Bennington School Board Tackles Traffic and Policy Reforms
The Bennington Graded School District board reviewed student motorist concerns near Bennington High School and neighbor streets. They approved a released time policy for students with verified jobs and good attendance, and accepted a $135 bid from Thompson Tree Co. for diseased elm removal with stump removal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Trustees
Bennington
Bennington High School
Bennington Village
Edward Silver
Silver
George Sleeman
Sleeman
Bennington College
Thompson Tree Co
Old Town
Thompson
Thompsons
Study of automatic business machines for Bennington districts
A Bennington school boards meeting explored using automatic business machines to handle budgeting and accounting. IBM and National Cash Register reps outlined options from basic bookkeeping to computerized systems. Proposals will depend on merged district volumes and the Mt Anthony high school start and new construction plans. Kenneth R Baldwin, new district business manager, will help evaluate needs for Nov 10 joint board meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Greater
Mt. Anthony Union
International Business Machines Company
National Cash Register Company
School groups host silver tea to begin new year
Nearly 100 parents gather in BCHS cafeteria for St Francis de Sales event as eighth graders introduce their parents to faculty. New co-presidents Mr and Mrs John Ahearn lead. Nov 17 PTG meeting will feature Msgr John A Lynch. A social hour follows with refreshments and faculty introductions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Francis de Sales
BCHS
John Ahearn
Paul Bohne
Harwood Hill
Robert Kalinowski
Robert Maguire
John Stone
Edward Haddad
PGT
Boy Scout Fund Drive Planned in Bennington
William J. Saliba announced a local campaign committee for the 1965 Boy Scout Fund Campaign. The Ethan Allen Council seeks 103,900 to support 3,700 Boy, Cub and Explorer Scouts in its southern Vermont jurisdiction. Bennington will be divided into five districts for the drive set for November 7 through 11, with an advance gift phase before the general drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J. Saliba
Bennington
Ethan Allen Council
Boy Scouts of America
Saliba
Rose Clermont
Arnold Quist
Winston W. Luther
Randall MacDonald
Edwin Peterson
Herbert W. Gall
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co
Strike continues under union contract dispute at plant
The walkout labeled unauthorized by the union risks disciplinary action under the contract. Plant Manager Mason outlined job posting and seniority rules, stressing length of service as a factor when qualifications are close. Workers outside the plant heard the company stance, with some dismissing the policy as ineffective. Hartman pleads guilty to stealing a road grader and driving it 500 miles from Danville to Huntington Beach after stealing a tractor-loader on Sept. 29, 1964.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rice
Richard G. Mason
Mason
Banner Management
Oakland
Calif
UPD
Richard Merle Hartman
Danville
Huntington Beach
Donald Whyte
Hartman
Area Obituary Notices From Bennington and Shaftsbury
Funeral services were held for Bert O Weller a renowned auto mechanic formerly with several Bennington garages at Hanson Walbridge Funeral Home with Rev H Glenn Payne officiating Various church groups and Masonic Eastern Star and other orders participated in services and burial at Park Lawn Cemetery in the family plot Edward W Harris a lifelong Shaftsbury resident and station agent was honored at a Requiem High Mass at St John the Baptist Church in North Bennington with burial in St Johns Cemetery North Bennington Relatives and friends from Schenectady Troy Middletown Springs Shaftsbury and North Bennington attended
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert O. Weller
Bennington
