Green Mountain Patriots organize over school religion issue
Shaftsbury meeting of 125 residents forms a group tentatively named Green Mountain Patriots to push a statement of principles on Americanism religion law and constitutional government. They debate a Shaftsbury Elementary picture of Christ and invite an FBI agent to discuss Communist influence as part of a broader churches and schools debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green Mt. Patriots
Shaftsbury
Shaftsbury Grange
Clifford B. Harwood
Manchester Center
Darrell R. Luinetti
Londonderry
Harwood
Congress
Luinetti
Doris Bahan
FBI
Theodore Bird
Bennington
Bennington Jaycees
Bendi
House Un-American Activities Committee
San Francisco
Dorset
Harrington
Rex Sheldon
South Dorset
Charlotte Brooks
James Stannard
Dailey
Bennington County
Don Dailey
Ken Thomson
Nathaniel
Terry) Tyler
Vermont
Supreme Court
Boston Globe
U.S. Supreme Court
Manchester School Board
Vermont State School Directors Association
Norwich
School Directors’ Association
Supt
Wagner
Shaftsbury Grange Hall
Lawrence E
Moe) Harrington
Green Mountain Patriots
Nathaniel Tyler
Buckler
Bennington Briefs Local meetings and events listed
A series of community notices cover a 7 p.m. Infant of Prague council meeting at BCHS cafeteria. UNICEF trick or treat program by Irving Fineman will be broadcast on WBTN. Local family visits and hospital news noted. Little League meetings set for 7 p.m. at Knights of Columbus Hall to discuss the 1964 season. Altar-Rosary Society plans, Holy Communion at St Francis de Sales, nuns pound party on Nov 25. Bennington Club steak supper and dance at 8 p.m. Antiques and Estate Sale details listed for Dr Robert Leigh estate. Electronic Service Center closed for three days due to a death in the family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WBTN
Irving Fineman
Shaftsbury
Bennington
Knights of Columbus Hall
St. Francis de Sales Church
Putnam Square
Bennington County
GBA
State Department of Employment Security
Hoff proposes committee study for water bills in Vermont
Lt Gov Hoff suggests committees study task force reports in place of some bills. He may convene a voluntary Montpelier meeting in mid November with the Conservation & Development panels to test an experimental review process. Chairmen Samuel Parsons and James L. Oakes lead the panels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoff
Montpelier
House
Senate
Samuel Parsons
Haubbardton
James L. Oakes
Market Averages and Trading Volume Report
The noon stock report lists railroads 20 and utilities 15 with composite averages around 264.26 for the market. Trading activity shows sales totaling 2,590,000 shares with specific figures for railroads and utilities outlined alongside.
Benhi Students To Take National Education Tests
More than 80 ninth and tenth grade Bennington High School students will take a three hour National Educational Development Tests on Nov. 5, under guidance director Stanley C. Farymarz. The NEDT measures applied learning skills across English social studies math science and usage, and aims to help identify strengths and weaknesses to guide educational and vocational planning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington High School
Stanley C. Farymarz
Bendi
Farymarz
Science Research Associates
E.F. Lindquist
Iowa
Bennington Tourism Group Pushes Curb on Roadside Rates
The Greater Bennington Association urges limits on roadside price advertising for Vermont inns and hotels in Bennington Pownal Arlington and Shaftsbury. It considers legislation and better route signs plus changes to the Bennington County This Week flyer and event notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
GBA Tourist Bureau
Tourist Bureau of the
Greater Bennington Association
Vermont
Bureau
Bennington
Pownal
Arlington
Shaftsbury
General Assembly
Bennington Dinner Promises Silent Political Gathering
At a testimonial dinner in Bennington, James B. Gibney will be speechless along with U S Senator Winston L. Prouty and other officials as Republicans host a speechless meal. The plan features no speeches, with a gong ready to silence orators and a table hop during the event at Mt Anthony Country Club starting 6 30 p m with late meals served by 8 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James B
Dash) Gibney
U.S
Winston L. Prouty
Robert T. Stafford
Ralph A. Foote
F. Ray Keyser Jr
Howard K. Armstrong
Sen. Prouty
Mrs. Prouty
Bennington
J. Duncan Campbell
New Bennington
Republican Committee
Mt. Anthony Country Club
Bennington Union Board weighs poll impact on Soldiers Home site
Bennington Union Board members debate how much weight to place on a voter poll about the Soldiers Home site. They consider title hurdles, possible legal steps for acquisition, and whether to push ahead despite better sites elsewhere. Wilson notes education task force aims as a starting point, not a final plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Sleeman
