Murray Wins State Ruling Over BCA Conflict of Interest
The Vermont Tax Department ruled that any appellant may not sit as a BCA member while the board hears property tax appeals, a decision Murray calls to invalidate Bennington BCA actions this year. He urges Barber to act or resign as town counsel, citing prior legal interpretations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vermont Tax Department
Board of Civil Authority
BCA
Raymond C. Murray
Bennington Taxpayers’ Protective Association
Murray
State Department
Bennington Bca
John P. Proud
Tax Department
Bennington Selectmen
Barber
BTPA
Vermont
Board of Sisters
Pre Sentence Probe Ordered in Bennington Petty Larceny Case
Edward J. Grikstas a 17 year old Bennington youth was released on his own recognizance in Bennington District Court. Judge John P Morrissey ordered a pre sentence investigation. State's Attorney John T Carmody Jr said Grikstas surrendered at the Agway Petroleum Corp parking lot at 1205 a m October 10 while allegedly using apparatus to siphon gasoline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Bennington District Court
John P. Morrissey
Atty
John T. Carmody Jr
Edward J. Grikstas
Agway Petroleum Corp
Grikstas
Carmody
Morrissey
Leonard P. Bump
Bump
Vt. 9
John B. Harte
Frank C. Gould
Danby
U.S
Manchester
Gould
Williamstown
Mass
Woodford
Laurel D. Greene
Girl Scout Aides Begin Fund Drive in Bennington
Raymond Hueter, campaign chairman, announced that solicitation for Girl Scout funds will start Wednesday and run until Oct. 23. Raymond Bow en is coordinating private donations. The door-to-door canvass covers Bennington village to benefit all local Girl Scouts. Workers meet Tuesday at 7 30 p m at the First United Methodist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Hueter
Drive For Girl Scout Funds
Raymond B. Bowen
Bennington Village
Bennington
First United Methodist Church
Apollo 7 Drama and Court Pleas Highlight Busy Weekend
Apollo 7 endured DC system glitches as Kranz and Schirra described the mission’s ongoing gear trials and joking aboard. Nearby, Vermont court actions saw multiple defendants pleading guilty or no contest to drunken driving, speeding, and related offences with fines and probation.
Boy's toe shot in gun accident in New Jersey
A 12 year old boy Howard B Yokelson of Westfield New Jersey was taken to Putnam Memorial Hospital by his father after a hunting accident in Shafts bury Hollow Saturday. The unloaded 12 gauge shotgun discharged when the boy rested the barrel on his right foot. Only a toe was injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard B. Yokelson
Westfield
N.J
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Shaftsbury Hollow
Yokelson
Adult Courses Start Tonight At High School
Mt. Anthony Union High School opens adult education tonight with four offerings. Spanish class from 7 to 9 p.m. focuses on conversation and cultural enrichment taught by Mrs. Richard Noble. Beginning sewing runs 7 to 10 in Room 306 for beginners, taught by Mrs. J Russell Carpenter Jr. Advanced woodworking meets 7 to 10 in Room 204 led by Kenneth Gile, no beginners. Electro-technology, 7 to 10 in Room 305 taught by Theodore Johnson, is the single class Tuesday night. Registration also occurs tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Noble
J. Russell Carpenter Jr
Kenneth Gile
Theodore Johnson
Evaluation Made Of Ghetto Project in Vermont
Gov. Philip Hoff says the Vermont New York Cooperative Youth Program's future hinges on an evaluation, with results expected by mid December. He hopes the program continues at state and national levels and notes it could aid the national response to the racial crisis. The governor calls the project a major achievement and living proof that positive forces can prevail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
UPI
Philip H. Hoff
New York
Hoff
Council On Youth
Bennington Briefs highlights local notes and army update
