Six Area Churches Unite for Thanksgiving Service in Bennington
Six Bennington congregations join a united Thanksgiving service Wednesday at 7 30 p m at the First Methodist Church. The offering supports Share Our Substance aiding relief through Church World Service. Each dollar funds 300 pounds of surplus U S foods for overseas distribution.
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Bennington
Stephen C. Greene
Second Congregational Church
Earle Forman
First Church of God
Leopold Kagan
Bennington Hebrew Congregation
Melvin R. McGaughey
Memorial service honors late President Kennedy in Bennington
A neighborhood memorial service at First Methodist Church Bennington honored President Kennedy with offertory prayers by Philip Bahan and Charles Goodrum families. Clergy from multiple churches including Shaftsbury Methodist and North Bennington Congregational joined, as did Rabbi Kagan and Cornelius Clark. A VFW color guard presented.
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Kennedy
First Methodist
Harold MacDonald Jr
Old First Church
Congregational
Shaftsbury Methodist Church
Christian Missionary Alliance
North Bennington Congregational Church
Seventh Day Adventist Church
First Methodist Church
Bennington Council of Churches
Forman
Greene
Rabbi Kagan
McGaughey
Cornelius Clark
Angus J. MacDonald
Bennington Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
Bennington Municipal Court Hears Several Driving Related Pleas
In Bennington Municipal Court Donald P. Snyder Jr 21 of Shaftsbury pleaded guilty to driving on U S 7 without a learner s permit and faced a 30.10 fine or 15 days in jail. Peter B Wiley 21 Summit N J was fined 40 10 for careless driving after an Nov 17 Vermont 346 crash. William Wheeler 17 Readsboro pleaded guilty for lacking October vehicle inspection and was fined 15 10. John LaFountain 49 LeBlanc Ave was fined 15 for a Aug 29 1962 parking meter overtime violation.
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Donald P. Snyder Jr
Shaftsbury
U.S. 7
Bennington
George M. Fienberg
Atty
R. Marshall Witten
Snyder
U.S
Witten
Summit
N.J
Peter B. Wiley
Wiley
Vermont
Pownal
William W. Wheeler
Readsboro
Fienberg
John J. LaFountain
LeBlanc Ave
Stafford to Address GBA Dinner December Ninth
Rep Robert T Stafford R Vt will discuss the first session of the 88th Congress at a dinner meeting sponsored by the Greater Bennington Association at Paradise Restaurant. The public may attend with tickets from the GBA office. He will take questions after the talk as part of the GBA series featuring government leaders.
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Robert T. Stafford
Rvt
Stafford
Greater Bennington Association
Paradise
GBA
South Street
Armed Services Committee
Local Man Found Dead in Hoosick Falls Field
Anthony Zilinskas 63 of 23 Cummings St was found dead about 7 50 p m Monday in a field near the Bissonette gravel bed half a mile from his home His son Elgard reported him missing at 6 15 p m Dr Philip Martinez pronounced him dead The body was taken to Leo J Mahar Funeral Home then to Samaritan Hospital in Troy for autopsy under Rensselaer County Coroner Anthony E Matera Zilinskas left home around 3 p m with his beagle hunt The search involved about 15 officers and rescue squad members BCI Investigator A V Hoopcamp and Trooper Thomas O Donnell responded Police Chief Frank J Demick directed the search Coroner Matera withheld official decision pending autopsy results DORSET A committal service for George A Lewis died unexpectedly in Cambridge Mass will be held at 2 30 p m Friday at Maple Hill Cemetery He is survived by his wife Margaret Child Lewis and a daughter Joan A Lewis of Cambridge.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Anthony Zilinskas
Cummings St
Bissonette
Elgard
Philip Martinez
Zilinsk
Leo J. Mahar
Main St
Samaritan Hospital
Troy
Rensselaer County
Anthony E. Matera
Zilinskas
Town of Hoosick
BCI
A.V. Hoopcamp
Thomas O’donnell
East Greenbush
Frank J. Demick
Dorset
George A. Lewis
Cambridge
Mass
Maple Hill Cemetery
Lewis
Margaret Child Lewis
Joan A. Lewis
Manchester Schools Closed Till Monday
Manchester students begin Thanksgiving holiday with no Elementary school session Wednesday for a district teachers meeting. Friday is included in the long weekend. pupils return to classes on Monday.
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Manchester
Outwater Named To New Post In Army Reserves
Maj. Robert S. Outwater of Bennington is elected vice president for Army affairs of the Troy Area Chapter Reserve Officers Association and joins the New York Memorial Building Fund Committee. A 1941 enlistment, he rose to major with World War II service in the 89th division, 314th Combat Engineers in Europe. He now serves as deputy personnel director of the 1389th Logistic Command at the Army Reserve Training Center in Albany and works as sales manager for Henry M. Tuttle Co. He is a former Little League president, a Bennington Lodge No. 13 F and AM member, and husband to Hilda Tollisen with three children.
