Elks Dedicate New Lodge With Three Day Celebration
The Elks Lodge on Washington Avenue held a three day dedication marked by a Friday buffet and dance Saturday banquet with 350 Elks and guests. Delegations from 13 state lodges attended with notable officers from Boston Newton and Montpelier among others. Walter Parmenter welcomed guests as John B. Harte chaired the event and Bill Mulready provided music. The Sunday ceremony featured officers relinquishing and resuming jewels plus remarks on drug abuse. Bennington lodge, established July 25 1901, traced its history from its Main Street site to the present Victorian mansion once home to the Winslow Home for the Aged and Dr Pratt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elks Lodge
Washington Avenue
Bennington Lodge
John B. Harte
Edward E. Spry
Boston
Mass
W. Edward Wilson
Newton
Raymond J. Quesnel
Montpelier
Robert E. Cummings Sr
John E. Ahearn
Bennington
Peter N. Hall
Hartford Lodge
PDD
John Brown
Bellows Falls Lodge
Walter Parmenter
Bill Mulready
Wilson
Gene Fournace
Spry
Cummings
Hall
Ahearn
Quesnel
Ralph Michaelman
Brattleboro
Larry Footnoy
St. Albans
Bellows Falls
Ritchie
Fienberg
Main Street
Winslow Home For
F.S. Pratt
School Board Executive Sessions And Minutes
The article discusses whether minutes are required for executive sessions and suggests keeping records of time, place, attendees, and topics discussed. It cites statutes and an Attorney General opinion, urging limited use of verbatim minutes and noting minutes need not be verbatim but should cover essential details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark
Harrington
James M. Jeffords
Veterans Day Parade Delayed by Traffic and Silence
At Veterans Day events a small crowd gathered at the park where Lamb and Bourgeois faced traffic noise and no microphone while taps echoed and two wreaths were laid by Gold Star Mothers. Lamb praised freedoms and veterans who protected them, and the minutes of executive sessions were debated as officials sought to shield records from public view. The piece notes Elks and community efforts, including donations to Putnam Memorial Hospital and local welfare, and mentions the dedication ceremony with Lt. Gov. Burgess and a later buffet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lamb
Elm Street
America
Bennington Rescue Squad Kickoff Collects Tonight
Bennington Fire Department and Bennington Rural Fire Department start the annual Town Rescue Squad fund drive at 6 30 this evening. Residents are urged to leave outside lights on to signal donations. The drive aims to fund the combined ambulance and rescue service for the year as coin card collections lag nearly 3000 behind last year. Collections continue Wednesday in Shaftsbury By Shaftsbury Fire Department and in Woodford by Rescue Squad members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Shaftsbury
Woodford
Obituaries and notices from North Bennington and area
Obituary notices announce the death of Mary S. Rich of North Bennington aged 77 at Putnam Memorial Hospital with burial planned in Grandview Cemetery. Also noted are infant Erick Michael Williams of Hoosick Falls who died after surgery, and artist Carl Ruggles whose funeral is set in Arlington. A tractor trailer incident on Searsburg Mountain is briefly reported with driver John R. Baur identified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary S. Rich
West Street
North Bennington
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Elias and
Agnes (Green) Elwell
Shaftsbury
North Bennington High School
Kendall Rich
Robert
Helen) Scott-Smith
Lima
Ohio
Harry
Norma) Noyes
Westminster
Hanson-Walbridge Funeral Home
Grandview Cemetery
Bennington
Funeral Home Office
Erick Michael Williams
Charles Jr
Charlene (Durocher) Williams
River Road
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Albany Medical Center
Searsburg Mountain
John R. Baur
New London
YGOPs Oppose Vernon Nuclear Plant Debate
A Vermont College Young Republicans committee opposed the Vernon nuclear generating plant and ongoing growth of nuclear power. Three Atomic Power Safety Committee members toured the $175 million facility and warned harm to the environment and human life could outweigh any usefulness, urging exploration of safer alternative power systems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middlebury
UPI
Vermont College Young Republicans
Vernon
Atomic Power Safety Committee
GOP
Peter Sheffer
William Wood
Middlebury College
William Porter
Brattleboro
Legislators tour University of Vermont campus
Thirty one Vermont lawmakers visited the University of Vermont in Burlington for a student planned day. State senators and representatives toured campus, sat in on classes, and met students, faculty, and administrators, learning about campus life and activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
UPI
Vermont
University of Vermont
Olin Critical After Junkyard Car Lift Collapse
Fred Olin of 130 Haswell Ave Bennington remains in critical condition at Albany Medical Center after a car fell on him at his junkyard in Green Acres. He suffered massive chest injuries while underneath a vehicle as lift jacks collapsed and was taken first to Putnam Memorial Hospital then transferred to Albany.
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Fred Olin
Haswell Ave
Bennington
Albany Medical Center
Olin
Green Acres
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Albany Hospital
Bennington community notices outline meetings and warehous
The ladies auxiliary to Eagles aerie 1861 meets Thursday at 7 30 pm in Eagles rooms. A Bennington Elementary School parent teacher group meeting at 7 30 pm in the all purpose room with open house to follow. Past exalted rulers of Bennington Lodge 567 convene at 7 15 pm tonight at the Elks Home. Woodshop at the junior high opens to Senior Citizens at 2 30 pm Wednesdays for making and repairs, led by Kendall Adams. Miss Martha S Marshall daughter of Ed ward and Mrs Marshall is among 9 St Luke s Nursing School students doing psychiatric affiliation at Institute of Living Hartford through Dec 18. Bennington Minit Car Wash ad lists 124 North Bennington Road with a Wednesday car wash special and wax option.
