Area Obituaries Mrs Lula Holden Bassett dies at 92
Mrs Lula Holden Bassett widow of Norman L Bassett former Maine Supreme Court justice died Monday night at Putnam Memorial Hospital after a one day stay She would have been 93 Born Oct 25 1873 in Palmer MA she studied at Wilbraham High School attended Wellesley College Married 1903 in Bennington VT She lived in Maine where Justice Bassett served before his 1931 death She returned to Bennington later and resided at 213 West Main St until 1958 Funeral service Wednesday at 2 pm at Hanson Walbridge Funeral Home Rev Thomas Steffen will officiate Burial in Forest Grove Augusta ME Contributions may be made to the Kings Daughters through the funeral home Surviving brother Clarence Holden of Old Benning ton</S>
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Lula (Holden) Bassett
Norman L. Bassett
Supreme Court
Massachusetts
Wellesley College
Mr. Basset
Bennington
Second Congregational Church
Main Street
Vermont Bank & Trust
Maine
Bassett
West Main St
Old Bennington
Second Congregational
Women’s Fellowship
Clarence Holden
Hanson - Walbridge
Thomas Steffen
Forest Grove
Augusta
King’s Daughters
Pawlet Woman Injured In Dorset Mishap
A West Pawlet woman was seriously injured when her auto left Vermont 30, sideswiped a maple, and hit a power pole. Ethel Bennett sustained a skull fracture and head lacerations, treated at the scene and taken to Glens Falls Hospital in fair condition. Her 1965 Chevrolet was a total loss after skidding 179 feet. Funeral details for a relative are listed, with services set in Granville. Additional obituaries follow for Lenna C. Channell of Rutland and others with survivors and memorial plans.
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West Pawlet
Dorset
Ethel Bennett
Clifford Harwood
Manchester
Glens Falls Hospital
Glens Falls
N.Y
Verraneault Enters New Pleas in Court
Connecticut youth Ronald E. Verraneault aged 19 of Hartford faced eight counts after forging daily double tickets at Green Mountain Park. In Rutland Municipal Court attorney Joseph M. O Neill entered formal not guilty pleas as bail of 8000 dollars continued and Verraneault remained jailed in absence of bail.
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Connecticut
Green Mountain Park
Rutland
Joseph M. O'Neill
Ronald E. Verraneault
Hartford
Conn
Atty. O’neill
Verraneault
George M. Fienberg
Snelling Says Hoff Delays Road Program
Vermont candidate Richard A. Snelling accused Gov. Philip Hoff of using a timetable that would slow needed highway upgrades across the state. He argued Hoff’s plan favors four lane construction in southwestern Vermont and could cost the state up to 40 million dollars in federal aid, delaying improvements for drivers today and into 1972.
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Shelburne
UPI
Richard A. Snelling
Philip H. Hoff
Snelling
Hoff
Vermont
Massachusetts
Manchester
Bennington Board to Review 144 Tax Appeals Tonight
The Bennington Board of Civil Authority will begin reviewing 144 tax assessment appeals from the past five days. The reviews follow Grievance Day actions on Oct 17 and notices were mailed to appellants. The board aims to finish before the Nov 8 general election and tax bills are mailed Nov 1 with a Dec 3 collection deadline. Private duty nurses vote to raise eight hour rates to 25 dollars starting Nov 1 to align with local nurses' pay. Officers of the unit are Natalie Wolfe president Jeanne Mattison vice president Esther Pinsonneault secretary JoAnn Anderson treasurer.
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Bennington Board of Civil Authority
Town Board of Civil Authority
Board of Civil Authority
Hogan
Bennington
Natalie Wolfe
Jeanne Mattison
Esther Pinsonneault
JoAnn Anderson
Soldiers' Home Plans New 22Bed Nursing Unit
The Vermont Soldiers' Home receives a federal funded addition with 22 beds for a nursing home care unit. The north wing expansion, approved by the VA, targets a total 64 beds after a second phase. Construction by Baybutt Construction Co. totals about 250000 dollars with completion slated for early April.
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Soldiers’ Home
Robert T. Holden
Bennington, Center
Vermont Soldiers’ Home
Holden
Charles E. Healy
Montpelier
Jack Breen
Jericho
Emilio S. Iglesias
Simon J. Godfrey
St. Albans
Ernest W. Gibson III
A.H. Koltowski
Rutland
Clarence E. Lynch
Burlington
Henry M. Farmer
John E. Kelly
Winooski
Charles Parkhurst
St. Johnsbury
Harry Walker
Eagle Bridge
N.Y
Linwood Ingram
Keene
N.H
Richard B. Diamond
Bennington
Baybutt Construction Co
Keene, N.H
Area Funerals for William Flynn Highlight Local Service
Funeral services for William Bernard Flynn of 224 Park St took place at St. Francis de Sales Church with a Requiem High Mass led by Rt. Rev. Msgr. Francis B. Flanagan. Flynn, a World War II Marine and longtime Elks Club manager, died Friday in Albany Veterans Administration Hospital after a long illness. Burial followed at Park Lawn Cemetery with military honors. The service drew a large contingent from the Bennington Elks and Club, veterans groups, and area residents.
