Bennington Weighs Spruces Fountains Transfer to Town
Bennington selectmen explored the possible transfer of the Whispering Fountains from the Spruces mobile home park in Williamstown to Bennington. Proposals included Deer Park at the Vermont Soldiers Home or land gifted by Mrs Luella Wilson near the Shaftsbury line, with operation funded by her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamstown
Mass
Bennington
Spruces
Albert Bachand
Bachand
Richard van Santvoord
Louis F. Sausville
Joseph E. Higgins
Higgins
Deer Park
Vermont Soldiers Home
Luella B. Wilson
U.S. 7
Shaftsbury
Lioness Club Plans Fashion Show For Lions Convention
The September Lioness Club meeting at Rain Barrel North Bennington drew 18 members and 3 guests. President Lois Oppenheimer led a brief business session as plans began for a October 3 fashion show for Lions delegates at Mt Anthony Country Club during the state Lions convention in Bennington. The mystery package came to Mrs Arthur Houghton. Next gathering will be at the president’s home with hat wear encouraged for Halloween and prizes for best and funniest hats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lioness Club
Rain Barrel
North Bennington
Lois Oppenheimer
of the Lions
Bennington
Mt. Anthony Country Club
Arthur Houghton
Christowe Wins Windham GOP Senate Nomination After Recount
Dover rep Stovan Christowe edges William Kissell by 17 votes in Windham County recount at the courthouse. Incumbent Edward JaneWay of Londonderry remains the other GOP nominee as discrepancies in Whitingham were resolved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newfane
Stovan Christowe
Dover
Windham County
Vermont
Senate
Christowe
William F. Kissell
Westminster
Edward G. Janeway
Londonderry
Christone
Whitingham
George L. Daley
Leroy Lawrence
Stamford
Bennington County
Marion McCarthy
Shaftsbury
Joan Manley
Manchester Center
Local Groups Meet and Plan in Bennington Area
Bennington notices report upcoming meetings for St Jean the Baptist councils at 133 Park St and Rainbow Assembly No 6 at Masonic Temple. Also announced are a Shaffe’s Grand Opening prize winners and church study sessions, plus VT officials meet Sept 23 24 at Mountain Inn Stowe and Grange Past Masters gathering at Waits River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Jean the Baptist
John Z. Morin
Park St
Bennington Rainbow Assembly No. 6
Masonic Temple
Shaftsbury Plans Public Meeting on Norshaft Report
Shaftsbury residents are reminded of a Thursday evening public meeting to discuss the Norshaft Study Committee report on future school facilities for the Shaftsbury and North Bennington Graded School Districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shaftsbury
Norshaft
North Bennington
Manchester man on trial after bar altercation at Inn
Municipal Court heard nine women and three men jurors hear witness accounts of an Aug 4 incident at the Battenkill Inn in Manchester. Lawrence Grant 29 faced disturb peace charges after allegedly striking Justin Skirry 22 a cook at Equinox House. Skirry testified Grant grabbed his hair and tried to drag him from the room. Court also heard testimony from a motel owner a fireman and a police officer. Other cases included motor vehicle offenses with fines of 40.10 and a fraud by check charge against Giraud Campbell Jr. at 806 Main St. Bennington Village police said. The shaftsbury meeting to discuss Norshaft committee findings is also noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Grant
Manchester
Justin J. Skirry
Battenkill Inn
Grant
Skirry
Atty
R. Marshall Witten
Wendell P. Turner
North Bennington
