Rev. George R. Brush Dies at 91 After Long Illness
Arlington obituary for the Rev. George Robert Brush, 91, retired St. James Episcopal Church rector, who died Tuesday at Putnam Memorial Hospital in Bennington after a long illness. Born March 23, 1871 in Cornwall, Conn, he served in Vermont parishes and as diocesan missionary, retiring in 1939. He was active in genealogy, authored church histories, and belonged to several fraternal groups. Surviving children include six sons and a daughter. a son Frederick Hale Brush predeceased him. Funeral set for Saturday at St James Church with Bishop Butterfield officiating.
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Arlington
George Robert Brush
St. James Episcopal Church
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Bennington
Mr. Brush
Cornwall
Conn
Jesse Brush
Ellen (Newcomb) Brush
Saybrook
Morgan High School
Clinton
Trinity
Shelburne
Lamoille Valley
Hardwick
Red Mountain Lodge
F& AM
Sons of Veterans
Beta Delta Chi Fraternity
Josephine Maria Taylor
Anna Harriet Hale
Ferdinand
Anna) Pease
Pelham
N.Y
Charles H. Brush
Rutland
Edward N. Brush
University of Maine
George R. Brush Jr
Columbia
S.C
Lawrence P. Brush
Lester B. Brush
John R. Brush
Falls Church
Frederick Hale Brush
Arlington and
The
Banner
St James Church
Harvey D. Butterfield
Burlington
St. James Cemetery
Obituary for Mrs May M Johnson Sunderland
Mrs May M Johnson 89 widow of Arthur G Johnson died Tuesday at Putnam Memorial Hospital after a long illness. Born May 17 1873 in Utah she lived with daughter Mrs Walter E Detmar of Sunderland since her husband’s death. Survived by two sons several grandchildren and great grandchildren Funeral Thursday at 2 30 p m Hansen Walbridge Funeral Home Bennington Rev Frederic B Wolf officiates Committal Kensico Cemetery Valhalla N Y Rev Thomas Falshaw officiates Friends may call today 7 to 9 p.m.
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Sunderland
May M. Johnson
Arthur G. Johnson
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Utah
Walter E. Detmar
Hanson-Walbridge
Bennington
Frederick B. Wolf
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
Kensico Cemetery
Valhalla
N.Y
Thomas Falshaw
Presbyterian Church
Bennington Armory Removes Its Two 30-Foot Flagpoles
The Bennington Armory took down two 30 foot steel flagpoles atop the building with help from the Bradford Hook and Ladder fire truck and volunteers. Armory caretaker James Hamilton and two state employees supervised, aided by Henry E. White and Victor Damour volunteers. Poles dated from 1924 and were removed as a corrosion precaution and may be replaced by smaller balcony poles during ongoing maintenance.
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Bennington Armory
Bradford Hook and Ladder
James Hamilton
Henry E. White
Spring St
Victor Damour
Hamilton
Bennington
Wright rename avoids confusion on McHales Navy cast
The billing of Bobby Wright who plays a radioman on McHale's Navy has been changed to John Wright to prevent confusion with another actor named Bob Wright in Hollywood. The McHale's Navy Wright signs his legal name shortly after the change.
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New York
UPI
Bobby Wright
Portrait Painter Charles Hopkinson Dies at 93
Charles Hopkinson, 93, renowned portrait artist whose work hangs in the Smithsonian and the White House, died Monday in Manchester Massachusetts. A memorial service is planned Friday at First Parish Church Cambridge. Burial will be private. He painted signers of the Versailles Treaty and notable figures including Oliver Wendell Holmes John D Rockefeller Jr Hoover Coolidge Masefield Eliot Lowell Conant. He graduated from Harvard in 1891 and received an honorary degree in 1949. He is survived by five daughters.
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Manchester
Mass
Unitarian
Cambridge
Charles Hopkinson
Hopkinson
Smithsonian Institute
Washington
President Coolidge
White House
Hoover
Supreme Court
Oliver Wendell Holmes
John D. Rockefeller Jr
John Masefield
Harvard University
Charles W. Eliot
A. Lawrence Lowell
James B. Conant
Harvard
Queen City Transports faces NLRB ruling on bargaining
Burlington based Queen City Transports must bargain with Barre Local 597 after NLRB finding of unfair labor practices during an organizing drive by the Teamsters. The examiner also orders dissolution of a company union seen as blocking certification. About 46 employees affected across Fair Haven North Bennington and Waterbury terminals.
