Break in at Pownal restaurant nets six dollars
State police report a break in at the Peaceful Valley Restaurant in Pownal Saturday night or Sunday morning. Six dollars, candy and cigars were stolen with $21 left in a cigar box. Back door forced eight inches. thief likely slipped through. Restaurant owned by Edwin S. White. Also report of abandoned 1956 Plymouth in Cedar Hill area under investigation. Burlington event noted: Vermont Extension Service marks 50th anniversary banquet at the University of Vermont tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse’s
North Bennington Road
Bennington
U.S. Army Reserve
Earl Gallett
Glenn Smith
Donald Lorom
Central Vermont Public Service Corp
Buckler
Pownal
Peaceful Valley
Edwin S. White
Donald G. Rogers
Cedar Hill
New Jersey
New Jersey Motor Vehicle Department
Burlington
The
Vermont Extension Service
University of Vermont
New Traffic Light Snags Two Motorists
State police reported a Saturday collision on U S 7 at Harwood Hill. Stanley J. Zavistaski 27 of Arlington stopped for a temporary light when struck from behind by Romeo O. Cote 56 of Shaftsbury. Both cars northbound. no injuries. Cotes truck undamaged.
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U.S.7
Harwood Hill
Stanley J. Zavistaski
Arlington
Vermont 67A
Romeo O. Cote
Shaftsbury
Cote
Thrift Shop Seeks Donations and Items Lists
Thrift shop reads list of requested items including a tea cart and baby carriage. Friday workers were Mrs Genevieve Phillips and Mrs Ruth Turner. Saturday workers were Mrs Phil lips and Mrs Rita Stump. New York AP former President Truman opposes tax cuts until the budget is balanced urging pay in more than you spend.
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Singer
Genevieve Phillips
Ruth Turner
Phillips
Rita Stump
New York
Harry S. Truman
Congress
Truman
Jackson
Miss
Thomas N. Harkins
Harkins
St. Dominic's Hospital
Hospital Notes and Births in Bennington Area
Hospital notes list multiple patients discharged and admitted across North Bennington Arlington Manchester Center and surrounding towns. Births recorded for Mr. and Mrs Nelson Leonard and Mr. and Mrs Henry McLenihan with new daughter and son respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deborah Crosier
Gertrude Bishop
North Bennington
Junia Thompson
Manchester Center
Bernie Davis
Arlington
Ruth Simpson
Bennington
Claudia Sendra
Danby
Charles Forrest
Bettina McCarthy
Florence King and Son
Ellen Blanchard
Georgianna Greenwood
Nelson Brownell
Raymond Greene
North Benningston
Jean Clayton
East Arlington
Nelson F. Leonard
Pratt St
Henry W. Mce Lenihan
Pownal Road
Bennington Calendar Highlights Local Meetings
Bennington groups announce meetings across clubs and services including Gold Star Mothers at 7 30 VFW rooms, Catholic Daughters 8 Tuesday, Ethan Allen Pomona Grange 8 15 with Battenkill Grange final Good Neighborliness session and tea cup auction. About 400 students start at Connecticut College Sept 21.
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VFW Rooms
Ethan Allen
Pomona Grange
Battenkill Grange
The
Catholic Daughters of America
CDA
Obituary Notes for James R. Cross and Casper L. Bentley
James R. Cross 65 labor leader and political figure in St. Albans died of a heart attack. He served as secretary treasurer of the Vermont Labor Council AFL-CIO and held multiple charity roles. Casper L. Bentley 48, farmer near Cambridge died suddenly at home. Survived by wife Elizabeth Martell and several relatives. funeral Tuesday in Cambridge with interment at Woodlands Cemetery.
