Trustees Ban Stringers to Review Medical Office Parking
Bennington Village Trustees vote to ban advertising signs on public streets except during the fall foliage festival week. They also vow a hard review of permits allowing doctors to restrict parking in front of their offices, noting some doctors use spaces for personal cars and advocating equal treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington Village
Vermont
James B. Gibney
Joseph A. Pello Jr
Pello
Henry Mallory
Trustees press CVPS on West Main power pole transfer
Bennington trustees voiced displeasure with CVPS progress on moving power lines on West Main Street to new poles set south of the old line. Village officials seek an apology and plan to file a formal letter to Rutland. Also, emergency state aid for a sidewalk on Gage Street is discussed amid growing truck traffic and safety concerns near Cora B. Whitney school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Ormal R. Pierce
John Lowre
Central Vermont Public Service Corp
CVPSC
West Main Street
Pierce
James B. Gibney
Rutland
Highway Department
Dewey and
McCall Streets
Gage Street
Putnam Square
Cora B. Whitney
Gibney
Leo Nash
Nash
David Carver
Eagle Hose Co
Carver
Vermont Extension Service
Trustees OK GBA Foliage Parade Oct 3
Trustees grant the Great Bennington Association permission to hold its Fall Foliage parade on Oct. 3. A fall foliage queen contest will be held at Bennington High School and the Bennington Fire Department is invited to participate. Fire Chief Richard Hollister will decide on participation. Parade starts 6:30 p.m. behind Bennington High School and proceeds through Main Street and local streets to Bennington Catholic High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington Village
Greater Bennington Association
GBA
Bennington High School
Bennington Fire Department
Richard Hollister
Main Street
North Street
Gage Street
School Street
Bennington Catholic High School
Welch Obituary Commemorates Franks Life In Vermont
Frank Leonard Welch 58 died suddenly at home Monday. Services Thursday at St. Jerome's Church East Dorset with Rev. Joseph Connolly. Born New Haven Conn Sept 17 1904 son of Edward F and May B Welch. Survived by wife Augusta and nieces and nephews. Burial St. Jerome's Cemetery East Dorset. Tol lis en Tollisen 68 retired tugboat captain for New York Central Railroad died at home in White Creek N Y. Born Norway June 28 1895 resident 40 years in US including 25 in White Creek. Survived by widow Thelma Marie Tollisen three daughters a son five brothers two sisters eight grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Funeral Saturday Hoosick Falls burial Grandview Cemetery North Bennington. Burial details and times listed.
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South Dorset
Frank Leonard Welch
St. Jerome’s Church
East Dorset
Joseph Connolly
White Creek
N.Y
Tolli Tollisen
New York Central Railroad
Norway
Thelma Marie (Glittenberg) Tollisen
Robert S. Outwater
Bennington
Evelyn Tollisen
Wyncote
Guy A. Milliman
Main St
Hoosick Falls
Grandview Cemetery
North Bennington
Hospital Notes Births and Admissions List
Admissions include Harold Harmon Bennington Mrs Leta White Hoosick Falls NY Mrs Dorothy Rollins Bennington Forrest Zimmerman North Bennington and Mrs Rita Holsapple Hoosick Falls NY Miss Brenda Harris North Pownal Mrs Joan Reynolds and baby girl Bennington Mrs Patricia Walcott and baby girl West Pawlet Mrs Dorothy Kent and baby boy Manchester Depot Mrs Emilie Lyons Bennington. Births report a son to Mr and Mrs Seth D King Jr 200 Depot St Bennington.
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Harold Harmon
Bennington
Leta White
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Dorothy Rollins
Forrest Zimmerman
North Bennington
Rita Holsapple
Brenda Harris
North Pownal
Joan Reynolds
Patricia Walcott
West Pawlet
Dorothy Kent
Manchester Depot
Emilie Lyons
Seth D. King Jr
Depot St
Wilmington Man Homer Boyd 88 Buried at Sa-danga Cemetery
Funeral services were held Monday at Covey Funeral Home for Homer A. Boyd 88 of Dalton Massachusetts a former Wilmington resident who died Saturday at Pittsfield General Hospital. Burial followed at Sadanga Cemetery Whitingham with bearers George Carruthers Robert Carruthers Kenneth Crowningshield and Richard Callaway. Survivors include two sons Neal and Lee in Wilmington a daughter Mrs Donald Tracy of Brattleboro and 14 grandchildren.
