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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1964
Page
10
Bennington trustees set a special meeting to consider dog in heat restrictions and junk control ordinances, plus a plan to fund a 23 to 40 member village and town employee pension with about 7500 dollars village share and 5000 town share.
Obituaries for Helen M Bradley Vincent Moon and Delia Corcoran record their deaths and funeral details in Manchester Center Petersburg Hoosick Falls and Rahway New Jersey with funeral arrangements and survivors noted. The third item covers a local ordinance discussion on bicycle licensing proposed by Mrs Rupert Young and Santarcangelo.
The Bennington Board of Civil Authority schedules meetings at 2 and 7 p.m. on Saturday September 5 to add names to the primary absentee voter checklist. Eligible new voters must act by September 5. Town Clerk Mary Hodeck reminds that absentee ballot applications must be filed by 9 p.m. September 4 for those unable to attend the polls.
The school board weighs Soldiers' Home versus Town Farm for a new site. Soldiers' Home costs could reach 164000, about 45000 more than Town Farm's 119100 estimate. Excavation, grading, and utility work favor Town Farm though overall, Soldiers' Home appears more expensive due to land price and relocation obligations.
State Senator Frederick J. Fayette of Chittenden County Democratic U S Senate candidate visits Bennington area for the first time since August forum. He tours local plants including Bijur Ben-Mont and Tansitor and plans a reception at 219 Union Street hosted by Earl J. Babcock. He spends today and Saturday visiting plants and constituents.
Beech Street School expands to four first grade sections to serve 100 pupils. New teacher Mrs. Joan Smiel begins this week, joining existing staff while Supt. Leon E. Wagner confirms space and occupancy by Tuesday. Smiel has taught in Pownal and Shaftsbury. her husband John teaches middle grades in Shaftsbury.
Admissions list includes Kenneth A Bishop Star Route Frieda Salvatore Hazel B Spencer Wayne D Baker Evelyn G Snow Patricia LeBlanc with locations Bennington Sunderland Hoosick Falls. Discharges note Jean Miller Arlington Leon E Jones Petersburg Joyce Goodwin and daughter Bennington Margaret Davens donis Hoosick Falls Carol Bett and son North Hoosick. Birth announced for Aug 29 Charlotte Irene daughter of P Russell Stanton Alexandria VA and Ann Harrington North Bennington. Weighs seven pounds four ounces.
Circle 4 of the First Methodist Church meets at 8 p.m. at Mrs. Paul Crane’s home in North Bennington. Republicans plan caucus Sept. 4 at 8 p.m. at the county courthouse to nominate justices of the peace. Bruce Kennard set to attend Los Angeles City College September 15. Airman Joseph F. Niegoda updates address to Amarillo AFB Texas. Elks to pay respects for William Dutelle at Mahar and Son Funeral Home. Corrected accident report places Bernice Hardy as passenger in Nora Breen’s Shaftsbury vehicle. Tax Club payments accepted through Sept. 11 with 1965 club opening Sept. 21. Labor Day sale at Valley View Golf Course Hoosick Falls.
Arthur E. Wickenden was named to fill the North Bennington seat on the Mt. Anthony Union School Board after Edma A. Riley resigned. A longtime North Bennington resident, Wickenden serves as treasurer for the village and district, sits on the water board and planning commissions, and is cashier at the First National Bank of North Bennington.
The board compares two Norshaft study groups and urges public information meetings in each district to let voters weigh plans for a new union high school. It intends to resume meetings in other union districts on a test basis, with an October session to be held in Pownal.
Edmond F. Cardinal, 21, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edmund L. Cardinal of 216 Washington Ave., is now a Trans World Airways pilot based at Kennedy Airport New York. He trained in Kansas City Missouri and Bennington Vermont, attending St Francis de Sales Academy Bennington High School military college in Milledgeville Georgia and aviation school at the Bennington Airport under Joel Whittemore and Richard Sawyer. He previously worked for Baker Airways in Springfield Vermont.
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