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ST. Albans
James R. Cross
Cross
Vermont Labor Council
Afl-Cio
St. Albans Grain Co
Vermont
Arthritis Foundation
Grain Millers Association
Marlene Paquin
West Swanton
Jacqueline Cross
Springfield
Mass
St. Mary’s Church
Cambridge
N.Y
Casper L. Bentley
Sandgate
Battenhill Grange
West Arlington
Easton Volunteer Fire Company
Elizabeth Martell
Earl Davis
Dona Brittain
Waughkegan
Ill
Linda Martell
Lewis Martell
O. K
Quints Yvonne Dionne and Diligenti quintuples details
The Dionne quintuplets born May 28 1934 and the Diligenti quintuplets born July 15 1943 in Argentina are all alive. The Dionnes include Yvonne Emilie and others. the Diligenti siblings Maria Fernanda Maria Cristina Maria Esther Carlo and Franco survived infancy as a rare quintuplet set.
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Yvonne Dionne
Emilie
Diligenti
Maria Fernanda
Maria Cristina
Maria Esther
Carlo
Franco
Argentina
Dionne
Old Bennington Sets Sept 23 Vote On Zoning Code
Voters of Old Bennington will go to the polls Sept 23 for a special meeting to consider a proposed new zoning ordinance for the village. The process began in 1962 after counsel questioned the validity of the old ordinance, with Equity Publishing Corp guiding the draft and a zoning commission supervising the review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Bennington
George H. Plumb
Equity Publishing Corp
New Hampshire
Bennington
Municipal Court sentences include bad checks and driving cases
Rutland man Thomas F Kielty Jr 25 received 6 to 18 months in the House of Correction on three bad checks charges after pleading guilty Aug 15. Bail was set at 700 for David King 19 of Pownal on careless negligent driving speeding and refusal to stop. Walter C Adamowicz 49 of Tilton NH faced fines and probation after admitting charges of defrauding the New Englander Motor Inn owner and driving a car without consent.
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Thomas F. Kielty Jr
Rutland
House of Correction
Kielty
George M. Fienberg
David King
Pownal
King
Agai
Walter C. Adamowicz
Tilton
N.H
Condon
Liggett and Bosworth
Red China accuses Soviet leaders of copying US attacks
Peking accuses Khru shchev and Soviet leaders of using spittle from U S imperialism to attack China. It cites a Red Flag article as new evidence of a war itch and quotes Moscow taking phrases out of context. A separate notice mentions a village zoning change for single family homes with variances.
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Tokyo
Red China Today
Khrushchev
United States
Communist Party
Peking
Red China
Khrushchev and Company
U.S
Communist Party of China
Red Flag
Two Bennington Schools Report Lower Enrollment
Bennington area parochial schools Sacred Heart and St. Francis de Sales Academy report smaller enrollments this year. First grades at St. Francis limited to 50 and Sacred Heart to 40, causing gradual year over year decline. total enrollments estimated at 450 for St. Francis and 320 for Sacred Heart.
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Bennington
Sacred Heart School
St. Francis de Sales Academy
St. Francis
Sacred Heart
St. Francis de Sales
Fourth Burlington Diocesan Conference Set for Bennington
The fourth Burlington Diocesan Congress of the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine will be held in Bennington on Sept. 27 28 and 29 with Rev W John Frader as CCD director and participation from St Francis de Sales Sacred Heart Bennington and St John the Baptist North Bennington. A diocesan letter urged support and attendance noting CCD aims to spread the Christian message and educate all from cradle to grave.
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Burlington
Bennington
Confraternity of Christian Doctrine
Bennington Catholic High School
W. John Frader
CCD
St. Francis de Sales
Sacred Heart of Bennington
St. John the Baptist of
North Bennington
Father Frader
Confraternity
Congress
Vermont
Bennington County
P.C. Brennan
Mathew J. Dailey
Robert A. Roy
Richard H
North Adams Foliage Festival Parade Set for Sept 29
The 1963 eighth annual Fall Foliage Festival parade in North Adams Mass is Sunday Sept 29. Twenty five bands and drum corps will march with $900 in prizes for float entries. Gov Endicott Peabody and Senators Kennedy Saltonstall and Conte are invited to lead, with Grand Marshal Francis H Hayden.
