Turn Toward Peace Council Studies Name Change
Proposals for a change in name and for an amended statement of aims and purposes will be discussed at a Bennington Council for a Turn Toward Peace meeting focused on the business portion. The session will address organizational identity and future objectives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington Council
Wallace P. Scott
Bennington College
Lawrence Harrington
Ed Levin
North Bennington
Irving Adler
Bennington Peace Forum
Adler
Robert Pickus
Turn Toward Peace Movement
Bennington Group
National
Turn Toward Peace Organization
North Bennington church fashion show and peace forum planned
The Women's Fellowship of the North Bennington Congregational Church sponsors a Dec 1 fashion show featuring local models and Bennington stores Burt Brothers Fashion Fair and Children's Bazaar. A Dec 1 church sale named Christmas Boutique runs 2 to 5 PM at the Bennington Free Library, followed by a panel on international peace and a name change proposal for the Bennington Peace Forum to broaden its scope while staying independent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Bennington
Women’s Fellowship of the
Congregational Church
Bennington
Burt Brothers
Fashion Fair
Children’s Bazaar
Douglas Mattison
John Cross
Clarence Mallory
Arthur Jones
Laura Nowak
John Kennedy Jr
William Kennedy
Richard Watson
Ralph Hall
Cynthia
Nancy
Fred Ester
Larry
Linda
Joseph Hall
Anne
Cynthia Parsley
Congregational
Bennington Free Library
Two Youths Hurt In Manchester Mishap
A 1956 Ford sedan driven by Ronald Perrott of Bennington struck a trailer truck at the junction of West Road and Vermont 30 near the Dorset town line. Perrott suffered a leg injury while passenger Roy Rogers also injured a leg. Kermit Eggesware was unharmed. The car was a total loss. the truck sustained little damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Bennington
West Road
Vermont
Dorset
Dana Thompson
Ronald Perrott
Arthur Steere
East Dorset
Perrott
Roy Rogers
Kermit Eggesware
Patrick Perrott
G & H and and Gravel Co
Date Nut Muffins Add Peanut Butter Variation
Recipe note suggests turning date muffin mix into date nut muffins by adding a cup of peanut butter to dry ingredients. Cut in with a pastry blender or two knives. Then, prepare mix and bake as label directs.
Black To Advise County Towns On Hospital Suit
Atty. Henry F. Black of White River Junction will represent several Bennington County towns in a dispute over charges for indigent patient care at Putnam Memorial Hospital. A nine-town committee named to seek legal counsel agreed to have Black study the deed of gift terms and advise on a possible court settlement. The panel includes Richard Van Santvoord John W. Browne and Clyde H. Bryant with preliminary talks set in White River Junction. Black has 29 years practicing law and has held roles including Windsor County states attorney and superior judge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atty
Henry F. Black
Black and Plante Law
White River Junction
Bennington County
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Black
Richard van Santvoord
Bennington Selectman
Henry W. Putnam
Putnam
van Santvoord
John W. Browne
Dorset
Clyde H. Bryant
Manchester
Windsor County
General Assembly
Bennington Downs, Inc
Area Families Will Entertain Foreign Students in December
About 60 foreign students from Columbia University and other institutions will visit Bennington and southern Vermont between December 26 and 31 to stay with area families. The program emphasizes cultural exchange and international understanding, with activities arranged by Rev. Donald A. Webster. Families interested should contact Webster for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Vermont
Columbia University
New York City
Bennington Area
Southeast Asia
Africa
Latin America
Europe
Greater
Father Webster
U.S
Webster
Wilmington’s Oldest Resident Mrs Mabel Streeter Dies
WILMINGTON the town's oldest resident and centenarian Mabel Minerva Streeter 101 died Thursday night at her home. Funeral services Sunday at 2 pm at the Baptist Church Rev Reginald Martin officiating. Burial Riverview Cemetery. Survivors include son Earl G Streeter three daughters and numerous grandchildren great grandchildren and great great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Minerva Streeter
The
Baptist Church
Reginald Martin
Riverview Cemetery
Funeral rites for Mrs Fleetwood Bowditch held in Bennington
Funeral services for Mrs Fleetwood Bowditch the former Anne Purcell were held at St Francis de Sales Church with a Requiem High Mass. Burial followed in Park Lawn Cemetery after prayers at Mahar Son Funeral Home. Relatives attended from New York City Watervliet N Y Orange and Hazlett NJ.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fleetwood Bowditch
Anne Purcell
New York City
St. Francis de Sales
Mahar & Son Funeral Home
Francis B. Flanagan
Earl Weeks
Robert Murphy
Joseph Costello
William Schindler
Richard Cardinal
Bernard Doran
Msgr
Flanagan
Park Lawn Cemetery
Watervliet
N. Y
Orange and Hazlett
N.J
Fred D. Ryan
Catherine Coleman
Fairview Nursing Home
Anthony Brackett
Mahar & Son Funeral
Albert Lemieux
Thomas Madden
Henry Ryan
Orin Peckham
Pownal
Kenneth Bump
Williamstown
Mass
Ryan
Utham Hose Co
Bennington
Yan
John
Oak Hill Cemetery
Brackett
Latham
Colonie
Pittsfield
North Bennington