Vail
Marshall Witten
Turner
Witten
College Road
Vermont
Cummings
King
College
Massachusetts
Fienberg
Shirley H. Gould
Pawlet
Rupert
Bennington
Edmund H. Pierce
Pierce
Giraud W. Campbell Jr
Main St
Bennington Village
Campbell
County National Bank
F. Ray Paddock
Perle Webb
Shaftsbury
Margaret Parizo
Pizza House
Gage Street
Webb
Augusto L. Almeida
Waterbury
Vermont State Hospital
Robert E. Cummings Jr
Landmarks Week marked by National Trust efforts
Washington reports American Landmarks Week promoted by the National Trust for Historic Preservation to raise awareness of conserving natural and cultural heritage. Mrs Lyndon B Johnson serves as honorary chair as the campaign runs through Nov 30, with UNESCO backing. The Lady Gosford historic home in Shaftsbury has been accepted for preservation under the society’s standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D.C
United States
National Trust For Historic Preservation
Lyndon B. Johnson
ALC
Unesco
Lady Gosford
Shaftsbury
Bennington Soldier Transferred to Korea
Pvt. Alfred E. Peters Jr. is now stationed with the U.S. Army's 9th Cavalry in Korea. He enlisted in January 1964 after completing basic training at Fort Dix and a 16 week track vehicle mechanic course at Fort Knox. He is a Bennington High School graduate from June 1963.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred E. Peters Jr
Alfred E. Peters
RFC No. 1
U.S. Army
9Th Cavalry
Korea
Peters
Army
Fort Dix
N.J
U.S. Army Armor School
Fort Knox
Pvt
Bennington High School
Brandon School Seeks Additional Social Worker
Brandon Training School plans to ask the legislature for funds to hire one more social worker at a total program cost of 10 000 dollars. The new worker would serve about 50 residents a year in the boarding home program, on top of the current three workers serving 660 residents plus 120 placement residents. Superintendent Raymond M. Mulcahy notes Vermont salaries for these roles are low versus federal pay of 7000 dollars, while Vermont offers 5460.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul E. Kirsch
New Haven
Conn
James S. Shea
Brandon
Heath
Shaftsbury
Massachusetts
Bennington
Mulcahy
Vermont
Canadian Will Address GVA's Annual Meeting
Montpelier Vermont deputy commissioner general Robert F. Shaw of Expo 67 fame will speak at the GVA annual meeting on October 28 at the Town and Country Motel in Stowe. Shaw, a professional engineer and builder, is vice president of the Canadian expo project and leads Canadian engineering groups. He also presides over the Canadian Association for Retarded Children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin A. Vail
Bennington
Vermont Association of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons, Inc
Mountaineer Motor Inn
Stowe
Montpelier
Robert F. Shaw
Montreal
Greater Vermont Association
Shaw
Mee« Gill University
Canada
Canadian Association For Retarded Children
Obituary Mrs Rena Bartholomew 92 longtime North Bennington resident
Mrs Rena Bartholomew 92 died at Putnam Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. Born Rena Jones in Hoosick Falls on Sept 1 1872 she moved with her husband Elias Bartholomew to North Bennington where they ran a store across from the old H C White Co. She lived with daughter Mrs Raymond Granger Sr in Bennington and Woodford since 1929. Survived by three daughters grandchildren seven great grandchildren three sisters and one brother. Funeral Thursday at Maher & Son Funeral Home at 10 30 a m and St Peters Episcopal Church at 11 burial in Village Cemetery. Friends may call tonight and Wednesday attendance announced by family.
