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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1963
Page
12
Mt. Anthony Union School District directors meet at 7:30 p.m. at Bennington Elementary to narrow seven sites to two or three for the proposed union high school. A final site choice is anticipated by November 21 with reports on committee recommendations and public question responses.
Formal plan returns to the Mt Anthony Country Club testimonial for James B Dash Gibney former Bennington Republican Town Chairman. The Friday event had been billed as a speechless smorgasbord with no formal program.
Edward A. Rice of the Southern Vermont District health department reported no tainted foods in Vermont after spot checks of grocery stores found none of the liver paste brands tied to botulism deaths in Canada. Earlier a similar survey found no condemned smoked white fish.
On Monday November 4 the Interstate Loggers Field Day will be held at the Dennison Lumber Company site in Colrain Massachusetts. The event, a collaborative effort by Vermont Massachusetts Extension Services and forest agencies, offers instruction and demonstrations in safety undercutting and directional felling plus logs grading discussion. Registration runs 9 30 to 10 at the Dennison mill with lunch provided and the program wrapping at 3 30. For details contact David C Barton County Forester Bennington.
YMCA bowling classes for grade school boys run each Wednesday and Thursday from 3 30 to 5 00 with girls’ sessions on Fridays. Paul Ulrich rolled 70 to beat Keith Morse last Wednesday, while Jeff Gray led Thursday with 65 in a two string set and 122 total. Brian Ulrich and Tom Russell tied for second with 59s.
Vermont Transportation Commissioner Russell A. Holden said there is a strong probability that the entire Interstate system in Vermont will be four lanes. He noted many sections are currently planned or under construction as two lanes and said a new federal aid policy could require much study and preparation to secure funds. The state must indicate federal aid needs in 1965 as cost estimates are prepared.
Bennington brief notes James M. Dubin, son of Mr and Mrs Benjamin Dubin of 130 Harrison Ave Bennington, earns second honors for the first marking period of the fall term. Also reported Sumner Kean Banner columnist county editor recovering from a cardiac condition at Putnam Memorial Hospital.
In Manchester the Zion Episcopal Church held its annual harvest dinner with Dr. William H. Browning and Frank J. Starzel addressing the congregation. Starzel described church types and a leadership crisis at a former parish while Browning discussed self knowledge and how acceptance of faults comes through relationships within the church.
CDA Notes Court St Andrew will hold its regular monthly meeting on Tuesday Nov 5 at 8 pm A supper at 630 will precede the meeting Co chairs Anne Cummings and Loraine Caron lead a committee with members whose last names start with A B or C A white elephant sale follows the business session Members should bring a contribution Initiation of new members set for Sunday Nov 17 Dues payable at this time and may be handed in on Tuesday evening
The Dow Jones Industrial average stood at 754.28 with a .91 drop while the Railroads index moved to 168.20 down .10 and the Utilities index at 138.58 down .04. The Composite average reached 262.64 with a .17 decline and total sales were 2,200,000.
Funeral services for Ralph R. Clark 75 of Dorset will be held Friday at 1 p.m. at Brewster Funeral Home Manchester Center conducted by Rev. Robert Dana. He died Wednesday in Putnam Memorial Hospital born in Stowe son of Lyman and Emma Clark. Survived by two daughters Ramona of Dorset and Mrs. Hudson Carpenter of East Rupert two sons Roger of Dorset and Chester of Jericho two sisters Maud Reynolds of Portsmouth New Hampshire and Mrs Fred Boyd of Yucaipa California and six grandchildren. Burial Saturday at 1 p.m. Pleasant View Cemetery Morrisville. Friends may call today 2 to 4 p.m. at the funeral home.
The funeral for Mrs. Stella Colburn Stone Jr. of School Street occurred Wednesday at St. Peter's Episcopal Church with Rev. Frederick B. Wolf and Rev. Donald A. Webster officiating. Burial followed at Factory Point Cemetery in Manchester Center. Relatives came from Barre Rochester Manchester Dorset and Hudson New York.
Congress faces a tight calendar with top Kennedy priorities tax cut and civil rights unlikely to pass before year end. Senate leaders warn of long debates and a possible December filibuster, while the House has approved the tax cut and awaits a civil rights bill decision.
Tansitor Electronics of Bennngton received two small business contracts from the Defense Electronics Supply Center in Dayton Ohio. One contract worth 14154 covers 1693 fixed electrolytic capacitors and the other 13349 covers 283 fixed electrolytic capacitors. The parts are used on the MA 1 generator in F 106 aircraft.
Ronald F. Bisson Ernest Langlais and James R. Jelley Jr pleaded guilty at a special ar raignment before Judge George M. Fienberg in Municipal Court to breach of peace after placing railroad ties on Vermont 346 near the Pownal Tannery and setting them afire. Bail was set at 100 for each with sentencing deferred for a pre sentence investigation. Gerald A. Pratt of Brattleboro was fined 108 10 after pleading guilty to driving under the influence with intoxication charges dropped. Pratt argued the car rolled after leaving Vermont 9 west of Old Bennington. State's Atty. R Marshall Witten noted whiskey bottles found in the car. In Miami a patrolman rescued a boy who toppled into a canal and swam to safety before giving his name.
The Bennington Area YMCA hosts eight boys at the first meeting of a new camera and photography club. Leader Bob Hagerman outlines basic techniques and a forthcoming picture assignment. Plans for a darkroom are explored, with future meetings and weekend shoots on the calendar.
One hundred and one Vermont Department of Highways employees with 25 years or more of service are honored in the state capital. District Highway Engineer Ivor S. Pelsue of Bennington is among those listed for 25 years. Gold pins are awarded to long service members as the state marks decades of public work.
Bennington selectmen approved a weekend open house at the town sewage treatment plant. Superintendent Paul Kelley will staff the event from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, guiding visitors and answering questions. Directions are posted at key crossroads along Vermont 67A, River Road, and the Henry Covered Bridge.
Representative Robert T. Stafford Vermont’s sole congressman will address the Greater Bennington Association on December 9. He will give a resume of the 88th Congress first session in an informal nonpartisan talk open to the public. Time and place to be announced.
The Bennington YMCA mens conditioning and volleyball group began in the YGym with 8 men. It will meet Tuesdays 5 to 6 p.m. and Thursdays 5 to 6:30 p.m. All area men are invited. The Putnam Memorial Hospital student nurses group started a physical conditioning program at the Y gym with 24 participants and will meet Tuesdays 6 to 7 p.m. The program includes calisthenics volleyball bowling square dancing and possibly weight lifting and judo.
The notice lists numerous hospital admissions across Manchester Center North Bennington Bennington South Dorset Eagle Bridge Pownal Center Hoosick Falls East Dorset and surrounding areas. Families welcomed new daughters and sons including a Johnsonville New York infant born October 30 and a daughter born October 30 to John Malone at 702 Main St.
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