Supervisory Union Defines Policy on Retarded Students
The Bennington South Supervisory Union reaffirmed its commitment to educating all retarded students in the same school buildings as regular students next September. BFRC representatives discussed use of Red Brick School in Shafts bury for a day care or vocational center, and space needs for a new class as Flint Ink space becomes unavailable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Hager
BFRC
Charles Longtin
Earle Foreman
Arthur Murphy
Shaftsbury
BSSA
Flint
Flint Ink
Bendi
Town Farm
Howard F. Kelley
Richard Marino
Alice Miller
Miss Miller
Education Department
Johnson State College
Supt
Kelley
Hager
BSSU
Foreman
New Hampshire Sweepstakes Seen As Middle Class Draw
Powers argues the state sweepstakes draws the broad middle class and is not a tax on the poor. He notes a 1964 statewide local option vote favored ticket sales 3 to 1, with only 12 of 237 towns opposing and none having liquor stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoff
Richard Snelling
Powers
New Hampshire
U.S
Louisiana
New York State
Area Obituaries Highlight Local Farmer Edward Murphy
Edward M. Murphy 65 of Murphy Road Bennington died at Putnam Memorial Hospital after a two week illness. Born Sept 27, 1901 in Bennington he married Mary Blake in 1932 and ran Murphy Farm since his father’s 1936 death. He belonged to St John the Baptist Church Holy Name Society Knights of Columbus and leaves wife two sisters brother and extended family. Funeral at Mahar & Son in Bennington with Requiem High Mass at St John the Baptist Church. Burial in St John’s Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward M. Murphy
Murphy Road
Bennington
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Edward
Ellen (Hewson) Murphy
North Bennington
Mary Blake
Ireland
St. John the Baptist Church
Holy Name Society
Knights of Columbus
Kenneth
Mary) Fleming
Kathryn) Flood
Walloomsac
George F. Murphy
Hannah Powers
Hoosick Falls
Mahar & Son Funeral Home
St. John’s Cemetery
Feneral
Legion names chairman of disabled veterans council
Legion appointed him chairman of the Disabled Veterans Council of the Presidents Committee on Employment of the Handicapped in August 1963. Bird born May 4, 1906 in Saratoga Springs New York attended Albany Business College graduating 1926, moved to Bennington, entered textile management, served in the Army 1943 45, and joined American Legion Bennnington Post 13. He is survived by his wife Geraldine and a sister, with sons Lyle Armel and John Armel and daughter Mrs James Waugh. Burial plans and Heart Fund donations requested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Disabled Veterans Council
Mr. Bird
Saratoga Springs
N.Y
Albany Business College
Bennington
Old Charles Cooper Company
United States Army
North 28Th St
Arlington
John R. Armel
Detroit Mich
James D. Waugh
Topeka
Kans
Gawler’s Funeral
Heart Fund
Bennington BSSA Discusses Moonlighting and Bus Costs
The Bennington School Supervisory Association reviewed moonlighting rules for teachers with input from the Bennington Teachers Association. They also agreed to monitor bus mileage and costs, address unauthorized bus use, and investigate gas theft from buses at night. Parents reported inequities in busing, noting some football players walk home while others ride, potentially affecting transportation fairness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supt. Kelley
Bennington Teachers Association
BSSA
Franklin Frantz
Joint Transportation Committee
North Bennington
Wilson Speaks At Lions Club
Robert M. Wilson of Bennington, Vermont High Way Board member, spoke at the Bennington Lions Club meeting about U.S. 7 relocation. He outlined hearings, survey and design phases, with a Shaftsbury hearing set for Oct. 18, and projected construction around 1970 to finish by 1972. The meeting also noted a profitable Broom and Bulb sale raising over $600.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
U.S. 7
Shaftsbury
Wilson
Changes to Be Published in Grand List Later This Week
The Banner will publish real estate valuation changes from the first 1966 Grand List after a special Town Meeting. Listers and the Board of Civil Authority altered owner names, addresses, original and new valuations, with a full list to appear in Saturday’s edition. Grievance Day hearings follow on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Listers
Board of Civil Authority
Frank Hogan
Fire School Planned By Area Firefighters