Hanson-Walbridge Funeral Home
H. Glenn Payne
First Baptist Church
Weller
Ray Crosier
Alfred Dunican
William Dunican
James Provencal
Harold Hicks
Clement Gilchrist
Everett Lillie
Forrest Smith
Leo Fay
David Bushnell
Floyd Patterson
A. Daniel Mason
Mr. Weller
Payne
Baptist Church
John Harwood
Anthony
Order
Eastern Star
Ethel Vance
Stanley Cleveland
Harriet Beals
Marie Williams
Ada
Jan Stephenson
Ruth
Ruth Hoy
Esther
Rose Mattison
Martha
Rose Hall
Tucker Lodge F&am
North Bennington
Richard E. Davis
William Carroll
Anthony Lodge
Park Lawn Cemetery
Shaftsbury
Edward W. Harris
St. John the Baptist Church
Joseph P. Carrigan
Our Lady of the Lake Church
St. Albans Bay
Harris
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Robert Baffa
Mahar & Son Funeral Home
Frederick Driscoll
Benjamin Hulett
Carl Bouplon
James Bartlett
David Mattison
Emile Joseph Boutin
Cora B. Whitney
Richard Jackson
Father Balla
St. John’s Cemetery
Carrigan
Schenectady
Troy
N.Y
Middletown Springs
Frederick B. Wolf
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
Recetor
Olin Fights Junkyard License Fee With Bennington Selectmen
Bennington junkyard operator Fred Olin pressed the selectmen over a $25 license fee, arguing no reduction for mid year licensing is allowed. The board and Olin sparred over yard screening and prior licenses while he hinted at waiting five months to reapply for a full year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington Selectmen
Fred Olin
Selectmen
Olin
Green Acres
Bennington
Escapee Apprehended in Vergennes Returns to School
State police captured 16 year old Harry Gaudette missing from Weeks School in Vergennes last night. Trooper Harvey Jones aided by a Weeks School official located him in Bennington and returned him to the Weeks School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Vergennes
Harvey Jones
Weeks School
Harry Gaudette
Obituaries for Lyons, Finnegan, and Shepard families
Area obituaries cover Mrs. Lafayette Bud Lyons formerly Mary O Connell of Lyons District who died after a long illness with services at Mahar and Son Funeral Home and St Francis de Sales Church. Albert P Finnegan, father of Gerald D Finnegan, died in Fairview Nursing Home after a Pennsylvan ia Railroad career. services at Mahar and Son. Philip Shepard Sr of North Bennington died at Putnam Memorial Hospital after a long illness with multiple survivors. further obituary to appear Friday. Howell F Dillingham, West Pawlet native and accountant, died after a long illness. service at Robert M King Funeral Home Granville. George McLamn, father of Mrs Mary Stevens, Burlington, dies. transfer to Ricker Funeral Home Groton with Saturday funeral.
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Lafayette
Bud) Lyons
Mary O’connell
Lyons
James
Mary (Connelly) O’connell
Allentown
St. Mary’s Academy
Hoosick Falls
Brendan Lyons
Bennington
Michael
Pearl) Howley
Lawrence Bradley
Russell O’connell
Mahar & Son Funeral
St. Francis de Sales
Philip A. Shepard Sr
Union St
Sage Street
North Bennington
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Granby
Canada
Stephen and
Mary (Picard) Shepard
Shepard
Holden Leonard
Allen-A
Rocke Wood
Catherine Griffin
Lina Burgess
Troy
N.Y
Philip Shepard Jr
North Hoosick
Richard
Williamstown
Mass
Nellie Livingston
Shirley Duval
Patricia Shepard
Ruth Bushee
William
U.S. Navy
Key West
Fla
Mary Damon
Lawrence
Rose) Heppelle
Albany
Harmon
Ida) Saunders
Winter Park
Thomas
Agnes) Hewson
Arthur
Clifford
Neephews
Mahar & Son Funeral Home
West Pawlet
Howell F. Dillingham
David and
Margaret (Poole) Dillingham
Pauline Rogers
Marjorie Washburne
Dunkirk
Janice Chappell
Andes
Robert M. King
Granville
Godfrey Parker
Manchester
Meadowview Cemetery
Burlington
George McLamn
Howard
Mary) Stevens
Shaftsbury
Ricker Funeral Home
Groton
Bennington Upcoming Community Meetings and Events
