Town and Village Edge Toward Bennington Sewer Takeover
Bennington Village and town officials met to discuss transferring operation and maintenance of the village sewer system to the town. Joseph A. Pello Jr. led the village trustees in the talks as both sides agreed to reconvene next Tuesday with Pello to present more detailed financial data.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington Village
Joseph A. Pello Jr
Pello
Norton Barber
John H. Williams II
First
Selectmen
Eldred
Hicks
Nash
Ormal Pierce
Henry H. Mallory
Vermont Joins Defense of Maryland Apportionment
Vermont Attorney General Charles E. Gibson Jr says Vermont has joined 15 states in defending Maryland's state senate apportionment. The Maryland case will be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court next month. Vermont also outlines changes needed to its own village ordinance and zoning commission in Bennington to align with new state law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph A. Pello
Bennington
Stephen H. Gilman
Harold Gordon
Lucien Loomis
John P. Zyne
Henry Mallory
Paul Clermont
Charles Ulrich
Franklin P. Jones
Williams
Board of Appeals
Baltimore
Maryland
Vermont
Burlington
A. Luke Crispe
Newfane
Vermont Independent Party
Vermont House
Senate
Gibson
Pello
Clermont
David Carver
Earl Hamilton
Gordon Barrett
Brattleboro
New England
National Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
Hampton
N.H
Ann Thompson
North Pownal
Ethel Hamilton
Obituary of Edward L. Bent 1889 197? World War I veteran
Edward L. Bent 74 lifelong Burgess Road resident and World War I veteran died this morning at Putnam Memorial Hospital after two to three months as a patient. He was born in Bennington September 2 1889 son of Charles and Nancy Bent a printer by trade employed at Ben Mont until 1954 survivor include a niece Mrs William DeForge Sr and nephews Charles and James Quackenbush and others. Burial in Village Cemetery with funeral at Hanson Walbridge Funeral Home officiated by Rev Melvin R McGaughey. Friends may call tonight and Thursday evenings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward L. Bent
Burgess Road
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Bennington
Charles
Nancy (Camp) Bent
Ben-Mont
Wth
20Th Field Artillery
William DeForge Sr
Charles Quackenbush
Benningtion
James Quackenbush
Troy
N.Y
Hanson-Walbrdige
Melvin R. McGaughey
First Methodist Church
Bennington Fire Department Extinguishes Blaze at Laundry Inc
Firefighters tackled a morning blaze at Wright Way Laundry Inc. 223 Division St. causing only minor exterior damage. Fire Chief Richard Hollister issued an outdoor burning ban for incinerators leaves and trash cans with fines for violators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington Fire Department
Wright- Way Laundry Inc
Division St
Richard Hollister
Selectmen Approve Veterans Park Start and Flood Work
Bennington selectmen authorize early phase of a new veterans memorial park between the Greater Bennington Association building and the County Courthouse. Town crews will grade the site and remove shrubs as committee seeks private funding. They also plan flood control work on the Roaring Branch River with estimates up to 1500 dollars for tree clearing and river straightening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington Selectmen
Veterans Memorial Park
Greater Bennington Association
South Street
Veterans Memorial Committee
Clarence E. Howard
Monument Avenue
Vermont Public Service Corp
Main Street
Selectmen
Roaring Branch
U.S. 7
Brooklyn Bridge
Burton L. Winslow
Winslow
H. Payne Bingham Jr
Shaftsbury
New York
N.Y
Bingham
Sus pended sentence for Britch after arson charge dropped
Douglas H. Britch, 30, received a one to two year suspended sentence after pleading guilty to a breach of peace in Bennington County Court. The first degree arson charge was dropped. Britch, blamed for a 3,000 dollar house fire tied to alcohol, was placed on probation and urged to seek treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas H. Britch
House of Correction
Rudolph J. Daley
Bennington County
Britch
Joan
Rollin St
John B. Harte
Witten
Bennington
Stock Averages Mixed Railroads Up. Industrials Slump
The noon stock report shows the Dow Jones industrial average steady at 30 with gains in railroads and utilities mixed. Composite indexes rise slightly while sales total 2,747.94, reflecting modest market movement by Bache & Co. in Albany.
