Bennington Briefs and Local Notices
Two college students were hospitalized after a motorcycle crash on Silk Road at 12 15 p m. William G Williams 18 of Williams College suffered a broken right leg while Linda Ann Gould 18 of Bennington College reported chest and back injuries. Also noted are honors for past Greater Vermont Association presidents at the Stowe meeting Oct 28 and Spirit of Vermont remarks by Francis E Morrissey. Marine Lance Cpl Joseph Maillet son of Bennington residents sails to participate in Operation Steel Pike in Spain aboard a head quarters unit. Seaman Richard A Cameron son of Bennington residents sails from the U S aboard USS Orleans Parish for Steel Pike. Pvt Robert L Knapp son of Bennington residents is recovering from a shoulder stab at Fort Dix New Jersey. Bennington School District trustees set a budget and salary policy review for a Wednesday meeting at 7 30 pm at Bennington Elementary. Cecile G Betit Emmanuel College senior and Park Street daughter of Bennington residents hosts Emmanuel Open House as Sister Ann Bartholomew welcomes 2000 parents Sunday. Bennington Lanes announces fall and winter hours starting Monday 3 pm weekdays and 1 pm weekends. A Thursday tag sale is planned at Church Barn Monument Circle by Ladies Aid Old First Church 10 am to 5 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Bennington
Silk Road
William G. Williams
Williams College
Linda Ann Gould
Bennington College
Cecile G. Betit
Emmanuel College
Boston
Hector T. Betit
Park St
Emmanuel
Sister Ann Bartholomew
Miss Betit
Bennington Catholic High School
Bennington Lanes
Church Barn
Monument Circle
Auspices Ladies Aid Society
Old First Church
Moose Notes Hobo Dance and lodge events announced
Moose Notes announce a Hobo Dance on October 31 from 8:30 PM to midnight with free prizes buffet and entertainment. Members are told to inquire about the gun project. Class enrollment is set for November 1 and the lodge meeting with officer elections occurs October 28. Television at the bar, kitchen open Friday nights with piano in the lounge.
Hospital Notes Admissions List From North Bennington Area
Hospital notes list admissions including Mrs Arlene Murphy and several Barber family members in North Bennington Dorset Arlington and Hoosick Falls plus Mrs Marion Garneau East Arlington and others. Also announces births Mr and Mrs Louis Midette Johnsonville N Y welcome a son October 26 and Mr and Mrs Willard Best Sunderland welcome a son October 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlene Murphy
Richard Carroll
Julia
Joyce
Margaret Barber
Bennington
Carl Hunter
North Bennington
Elizabeth Haverington
North Hoosick
Ruth Shrader
Dorset
Susan Young
Arlington
Marion Garneau
East Arlington
Charlotte Cooney
Barbara le Luca
Hoosick Falls
Laura Riley
Louis Midette
Johnsonville
N.Y
Willard Best
R.D
Sunderland
Shaftsbury youth pleads guilty to grand larceny
Cleo C. Webb Jr. of Shaftsbury, 20, brought from Windsor House of Correction to plead guilty to grand larceny for stealing a 1960 Plymouth from Raymond C. Clark on July 18. Judge George M. Fienberg also gave Webb sentences for driving while suspended and driving without a license, all to run concurrently, while noting his prior unsavory record. Webb is currently serving a separate one to two year sentence for breach of peace, with probation violations leading to reinstatement of that sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleo C. Webb Jr
Shaftsbury
House of Correction
Windsor
George M. Fienberg
Webb
Raymond C. Clark
Fienberg
Cone
Caracciola Seeks Re-Election as Bennington Rep
Vermont incumbent Joe Caracciola a Republican bennington town representative seeks a second term in the legislature amid questions over reapportionment ordered by a federal court. He plans a constitutional convention to redraw districts and backs targeted education funding, vocational programs, a state educational TV network, and higher teacher salaries. He opposes broad gambling expansion and favors a legislative screening committee and fixed annual sessions. He notes past votes on state aid and calls for transparent pari mutuel finances and fair track relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph J. Caracciola
Bennington
Caracciola
Joe
George van Santvoord
Vermont
Senate
Pownal
Benhin High School band uniforms spark parent protests
At a Bendi Band Parents meeting, mothers criticized BenhIn ton High School band uniforms. They opposed the blue and gray colors, the use of trousers for girls, and lack of prior consultation before purchase. Petitions signed by students urged skirts for girls and questioned fit with belts versus suspenders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington High School
Florence Santo
Ethel Hamilton
Obituaries and Band Morale Plague Bennington Notice
Obituary notices detail the deaths of Mrs. Sarah Lesogor of Beech Street Extension and Mrs. Elizabeth Bell Harbour of 819 Gage Street, noting survivors, funeral details, and memorial plans. Separately, band morale woes are discussed as parents object to gray uniforms, prompting a committee review and potential exchanges, with principal and band director citing stage needs and scheduling constraints.
Stock Averages Edge Lower In Mixed Trading
Wall Street indices drifted with the Dow Jones industrial average down 0.19 points at 876.12 and the rail index slipping 0.28 to 224.20 while utilities fell 0.28 to 153.77 and the composite average eased 0.40 to 312.78. Trade volume totaled about 1.94 million shares.