Bennington residents are urged to note Army Pvt. Robert L. Boulet’s assignment to Vietnam with Company A Troop Command. Stephen Rice wins a Missouri Valley College scholarship for academic excellence. Community notices include Senior Citizens Club and American Legion Auxiliary meetings, a memorial service for Cpl. Forest Ward, Emblem Club program plans, and a Nurses chapters fall meeting at Putnam Memorial Hospital Institute for Medical Research. A food sale supporting Vietnam ditty bags, a Friday accident in Troy, and upcoming Well-Baby Clinic and DAR dessert meeting are listed with dates, places, and organizers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Auxiliary
Senior Citizens Center
North Street
Putnam Hotel
Armory
Cpl
Forrest E. Ward
Davis Dines With GOPs Tonight in Bennington
Deane C. Davis Republican candidate for governor visits Bennington tonight. He meets voters at the Foster home, attends a dinner at GOP headquarters with municipal officials and justice candidates, opens county headquarters at 8, and plans to campaign in Windsor tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deane C. Davis
Bennington
Thomas Foster
Foster
ITI
Davis
Justice of the Peace
Bennington Town
Bennington County
Republican
Young Republicans
Windsor County
Justice
John H. Williams II
GOP
Obituary notes for Bennington area residents and neighbors
Obituaries from Bennington area include Mrs. Joseph S. Pello Sr. 80 of 247 Depot St who died after a long illness. Born in Salerno Italy May 10 1888 she moved to Rutland then Bennington and married Joseph S. Pello Sr. in 1907. Also listed are Mrs. Marcia Holbritter 70 of 178 Main St Hoosick Falls and Mrs Cassie Ruditis 80 a Lithuania native who died in Mentor Ohio. Additional notice: Theodore C. Janeway 42 of Cold Spring Harbor killed in a London traffic accident. Burial and funeral details accompany each notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold T. Davenport
North St
Mahar & Son
Theodore Shatagin
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
Griffin Electric Co., Inc
Davenport
Harold Griffin
Bertrand Trudeau
Robert Kimball
Donald Mulready
Griffin
Bennington
Gary
Park Lawn Cemetery
Shatagin
Barrington, R.I
Troy
N.Y
Joseph S. Pello Sr
Depot St
Italy
Jennie Stoppellio
Anthony and
Carmel (Bellotti) Stoppellio
Salerno
Pello
Mt. Tabor
Stoppellio
Rutland
Danby
Joseph S. Pello
St. Francis de Sales Church
Andrew Barron
St. Francis de Sales
Altar Rosary Society
Marion E. Pello
Lucy A, Pello
Richard
Kathryn) West
Harvard
Mass
Earl
Carmel) Babcock
Burlington
Joseph A, Jr
Raymond W
Washington, D.C
Albert
Providence
R.I
Anthony J
Michael
Marlow Heights
Robert
Rocky) Stoppellio
James
Josephine) Salerno
Watervliet
Lucy Calenari
Mahar & Son Funeral Home
Hooser Falls
Marcia Holbritter
William F. Holbritter
Main St
Albany Medical Center
Herman and
Emily Eddy
Pittstown
Hoosick Falls
Hoosek Falls
Cassie Ruditis
Lithuania
Mentor
Ohio
Ruditis
Stanley
Lyman St
Miami
Fla
Robert Wolford
Anthony Ruditis
Saddle Brook
N.J
Edward Ruditis
Paul Ruditis
Anna Wirmusky
Albany
Ignace Swingle
Hartford
New York
Theodore C. Janeway
Cold Spring Harbor
London
England
Brooklyn
Vermont State Sea
Edward G. Janeway
South Londonderry
Brooks School
Yale University
U.S. Navy
Yale
Janeway
Delta Marketing and Shipping Corp
States Marine Lines
Smith & Johnson Mexican Lines
Delta
Cold Spring Harbor Beach Club
Cynthia Sewell
Theodore
Ashley
Sewell Janeway
W. C. Apthorp
Concord
T. K
Auto Pole Crash Cuts Power In South Branch Area
A car driven by John D. Maloney, son of Bennington County Sheriff John H. Maloney, toppled a power pole in Bennington early Saturday. Central Vermont Public Service said the South Branch Street outage lasted from about 2:35 a.m. to 5:45 a.m. Police report status was not available, and Sheriff Maloney confirmed his son was the vehicle operator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Vermont
Hospital Auxiliary Will Meet Oct. 24
The Wo mens Auxiliary of Putnam Memorial Hospital will hold its annual meeting Thursday October 24 at 7 30 p m in the hospital dining room. President E Arnold Quist will run the business meeting including bylaw changes. Administrator Robert Stout will speak on extended care and a short Carol Burnett hospital volunteer film will be shown. Attendees are asked to call Quist Darlington or van R Schuyler to confirm plans for refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Womens’ Auxiliary