Bennington briefs note the Bennington County Women’s Democratic Club meets tonight at 7 30 at Democratic headquarters on Main Street and the Mt Anthony Union School Board meets at 7 30 in its executive offices on Park Street. Also on Friday a Veterans of World War I Bare racks 1955 meeting at 7 30 p m in VFW rooms. Reuben Levin of the Vermont State Boxing Control Board attends amateur bouts at Burlington auditorium. Halloween party at Elks Club Saturday with buffet and dancing. prizes for best costume. ADV.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sleeman
Union High School
Bennington County Women’s Democratic Club
Democratic
Main Street
Mt. Anthony Union
Park Street
VFW
Reuben Levin
Vermont State Boxing Control Board
Burlington
Burlington Auditorium
Elks Club
Bill Hart
Hot Lunch Menu for BENN Elementary Week
Monday spaghetti and meat sauce with French bread green beans applesauce and milk. Tuesday pork stew with vegetables whole wheat bread banana cream pudding and milk. Wednesday beef vegetable soup crackers tunafish sandwiches fruited Jello and milk. Thursday hamburg and gravy mashed potatoes buttered rolls buttered carrots strawberry shortcake and milk. Friday fish sticks lettuce cabbage carrot salad date muffins mixed fruit and milk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamburg
Stock Averages Report From Market Page
Dow Jones Industrials and 30 stocks show mixed readings with volume cited as 3,3. The text lists equities with figures like 958.68 236.63 157.84 and 336.07 along with a negative 82. The fragment hints at a stock market table including railroads and utilities with a composite average and volume.
Hospital Notes October 27 Admissions and Births
Admissions list includes Master Michael Driscoll from Petersburg, Mrs Grace Lobravkco of Shaftsbury, Mrs Sandra Ellis, Master Harold Parker of Hoosick Falls, Miss Beverly Mass of Arlington, Miss Lynn Bevis, Miss Tamara Ketchum, Mrs Elizabeth Rudd of Bennington. Births record Mr and Mrs R Marshall Witten of Dewey Street with a daughter born October 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Driscoll
Petersburg
Grace Lobravkco
Shaftsburg
Sandra Ellis
Harold Parker
Hoosick Falls
Beverly Mass
Arlington
Lynn Bevis
Tamara Ketchum
Elizabeth Rudd
Bennington
R. Marshall Witten
Dewey Street
PTG Holds Annual Tea at Vermont Veterans Home
Mrs. Marion Thorley, Vermont state president of the Ladies Auxiliary to the Veterans of Foreign Wars, visited the Soldiers Home in Bennington with Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Costa. They toured the home hospital and therapy area, discussed a nursing home expansion, and were thanked by Col. Edward Giles for the auxiliary’s ongoing support, including the annual Christmas party slated for December 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merle Corbett
Marion Thorley
St. Johnsbury
State Auxiliary
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Wilma Costa
VFW
Thorley
Corbett
Ernest Costa
Bennington
Ladies Auxiliary
Vermont
Shaftsbury
Edward H. Giles
Col. Giles
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Police Department
Ronald R. Knapp
Knapp
Pleasant Street
New Elm Street
Bernard Ryan
Leo van Dale
Hamilton
VEW Auxiliary
North Street
Philip A. Walbridge Jr
Herbert J. Horst
le A el
Technicolor
Columbia
Pitt A
Dinosaurus
Harte Theatre
la Scala Opera Co
la Boheme
Seven Arts
Sax Rohmer
FU Marchu
Clarence the ‘Crosseyed Lion
Boy Scout
Joy Rider
Area Funerals
Junkyard
Mrs
Lafayette Lyons
Albert P. Finnegan
Gerald D. Finnegan
Jefferson Heights
Fairview Nursing Home
Finnegan
Pennsylvania Railroad
Riddlesburg
Susie Finnegan
Martha Wolf
United Brother Church
Windburg
George Ruffo
Bronx, N.Y
Henry Miller
Schellsburg
Harry Robb
New Paris
Philip A. Shepard
George McLain
Bennington Briefs
Ea Sens
Bucky
Troy Road
New Management
ADV
County National Bank
Sally Mfg. Corp
County St
Dow-Jones
He & Co
Armour Star
PTG
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