Bennington County Fire Trucks Drill Mutual Aid Response
Eight fire trucks from across Bennington County arrived within 18 minutes after a mutual aid call for a simulated Dow Chemical Ben Mont blaze. A ninth from Arlington followed seven minutes later as part of a county drill coordinated by Shaftsbury.
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Bennington County
Bennington
Richard Hollister
Arlington
Bennington County Firefighters Association
Hollister
Charles Becker
Shaftsbury
Dow Chemical Co
Ben-Mont
Becker
North Bennington
Bennington Rural
Pownal Center
South Pownal
Bennington Rescue
Tea for Teachers Held by FHA
The Future Homemakers of America hosted a teacher tea in the home economics cooking lab last week. About 30 faculty members attended enjoying coffee tea cookies banana bread and donuts while FHA members Rosemary Christie Jeannie Shultz and Pam Jolivette helped serve under advisor Barbara Houle. The group plans monthly teas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homemakers of America
Rosemary Christie
Jeannie Shultz
Pam Jolivette
FHA
Barbara Houle
Extradition waiver and multiple traffic fines at Municipal Court
In Municipal Court this morning Raymond J. Myers 20 of Bennington waived extradition to Maryland to face an escape from a correctional institution charge. He had previously refused. Other routine motor vehicle cases included Kenneth W. Harris 17 of South Stream Road fined 40.10 for careless driving after an Oct 3 Shaftsbury crash, David LaFountain 17 of 124 LeBlanc Ave fined 40.10 for a similar charge in Cumberland, two Massachusetts men Leon A. Collard 27 North Adams and Robert D. Benini 26 Pittsfield fined 25.10 after an Oct 4 U.S. 7 arrest, and Wendy J. Wardwell 24 Rome N Y pleaded guilty by waiver to parking in a no parking zone on Oct 2 in Pownal paying 10. The note adds many motorists have been convicted this summer and fall for edge‑of‑highway parking by Green Mountain Park to watch the races.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond J. Myers
Bennington
Maryland
Myers
Kenneth W. Harris
South Stream Road
East Street
Shaftsbury
David LaFountain
LeBlanc Ave
Sunderland
Massachusetts
Leon A. Collard
North Adams
Robert D. Benini
Pittsfield
U.S. 7
Pownal
Wendy J. Wardwell
Rome
N.Y
Green Mountain Park
Williams Named Reporter For Supreme Court
The Vermont Supreme Court appointed Bennington attorney John H. Williams II to a two year term as reporter of decisions. He succeeds Frederick A. Bosworth and will edit and prepare decisions for publication, write headnotes, and prepare indexes for Vermont Reports. Williams will also draft opinions for legal journals and split his time between Montpelier and his Putnam Square office. He is a partner at Williams and Witten, Bennington Village attorney, treasurer of Bennington County Industrial Corp, and former Mt. Anthony Union High School board chair.
