Morse Dies at 82. Bennington Contractor Led Morse & Butler
Guy W. Morse 82 of 307 North St. Bennington and president of Morse & Butler, died early today at Putnam Memorial Hospital. Born June 16, 1886 in Bennington, he married Ruth Denio in 1909 and celebrated his 59th anniversary last January. He worked at Hoosac Cotton Mills and for James Silk before starting his own contracting business, later forming Morse & Butler in 1958. A devoted Methodist, he was a trustee and honorary steward, a skilled carpenter, and active in building local homes. Survivors include his wife, son Leonard G. Morse, daughter Gladys Butler, two grandsons, two great grandsons, and others. Services Wednesday at 2 p.m. from his home, burial in Park Lawn Cemetery. Hanson-Walbridge Funeral Home handling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy W. Morse
North St
Morse & Butler
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Clarence S
Eva J. (Kennon) Morse
Bennington
Ruth Denio
Morse
Hoosac
North Adams
Mass
James Silk
Mr. Morse
First United Methodist Church
Leonard G. Morse
Fred
Gladys) Butler
Gerald Butler
Keith Morse
Scott
Mark Butler
Melvin R. McGaughey
Park Lawn Cemetery
Hanson - Walbridge Funeral Home
Bennington Area to Get Vermont ETV Reception Nov
Vermont ETV will beam educational TV to Bennington Mount Anthony Mount Snow and Mount Equinox areas via three new translators. Construction aims for service by November 1, with signals rebroadcast from WVTA Channel 41 atop Mt. Ascutney. Translators will use UHF channels 74 79 and 76 and serve noncable viewers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Vermont
Mt. Anthony
Mt. Snow
Mt. Equinox
ETV
University of Vermont
WVTA
Channel 41
Mt. Ascutney
Windsor
Federal Communications Commission
Manchester
Bennington
Wilmington
Better Tv, Inc
Mountaintop Lodge
Mt. Snow Development Corp
Grandpa’s Knob
Rutland
Burke
Funeral notices for Mrs. Christine Bacon Ira R McDermott and William Hauck
Funerals were held for Mrs. Christine Bacon widow of Guy A. Bacon of Lyons District and Ira R. McDermott of 119 Park St with services led by Rev H Glenn Payne and Rev Theodore Shatagin. Burial at Ira Allen Cemetery and Park Lawn Cemetery. Relatives attended from multiple towns. Arlington funeral for William J. Hauck of West Arlington with services by Rev Clement Belcher and inurnment at Evergreen. Attendees included Red Mountain Lodge 63 members and North Bennington Fire Dept. Hauck died Wednesday at Putnam Hospital aged 80.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christine Bacon
Guy A. Bacon
Lyons
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Mahar & Son Funeral Home
H. Glenn Payne
First Baptist Church
John LaFountain Jr
David LaFountain
Mr. Payne
Hoosick Falls
Shaftsbury
Manchester
Dover
Wordsboro
Wilmington
Bellows Falls
Townshend
East Dorset
Ira R. McDermott
Park St
Hanson - Walbridge
Theodore Shatagin
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
Paul Sausville
Paul Hard
Harold McLenahan
Michael Woodward
George Beshara
Patrick Devlin
Father Shatagin
Park Lawn Cemetery
Arlington
William J. Hauck
West Arlington
Hansan-Walbridge
Clement G. Belcher
St. James Episcopal Church
Emmett Mattern
Robert Lindsey
Fred Schardt
Fred Monsee
John Thompson
John Perrano
Father Belcher
Evergreen Cemetery
Hackensack
N.J
Rochelle Park
Bennington Briefs Local meetings and events listed
Meeting called at Democratic Headquarters today p.m. to organize get out the vote on Nov 5. Fire Department Auxiliary. Rev W Earle Forman leaves Albany for Detroit for NARC and convention, returning Oct 26. Nurses of Bennington County hold meeting Tuesday 8 p.m. at St Peter's Parish House. Janet E Hayes to Potsdam Oct 8 recital performing Schumann. Green Mountain TOPS and VFW Auxiliary meet. Halloween dance at Bennington Elks Lodge Saturday. Knights of Columbus to meet with officer installation. Bonus Rummage Sale at synagogue Vestry Oct 23. Dr Oakley Frost away at Columbia Univ this week. Christmas Clubs payments due by Oct 25. County National Bank long list of ADV items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democratic
Justice Ticket
Helpig
W. Earle Forman
The
Bennington Friends of Retarded Children
Albany
Detroit
NARC
Sheraton - Cadillac
Melvin McGaughey
Bennington County
St. Peter’s
