Moose of Three States In Three-Day Session
Several hundred members from Vermont Maine and New Hampshire gathered for a three day Loyal Order of the Moose convention in Barre. The event crowned Mrs Warren Church of Maine Queen of the Sponsors with attendants and gifts.
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MOOSE
Moose Lodge
Northeast
Clarence O'Conner
Sylvester Babson
Bennington Lodge
Frank J. Labell
Watertown
Mass
Roy Rumoff
Rochester
N.Y
Martin L. Kaylor
Utica
W. G. Spragg
Penacook
N. H
Supreme Lodge
Robert Barton
James Livingston
Robert Olin
Ralph Mavilla
Warren Church
Charles Rice
Richard Sylvester
Portland
Edward LaFarge
Keene
N.H
J. Fred Eastman
Newport
Maine
New Hampshire
Don Bisson
Barre
Vermont
Hagerman
New Hamphire
Loyal Order of the Moose
Church
Florence Grondin
Berlin
Mildred Michaud
Burlington
Hazel Weeks
Alma Hedding
Jane Ann Potter
Bennington
Warren (Mame
Women of the Moose
Women
Loyal Order of Moose
Shirley Livingston
Kevin Harrington
Iona Bisson
Alma
Fire Damages Restaurant Refri geration Equipment During Dinner Rush
A kitchen fire confined to the rear area of the restaurant damaged refrigeration equipment while smoke drifted into the dining room. About 25 firefighters from Bennington Rural Fire Department assisted, with patrons calmly leaving for other dining options as the owner planned to close during peak foliage weekends.
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Bennington
Cullinan
Mrs Roxa Griffith Rites Held At Local Funeral Home
Funeral services for Mrs Roxa Griffith were conducted Saturday afternoon at Hanson Walbridge Funeral Home with Rev Howard Foye of the Presbyterian Church in Saratoga NY officiating. Bearers were George Harold Edwin Andrew and Clyde Baker. Burial followed at Grand View Cemetery North Bennington with out of town relatives from Burlington Barre Saratoga and surrounding areas attending.
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Roxa Griffith
Hanson-Walbridge
Howard Foye
Presbyterian Church
Saratoga
N.Y
George
Harold
Edwin Andrew
Clyde Baker
Grand View Cemetery
North Bennington
Burlington
Barre
Bennington Banner Classifieds and Delivery Rates Snapshot
The Bennington Banner lists contact numbers for newsroom and advertising, publication schedule, address at 425 Main Street Vermont, and subscription rates for local Vermont and U.S. delivery. Rates show 3 months to 1 year plans with prices and a 20 percent servicemen discount.
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Bennington Banner
Main St
Bennington
Vermont
Banner Publishing Corporation
Associated Press
U.S
Obituary of George W. Rice longtime Bennington carrier
George W. Rice 77 of Harwood Hill died Friday at Putnam Memorial Hospital after a long illness. He was a rural mail carrier from the Bennington Post Office retiring in 1942, Route 1 west end and Pownal. Born December 29 1886 in Shaftsbury he was son of Houghton and Polly Rice. Survived by son Raymond G. Rice and daughter Nellie Rice Keene, six grandchildren and siblings. Services held at Hanson Walbridge Funeral Home with burial in Hinsdillville Cemetery.
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George W. Rice
Harwood Hill
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Bennington
Pownal
Mr. Rice
Shaftsbury
Houghton and
Polly
Lane )Rice
Hawkins
Jennie P. Rice
Raymond G. Rice
William Keene
Nellie Rice
Clark
Leslie H
Clement
Emily) Greene
Gail Ryan
Robert Rice
Rosemary Rice
Edith Farley
William Keene Jr
George Warren Keene
Elizabeth N Agan 91 Funeral Held in Johnsonville
Miss Elizabeth N Agan 91 died at her residence Monday after a brief illness. The funeral was held at her home with Rev Thurman B Beavers officiating. Interment followed in Hoosick Rural Cemetery. Survived by niece Helen H Darling of North Bennington and sister in law Lena Agan of Hoosick Falls.
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Johnsonville
N.Y
Elizabeth N. Agan
Thurman B. Beavers
Christ Methodist Church
Hoosick Rural Cemetery
Agan
Helen H. Darling
North Bennington
Lena Agan
Hoosick Falls
John and
Maria
Bovie) Agan
Saranac
Canajoharie
Miss Agan
Westfield
N.J
Hopewell Junction
Rutland
Death of Rev Joseph C Robbins interim pastor at Bennington church
The Rev Joseph C Robbins 88 died at his New Haven home on Sunday. He served as interim pastor at Bennington First Baptist Church and was former secretary of the American Foreign Baptist Missions in New York City. His funeral will be Tuesday in New Haven at Calvary Baptist Church.
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Joseph C. Robbins
Bennington First Baptist Church
Mr. Robbins
New Haven
Conn
Calvary Baptist Church
American Foreign Baptist Missions
New York City
Longshoreman Dies After Car Plunges Into Hudson River
William C. Monroe 60 of Latham N Y died after his car ran off 7th Avenue in Watervliet and into the Hudson River. Autopsy by Merrit T Carhart Albany County coroner found heart failure as the cause. He leaves his sister Mrs Bessie Bevis of Shaftsbury as sole survivor. He worked for years as a longshoreman at the Port of Albany.