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Robert S. Outwater
Bennington
Troy Area
Reserve Officers Association of the
United States
Department of New York Memorial Building Fund
Outwater
Army
314Th Combat Engineers
U.S. Army Reserve Training Center
Albany
Henry M. Tuttle Company
Little League
Bennington Lodge No. 13
F& AM
Hilda Tollisen
Robert
Alice
Thomas
Rural Fire Dept Auxiliary Plans Christmas Party
The Bennington Rural Fire Dept Auxiliary announced a Christmas party and dinner for December 12 at the Willow Road firehouse at 6 p.m. Fifteen members attended the Nov 18 meeting and will bring a dollar gift for a grab bag. Harold D Bolan received the Thanksgiving basket. Refreshments were provided by the group.
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Bennington Rural Fire Dept
Willow Road
Harold D. Bolan
Hollow Hill Road
Lanesboro
Mass
Olive Macauley
Grace Hurley
Cecile Watson
Gibney Praises Community After JFK Memorial Service
Village President James B. Gibney expressed gratitude to civic groups fraternal veterans and military organizations school and church officials police and firemen merchants and professionals for their universal cooperation and participation in the memorial for the late President John F Kennedy.
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James B. Gibney
John F. Kennedy
Gibney
Universal Cooperation
Pole Splitting Crash Under Investigation In Bennington
Police report a power pole on Benmont Avenue split in two in a late Friday to early Saturday crash. Forrest Atwood of North Bennington said a jammed car door and dazed state caused him to press the accelerator, leaving the top half suspended by wires. A separate Sunay incident saw Everett E. Kenyon of North Adams, Mass. strike and knock over a parking meter with a trailer on South Street.
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Bennington Village
Benmont Avenue
Forrest Atwood
North Bennington
Atwood
Belmont Avenue
Everett E. Kenyon
North Adams
Mass
South Street
Bennington Community Notices and Events
Local events include a duplicate bridge tournament at Mt. Anthony Country Club on Friday January 10 at 8 p.m. plus a Bennington High School class of 1967 sponsored pre Thanksgiving food sale at the Central Vermont Public Service Corp store on Main Street. Several meetings and services are canceled or rescheduled and the Thanksgiving Day service at First Church of Christ Scientist is set for 10 a.m. on Thanksgiving.
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Mt. Anthony Country Club
William Dupree
Bennington High School
Central Vermont Public Service Corp
Main Street
Bennington
PTA
Christian Science Churches
First Church of Christ Scientist
Hillside St
Land-O-Lake Turkeys Priced 39 Cents a Pound
Shaftsbury ad notes Land-O-Lake turkeys weighing 16 to 24 pounds priced at 39 cents per pound.
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Oneida
Rescue Squad Beneficiary Named For Rotary Auction
Bennington Rotary Club to donate 50 percent of net from its December 7 auction to the Bennington Rescue Squad. President John Kennedy Jr. announced the expected net of about 1400 dollars at the Friday meeting. The club authorized 1000 dollars for ski run improvements and rope tow power. The squad is also promoting a special Albany Times Union edition with stories and photos. Local high schools contributed 50 dollars as thanks for football game support.
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Bennington
John Kennedy Jr
Rotary
Mt. Anthony Country Club
Rotary Club
Sunday
Albany Times-Union
Bennington High School
Bennington Catholic High School
Bennington District Sets Noon Closure for Thanksgiving Recess
Bennington Southwest School District and Bennington Village schools will close at noon Wednesday for the Thanksgiving recess. Superintendent Leon E. Wagner said the district serves Arlington, Greater Bennington, North Bennington, North Pownal, Shaftsbury and Woodford. Schools reopen Monday.
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Bennington Village
Bennington Southwest
Leon E. Wagner
Arlington
Greater Bennington
North Bennington
North Pownal
Shaftsbury
Woodford
Missing hunter Brace found safe after daylong search
Philip Brace, 20, of 717 Main St, was found alive and exhausted in a Somerset area camp north of his last sighting. Two Wilmington game wardens located him with a large search party including nearly 100 volunteers and state police. He sustained no injuries and was taken home by Sgt. John Pollacik.
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Philip Brace
Main St
Wilmington
Somerset
Milton Wolfe
Brace
Bennington
John Pollacik
Shaftsbury Barracks
State Police
Wayne Rowell
Roy Hood
Charles Knapp
Red Mill Pond
Woodford
Vermont
Hagerman
Listers Plan To Explain Proposal Tonight In Bennington
Town listers propose using an adjustment factor on property schedules to place a 1963 fair market value on all residential properties on the Grand List. Officials and citizens meet tonight at 8 in the listers' office to discuss replacing costly outside appraisers with a more equitable method.
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Bennington
Listers
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