Trustees Tackle Junked Cars and Rising Insurance Costs
Village trustees met in a somber session following news of four Bennington educators killed in the Mendon air crash. They authorized Village Atty. Williams II to demand removal of junked cars at two corner lots and discussed a possible switch from Connecticut General Insurance Co. amid a 75 percent premium hike. Trustee Pello proposed insuring staff with Paul Revere as town plans to use Eagle Hose as a ballot site for Bennington Flats water access. In other notes, Vermont widows will see October checks rise with military pay scales, while Westford voters approved a 235000 bond for a new elementary school. Goodwill Industries actions and reach were noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Mendon
Dewey
Main
John H. Williams II
Salvatore Santarcangelo
Champlain Oil Company
Humble Oil Company
Joseph Pello
Connecticut General Insurance Company
Pello
Paul Revere Insurance Co
Eagle Hose Company
White River Jct
Vermont
Congress
Veterans Administration Center
Rotary Train Excursion Offered by Bennington Club
Bennington Rotary Club promotes a roundtrip Bennington to Proctor train excursion Sunday with Empire State Railway Museum. Depart Bennington 10:00 am and Manchester 11:55 am for a Green Mountains journey ending back home with marble museum tour in Proctor. Tickets 6.75 adults 3.75 children. Manchester 3.75 adults 2.00 children.
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Bennington
Manchester
Greater Bennington Association
South Street
Rotary Club
Lindsay Has A Supporter In Bennington
S Whitney Dickey of Elm Street donated 200 to Joe Lindsay's New York City mayoral campaign fund. Dickey, a Yale graduate and vice president at First National Bank of North Bennington, has known Lindsay about 20 years and praises his candidacy. The donation was reported by the New York Post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. Whitney Dickey
Elm Street
New Ork City
Joe Lindsay
Publi
Lindsay
Congres Lindsay
Abraham Beame
Dickey
The
Banner
Yale University
First National Bank of North
Treat school as serious business and you profit
GEORGE A SLEEMAN argues school is a serious business like a personal enterprise. He cites census earnings by education level, urges disciplined study, note taking, library research, and efficient test taking to boost college admission and future career success.
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U. S. Census Bureau
College of
Ecce
Three defendants appear in Bennington Municipal Court
John Howard Mason Jr, 20, of 432 South St Bennington pleaded guilty to possessing malt beverages Sept 18 and was fined 20 dollars plus costs by Judge George M Fienberg. Andrew H H Parnes, 19, of Brooklyn NY was fined 35 dollars plus costs after pleading no contest to careless and negligent driving resulting in an accident on Sept 13 along Silk Road. Sallie M Ross, 38, of Dorset was fined 40 dollars including costs for a Sept 5 left turn onto VT 11 and 30 in Manchester that failed to straighten and hit a building.
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John Howard Mason, Jr
South St
Bennington
George M. Fienberg
Andrew HH. Parnes
Brooklyn
N.Y
Atty. R. Marshall Witten
Parnes
Silk Road
Witten
Sallie M. Ross
Dorset
Castleton State College enrolls 750 for 1965 66
About 750 students enrolled at Castleton State College for the 1965 66 year begun last week led by a record over 300 freshmen. Bennington residents in the first year program include Barbara Ames Richard Bird Linda Bartell Margaret Boutin Stephen Earley Glenn Gershaneck Lee Gershaneck William Giles Daniel Higgins William Johnson Christine King Michele LaBeau Duncan Pierce Alberta Thibodeau Stephen White of Bennington James Hayden Russell Holton Richard Marchies Fay Strofoleno Donna Young Elizabeth Pellerin of Arlington Helen Howard of Shaftsbury Elizabeth Ayers of Woodford.
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Castleton
Castleton State College
Richard J. Dundas
Bennington Area
The
State College
Barbara Ames
Richard Bird
Linda Bartell
Margaret Boutin
Stephen Earley
Glenn Gershaneck
Lee Gershaneck
William Giles
Daniel
YMCA Board Sets Plans in Bennington Area
The Bennington Area YMCA board met Tuesday with President James F. Davis presiding. Dinner served by Ladies of the YMCA auxiliary. Board members attended services for four Bennington educators killed in a plane crash. Secretary and treasurer reports for two months approved. Committees outlined summer activities and future plans with actions to aid progress. details to follow.
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Bennington Area
Ymca Board of Directors
James F. Davis
YMCA
John P. Riddle
James Bullard
John D. Clawson
Leonard J. Black
Bennington
Bowen To Head Fund Drive for Vermont Girl Scout Council
Raymond B. Bowen of Bennington will head an annual fund drive for the Vermont Girl Scout Council. The campaign begins Sept. 27 with a donor letter going out Sept. 24 and a house to house canvass planned for Oct. 3. The $3,000 goal supports local Catamount Neighborhood work in Bennington County. Local officials coordinating the drive include chairwoman Mrs. Charles W. Thompson Jr. and organizer Mrs. Paul Clermont, with captains named for Bennington and North Bennington districts.
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Raymond B. Bowen
Bennington
Vermont Girl Scout Council
Bowen
Vermont Council
Catamount
Bennington County
Charles W. Thompson Jr
Paul Clermont
Merritt Hewitt Jr
North Bennington
Marden Roy
Ned Young
Guy Ottaviano
John Barry
Kenneth Jolivette
Edward Silver
Garry DeVito
Francis Roy
Cecile Wright
Emil Grimm
Winston Luther
Francis Brunina
William Pettit
Francis Latif
Robert Shultz
Hewitt
Bernard Whitman
Albert White
Arthur Wickenden
Edwin Luce
Bernard Leamy
Lloyd Pratt
Milton Mackey
Robert Nolan
Gordon Sweet
Children's Aid Society Adopts $158 426 Budget
The Vermont Children's Aid Society approved a 158 426 budget for the new fiscal year. Board trustees met at Long Trail Lodge Sherburne Pass. The group discussed a proposed Burlington area group foster home for adolescent girls and scheduled the annual meeting for November 3 and 4 at Marble Island Club in Burlington with Robert Rosema as keynote speaker.
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Rutland
Vermont Children’s Aid Society, Inc
Long Trail Lodge
Sherburne Pass
Children’s Aid Society
Burlington
Wright Clark
Vermont
Edward F. Crane
Marble Island Club
Robert Rosema
Child Welfare League of America
Rosema
Vermont Department of Social Welfare
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Westford
New York
UPI
Goodwill Industries
United States
Montpelier
Elbert Moulton
Lynda Bird
Washington
Lynda Bird Johnson
George A, Sleeman
Bennington High School
Smirnoff
MR. Smirnoff
Pierre Smirnoff
Heublein
Hartford
Conn
Boston
Mass
the Friendly Hotel
Billy Sullivan
Robert N. Appleton
Ymca Board
U. S
America
U.S
the Vermont Bank and Trust Company
Bellows Falls
Chester
Brattleboro
Rutland - Bennington
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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