The Bennington County Firefighters Association voted to hold a 12 hour survival course led by Ed ward H Romney from Montpelier. The program titled Radiation Hazards for Fire fighters will cover detection and decontamination from radioactive materials. It starts October 19 and runs four weekly Wednesdays at 7 pm at the Hook and Ladder house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington County Firefighters Association
Bradford Hook & Ladder House
Edward H. Romney
Civil Defense Adult Education
Montpelier
Hook & Ladder House
Forum Panel to Discuss Mt Anthony High School Challenges
Five individuals connected with Mt Anthony Union High School will speak at the Mt Anthony Forum on Tuesday at 8 p.m. in Bennington Elementary School’s all purpose room. Sponsored by Bennington area churches, the panel features Marian Taylor Howard Kelley Charles Keir John Duvall and William Dupre with Fred Welling moderating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Bennington
Bennington Area
Marian Taylor
Union High School Board
Howard Kelley
Bennington South Supervisory Union
New Union
Charles Keir
John Duvall
William Dupre
Fred Welling
North Bennington
Church
Forum
Bennington Community Updates and Local Notices
Bennington briefs summarize meetings at the Bennington Branch of the American Association of University Women on October 17, plus notes on Miss Ruth Adams inaugurating at Wellesley College with delegates from 125 colleges. Also listed are a food sale by AARP, Well‑Baby Clinic hours, a Baptist gradation fundraiser, military deployment news, golf club event rescheduling, Theta Chi pledge, a Bennington Club steak supper, Elks seafood platter Fridays, and a forum about Mt. Anthony Union High School. Two local drivers were injured on South Street in a late Wednesday accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
American Association of University Women
Franklin Jones
West Road
Marian Stroud
Prospect School
E. Sohier Welch Jr
Bennington College
Wellesley College
Ruth M. Adams
Wellesley
Welch
Adams
Margaret Clapp
Howard Mumford Jones
Lawrence Lowell
Harvard University
Aarp Association
Central Vermont Public Service
Main Street
Park Street
First Baptist Church
Colgate Hall
South Street
Nan Marceau
Elm St
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Donald F. Lorom
Grandview St
Miss Marceau
Lorom
Francis T. Marceau
Stock Averages Dow Jones Noon Report October 18 1966
The Dow Jones Industrial average stood at 782.85 up 4.68 points for the day with 4,600,000 shares traded. The railroads averaged 193.19 up 1.02, utilities 126.93 up 1.27, and the composite average 273.76 up 1.76.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dow-Jones—Bache & Co
Albany
Hospital Notes Discharges Six Area Residents
Hospital notes list discharges including Master Alan Herlihy Miss Lana Bisson and Mrs Ella DeCamp joined by Mrs Lillian Powers and daughter in Whitingham Hoosick Falls Manchester Depot and East Arlington births include a son to Mr and Mrs Charles Fabiano of 11 Munsell St Hoosick Falls and a son to Mr and Mrs Robert Secoy of East Arlington both on October 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alan Herlihy
Lana Bisson
Bennington
Ella DeCamp
Manchester
Lillian Powers
Whitingham
Charles Fabiano
Munsell St
Hoosick Falls
Robert Secoy
East Arlington
Also Mentioned on This Page
GBA Merchants Board
Greater Bennington Association Merchants Division
Mt. Anthony Country Club
I Ce Hyduke
John Dunham
Dave Buzzell
Ted Bird
Bird
Edward Quinlan
William Haynes
Louis Bellemare
Bennington Friends of Retarded
Marcelin Pleynet
Tel Quel
le Groupe
Fomalhaut
Saturn
Louis S. Adams
Peru
Henrietta H. Adams
Louis Sumner Adams
Louisville
Henry and
Mary (Grant) Hawk
Mayflower Society
Boston
Mass
Deborah Adams
Wayne
Francis Adams
Davila
John Chain
Newton Square
Lynn Walker
Dorset
Peru School
Harry Austin
Eagle Bridge
Eden Park
Troy
White Creek
George Austin
Charles Hunderlack
Porteland
Conn
Leo J. Mahar
Main
Legion
Ackland V. Mooney
Berlin
Ralston Purina Co
Marion Foster
Canada
Joanne Alderman
Mollie Hoag
Gloria Christian
Cambridge
Gladys Hunter
Quebec
Thomas M. Barber
Petersburg
Bernard Fell
Anthony
Dailey
William E. Dailey
Hubert H. Humphrey
Springfield
Philip H. Hoff
Sabrina
Fteinane
Harte Theatre
Prince of
Donegal
Lions Club
Bennington Briefs
Army
Michael T. Frazier
Francis L. Frazier
Pownal Road
Headquarters Co
937Th Combat Engineer Group
Qui Nhon
Viet Nam
Frazier
5Th
Ft. Dix
N.J
Bennington High School
U.S. Post Office Department
Mt. Anthony
James Henry Colvin
Vernon E. Colvin
Theta Chi
Central Missouri State College
Warrensburg
Hollis Chalquist
Bennington Club
Elks Club
ADV
Gage
Safford Sts
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