Bennington Resident Earns MIT Electrical Engineering Degree
Bennington native Peter A Bird has earned a bachelor of science in electrical engineering from MIT. He is among 445 MIT graduates in September. The Vermont State Association of Emblem Clubs will hold its first quarterly meeting on Thursday November 4 at 7 30 p.m. at the Rutland Elks Club. Call Connie LaBeau at 442 2045 for details.
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Peter A. Bird
Bennington
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MIT
Vermont State Association of Emblem Clubs
Rutland
Bennington Local notices urge tax payment and events
Taxpayers must pay local property taxes by Monday November 1 to avoid penalties. The Treasurer Michael J Hogan Jr office will be open today until 5 pm and Monday 9 am to 5 pm for tax bill payments. Informal dancing at Bennington Area YMCA gym this Saturday October 30 from 7 30 to 10 pm announced by Leon ard J Black. November meeting of Bennington Rod and Gun Club Monday at 8 pm at Fish Hatchery South Stream Road. Emolem Clubs meet Thursday 7 30 pm at Rutland Elks Club. contact Connie LaBeau at 442 2045. Halloween party at Elks Club Saturday buffet 7 9 dancing 9 12 in costume 1.00 per person without costume 1 50 prizes for best costume ADV. Dr James Shea office closed November 4 through 7 open November 8 ADV.
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Bennington
Michael J. Hogan Jr
Bennington Area
YMCA
Leonard J. Black
Bennington Rod & Gun Club
Fish Hatchery
South Stream Road
Elks Club
Bill Hart
James
Shea
Bennington Banner
Main St
The
Banner Publishing Corporation
United Press International
UPI
Vermont
U.S
Bennington Court Tosses Guilty Finding for Nicholson
A Bennington Municipal Court judge set aside a verdict of guilty against Alice W. Nicholson in a careless and negligent driving case and ordered a new trial. In Friday sessions, Judge George M. Fienberg also sentenced two youths for breaking and entering and handled a string of minor cases including traffic and possession charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
George M. Fienberg
Alice W. Nicholson
Margaret S. Lillie
Fienberg
Roland §. Stone
Main St
Weeks School
Vergennes
Stone
Noon
North St
Robert E. Cummings Jr
Tardy
Atty
John B. Harte
Boyle joins Dodge Fibers sales staff in Hoosick Falls
Charles Boyle of Bennington has joined the Dodge Fibers Corporation sales team in Hoosick Falls New York effective October 25. He will handle plumbing product sales from the home office and help assess new products under development. Boyle, a Rotterdam native and Hudson Valley Community College graduate, previously worked in engineering and personnel at Ben-Mont Papers and served in the U.S. Air Force. He and his wife Marilyn and their son James reside at 122 Jefferson Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Boyle
Bennington
Dodge Fibers Corporation
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Dodge Fibers
William Petiit
Boyle
Rotterdam
Hudson Valley Community College
Troy
Ben-Mont
U.S. Air Force
Charlie
Marilyn
James
Jefferson Avenue
New Directions Set for Church Council at Woodstock Meeting
Delegates from more than 30 Vermont communities representing nine denominations met at St James Church Woodstock for the Vermont Church Council annual gathering. A lay president, an outsider chairman, and Council restructuring were approved. Mrs. Earle T. Brailey of Barnard elected first lay president and first woman to hold the office. Lt. Gov. John J. Daley named chairman of the new Economic Life Committee. Church of God welcomed to the council, bringing nine member communions. A Department of Inter-Faith Cooperation was created to extend goodwill to other faiths and joint efforts with Roman Catholic and Jewish communities continue toward unity. An ecumenical service November 8 at UVM Burlington will install the executive minister with 11 faiths represented.
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Woodstock
Vermont
St. James Episcopal Church
Vermont Church Council
R. G. Clingworth
East Montpelier
Roger L. Albright
Rutland
Burlington
Earle T. Brailey
Barnard
Brailey
United Church Women
Church Council
John J. Daley
Church of God
Coun
Committee On Faith and Order
Comemission
Christian Unity
Daley
Ira Allen
UVM
Eugene L. Smith
U.S.A
World Council of Churches
Funeral for Bert Weller Draws Wide Local Attendance
The funeral for Bert O. Weller a long time resident of South Stream Road was held Wednesday morning at Hanson-Walbridge Funeral Home. The Rev H Glenn Payne led services with help from Tucker Lodge F&AM North Bennington Mt Anthony Chapter and the church deacons. Bearers included William Dunican James Provencal Harold Hicks Clement Gilchrist Alfred Dunican and Ray Crosler with honorary bearers Everet Lillie Leo Fay A Daniel Mason Floyd Patterson Davie Bushnell Forrest Smith. Burial followed in Park Lawn Cemetery. Relatives and friends came from Athol Holbrook Irving North Adams Lynn Mass and Milford Conn.
