Bennington to Start Largest Garden Apartment Project
Norman H. Greenberg of Bennington announces the Colonial Garden Apartments will begin this week on an eight acre site across from the Bennington Museum. The project will create 24 units in six colonies with Mediterranean white brick and Georgian style details, offering one and two bedroom layouts and private terraces. A second 24 unit building may follow within a year.
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Edward Greenberg
Bennington Village
Green Mountains
Colonial Garden
Madden
Greenberg
Norman H. Greenberg
West Main Street
Bennington
Buckler
Bennington County
Vermont
Washington Ave
Bennington Museum
Main Street
Bennington Briefs Highlight Local Meetings And Events
Bennington Lions Club meets Tuesday at 6 30 p m with John S Coombs speaking on Caverly Child Health Center work for crippled children. Alumni smorgasbord committee chairs meet tonight at 8 at North Bennington High School. Gold Star Mothers gather at 7 30 p m at VFW rooms. A church barn tag sale runs Thursday 10 a m to 5 p m sponsored by Old First Church Ladies Aid. Linda Lemieux, freshman at Marymount College, visited home over weekend. she is a 1964 Bennington Catholic High School graduate. Candidates' night for county and town seats is Wednesday at 8 p m at Bennington County Court House, nonpartisan League of Women Voters event. Christmas Clubs payments due Friday Oct 30 1964. 1965 openings Nov 6 at County National Bank. Elks Club Halloween Dance Friday Oct 30 9 p m to 1 a m with Comstock's Orchestra. tickets 1 with costume 150 without. Clearance rummage sale at Bennington Synagogue Tuesday Oct 27 9 30 a m to 1 30 p m, bargains 1 cent to 99 cents. Bennington Lanes new fall winter hours: weekdays 3 p m start, weekends 1 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John S. Coombs
Rutland Lion
Bennington Lions Club
Knotty Pine
Lion Coombs
Caverly Child Health Center
Monument Circle
Ladies Aid Society
Old First Church
Linda Lemieux
Marymount College
Arlington
Albert Lemieux
Gage Street
Bennington Catholic High School
Bennington Observes United Nations Day With Tree Planting
Students Diane Whitney Patricia Prandini and Gordon Thomas planted an UN Day tree on a Bennington site. The ceremony, opened and closed by the Bennington High School band, drew local citizens. Rotary and Lions clubs funded the tree and plaque costs. Rothrock arranged the event.
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Diane Whitney
Bennington High School
Patricia Prandini
Bennington Catholic High School
Gordon Thomas
North Bennington High School
Bennington
Rotary International
The
Lions Club International
Rothrock
Bennington Area Obituaries Highlight Local Notables
Obituary notices honor Mrs. Nelle Newton Wilson 86 of Union Street active in First Methodist Church and King’s Daughters with a long Bennington life. Also brief notices of Thomas A. Carney 79 Hoosick Falls post office veteran, Henry LaBarge Pittsfield resident, Harold Collett 62 Bennington, Emilie Lange Hoolick Falls Denmark native, Warner B Day Hingham Copper executive, plus a local funeral and burial schedule.
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Nelle (Newton) Wilson
John R. Wilson
Union Street
First Methodist Church
King’s Daughters
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Bennington
William Dutton
Mary (Burtis) Newton
Boston Conservatory of Music
Vienna
Clara Rizio
Aldace Newton
Robert Wilson
Albany
N.Y
David Wright
Waterbury
Mahar and Son Funeral
Park Lawn Cemetery
Hoosick Falls
N. Y
Thomas A. Carney
Hoosick Street
Rensselaer County
Anthony A. Matera
Patrick
Bridget Carney
St. Mary’s Academy
Pittsfield
Mass
Henry LaBarge
Arlington
Margaret Wilson
Sacred Heart Church
Evergreen Cemetery
Hanson - Walbridge Funeral Home
Hart Shields Day
Troy
Edward M. Guild
Hingham
Warner B, Jr
Henry Shields
Boston
John P. Day
Rochester
Day
Derby Academy
Union Club
Alconquin Club
Cohasset Golf Club
Hoff Call Change Sparks Lounsbury Clarification
Pownal representative James W. Lounsbury corrected an earlier claim about a Gov. Philip Hoff office phone call regarding the North Pownal postmaster appointment. He stated the call came from Hoff's office but was handled by John Spencer, with Hoff occasionally in the office during the discussion.
