GOP House Candidates To Name Committees
After a heated session at Bennington County Courthouse the Bennington and Woodford town Republican committees voted to empower the two GOP candidates for each sub-district of the Bennington Woodford district to appoint chairmen of Republican sub committees. The motion, reported by J Duncan Campbell, was spearheaded by James Conroy of West Road in a bid to accelerate local political action.
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Bennington
Woodford
J. Duncan Campbell
Bennington County
Campbell
Bennington- Woodford
James Conroy
West Road
New Comet Discovered By Amateur In Britain
A new 10th magnitude comet named Alcock was discovered Sunday night by amateur astronomer G E D Alcock of Great Britain and verified by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. The sighting, reported Monday, places the object in Hercules and visible with medium telescopes, lacking a typical gas tail. This follows Tokyo’s Ikeya Seki discovery a week earlier. Meanwhile local political discussions cover subdistrict chair appointments and campaign logistics for Republican candidates in adjacent towns, with Oct. 25 set for a joint party meeting and plans for car pools to a Burlington fundraising event.
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Cambridge
Mass
UPI
G.E.D. Alcock
Great Britain
Alcock
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Kaoru Ikeya
T. Seki
Tokyo
Missionary pledges at Alliance Church set record
The Alliance Church reports a new high in missionary giving with $1690 pledged last Sunday as part of the Christian and Missionary Alliance budget above $4 million. Dr. Glenn V. Tingley leads nightly evangelism in a week of services at 7:30 p.m. with travel pictures and sermons.
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Missionary Alliance Church
Christian and Missionary Alliance
Alliance Church
Cornelius Clarke
Missions and Evangelism Conference
Glenn V. Tingley
Women of The Whoose Notes Donate to Mooseheart Fund
At the last regular meeting the group sent a donation to the Moose heart scholarship fund. Gladys Knapp received a surprise gift. The next meeting is Oct 5 at 8 p.m. at Moose Hall with Christman is October celebrated. Marion Devenow chairs. Co workers are urged to bring Mooseheart gifts. ideas include clothing and cosmetics for teens. Plans will cover the annual bazaar. Also noted Freehold Raceway opened with a record $708,232 handle on Mondays inaugural pace won by Chin Whiskers.
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Mooseheart
Gladys Knapp
Moose Hall
Christman
Marion Devenow
Freehold
N. J
Wagner Names Acting Principal at Molly Stark School
Leon E. Wagner Bennington Southwest School District superintendent appoints Therese Goodermote acting principal of Molly Stark School after the death of W. Philip Walker. Goodermote, with 22 years teaching, 18 in Bennington, will lead grades 1 through 9 while a full-time principal is sought. Audrey Jones will cover Goodermote’s classes.
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Leon E. Wagner
Bennington Southwest
Therese Goodermote
Molly Stark
Miss Goodermote
Supt. Wagner
Audrey Jones
Bennington
Castleton
University of New York
Albany
W. Philip Walker
Hospital Notes Admissions List and Newborns
Admissions include David LaBlanc Tracy Downing Leo Farrington Ellen Jareckie Mary Ann Morgan Martha Scott Smith May Stone Eleanor Smith Elizabeth Baker Leah Wood and more from Bennington East Arlington Shaftsbury Johnsonville and Manchester Center. Discharge notes list John Sweet. Newborns born Sept 27 to Mr and Mrs Joseph Miner Grant St Roger Bushee Austin Hill Rd R D No 2 and to Mr and Mrs Edward St John Sr 260 BenMont Ave.
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David LaBlanc
Tracy Downing
Leo Farrington
Ellen Jareckie
Bennington
Mary Ann Morgan
Johnsonville
N.Y
Martha Scott-Smith
Arlington
May Stone
Manchester Center
Eleanor Smith
Elizabeth Baker
Shaftsbury
Leah Wood
East Arlington
Joseph Miner
Grant St
Roger Bushee
Austin Hill Road
Edward St. John Sr
BenMont Ave
Fall Foliage Festival Program Set by GBA
The Greater Bennington Association outlines its 1965 Fall Foliage Festival events starting Oct 7 with an antique show and parade led by Miss Andrea Kenyon and Salvatore Santarcangelo. Queen contests run Oct 7 9 and 13 with banquet dinners, fashion show, and a Fall Foliage Ball on Oct 23.
