Bennington College Considers sweeping rule changes this fall
Bennington College plans a fall vote by students faculty and administration on changes to curriculum counseling procedures and community government. The proposals follow the Week of Self Study conference called by President Edward Bloustein and reflect wider discontent with rigid structures and parietal hours. About 200 students and faculty participated in spring discussions as enrollment hits a record 486 women and 10 men with 189 freshmen and 13 transfers entering the new term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington College
Bennington
Edward J. Bloustein
Faith Westburg
Michael Benedikt
William Butler
Charles Samuels
John B. Cairns
Joseph B. Joyhasz
Judith Dunn
Bill Dixon
Sylvia Rosenberg
Richard Haas
John Plumb
Roger Williams
Act
Wallace Scott
Bernard Malamud
Harold Kaplan
Isabel Kaplan
Catherine O. Foster
Francis Golffing
Harry Pearson
First Methodist Church
Putnam Square
Village Highway Department
Frederic Van de Water Dies at 77 Author Critic of Vermont History
Frederic Franklyn Van de Water 77, noted author and critic of Vermont history, died Monday at Brattleboro Memorial Hospital after a long illness. A former book critic for the New York Tribune, he authored many works including The Reluctant Republic and Lake Champlain and Lake George. Survivors include his wife Eleanor Gay, a son Frederic F. Van de Water Jr., and two grandsons. funeral arrangements are pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederic van de Water
West Dummerston
Frederic Franklyn van de Water
Vermont
Brattleboro Memorial Hospital
New York Tribune
Mr. van de Water
New York American
Tribune
Ladies Home Journal
New York Evening Post
van de Water
New York State Police
Eleanor Gay
Charles F. Wilson
Frisco
Elmer ‘N’ Edwina
Gen. Custer
Rudyard Kipling
Lake Champlain
Lake George
Obituary notices from Pittsfield and Bennington region
William F Butler 24 of Schenectady died while vacationing in New York City. A Pittsfield High School 1962 graduate and star center, he played in Western Massachusetts and New England tournaments and recently finished the UMass program. Survived by his parents, two brothers, a sister, and a Pittsfield absence. Funeral in St Joseph's Church with burial at St Joseph's Cemetery. Isabella Anna Brock 56 of East Dorset died after long illness. Survived by husband, two daughters, a son, eight grandchildren, and multiple siblings and step-relatives. Funeral set at Brewster Funeral Home Manchester Center with burial in South Village Cemetery. William S Lawton 81 of Cambridge died in Albany after brief illness. A longtime attorney and former Cambridge village attorney, he is survived by a sister. Funeral at Charles A Ackley Funeral Home, Cambridge, with burial in Woodland Cemetery. James Bernard Kelly 61 of Schenectady, former North Bennington resident, died unexpectedly. Survived by wife Mary, parents, and brother. Requiem High Mass at St John the Baptist Church, North Bennington. Burial in St John’s Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsfield
Mass
William F. Butler
van Vraken St
Schenectady
N.Y
William A. Butler
Bennington
New York City
Esther Plumb
Pittsfield High School
PHS
St. Joseph’s Church
St. Joseph’s Cemetery
John H. McDonnell
John Kriger
Louis Hebert
Alphonsus L. Pigott
William K. Nagelschmidt
Richard
East Dorset
Isabella Anna Brock
Robert Brock
New Rochelle
Charles Secord
Cambridge
William S. Lawton
Lawton & Morse
Albany Medical Center
White Creek
Cambridge Union School
Albany Law School
Charles O. Pratt
Daniel M. Westfall
Elks Lodge
Hoosick Falls
Dwyer Campbell
Charles A. Ackley
Alistair Parr
James Bernard Kelly
North Bennington
Joseph E
Ella
Moon) Kelly
Alco Co
Mary
Joseph E. Kelly
Joseph Kelly
Mahar & Son Funeral Home
St. John the Baptist Church
Michael A. Demasi
St. John’s Cemetery
Bennington Briefs Bdale Farms exec joins bank board
Robert T. Holden, president and GM of Fair dale Farms Inc., was named to the County National Bank board to fill the late George W. Buck. Announcement came from bank president Kenneth R. Clayton this noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert T. Holden
Fairdale Farms Inc
County National Bank
George W. Buck
Kenneth R. Clayton
Woman Escapes Injury In Silk Road Car Rollover
Miss Barbara Cushman, an elderly resident of Bennington, escaped injury when her small foreign sedan ran off the Silk Road on a curve and rolled over. State Police said the southbound vehicle sustained major damage to the top and right side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Vermont
Barbara Cushman
Funerals mark long service of area residents
