Bennington Library Week Highlights Ten Book Exhibits
Ten book exhibits fill Main Street shop windows in Bennington with themes tied to store merchandise. The Free Public Library hosts a display of old children’s books and hornbooks from Marion Small’s 30 year collection, with more from the Bennington Museum. Also shown are miniature Carroll characters owned by Mrs. James Proctor. Friends of the Library led by Mrs. Bradford Smith arrange the displays and invite the public to a 3 PM Thursday talk by Marion Small about changes in children’s literature, followed by a coffee hour.
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Bennington
Free Public Library
National Library
Harold Green
On Small
Bennington Museum
Lewis Carroll
James Proctor
Bradford Smith
The
Friends of the Library
Marion Small
140000 Trees To Be Planted In Bennington County
Sixty landowners plant 140000 tree seedlings on about 140 acres of idle land in Bennington County this spring. Lawrence Pratt distributed trees from Johnson's Shell Station in Manchester Center and David C Barton handed out trees at Joe's Open Air Market in Bennington. Seedlings, raised in Vermont State Forests and Parks nursery at Essex Junction, include red and white pine red white and Norway spruce and European larch.
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Bennington County
Lawrence Pratt
Johnson’s Shell Station
Manchester Center
David C. Barton
Bennington
State of
Vermont
Department of Forests and Parks Nursery
Essex Junction
Coast Guard Seeks OCS Candidates for 1963 Class
The Coast Guard invites applications for Officer Candidate School at Yorktown Virginia beginning September 15 1963 with a second class February 9 1964. Applicants aged 21 to 26 with a bachelor degree are eligible and those skilled in law or oceanography are especially sought. After 17 weeks of indoctrination graduates become ensigns in the Coast Guard Reserve and must serve three years on active duty. For details contact Commandant PTP-2 U S Coast Guard Washington D C.
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Washington
Coast Guard
Yorktown
U.S. Coast Guard Reserve
Benhi Students Attend Vermont Youth Citizenship Conference
Benhi juniors Jane Shoemaker and Wallace Mook attended the fourth Vermont Youth Citizenship Education Conference at the University of Vermont in Burlington April 15 16 with social studies teacher Richard H. Caswell. They heard U S Senator George D Aiken discuss The Role of a Citizen in a Representative Democracy and joined discussion groups on local state national and international citizenship. Gov Hoff spoke on The Problems of Reapportionment at the final assembly and recommendations for next year were presented.
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Jane Shoemaker
Wallace Mook
Benhi
Richard H. Caswell
Vermont
University of Vermont
Burlington
U.S
George D. Aiken
R.vt
Mook
Miss Shoemaker
Caswell
Gov. Hoff
Upside Down Award Painting Found in New Jersey Exhibit
Jersey City AP report notes Yonna Beattie’s semiabstract oil Autumn Leaves was discovered hanging upside down in the Painters and Sculptors Society of New Jersey annual show at Jersey City Museum. Beattie blamed herself for eyehook placement while judge William Gorman commented a good painting remains good whether upside down or not.
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Jersey City
N.J
Yonna Beattie
Painters and Sculptors Society of New Jersey
Jersey City Museum
William Gorman
Bome
VA Certifies Anti-Bias Ban in Housing
Bennington area real estate brokers listed with the Veterans Administration must certify they will not decline to sell or rent VA owned property due to race creed color or national origin. Failure to certify risks removal from VA lists. Charles L. Jacobs of White River Junction ordered the certification. Francis J. Hogan reported on the VA implementation of Kennedy's 1962 housing executive order.
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Bennington Area
Veterans Administration
White River Junction
Kennedy
Francis J. Hogan
Bennington
Housewife Sets Steady Work Pace
C J Winslow of Manchester Center argued at the Vermont State Association of Plumbing and Heating Contractors annual meeting that a typical housewife in a family of four covers about 24 000 city blocks or 3 000 miles yearly in household chores. He noted the kitchen as the center of the home and urged design planning to maximize space with a modern multi purpose sink and garbage disposer.
