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Newspaper

Bennington Banner

Location

Bennington, Vermont, United States of America

Date

Oct 31, 1966

Page

2

Poetry Society of Vermont holds fall meeting in St Albans

Members gather at Governor Smith Inn with a Memorial Service for Blanche Guild of Burlington. PSOV president Rev. Arthur Hewitt leads. Readers include Gertrude Lyons Sylvester, Muriel Mann, and Evelyn Webler. Robert Babcock will deliver the main address on higher education.

ST. Albans Poetry Society of Vermont Governor Smith Inn Arthur Hewitt Riverton PSOV Blanche Guild Burlington Guild Vermont Poetry Society of America Dictionary of International Biography London England Richard Barry Gertrude Lyons Sylvester Orleans Muriel Mann Waterville Evelyn Webler Franklin N.Y Betty Bandel UVM English Department Leon “Fritz Carl Robert Babcock Vermont Colleges

Vermont Guard Association elects Woodbury president

Maj. Robert M. Woodbury of South Burlington was elected president of the National Guard Association of Vermont at the 12th annual conference in Stowe. He succeeds Maj. Arthur D. Speer of the Vermont Air National Guard and serves as administrative assistant at Camp Johnson. Officers elected include Lt. Col. Andrew Bostock, Lt. Col. William Savage, WO Robert Baker, and WO Sam Jacobs, with a $250 memorial donation approved for Maj. Gen. Francis Billado. A tribute was paid to two Air Guardsmen killed in a Dec. 23 aircraft crash at Burlington Municipal Airport, Capt. John Harrell and Maj. John Ulrich.

Long Trail Council Boy Scouts of American Air National

17 year old charged after high speed chase in Brattleboro

A 17 year old from Winchester New Hampshire was to be arraigned in municipal court on charges of failing to stop for an officer and careless and negligent driving with accident resulting. Police say Peter Cole fled a state trooper Friday, leading to a high speed chase that ended when the trooper bumped the vehicle off the road onto a Brattleboro sidewalk.

Brattleboro UPI New Hampshire Peter Cole Winchester Robert Stover Vermont Stover Cole

Voters in district 4 set special meeting on annexation

Qualified electors of Common School District No. 4 in New York will decide at a Nov 12 special election from 1 to 9 p.m. whether the district will annex to Central School District No. 1 serving Berlin Petersburg and Stephentown. James E. Allen Jr. issued the notice. Harold Cottrell named as ASC alternate. Harold Brown and Vernon Ketcham named to terms or as alternates.

Petersburg Central Berlin Stephentown James E. Allen Jr Hoosick Harold Cottrell Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation County Committee Rensselaer County ASC Harold Brown Sand Lake Vernon Ketcham Pittstown Albany Capitol Hill Choral Society Chancellors Hall Judson Rand Donna Lavender Troy Choral Society James Kranendonk Waterford Allen Mills Schenectady Darius Milhaud Francis Poulen

Five Adams Memorial H S players suspended for shaved heads

Five Adams Memorial High School varsity football players were suspended indefinitely by Acting Principal Wilfrid J Belois after arriving at school with heads shaved to a stubble. Superintendent Eugene P Melville said the hair was shaved with a GI clip like Marines in Viet Nam. Names were not released.

ADAMS Adams Memorial High School Wilfrid J. Belois Eugene P. Melville Viet Nam

Pittsfield man killed in Madrid auto crash

Joseph Caccamo, 29, formerly of Pittsfield, was killed in a Madrid, Spain automobile accident. He worked for Bendix Field Engineering Corp. of New Jersey. His wife Patricia Gavin of 41 Peck's Road had emergency appendectomy just before. He leaves his wife, three daughters, his mother, two brothers and two sisters.

Pittsfield Joseph Caccamo Madrid Spain Bendix Field Engineering Corp New Jersey Patricia Gavin Peck’s Road

Demolition Starts on Grundy Block in Williamstown

A two story Grundy block on Water Street begins demolition. Owner C Herbert Phillips of Ballou Lane, who runs Phillips General Store beside the property, says no land plans are set after razing. He purchased the building last summer from Mrs George W Grundy.

Williamstown Grundy Water Street C. Herbert Phillips Ballou Lane George W. Grundy Phillips General Store

Forest Park Country Club Eyes New 18 Hole Course

Reports indicate Forest Park Country Club members seek to develop an 18 hole golf course. The site remains undisclosed with indications pointing to one of three locations. Locations under consideration include the east road area and a site near the Adams Cheshire line in the south.

ADAMS Forest Park Country Club East Road

Quick Action Controls Four Area Forest Fires

UPI reports rapid firefighting by state units contained at least four forest fires over the weekend in Vermont and New Hampshire. Fires in Tinmouth Warren Weston and Hinsdale New Hampshire were brought under control. a Weston blaze rekindled five acres. Brattleboro crews fought a small fire on Rattlesnake Mountain. Officials blamed careless hunters for several starts.

Montpelier UPI Vermont New Hampshire Tinmouth Warren Weston Hinsdale N.H Brattleboro

Dr Andrews to Succeed Dean Slater at UVM Medical College

Burlington University of Vermont College of Medicine will appoint Dr Edward C Andrews Jr to succeed Dr Robert J Slater as dean on Dec 31. The unanimous selection follows a wide search and credit goes to Andrews for leading major programs, including a Kellogg grant and a major federal heart program.

Burlington University of Vermont College of Medicine Robert J. Slater Edward Co. Andrews Jr University Lyman S. Rowell Dr. Andrews College of Medicine Rowell Medical College Dean Slater Kellogg Foundation State Medical Society and Health Department Middlebury College Navy Johns Hopkins UVM Vermont Pakistan State Department Slater Association For the Aid of Crippled Children New York Canada Department of Pediatrics University of Toronto Hospital For Sick Children John V. S. Maeck Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Photographer in Death of Former Vermont Man Hearing Today

New York amateur photographer Fred Gales faces a scheduled hearing in a case that charges him with killing Ernest Kall, a former Brattleboro resident. The incident followed a Greenwich Village encounter after a drink, when Gales allegedly shot Kall after a dispute over a nude photo proposal and restrained Kall’s girlfriend Patricia Burns in his Harlem apartment.

Vermont New York VPI Ernest Kall Brattleboro, VI Crinnal Court Neal Bottiglieri Fred Gales Kall Gales Harlem Ently Greenwich Village Patricia Burns Bennington College Miss Burns Gale

Rutland Woman Elected President of Catholic Nurses

A Rutland woman, Mrs. Victor Pisanelli of St. Joseph's Guild, was elected president of the Vermont Council of Catholic Nurses at the annual convention. Miss Elizabeth Corey of St. Camillus Guild, Barre, was named secretary, succeeding outgoing president Mrs. Mary Jacobs.

Burlington UPI Rutland Vermont Council of Catholic Nurses Victor Pisanelli St. Joseph’s Guild Elizabeth Corey St. Camillus Guild Barre Pisanelli Mary Jacobs

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