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Pownal
James W. Lounsbury
Philip H. Hoff
North Pownal
Lounsbury
Hoff
John Spencer
State Democratic Committee
Philip Hoff
Vermont
Saturday Evening Post
Hospital Notes Admissions and Births in Vermont Counties
Admission notes list Miss Elizabeth Rice Edward Myers and others from Bennington Shaftsbury Hoosick Falls Pownal East Dorset and North Hoosick Discharge notes name Marjorie Colvin Lucille Rice Sarah Longtin Mary Gorman Ruth Delaney Louise Sherwin Loyal Nash Robert Brown Blanche Vallee Hazel Potter Josephine Hayes Margaret Frazier Patricia Bett North Bennington Russell Hill Births announce a son for Melbourne Williams Londonderry and sons for Kenneth Hall and Guy Milliman at Hoosick Falls with addresses provided Oct 24 25
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marjorie Colvin
Manchester Center
Lucille Rice
Wilmington
Sarah Longtin
Bennington
Mary Gorman
Hoosick Falls
Ruth Delaney
Pownal Center
Louise Sherwin
South Londonderry
Loyal Nash
Old Bennington
Robert Brown
Blanche Vallee
Hazel Potter
R.D. 2
Josephine Hayes
Margaret Frazier
Patricia Bett
North Bennington
Russell Hill
Cambridge
Melbourne Williams
Londonderry
Kenneth R, Hall
South Branch St
Guy E. Milliman
Abbott St
Berkshire Downs Night and Financial Outlook Across Tracks
Berkshire Downs season ends with a 191,779 handle and 3,241,342 total as talks surface for a deal with Pownal to avoid rivals. Dario urges consolidation to keep both tracks profitable while Ehrlich eyes a potential Hancock sale at the right price. Hancock daily handles exceed 200,000 only thrice with 263,962 on Columbus Day.
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Berkshire Downs
Pownal
Dario
Lincoln Downs
Hancock
Hancock Track
Herbert Ehrlich
Boston
Ehrlich
the Eagle
Edward J. Carroll
Barrington Fair Track
Columbus
Youth drivers fined for careless driving in Municipal Court
Two youths, Stephen Earley 16 and Dennis Denio 17, were fined 55.10 each after pleading no contest to careless and negligent driving. Earley drove a car out of control on East Road Oct. 17. Denio passed a vehicle, lost control near a state police cruiser on Oct. 22. Judge Fienberg urged caution and questioned youth license standards. Also fined 20.10 each were Marilyn Holland 23 for unpaid parking tickets and Edward MacDonald 37 for speeding up to 75 mph on Vermont 67A on Oct. 22.
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George M. Fienberg
Stephen M. Earley
Elm St
Dennis P. Denio
Shaftsbury
Earley
Marshall Witten
East Road
Denio
Witten
U.S. 7
Harwood Hill
Marilyn E. Holland
Bennington
Bennington Village
Fienberg
Edward E. MacDonald
MacDonald
Vermont
Candidates Meet Wednesday on reapportionment in Bennington
Candidates for Bennington County Senator and Bennington Town Representative will meet Wednesday Oct 28 at 8 p m in the Bennington County Courthouse. The event is moderated by Alexander B R Drysdale and sponsored as a non partisan voters service by the Bennington League of Women Voters.
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Bennington County
Bennington Town
The
Bennington League of Women Voters
Bennington
Alexander B. R. Drysdale
Stock Averages Report From Dow Jones Bache Albany
The Dow Jones industrial average stands at 878.97 up 1.35 in a session marked by gains across railroads utilities and composite indices. The Albany market shows a broad roundup with sales totaling 2 500 000 units.
Funeral services for Thomas Live sey and William G Rowe
Funeral services were held at Mahar and Son Funeral Home for Thomas J Live sey of 205 Maple St and William G Rowe of 23414 Bradford St. Live sey's requiem high Mass was at St. Francis de Sales Church with Msgr. Flanagan presiding. Rowe, a World War II veteran, received full military honors at Woodland Cemetery while local fire departments and Elks members attended. Relatives traveled from Adams Mass Keene N H and surrounding areas.
