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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1970
Page
3
A student column questions school apathy and urges action over talk. It notes a clean up committee led by Colette McCann that spends about two hours every other Thursday tidying a section of the building. The piece also mentions upcoming Dollars for Scholars canvassing with contact Mary Burgess at 26245 for contributions.
Dr. Heinrich Bruening former chancellor of Germany during the Weimar era dies at 84 and will be buried in Meinster Westphalia beside his sister. The Catholic Centrist leader left a will calling for a small private service. He fled Germany in 1934 and later taught at Harvard until 1950.
The Altar Rosary Society of St. Francis de Sales Church held its monthly supper at John XXII Institute led by president Mrs. Rose Gleason. Delegates Ruth Brunina and Anne Cummings will attend the Vermont Catholic Women's Institute on April 11 at Mt. St. Joseph Academy in Rutland. Committees were formed for the May 8 Mother-Daughter banquet. details to follow. Robert Foxen of the YMCA spoke on current construction and upcoming activities for Y members and the Bennington community, followed by a Q and A session.
The will of Mrs Margaret McKeon was proved yesterday by Probate Judge Margaret Lillie. She left real estate and household furnishings to her grandson Robert J McKeon and daughter in law Josephine E McKeon as joint tenants. Property at 237 School St and 201 Gage St. remainder divided equally between grandson and daughter in law. Robert McKeon named executor. Mrs McKeon died March 1 at Putnam Memorial Hospital at age 97.
Montpelier Vermont Education Commissioner Harvey Scribner asks lawmakers to let the Miller formula operate before altering it. He tells the Senate Education Committee that changes should be minor and provide towns with firm estimates to better plan budgets while two House bills consider adjusting the formula or granting emergency loans for enrollment surges.
The United Counseling Service dinner-dance on April 11 at Mt. Anthony Country Club will feature an original Peter Kapetan painting as a prize. The Bennington Bookshop displays the work, with Kapetan noted across southern Vermont. Master of ceremonies is Joseph Madkour and guests from Bennington and nearby towns are listed.
Washington based attorney Charles Patrick Ryan says 7.5 million dollars due to New England dairy farmers including 4 million for Vermonters is held up by the Agriculture Department and Market Administrator Richard Aplin. Delays stem from legal maneuvers following a 1960s suit by Addison County dairymen challenging higher payments for milk from within 80 miles of Boston. The money has remained in escrow after federal court rulings in favor of the farmers, with Ryan calling the delay intentional and unnecessary.
Two Hadassah chapters announce their annual benefit luncheon card party for the Hadassah Medical Organization. The event unfolds April 14 at Heritage House with doors at 12 30 and lunch at 1. Tickets cost 3 25 with prizes from local merchants and committee members aiding planning.
In Montpelier lawmakers John Alden and Brian Burns say a bill to regulate mail order loan companies will be introduced in the Vermont House. The proposal aims to ban out-of-state firms from charging higher interest than Vermont law allows.
The Bennington Community Chorus will give a spring concert on Sunday April 12 at 3 p.m. in Mount Anthony Union High School auditorium featuring Brahms Liebeslieder Waltzer Opus 52 Dvorak Songs of Nature and folk songs from Canada England and the U S An a cappella work and shorter pieces will also be included Chorus directed by Theodore Cook of Arlington with a roster of members including James Bevis David Bidwell Winifred Bidwell Joanne Blanchard Muriel Bohne Paul Bohne Eugene Clark Lucille Croscup Pamela Downs Edwin Emmet Chris Ertell Dee Ertell Oakley Frost Virginia Gilman Jan Gitzendanner Linda Goodine Earl Hamilton Ethel Hamilton Jane Hayden Sandi Hewitt Shirley Hewitt Karen Hogan Evelyn Holden Waldo Holden Gene Irons Tordis Isselhardt Stephen Jesseman Arthur Jones Eleanor Lawrence Jean Leake Ernest LaRose Norine Mason Pauline McGuire Arthur Murphy Dean Osgood Elaine Springer Mary Stevens Ann Wolff Tickets available at the door or from chorus members.
The Vermont Conference of Social Concerns voted March 19 to fund a quarterly conference journal with papers and reports from members and others. A committee led by Roland Gerhart Winslow Trask and Gerald Errin will pursue financial backing and content quality for the publication.
The Bennington section of the Green Mountain Club will host a slide lecture by Dr Edward Flaccus on The Northern Forest at the annual meeting Saturday. A potluck supper begins at 6 30 with coffee rolls and dishes provided. A brief business meeting will elect officers and plan spring work on the Long Trail, a 260 mile footpath from the Canadian border through Vermont to northern Massachusetts. The Bennington section seeks new members to help maintain 10 miles of trail and two shelters and assist a trail relocation this year. All are welcome.
The thrift shop basement of the Municipal Building offers women’s dresses in many sizes and styles at 25 off this week. A variety includes housedresses and casual cottons, with extra books and jigsaw puzzles. Hours are Thursday 2 to 5, Friday 2 to 8, Saturday 10 to 2. donations pickup available by calling Mrs. Irons or Mrs. Kennedy Jr.
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