Education for the Many Must Be The Best
The Kristensen task force on education likens schooling to a soldier’s rifle in war. It argues public education must be the best, not cheapened by cost, and shared by all for the democratic future. It urges mass education to empower the many, not a privileged few.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Harbor
Drought Said To Be Cause Of Track Scratches
Pownal Green Mountain Park officials cite dry conditions and a new three inch cushion as reasons for 18 scratches in Tuesday races. Spokesman says track will be back to normal with a full card today despite concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pownal
Green Mountain Park
Downtown Merchants OK Christmas Decorations and Budget
Twenty two members of the Downtown Merchants Division voted to rent Christmas decorations from the G A Trahan Co of Cohoes New York and to raise 1500 for a Christmas promotion including street decorations and radio and newspaper advertising. The village will add 1000 for street decorations and stores will stay open later during December with specific late hours. Gordon Keyworth of WBTN presented a Christmas jingle for promotion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greater Bennington Association
Downtown Merchants
G.A. Trahan Co
Cohoes
N.Y
South Street
GBA
Gordon Keyworth
WBTN
Funeral Services for John B Flanagan Held in Rutland
Funeral services were held in St. Peter's Church Rutland for John B Flanagan formerly of Proctor who died Saturday in Beaconsfield Canada. The Most Rev Bernard J Flanagan bishop of Worcester officiated with Rt Rev Msgr John F Cannon and Rt Rev Msgr Francis B Flanagan assisting. Burial followed in St Dominic's Cemetery Proctor. Flanagan 52 served in WWII and headed U S Immigration Service in Montreal since 1962.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John B. Flanagan
Proctor
Beaconsfield
Canada
St. Peter’s Church
Rutland
Bernard J. Flanagan
Worcester
Mass
John F. Cannon
Diocese of
Francis B. Flanagan
Bennington
Joseph F. Connolly
East Dorset
Gerald T. Buckley
Arlington
Walter W. Buckley
Richford
Mitchell H. Britt
Pointe Claire
Que
John J. Carr
John T. Tierney
Holyoke
John C. Haley
John E. Gilligan
St. Dominic’s Cemetery
William A. Crowley
Flanagan
St. Michael’s College
Winooski Park
U.S. Navy
U.S. Immigration Service
Montreal
Johnson Seeks Vermonters Visit with Tight Security
Vice President Lyndon B Johnson aims to meet as many Vermonters as possible during a Friday trip to Vermont with minimal security changes. Maj Gen Francis A Billado said security will focus on traffic control as Johnson plans stops in Barre Montpelier Essex Junction and Winooski before a Burlington fundraising dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Lyndon B. Johnson
Vermont
Francis A. Billado
Johnson
Hospital Births and Admissions Highlight Local Families
Hospital notes list admissions for George McLenahan Mary Jane Stowell Caroline Becker Schuyler Vander Veer Maud Dorman and others in Bennington Hoosick Falls North Bennington East Arlington and Shaftsbury. A Hoosick Falls couple Irving Stevens welcome daughter on Oct 22. A Troy born daughter to Walter J Kane and wife Mary Catherine Meaney, Margaret Mary, six pounds eight ounces, joins sisters Maura and Sally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George McLenahan
Mary Jane Stowell
Caroline Becker
Schuyler Vander Veer
Maud Dorman
Bennington
Jean Thompson
Hoosick Falls
Della Barber
Pownal
Ruth Grout
East Arlington
Irving Stevens
St. Mary’s Hospital
Troy
N.Y
Walter J. Kane
Kane
Mary Catherine Meaney
Charles Meaney
Maple Street
Margaret Mary
Maura
Sally
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Bennington Banner
Rage
Bennington Briefs
Donald B. Abrams
Harte Theater
William Kennon
Betty
Schenectady
Kennon
Martin Scott
Pleasant Street
Kennons
North Bennington
Nellie LaCos
Mt. Anthony Country Club
Francis Jenkins
Hugh Nash
Paul Benjamin
N.Y. DuHamel
A. Mullen
Reed
Waimee
Ladies Auxiliary
Green Mountain
VFW
Marion Jennings
Nancy Hall
Cootie Marion Tudor
Cootie Jennings
Cancer Fund
Jacqueline
Old Bennington
College of Saint Rose
Albany
Jane Dailey
Matthew Dailey
Grandview St
Norman Barclay
Michele and
Lynn Deborah
Chevy Chase, Md
Dorothy
Sylvia Shimlintzky
Jefferson Avenue
Marjorie N. Bruso
Humming Birds
K of C
Commission On
Bennington School
Paul E. Kirsch
Hadassah
Temple Beth el
Stephen Bick
WOTM
Ed Shanahan
ADV
Veterans Park
William H. Morse
Sanitary Landfill Committee
Selectman
Leon R. Eldred
Daley
Waterbury
Harte
Big City
New York City
Manhattan
Dow-Jones—Bache & Co
Avera Sales
Mrs
Daniel Donovan
Margaret (Murphy) Walk
Danbury, Conn
Mahar & Son Funeral Home
St. Francis de Sales Church
Anthony Brackett
Ransom Salmon
Asahel Salmon
Thomas
William Hewson
Richard
John Powers
Isabelle Walsh
Barbara Caron
Frank Haley
Charles Wade
Leonard Wood
Vogue and Vanil Hotel
Putnam Blde Bennington, Vt
Colonial Shopping Ctr
Williamstown, Mass
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