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GBA
Greater Bennington Association
Second Congregational Church
Andrea Kenyon
Vermont
U.S.A
Salvatore Santarcangelo
Bennington High School
Bennington Catholic High School
Bennington Catholic
Joanne Marcoux
Girl Scout Drum and Bugle Corps
Janet Flynn
Baton School
Windsor Prison Probe Moves Forward After Meeting
Governor Hoff pledged to back an independent prison probe as Institutions Commissioner John Woodhull requested. He urged revamping parole board practices and supported a proposed intermediate medium security prison. The discussion stemmed from a youth fight with guards during transfer and a call to treat inmates rehabilitably.
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Petersen
Gov. Hoff
Blackly
Institutions
John W. Woodhull
Smith
Parole Board
Hoff
Obituaries from Hoosick Falls (Katherine Martin) and Bertha Minkema
HOOSICK FALLS N Y Mrs Katherine Hall Martin 39 wife of Leonard Martin of 16 Snow St died Monday morning of a rifle wound native of Sunderland spent most life in that area She had lived in Hoosick Falls about a year She graduated Arlington High School and was a former member of Oakwood Golf Club Survivors include husband two children Audrey 13 and Carol 10 six brothers David Kenneth Clifton Hall all of Sunderland Texas Shaftsbury and Kermit of Pownal a sister Anna of Kittery Maine Funeral at 2 pm Wednesday at Leo J Mahar Funeral Home with Rev Wesley P Miles officiating Interment at family discretion Calling hours at the funeral home this afternoon and tonight Found on front porch by passing motorist Gene Murphy who summoned a postman who had talked with the woman minutes before Believed she was cleaning two 22 caliber rifles before accident Authorities say the weapon discharged accidentally Dr Fred Harter pronounced dead Rensselaer County Coroner Anthony E Matera summoned and ordered autopsy at Samaritan Hospital in Troy Coroner withholding ruling pending exam results HOOSICK FALLS NY Mrs Bertha M Minkema 63 of 65 Center St died unexpectedly Friday at home Widow of Peter Minkema Born in Haynersville Dec 7 1891 she lived most of adult life in Hoosick Falls Survivors include a son Grant Sharp of Evans Mills three grandchildren and five great grandchildren Funeral services were held this afternoon at Robson Funeral Home 72 Main St Interment Maple Grove Cemetery
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Katherine
Hall) Martin
Leonard Martin
Snow St
Sunderland
Arlington High School
Oakwood Golf Club
Audrey
Carol
David
Kenneth
Clifton Hall
Texas
Shaftsbury
Kermit
Pownal
Anna
Kittery
Maine
Leo J. Mahar
Main St
Wesley P. Miles
First United Church of
Rensselaer County
Coro Oner
Anthony E. Matera
Samaritan Hospital
Troy
N,y
Bertha M. Minkema
Center St
Peter Minkema
Haynersville
Grant Sharp
Evans Mills
Robson Funeral Home
Maple Grove Cemetery
Unification group narrows issues on town charter ordinance powers
Bennington's Unification Study Committee began reviewing a draft enabling act to govern a consolidated town and nearby municipalities. The panel debated whether the unified town selectmen should enact ordinances with or without voter approval and considered procedures, referenda, and which ordinance areas require public consent.
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Bennington
Unification Study Committee
Norton Barber
John Williams
Richard Corcoran
Arthur D. Taylor
Selectmen
Bennington Briefs Include Navy Instructor and Local Events
Bennington notes William H. Stuchel Jr of Lyons District serves as Naval Reserve instructor aboard the USS John R. Pierce. He teaches engineering life-saving and gunnery. wife Selmajane Hilton, father-in-law George Hilton, and family reside in Bennington. Also: Marcia Smith of Bennington College among 570 girls enrolling at Northfield School in East Northfield Mass in its 87th year. Children’s story hour at Bennington Free Library begins 10 a.m. Wednesdays. Edward O. Trainor hospitalized at VA Albany. Southern Vermont Life Underwriters meet 11 a.m. Wednesday at Long Jim Restaurant Wilmington. lunch at noon. Cliff Thatcher speaks on Life Insurance Trusts. Jay P. Crozier of Bennington named a Charles A. Dana Foundation scholar at Hamilton College. Altar Rosary Society Communion breakfast planned after 8 a.m. Mass at Mt. Anthony Country Club. contacts listed. Walter O. Noyes Jr to MC 30th Vermont Petroleum Association convention at Basin Harbor Oct. 7. United Church Women board meeting Monday 2 p.m. at St. Peter's Guild room. Bertha K. Shaw visiting Pasadena. Margaret’s Beauty Shop closed this week. Keough’s Barber Shop closed Oct 2–12.
