Migrant Housing Condemned as Unfit at Southern Vermont Orchards
Health official Dr. Roderick J. Humphreys announced imminent legal action to condemn three migrant housing buildings at Southern Vermont Orchards, including two barns and an old farmhouse. State and local officials, after inspections by Edward A. Rice, found the facilities unsuitable, with one barn already condemned last fall.
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Vermont
Fueture
Pownal
Roderick J. Humphreys
Humphreys
Atty
R. Marshall Witten
State Health Department
Edward A. Rice
Shaftsbury
Union Board Weighs TAC Rehire For Union School Design
Mt. Anthony Union School District directors decide tonight whether to retain The Architects Collaborative of Cambridge to revise the union school design. TAC could reuse much of the 1962-63 plan, but past voter defeats and high fees stir debate. Public meeting at 8 30 p m at Bennington Elementary.
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Architects Collaborative
TAC
Cambridge
Mass
Mt. Anthony Union
Bennington
Union School Board
Williams College Poet Wins Ford Fellowship for 1963-64
William Jay Smith, poet in residence at Williams College, receives a Ford Foundation Fellowship giving a 7500 dollar stipend plus 1000 for a spouse and 500 per child. He is among 15 chosen. five begin in 1963-64, the rest next year. Smith, born in Winnfield Louisiana, has held multiple literary and teaching roles including a Vermont House seat in 1960. He is married to Barbara Howe and lives in North Pownal Vermont with two sons.
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Williamstown
Mass
William Jay Smith
Williams College
Ford Foundation
Smith
Suffield
Conn
Vermont House of Representatives
Barbara Howe
Boston
Smiths
North Pownal
Man Pleads Not Guilty in Arson Case at Municipal Court
Douglas H. Britch 30 faced a first degree arson charge after a Friday fire at 114 Rollin St damaged his wife Joan's home. Bail set at 3000. Britch jailed in Bennington. State and local police with state fire marshal investigated. If unaltered, trial likely during December term.
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Douglas H. Britch
George M. Fienberg
Britch
Bennington County
Joan
Rollin St
Robert A. Richardson
Robert A. Richardson of the State Fire Marshal’s Office
James F. Cocca
Watervliet
N.Y
Fienberg
Cocca
Pownal
Manchester
Casterlin
Atty
Margaret Lillie
John P. Morrissey
Miss Lillie
Berrington County Court
Foliage in New England Reported for Tourists
The New England Council will begin a four week period of foliage reports on September 19. John S. O'Brien, director of vacation travel development, says peak color is usually the last week of September and first of October. Weather can affect timing and richness of color, and autumn is viewed as an ideal vacation season in New England.
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Boston
New England Council
John S. O’brien
O’brien
New England
Northeast Airlines
Berkshire Hills
Associated Press
United Press International
NBC
Rockefeller Plaza
New York City
Cleveland
Ohio
Two Auto Mishaps Reported In North Pownal Area
North Pownal reports detail an early morning crash on Vermont Route 346 when James A. Le Beau 19 of Adams Massachusetts lost control his 1958 Ford struck a parked car and halted between two houses. LeBeau suffered multiple facial and body cuts and was taken to North Adams Hospital. A separate incident on U S 7 near Manchester involved Alvin J Kennedy 17 of Hoosick New York whose vehicle rolled onto its left side after an animal crossed the road. Kennedy was uninjured.
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John B. Harte
James F. O'Neill
North Adams
Mass
Windsor
O'Neill
George M. Fienberg
O’neill
Pownal
Atty
R. Marshall Witten
Stamford
Harte
Ronald W. Campbell
Bennington
Bennington County
Campbell
Carpenter Hill Road
North Pownal
James A. LeBeau
Adams
LeBeau
Dewey Jones
Shaftsbury Barracks
U.S. 7
Alvin J. Kennedy
Hoosick
N.Y
Kennedy
CAP Chief McHugh Transferred to R I
Bennington Civil Air Patrol held a farewell cookout at Bennington Airport for commander John F. McHugh who leaves after about three and a half years of service. He will move to Rhode Island’s Kent County Squadron in Warwick as training officer, with duties in Pawtucket.
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The
Bennington Civil Air Patrol
John F. McHugh
Helen Dagley
Marylin Harrington
Maureen McHugh
Linda Sawyer
Tom Kinney Jr
Vern Stuchel
John Hayes
Dorothy Bushee
Daniel Dupert
James Kirtpatrick
Nelson Pellerin
Harold Field
Bennington
McHugh
Kent County
Warwick
R.I
Pawtucket
Rhode Island
Bennington Briefs Highlight Local Meetings and Outing
VFW Post 1332 to meet at 8 p.m. Tuesday as 1964 dues arrive. Circle 5 of the First Methodist Church hosts a night meeting and white elephant sale at Mrs. Harrington’s home on Gage Street. Union Carbide employees hold their annual outing at the Bennington Red and Gun Club in Shaftsbury with sports, a steak and hamburger dinner, and social activities for about 100 workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Methodist Church
Charles Harrington
Gage Street
Union Carbide Consumer Products Co
Bennington
Area's O E S To Hold Annual Meeting Sept 21
District 1 of the Order Eastern Star will meet at North Bennington High School gym at 2 p.m. Saturday with a school of instruction in the afternoon and supper at the Masonic Temple. The 7:30 p.m. program will feature guest introductions, initiatory work, and remarks by grand officers.