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Vermont Supreme Court
Bennington
John H. Williams II
Williams
Frederick A. Bosworth
Middlebury
Vermont
Montpelier
Putnam Square
Williams and Witten
Bennington Village
Bennington County Industrial Corp
Mt. Anthony Union High School
GOP Caravan Tours Bennington County Saturday
Area residents can meet state campaign candidates during the Republican Caravan touring Bennington County on Saturday. Speakers include Lt. Gov. Ralph A. Foote governor hopeful, Richard A. Snelling lieutenant governor hopeful, and Robert T. Stafford seeking re election to the U.S. House. The tour starts at noon with lunch in Pownal and stops at Bennington Village HQ, North Bennington village green, Arlington Green Mountain Restaurant, and Manchester Elementary School for rallies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington County
Ralph A. Foote
Richard A. Snelling
Robert T. Stafford
U.S. House of Representatives
Ladd Brook
Pownal
U.S. 7
Party
Bennington Village
North Bennington Village
Green Mountain
Arlington
Manchester Elementary
Obituaries Dominate Rutland Area News Summary
Obituary notices report Gretel Von Oshsen of Jamaica L I died after a long illness in New York City. Survivors include sister Mrs Johanna Collins and others in Germany and Colombia. Funeral plans are pending. Also listed is Joseph F Griffis 67 found dead in Arlington. death ruled heart attack. A Rutland printing executive William J Burke 49 dies from injuries in Hartland auto crash. funeral Sunday in Rutland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
N.Y
Gretel von Oshsen
Jamaica
L.I
Henry von Oshsen
Johanna Collins
North Bennington
Collins
Walter F. Miller
St. John the Baptist Church
Sophie Reinbold
Germany
Hans
Bogota
Colombia
Fritz
Honduras
Else
Joseph F. Griffis
Arlington
Richard
Rutland
UPD
William J. Burke
Burke
Hanover
N.H
Hartland
Tuttle Law
Bennington Briefs Paints a brush fire sparked by trash
Sparks from a burning trash barrel caused a brush fire on Ernest Gauthier’s Middle Pownal Road property Thursday morning. Bennington Rural Fire Department extinguished it before it grew. The United Commercial Travellers hold a meeting Monday at 8 p.m. at the Bennington Club with refreshments. Virginia Woodard was honored Oct. 3 at her mother’s home with about 40 guests and remembrances. Olive E. Jones, former missionary to India, will speak at the First Baptist Church Sunday service and Sunday School. Mt. Anthony Chapter Order Eastern Star sponsors a rummage sale Saturday 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the YMCA. The Pete Williams Show and a dance by American Legion Post 13 run 8 p.m. to midnight at the State Armory. Katherine Toomey’s Paramount Beauty Shop on Main Street will reopen Tuesday Oct 13. Final sale this weekend at Valley View Golf Course Hoosick NY with lowest prices on golf clubs and merchandise.
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Ernest Gauthier
Middle Pownal Road
Bennington
Olive E. Jones
India
First Baptist Church
Mines resigns as Vermont mental health director
MONTPELIER UPD The state Board of Mental Health Thursday announced the resignation of Dr. Robert F. Mines director of community mental health and planning services effective Nov. 27. Mines was credited with obtaining federal funds for the state’s mental health programs since he assumed the post June 1 1963.
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Montpelier
State Board of Mental Health
Robert F. Mines
Mines
Stock Averages Report Noon Levels for Industrials Rails Utilities
Dow Jones Bache and Co Albany reports noon figures for the market. Industrial index sits at 877.24 with a 0.34 rise, railroads at 221.20 with a 0.35 change, utilities at 153.87 down 0.06. Composite average stands at 311.81, up 0.57. Sales total 2,230,000 shares.
Baptists Order Removal of Anti Lyndon Book
In Dallas the anti Lyndon Johnson volume A Texan Looks at Lyndon was ordered removed from all Southern Baptist book stores. Baptist officials called the book distasteful and political, following protests from church leaders. Dr ES James criticized the book as lacking spiritual value.
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Dallas
APD
Lyndon
Southern Baptist
Johnson
ES. James
Baptist Standard
James L. Sullivan
Nashville, Tenn
Southern Baptist Convention
Sunday School Board
The
Baptist Book Store
Grant Receives Navy Silver Dolphins for Submarine Training
