New Hat Tossed In Democrats Ring For Caucus
Bennington Democrats prepare for a Wednesday caucus at 8 p.m. at the Bennington County Courthouse to elect a town committee and officers including chairman. Incumbent Lawrence Powers faces Raymond Betit, a long time party member and justice of the peace. Powers has chaired the local party since 1961 after joining the committee around 1946. Betit has served on the town committee since 1956 and has FP status as a justice of the peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Bennington County
Lawrence F. Powers
North Bennington
Raymond P. Betit
Imperial Ave
Betit
Powers
Auto collision at Gage and Safford Streets injures none
At 10 p.m. Monday in Safford the intersection of Gage and Safford Streets saw a minor two vehicle crash. Ruth Schiemenz and William Yarosz reported conflicting statements about whether a stop was observed. Police noted no injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gage and
Safford Streets
Bennington Village
Ruth Schiemenz
Spring St
Gage Street
William Yarosz
Gage St
Safford Street
Yarosz
Miss Schiemenz
Zoning Rules Narrow Garage Definition in Village Ordinance
Amended zoning ordinance redefines garages as not accessory if attached to the main building or not extending beyond its front. Accessory buildings must be rear of the main structure. The board may later consider allowing a commercial venture to offset tax losses from property sales to the Sisters of St. Joseph. Repairs to the sewer system cost about 6,000 with near completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton Shields
Shields
Capt. Wells Field
Sisters of St. Joseph
Bennington
Loyal R. Nash
Dale W. Brooks
Stowe
Joseph Corcoran
McKinley St
Morgan Street
Imperial Avenue
Corcoran
Bennington CAP Unit Joins Operation Survival Exercise
Bennington CAP Squadron alongside the Bennington Civil Defense Organization joined Sunday in Operation Survival East a training drill simulating attack conditions. Capt John McHugh led about 16 CAP personnel providing air courier service ground and air traffic reconnaissance and a simulated air radiological survey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington Squadron
Civil Air Patrol
Bennington Civil Defense Organization
CAP
John McHugh
John Bertoli
Bennington
James Kirkpatrick
U.S
Hospital Plans Shift Funds to Burlington Grants
The Putnam Hospital funds were redistributed by the state Board of Health to DeGoesbriend and Mary Fletcher Hospitals in Burlington after reconsideration. UCS will keep its own board and staff while cancer research directed by Dr Helene Toolan moves forward with support from private and governmental grants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Health
Stout
Putnam
DeGoesbriand
Mary Fletcher
Burlington
UCS
Helene Toolan
Sloane-Kettering Research Institute
New York
Toolan
James M. Toolan
Old Bennington
Cancer Research
Bennington Community notices and upcoming events
Benhi Rifle Club shows a film in the Benhi multi purpose room Wednesday at 2 45 p m. The Civil Defense Auxiliary State Police meet Wednesday at 7 p m at Molly Stark School with a mob and riot control class. Molly Stark PTA meets tonight at 8 with a Meet the Teachers program after a short business meeting. Kathryn Gerlach enters Cazenovia College for women near Syracuse. Allen Briggs returns home after hospital and nursing home care in Searsburg. Webls Cub Scouts meets tonight at 7. Bennington Band Mothers meet 8 p m Wednesday. Llewellyn Jordan hospitalized in White River Junction. Putnam Hose Co fair Sept 26 27 28 at old playground lot. Junior Bowling starts Sept 28 at 10 a m Bennington Lanes. Tax Clubs form at County National Bank First payment due Sept 30. Dr Hall out of town Oct 2 16. office open 10 11 mornings for medication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benhi
Civil Defense Auxiliary State Police
Molly Stark School
Harold E. Deane
Montpelier
Tragic Bennington crash kills mother and two daughters
Mrs. Chaffee and her daughters Diane 13 and May Cindy 2 die from fractured skulls after a collision on U.S. 7 near Peaceful Valley Restaurant north of Pownal Center. Diane attended Pownal Center School and was active in 4-H and Grange. Funeral services set for Pownal Center Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diane Della Chaffee
May Cindy
Putnam Hospital
Chaffee
Marcel Lewis
Richard Fabricius
Bennington
U.S. 7
Peaceful Valley
Pownal Center
Pownal
The
Grange
Isabel G. King
Hanson-Walbridge
Ira Chaffee
Addie Murray
Rev Forman Joins Vermont Delegates at Mental Retardation Panel
Rev. W. Earle Forman executive director of the Vermont Association for Retarded Children participated in the White House Conference on Mental Retardation in Warrenton Virginia as part of Vermont’s four delegates. The conference aimed to explain federal programs plan statewide mental health measures and promote inter agency cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
Warrenton
W. Earle Forman
Vermont Association For Retarded Children Inc
Forman
Vermont
Kennedy
Stafford Warren
Anthony Celebrezze
Stock Averages at Noon Reported by Dow-Jones
Stock averages listed by Dow Jones Bache & Co Albany at noon show the industrials at 30, railroads at 20, utilities at 15 with a composite of 263.04. Sales reached 2,741.934 with minor changes in several indices.