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Wilmington
Covey
Homer A. Boyd
Dalton
Mass
Pittsfield General Hospital
J. Reginald Martin
Sadanga Cemetery
Whitingham
George Carruthers
Robert Carruthers
Kenneth Crowningshield
Richard Callaway
Georgetown
Heath, Norton
Pittsfield
Glen Rock
Riveredge
N.J
Madison
Florence Pool
Marlboro
Neal H
Lee E
Donald Tracy
Brattleboro
Marian LePenna
Community notices from Bennington brief highlights
Local church groups meet tonight with youth fellowship at 7 at Miss Ellen Gird's apartment and K of C members plan a rosary trip to Manchester. Hospital discharge for Mrs. Clyde Young and updates on members, auctions, rummage sales, and a lost puppy near Grandview Street.
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First Methodist Church
Ellen Gird
Clyde Young
Main St
Mary Hitchcock Hospital
Hanover
N.H
K of C
Manchester
Frank Welch
Old Bennington One Car Crash Injures Rider
A one car crash in Old Bennington sent Gordon Waite 22 of Branch Street to Putnam Memorial Hospital for about 24 hours. Merrill Thornesen Jr. of Hartford Connecticut drove a 1963 Volkswagen east on Vermont and failed to negotiate a curve at the Walloomsac Inn. the car tipped, Waite was hospitalized, Thornesen uninjured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Bennington
Joseph Young
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Gordon Waite
Branch Street
Merrill Thornesen Jr
Harteford
Bennington
Waite
Thornesen
Oregon Capitol Buildings Fire Facts and Timelines
The present capitol in Salem completed in 1939 cost 2.5 million dollars. Oregon’s first capitol built in 1854 and the second in 1873 were both destroyed by fire.
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Salem
Ore
Bennington Selectmen Weigh Traffic Controls on Flats
Bennington town officials discussed lowering U.S. 7 traffic speed and reviewing a possible traffic signal at the U.S. 7 Willow Road junction near Molly Stark School. The state traffic engineer reported a 35 mph limit may be adopted and signed soon.
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Bennington
Bennington Flats
U.S. 7
Bennington Town
Joseph J. Caracciola
State Traffic Committee
Caracciola
A. W. Coleman
Coleman
Selectmen
Willow Road
Molly Stark
State Highway Board
Prudential Committee
Greater
Harwood Hill
Selectmen Review Dog Control Plan And Legal Options
Selectmen discussed proposed dog control measures with Dog Constable George Rogers. Town Counsel Norton Barber will interpret state statutes on unlicensed dogs and prosecuting owners, to be considered at next week’s meeting. Miss Jean Henry urged action to curb unregistered dogs and avoid blanket warrants for destruction. Rogers questioned court action efficacy and denied support for dog destruction. He will implement Henry’s steps to limit repeat adoptions and ensure new owners license pets. Stray dogs may be evaluated with a local veterinarian for adoption or destruction.
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Selectmen
George Rogers
Norton Barber
Barber
Bennington County Humane Society
Jean Henry
Rogers
Miss Henry
Humane Society
Humane Shelter
Vermont Transit announces early fall bus schedule
Vermont Transit Lines unveils an early fall schedule effective September 10 with multiple daily departures to Albany New York and other routes. Through coach connections extend to Montreal and Rutland linking to Bethel Randolph Montpelier Barre St Johnsbury and several New Hampshire and Maine towns.
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Vermont Transit Lines
Albany
New York
North Adams
Pittsfield
Winsted
Torrington
Danbury
White Plains
Burlington
Montreal
Rutland
Bethel
Randolph
Montpelier
Barre
St. Johnsbury
Littleton
Bethlehem
North Conway
N.H
Bridgeton
Portland
Maine
Woodstock
White River Junction
Hangars Get Go Ahead In New Airport Location
Selectmen approved contractor William H. Morse for two new hangars at Bennington Municipal Airport. The site shifts from the original east of the wooden hangar to a west location near the end of the existing hard surface, with two steel frame, metal roofed buildings about 45 by 50 feet each. One hangar will house Morse’s plane and the other a new plane for Payne Bingham of Shaftsbury.
