Six Suffer Minor Injuries In Area Holiday Accidents
State police from Shaftsbury report five accidents over Labor Day weekend with minor injuries and little damage in Bennington County. Arlington youth Lawrence Molloy rolled a 1957 Volkswagen on U S 7, escaping with facial cuts. In Woodford a two car crash on Vermont 9 caused heavy damage but no injuries. Additional injuries occurred on Ehrich Road Shaftsbury involving three women, and a Vermont 9 collision near the New York line injured two in Manney and Watkin vehicles. Minor damage occurred in Bennington Flats parking lot when a Bennington teen backed into a parked car.
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Bennington County
Shaftsbury
Lawrence E. Molloy
Arlington
U.S. 7
Molloy
James O'Neil
Vermont 9
Woodford
Donald C. Hoffmeister
Woodstock
N. Y
Bennington
Donald F. Longtin
Bloomfield
Conn
Longtin
Ehrich
Eleanor B. Smith
New York City
Grace Henderson
Ruth Didtman
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Manney
Watkin
Ford
Barbara Hogan
James Hogan
Wilkie
Bennington Flats
Samuel G. Greer
Kenneth Johnson
Robinson Avenue
Youth delinquent 17 pleads guilty for break in
Edward J. Lewis of 2 River St. pled guilty to breaking and entering at Frost's Drug Store. Judge Waldo C. Holden delayed judgment. Lewis received a suspended sentence, placed on probation, and promised restitution for about 11 to 12 dollars plus stolen merchandise. Edward Waitakus, 38, of Benn ington, pleaded guilty to cruelty to animals and was fined 85 dollars for burning a litter of newborn kittens. Arthur Manelas, 19, of 17 Pleasant St. pled guilty to driving without license or registration and was fined 20 dollars. he said he was ignorant of motor vehicle laws since arriving from Greece nine months ago. Village Atty. Reuben Levin acts as state’s attorney until Sept 10 in absence of John A. Burgess.
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Edward J. Lewis
River St
Lewis
Waldo C. Holden
Frost's
North Street
Margaret Lillie
Edward Waitakus
Bennington
Waitakus
Arthur Manelas
Pleasant St
Manalas
Greece
Reuben Levin
John A. Burgess
Schools Reopen As Union Board Outlines New School Plans
Dr. Faris addressed 85 attendees outlining progress on the Union School move. He said no site has been chosen yet and several options exist. The board aims to educate all students with a balanced, flexible curriculum and plans preliminary work to put a bond issue before voters next spring. He prefers quality over haste and suggests 1964 as a target date only if done right. Mrs. Miller introduced Rodger L. Randall’s merger committee background as he was absent. Supt. Wagner will meet with North Pownal teachers at 2 p.m. and with Pownal staff at 4 p.m. tonight. The Bennington district will hold a dinner meeting at Mt. Anthony Country Club with Dr Irving Adler as principal speaker.
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Union School
Miller
Supt
Heath
Rodger L. Randall
GOP Nominates 15 Justices In Five Minute Meeting
Bennington Republicans at the County Courthouse nominated 15 justices of the peace in a five minute caucus. Incumbents up for re election included Dr. Roderick Humphreys Mrs Leon R Eldred Winston W Luther Frederick Well ing and John P Morrissey. Other nominees were Eugene Burt Thomas D Cook Jr Mrs John Miller Mrs Leo Nash Mrs Ralph Norton Francis J Hogan Mrs Ted Thomas Sr Harry Harmon Thomas R Haley and George Benedict.
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Bennington
Roderick Humphreys
Leon R. Eldred
Winston W. Luther
Frederick Welling
John P. Morrissey
Eugene Burt
Thomas D. Cook Jr
John Miller
Leo Nash
Ralph Norton
Francis J. Hogan
Ted Thomas Sr
Harry Harmon
Thomas R. Haley
George Benedict
Obituary of Catherine P Bender Walloomsac NY
Mrs Catherine P Bender a Lithuania born resident of Walloomsac N Y died Sunday after a long illness She was the wife of the late Stephen Bender of Walloomsac Survivors include two daughters Mrs George Welch of Latham N Y and Mrs Norman Scott Jr of Hoosick Falls and two sons Charles and Stephen Jr both of Walloomsac There are eight grandchildren Funeral services were held this morning at Immaculate Conception Church Hoosick Falls A Requiem Mass was offered Interment followed at St Marys Cemetery Hoosick Falls
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N.Y
Catherine P. Bender
Lithuania
Bender
Stephen Bender
George Welch
Latham
Norman Scott Jr
Hoosick Falls
Charles
Stephen Jr
Immaculate Conception Church
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Death of Eu gene Oswald in West Hempstead
Word has been received of the death on Monday morning of Eu gene Oswald at his home in West Hempstead New York after a long illness. He is survived by his wife and two daughters Mrs Harvey Madeleine Gerken of Chislehurst England and Mrs Jack Alice Bennett of Dover New Jersey. Mrs Gerken was formerly employed at the Vermont Employment Service in Bennington and was at her parents home at the time of his death.