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Burlington, Vt
Burlington
National Labor Relations Board
Teamsters
NLRB
Queen City Transports
Barre
Teamsters Union
Queen City
Fair Haven
North Bennington
Waterbury
Kennedy Eyes Sharper Foreign Policy Push
Publicans await a continued clash with Richard Nixon as Kennedy gauges a tougher defense of foreign policy. Eisenhower’s Republican role grows, and Connecticut presents a potential target as Kennedy plans speeches in Bridgeport, Waterbury, and New Haven before returning to the White House tonight.
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Eisenhower
Kennedy
Congress
Connecticut
House
Bridgeport
Waterbury
New Haven
White House
Candidates Speak on Future Terms and Campaign Deductions
The speaker urges staggered terms with half elected every two years to speed leadership learning in state government. He backs tax deductions for political contributions to broaden party support. A proposed medium security facility would handle borderline youthful offenders. The League of Women Voters plans a similar candidate meeting on Oct 30. Reid Lefevre, Republican senatorial candidate from Manchester, was ill and could not attend.
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Clark
Vermont
League of Women Voters
Reid Lefevre
Manchester
Rutland Rail Abandonment Tied to Asset Play Claims
Rail unions cite Business Week reporting a new asset play in the Rutland Railway liquidation under ICC abandonment. The article states salvage value could fund retirements and leave $30 to $35 per share in common, with a $5.7 million salvage value and $16 million tax carryforward. The Railway Labor Executives Association filed Oct. 11 to reconsider the order, arguing profits could justify employee protections. William S. Ginsburg declined comment.
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Business Week Magazine
Rutland Railway
Interstate Commerce Commission Abandonment Authority
ICC
The
Railway Labor Executive's Association
RLEA
Rutland
William S. Ginsburg
Business Week
Interstate Commerce Commission
Vermont
NYCRR
Ginsburg
Manchester Crash Victim Taken Home
Edeas J. Arel 58 of Holyoke Mass died in a one car crash near Manchester Center Tuesday. His 195¢ Chrysler hardtop skidded 700 feet and struck trees and a milk shed. Arel was killed instantly and last rites were given at the scene. He worked as a bartender at Equinox House in Manchester Village and is survived by eight sisters.
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Edeas J. Arel
Holyoke
Mass
Manchester Center
C. Blais and Son
Arel
Vermont
Equinox House
Manchester Village
Fall River
Florida
Springfield
Canada
Hospital Notes Admissions and Discharges Report
Admissions list includes Cynthia Burdick North Pownal Florence Liporace Hoosick Falls Albert E Davis Shaftsbury Ettie Alken North Bennington Discharges include Mrs Gustavo Martinengo Hoosick Falls Mrs Jean Kendall Arlington Mr and Mrs Howard Davis Jr Chapel Road a daughter on Oct 16
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Cynthia Burdick
North Pownal
Florence Liporace
Hoosick Falls
Albert E. Davis
Shaftsbury
Ettie Alken
North Bennington
Gustavo Martinengo
Hoosick
Jean Kendall
Arlington
Howard Davis Jr
Chapel Road
Bowling Alleys Razed by Blaze in Holyoke
A general alarm fire leveled the Holyoke Ten Pin Bowling Lanes in the South Street Shopping Plaza. The one story brick building with 50 lanes was a total loss with damage estimated at $500,000. No injuries were reported. Fire officials cited an explosion and a 40 foot hole in the west wall as the roof collapsed. Firefighters from Holyoke and five surrounding communities fought the blaze around 3:30 a.m.
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Holyoke
Mass
South Street
William Mahoney
al Marcotte
Marcotte Ford Agency
Jury Dockets Show Five Not Pressed Four Postponed
In Bennington Municipal Court five cases with six charges were not pressed due to a weak state case. Four cases remain to be tried, with jurors told to expect trials in November. State's Atty John Burgess had resigned effective November 15, and was believed out of town preparing to join a private practice in Montpelier.