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North Adams
Mass
New England
South Amboy
N.J
Vic
Montreal
U.S. Air Force Pipe Band
Washington, D.C
Armed Services
Endicott Peabody
Edward M. Kennedy
Leverett Saltonstall
Silvio O. Conte
Francis H. Hayden
Noel Field
Bennington Man Claims Rutland Rail Plea Ignored by State
Rutland story centers on Edwin F. Studwell who says his Bennington group sought the Rutland-Bennington line and the longer Burlington-Bennington segment. Gov Hoff and Public Service Commissioner Gibson III say offers on the southern section were the focus, while Wulfson’s lease of the Burlington-Bennington portion proceeds. Studwell calls the matter a dead issue but urges the Rutland line be operated properly.
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Benningtonian
Rutland
Jay L. Wulfson
New Jersey
Burlington
White Creek
N.Y
Rutland Railway
Bennington
Edwin F. Studwell
Studwell
Rutland Railway Corp
Hoff
Rutland-Bennington
Burlington - Bennington
Wulfson
Public Service Cosr
Ernest Gibson III
Stock Averages Noon Report Industrials Rise
Noon stock rundown shows the Industrials at 735.80 up 0.43 with a 172.42 drop of 1.06 points. The brief market snapshot lists the noontime values for key indices and changes.
United Church Women Plan Mission Study Series
The United Church Women of Bennington will host a six week mission study beginning September 18 on Wednesdays from 10 to 11 at Second Congregational Church. The group will read Christian Issues in Southern Asia by P D De Vanandan and discuss Christianity’s impact on national development and societal conditions. All Bennington area women are invited to attend September 18 to October 23.
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United Church Women of
Bennington
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Thrift Shop
Bernadette Bent
Whitingham
Forrest Zimmerman
Linda Wilkins
Londonderry
Carrie Morgan
R.D
Debbie Croft
Manchester
Susan Blair
Addie Mears
Ethel Marsh
Winfred Dufresne
Leta White
Hoosick Falls
F. Arnim Berge
Charles M. Kern
Wilmington
Bennington Briefs
Sarah Wales Donavan
Peter Donavan
Crescent Boulevard
Connecticut College
New London
Conn
Vincent Pizzano
American Association of University Women
Caroline Darlington
AAUW
Montpelier
Denver
James Hobson
Bennington Southwest
VFW
Brookside
Marion Charest
Bennington Lions Club
Knotty Pine
Leonard J. Black
William McFeeters
Dorothy Hudson
Bennington Public Schools
Friends
United Counseling Service
Board of Trustees
Area Fund Drive
St. Peter’s Church
Knights of Columbus
St. Jean the Baptist
John Z. Morin
Park St
American Cancer Society
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Watervliet Arsenal Foremen’s Association
Fay’s
Detreetsville
William G. Wood
Newtonville
Raymond J.currier
William Wielkind
Milton J. Crandall
James Wilkinson
Edward Gartner
Vogue Beauty Shop
Main Street
Charles Scott
Beatrice LaPorte
Dr. Durand
China
Saigon
Morse’s Field
Francis B. Flanagan
Joseph F. Wiseman
Walter F. Miller
Robert F. Joyce
Father Miller
Anthony H. Brackett
Richard M. McGurn
Francis J. Corbett
Andrew J. Pellerin
Gerald McCue
Roger S. Cole
Leo T. Nash
Francis G. Stemp
Julia Marie
SSJ
Catherine Murphy
Helen Grenon
St. Hilary
Mary Fidelis
Mary Hermann
SSTV
Our Lady of Peace Retreat House
Paity
Arthur P, Cole
Charles A. Toomey
Mary M. Meagher
Gerald H. Amadon
John T. Carmody
Donald Whipple
Holy Cross Novitiate
Mary Elizabeth
Robert J. Flynn
Murray M. McGuire
Charles A
Joseph Nugent
Milton
Alice Harwood
Jean Wassick
Gerald M. McCue
John E. McCarthy
CSC
Frank J. Cummings
John J
Dermody
Hector T
Betit
John P. Lasso
Fienberg
Main St
Bennington, Vt
Seri
Ousness
Hunt Street
Dow Jones—Bache & Co
Albany
Drysdale’s
United Church Women
Ae Service
Kreisler
Basketweave
Emelu
fLikins
Seweters
Bennington Vt
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