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Newspaper

Bennington Banner

Location

Bennington, Vermont, United States of America

Date

Sep 14, 1967

Page

12

PMH presses full payment on town indigent bills

Bennington County towns face payment of welfare case charges from Putnam Memorial Hospital PMH. A town meeting approved a plan to settle for the full amount owed with Oct 1 as a deadline. A three member committee reported a declaration of intent with concessions, including possible waivers on interest totaling about 10000 dollars across towns.

PMH Manchester Putnam Memorial Hospital Bennington County Ferdinand Bongartz Arlington Bennington Bongartz

Selectmen discuss PMH tax plan and state welfare funding

Dorset Bennington and Manchester officials consider paying hospital bills over two years with final due in 1969 if lump sum taxes rise. They weigh court costs if towns lose in court and debate the indigent care clause amid Vermont Supreme Court rulings. Beattie defends his remarks against press coverage and clarifies intent to aid PMH without harming towns or the indigent.

Ing Guy Stone Dorset Bennington Selectman’s Committee Richard van Santvoord Bongartz Orrin H. Beattie Manchester Henry Putnam Vermont Supreme Court Beattie PMH Bennington Banner Banner Michael Miller Manchester Selectman

New Officers Are Named By Bennington Cancer Unit

The annual meeting of the Bennington County Unit Vermont Division American Cancer Society was held at Putnam Memorial Hospital in the new conference room. Mrs James P O Neil presided. Newly elected trustees for two years include Mrs Albert Webb Mrs Cozac Markey Mrs Richard Posthauer all of Manchester Depot Mrs William Narath Manchester Center Mrs James Lee and Mrs Malcolm Cooper Dorset Gerald Raftery Arlington Patrick Gordon Ben

Bennington County Vermont American Cancer Society Putnam Memorial Hospital James P. O'Neil Albert Webb Cozac Markey Richard Posthauer Mannchester Depot William Nawrath Manchester Center James Lee Malcolm Cooper Dorset Gerald Raftery Arlington Patrick Gordon Ben Nington Richard Fabricius Bennington Fred Wohnus North Bennington Donald A. Hemenway James A. Horne Armand Lampron Montpelier Posthauer Gordon Fred van Buskirk Cancer Society D. Dexter Davis Service Committee Service

Brewster Heads BBS Trustees

Robert C. Brewster named president of Burr and Burton Seminary board succeeding E. Roger Wilcox. Brewster, a director and officer in local businesses and organizations, joins G. Murray Campbell and others as officers. Wilcox resigns to join faculty. Cancer Society updates and education drive discussed at annual meeting with plans for 1968 initiatives.

Earle E. Storrs G. Stewart Bennett William Barrows Jr Dorset Seminary

Facing the Inevitable More Money for Teachers

The Bennington South Supervisory Union board opened a study of the current 14 step salary scale for teachers as districts prepare budgets for 1968 69. With negotiations looming this fall between the teachers association and boards from Bennington District and Mt Anthony, early salary research aims to avoid December haggling and last year’s make shift deals. Superintendent Howard F.

Bennington South Supervisory Union Teachers Association Supervisory Union Board Bennington Mt. Anthony Arthur E. Wickenden Howard F

Bennington day care centers and teacher salary talk

A Bennington discussion covers day care options for working mothers including centers and home day cares with input from the Welfare Department. The article notes several local homes, cooperation with the department, and the Bennington Friends of the Retarded operating a center. Salary schedule ideas for teachers are debated, with figures from $5,200 to $6,000 discussed and comparisons to neighboring states.

Bennington Friends of the Retarded Earle Forman Social Welfare Dept Mundell Bennington Leonora Longtin Gerald Amadon Silver Street Micheael J. Hogan Jr Washington Ave Bennington - Rutland Opportunity Council

Area Obituaries Highlight Blanchard and Washburn Passings

Obituaries report the deaths of Leslie Blanchard 78 in Shaftsbury Vermont and Harlan K Washburn 53 in Bennington. Blanchard born Sacramento 1889 educated at Stanford Chicago Columbia and taught at Hood College and Union Theological. Washburn formerly of New Haven and Higganum leaves a large family and is mourned in Bennington with services planned. Also noted is Joseph Fred Lawrence of Teaneck a former Bennington resident and taxi driver who died in Teaneck New Jersey with funeral services pending.