Bennington
Anthony Pello
Franklin A. Riley
William F. D. Smith
Greater
Union Board
Franklin Frantz
Woodford
John H. Williams II
Robert M. Wilson
Pippin Knoll
Union School Board
State Education Task Force
Wilson
Arthur S. Faris
Administration Civil Rights Plans Dilute Provisions
White House talks claim the new proposals keep seven original provisions but weaken at least two, notably voting rights and public accommodation racial ban. Scrapped is temporary voter registration referees and retail-store discrimination exemptions. added are fair employment practices and AG intervention in civil rights suits as a substitute for direct court action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
App
Fair Employment Practices Commission
Attorney General
Hospital Notes and Birth Announcement Summary
Hospital notes list patients including Mrs. Julia Cole Arlington and several minors across Hoosick Falls Bennington Pownal and North Bennington. Births report Mr and Mrs Benjamin Bacon Burgess Road welcoming a daughter on October 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia Cole
Arlington
Terrance James
Paul Graney
Patricia Graney
Hoosick Falls
James Mallory
Mary Beth Hall
Christopher Connell
Keith Jones
David Kirsch
Bennington
Priscilla Palmer
Pownal
Benjamin Bacon
Burgess Road
Be Sure of Purity When Using New Water Sources
Burlington report cautions that drought forces rural homes to use auxiliary water. E L Tracy of the Vermont Health Department urges chlorination of water from brook or pond and notes South Royalton public system already uses an auxiliary source. He recommends household chlorine products and states the department can assist with proper dosage and safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
State Health Department
E.L. Tracy
Bureau of Environmental Sanitation
Vermont State Department of Health
Tracy
South Royalton
Vermont Department of Civil Defense
Health Department
Legion Post Hosts First Record Hop This Saturday
The Bennington American Legion Post sponsors a first in a series of record hops this Saturday from 8 to 11 pm at the Legion rooms on Chapel Road. Chaperones are Legion Auxiliary members and wives. deputies police the area. Bob Harrington of station WBTN will be the disc jockey. Admission is 50 cents for students with passes and 75 cents for others, with parents serving as chaperones. No alcohol is allowed and reentry is blocked except in emergencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington American Legion Post
Legion Rooms
Chapel Road
Post
The
Legion Auxiliary
Bob Harrington
WBTN
the Legion
All Saints Day Services Planned at St Peter's
Special All Saints Day services are scheduled at St. Peter's Episcopal Church. On Friday November 1 at 9 15 a m Holy Communion will be in the chapel and a 530 p m festival Eucharist in the main church will read aloud commemorated names. A second service is planned Saturday at 730 a m in the chapel with Holy Communion and prayers for commemorations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
Obituary: Mrs Mary A Kyer 71 Hoosick Falls
HOOSICK FALLS NY Mrs Mary A Kyer 71 widow of Martin Kyer died suddenly Sunday night at 19 Main St Hoosick Falls She ran a Cambridge bakery and later the Kiddy Shop in Hoosick Falls before retirement She belonged to Court St Mary CD A and will be honored with Rosary tonight at 7 30 at K of C hall and funeral home visit Surviving daughter Mrs John Severson two sisters Mrs Rosella Domin Mrs Felix Thibodeau two grandsons nieces and nephews Interment at St Marys Cemetery following a Requiem Mass at 9 30 a m Wednesday at the Church of the Immaculate Conception
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Mary A. Kyer
Maretin Kyer
Michael
Mary Keoghan Goodwin
Main St
Kyer
Cambridge
Court St. Mary
Catholic Daughters of America
Church of the Immaculate Conception
St. Mary’s Cemetery
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Bennington Banner
By Tyler Resch
Christ
Leon E. Wagner
William E. Dailey Sr
Olive Williamson
Jesse Strong
Lloyd Spaulding
United States
Dailey Sr
Bennington Briefs
Infant of Prague
Council of Catholic Nurses
BCHS
William Cusimano
Darleen
Donna
Billy
Salem
Ivor Roberts
Bradford Street
Glenn Palmer
Concord
N.H
Palmer
Altar-Rosary Society
Stella Bruneau
Chester Taylor
Bennington Club
John Reardon
Taylor
Donald Whitney
St. Joseph College
Robert Leigh
Bennington College
College Road
North Bennington
Hitchcock
Electronic Service Center
John Stone Jr
Rexall
Rome
Quinlan
Main St. Bennington
Dow-Jones—Bache & Co
Albany
Benhi
Dash
Congressman Stafford
Mary Hodeck
Marie Welch
North Pownal
Stephen Bennett
Myrtle Vadakin
For All
Nichols
Union St
Legion Post
St. Peter's
Mary A. Tyer
Baby Beef
Armour's Star Tender Livers
Wift
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