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Dow-Jones—Bache & Co
Albany
Dip Down to 23 Sets Record Here
The mercury fell to 23 last night, setting a new record for the date in Bohne’s records begun in 1952. A year ago the low was 34 and 59 was recorded in 1959. The previous low stood at 26 in 1953.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Paul W. Bohne
Untraveled Town Roads Labeled Legal Dynamite in Vermont
Vermont highway task force warns 781.48 miles of untraveled town roads pose legal and financial risks. Officials seek to convert untraveled and primitive roads into legal trails to limit municipal liability while preserving potential future rights of way. Towns urged to use existing powers to close or reclassify these roads and discuss reforms in public meetings through 1964.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montpelier
Vermont
Philip H. Hoff
Task Force
Joseph Moore
Plymouth
Hoff
Moore
Planning Council
Paul H. Guare
Holden Re-Elected Leader of Vermont Soldiers Home Trustees
Robert T. Holden of West Road was reelected president of the trustees of the Vermont Soldiers Home at the annual meeting. Clarence V. Cross and Alfred H. Koltowski were also reelected secretary and vice president respectively, with 17 trustees attending. Col. Edward H. Giles was reappointed commandant for a fifth year as the board discussed a 20 year building needs study and possible hospital expansion. Giles will attend the National Home association meeting in Chicago on Oct. 2 to review federal matching grants for nursing and domiciliaries, while Powers of North Bennington was named a trustee by Gov. Hoff for a three year term starting Sept. 4.
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Vermont
Marion McKee
University of Vermont Medical School
Raymond Mulcahy
Brandon
Jean Garvin
Robert T. Holden
West Road
Vermont Soldiers’ Home
Clarence V. Cross
Gage St
Alfred H. Koltowski
Rutland
John G. McCullough
North Bennington
Raymond J. Crosier
Readsboro
Edward H. Giles
Col. Giles
Chicago
National Association of State Homes
Congress
House
Senate
Lawrence F. Powers
Philip H. Hoff
Vermont Soldiers Home
Powers
Four Draftees Head to Albany for Pre Induction Exams
Four registrants from Bennington County will depart this afternoon by chartered bus to Albany New York for pre induction physical exams on Wednesday They are Allen Washburn Edward Sprague Clifton Grover and Robert Hewes Grover and Hewes volunteer The county has no October induction call and on October 22 a pre induction call for 16 registrants is planned The local board office will close Thursday afternoon and Friday for a clerks conference with Mrs Viola Conley attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Conley
Albany Pastor to Speak at Missionary Convention
Rev. Weldon Blackford, pastor of Washington Avenue Alliance Church in Albany New York, will headline the week long missionary convention at Missionary Alliance Church tonight at 7 30 He is a former international youth secretary for the Christian and Missionary Alliance The program includes a music ministry and a film strip Modern Africa Burdens and Blessings The public is invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weldon Blackford
Washington Avenue Alliance Church
Albany
N.Y
Missionary Alliance Church
Mr. Blackford
The
Christian and Missionary Alliance
Garden Club Presents Conservation Film Across Bennington
The Plain Dirt Garden Club sponsors Life In a Wood Lot a conservation film for area schools and the public. Showings run Sept 24 at Molly Stark School for grades 7 to 9, Sept 25 at Bennington High School, Sept 26 at the YMCA, and Sept 27 at Shaftsbury School, with Department of Fish and Game courtesy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Plain Dirt Garden Club
Bennington
Molly Stark
Bennington High School
Rifle Club
North Bennington High School
YMCA
Shaftsbury School
Norton Barber
Club
Vermont Department of Fish and Game
Funeral for Edith V Dunbar in Arlington church
The funeral for Edith V. Dunbar author and linguist, who died Friday, was held at St James Episcopal Church Arlington Monday morning. Rev Clement G Belch officiated with Herbert Wheaton Congdon as organist. Bearers included Lester Brush Fred McGuire Donald A Brown and Robert Thompson. Burial followed in Dellwood Cemetery Manchester Fr Belcher offered prayers. Relatives attended from Massachusetts and New York.