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William C. Monroe
Latham
N.Y
Hudson River
Albany Medical Hospital
Bessie Bevis
Shaftsbury
Mr. Monroe
Salem
Thomas and
Mary McCoy Monroe
Port of
Albany
Merrit T. Carhart
Albany County
Monroe
Watervliet
7Th Avenue
Obituary of Ignacy Skulski of Hoosick Falls
Ignacy Skulski 80 a Poland native and Hoosick Falls resident since 1900 died Saturday at Hoosick Falls Health Center after a long illness. He lived at 29 Hovey Ave and worked as a mother's helper at Noble & Wood Machine Co and Specialty Insulation Msgr. Co. He was in the Stanislaus Society. Survivors include daughter Mrs. Elwin Armstrong and son William Miller both of Hoosick Falls, plus three grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Funeral is Tuesday at 9 am from Leo J Mahar Funeral Home and 9:30 am from Immaculate Conception Church with a Requiem High Mass. burial in St. Mary's Cemetery.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Ignacy Skulski
Poland
Hovey Ave
Elwin Armstrong
William Miller
Leo J. Mahar
Main St
Immaculate Conception
St. Mary's Cemetery
Mechanicville Notices Death Of Local Civic Leader Sarah King
Mechanicville resident and civic figure Mrs. Sarah Marie King died at Albany Medical Center after a brief illness. She was 1888 born, widow of Howard King, and mother of Kirtland I. King a United Press International state news manager who writes for The Bennington Banner. Funeral services were held in Mechanicville with burial at Hudson View Cemetery.
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Mechanicville
N.Y
Sarah Marie King
Kirtland I
George E. Wandall
Daniel
Albany
Charles
Hudson View Cemetery
Death notice for John Dudley Charlesworth in New York City
Ward reports the death of John Dudley Charlesworth on Saturday in New York City from a heart attack. He is survived by a son, John, of New York City, and was formerly a resident of North Adams. Burial is planned in North Adams at about 4 30 p.m. Tuesday.
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Ward
John Dudley Charlesworth
New York City
Gwendolyn Jacobs
Leon Jacobs
West Road
Mary
John Charlesworth
North Adams
John
Death of Charles H. Colvin in San Bernardino
Charles Henry Colvin aged 79 died September 22 in a San Bernardino Hospital after living in the city eight years. He is survived by his wife Flora E. and several children and stepchildren including Jane Willis of North Bennington, Ardelle Kokosa of South Glens Falls New York, and Arnold Squires of Littleton Colorado Morris Squires of New York and Norman Squires of Rialto California.
North Adams Youth Unhurt in Crash in Pownal Sunday
State police said John J. Train, 20, of Adams Massachusetts, escaped injury as his 1960 Renault sedan ran off Vermont 346 in North Pownal while approaching from New York. The car rolled over twice and was a total loss after coming to rest on its top.
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North Pownal
Adams
Mass
Vermont
John J. Train
New York
Two Are Dead in Desegregation Crisis at Ole Miss
The scene at the Ole Miss campus around dawn shows federal troops encircling massed students as two are killed. A student charge retreated after tear gas and gas pellets broke up the crowd while Walker urged resilience and victory.
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Walker
Ole Miss
Family notices for Eleanor Gifford kin listed in obit
Eleanor Gifford of Therman New York is survived by two brothers Edward of Poultney and Harry of Savannah Georgia and sister Cora Henson of Long Island New York and two grandchildren. Services were held in San Bernardino with burial at Montecito Memorial Park.
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Eleanor Gifford
Therman, N.Y
Edward
Poultney
Harry
Savannah
Bennington Briefs Highlight Local Events and Meetings
Local notices report a King's Daughters gathering at 3 p.m. at 77 Monument Ave and birthday celebrations for Scott Butler and Janet McGaughey. Other items recap weekend visits, a school religon session, and upcoming events including a cribbage tournament and a disarmament study group.
McNamara Visits West Germany Frontline Troops
Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara conducted a rapid inspection of field troops in West Germany. He arrived on Wednesday and planned to fly home tonight after the visit.
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Heidelberg
Germany
Robert S. McNamara
West Germany
Richard L. Gerken 69 Bennington resident dies after illness
Richard L. Gerken 69 of 112 Grandview St Bennington died Friday after a brief illness. Born in Jersey City Oct 1 1893 he served Mt Anthony Lodge F and AM as secretary 27 years and was a past master in 1935. Survivors include wife Flora Davenport two sons a daughter a sister five grandchildren and a niece. Funeral Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Hanson Walbridge with Masonic service tonight at 7:30. burial Old Bennington Cemetery. Memorials to Vermont Heart Fund may be given through the funeral home.
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Richard L. Gerken
Grandview St
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Jersey City
N.J
Henry and
Sophia Gerken
Bennington
Mt. Anthony Lodge F & AM
Lodge
Gerken
Bijur Lubricating Corp
Maurice E. Rudd
Flora Davenport
Richard L. Gerken Jr
Utica
N.Y
Harvey D. Gerken
London
England
Glenn
Dorothy
Vermont Heart Fund
Funeral Home Office
Six Bennington Residents Set for Turn Toward Peace Course
At a Bennington Council for Turn Toward Peace meeting, six area residents were named to attend a leadership course in Harvard, Massachusetts, Oct. 5 to 7. The group reviewed book reports, questionnaire results on disarmament, and plans to distribute findings to Vermont newspapers. About 30 people attended the discussion on peaceful solutions preserving freedom and democracy.
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Bennington
Bennington Area
Harvard
Mass
Bradford Smith
Shaftsbury
Robert Condon
North Bennington Road
F. Ellwood Allen
Airport Road
Irving Adler
North Bennington
Irving Fineman
Hiroshima
Edward Teller
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Aldous Huxley
Vermont
United States Ends Industrial Aid to Japan
The United States ends its seven year program of providing technical assistance to Japanese industry. The move comes as Japan has become one of the world's wealthiest economies. A US Embassy spokesman announced the decision today.
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Tokyo
United States
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