New Road Map Unavailable Alarm North Bennington
Vermont Highway Department maps for U.S. 7 relocation north of Bennington and the North Bennington spur via Vt. 67 are not yet available. A hearing is set for Oct. 9 with about 100 property owners notified. locals fear traffic relief is unlikely and worry about property disruption, crossings, and overpasses in North Bennington Village.
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U.S. 7
Bennington
North
Vermont Highway Department
Highway Board
Montpelier
Highway Department
Ivor S. Pelste
Pelsue
Deer Park
Vermont Soldiers’ Home
Oakerwood
Orchard Road
Harwood Hill
Lawrence F. Powers
North Bennington
Powers
Hunt Street
First National Bank
Shaftsbury
Main Street
Bank
Houghton Streets
Pelsne
Department
Bank Street
West Shaftsbury
White Creek
N.Y
U.S. Post Office
Houghton Street
Lake Paran
Cole Hall
Shaftsbury-Sunderland
Glastenbury- Shaftsbury
Shaftsbury-Glastenbury-Arlington-Sunderland Common
Shaftsbury-Glastonbury
Bernard Gates
Thurston T
Clara A. Hulet
James Shea
J. B. Elkins
Gaetano Pell
Edgar Bergatta
Joseph Sohl
Central Vermont Public Service Corp
New England Telephone & Telegraph Co
North Bennington Water Board
Better TV of
Nursing Home Plans Face Water Supply Hurdle in Bennington
Frank L. Hoffman, a nursing home impresario with properties in Albany, Troy, and Hudson, N.Y., seeks water service for a 120-bed facility on Jefferson Heights. The board notes the main may be inadequate and approves possible main extensions costing about 35 000 dollars after a flow test. Hoffman offers to fund a dead end connection and may collaborate with Norman H. Greenberg to improve supply. The board also grants water service for five Jefferson Heights homes and museum free water to the Little League.
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Bennington
Frank L. Hoffman
Albany
Troy
Hudson
N.Y
Bennington Village
Jefferson Heights
Hoffman
Water Board
Charman Alfred
W. Ellett
Burton L. Winslow
Winslow
Jefferson Avenue
Observatory Street
Bryant and
Merson Streets
Ellett
Putnam
Water Department
Norman H. Greenberg
Greenberg
Little League
Senior Citizens Center Nursing Home Party Set
Miss Margaretta Van R. Schuyler, chairwoman, announces the third nursing home party on Wednesday September 18 at 2 p.m. at the Senior Citizens Center. Patients from nursing homes will attend and a Holy Cross Novitiate group will provide music. Refreshments will be served by Mrs Ruth Jackson and committee.
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Margaretta van R. Schuyler
Senior Citizens Center Nursing Home
Holy Cross
Ruth Jackson
Four New Faculty Join St Joseph College
Four new faculty members join St Joseph College. Brothers John Dietzler Rene Vallee Christopher Benoit and Joseph Latif bring business administration liberal arts philosophy and marketing expertise to a campus in North Easton Massachusetts Delray Beach Florida Burlington Vermont Winooski Vermont and Bennington Vermont. Dietzler comes from Stonehill College and Notre Dame with degrees in science and will teach business administration. Vallee a Florida Atlantic University graduate with an MA in education will teach English and history. Benoit a St Michael's College graduate will teach philosophy and Western Civilization while Latif from Siena College will teach salesmanship and marketing and applies practical business experience.
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St. Joseph College
John Dietzler
C.S.C
North Easton
Mass
Rene A. Vallee
Delray Beach
Fla
Christopher Benoit
Winooski
Joseph Latif
Bennington
Dietzler
Holy Cross Society
Stonehill College
Stonehill
Notre Dame
Vallee
Burlington
Florida Atlantic University
Boca Raton
Benoit
St. Michael’s College
Latif
Sienna College
Loudonville
N.Y
Bennington Water Board Faces Funding Struggles
Water board contemplates funding options as expenses rise and a six month grace on payments looms. A potential rate increase or village aid is discussed while a replacement vehicle for field trips highlights broader distribution issues. The dilapidated Scout vehicle underscores the system’s reliability problems and finances.
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Shultz
Ellett
Herbert Horst
Sucker Pond
Bennington
Scheduling Clash Described By Junior High Principal
Richard Woodward principal of the junior high said there is no conflict in scheduling after reducing each class period by a minute. He noted the junior high schedules by hand without computers, unlike the high school, and stressed the two situations are not comparable.
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Richard Woodward
Woodward
St Joseph College Opens New Term in Bennington
St Joseph College in Old Bennington begins its freshman class on September 12 with registration from 9 to 11:30 a.m. and 1 to 4 p.m. Administrative and faculty listed include President Sister Julia Marie and several deans. student leaders from Bennington and nearby towns assist as guides and organize activities.
