Swimming Pool Boom Hits Northeast in 1964 Demand
A Northeast pool boom drives sales past 80 000 in Q1 1964 with an expected 100 000 by year end. The industry notes a shift toward residential pools now making up about 85 percent of the market, with typical prices between 2000 and 4000 dollars and sizes from 15 by 30 to 20 by 40 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northeast
Boyle- Midway
American Home Products Corp
New York
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Maryland
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Bennington Community News Highlights Local Events
North Bennington residents travel to New York for an automobile show but bring back no samples. Barbers return from Florida to Upper Main Street. Clarissa Peacock moves to Twitchell Hill Shaftsbury. Bernard Leamy of NBHS faculty contracts measles. Rev Walter F Miller officiates a wedding in New Hampshire. Greater Bennington Association to discuss PrepClub at April PTA meeting. Mt Anthony Union High School update to PTA. Girls State participants report back. Women’s Auxiliary plans a rummage sale April 25 at the fire house with calls for donations. Citizens’ Band Radio Club to meet at the firehouse Sunday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarissa Peacock
Hilda
Prospect Street
Twitchell Hill
Shaftsbury
Bernard
Bud) Leamy
NBHS
Walter F. Miller
St. John’s Church
West Charlestown
Laconia
N.H
Greater
North Bennington Pta
Leroy Loomis
Martin Harrington
Robert Shay
Community Notes From West Arlington Sandgate
Mrs. Arthur Lowe hosts Mrs. Andrew Holt of Alexandria with former Summerland ties. Sgt. Raymond Smith arrives from Ft. Rucker for two weeks with his mother before Frankfurt duty. he will repair jet engines for two years. Carl and Mary Hess enjoy two weeks in Florida with side trips to Georgia peach orchards amid frost damage. Betty Trachte reports weather and visitors. MIT registrar’s office hires new staff. Ann Brush visits Arlington for Sargent College physiotherapy program. Grass fires in Sandgate prompt response. maple syrup season wanes. Edward Kimball family aids sap gathering. Stokes couple ending Bahama vacation. April gardening and chick starting underway. Watergate equipment arrives for Trachte farm pond projects attracting deer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Lowe
West Arlington
Andrew H. Holt
Alexandria
Holt
Col. Holt
Summerland
Sgt
Raymond Smith
Ft. Rucker
Ala
Florence Smith
Frankfurt
Germany
Smith
Carl Hess
Florida
St. Augustine
Georgia
Stre
MIT
Marge
Ann Brush
Arelington
Boston
Sargent College
Sandgate
Edward Kimball
Rye
N.Y
Sidney Stokes
Bahama
Great Exuma
New Jersey
Watergate
Trachtes
Invitations to Masonic installation ceremonies announced
Red Mountain Chapter No. 41 CES invites members to attend installation events. Adoniram Chapter No. 22 in Manchester Center hosts April 14 at 8 p.m. Mt. Anthony Chapter No. 1 in Bennington hosts April 18 at 8 p.m. Tucker Chapter No. 38 in North Bennington hosts April 23 at 8 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Mountain
Ces
Adoniram
Manchester Center
Mt. Anthony
Bennington
Tucker
North Bennington
Pine Cobble Announces Honor Roll
Pine Cobble School in Williamstown announces upper school students achieving academic honors for the third marking period. Fifth through eighth graders are named for academic and citizenship honors, with a list of honorees including Buckley, Scherr, Vierack, Doane, and others. Mrs. Copeland attends a PR workshop in New York City partnered with the National Association of Independent Schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamstown
Mass
Frederick C. Copeland
Pine Cobble School
Katherine Buckley
Charles Erickson
Susan Hall
Deborah Schneer
Timothy Viereck
Albert Scherr Jr
Juliet Flynt
Elizabeth Scherr
Jennifer Viereck
Paul Dworkin
Anthony Simpson
David Vicario
Sarah Doane
Susan Hunter
Eve Cockrell
Philip Adams
Peter Brown
Michael Cushman
William Flynt
Christina Lampman
Marcia McMahon
Dudley Bahlman Jr
Margaret Davis
Elizabeth Doane
Mary Dickerson
Sally Jenkins
David Povsner
Meeki Burns
Unionism Essay Contest Seeks Vermont Views April 16
Bennington County Central Labor Council sponsors the essay contest on Why Unionism is Needed in Vermont. Deadline is April 16 for junior and senior high students from Burr and Burton Seminary Arlington Memorial North Bennington Bennington Catholic and Bennington High. Top prize is 50 dollar savings bond with additional prizes listed. A three member panel will judge based mainly on content with grammar and punctuation secondary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Wallace P. Scott
Bennington College
Mary Christine
St. Joseph College
Philip P. Savory
On Schedule Progress At Putnam Memorial Hospital
The new 7500 square foot building for United Counseling Service and a cancer research unit advances on schedule. Exterior nearing completion with driveways and landscaping pending. interior work shows ceilings and partitions rising. Private funding set the $310,500 cost. completion expected early summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Putnam Memorial Hospital
United Counseling Service
Robert D. Stout
Stout
United Counseling
Gordon and Sutton Inc
North Adams
Mass