Leslie Blanchard Crescent Manor Sacramento Calif George and Annie (Hatch) Blanchard Stanford University University of Chicago Columbia University Miss Blanchard National Ymca Hood College Union Theological Seminary New York City Hollins College Holmquist School For Girls New Hope Youth Consultation Service Newark N.J Old Bennington Bennington League of Women Voters Friends of the Library National Aauw Bennington Friends of Margaret Hatch Mill Valley Francis Hatch Modesto John Toews Greenwich Conn Vermont Heart Association Hanson- Walbridge Funeral Home Shaftsbury Harlan K. Washburn Higganum Lowell Mass George F Catherine (Baxter) Washburn Olin Mathieson New Haven Edith Mattison Bruce Washburn Syracuse N.Y Allan Washburn Glastonbury Robert A. Washburn U.S. Marine Corps Charles E Stephen Washburn North Bennington Lois Keene Richard Middletown Raymond Robert Margaret Meunier Wethersfield Phyllis Stokes Hazel C. Washburn Shirley Smith Durham Park Lawn Cemetery Vergennes Wilfred Lawrence Louis L Cecilia Danyen) Lawrence Eva Monette Burlington Teaneck

Gun theft at Bill and Joe's Sporting Goods Store

Police say thieves damaged a window to gain entry at Bill and Joe's Sporting Goods on Housatonic Street Pittsfield Mass and stole 13 shotguns six rifles a half dozen telescopes seven revolvers and pistols worth about 2427 with serial numbers turned over to state police and some guns valued at about 200 each.

Ralph Bevis Peter Barton State Bureau of Criminal Investigation Morgan Street Barton Pittsfield Mass Bill and Joe Housatonic Street

Hospital Notes September 13 1967 Admissions and Births

Admissions include Todd Jones Mrs Mattie Wen tick Mrs Margaret Tetreault Christopher Wright from Bennington Pamela Kalinowski Holosick Falls Katherine McKee Old Ben nington Mrs L Shultz and North Discharges include Timothy Harris Mrs Sally Ann Webster and son Hoosick Falls Mrs Geraldine Baker and daughter Mrs Margaret Castle Bennington Births report a son to Mr and Mrs Harold Williams Sage Street North Bennington a daughter to Mr and Mrs Lester Brock Jr Petersburg NY a son to Mr and Mrs Terry Senecal North Bennington all on Sept 13.

Todd Jones Mattie Wentick Margaret Tetreault Christopher Wright Bennington Pamela Kalinowski Holosick Falls Katherine McKee Old Bennington L. Shultz North Bennington Timothy Harris North Pownal Sally Ann Webster Hoosick Falls Geraldine Baker Margaret Castle Harold Williams Sage Street Lester Brock Jr R.D Petersburg N.Y Terry Senecal

Stock Averages Report Noontime Sept 14 1967

Dow Jones industrials rise 8.67 to 932.44 while railroads gain .61 to 261.39 utilities up .38 to 132.76 and the composite average advances 2.03 to 332.90 with total volume 5,830,000.

Dow-Jones—Bache & Co Albany

Bennington Fire Dampens Car Fire and Meeting Notice

Bennington volunteer firefighters responded to a flood related car fire on Ben-Mont Avenue around 7:15 p m. caused by a flooded carburetor backfiring and damaging wiring. The six year old auto belonged to Michael Andrews of North Bennington Road. One truck and Chief Sawyer attended as the blaze was quickly put out. Barracks World War I and Auxiliary plan a joint meeting at 8 p m at the VFW social rooms on North Street.

Bennington Ben-Mont Avenue Sawyer Michael Andrews North Bennington Rd Auxiliary VFW North Street

Woodford Teen Injured In Vermont Road Accident

A 16 year old Woodford student Catherine Perras suffered minor facial and head abrasions when the small foreign sedan she was driving left Vermont Route 9 near Woodford yesterday morning. She was treated at Putnam Memorial Hospital and released. Two other noninjury property damage crashes were reported on Kendall Farm Road Bondville and East Road Shaftsbury to New York, none of which caused injuries.

Catherine Perras Woodford Vt. 9 Miss Perras Putnam Memorial Hospital Bennington Fred Johnson Manchester Dale Roberts Londonderry Kendall Farm Road Bondville Sandra Greene Shaftsbury Fleur L. Strand New York City East Rd

Dunham protests to O'Brien over unpaid blinds at Bennington post office

Dunham, a Bennington furniture dealer, charges Hutchinson Realty Co. of Boston with nonpayment for venetian blinds supplied for the Elm Street post office. He accuses the firm of acting as a front and asks for names of officers and owners while signaling potential criminal or political ties. He sent copies to Vermont officials, alleging the post office lease hides nonpayment and urging a halt to such leasing practices.

Erwin W. Dunham Bennington Hutchinson Realty Co Boston Elm Street Lawrence J. O’brien Dunham O’brien Vermont Philip H. Hoff Post Office Department

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