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St. Joseph College
Old Bennington
Bennington County GOP field dominates primary ballot
Bennington County features the largest Republican primary field for two county senator seats with four men and one woman filing. T. Garry Buckley Madeline K Harwood Tracy E Kenyon Jr James W Lounsbury and Salvatore Santarcangelo run, incumbent Allan B Rngney Jr. declines. The county also hosts a three way race in Subdistrict 1 for two House seats as Leon E Wagner challenges incumbents Joseph Caracciola and David J Allen. District 32 sees five candidates for two Republican state senate seats and a separate Democrat slate with Ellen Reiss Rufus Horton Robert LaMordier plus three others seeking two spots. Seniors report Friday Sept 13 from 9 to 11:30 am and 1 to 4 pm.
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Bennington County
T. Garry Buckley
Bennington
Madeline K. Harwood
Manchester
Tracy E. Kenyon Jr
Shaftsbury
James Ww. Lounsbury
Pownal
Salvatore Santarcangelo
Allan B. Rngney Jr
Arlington
Leon E. Wagner
Joseph Caracciola
David J. Allen
John Bett
Whitingham
G. William Hamilton
Porter Farwell
Wilmington
Harvey D. Carter Jr
Ira D. Whitney
Stamford
Lounsbury
Senate
District
Ellen Reiss
West Dover
Rufus E. Horton
Robert LaMordier
Bennington Briefs Highlights Local People and Meetings
Dr Alan Evens of Bennington named chair of the ethics committee of the Vermont Optometric Association announced by Dr Wellington Cushman of St Albans. Bennington County students head to Vermont Technical College Randolph Center for fall term including Arlington Melinda Grover Michael Knox Jerome Whitman Harold Harrington Jr Winston Luther Conrad Beattie Donald Cook Kirk Goodwin Donald Hazelton James McNaughton William Stiles Jr Thomas Zandy. Seniors George Hoyt and Robert Cook. Welcome Wagon Club plans fall fashion show and social hour. District 6 Practical Nurse Association Vermont to meet with officer elections. Jon Lewis Allen and his wife and children visit Bennington on way to Canada. Allen formerly a Banner reporter photographer now with Johns-Manville public relations. Anne Bahan remains in Albany Medical Center ICU after serious crash in Hoosick. Catholic Daughters Court St Andrew 259 to meet tonight 8 pm former BCHS cafeteria. officer elections. St Jean’s Council Ste Catherine election at 7:30 pm at Mrs Edward Pinsonneault 217 Park St. Veterans of World War I Barracks 1955 and auxiliary meet Thursday 6 pm Deer Park. rain location VFW rooms.
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Vermont Technical College At
Randolph Center
Bennington County
Arlington
Melinda Grover
Michael Knox
Jerome Whitman
Bennington
Harold Harrington Jr
Winston Luther
Manchester
Conrad Beattie
Donald Cook
Kirk Goodwin
Donald Hazelton
James McNaughton
William Stiles Jr
Thomas Zandy
George Hoyt
Robert Cook
Jon Lewis Allen
Christopher
Victoria
New York City
Canada
Allen
Banner
Johns-Manville Corp
New York
Kickoff Dinner For Vermont Democrats At Castleton
Vermont Democrats plan a kickoff campaign dinner on Saturday at Castleton State College dining hall with a Washington speaker to be announced Wednesday. The event begins 6:30 PM with a cocktail hour at Lake Bomoseen Inn Hydeville. J Walter Herlihy hosts. Congressman O'Brien will represent Gov Hoff who attends Eastern States Exposition.
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Vermont
Castleton State College
Lake Bomoseen Inn
Hydeville
J. Walter Herlihy
Rutland GE
Daniel J. O’brien
Hoff
John J. Daley
William Hunter
Harry Cooley
Madeline Davidson
Thomas P. Whalen
New Party Seeks Vermont Ballot Signatures
Denise McCluggage plans a Bennington trip to collect 1364 notarized Vermont voter signatures for a New party ticket pledging electors for Eugene McCarthy and John Lindsay. Petitions circulate in Shoreham Charlotte Plainfield Granville Norwich and other towns. electors include Thomas Spinner Jr. and Frances Callahan.
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Warren
Denise McCluggage
Bennington
Eugene J. McCarthy
John V. Lindsay
Vermont
Sen. McCarthy
First United Methodist Church Women Plan Food Sale
The Women’s Society of Christian Service held a Sept 3 meeting at the First United Methodist Church. Rev. John Geer spoke on hands and handshakes. A church lawn food sale sponsored by Church Women United is set for Friday. A turkey supper and Petite Bazaar are planned for Sept 28 with two supper seatings. Booths, white elephants, plants, aprons, fudge will be available. Oct 1 district meeting with Pownal Shaftsbury and Bennington churches. Circle 2 served refreshments.
