Rotarians Hear Egg Facts From Area Poultry Farmer
Harold Ehrenfreund of Owlkill Farms in Cambridge New York spoke at the Rotary Luncheon about agriculture as the world’s biggest business. He described Owlkills growth from 6000 birds in 1940 to 109000 birds with 150000 under contract and 100000 young stock, plus plans to deliver 3.5 million dozen eggs in the capital district next year. He noted eggs are sold both shell and ready to eat, prices at a 26 year low, and urged careful waste disposal as a major agricultural challenge. He warned of rising U.S. food prices if bad weather or storage issues occur.
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Bennington Rotarians
Harold Ehrenfreund
Owlkill Farms
Cambridge
N.Y
Ehrenfreund
Rotarians
United States
U.S
Owlkii
Owlkill
New York
Pennsylvania
India
North Walpole
N.H
Bellows Falls
Vermont
Charles Town
Globe
H.P
R.C. Allen
Mohawk
Wall Tyler
National Cash Register
J.W. Barber Jr
Lebanon
Bennington Briefs Lights Up Rummage Sale and Club Meetings
Bennington residents were told of a drastic rummage sale at the Senior Citizens Club on North Street on Wednesday at 10 am. The 140 Club schedules its regular meeting at 8 pm Tuesday at the homes of Miss Cecil Roy and Miss Theresa Goodymore. The Bennington Lions Club announces its annual broom and lightbulb sale for Monday and Tuesday October 16 and 17 from 6 to 9 pm.
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Senior Citizens Club
North Street
140
Cecil Roy
Theresa Goodermore
Bennington Lions Club
Funeral for Richard Fonteneau of Bennington area held
Funeral services for Richard A Fonteneau longtime Harwood Hill plumber and past Vermont State Plumbers Association president were held in Sacred Heart Church with Requiem Mass led by Rev Richard Lawton. Bearers included business associates, Lions Club members, and Knights of Columbus. burial at Park Lawn Cemetery followed. Relatives came from Ely Nevada Holland Falls New York Burlington Winooski and nearby areas.
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Richard A. Fonteneau
Harwood Hill
Vermont State Plumbers Association
Albany Veterans’ Hospital
Sacred Heart Church
Richard Lawton
Mahar & Son Funeral Home
Frederick Moffitt
John Lyons
Theodore Thomas
Wesley Buzzell
Raymond Tatro
Richard Arrison
Fonteneau
Alan
John
Timothy LeRay
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Johnson Oil Co
Knights of Columbus
Raymond P. Betit
Edward Haddad
Leo Plourde
Roy Thibodeau
Joseph Carroll
J. Russell Carpenter
Mr. Fonteneau
Knights
Bennington
Bennington Lions Club
Father Lawton
YMCA
Arlington
Norshaft
Manchester
U.S. Air Force Reserve
Sisters of St. Joseph
Charles Wallen
C.S.C
Sacred Heart Holy Name Society
Park Lawn Cemetery
Father Wallen
Ely
Nev
Holland Falls
N.Y
Burlington
Winooski
Falls Woman Found Dead Autopsy Awaited
In Hoosick Falls New York the body of Mrs Augustine Mabel Koehler was found Friday in her Hill Road trailer. Coroner Anthony Matera ordered an autopsy to determine cause and time of death. Koehler born March 6 1904 in Liverpool England came to the United States in 1920 as WWI bride of George W Koehler who died in 1965. She later remarried Augustine Koehler.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Rensselaer County
Anthony J. Matera
Augustine
Mabel) Koehler
Hill Road
Mary McClellan Hospital
Fred Harter
Koehler
Mabel Jane Morris
Liverpool
England
United States
George W. Koehler
Mabel Koehler
Augustine Koehler
Industrial Arts Building To Go to Highest Bidder
NORTH BENNINGTON The school board authorized Merritt Hewitt to handle the sale of the Nash Street industrial arts building after voters approved selling the no longer used structure. The plan calls for appraisal then sale to the highest bidder with a minimum bid. The board also approved a ten dollar allowance for each teacher to buy teaching aids at the VEA convention.
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Bennington
Industrial Arts
Nash Street
Merritt Hewitt
Robert Kellogg
Kellogg
David Barton
Rutland
Southern District Forester
Vermont
Seventh-Day Adventists Start Annual Ingathering Fund Drive
The Seventh-Day Adventist Church begins its annual Ingathering Fund drive to support educational welfare and medical aid locally nationally and worldwide. Highlights include disaster relief following hurricane Beulah with funds and supplies distributed by SAWS and regional conferences, plus planned tag days business solicitation and caroling drives. Local notes mention Thanksgiving and Christmas food baskets from grocery donations and ongoing community efforts.
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Seventh-Day Adventist Church
Red Cross
Rio Grande Valley
Texas
Mexico
Southwestern Union Conference
Seventh-Day Adventist Welfar Service
SAWS
Washington, D.C
Florida
California
Obituary for Clark S. Rice of Bennington
Clark S. Rice 80 of Houghton Lane died Friday at Putnam Memorial Hospital after a short illness. He gardened for families in Old Bennington for 30 years and was known for his gladioni flowers. Born June 30, 1887 in Shaftsbury, he lived most of his life on Harwood Hill and attended local schools. He married Lillian Shortt October 24, 1925 at First Baptist Church. Survived by wife, daughter Mary Macauley, son C Edward Rice, sister Emily Greene, brother Leslie, eight grandchildren, two nephews Duane and Charles Shortt, who lived with the Rices. Funeral Monday at 2 p.m. from Mahar & Son Funeral Home, burial Hinsdillville Cemetery. Visitation today 7–9 p.m., Sunday 2–4 and 7–9 p.m. with family in attendance.
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Clark S. Rice
Houghton Lane
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Harwood Hill
Mr. Rice
Old Bennington
Shaftsbury
Houghton S
Polly (Lane) Rice
North Bennington
Old Brick School
William G. Towart
Albert
Mary) Macauley
C. Edward Rice
Emily Greene
Leslie
Bennington
Duane
Charles Shortt
Mahar & Son Funeral Home
H. Glenn Payne
First Baptist Church
Hinsdillville
Bennington Falls
Fire Damages McKee Garage at 124 Main St Bennington
Firefighters battled a blaze at James A. McKee’s two car garage on Main Street Friday evening. Fire Chief Charles Sawyer cited rear corner ignition and attic spread but said damage likely not extensive. A separate Grass fire near Leo's popcorn stand was quickly put out with no damage reported.
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James A. McKee
Main St
Bennington
McKee
Charles Sawyer
Sawyer
Tentative Date Set For Murder Trial
Burlington youth Rodney Rudolph, 17, is slated for a trial on October 30 on grand jury indictments of second degree murder in the January 20 deaths of his sister Jackie and father David at the family home. He has pleaded innocent and innocent by reason of insanity and remains held at the state prison. Jackie and David Rudolph were stabbed. David died about two weeks later. Dolores Rudolph, 39, was struck on the head but recovered.
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Burlington
UPD
Rodney Rudolph
Rudolph
Jackie
David
Dolores
Bennington Women Hear Gil on Art and Potters
The Bennington Business and Professional Women's Club met at Mount Anthony Country Club to discuss cultural development. David Gil of Bennington Potters spoke on art appreciation, urging personal perception over fame and inviting tours of the pottery plant.
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David Gil
Bennington Business and Professional Women
Mount Anthony
Gil
Bennington Potters
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