Hoff to Take Part in Inauguration at Bennington College
Philip Hoff is slated to participate in inaugurals at Bennington College with opening remarks by Oscar M. Ruebhausen and greetings from the Association of American Colleges. Dr Jacob Bronowski will deliver the inaugural address on The Place of Science. The event includes a 1 p.m. trustees luncheon, student performances, and exhibits in Crossett Library.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip H. Hoff
Edward J. Bloonstein
Bennington College
Oscar M. Ruebhausen
New York
N.Y
College Board of Trustees
Association of American Colleges
John E. Sawyer
Williams College
Place of Science
Jacob Bronowski
The
Salk In
Stitute
San Diego
Calif
Bloustein
Bronowski
C.P. Shaw
Delgates
Crossett Library
Holden Steps Down As GOP County Chief
Waldo C. Holden, who has chaired the Bennington County Republican committee for two years, will not seek re election due to other demands. He will become president of the Vermont Bar Association this weekend. The committee meets at 8 p.m. October 11 in the county courthouse to elect a new county committee chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington County
GOP
Waldo C. Holden
Holden
Vermont Bar Association
Bennington County Cert
Worthington Heads Educators Fund Committee in Bennington
Dr. William D Worthington to chair a trustees committee securing donations in memory of four local educators killed in a plane crash. Burton Potter named treasurer with funds already raised. contact Worthington or Potter to donate. Fire Prevention Week events continue at Bennington High School with adult films at 8 p.m. and a student showing at 2 p.m. Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William D. Worthington
Educators
Burton Potter
Worthington
Dr. Worthington
Potter
Bennington Fire Department
Bennington High School
Hollis Armstrong
Bendi
Christmas Store Hours Proposed by GBA Merchants
The Greater Bennington Association sets Christmas hours with stores opening to 9 p.m. on weekdays from December 13, excluding December 19 to 23 Sundays. Stores close Christmas Eve at 5 30 p.m. A Christmas program committee chaired by Harold Gordon, Harry Kaufmann and Ernie Salvatore will report October 14 at Mt. Anthony Country Club on lighting and promotions. The nominating committee of Philip Hail Alfred Hertz and Gene Burt will present new merchants governing board names for approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greater Bennington Association
Harold Gordon
Harry Kaufmann
Ernie Salvatore
Merchants Division
Merchants
Mt. Anthony Country Club
Merchant Division
Nominaton Committee
Philip Hail
Alfred Hertz
Gene Burt
New Merchants’ Governing Board
Hospital Benefit Card Party to Aid Putnam Hospital
Mrs. John Mook and Mrs. Dud ley Baker co chair a luncheon card party on Tuesday Oct 26 at Mt Anthony Country Club to benefit Putnam Memorial Hospital. Sponsored by the Bennington County Medical Auxiliary. Tickets on sale from county physicians wives or Noveck Shunz. Table and special prizes offered. Players may choose any card game and bring cards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Mook
Dudley Baker
Mt. Anthony Country Club
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Bennington County
Area Obituaries from North Adams and Williamstown
Obituaries note the death of Mrs. Gertrude Virginia Donovan 61 wife of Daniel J. Donovan of North Adams. She was a nurse and community member with ties to St. Francis Church and local medical groups. Also listed are Warren John Cummings 40 of Williamstown dead on arrival. Joel W. Pierce Sr. 80 longtime machinist. Dewey McKinley Cutler 67 Woodford native involved in textiles and fern harvesting. Funeral plans and burial details follow for several families in Berkshire County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Adams
Mass
Gertrude Virginia (Carlton) Donovan
Daniel J. Donovan
Frank J. Cummings
Bennington
North Adams Hospital
James and
Annie Louise Carlton
St. Joseph High School
Spregue Electric Co
Donovan
St. Francis Church
Rosary Society
Northern Berkshire Graduate Nurses Association
William E. Carlton
Williamstown
John Carlton
Southview Cemetery
Flynn & Roach
Warren John Cummings
North Hoosac Road
Williamstown Medical Center
Town Cemetery Department
Cummings
Northeast Wood Products, Inc
Pownal
Cemtery Department
Ward and
Stella (Torrey) Cummings
Caroline Tower
Patricia Ann
Terry Lynn
Carroll
Hopkins Funeral Home
Sherman Burbank Chapel
Southlawn Cemetery
Joel W. Pierce Sr
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Ormal and
Harriet (Snow) Pierce
Shaftsbury
Blanche Woodard
Leona Baker
Harold
Francis
Joel E
John
Clarksburg
William
LeRe
Pierce
Manchester
Mahar & Son Funeral Home
Melvin R. McGaughey
First Methodist Church
Dewey McKinley Cutler
Webb Street
Woodford
William R
Emma (McChesney) Cutler
Cutler
Catherine Fleming
William J. Cutler
Merrill M
Hanson- Walbridge
Fredrick B. Wolf
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
Woodford Cemetery
Bennington Briefs: Hillside Kindergarten Closed for Antiques Show
Kindergarten classes at Hillside will not be held Wednesday through Friday due to the Antiques Show at the church. All other village kindergartens will be in session. Lena Cathcart and Fletcher Hall will visit Mt. Anthony Chapter No.1, Order Eastern Star, Wednesday at 8 p.m., with a 6:30 covered dish supper preceding. Members urged to pay 1965-66 dues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lena Cathcart
Fletcher Hall
Mt. Anthony
Eastern Star
Green Mountain Folklore Society
Plymouth
Plymouth Union
Raymond Moore
Coolidge
Marion Devenow
Local Hospital Notes Highlight Births Admits and Events
A Monday hospital column lists admissions including Master James Connell and Miss Bertha Campney among others, plus births such as a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Carrara. It also notes civic meetings, academic honors for James M. Dubin of Philadelphia, folklore society events, Women of the Moose activities, and local business ad copy for Zerox and Davey Oil Co.
