Commodity traders flag over-extension of credit in vegetable oils and futures tied to export sales to the Soviet bloc. Allied crude vegetable oil reportedly couldn’t meet calls for about 27 million as prices fell. NYSE member firms must maintain net capital at one twentieth of total liabilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
New York
Soviet Bloc
Allied Crude Vegetable
New York Stock Exchange
Bennington Jaycees Favor Prayers Drop Christmas Project
The Bennington Jaycees at 407 Main St. vote to back a Vermont Jaycees resolution seeking a constitutional amendment on school prayer. They also drop the annual Christmas project due to budget concerns and announce a Thanksgiving fundraiser at Frost's Pharmacy on Nov 23. Dec 4 will see Al Field sworn in as a new member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington Jaycees
Main St
Vermont
Frost
Phar
Macy
Phil O’neill
Ted Bird
Gerry Stowell
Dave Rockwell
al Field
Jaycees
Charles J. Rudd of Hoosick dies at 52
Charles J. Rudd, 52, lifelong Hoosick resident, died Tuesday at Putnam Memorial Hospital. Born November 10, 1911, he was a crane operator for Noble & Wood and later the New York State Highway Dept. He belonged to the First Baptist Church and Hoosick Volunteer Fire Dept. Survived by wife Hazel White, daughter, siblings, and four grandchildren. Funeral Friday at Leo J. Mahar Funeral Home with burial at Hoosick Rural Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosick N.Y
Charles J. Rudd
Hoosick
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Jay and
Chloe
Salmon) Rudd
Hoosick Falls
Noble & Wood Machine Co
New York State Highway Dept
First Baptist Church of
Catskill
Leo J. Mahar
Main St
Taylor B. Light
Hoosick First Baptist Church
Moose Lodge Addition Progress and Upcoming Events
The Moose Lodge on Main Street nears completion with foundation walls nearly finished and block walls to start this week. Contractor Fred Harwood says the building could be finished by January 1, weather permitting. WOTM donation supports the new building as plans move forward for a New Year’s party, plus a November 30 dance and a December 1 class enrollment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moose Lodge
Main Street
Fred Harwood
WOTM
Funerals for Harold Estes and Gertrude Hurley Held
The funeral for Harold P. Estes WWI veteran was held at Mahar & Son Funeral Home with Rev. Donald A. Webster and American Legion honor guard attendance. Burial followed at Park Lawn Cemetery. Relatives came from Jacksonville Florida and Eagle Bridge New York. The funeral of Mrs. Gertrude Nolan Hurley widow of George Hurley occurred at St Francis de Sales Church with Msgr Francis Flanagan. Bearers included Thomas Donovan and Harry Hurley. Relatives attended from nearby areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold P. Estes
Vermont Soldiers
Mahar & Son Funeral Home
Donald A. Webster
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
American Legion
David Knights
Cmdr
Kenneth Baker
Clarence Cross
Edward Rood
James Hamilton
Hugh Clark
Prentiss Norcross
William Dailey
George Facto
David Gorham
Soldiers’ Home
Park Lawn Cemetery
Fr. Webster
Jacksonville
Fla
Eagle Bridge
N.Y
Gertrude (Nolan) Hurley
George D. Hurley
Harrison Ave
St. Francis de Sales
Francis B. Flanagan
Thomas Donovan
Harry Hurley
Thomas Toomey
Glenn Remington
Maurice Piche
Richard Root
Flanagan
Bennington Residents Enroll in Wentworth Institute Class
Bennington brief notes three local residents and one from North Bennington among the largest Wentworth Institute class with 2100 day students in a two year industrial and engineering technology program. Also mentions Bennington Lodge meeting, and Lollipop Lane tearoom bazaar hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
North Bennington
Wentworth Institute
Boston
John Alan Fotherfill
Safford St
Barry Lee Horst
West Road
Lawrence Curtiss Smith Jr
Union St
Michael Lawrence Thomas
Water Street
Selectmen Tackle Airport Maintenance in Bennington
Bennington selectmen reviewed Airport Commission recommendations on maintenance at the municipal airport. Major items include filling the area between the runway and town road, ditch work near the hangar area, patching a heaved taxiway, and improving the airport entrance. Union Labor Week named for Dec 1-7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Airport Commission
Commission
Vermont Aeronautics
Edward F. Knapp
Joel Whittemore
William H. Morse
Robert T. Holden
C. Lynn Wood Jr
Dean F. Hanson
Edward Giles
Selectmen
Bennington County Central Labor Council
Morse
Holden
Knapp
Town
James Cross
Joseph Higgins
Wood
Whittemore
Mt. Anthony