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Manchester
Edith V. Dunbar
St. James Episcopal Church
Arlington
Clement G. Belch
Herbert Wheaton Congdon
George A. Russell
O.R. Baker
Lester Brush
Fred McGuire
Donald A. Brown
Robert Thompson
Pownal
Dellwood Cemetery
Fr. Belcher
Massachusetts
New York
Area Student and Two Others Held for School Fires
Three teenagers face second degree arson charges for two fires at Darrow School near New Lebanon New York. Webster A. Young enrolled at Darrow and two former students William Oliver and David Holton were arrested at other schools. Fires Feb 4 and Feb 18 destroyed a dining hall and gymnasium, threatening dormitories. Bail set at $5,000 each.
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New Lebanon
N.Y
New York- Massachusetts
Webster A. Young
Shaker Heights
Ohio
William Oliver
Morristown
N.J
David Holton
Essex Fells
Darrow
Young
Hudson
Oliver
Holton
Vermont Academy
Saxton’s River
Hoosick
Hoosac School
Darrow School
Hospital and Birth Announcements Include Multiple Names
The column lists hospital admissions and births across Vermont and New York, naming patients such as Miss Marianne Parker Master James Nowik Mrs Katherine Davis Mrs Sylvia Fleming and others in Hoosick Falls North Bennington Windham and Bennington. It also notes births for Alexander Mahar Cheryl Elizabeth Christner and Stanley Darling with parental details and dates in September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marianne Parker
James Nowik
Hoosick Falls
Jennie Hall
Warren Clemons
North Bennington
Katherine Davis
Windham
N.Y
Sylvia Fleming
Michael Watson
Bennington
Rae Reed
Jacksonville
Red Brick School Hot Lunch Committee Plans Year
The Red Brick School hot lunch committee met Thursday to coordinate this year’s program. Attendees include Dr Dorothy Hager chairwoman Mrs Avis Whitman Mrs Marion Lars son Mrs Wanarah Povsner Mrs Aileen Longtin Mrs Ina Damon and Mrs Mary Greenslet president of Bennington Friends of Retarded Children. Damon reported on Castleton State Teachers College classes attended this summer for hot lunch personnel. The committee extended thanks to generous garden produce donors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Brick’s
Dorothy Hager
Avis Whitman
Marion Larsson
Wanarah Povsner
Aileen Longtin
Ina Damon
Mary Greenslet
Bennington Friends of Retarded Children
Damon
Castleton State Teachers’ College
Also Mentioned on This Page
Safford
Gage
Harte Theatre
Ngton
Mirisch Company
Mon
Edward Alperson
Billy Wilder
Irma Douee
Technicolor
Panavision
Wifeo
the Great
Steve McQueen
James Garner
Richard Attenborough
Andre Betii
United States
Bennington Briefs
PTA
Kathryn Gerlach
Old Mill
Shaftsbury
Gerhard Gerlach
Cazenovia College
Cazenovia
Syracuse
Allen Briggs
Searsburg
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Campbell Nursing Home
Harry Greenberg
Glens
Webls
CubScouts
Second Congregational Church
Llewellyn Jordan
Dewey St
U.S. Veterans’ Hospital
White River Junction
Putnam Hose Co. No. 3
County and
Depot Street
Adv
Bennington Lanes
County National Bank
W. S. Hall
Rev. Forman
R.T. Holden
Alliance
Garden Club
Green Mt. Girls
Mary Dermody
Green Mountain Valley Girls
Betsy Jones
Deborah Rabideau
Susan Torrisi
Anne Horst
Eileen Kinney
Rita Torrisi
Death Valley
Virginia W. Wall
West Palm Beach
Fla
Patricia Bass
Charlotte Cooney
Joyce Goodwin
Rosemary Bourn
Edward Phillips
Geoffrey Roberts
Wilmington
Alexander Mahar
Elm St
Stanley Darling
North Pownal
Cheryl Elizabeth
Courtland Christner
West Lafayette
Ind
Christner
Forrest Smith
Earl R. Patterson
Overlea Road
Ben F. Amadon
Smiths
Cannon
Fienberg
Main St
Bennington, Vt
Mac
Red Brick School
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