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William Bernard Flynn
Park St
Elks Club
St. Francis de Sales
Francis B. Flanagan
Mahar & Son Funeral
Flynn
Albany
N.Y
Veterans’ Administration Hospital
Daniel J. Holland
Charles Sawyer
Charles Connor
William Fox
Henry Ryan
Harold Rudd
John B. Harte
Bennington
Jack Barschdorf
East Chicago
Ind
Bennington Elks and Bennington Club
Dominick D. Yarnal
Dean B. Yarnal
Robert Cummings
Leo Nash
Martin Sinclair
John G. Williams
Alfred Bottum
Joseph Y. Shaffe
Donald Rain
Irving Daigneault
Thomas Haley
Jesse Mallory
Kenneth Baker
American Legion
Ernest Costa
James Welch
Herbert Hulett
William Campbell
Emmett Brundage
Julia Gates
Elise Bourgeois
Bennington Briefs Auxiliary Meets for Uniform Drive
Vermont State Police Auxiliary to convene Wednesday at 7 30 p m at Old Bennington Schoolhouse. Residents with Brownie uniforms to donate or sell should contact Mrs Frederic Hoth at 22765.
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Vermont State Police
Bennington
Frederic Hoth
Bennington Water Plan Public Hearings Set This Month
The first of two public hearings on expanding Bennington's water system will be at 8 tonight in the Bennington County Courthouse. Officials will outline a new water source in Woodford and a 3.1 mile pipeline to the Village reservoir on Burgess Road, with a diversion dam and settling basin planned. A $310000 bond vote is on the Nov 8 town meeting agenda, aided by a federal $188500 grant. A second hearing is on Nov 2 at the North Bennington firehouse.
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Bennington
Bennington County
Bennington Water Board
Woodford
Burgess Road
Bolles Brook
Bickford Hollow Brook
Long Trail Road
Bennington Village
John H. Williams II
L. M. Pittendreigh
Boston
Whitman and Howard
Whitman
Howard
North Bennington
Astronomy Notes Moon at apogee and planets visibility
The moon is at apogee about 252 000 miles from Earth. Mercury may be seen briefly low in the evening to the southwest. Venus is near the sun and hard to observe. Mars rises after 3 a.m. in the east. Jupiter rises just before midnight and remains visible through the night. Saturn is visible in the eastern sky at sundown and reaches the meridian by midnight.
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Mercury
Venus
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
WRB Sets Deadline For Tannery In Vermont
The Pownal Tanning Co. must install a pollution filtration system by December 31, 1967 to stop dumping waste into the Hoosic River. Vermont Water Resources Board set the terminal date at its Montpelier meeting reinforcing a 1959 pollution cleanup schedule.
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Montpelier
Pownal Tanning Co., Inc
Hoosic River
Vermont Water Resources Board
Reinhold H. Thieme
Water Resources Commissioner
Hospital Notes Admissions List from October 24 1966
Admissions include Miss Mary DeMars Miss Debbie Russell Miss Cathy Russell in Eagle Bridge Shafts bury New York Mrs Lucy Carnavan Mrs Lillian Vallencourt Miss April Koehler Bennington Mrs Irene Marker Hoosick Falls Mrs Peggy Bourn Pownal Center Robert Montgomery Jr Shafts bury Mrs Jane Palmer Manchester Mrs Sandra Hewitt and daughter Petersburg Mrs Judith Armstrong and daughter Bennington
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Mary DeMars
Shaftsbury
Debbie Russell
Cathy Russell
Eagle Bridge
N.Y
Lucy Carnavan
Lillian Vallencourt
April Koehler
Bennington
Irene Marker
Hoosick Falls
Peggy Bourn
Pownal Center
Robert Montgomery Jr
Jane Palmer
Manchester
Sandra Hewitt
Petersburg
Judith Armstrong
Hoff To Tour Snellings Plant In Shelburne Visit
Gov. Phil Hoff, a Democrat, will tour Shelburne Industries, the Republican Richard Snelling's plant, and meet workers. Snelling plans to invite Hoff to tour Hoff’s State House and meet Vermont's 7,200 employees, but other commitments may prevent a personal greeting.
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Shelburne
UPI
Philip H. Hoff
Richard Snelling
Hoff
Shelburne Industries
Snelling
State House
Stock Averages Decline on Midday Trading in 1966
Dow Jones Bache & Co reports noon October 25 1966 figures with 30 Industrials at 785.07 down 2.68, 20 Railroads at 192.25 down 1.06, 15 Utilities at 133.57 down .36, composite at 276.08 down .83, volume 2,740,000 in Albany.
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Dow-Jones—Bache & Co
Albany
Kennedy postpones Vermont campaign visit
Senator Robert F. Kennedy will not travel to Vermont to aid Governor Philip Hoff in his re election bid. Democratic officials said the visit is postponed until after the November 8 general election to allow Kennedy more campaign time. He had been set to speak at a $25 dinner earlier this month but canceled after his brother in law died in a plane crash.
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Burlington
UPI
Robert F. Kennedy
Dn.y
Vermont
Philip H. Hoff
Daniel O’brien
Kennedy
O’brien
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Edmund B. Channell
Gloversville
John Manning
Northampton
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Tossing Funeral Home
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Herbert Knapp Sr
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Arthur Wickenden
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Arlington
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Main St
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Salem
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