Whipstock Hill
Norton Barber
Federal Aeronautics Administration
Court May Order N. Brookfield To End Public School Prayers
Massachusetts Attorney General Edward W. Brooke asked the state supreme judicial court to order North Brookfield School Committee to end daily Bible reading in public schools. The court set a reply date of Dec 4 and Brooke said a writ of mandamus will secure a ruling on the Massachusetts Bible reading statute. An unrelated Middlesex Superior Court prayer case is set for Nov 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. Brookfield
Boston
Massachusetts
Edward WW
Brooke
State
Supreme Judicial Court
North Brookfield
Jacob J. Spiegel
Pennsylvania
United States Supreme Court
New Jersey
Board of Education of
Hawthorne
N. J
Owen B. Kiernan
North Brookfield School Committee
Middlesex Superior Court
Six Bennington County youths head to Albany for pre induction physicals
Six Bennington County registrants depart Selective Service headquarters by chartered bus for pre induction physicals in Albany on Thursday. Names include Richard Purdy Roger Mattison Donald Wheeler Roy Harrigan Peter Whalen Lawrence Burdick Edgar Carlson and Raymond Perry. Induction call for December requires reporting December 2 with further checks later in the month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington County
Selective Service Headquarters
Albany
Richard Purdy
Roger Mattison
Bennington
Donald Wheeler
Readsboro
Roy Harrigan
Manchester
Peter Whalen
Arlington
Lawrence Burdick
North Pownal
Edgar Carlson
Bethesda
Raymond Perry
Deland
Fla
Formal Bennington zoning hearing viewed as formality
Bennington Village Zoning Commission held a brief hearing with minimal public turnout. Changes mandated by a June General Assembly law were explained, including board appeals timing and amended procedures, while the ordinance map remained unchanged and the process must restart under new requirements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
General Assembly
Board of Appeals
Gilman
Dale W. Brooks
Joseph D. Corcoran
Stock Averages Report From New York Markets
Dow Jones averages and market figures show the composite index up 0.07 with railroads and utilities moving modestly. Albany data lists a 737.51 level for stock averages and sales at 2,040,000.
Shakespeare on Educational TV Begins Friday in Schenectady
Channel 17 education station launches a Friday night Festival of the Arts series with Romeo and Juliet followed by Twelfth Night. No commercials air during the dramas and the series features young leads with other works by Cocteau and classic pieces such as ballet opera and symphonic concerts. A free leaflet on receiving Channel 17 is available by call or mail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schenectady
N.Y
Jean Cocteau
Channel 17
Box 17
Schelle Ectady
Hospital Notes Admissions and Discharges List
Hospital notes record admissions for Genine Lavin Anna Surdam Theodore Sausville Penny Burgess Howard Hewson Carl Hunter Nora Buck and discharges for Joyce Bodak Clyde Ryder Richard Comins Emily Babcock Alma Arnold and Robert George plus Priscilla Ward and the Bier wirth Hogan families noting a daughter and a son born on November 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Genine Lavin
Anna Surdam
Hoosick Falls
Theodore Sausville
Penny Burgess
Howard Hewson
Bennington
Carl Hunter
North Bennington
Nora Buck
North Pownal
Joyce Bodak
Clyde Ryder
Richard Comins
Hoo- Lick Falls
Emily Babcock
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Bennington Lodge of Elks
W. Bernard
Corky) Flynn
Flynn
Elks Ring
Ralph Mavilla
Daniel Holland
Donald Gerow
Earl Weeks
Charles
Bud)Connors
Buckler
Stock Exchange
Moose
Building Fund of the
East Arlington Federated Church
Candle Mill
East Arlington
Bennington Briefs
Bennington Lodge of Perfection
Masonic Temple
Baptist Fairy Land Bazaar
ADV
Josephine Reed
P. Waimee
Walter Hoover
Philip Walsh
N.Y. DuHamel
Clarence Holden
Herbert Clark
Francis Noel
Humming Birds 4-H Club
Janet Carpenter
Debbie Percey
K of C Hall
Oliver L. Lawrence Sr
Oliver Jr
Park Street
Miami, Fla
Harold Ryan
South
Deborah Smith
Senior Methodist Youth Fellowship
Carroll’s
Prospect Mt
Second Congregational Church
Arthur Ellison
Williamstown
Mass
Paul Jones
Green Mountain Home
East Road
Robert Harrington
Burt Waite
Elm Street
Waite
Edward Vallencourt
U. S. Supreme Court
Cere
Dow-Jones—Bache & Co
Tybalt
Lauriston Shaw
Romeo
David Weston
WMHT
Puresday
Thomas Bierwirth
Petersburg
Charles J. Hogan
Dewey Street
Harte Theatre
Bennington, Vt
Walt Disney
Hawley Company
Furniture
East Arlington, VI
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