School Board Extends Dewey Land Option Through 1965
The Dewey Trust Estate extends the Bennington Graded School Districts option on a 13.4 acre parcel south of Stark Street to February 8, 1965 and waives an extra deposit. The land may host a neighborhood elementary school serving Bennington village and rural areas, with potential merger benefits. Trustees also reject buying the Cooper Mill site and discuss long term land acquisition plans, plus an offer from Thurber’s Garage to sell or lease space for district use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewey Trust
Bennington Graded School District
Stark Street
Peter Donavan
Donavan
Charles Dewey
Allan J. Heath
Dewey
Bennington Village
Norman H. Greenberg
Cooper Mill
Pleasant
Main Streets
Greenberg
Anthony Pello
Pello
James S. Shea
Knapp
Ralph Thurber
Thurber
Willard C. Whitney
North Street
Teachers Aides Begin Work In Village Schools Monday
Bennington Village elementary schools prepare to host four new teacher’s aides starting Monday to handle duties such as lunch money, supervision, and grading. The aides will support full and part time positions at Cora B Whitney and Bennington Elementary, with salaries set at 1000 dollars for the year. The board also hired a part time bus driver, planned uniform purchases for custodians, canceled rental uniforms, and created a travel fund for teachers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington Village
Bennington
Cora B. Whitney
Ethel B. Hamilton
Bradford St
Allan J. Heath
Hamilton
Ruth E. Simpson
Weeks St
Margaret W. Sausville
North St
Jean S. Crighton
North Bennington
Heath
Crighton
Robert Young Sr
Young
Myron
Red) Woodward
Magson Co
Bennington hosts record tourist mobs and bed crunch
GBA executive director Donald C. Hicks arranged accommodations for 200 bedless visitors over the weekend as color hungry leaf peepers flocked to the area. The final tourist, Mrs Thelma Zinn of New York City, was placed in a private home after late arrival. she sent a grateful letter with a dime for a copy of The Banner’s Summer supplement and thanked Hicks for the help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald C. Hicks
Greater Bennington Association
Hicks
Thelma Zinn
New York City
Bennington Events Highlight Openings and Meetings
Community brief lists Well-Baby clinic at Elementary School on Saturday 9 to 10 a.m. free to pre schoolers. Bennington Firefighters Association meets at Willow Road station at 8 p.m. PTA and PTG meetings set for Oct 20 at local schools. Nurses Association district meeting at YMCA 7:30 p.m. Sears Roebuck store and Salvatore's shoe store to open Thursday with ribbon cutting and 1 p.m. grand opening. Elks Club dinner dance October 17 at 7 p.m. and Gradation rummage sale October 17 at Baptist Church 9 to 12:30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Park Street
Baptist Church
Valentine Street
Vermont campaign gears up amid Hoff Foote clashes and Fayette Prouty bids
Vermont Democrats admit Hoff is a formidable opponent as he pledges industrial revival and job growth. Foote counters with attacks on state control and calls for an immediate legislative redistricting session, while federal courts mandate district realignment by April 1, 1965. Fayette targets Goldwater critiques. Prouty touts Washington experience and Newport leadership. Stafford looms strong in House contests. O'Shea faces long odds despite publishing papers in Franklin County. GOP turnout remains high in election years, boosting Republican candidates across districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoff
Rutland
Foote
Vermont
Prouty
Frederick J. Fayette
Fayette
Goldwater
Stafford
House
O’shea
Franklin County
St. Albans
James E. Malloy
Malloy
Obituary of William H. Nolan of North Bennington