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Rena Bartholomew
Elias Bartholomew
North Bennington
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Rena Jones
Hoosick Falls
Raymond Granger Sr
Bensington
Woodford
Bartholomews
H.C. White Co
Polygraphic
Dorothy (Sweet) Granger
Murray (Fosster) Cutler
Lila
Foster) Smith
Bennington
Leora Theberge
Elizabeth Barnhardt
Los Angeles
Calif
Daisy Welch
Frederick Archer
Los Angelles
Mahar & Son Funeral Home
St. Peeter’s Episcopal Church
Attorney General Rules On Bennington Bypass
The Attorney General rules that municipal consent is not required for limited access highways within Bennington areas. The opinion says the bypass may run inside village boundaries if it does not pass through concentrated population zones, with cemetery or school land exceptions and no village funding obligation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Attorney General’s Office
State Central Planning Office
Bennington Village
Old Bennington
Louis P. Peck
Attoreney
Peck
Planning Commission
State Highway Board
Commission
Interview with Ralf Kates New Principal at Benhi
Ralf Kates former Navy ordnance disposal officer becomes Benhi’s principal after teaching and administrative roles in Ellenville and Gloversville. He supports student government, strict discipline against smoking, and quotes Plato while stressing virtue and dynamic education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralf Kates
Benhi
Navy
New York City
Oswego
State University At
Albany
Ellenville
N.Y
Gloversville
Barrie Byrne
Kates
Funeral for Leon N Sansch agrin of West Arlington
Leon N Sansch agrin of West Arlington died Saturday. Funeral at his residence Wednesday afternoon at the family's convenience. Burial in Park Lawn Cemetery. Friends may call at the residence today from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon N.sanschagrin
West Arlington
Park Lawn Cemetery
Johnson plans education training push for higher skilled jobs
Johnson outlines a manpower program to educate and train workers for higher skilled jobs. He cites Social Security medical care, better jobless benefits, minimum wages, and equal opportunity to aid the poor. He envisions a public needs drive to ease crowding and assist cities and rural areas, claiming a future economy of 2.4 trillion by 2000 and a fourfold growth from 500 billion. He vows that organized labor and prosperity will not be static and warns challengers to move aside or be run over by a marching America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Johnson
Fire Truck Puts Out Blaze in Fire Truck
In Middle Wallop England a fire truck responding to a barley field fire burned itself and the field. Officials said the truck caught fire while parked as wind shifted. Farmer Charles Trueman said a firefighter asked to ring for another engine as his vehicle ignited.
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Middle Wallop
England
UPI
Charles Trueman
Trueman
Hospital Admissions List Readies Labor Day Week
A hospital note lists admissions for multiple patients across Vermont towns including Woodford North Pownal Hoosick Falls Bennington and Shaftsbury. Names include Gerald Smith Terri Baker Marian Arnold Warren Rowland Wayne Houghton Joseph Fabiano Raymond Stone Kimberley Roberts Phebe Bell Robin Costantino Clara Jones Avis Hurley Arnold Palmer Mary Hachtel Bonnie Wilkins Judith Bowen and daughters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald Smith
Woodford
Terri Baker
North Pownal
Marian Arnold
Warren Rowland
Wayne Houghton
Joseph Fabiano
Hoosick Falls
Raymond Stone
North Bennington
Kimberley Roberts
Pownal
Phebe Bell
Shaftsbury
Robin Costantino
Bennington
Clara Jones
Petersburg
Avis Hurley
Arnold Palmer
Mary Hachtel
Bonnie Wilkins
Arlington
Judith Bowen
Dorset
Industrial Sale Composite Figures From 30 Railroads Utilities
Reading shows a composite sale figure totaling 2,390,000 with detailed components for 30 Industrial entities including 20 Railroads 15 Utilities and a combined value of 5873.40 plus fractions. The data lists several per unit figures and averages.
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Whispering Fountains
Lionesses
State Convention
Gins
Windham
Bennington Briefs
Shaffe’s Men’s Shop
Essie Everett
Joseph Young
G. L. Morrissey
Francis Connelly
Edward Kuhn
Second Congregational Church
The
United Church Women
St. Francis de Sales
BCHS
Past Masters Association
Riverside Grange
Waits River
Grange Past Masters
Grange
David C. Gustin
U.S
New England
Cynthia Bennett Atwood
George D. Atewood
RD. 1
Wellesley
Pine Manor
Chestnut Hill
Boston
Emblem Club
Elks
Pittsfield
Berkshires
Silvio Valente
Rutland
Lewis B. Tuttle
Manchester Depot
Tuttle
Chalet
Lloyd M. Casey
Casey
John E. Rooney
Vermont Bank and Trust Co
Rooney
Shaftsbury School Association
Association
George Peacock
Norshaft Committee
Peacock
Sixeman Committee
Paul E. Warfield
Jason F. Daniels
Gerald Harrington
Wesley E. Green
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Mt. Anthony
Lawrence F. Powers
Jeanne A. McWaters
National Trust
Brandon School
GVA
Mrs
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Benhi Catamount
Ralf S. Kates
Leon N. Sanschagrin
Dow Jones
Harte Theatre
the Dan Dawn
William Holden
Susannah York
Richard Burton
Hamlet
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