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Hoosick Falls
Knights of Columbus
Carney
Margaret O’mera
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Southview Cemetery
North Adams
Leo J. Mahar
Main St
Thomas J. Livesey
Maple St
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Mahar & Son Funeral Home
St. Francis de Sales Church
Francis B. Flanagan
Arthur Patten
Robert LaBeau
Kenneth Pratt
John Plante
Eugene Kosche
Paul Michaels
Flanagan
Park Lawn Cemetery
Msgr
Adams
Mass
Keene, N.H
William G. Rowe
Bradford St
Woodford Mountain
H. Glenn Payne
First Baptist Church
86Th Engineers
Vermont National Guard
Robert Reynolds
John Andrews
Thomas Heaney
Ronald Campbell
Ormal Pierce Jr
Walter Babcock
Joseph Wassick
John Hyde
Bennington
Raymond Eaton
Broadalbin
N.Y
William Eaton
Altamont
Bennington Fire Department
Eagle Hose Company
Mr. Rowe
Victor Damour
Howard Hewson
LeGrand Dow
Erwin Mattison
Ronald Walczak
Stephen White
Green Mountain Track
Rowe
Payne
Hoosick Falls Lodge of Elks No. 178
Fuseneral Home
Arthur White
Johnsonville
Chilson
Labor Votes For Wilson Endorsed for State Senate
The Bennington County Central Labor Council executive committee endorsed Robert M. Wilson of Bennington for State Senate from Bennington County. President Kenneth E. Clayton said the council had previously withheld backing due to Wilsons apathy toward the council, but an individual and group vote last Wednesday approved the endorsement.
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Bennington County
Weekend Accidents In Bennington and North Pownal
A Bennington man escaped injury in a one car crash on North Branch Street when his 1956 Chevrolet station wagon struck a power pole, which broke at the base. A second minor two car crash occurred at Tobin gas yard on U S 7 involving a platform truck driven by Edward J Williams and a 1961 Chevrolet sedan driven by Sarah M Towsley. In North Pownal, Joseph Penta escaped injury when his 1963 Chevrolet sedan left Vermont 346 and hit a tree. A separate minor two car crash at Vermont 346 and Tannery Road involved Helen Bisson and a 1960 Mack truck. no injuries were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Shaftsbury Barracks
Fernand J. Racine
Lyons District
North Branch Street
Racine
Tobin
U.S. 7
Bennington Flats
Edward J. Williams
Reading
Sarah May Towsley
Shaftsbury
North Pownal
Joseph W. Penta
North Providence
R.L
Vermont
Penta
Vermont 346
Tannery Road
Helen Bisson
George R. Phillips
Pittsfield
Mass
School Lunch Menu For Tuesday To Friday
Tuesday offers turkey with chow mein on rice, buttered carrots, bread and butter, blueberry cake and milk. Wednesday serves hamburg on bun with pickle slices, green beans, potato chips, pineapple and milk. Thursday features sweet potatoes, baked spam slice, roll with butter, buttered beets, applesauce, slice of cheese and milk. Friday provides tuna and cheese stick on roll, corn, mixed fruit with orange and milk.
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Hamburg
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Stoneham
New England
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Sharte
Shirley Maclaine
Robert Mitchum
Paul Newman
Dean Martin
Gene Kelly
Bob Cummings
Dick van Dyke
Bennington Briefs
North Benington High School
VFW Rooms
North Street
County National Bank
ADV
Elks Club
Comstock
Elk’s Barn
Tuese
U.N. Day
Bennington Area
Mrs. Nelle N. Wilson
Harold V. Collett
King’s Hotel
Atty
R. Marshall Witten
Harold Vincent Collett
Roderick J. Humphreys
Mr. Collett
Mitchell
S.C
George Henry
Olive (Christopher) Collett
Guadelacara
Mexico
Ben-Mont
Putnam
Patsy Santo
Collett
Aerie
Order of Eagles
Gibney, Haynes & Kane
Eagles
Emilie Lange
Kirstaine (Hendricksen) Pedersen
United States
Philadelphia
Chicago
Lloyd Vincent
Petersburg
Walter Oatman
DeLand
Fla
Maple Grove
Warner B
Hingham, Mass
Warner B. Day
Chase Brass & Copper Co
Kennecott Copper Co
Anna Thompson
Elizabeth Rice
Edward Myers
Barbara Hill
Lois Granger
Jean Pierce
Elizabeth Carroll
Harold Boswell
East Dorset
Lillian McCart
North Hoosick
Helen Oldham
Beverly Stevens
Berlin
Duncan Cook
Anne C. Lyons
Geneva Bach
Dow-Jones—Bache & Co
Labor
Wilson
Gov. Hoff
Republican State Committee
Derick V. Webb
Burlington, Vermont
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