Pleasant Street
Nine Weekend Accidents On Rainy Leafy Roads
State police report nine car crashes in the Bennington area over a rainy weekend on slick leaf strewn highways. The most serious involved Martin Raymond, 18, of 120 Ben Mont Ave, in satisfactory condition at Albany Medical Center after a 6 p.m. Saturday crash on Silk Road into an oak tree. Other Saturday incidents include six men with minor injuries on Route 9 in Searsburg and drivers from Manchester and North Adams among the injured or treated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Martin Raymond
Ben Mont Ave
Albany Medical Center
Silk Road
Raymond
Old Bennington
North Bennington
Searsburg
Gerald Eckman
Manchester
N.H
Brian Rafferty
William Walker
Joseph O’leary
John McGlaughlin
Lawrence Eckman
Robert Pellerin
Rutland
South Stream Road
Ice Pond Curve
Leonard Pillarella
North Adams
Mass
Susan Bouley
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Pillarella
Pownal
Rollin Severance
South Londonderry
East Rupert
William Crandall
Otis Mullen
Pawlet
Mullen
Crandall
William Cardinal
North Pownal
Cardinal
Gary Eastman
Hoosick
N.Y
Bank Street
Eastman
Oakley M. Frost
Central Vermont Public Service Corp
Col Gilroy To Speak On Coins At Center
Col Robert J Gilroy, a longtime coin collector and operator of Bulrushes Motor Court, will speak at the Senior Citizens Center on North Street Wednesday Oct 23 about the Franklin Mint and commemorative coins and will display an exhibit. The program invites Benninnington County residents 55 and older to attend with no membership required. the center on 120 North Street offers drop in hours 2 to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert J. Gilroy
Senior Citizens Center
North Street
Franklin Mint
Gilroy
Bulrushes Motor Court
Bennington County
Leonard J. Black
Hospital Notes Frightful Weekend Car Crashes Reported
Readable hospital notes from Friday October 18 to Sunday October 20, 1968 list admissions and discharges for residents of Bennington Arlington Pownal Shaftsbury and surrounding towns. Births announced include two daughters and two sons to local families. Road accidents are described with guardrails damaged in Peru and a power pole crash in North Bennington cutting electricity until service was restored.
Bus Collision in Alexandria Kills Nine, Injures Eighteen
A bus carrying 35 students collided with a second bus carrying nurses in Alexandria, Egypt, killing nine people and injuring 18. The Tuesday crash involved two vehicles and prompted emergency responders to rush victims to nearby hospitals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexandria
Egypt
UPT
Republicans To Attend League Forum In Bennington
Republican and Democratic candidates for four state offices will attend the Bennington League of Women Voters forum set for October 23 at 7 30 in the old Bendi building. Republican hopefuls are Deane C Davis Thomas Hayes James Jeffords and Richard Thomas. Democratic counterparts John J Daley William Hunter Thomas Whalen and Harry Cooley will also attend. House and Senate candidates from Bennington area were invited, with Mt Anthony Union High School principal Charles Keir named moderator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
League of Women Voters
Bendi
Deane C. Davis
Thomas Hayes
James Jeffords
Richard Thomas
John J. Daley
William Hunter
Thomas Whalen
Harry Cooley
Bennington Area
Charles Keir
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Gas Station Held Up By 2 Men for $130
Two men in their early 20s robbed the Petco Filling Station on Route 7 Bennington at about 4 30 a m Sunday. They demanded change and one produced a revolver forcing operator Howard Goodrich to hand over about 130 dollars before fleeing into nearby woods on foot. Goodrich provided a partial description of the talking man, while investigators pursue multiple leads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petco
Route 7
Bennington
Howard Goodrich
Goodrich
Vermont
Harvey Jones
Shaftsbury
Daley Raps Davis For Lacking Issues
In Stowe Vermont Daley accuses Davis of not presenting concrete recommendations on any single issue in the 1968 gubernatorial campaign. Daley speaking to the Vermont Democratic Women's Clubs says the Republican candidate shows reluctance to outline firm policy.