Putnam Memorial Hospital
E. Arnold Quist
Robert Stout
Carol Burnet
Hospital Notes October 11 12 13 1968 Admissions and Births
List of admissions discharges and births across Bennington Hoosick Falls and surrounding towns for October 11 12 and 13 1968. Names include Margaret Holden Marion Cross Tracy Gardner Barbara Potter John Dahl Robert Pell Kathleen Campbell and others with several births noted in Valley West Dover Manchester Center and Bennington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Holden
Marion Cross
Bennington
Tracy Gardner
Petersburg
N.Y
Barbara Potter
Woodford
Brian Toomey
North Bennington
Dorothy Tristman
Betty Ann Haffner
Holly Jones
Sue Hickey
Hoosick Falls
John Dahl
Arlington
Robert T. Pell
Shaftsbury
Kathleen Campbell
Valley
Elizabeth Wilcox
Johnsonville
Chris Batchelder
Wilmington
Donald Harris
James E. Welch
Alex Stirling
Eleanor Fink
Howard Bartlett
Valley View
West Dover
Karl Davis
Elm Street
Manchester Center
Herbert Eastman
Box
Conrad Parize
R.D
Gore Road
William Gaillard
Richmond St
Pello urges candidates to declare road stands Bennington beltline demand
Bennington Village Trustee Joseph A. Pello Jr. calls on all local candidates for the legislature to publicly state their views on the relocation of U.S. 7. He urged media coverage of positions ahead of the highway construction debate this winter. At a stormy hearing, Bennington’s municipal leaders pressed for beltline priority, though the legislature must alter the current plan. The bypass is not scheduled before 1975.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Joseph A. Pello Jr
U.S.7
Pello
State Highway Department
Ceremonies Tonight To Honor Cpl Ward Vietnam Hero
Public ceremonies in memory of Cpl Forrest E Ward of Bennington who died in Vietnam on June 13 will be held at the State Armory at 7 pm. Cpl Joseph Bohnak of the University of Massachusetts will present awards posthumously to Mrs Hector J Ward. Ward served as a medic with the 25th Infantry at Hoc Mon and joined the Army in September 1967. Members of Vermont National Guard Veterans of Foreign Wars and other patriotic groups are expected to attend. First such ceremony for a Vietnam combat hero.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Altar Rosary Society
St. Francis de Sales
Central Vermont Public Service
Alice Congdon
Vietnam
Bennington County
Cpl
Forrest E. Ward
Bennington
State Armory
Joseph Bohnak
University of Massachusetts
Hector J. Ward
Gage St
Cpl. Ward
25Th Infantry
Hoc Mon
South Vietnam
Vermont National Guard
Veterans of Foreign Wars and Auxiliary
Post 13
American Legion and Auxiliary
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Kranz
Schirra
Ground Control
Cape Kennedy
Mexico
Gulf of Mexico
Yucatan Peninsula
Thomas A. Lane
Danbury
Richard D. Knapp
Main Street
Vasemma Oe
North ST. Bennington
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Robert Houle
Jay Peak
Earle Hancock
Boston
Jay
Hancock
Bennington Briefs
Army
Robert L. Boulet
Doris A. Boulet
Stark St
U.S. Army Depot
Stephen Rice
Clark Rice
Park Street Extension
Missouri Valley College
Senior Citizens Club
Emblem Club
Diane Rallis
Girls State
Jean Stone
Mary Macauley
Marion Pierce
Association of
Chapter 1
Putnam Memorial Hospital Institute For Medical Research
Helene Toolan
Magdalena Usategui
Nathallie Borg
R.N
Freiday, Tole
Middle Pownal Road
Leonard Hospital
Second Avenue
101St St
Park Street
DAR
William Dailey
Gops
John Charney
Monroe
Pownal
Elwood Russell
Russell
Old Bennington
Robert Girol
Schenectady
John Jojo
Joseph Pello Sr
William Holbritter
Frances Holbritter
J. Albert Holbritter
Delmar
First United Church Presbyterian
Robson Funeral Home
Robert Springer
First United Church
Warren Cemetery
Boyntonville
Mrs
Stanley Ruditis
Floyd Amidon
Hoosick
Falls
Mathea Houran
Leola Harris
Gladys Vallee
Nora Mathers
Ann Austin
Irma Bartlett
Walker
Bird’s
Cameras Records
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