Area Hosts Win Fresh Air Essay Awards
The Herald Tribune Fresh Air Fund contest honors Bennington and Hoosick Falls hosts and a former resident. Mrs. John P. Rice of Bennington wins first prize for her essay about Bonnie Head's visit, with Janice Cuddihy of Hoosick Falls honored and John Ryan of Martha's Vineyard winning a photography prize. Mrs. Stacy, longtime contributor, notes inviting children back and deadlines for reinvitations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shaftsbury
Bennington
Hoosick Falls
Herald Tribune
Fresh Air Fund
Friendly Town
John P. Rice
Amnual
Little Bonnie Head
Manhattan
Mrs. Rice
Bonnie
Janice Cuddihy
N.Y
John Ryan
Benenington
Martha’s Vineyard
Mass
Frances Stacy
Ryan
David
New York City
The
Rye
Gas Customers Granted Free Automatic Water Heaters in Vermont
More than 100 city and LP gas customers in Vermont received free automatic water heaters as part of a program by Vermont Gas Corp. Manager Des Laurier announced the plan extends ownership after five years of rental. The initiative aims to broaden ownership for renters and is adopted by major Vermont gas firms and the Utilgas LP group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City
LP Gas
Vermont
George Dese Laurier
Vermont Gas Corp
Des Laurier
Utilgas LP
Bulk Gas
Two Late Friends Die In Knife Fight Case
Cincinnati police charged Robert Gadson age 42 with first degree manslaughter after Robert Mason 36 died from knife wounds inflicted in a Feb 29 knife fight. Both men were treated at General Hospital and later reconciled before Mason died Monday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati, Ohio
General Hospital
Robert Gadson
Robert Mason
Gadson
Mason
Middlebury Names Decker Top Aid
Peter R. Decker of Bethesda Maryland is named assistant to the president of Middlebury College. He will begin May 4 after a 1957 Middlebury graduation and current work as a writer for Congressional Quarterly in Washington. Decker studied at Choate Felsted Middlebury and Syracuse University collecting an MA in Public Affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middlebury
Peter R. Decker
Bethesda
Middlebury College
James I. Armstrong
Decker
Washington, D.C
Congressional Quarterly
U.S. Congress
Choate School
Wallingford
Johnson Named To Slow Down Drive
Boston based report says Safety Director Philip Wallwork of the Automobile Legal Association nominated President Lyndon B. Johnson as honorary chairman of the Slow Down and Live Campaign. He cited public safety value though avoided commenting on reports of an 85 mph drive near Johnson’s Texas farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
UPI
Lyndon B. Johnson
Johnson
Philip Wallwork
Automobile Legal Association
ALA
Texas
Real Estate Transfers Reported by Bennington Town Clerk
Mary Hodeck lists two weeks of transfers including March 24 Dewey Trust Estate transfer of a Dunham Street property to Philip J. and Frances C. ONeill of Bennington and March 25 Union Carbide Corp New York transfer details continuing in the Bennington real estate record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Mary Hodeck
Dewey Trust Estate
Dunham Street
Philip J
Frances C. O'Neill
Union Carbide Corp
New York
N.Y
Armed Forces Qualifying Test Offered April 24 in Bennington
Air Force recruiter Sgt Rudolph A LaPointe announces a voluntary Armed Forces Qualifying Test on Friday April 24 at 9 30 a.m. at the Bennington YMCA for high school graduates considering military service. Participants should arrive by 9 a.m. to allow exam prep. Results go to area principals and counselors as the test won’t be offered again in Bennington until 1965. Additionally, various Bennington property transfers are listed with dates from March 28 to April 8 including parcels on Silver Street Westside Drive County Street East Road U S 7 and Green Acres with owners and beneficiaries named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rudolph A. LaPointe
Air Force
Bennington County
Armeed
Bennington
Lawrence B
Joan L. Bangs
Westside Drive
Arthur F
Ann B. Cronin
Marie K. Jolosky
County Street
Francis Giamporcaro
Palisade
N.Y
Milton E
Madeleine M. Surdam
East Road
Edna J. Harrington
Victor A. Agostini
Joseph B. Isabelle
Bermnington
Green Acres
Benningston
Harold E
Rose M. Burgess
Paul W. Bohne Jr
Muriel Bohne
U.S
Joseph and
Mary I. Hall
Fillmore Farms Inc
Gypsy Lane
Vermont 9
Marie H. Stafford
North Chevy Chase
Mae W. McLaughlin
Edward J. McLaughlin
Middle Village
Queens
North Street
Albert G
Regina C. Boulrice
Springfield
Mass
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Elizabeth Dwyer
Lawrence Powers
Marie
Bob Condon
Coliseum
William M. Barber
Upper Main Street
Clearwater, Fla
E. A. Riley
Mt. Anthony Union High School
PTA
Girls’ State
Citizens’ Band Radio Club
West
Arlington
Betty Trachte
Fide
Eleanor Albee
Pine Cobble
Willow Road
Helene Toolan
Sloane-Kettereing Research Institute
Toolan
James M. Toolan
Old Bennington
Fresh Air
Stacy
Herald Tribune Fresh Air Fund
NamesDecker
Top Aid
Armed Forces
Bennington Y
Leonard J. Black
Union Street
Manchester
Equinox House
George Orvis
Otis
A. J. Dewey and Sons
Mckinley ST
DIAL
H. Greenberg & Son, Inc
Main ST
Vee
Kohler
Inslow Plumbing and Heating Supply CO
Bennington, Ve
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