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Weller
Tucker Lodge F& AM
North Bennington
Mt. Anthony
Order of
Eastern Star
Comet Ikeya-Seki Seen by Harvard Students
Cambridge observers at Harvard Observatory reported sighting the Ikeya-Seki comet as amateur astronomers across New England could view it in the early morning hours through Sunday. The Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory confirmed broader Northern Hemisphere visibility.
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Cambridge
Mass
UPI
New England
Harvard Observatory
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Strike settlement allows trial of union chosen junior man
The company will test the union’s pick for junior supervisor for 10 days to four weeks with a set period agreed by union and management. If the pick fails, the company may place its own candidate. If trial fails, the employee can return to his former job and pay. The rule applies to grades 11 through 15. higher grades 16 to 22 are excluded as skilled. Clarence Ewins noted arbitration if the union’s pick is deemed qualified but management disagrees. The union called this a new clause amid a nearly two day strike. contract runs three years from April.
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Donald P. Snyder
Shaftsbury
Snyder
Atty
R. Marshall Witten
Witten
Robert J. Solari
Manchester Center
Don H. Stratton
Main Street
Raymond R. Hallenbeck
Winhall
Sunderland
Philip Fortier
Fitchburg
Mass
Grand Union
Manchester
Gement
Clarence B. Ewins
USA
Ewins
Winners named in YMCA painting contest display set
Judges at the YMCA awarded prizes in two age groups for a painting contest. Winners include Jean Shultz 13 and Dan Shultz 17 as top entries, with multiple runners up and honorable mentions across grades 7 to 12. Prizes and paintings can be picked up Saturday at the YMCA office.
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YMCA
Main Street
Pat Sherman
Sylvia Gordon
Linda Tilgner
Alma Paquin
Frank Paquin
Leonard J. Black
Jean Shultz
Benhi
Cathy Noyes
Carol Noyes
Missy Marceau
St. Francis de Sales
Dennis Harper
Timothy Viereck
Shailsbury
Wally Killian
Nancy Buck
North Pownal
Nancy Boudakian
Everette Sweet
North Bennington
Dan Shultz
April Koehler
BCHS
Carol Ryder
Edie Lacker
Kevin Thibodeau
Sally Pratt
Madeline P. Gratton
Bernice Bent
Lois Hill
Susan Pratt
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Bennington Briefs
Vermont State Association of Emolem Clubs
Better Tv, Inc
Dial
Gerald E. Tardy
House of Correction
Windsor
Norman J. Gagne
Watervliet
U.S. 7
Dorset
Brian R. Smith
Wapping
Conn
Atty. Witten
Smith
Cil
Baptist
Episcopal
Society of Friends
Lutheran Church In America
Methodist
Unitarian Universalist
United Church of Christ
United Presbyterian
Social Action Committee
Bennington, Vt
Bert O. Weller
Hanson - Walbridge
H. Glenn Payne
First Baptist Church
Edna S. Spaulding
Weston
Edna (Sykes) Spaulding
Ryland R. Spaulding
Holland
Melbourne
Agnes (Ellis) Sykes
Spaulding
Women’s Society of Christian Service
Gilbert
Ryland Jr
Ardis Stevens
Chester
Hilda Crawford
Globe, Ariz
Irene Frappier
Roger
Florence Smith
Derby Line
Bertha Forbes
Westford
Margaret Robinson
Scranton
Penn
Helen West
Nehawka
Neb
Old Parish
Gary McLain
Maple Grove
Adams Funeral Home
Old Parish Church
Bonne Bell
Frost’s Pharmacy
Bennington County
Acte
Nestle
North Bennington Road
Finast
Iad
Benmore
North St. Shopping Plaza
KitchenAid
Elw
UMN AM Ta. Furniture Inc
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