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Bennington Elementary School
Bennington Lodge 567
Elks Home
Kendall Adams
Martha S. Marshall
Edward Marshall
Park St
St. Luke’s School of Nursing
Berkshire Medical Center
Institute of Living
Hartford
Conn
Mt Anthony School Board approves satellite concept without specifics
The Mt Anthony School Board endorsed the satellite school idea but not any particular program. Supporters say it could ease crowding and broaden options for high schoolers while critics fear undermining the main school and credit issues. Several proposals exist and will be studied in full meetings before any concrete plan. If outside sites are impractical, in-building options may be explored.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Anthony
Bennington Antiques Show Departed by New School Policy
Mt Anthony School Board adopted a final policy restricting facility use by profit groups, allowing non profits to use spaces without charge only after expenses. A contested application from Mildred Spargo to hold a winter antique show was blocked, prompting her to pull the event from Bennington and the state, citing lost funds and business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Anthony Union School
Supt
George Sleeman
William F. D. Smith
Charles W. Keir
Mildred Spargo
Old Bennington
Burlington Beltline crash claims life of Northfield man
Bennington youth Bennington youth Gary M. Jones 22 of Burlington survived a head on crash on the Burlington Beltline. James Lee Richardson 20 of Northfield died at the scene. William Blood 19 of Colchester was critically injured with head injuries and liver laceration. Jones sustained a broken neck a jaw fracture and ankle fracture moved to neurosurgical unit. Autopsy cites multiple chest injuries as cause of Richardson’s death.
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Burlington
Gary M. Jones
Burlington Beltline
Albert Jones
Pageant Street
Bennington
James Lee Richardson
Northfield
William Blood
Colchester
Vermont Medical Center
Richardson
Burlington Beltine
Lawrence Harris
Students seek smoking lounge at Mt Anthony Union High
Student representatives presented an anti smoking program proposal to the school board for the junior high. In exchange, they asked to establish a student smoking lounge in the high school and argued bathrooms have become refuges for smokers. The plan would run the rest of the year with films experts lectures and a board student debate. The board questioned space and decided to seek an indoor location before any action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Anthony Union High School
School Board Taped After Vote Against Televising Meetings
Mt. Anthony Union School Board earlier voted not to televise meetings yet about one hour of last night's session was taped by the high school's TV Team. Stephen Gilman protested the camera while David Adler apologized for forgetting the prior vote. The tape aired on Channel 8 at 11 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. with repeats planned for Wednesday and included the smoking issue debate and satellite school program discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adler
Supt
George Sleeman
Mt. Anthony Union School
Stephen Gilman
David Adler
Channel 8
County Democrats Meet Wednesday in Bennington
The Bennington County Democratic Committee will meet Wednesday Oct. 27 at 8 p.m. at Bennington Elementary School. All interested persons are invited. The agenda includes organizing the new county committee with election of a chairman and other officers.
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Bennington County Democratic Committee
Bennington
Hospital Notes Admits and Discharges with Multiple Names
Admissions include Mrs. Madeline Frazier Mrs. Alice Bailey Clifford Saunders Bennington Miss Audrey Ennis Arlington John Lauzon North Bennington Wayne C Jones Petersburg N Y Kenneth G Porter White Creek N Y Discharges list Robert W Harrington Pownal George King Bennington Mrs Kathryn Sousie and son Miss Barbara Jean Bourn North Pownal Births include Mr and Mrs Stephen Spencer Cozy Meadow Trailer Park a son Oct 25 and Mr and Mrs Thomas C Molloy Manchester a son Oct 2 Also born Oct 22 at Whiteman AFB Hospital Warrensburg Mo a son Aaron Bradley to Airman J C Timothy and Mrs Racicot Racicot is former Joanne Leete Grandparents listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madeline Frazier
Alice Bailey
Clifford Saunders
Bennington
Audrey Ennis
Arlington
John Lauzon
North Bennington
Wayne C. Jones
Petersburg
N.Y
Kenneth G. Porter
White Creek
Robert W. Harrington
Pownal
George King
Kathryn Sousie
Barbara Jean Bourn
North Pownal
Stephen Spencer
Whiteman Afb Hospital
Warrensburg, Mo
Aaron Bradley
J.C. Timothy
Racicot
Joanne Leete
Raymond Racicot
Burgess Road
Leon Leete
Jefferson Ave
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Elks
New Lodge
New
Krawczyk
Raymond Quesnel
Willow Park
YMCA
Bennington Generals
Lodge
Bennington Community Welfare Committee
John S. Burgess
Harte
Parmenter
Michael E. Frahar
Edward Bowmaker
Virginio N. Perrotta
John J. DeVito
House Committee
Emblem Club
Alfred Allen Jr
Joseph Y. Shaffe
Duncan Turner
Charles Williams Sr
Hoosick
Charles Durocher
Dorothy Durocher
Maple Grove Cemetery
Robson Home For
Carl Ruggles
St. James Episcopal Church
Lawrence Sherwin
Hanson-Walbridge
Arlington Library
Arlington Rescue Squad
Funeral Home
Searsburg
Bennington Briefs
Order of Eagles Aerie 1861
Eagles Rooms
North Bennington Road
Spargo
Jones
Cozy Meadow Trailer Park
Thomas C. Molloy
Manchester
SALEM
Egal
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