Bennington Police Seek Window Breakers
Police Chief Ed ward L. Silver vows prosecution to the full extent of the law for those caught throwing stones at store windows. In two weeks two panes were shattered at Home Furniture Co with rocks breaking the glass. One window failed Monday night as officers plan to keep Main Street stores under close observation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Edward L. Silver
Silver
The
Home Furniture Co
Main Street
Democrats Parade and Rally in Bennington Armory
Democrats march from Bennington High School to the State Armory on Thursday evening with a free buffet dancing and a chance to meet candidates for town county and possibly national offices. The parade will begin at 8 p.m. feature humorous floats and several bands and end at the Armory where music and candidate addresses will occur. In separate dispatch from Rio Clara Venezuela Jose F Reyes 87 and Justa Medina 85 were married this week by Father Enrique Martin after living together 18 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rio Clara
Venezuela
UPI
Jose F. Reyes
Justa Medina
Enrique Martin
Jose
Justa
Halloween Paintings To Decorate Windows Contest
Bennington area youths in grades 7 to 12 will paint Halloween pictures for downtown shop windows. Judging Thursday Oct 29 with results by Monday, sign up through school committee members, paintings due 10 p.m. Wednesday at the YMCA. Two divisions 7-8 and 9-12 with three prizes each. cardboard supplied, name and age in lower right, no school names on art.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Leonard J. Black
Bennington Area
YMCA
Black
Sylvia du Charme
Bennington High School
Mary Margaret
St. Francis de Sales Academy
Sacred Heart School
Bennington Catholic High School
Therese Goodermore
W. Philip Walker
Molly Stark
Catherine Corcoran
North Bennington
Bliss Hulett
Shaftsbury School
Polygraphic Corp
Lions Clubs
Norshaft
Leoneard Black
Paul Williams
Alan E. Evens
Larry Becerra
Nelson Payne
Sayde Forbert
Howard Fitzgerald
Bennington Village
Joseph A. McDonough
John P. Riddle
Robert M. Gerity
Patricia M. Dockum
Funeral rites for Henry A. Vidette in Augusta
Henry A Vidette 66 of Shaftsbury Vermont died October 19 in Bennington. Funeral at Magnolia Cemetery Augusta with full military honors. Vidette served in Troop K Richmond Hussars on the Mexican border 1916 1917 then Officers Training School and World War II transportation service retiring as a captain. Survived by two sisters Miss Alma Vidette Augusta and Mrs H H Pride Hendersonville NC plus nieces and nephews. Bearers named. Firing squad and bugler from Ft Gordon rendered honors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Henry A. Vidette
Shaftsbury
Bennington
Magnolia Cemetery
James M. Aiken
Wilbur Creighton
Frank Fleming
Ed Jackson
Harry Shearer
Johnny Battle
Dewey Ivey
Georgia Hains
Vidette
Last Man’s Club
H. H. Pride
Hendersonville
N.C
Alma Vidette
Ft. Gordon
Also Mentioned on This Page
Charles Tilgner II
Monument Ave
Alexander B.R. Drysdale
Harrison Ave
Bennington League of Women Voters
Bennington County
Robert M. Wilson
Earl J. Harris
Reid Lefevre
Allan B. Angney Jr
Drysdale
Tilgner
League Voters Service
League
Hagerman
Bennington Briefs
Greater Vermont Association
Stowe
State Chamber of Commerce and Promotional
Francis E. Morrissey
C. Douglas Cairns
Burlington
Town and Country Motor Lodge
Cpl
Joseph Maillet
Louis Maillet
Pratt St
United States
Spain
Atlantic
Marine Corps Air Station
Cherry Point
Richard A. Cameron
Seaman
USN
Welland C. Cameron
County St
U.S
Orleans Parrish
Robert L. Knapp
Arnold Knapp
Walston Army Hospital
Fort Dix
N.J
Moose
Joe Caracciola
By Bob Hagerman
Cal
Philip H. Hoff
Special Educational Task Force
Gov. Hoff
Taconic Racing and Breeding Association
Green Mountain Park
New Hampshire
Las Vegas
House Highways and Bridges
Champlain Waterway Commission
Rep
Joseph J. Carraciola
Benhi
Sarah Lesogor
Beech Street Extension
Sourcliffe
Russia
Abraham and
Pearl (Backleman) Baker
Julius
Benningston
Marion Postman
Mildred Hugai
Naugatuck
Ida Unterford
New York City
Myer Backleman
Hanson-Walbridge Funeral Home
Earl J. Fishhaut
North Adams
Park Lawn Cemetery
Beech Street
Heart Fund
Hanson-Walbridge
J.L. Harbour
Elizabeth Bell
Packard) Harbour
Gage St
Jacob L. Harbour
Harbour
Daniel and
Mariette Packard
C. Packard Harbour
Columbia
Hanson - Walbridge Funeral Home
Melvin R. McGaughey
First Methodist Church
Seymour G
Cy) Shultz
Ralf S. Kates
Williams
Union High
Dow-Jones—Bache & Co
Albany
J. Lee Thompson
Arthur P. Jacobs Miranda Fu
Jlee Thompson
Betty Comden
Adolph Green
Gwen Gunns
Gene Kelly
Sam Jac, Bam
Romy Lemmon Schneider, “Good Neighbor
Sam
Dorothy Provine
Coupe
Edward G. Robinson
Drysdale’s
Ladies Aid Society OF the
Old First Church OF
Old Bennington
Henry Vidette
Tobin
Salem’s
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