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Bennington
John A. Burgess
Burgess
Montpelier
Waldo C. Holden
Holden
Wilbur E. Pelsne
East Dorset
Donald W. Phillips
Geoffrey S. Thompson
Williamstown
Mass
Francis C. Bruso Jr
Richard Purdy
Joseph B. Mattison Sr
Arlington
Albert J. Thibault
Manchester
Doris Carter
Woodfor
Town Board Weighs Culvert Fix and Voting Machine Prep
The board discussed a culvert under the old railroad right of way where Bank Street crosses and noted water from Old Bennington is diverted west of the right of way. Helen and Katherine Cusick urged remediation due to seepage onto their Eastview Drive property. Selectmen will tell Mary Hodeck and John Proud to have town voting machines set up well before the November 6 election for thorough testing.
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Kelley
Bank Street
Old Bennington
Helen
Katherine Cusick
Eastview Drive
Mary Hodeck
Board of Civil Authority
John P. Proud
Bennington YMCA Exhibits at Vermont Bank and Trust
The Bennington Area YMCA displays its work at Vermont Bank and Trust Co with signs slides pamphlets and equipment. The exhibit outlines administration by the Board and committees and YMCA Service worldwide funded by contributions to the World Service Program. Membership and activities year begins this month.
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Bennington Area
Vermont Bank and Trust Co
YMCA
Ymca World Service
Bennington Briefs Highlights Local church events and hikes
Community notices list a Girl Scout leaders course on Oct 22 at 7 30 p m at Mrs Charles Thompson’s Willow Road home. First Methodist men rehearse for Layman’s Sunday service. Rehearsal led by Earl Hamilton. Norwich guests at Mrs Frank Newton’s Silver Street home. YMCA hike for area boys to White Rocks set for Friday 9 a m to 2 30 p m. School closed Thurs and Fri for teachers convention. St Peters Episcopal rummage sale Friday 1 4 p m with Miss Marion Hardy chairing. Open house for the Harbours golden wedding Oct 23, 2 4 p m at 120 Branch St. Dr W S Hall away Oct 20–31. office hours 10–12 daily. Gradation rummage sale at First Baptist Church Oct 20 9 a m to 12 30 p m.
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Charles Thompson
Willow Road
YMCA
White Rocks
St. Peter's Episcopal Church
Pleasant Street
Marion Hardy
Roy Bergquist
Harold Cutler
Roy Fleming
Wallace Hall
Roy Jacobs
Richard Leake III
Walter LaGrange
Fred Morgan
Edward Ransom
Elizabeth Rockwood
Mark Salvatore
E. E Sarcka
Tarrant Sible
Henry Steel
Thomas C Thomas
Josephine Urqu
H. Alfred Harbour
Branch St
First Baptist Church
Main St
Bennington
IRS Responds to Sharpes Deductions Question
An IRS spokesman said the Sharpes must file a quarterly SS deductions report to allow the Social Security Administration to issue credits for workers. He declined to comment on the propriety of deductions for workers not yet registered. Tomorrow notes that much of weekly earnings goes to alcohol.
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Internal Revenue Service
Sharpes
Social Security Administration
Congo Union Plan Could Reunite Katanga With Congo
In Leopoldville a draft federal constitution aims to reunite Katanga with the Congo while granting provinces autonomy and centralizing defense and foreign affairs. Premier Adoula unveiled the charter as Thant aides and U.N. officials watch, amid a ceasefire in northern Katanga.
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Leopoldville, the Congo
U.N
Moise Tshombe
Katanga
Congo
Tshombe
U Thant
Congo Unity
Leopoldville
Cyrille Adoula
Elisabethville
Katanga- Kasai
Adoula
Congo National Army
Uited
Britain
Thant
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Salem
Salem’s
Woodbury
Cy Caraole Drug Store
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Gerald E. Morrissey, Inc
Edmunds
Rail Unions Cite Magazine
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Malone Junction
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Chicopee
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South Hadley
Bennington Briefs
First Methodist Church
Earl Hamilton
Clark's Woods
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William F. Bogue
Norwich, Conn
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Silver Street
W. S. Hall
Noveck
Shultz Inc
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