William H. Nolan 67 of North Bennington died Tuesday at Putnam Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. Born in Grafton Massachusetts he was educated in Boston area schools and was active as an athlete in youth. He ran a golf caddy camp in New Hampshire and wrote golf articles. He served as deacon choir member and Sunday school teacher at North Bennington Congregational Church and belonged to the Masons Eastern Star and the local fire department. He worked 31 years in the shipping department of H T Cushman Mfg Co. Survived by his wife former Claire Leander two sons William H Nolan Jr stationed with the USAF at Lowry Field Denver Colorado and Robert T Nolan of North Bennington a daughter Mrs William Garrison of Staten Island New York a brother John Nolan of Boston a sister Mrs Harry Tower of Jamaica Plain and several nieces and nephews. The funeral is Thursday at 2 30 p m at North Bennington Congregational Church with Rev William B Abernathy officiating Burial will follow in Grand View Cemetery Friends may call Hanson Walbridge Funeral Home Bennington tonight from 7 to 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Bennington
William H. Nolan
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Grafton
Mass
Boston
New Hampshire
Masonic Order
Order Eastern Star
Bennington
YMCA
Nolan
H.T. Cushman Mfg. Co
Claire Leander
William H. Nolan Jr
U.S. Air Force
Lowry Field
Denver
Colo
Robert T. Nolan
William Garrison
Staten Island
N.Y
John Nolan
Harry Tower
Jamaica Plain
Humphrey in Rutland Praises Hoff and Local Democrats
In Rutland Vermont Hubert H Humphrey urged support for Gov Philip Hoff and Democratic candidates Frederick Fayette Bernard O Shea and John Daley. He thanked locals for waiting in rain, noted Vermont ties to his home state and praised Ralph Flanders and Aiken while rallying the Rutland audience at the Hotel Bardwell before a fundraising luncheon and departure to Concord New Hampshire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson
Rutland
Humphrey
Vermont
Ralph Flanders
Aiken
Philip H. Hoff
Bernard G. O’shea
U.S. Congress
John J. Daley
Fayette and
O’shea
Daley
Rutland City
Rutland High School
Mt. St. Joseph Academy
Bardwell
Concord
N.H
New England
O Shea Links Stafford to Bob and Barry Voting
O Shea accuses Democratic challenger Bernard G. O Shea of tying Rep. Robert T. Stafford to Senator Barry Goldwater by opposing tax reform and the Housing Act. The remarks, prepared for Hubert Humphrey’s rally, frame Stafford as aligned with Goldwater on significant legislation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rutland
Bernard G. O’shea
Congress
Robert T. Stafford
Barry M. Goldwater
Hubert H. Humphrey
O’shea
Stafford
Goldwater
Bob
Barry
Hospital Notes Tuesday Admissions and Births
Hospital notes list admissions for Donald Lee Manchester Center Andrew Stuka Hoosick Falls Mrs Elizabeth Carroll Mrs Mary Yott Mrs Martha Smith Bennington Mrs Elizabeth Murphy White Creek Mrs Mildred Smith Manchester Depot Theodore Day Sunderland Char S Ward Chapel Road Oct 9 Discharges include Mrs June Smilie Bennington Mrs Joan Lombardy and son Manchester Births record a son to Mr and Mrs Walter E Mould Greenwich NY and a daughter to Mr and Mrs Maurice Andrew Eagle Bridge NY on Oct 13 Barry opposed President Kennedy program to preserve open space land extend urban renewal and improve housing for the elderly farmers and college students With Goldwater Stafford voted against public works Accelerated Public Works program brought over 1 350 000 in Vermont this year They also opposed mass transportation facilities and extension of the Food for Peace program to use farmer surplus to feed millions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Lee
Manchester Center
Andrew Stuka
Hoosick Falls
Elizabeth Carroll
Mary Yott
Martha Smith
Bennington
Elizabeth Murphy
White Creek
Mildred Smith
Manchester Depot
Theodore Day
Sunderland
Char- S
Chapel Road
Barry
Pres. Kennedy
Goldwater
Stafford
Bob
Vermont
Funeral services for Mrs. Jo sephine Van Gleson Walker
Funeral services were held Tuesday for Mrs. Jo sephine Van Gleson Walker a longtime Old Bennington resident who died Sunday. A prayer at Hanson-Walbridge Funeral Home and a Requiem Eucharist at St. Peter's Episcopal Church were led by Rev. Donald A. Webster. Committal services followed at Woodlawn Cemetery in New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josephine van Gleson Walker