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District 1
Order Eastern Star
North Bennington High School
Anna Caracciola
Katherine Heightman
Masonic Temple
Pawlet
Margaret Marsden
Morris Riley
Funeral for Fred F. Roucoulet 88 at Sacred Heart Church
Fred F. Roucoulet 88 of 216 Gage St died at home after a long illness. Born in France June 6 1875 he came to the United States at age 10 and lived in New York City and Connecticut before Bennington. Survived by his wife Agnes and five daughters, eight grandchildren, five great grandchildren, and a nephew. Requiem High Mass Wednesday at Sacred Heart Church with 8:30 prayer, burial in Park Lawn Cemetery. Friends may call tonight 7–9 and Tuesday 2–4 and 7–9. Rosary at 8:15 p.m. Tuesday.
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Fred F. Roucoulet
Gage St
France
Alfred and
Louise Roucoulet
Mr. Roucoulet
New York City
Points
Connecticut
Bennington
Holden & Leonard
Rutland Railway
Park Lawn Cemetery
H.E. Bradford Co
Agnes Callahan
Hoosick
Harold
Evelyn) Geeney
Leona Bourdon
Leo
Louise) Walczak
Harris
Dorothy) Bleau
North Adams
Mass
Peter
Viola) Harrington
Mahar & Son Funeral
Sacred Heart Church
J. Goodall Hutton
Hanson- Walbridge Funeral Home
Stephen C. Greene
Second Congregational Church
Ronald V. B. Sinclair
Allan J. Heath
Franklin Riley
Theodore Corliss
Alexander B. R. Drysdale
Vermont Commissioner of Education
A. John Holden
Mt. Anthony Union
Robert F. Thompson
Orchard Road
Irene Hackett
St. Francis de Sales
Francis B. Flanagan
Gibney, Haynes& Kane Funeral
Herbert Parnaude
John Woodward
William Yarocz
Charles Thompson Jr
Robert Maynard
Robert Pettibone
Msgr
Flanagan
Daniel C. Howe
Lyons
Hanson-Walbridge
Arthur Howe
Raymond Howe
Thomas Sausville
James Howe Jr
Frank Joseph
Reginald Jones
Mt. Anthony Lodge F & AM
Masonic Order
Woodford
Ruth England Smith
Jeffersonville
Morrisville
Beebe River
N.H
Local Republicans weigh candidates for Bennington justice post
At tonight’s caucus Bennington Republicans consider nominees for town justice of the peace. Morrissey, a local attorney and party member, says he will run if no qualified alternative emerges. Campbell, Bennington Display Co. chief executive and former GOP area coordinator, says he would serve if elected. The meeting also elects town committee members and county reps, with current officers Noel J. Olin and Miss Caroline Darlington noted.
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Campbell
Bennington Display Mfg. Co., Inc
Bennington
Noel J. Olin
RD 2
Caroline Darlington
Old
Stock Averages at Noon Shows Mixed Dow Markets
The Dow Jones industrial average sits at 741.89 up 1.76 points while the railroads index falls to 173.11 down .32 and utilities rise to 143.55 up .09. The composite average is 263.65 higher by .50 points as of noon from Albany.
Bennington Chosen Site For Vt. Labor Convention in '64
NEWPORT Vermont Labor Council AFL-CIO set Bennington as the 1964 state labor convention site at its 1963 meeting. Ralph E. Williams of Rutland was reelected president. Carroll P. Comstock Jr. of Rutland elected secretary treasurer. Lena Brown of Windsor elected executive vice president. Complex elections and numerous endorsements followed.
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Newport
Vermont Labor Council
Afl-Cio
Bennington
Carroll P. Comstock Jr
Rutland
Windsor
Lena Brown
Ralph E. Williams
Windham Counties
Kenneth E. Clayton
Arlington
Clayton
International Association of
Stella Hackel
Robert F. Joyce
Burlington
Bernice Ryan
Zygmont Sankowski
West Rutland
Emma Mosheer
Ralph N. Hilliard
West Burke
Joseph Ceresoli
James Noury
Barre
A. F. Oakes
Bernice McMillan
Leonard Barrett
Raymond Letourneau
St. Albans
George McLeay
YMCA Directors Meet Tuesday
The Bennington Area YMCA board of directors will convene in the Y board room Tuesday at 6 p.m. with President Dr. W. Phillip Giddings presiding. Committee chairs will report on summer work and plans for fall and winter. the Planning Committee meets at 5 p.m. Herbert H. Leonard chairs. At 6 p.m. the YMCA Auxiliary will serve dinner to directors before the meeting.
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Bennington Area
YMCA
Paradise Restaurant
Robert L. Mihuta
Michael R. Romano
Industrial Management Club
W. Phillip Giddings
Herbert H. Leonard
Ymca Auxiliary
Board of Directors
Jews Begin Holy Days Observances In Bennington
The Bennington Jewish community joins Jews worldwide to mark Rosh Hashana 5724 beginning at sundown Wednesday. The holiday opens a 10 day period of repentance ending with Yom Kippur and features the Shofar blast at services held at Temple Beth El.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Temple Beth el
Fire Damage Limited at Ben Mont Ave Apartment
Bennington fire crews responded late Saturday to a blaze at the home of Mr and Mrs Eugene Sweet 150 Ben Mont Ave. Officials said the fire was likely started by one of the Sweet children playing with matches. The couple has two boys and two girls.
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Bennington
Eugene Sweet
Ben Mont Ave
Sweet
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Beech Street
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James Bow
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Bennington, Vt
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