Christmas in October noted at Moose meeting
WOTM members collected many gifts for Mooseheart and Moosehaven at the last gathering. A Christmas cake by Christine Potter went to Frances Pierce, a surprise gift to Jean Jewett, with choir and library month activities planned for November. Initiation and regular meetings set with Nov 4 and Nov 6 sessions and a crazy auction led by Marion Charest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mooseheart
Moosehaven
Christine Potter
Frances Pierce
Jean Jewett
Gladys Knapp
Vatican views on Kennedy wedding continuation discussed
Canon law experts say a first marriage not annulled would render the Kennedy marriage null and void in Vatican eyes. If invalid, Mrs. Kennedy would face automatic excommunication and loss of rites and sacraments of her childhood church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vatican
Kennedy
Corporations shaping reform in state and local gov
Corporation influence is urged to reform aging government structures and address environmental challenges. Speakers call for using industry experts to guide goals and decisions, noting youth ecological awareness and the need for local action on land use, taxes, and billboard control laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Hoff
Scheffey
Ross
Williams
Dan Kiley
Charlotte
Apollo 7 Crewmates Complain About Food and Gear
Apollo 7 astronauts complain of stuffed heads and risk of ear damage during reentry without helmets. They report 11 days of supplies for 12 days of work and request more meat and vegetables while grumbling about lack of eggs and bacon. Ground controllers face sharp criticism from Schirra amid flight plan changes and morale issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Centre Center
Lunney
Schirra
Hayes Campaign Stop Tour Heads Through Vermont Towns
Republican lieutenant governor hopeful Tom Hayes plans an afternoon stop in Bennington after morning campaigning in Manchester and Shaftsbury. He will campaign in the Shaftsbury area with Victor Harwood, candidate for District 42 representative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Hayes
Bennington
Manchester
Shaftsbury
Victor Harwood
District 42
Tative
Hayes
Warner Nursing Home
Crescent Manor Nursing Home
Tom Foster
The
Banner
Everett Lillie
Lillie
Oneida
Salem
Vermont Steak House
Clarks Woods
Joe Hall
Bennington Club
Elks
Openings Left In Courses For Adults
Mt Anthony Union High School adult education announces week two of classes with openings in all except sewing. Evening options include Spanish, advanced woodworking, electrotechnology, painting, drawing, typing, beginners woodworking, bookkeeping, and more. Each course runs 10 weeks starting 7 pm at MAUHS with fees varying by class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Houle
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Mauhs
YMCA Weekly Schedule Of Activities
The notice lists weekly YMCA programs with times and venues. Monday includes boys bowling for Jr. high at 3:30 and high school at 7, chess at 7, Weight Watchers at 7, Air Force Reserves at 8. Tuesday adds boys gym at 4, girls bowling at 3:30, and an IMC supervisor course at MAUHS at 7. Wednesday features women's exercise and babysitting at 10, Baton class at 3:30, Duplicate bridge at 7:30, and a Film Festival Shoot the Piano Player at 8 at 2nd Congregational Church. Thursday covers girls gym at 4, high school boys gym at 7, Beginners Bridge at 7:30, AWAYS at 8. Friday has Jr. high boys gym at 4. Saturday includes tackle football at Memorial Park at 9, Jr. high boys gym at 12, and high school boys gym at 1.
