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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1963
Page
3
A playful verse portrait of a mother juggling housework and kids while recalling nursery rhymes. It blends domestic chores with child antics and a tongue in cheek look at modern family life and daily rhythms.
A short verse about a mother’s busy day and Easter joys. The speaker jokes that what rises must fall and playfully imagines a wild woman rushing through town. The poem ends with hopes for bright morning sun and happy children with Easter bonnets and the white bunny.
Allan J. Heath announced registration for children born in 1958 within Bennington Village for September kindergarten. Registration runs 9 to 11:30 a.m. and 1:15 to 4:30 p.m. at the Elementary School office on Park Street. Parents must show vaccination records and a birth certificate if not Bennington-born. The child need not accompany the parent.
Bennington AAUW and Bennington League of Women Voters sponsor Monday night panel at 8 in the Bennington Free Library social room. Speakers include Thomas P. Brockway, Mrs. Joseph E. Joseph, and Mrs. John McCullough with Mrs. David Gil moderating. Refreshments served. guests welcome.
Maureen A Riley and Paul Ron Kane wed on March 23 at St John’s Church Hadley officiated by Rev John Hughes. Attendant Rosemary Vervoort and begu an Stephen Cloughton. Bride given in marriage by her father. They reside Northampton after a Hatfield Club reception.
About 200 Catholic nurses from across Vermont will attend the 15th annual Vermont Council of Catholic Nurses convention in Burlington on April 28. Bishop Robert F. Joyce will celebrate High Mass and speak at the noon dinner on ecumenical council matters, with Miss Anne V. Houck addressing the 2:30 business session. Luncheon follows Benediction, and guilds in Rutland Barre Montpelier Bennington and St Albans cooperate. Reservations for non listed nurses are due by April 20.
A detailed list of Benn Elementary school lunches for a week and a half includes Monday through Friday offerings such as Hamburg and gravy with mashed potatoes and green beans, turkey pie, fish sticks, noodles, and Friday tuna macaroni salad with various sides and milk. The docket continues with additional daily meals, desserts, and beverages for multiple weeks, noting a final week of the program and a released time day with no lunch.
John J. Gorman, staff manager of the Bennington office of Prudential Insurance, transfers to the Hoosick Falls New York office in Troy district. He will be replaced by John Feenan from Glens Falls district. Gorman has about 16 years with the company and is a Hoosick Falls resident. Cindy Stratton of Bennington is accepted at Harpur College state university entering the tri semester class of 1963.
Miss Marjorie Harrington daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Harrington of Burgess Road became the bride of Paul Roderick Jones on April 6 at the First Baptist Church. The couple plans to reside on Chapel Road in Bennington after a wedding trip with details and attendees listed.
Firefighters douse a grass blaze behind a Spring Street home. Easter event at the Bennington Club. residents Edward Eldred and Burt Rockwood Jr highlighted. Local Navy and Marine personnel, job openings for village playground staff, and science teaching institute attendees are noted along with regional civic appointments and a law firm activity in St. Albans.
Senator George D. Aiken testified in Senate to maintain the two percent interest rate advantage allowed for Rural Electrification Administration borrowers. He argued public utilities gain triple benefits from REA due to tax provisions, comparing to depletion allowances for oil firms and subsidies to the shipping sector.
Brennan resumes as associate director for the ninth Williamstown Summer Theatre season at Adams Memorial Theatre Williams College July 5 through August 31. He will direct two or three plays and act in others. he recently toured in Under Milkwood First Voice. He teaches acting at Circle in the Square and has appeared on The Secret Storm.
The Cora B Whitney School Parent Teacher Group hosts an open house on Monday at 7 15 p m in the kindergarten room A short business meeting will present the slate of officers for the coming year A film on fire safety will be shown by Richard Hollister
New York AP report says Easter fashion will be colorful and merchants optimistic. National Retail Merchants Association forecasts a 3 percent rise in sales from last year, helped by warm weather and a busy shopping season, though some regions see cooler weather limiting purchases.
Alistair Cooke of Omnibus fame will discuss how the rest of the world sees America at Mead Memorial Chapel on Middlebury College campus. The English-born journalist, American citizen since 1949, speaks on American affairs and fashion trends noted by merchants amid Easter buying optimism.
Mr and Mrs Francis J Hogan announce the engagement of their daughter Kathleen S Hogan to John W O'Donnell son of Mr and Mrs John O'Donnell of Rego Park Long Island New York Both are Bennington Catholic High School graduates and currently work in New York City An August wedding is planned
FDA warns housewives about Kosher Passover tuna from Dagim Taharin packed by Washington Packing Co after tests linked some cans to clostridium botulinum type E. City health inspectors seized WY3 and WY2 coded cans in New York and warned against using them. Two Detroit women reportedly died from a tainted can distributed by A P Tea Co.
Sen. William J. Burke of Rutland emerges as the compromise Republican candidate for the third seat on the Vermont Liquor Control Board. Gov. Hoff must appoint a Republican. Burke joins a field including Sen. Reid Lefevre and Rep. George J. Heaslip with former Sen. Merritt S. Hewitt Jr. also in circulation.
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