David F. Grant machinist's mate fireman USN son of Mr and Mrs Fred H Grant of 208 Prospect St Bennington was awarded the Silver Dolphins insignia for completing a six month submarine training program aboard USS Atule in the Mediterranean with Sixth Fleet. He graduated from Bennington High School and entered the Navy in July 1962.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David F. Grant
USN
Fred H. Grant
Prospect St
Bennington
Grant
Atule
Sixth Fleet
Mediterranean
Bennington High School
The
Navy
AFL C IO Opens Its First Election Headquarters Here
The Vermont AFL C IO opens a Bennington election office on Main Street operated by the state Committee on Political Education under the Vermont Labor Council. It aims to register voters and mobilize union members for Election Day November 3 while distributing campaign lit erature for endorsed candidates. The Bennington headquarters marks the county’s first and joins six statewide offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Afl-Cio
Bennington
Main St
Afl-Cio Committee On
Vermont Labor Council
Kenneth E. Clayton
Bennington County
County Labor Council
Lyndon B. Johnson
Harvert H. Humephrey
Philip H. Hoff
Rutland
John J. Daley
Bernard G. O’shea
Congress
U.S. Senate
Wineston L. Prouty
Frederick J. Fausette
Clayton
State Labor Organization
State Council
Fayette
English Teachers Meet at Williams College
Miss Eupha Bonham and Mrs. Lorraine Kirsch two Benhi English teachers attend a all day New England College English Association meeting at Williams College Mount Hope Farm Williams town Mass October 17. The program opens at 10 a.m. with registration and coffee followed by lectures and discussions including That Lycidas is Not Pastoral Elegy Fitzgeralds Imagination and Profession or Predicament Reflections on Secondary School English Teaching led by Williams Prof. Clay Hunt University of Minnesota Prof. Richard Foster and Miss Winifred Post Dana Hall School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eupha Bonham
Lorraine Kirsch
Benhi
New England College English Association
Williams College
Mount Hope Farm
Williamstown
Mass
Fred H. Stocking
Williams
Clay Hunt
Fitzgerald
Richard Foster
University of Minnesota
Winifred Post
Dana Hall School
Commission On
Hospital Notes Admissions and Births List Bennington Area
Admissions include Master John Graham Bennington Mrs Bessie Kendall Nicholas P Petras Miss Anne Gaillard Mrs Helen O Neil Hoosick Falls Mrs Victoria Orvis and son Arlington Mrs Louanne Stevens and daughter Petersburg Births Mr and Mrs John Lomardy Manchester a son Oct 8 Mr and Mrs Ernest Cooke Shaftsburg a son Oct 8 Mr and Mrs Richard Gault North Hero a son Peter Randall born Oct 8 at Mary Fletcher Hospital Burlington Mrs Gault is Susan Oppenheimer daughter of Lloyd and Barbara Oppenheimer Walloomsac Road Baby’s father teaches at Isle La Motte Mr and Mrs John Rosalre Lemieux North Miami Beach Fla became parents of daughter Lucky Lee Sept 25 First child weighed 6 lb 9 oz Lemieuxs reside at 450 NE 177th St.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie Kendall
Nicholas P. Petras
Bennington
Anne Gaillard
Manchester
Helen O’neil
Hoosick Falls
Victoria Orvis
Arlington
Louanne Stevens
Petersburg
Richard Gault
North Hero
Peter Randall
Mary Fletcher Hospital
Burlington
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Bradford Hook and Ladder Co
By Christine Sleeman
Benki
Jaw Ys Hill
Pele
Shelley Winters
Robert Taylor
Bennington Drive-In
Bergman
William Clifton’ Holden ‘Webb
Satan Never Sleeps
Ouet
France
Nuyen
Saturn
Walden Theatre
Tom Jones
Supreme Court
Foote
Hoff
Barry Goldwater
Goldwater
Hollywood
UPI
Hal Smith
Andy Griffith
GOP Caravan Tours
Globe-Union
William T. Warrender
Battery Division
Gov. Hoff
Warrender
James D. Williams
Robert G. Hottensen
John Mirkil
Philadelphia
Hagerman
Mrs. Gretel von Oshsen
Bennington Briefs
United Commercial Travelers
Bennington Club
Virginia Woodard
Louis Woodard
County St
Miss Woodard
Louis
Larry Mears
Dick Oldham
Cambridge
Walloomsac
Bensington
YMCA
Mt. Anthony
Order
Eastern Star
Pete Williams
American Legion Post 13
State Armory
Katherine Toomey
Paramount Beauty Shop
Valley View Golf Course
Hoosick
Dr. Mines
Dow-Jones—Bache & Co
Albany
James
Sullivan
John H. Phalen
Veterans Employment
Edward H. Giles
Veterans of
Joseph A. Provost
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Richard T. Parker
Disabled American Veterans
John Graham
John J. Lombardy
Ernest Cooke Shaftsburg
Harte Theatre
Africa
Corner No
Pleasant St
Sun
DIAL
Rt, 7 North
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