Funeral notices from Stockbridge and nearby towns honor Dr A George Guerrieri and John E Sears. Ceremonies at St Joseph s Church Stockbridge and St Francis de Sales Church Bennington featured High Masses, with numerous honoraries including local doctors nurses and Knights of Columbus. Burials at St Joseph s Cemetery Park Lawn followed, with relatives and colleagues from North Adams Hoosick Falls Rutland and nearby areas in attendance. Continued notes on local staff moves and a legacy at Vermont and Connecticut services reflect the community ties and memorial routines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Putnam Hose Co
Bennington
Charles Sawyer
Msgr
Flanagan
Knights of Columbus
K of C
Sears
Putnam Square
Henry White
Park Lawn Cemetery
Hayward
Calif
North Adams
Mass
Hoosick Falls
Rutland
White River Junction
Firearms Firm Endorses Regional Gun Control Plan
Frank Kenna president of Marlin Firearms Co New Haven endorsed a gun control pact approved by six New England governors. The plan includes an identification card system for firearm purchases. The governors approved a four point resolution at the New England Governors Conference in Springfield Mass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
UPI
Frank Kenna
Marlin Firearms Co
New England
Springfield
Mass
Kenna
Pownal Man Fined in Falls
A Pownal man paid 275 in fines in Hoosick Falls court after a car struck a power pole at Danforth and High streets at 1 a.m. Edward D. Pettibone Jr. 26 of Ladd Brook Road was fined for leaving the scene a dangerous weapon possession a 7 inch knife on the front seat unlicensed operator and open container violations. He pled guilty to all charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Pownal
Danforth
High Streets
Edward D. Pettibone Jr
Ladd Brook Road
Zoning Board Eyes Trailer
Bennington’s Zoning Board of Adjustment will meet Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in the Village office to consider a refused permit for a mobile home at 1023 East Main St. The request by Mr. and Mrs. George Babcock was denied by the zoning inspector because the site lies in an R-2 residential area where trailers are prohibited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Zoning Board of Adjustment
East Main St
George Babcock
Babcocks
Nursing Care Unit at Soldiers Home Wins Federal Aid
Maj Lawrence F Powers announces federal approval from the Veterans Administration for a 40 bed Nursing Home Care Unit at the Vermont Soldiers Home in Bennington. About 401000 of 1100000 project cost to be funded by federal funds, with state funds covering the remainder. Construction could begin early spring 1969, taking six to eight months, with occupancy in fall 1969. Stage II includes an all faith chapel and social activities hall. Rich ard B Diamond & Associates of Bennington are architects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence F. Powers
North Bennington
Vermont
Powers
Edward H. Giles
Bennington
Richard B. Diamond & Associates
Also Mentioned on This Page
Pompton Lakes, N.J
Frederick
Virginia Belle (Terhune) van de Water
New York University
Columbia
Middlebury College
Vermont Savings Bank
Vermont Children’s Aid Society
Fort Ticonderoga
Frederic F. van DE Water
J. Bernard Kelly
Bennington Briefs
Champlain College
Burlington
Louise Vail
Benjamin Vail
Norton St
Stephen N. Shultz
Seymour Shultz
Crescent Boulevard
Ann L. Savela
Valentine St
MOC
Red Cross
Vermont-New Hampshire
Elks Barn
Bennington Club
John Reardon
Gerald Finnegan
Gerald Kimball
Alfred Sorensen
Park Street
Women of the Moose
Bennington Emblem Club
Mt. Anthony Lodge F&am
Masonic Temple
Civil Air Patrol
State Armory
Sydn
Gordon L. Foster
Dr. Durand
Silk Road
A. George Guerrieri
Stockbridge
Barbara Robinson
Leonard B. Burke
Sisters of Maryknoll
Vaughn S. Gray
Roy Hard
Raymond B. Murray
George W. Schneyer
E. Gillette Wilcox
William C. Fountain
Housatonic
John E. Sears
Grove St
Putnam Memorial Hospital
St. Francis de Sales
Francis B. Flanagan
John A. Lynch
Lynch
Richard Thompson
Locks
Connecticut
U.S. Weather Bureau
Boston
Bucky
Harriman
Leo Berry
Searsburg
Wilmington
Main Street
John Andrews
Stanley Gilmore
Frank Grover
Anna Frost
East Arlington
Henry Hewson
James Minuta
Exelia Harris
Shaftsbury
Thomas Dockum
Dorothy Loveland
Judith Coyne
Susan Casey
Raleigh Tatro
Mary Kramer
Eagle Bridge
Howard Guber
Donald Stearns
Buskirk
David Forrest
Buckley Road
Wallace Harrington
Gage St
Zoning Board Eyes Trailer
Soldiers’ Home
St. Joseph College
Old Bennington
Mary Polworth
James Blanchfield
Joanne Leete
Lynn Allen
Mary Beth Gribbon
Cuex Livers
Salem’s
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!