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Jr. High
Air Force Reserves
Mauhs
2Nd Congregational Church
Memorial Park
Edgar May Named Aide To Shriver
Edgar May former head of the federal Office of Economic Opportunity is named special assistant to Sargent Shriver the U S ambassador to France He will take a role similar to the CEO era and returns to Washington after a 1967 auto crash that killed his wife Louise Breason May The Northwestern University journalism graduate won a Pulitzer for Erie County welfare reporting and later wrote a book before entering government work in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar May
Federal
Office of Economic Opportunity
Sargent Shriver
U.S
France
Shriver
May
Washington
Louise Breason May
Springfield
Bennington
Mays
Renee May
Burlington
Northwestern University
School of Journalism
Buffalo Evening News
Erie County Welfare
Judge bars handcuffs for youths in court ruling
In Bennington District Court Judge John Morrissey forbade handcuffing juvenile offenders in court after Joseph LaBranche Jr. 16 of Manchester N H was arraigned and later sentenced to 29 days served. LaBranche and Henry Chase 16 of Manchester were linked to thefts in Rupert and a stolen 1968 Javelin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington District Court
John P. Morrissey
Joseph LaBranche Jr
Manchester
N.H
New Hampshire
Weeks School
Vergennes
Morrissey
la Branche
Joseph LaBranche
Vermont
Henry O. Chase
Sheldon
Rupert
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Emergency Board
Mrs
Place
Jacksonville
McDermott
Bennington Briefs
Janet E. Hayes
Hamlen Avenue
Robert W. Hayes
State University College
Potsdam
Miss Hayes
Schumann
Green Mountain Tops
VFW
Bennington Elks Lodge
Bill Hart
Bennington Council
Knights of Columbus
C. Mason Amadon
Adv
Oakley Frost
Columbia University
County National Bank
Bennington and
Col. Gilroy
Frank Evers
Barry Arnold
North Hoosick
Louis Torberg
Eleanor Tifft
Steven Barber
Mildred Burchard
Edith Davidson
Sean Vince
Edith Rice
Lucy Davis
Rhonda Jill Fisher
Kenneth Hill
Patricia Dwyer
Jacqueline English
Cambridge
Sandra
Hamilton and Son
Marie Schneider
Lillian Perrott
Sheila Robare
Ada Healy
Keith Rainen
Petersburg
Caroline Miner
Bessie Trudeau
Joseph Conradt
Robin Haynes
Doris Miller
Paul Kohinis
Morgan Street Extension
Gary Pray
Box 149
William Potter Sr
Chapel Road
Arnold Revett
Depot St
Peru
James Harris
Woodford
League Forum
State Police
Bennington Village
Daley
Davis
WOTM
Moose Home
Marion Charest
Tional Life Insurance Co
GOP
Riley
Vermont League of Women Voters
Benjamin Thompson
Mount Hope Farm
Parmalee Prentice
Russell E. Train Jr
Conservation Foundation
Emilio Q
Daddario
D-Conn
House
Science, Research and Development
Richard Carpenter
Congress
Ben B. Seligman
University of Massachusetts
Umass Labor Relations and Research Center
Lynton K. Caldwell
Indiana University
Hugh J. Miser
Travelers Research Center
Peter M. Stern
Northeast Utilities and
Joseph Lund
R.M. Bradley and Company
R. Frank Gregg
New England River Basins Commission
Robert E. Barrett
Western Massachusetts Electric Company
Charles H.W. Foster
the Conservation Foundation
John H. Morison
William H. Whyte
American Conservation Association
Hayes Tours
YMCA
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