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Selectmen
William H. Morse
Benington Municipal Airport
Town Airport Commission
Morse
Federal Aviation Administration
Vermont Aeronautics Board
Robert T. Holden
Vermont Aeronautics
Edward Knapp
Holden
Joel Whittemore
Payne Bingham
Shaftsbury
Bennington Army Reserve Unit Firing Howitzer Demonstration
The Bennington Army Reserve unit invites the public to a 2 p.m. Sunday howitzer demonstration on North Bennington Road near William H. Morse Construction Co. A 105 mm howitzer will be fired with live commentary from a public address system. Other weapons and displays will be shown as part of a six-drill year.
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Army Reserve
Bennington
U.S. Army Reserve
William H. Morse Construction Co
Bennington Road
Robert Kenyon
Branch Street
William Frost
Pownal
James Mallory
Dewey Street
Rhode Island labor leader backs effective civil rights program
Salvatore T. Disano, president of the Providence Central Federated Council AFL CIO, said organized labor supports an effective civil rights program. He noted the civil rights movement has adopted many labor protest techniques, including sit-down strikes and boycotts.
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Providence
R.I
Rhode Island
Organized Labor
Salvatore T. Disano
Providence Central Federated Council
Afl-Cio
Disano
Schools Continue Amid Prayer Policy Change Observed
St Francis de Sales Academy held Mass at 9 a.m. Most local schools had half day sessions while Greater Bennington and Village elementary schools offered full days. Spokesmen said the state Board of Education recommendation to omit opening prayer was observed. Allan J. Heath urged silent meditation in classes with prior prayer habit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Francis de Sales Academy
Greater Bennington
Village
State Board of Education
Allan J. Heath
Bennington
Industrials Strong as Dow Averages Near 1961 High
At noon the Dow Jones Industrial Average stood at 734.46, up 2.02 points as steels showed notable strength among the industrials. The composite average was 263.21 with sales totaling 2,470,000.
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Stringers
M.d.s
Lowre
Power Company
Moose
Trustees OK Gba
UPI
American Personnel and Guidance Association
Iowa
Frank L. Welch
He Was
New Haven, Conn
Edward F. and
May B. (Shanahan) Welch
Welch
New Haven High School
Winchester Repeating Arms Co
New Haven
Westville
Conn
The
Knights of Columbus
Augusta
Brewster Funeral Home
Manchester Center
St. Jerome’s Cemetery
Haddock
Walker
Bride
Takin
Sewevers
Bennington Teachers Association
James O’connor
Mary Whiteway
Mary Hutton
Benhi
Lucille Weichert
Waldo Holden
Mary Louise Plumb
Buckler
Silas E.B. Stockwell
Silas E.B
Bert) Stockwell
Hanson - Walbridge
Theodore Shatgen
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
Raymond Howard
Corwin Elwell
Emory Wheeler
James Kinney
Rlan Howard
Cambridge
Joseph Arnold
Southwick
Park Lawn Cemetery
Hudson Falls
North Hoosick
Springfield
Mr. Stockwell
Bennington Briefs
Green Mountain Pup
V.F.W. Post 1332
V.F.W
Women of the Moose No. 1018
Moose Hall
Jane Ann Potter
Gladys Knapp
Bradford Smith
Marian
Perley Nourse
Paddock Place
Ray Brewer
Londonderry
Eugene Bushee
Richville Road
Women of the Moose
Princess Vncinity
Grandview Street
Sharon Shea
By Bob Hagerman
Dermody Road
Houran Road
Pleasant Valley
Jewett Drive
Gypsy Lane
Rice Lane
Silk Road
Murphy Road
Monument Avenue
Carpenter Hill
Squaw Hill
Lovers Lane
River Road
New York State
Vt. Transit Co
FAA
Edward T. McKenna
Bellows Falls
Virginia N. Perrotta
Dow-Jones—Bache & Co
Mallory
Stetson
Burt Bros
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