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Wililliam H. Stuchel Jr
Lyons District
John R. Pierce
Stuchel
Selmajane Hilton
Bennington
George Hilton
Southern Vermont Life Underwriters Association
Long Jim
Wilmington
Vermont 9
Cliff Thatcher
People’s National Bank
Accidents Reported In North Bennington Area
State police report a third accident involving a William E. Dailey Co truck in two weeks. A 1965 Plymouth driven by Mary K. Fair collided with the Dailey truck driven by Gerald W. Marsha near VT 67 and White Creek Road, causing 250 dollars in damage to the Plymouth. No injuries reported in a second collision at Park and County Streets between James R. Clark and Leo Belanger. both cars damaged with no injuries.
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North Bennington
William E. Dailey Co
Shaftsbury
Vt. 67
White Creek Road
Mary K. Fair
Shushan
N.Y
CPCD Board Plans Progress On Monday Meeting
The Ford Foundation Cooperative Project for Curriculum Development executive board, with SUNY consultant Dr. Robert Lorette, reviewed commitments and ongoing projects. They continue programs as before, pursue a project director, and maintain extension courses via the University of Vermont with dates to be announced. Ralph Bohrson of the Ford Foundation will visit Bennington this week to advise. A steering committee meeting is set for Oct. 5 at 7 30 p.m. in Bennington Catholic High School library.
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Ford Foundation Cooperative Project For
Robert Lorette
State University of New York
University of Vermont
Ford Foundation
Ralph Bohrson
Bennington
Bennington Catholic High School
Stock Averages at Noon Show Mixed Industrial Decline
Stock market noon figures show the Dow Jones average at 934.20 down 3.68, with 30 industrials, 20 railroads at 224.74 up 0.23, 15 utilities at 7.36. The composite stands at 326.297 with volume around 4.37 million shares.
Autopsy Set for Boy Who Died at Track
POWNAL An autopsy will be performed today on the body of a 19 year old Maine youth who died at Green Mountain Park Race Track Sunday at 3 30 p m Police said Peter R Cobb of West Scarborough an employee at Green Mountain Park fell dead of an unknown cause while helping to load horses into a truck State Police and State's Atty R Marshall Witten investigated and ordered the autopsy which will be performed by State Pathologist Richard Woodruff in Rutland.
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Crescent Boulevard
Republican House
Joseph J. Caracciola
David J. Allen
Daisy L, Myers
Everett S. Lillie
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H. James Wallace
John H. Maloney
Mary Hodeck
Thomas D. Cook Jr
Flora Gerken
Louise Horne
Caracciola
Allen
Wallace
Howard
Burlington
Women of the
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Eling
Wagner
John Sweet
North Pownal
Kirths
Alan
Bure Sommer
Techne
Mickey Spillane
Harte Theatre
THE
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Miriam Hopkins
Walter Giller
Rene DuCharme
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
Mount Anthony County Club
Green Mountain Park
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Knights
Armory
National Guard
Windsor
Mrs. Leonard Martin
Bertha Minkema
Leslie R. Mason
YMCA
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South Londonderry
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Flora Hovey
Bennis Mason
East Dorset
Manchester
Smith Inc
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Elaine
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Springfield College
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Unification Group
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Bennington Briefs
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Margaret B. Smith
Bennington College
Northfield School
East Northfield
Bennington Free Library
Edward O. Trainor
Veterans Administration Hospital
New Scotland Avenue
Albany, N.Y
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Charles A. Dana
Hamilton College
Clinton, N.Y
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Bennine+t High School
Altar Rosary Society
Mt. Anthony Country Club
Elizabeth Growenwegen
Jane Latif
Walter O. Noyes, Jr
Vermont Oil Hen Institute
Henry M. Tuttle
Vermont Petroleum Association
Basin Harbor
United Church Women
St. Peter’s Church
Bertha K. Shaw
Pasadena
Calif
Harry S. Moses
Grandview Street
Margaret’s
Keough’s
Belanger
Park Street
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Yalvyt
RPL
Troy-Copeland Travel Agence Y
Field House
CPCD
Dow-Jones—Bache & Co
Salem’s
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