Obituary of Katherine McDevitt 84 Pittsfield native
Word comes of the death Thursday morning at 84 of Katherine McDevitt of 12 Oak Street Pittsfield Mass native of East Dorset and well known in Bennington. She was cousin to Charles Meaney of 236 Maple Street and survived by several nieces and nephews including Anne McGowan with whom she resided. Funeral will be Saturday morning with calling hours today 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 at Meehan Funeral Home. Burial in East Dorset.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katherine McDevitt
Oak St
Pittsfield
Mass
East Dorset
Bennington
Bennington Weekend Notices and Local Events
Bennington residents Ella Beshara JoAnn Connor and Kathleen Dermody are home for the holiday weekend from Our Lady of Elms College Chicopee Mass. Youth Fellowship hayride and pizza party planned at the church. Also notes on visitors Nor ris Hayes, fire department chimney call with no damage, church circles met, county clerk George Plumb back from vacation, doctor J C Armstrong office closure. Advertisements for ADV Iron Kettle and Moo dinner dance with Babcock's orchestra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elaine Beshara
Bradford Street
JoAnn Connor
Main Street
Kathleen Dermody
West Road
Our Lady of Elms College
Chicopee
Mass
Harry Greenberg
South Glens Falls
N.Y
Bennington
Inlaw
Jerald Greenberg
Convent Avenue
Norris Hayes
Bradford Place
Miller Guilty of Petty Larceny in Municipal Court
Stanley Miller, 22, of Bennington, found guilty by a municipal court jury of petty larceny. The case concerned tires taken from Montgomery Ward's order office on Dec 5, 1961, and later found on Miller's porch. Defense argues the tires were mislaid on his father's property. state contends Miller opened a back door to remove them. Sentencing postponed pending appeal.
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Miller
Stanley Miller
Bennington
Montgomery Ward
North Street
Atty
J. B. Harte
Saul
Charles E. Gibson Jr
Henry White
Charles Richmond
Betty Davis
Montgomery Ward Order
James A. Delong
John J. Ryan
Bennington Village
George Rogers
Ralph Brown
Murray Gropman
Dartmouth Sells Cog Railway To Col. Teague
Dartmouth College announced the sale of the Mount Washington Cog Railway to Col. Arthur S. Teague who has led the operation since 1951. The deal includes the railway, rolling stock, 20 acres at the base, base station facilities, and the right of way to Mt Washington. Dartmouth retains ownership of the summit. the state showed interest in purchasing it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John F. Meek
Dartmouth
Cog Railway
Teague
Meek
State Department of Resources and Economic Development
Hospital Notes Admissions and Births Reach November Counts
Admissions list includes George Shambo Hoosick Falls Agnes Campbell Lorraine Czarnecki Frances Sinclair and daughter Benn ington Barbara Champney and daughter North Pownal Raymond Kilburn Bukirk Melinda Griffis East Arlington Annely Bissell Shaftsbury Clifford Saunders Bennington Discharges include Miss Myra Capy Wilmington Miss Susan Davis Shaftsbury Janet Tornabene and daughter North Pownal Births report Christopher Bryant Manchester Center Ralph Woods Jr Wilmington William Bourdon 412 South St Dana Chellis 817 Gage St all on Nov 21 22 .
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Shambo
Hoosick Falls
Agnes Campbell
Lorraine Czarnecki
Frances Sinclair
Bennington
Barbara Champney
North Pownal
Raymond Kilburn
Bukirk
N.Y
Melinda Griffis
East Arlington
Annely Bissell
Shaftsbury
Myra Capy
Wilmington
Susan Davis
Janet Tornabene
Christopher Bryant
Manchester Center
Ralph Woods Jr
William A. Bourdon
South St
Dana Chellis
Gage St
Kennedy reviews bonus on service life insurance for veterans
The article notes a National Service Life Insurance bonus retained by about one third of World War II veterans upon discharge. It states U S Government Life Insurance was mainly held by World War I veterans and reports pardons for five individuals including Connelly and eight sentence mutations for others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Connelly
Walker helps halt Gainesville fire near farm building
Maj. Gen Edwin A Walker directed two fire-fighting units in Gainesville Texas to save a farm building during a major blaze. At the scene he said he was returning home from Mississippi where he was ruled mentally competent to stand trial on seditious conspiracy and inciting insurrection at the University of Mississippi during James Meredith’s enrollment. Former Vice President John Nance Garner marked his 94th Thanksgiving in Uvalde Texas, hoping to keep cigars as a celebration clouded by a possible ban.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin A. Walker
Gainesville
Tex
Walker
Mississippi
University of Mississippi
James H. Meredith
John Nance Garner
Uvalde
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Disney
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Ee Ee Market
Cold Spring Road
Mabel Streeter
Robert Ware
Gill
Woodstock
Mabel M. Streeter
Max
OIL Service
Bennington, Vt
Bennington Briefs
Junior Methodist
Ellen Gird
First Methodist Church
George H. Plumb
Woodford
Plumb
J. C. Armstrong
New England
Babcock’s Orchestra
ADV
Ao Astom
FORD
Taeda Ee
Main ST
Dial
Col. Teague
Clifford Saunders
Kennedy
Maderia
Lindy Lou
Tonka
Fisher
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