Old Bennington
Hanson-Walbridge Funeral Home
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
Donald A. Webster
Father Webster
Woodlawn Cemetery
New York City
All Except Wilson Labor Council Backs A Democratic Slate
The Bennington County Central Labor Council endorsed a slate of Democrats for state and county offices including Frederick J. Fayette for the U.S. Senate while withholding endorsement for Bennington County’s other Senate candidate. It backed Gov. Hoff Lieut. Gov. Daley and Bernard G. O’Shea for Congress, and endorsed County Sheriff George F. Hoag and State Senator Earl J. Harris but not Robert M. Wilson. A jury trial in a Morrissey v DeMatteo case continued, with blueprints offered as evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington County
Vermont
U.S. Senate
State Labor Body
Gerald E. Morrissey
Bennington
M. DeMatteo Inc
Quincy
Mass
Morrissey
DeMatteo Company
Green Mountain Park
Pownal
Stephen H. Gilman
Henry F. Black
Donald E. O’brien
DeMatteo
Gilman
Senate
Harris
Robert M. Wilson
Council
Kenneth E. Clayton
Arlington
Wilson
Putnam Hotel
Martin Greenberg
Region 9A
United Auto Workers
Greenberg
Labor
Main St
Afl-Cio
Fayette Will Attend Demos Rally Here
Democratic candidates for state and county offices rally here Saturday night with State Sen. Frederick J. Fayette joining the slate to challenge U S Senator Winston L. Prouty. Also on the platform is State Sen. Bernard G. O'Shea running for the U S House. Tickets at 3 50 include dinner at the Paradise Restaurant. Local speakers include George Van Santvoord Bennington town representative George F Hoag sheriff Earl Harris and Robert Wilson state senator Walter S Clemons and Mrs Marion McCarthy side judge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick J. Fayette
Winston L. Prouty
U.S. Senate
Fayette
Bernard G. O’shea
U.S. House of Representatives
O’shea
Spencer A. Haynes
North Bennington
Paradise
George van Santvoord
Bennington
George F. Hoag
Earl Harris
Robert Wilson
Walter S. Clemons
Marion McCarthy
Village Study Committee weighs annexation and charter changes
Bennington Village study group mulls annexing Clark's Woods and nearby areas to boost growth. Attending officials say any annexation must benefit both sides and prompt charter revisions granting trustees more authority. A joint Nov 10 meeting with the town study group is planned. citizens' opinions on outer areas will be sought. Local attendees include Joseph Pello Jr. and Williams, with Brattleboro or Springfield speakers possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
John H. Williams II
Clark’s Woods
Rural Fire District
Joseph Pello Jr
Williams
Burton Potter
Pello
Brattleboro
Springfield
Oscar Fienberg
Carsmel Babcock
John J. DeVito
H. Glenn Remington Jr
Stock Averages Report at Noon From Albany Firm
Dow Jones industrials sit at 876.17 down 0.04, railroads at 222.59 down 0.05, utilities at 154.51 up 0.05, composite average 312.35 up 0.01. Sales reach 2,260,000 as noon figures released by Bache & Co in Albany.
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James B. F. Boyce
Manchester
Boyce
Howard A. Parize
Shaftsbury
Atty
John Mollica
Richard F. Clark
Lebanon
Clark
U.S. 7
East Dorset
Russell J. Niederjohn
Pittsfield
Niederjohn
Kenneth H. Hilliard Jr
Gba
Bennington Briefs
Bennington County Firefighters Association
Willow Road
Bendi Parent Teacher Association
St. Francis de Sales Ptg
BCHS
Practical Nurse Association of Vermont Inc
Sears-Roebuck
Salvatore
West Main Street
Williamstown
Ernest Salvatore
Elks Club
Dial
Democrats
Washington
Newport
U.S
Green Mountain
Bernard G. O'Shea
GOP
North Bennington Congregational Church
William B. Abernathy
Grandview Cemetery
Hanson
Walbridge Funeral Home
June Smilie
Joan Lombardy and Son
Walter E. Mould
Greenwich, N.Y
Maurice Andrew
Eagle Bridge, N.Y
Mrs
Josephine Walker
Labor Council
Chartham
England
Brooklyn
Dow Jones—Bache & Co
Albany
First National Stores
North Bennington Road
Bennington, Vt
MM Ld
Harte Theatre
Walt Disney
WSS
RUE Rt A
Walt Dinny Predertena
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