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Women’s Society of Christian Service
First United Methodist Church
Reba Moninger
John Geer
East Arlington
Church Women United
Pownal
Shaftsbury
Bennington
Circle 2
Hospital Notes Nine Sept. Sixty-Eight Admissions and Births
On Monday September 9 1968 Hospital Notes record admissions including Jennifer LaFlamme Benjamin ton Kathryn Harris and others from Sept 7 Discharges include Maud Abbott Buskirk NY Charlotte Humphrey and daughter Petersburg NY Susan Brehm and son Shaftsbury Linda Longley and daughter Manchester Center Births report a son to Joel and wife of 966 Main St Sept 9 and a son to Gordon Edmunds of 219 Beech St Sept 9.
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Maud Abbott
Buskirk
N.Y
Charlotte Humphrey
Petersburg
Susan Brehm
Shaftsbury
Linda Longley
Manchester Center
Joel Beder
Main St
Gordon Edmunds
Beech St
Area School Enrollments Rise Across Bennington Districts
Bennington area districts report a total of 3,489 students this September, up 267 from 3,222 last year. Mt Anthony Union High adds 117 students to 1,320 in grades 9–12. junior high holds 564. Arlington elementary up to 291, Pownal up to 405, Shaftsbury down to 252, Woodford at 40.
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Bennington
George A. Sleeman
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Mt. Anthony
Sleeman
Catamount
Cora B. Whitney
Molly Stark
Beech Street
Bennington Southwest
Arlington
North Bennington
Pownal
Catherine Corcoran
Shaftsbury
Woodford
Necklaces Not Encouraged for Boys at MAUHS
Mt Anthony Junior High School Principal Richard Woodward told the MAUHS board that he does not encourage boys to wear necklaces. He cited distractions from jewelry swinging and noted no strong objections overall.
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Mt. Anthony Junior High
Richard Woodward
Mauhs Board of Directors
Woodward
MAUHS
Arthur S. Faris
Bennington Babysitters Log Seeks Volunteer Helpers
A new service to be offered soon in Bennington by the Telephone Answering Service at 966 Main St creates the Bennington babysitters log. The plan lists reliable teens and adults willing to serve in spare time with registrations on Friday Saturday and Sunday September 13 14 15 from 6 to 8 pm. Plumbers and snow removers logs are planned as well.
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Bennington
Main St
Funeral Services for Michael Turgeon in Williamstown
Funeral Mass for Michael David Turgeon 11, son of Mr and Mrs William L Turgeon of Cummings Avenue was held Friday at St Patrick’s Church Williamstown with Rev Richard B Pierce officiating. Bearers included Edward Turgeon Donald Murphy Henry Vareschi Raymond Bisson William O Grady and Norman Lampman. A school delegation attended. Burial followed at Eastlawn Cemetery Williamstown.
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Williamstown
Mass
Michael David Turgeon
William L. Turgeon
Cummings Avenue
the Angels
St. Patrick’s Church
Richard B. Pierce
Mary Saulnier
St. Patrick’s
Edward Edward Turgeon
Donald Murphy
Henry Vareschi
Raymond Bisson
William O’grady
Pownal
Norman Lampman
Salem
N.Y
Eastlawn Cemetery
YMCA Resumes Winter Hours At Local Facility
Regular winter hours begin today at the YMCA with facilities open nine to ten each day Monday through Saturday. The gym pool tables ping pong TV table games bowling alleys and weight room are available to all community members as fall programs are set to start in September.
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YMCA
Hoosick Falls native Dr Dorothea Daniels dies in Los Angeles
Dr Dorothea Daniels a Hoosick Falls native and Hoosick Falls High School alumna died Sept 7 in Los Angeles. She organized West Coast hospitals and served as superintendent of Kaiser Foundation Hospital Los Angeles while earning BS MS and PhD degrees. Survivors include sister Ruth Daniels and brother Abraham plus three nephews. Funeral in Troy at Mount Ida Cemetery Wednesday at 1 p.m.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Dorothea Daniels
Hoosick Falls High School
Los Angeles
Calif
Troy
Mount Ida
Daniels
Kaiser Foundation
West Coast
Lena Daniels
Mt. Sinai Hospital Nurses Training School
New York City
Columbia University
Texas
Ruth Daniels
Arlington
Abraham
Bayside
L.I
David S. Daniel
Philip E. Daniels
John H
Woodbury
Lsl
D. Howard
Eastchester
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Bennington Briefs
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St. Albans
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Thomas Wishart
Route 7
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Practical Nurse Association of Vermont, Inc
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Anne Bahan
Maple Street
Hoosick
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Michael D. Turgeon
New York University
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