Operation Cooperation at Windham and Bennington Inaugurations
Windham College in Putney will install Eugene C. Winslow the new president at 10 30 a m. He is 46 with a chemistry Ph D and has taught at Rhode Island University since 1946 Gov Hoff will join a flying squad to Bennington for the 3 p m ceremony inaugurating Edward J Bloustein fifth president of Bennington College The 31 year old college for women is led by Bloustein who earned his Ph D at Cornell in 1954 and has taught at New York University Law School since 1961 He is 40 years old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montpelier
Windham College
Bennington College
Putney
Eugene C. Winstow
Winslow
Rhode Island University
Philip H. Hoff
Bennington
Edward J. Bloustein
College For Women
Bloustein
Cornell
New York University Law School
Arlington Citizens Group Considers Fisher School Expansion
Arlington Board chair Alan M. Moore led a first meeting of a new citizens committee to review expansion plans for Fisher Elementary School. Two options add seven or five classrooms plus a library, with a kindergarten and service rooms. the building now houses grades 1-6 and the upper grades are in Arlington Memorial High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlington
Board of Education
Citizens’ Committee
Fisher
John M. Moore
Fisher School
Alfred T. Granger
Hanover
N_ fi
Arlington Memorial High School
Dale
Lanphear
Donald Keough
Citizens’ Group
Moore
Arlington Education
Leon Wagner
Southwest Supervisory Union
Dale Lanphear
William Towne
Stock Averages Report From Dow Jones Data
The Dow Jones industrials rose to 936.40, up 5.54 points, while railroads gained 0.76 to 224.28 and utilities added 57. The composite average stood at 326.73, up 1.58, with a total volume of 3,190,000 shares. Albany town data appears in the coverage.
Water Expansion Plans A Waiting Game Now
The village water board discussed developing new water sources, focusing on rights of way along Long Trail Road and Vt 9 for a Bolles Brook to reservoir pipeline. Attorney Williams urged uniform easement compensation while engineers map exact routes and await federal funds application blanks. The board will decide on policy and extend charges to the Vermont Soldiers' Home for water use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Village Water Board
Tineers
John H. Williams
Long Trail Road
Vt. 9
Bolles Brook
Woodford
Williams
Whitman and Howard, Inc
Boston
Mass
Water Board
Bickford Hollow Brook
Floyd Harmon
Vermont Soldiers’ Home
Water Board Approves Flats Water Connections
The Bennington Village Water Board approved water service connections for three Flats families Mr and Mrs William Barber Mr and Mrs Raymond Watson and Mr and Mrs Clarence Wyman at a monthly meeting. Voters had decided to allow five families to tap the Globe Union main running from Hicks Corners along North Bennington Road to the factory after months of gasoline contamination complaints and prior restrictions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington Village
Merrill Landon
James Moore
Water Board
Globe Union
Trustees Face Bids for New Police Squad Car
Village trustees meet in the village office to consider bids for a new police squad car to replace a 1964 model under a plan to replace one car every two years. The 1965 second vehicle is slated for next year along with reviews of monthly bills and insurance agents on a possible new wealth policy for village employees.
Two Bennington Students Earn NMSQT Letters of Commendation
James Keir and Andrew Webster of Bennington High School were named Commended Students in the National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test. About 38,000 nationwide ranked in the top two percent of high school graduates for 1966, just below the 14,000 semifinalists named last month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington High School
James Keir
Andrew Webster
George A. Sleeman
Keir
Robert Keir
South Stream Road
Webster
Donald A. Webster
John M. Stalnaker
National Merit Scholarship Corporation
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hoff
GOP County
GBA
Warren J. Cummings
UPI
Joel W. PacnCck
Dewey VM. Cutler
Bennington Briefs
James Connell
North Bennington
Bertha Campney
Manchester Depot
Bruce Stowell
Richard Wells
Myrtle Pugliese
Hoosick Falls
Harry Ball
Brandy
Jay Pleasant
Marjorie Page
Mary Havreluk
Jacksonville
Henry Loveland
Shirley Prandini
May Stone
Manchester Center
Pauline Crawford
Sunderland
Charles Cole
Wells
St. Births
Samuel Carrara
Ben Mont Ave
Richard McGurn
Beech St
Charles Stowell
RD No
Michele Renee
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Rmic
Richard P. Murray
Rickey
Richard V. Murray
West Main St
J. DeVer Little
Practical Nurses Association of Vermont, Inc
Putnam Memorial Hospital Nursing Home
William Worthington
PNA of Vermont Inc
St. Johnsbury
James M. Dubin
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Dubin
Ben Dubin
Harrison Ave
John T. Carmody
University of Bridgeport
Connecticut
Linda D. Waite
Branch St
Constance E. White
School St
Davey Oil Co
Bennington Flats
Harte Theater
Bennington, Ee
E. Main St
Pem
Margot Fonteyn
Kla PH Jreyev
S Ballet
Ursella Andress
Susan Hogel
Rainbow Girls Assembly
Masonic Temple
Diane Hanson
Cynthia Stewart
Cheryl Comstock
V’irginia Kemmerer
Ellen France
Franklin Spicer
Bennington, Psa
Sun
Jerry Lewis
Bennington Lanes
Arlington Citizens Group
Dow-Jones—Bache & Co
Albany
Sem
Ib. Bey
Salem’s
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