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West Hempstead
N.Y
Harvey
Madeleine) Gerken
Chislehurst
England
Jack
Alice) Bennett
Dover
N.J
Gerken
Vermont Employment Service
Bennington
Funeral services for John Mason in North Pownal
Funeral services were held Friday at 2 p.m. for John Mason of North Pownal at the North Pownal Congregational Church with Rev. John C. Hatch officiating. Burial followed at Eastlawn Cemetery in Williamstown, Mass., with committal services read by Rev. Hatch and former North Pownal pastor Rev. Charles Baboian. Masonic and Eastern Star services were conducted Thursday evening at Hanson-Walbridge Funeral Home in Bennington.
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North Pownal
North Pownal Congregational Church
John C. Hatch
Eastlawn Cemetery
Williamstown
Mass
Mr. Hatch
Charles Baboian
Masonic
Eastern Star
Hanson-Walbridge
Bennington
Funeral Services for Albert McDermott in City
The funeral for Albert McDermott of Rollin Street was held Saturday afternoon at Gibney Haynes Kane Funeral Home with Rev. Stephen C. Greene of Second Congregational Church officiating and leading committal prayers at Park Lawn Cemetery. Bearers were Peter LaFlamme James Bartlett George Moran David Carver Earl Tripp and Harold Cone. Out of town relatives attended from North Adams Massachusetts Hoosick Falls Arlington and nearby towns.
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Rollin Street
Gibney, Haynes & Kane Funeral
Stephen C. Greene
Second Congregational Church
Park Lawn Cemetery
Peter LaFlamme
James Bartlett
George Moran
David Carver
Earl Tripp
Harold Cone
North Adams
Mass
Hoosick Falls
Arlington
Bennington Briefs Highlight Dairy Cattle Champions
Dairy and beef champions at the Schaghticoke Fair include Holstein and Ayrshire winners from Bennington area farms. Local residents plan study exchanges with the USSR, travel west and visits with relatives, and many community groups announce meetings and events through September.
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Hoacre Farms
North Bennington
Ayrshire
Fillmore Farms
Bennington
John Steel
Robert Giddings
Lower Case Poet e e cummings Dies in North Conway
North Conway New Hampshire AP reports poet and novelist e e cummings aged 67 has died. He will be buried in Forest Hill Cemetery Boston with private funeral services on an undisclosed date.
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N. Conway
E. E. Cummings
Forest Hill Cemetery
Boston
Poemist Edward Estlin Cummings Dies at Summer Home
Cummings known as e e cummings suffered a stroke at his Silver Lake summer home in Madison and died at Memorial Hospital North Conway. He authored The Enormous Room and a dozen poetry volumes, painted in charcoal oils and watercolors, and won the 1957 Bollingen Prize at Yale. His winter home was in New York City.
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Silver Lake
Madison
Memorial Hospital
North Conway
Bollingen
Yale University
New York City
Moth Distraction Triggers Minor Bennington Collision
On Labor Day weekend a rear end collision occurred on East Main Street at 10:10 p.m. when Anthony Rybczyk swatted a moth and drifted into Robert Buck’s 1962 Corvair. Damages were moderate to both vehicles. The incident was logged by the Bennington Village Police Department.
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East Main Street
Robert F. Buck
Union St
Anthony Rybczyk
Lingard St
Manchester
N. H
Buck
Rybczky
Rybczyk
Record Clean New England Traffic Toll Tops Seventeen
New England totals show 16 traffic deaths over the Labor Day weekend the worst toll in a decade with 24 violent accident al deaths overall in six states. Maine and Massachusetts each record five highway deaths led by Ellsworth where three youths died in a single crash. Two New York women died in a Merritt Parkway collision near Westport Connecticut reports three fatalities in the region. Vermont had no highway deaths while New Hampshire Rhode Island and Connecticut posted deaths. Last year 16 died and the region’s worst totals date to 1952 with 29 dead in 1959 and 1960.
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Associated Press
New England Today
Massachusetts
Maine
Ellsworth
New York State
Merritt Parkway
Westport
Conn
Connecticut
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Vermont
New England
Boston Railroad Official Sees Profit on Rutland Line
James Warsher of Boston says the Rutland Railroad can be operated profitably and his syndicate would buy the line if the state guarantees a $10 million loan. Warsher, 21, is manager of the Missouri Pacific Railroad’s...
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Rutland
James Warsher
Boston
Warsher
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Gov
Keyser
William S. Ginsburg
Rutland Railroad
Rutland Commn
Dirt Gardeners Hear Adrienne Green at Fall Luncheon
Mrs. William Green of Newtown will headline the Plain Dirt Gardeners fall luncheon at Mt. Anthony Country Club Thursday at 1 30 p.m. She is an accredited judge of flower shows and a member of several garden clubs, with lectures on church flowers oriental inspiration and holiday designs.
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William
Adrienne) F. Green
Newtown
Conn
Plain Dirt Gardeners
Mt. Anthony Country Club
Berlin Officials Press Soviets to Halt Checkpoint Charlie Use
Western Allies ordered the Soviet Union to stop using Checkpoint Charlie during daily guard changes in West Berlin. Officials said the deadline was set but did not disclose consequences. The move aims to reduce risk to West Berliners and to avoid giving the Communists a public victory. The Brandenburg Gate area remains heavily fortified with barricades and tank obstacles as the city remains divided.
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Charlie
Brandenburg Gate
Berlin
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