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C.J. Winslow
Manchester Center
Vermont State Association of Plumbing and Heating Contractors, Inc
Winslow
Woodstock Inn
Woodstock
No Scientific Principles in The Home
AP reports Dr. Rosemary Park who will be Barnard College president on April 22 discusses home economics and science. She argues women should be prepared for gainful work and education on par with men, including professional training such as dentistry.
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New York
Rosemary Park
Barnard
Park
Millicent C. McIntosh
Vermont Development Board Plans New York Office Boost
The Vermont Development Board in Montpelier moved to strengthen recruitment by hiring a new New York City office supervisor to handle inquiries and promote Vermont resources. They also consider a state resources survey to target industries. Ski industry had a strong season with up to 20 percent gains and heightened New York area inquiries. A new four season promotional film is in production and a national Girl Scout Roundup film was completed and booked nationwide.
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Vermont Development Board
Montpelier
Alexander B.R. Drysdale
Bennington
Drysdale
Vermont
New York City
Development Department
New York
Philadelphia
Button Bay
Students as Legislators at Benhi-Catamount Mock Congress
Benhi-Catamount modern history class led by David S. Jareckie staged a three day mock congress with 28 students acting as chairmen and senators. Barbara Webster Paul Hurlburt and Regina Hurley chaired. bills debated included reform of Vermont representation and a citizen ship parallel to parliamentary schooling. A central student council proposal failed 20 6 and capital punishment was defeated 16 10 while a citizenship procedures bill passed 19 5. a Cuba in exile bill drew debate but time ran out.
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Benhi
David S. Jareckie
Barbara Webster
Paul Hurlburt
Regina Hurley
Jareckie
American International College
Springfield
Mass
Bill Bartlett
Vermont
John Fothergill
Ronald Pollock
Gail Hurst
Bill Lincoln
United States
Benhi FHA delegates chosen for State Convention
Diane LeBlanc Peggy Kennedy and Trudy Southworth of Benhi’s Future Homemakers of America were selected as voting delegates and hostesses for the April 26 27 Mount Snow convention with advisor Mrs Barbara Houle. They will attend meetings panels and recreational activities while the group decorates and participates in sessions led by educators.
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Diane LeBlanc
Peggy Kennedy
Trudy Southworth
Benhi
Homemakers of America Club
Mount Snow
Barbara Houle
FHA
Diane
Drama Club
Peggy
Trudy
M. Vinetta Eppley
State Department of Education
Montpelier
Allan J. Heath
Bennington
Virginia Trotter
Department of Home Economics
UVM
A. John Holden
Edward Race
Northfield
Shelia King
Leighton Wilcox
FFA
Middlebury Union High School
Mt. Snow
UVM Names High School Math Winners
Burlington High student wins sixth annual high school mathematics contest at the University of Vermont during High School Day. Robert Daniels of Burlington High takes second prize. regional winners from Burlington High Montpelier High Wallingford High and Brattleboro Union receive smaller checks. Additional students named as outstanding include Freeman Bernard Newton Cynthia Paquet Carl Peters and Robert Pozner. National Life Insurance Co sponsors the contest. James Hunt presents awards.
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Burlington
Braintree- Randolph Union
George Parker
University of Vermont
Robert Daniels
Burlington High
Kathleen O’halloran
Northwestern
Vermont
Claire Parkinson
Montpelier High
north@astern Vermont
Maurice Belden, Jr
Wallingford High
Elaine Gorham
Brattleboro Union
Freeman
Bernard Newton
Cynthia Paquet
Carl Peters
Robert Pozner
Springfield High
National Life Insurance Co
Montpelier
UVM
James Hunt
Home Office
National Life
American Food Aid Helps Algeria Survive Winter
More than three million Algerians, about a third of the population, survived the first post independence winter thanks to U S food aid. Monthly shipments of 40 000 tons of surplus wheat vegetable oil and powdered milk feed Algeria's hungry masses through private relief and Christian organizations. The program set to end next month faces no formal continuation request from Algerian authorities and publicity has been limited.
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Algiers
U.S
Algeria
William Porter
America
Television plans show inside capsule for Cooper flight
AP reports TV will carry Gordon Cooper during his 22 orbit space flight planned for mid May. A tiny slow scan camera, about the size of a flashlight, will be clipped inside the capsule to show experiments and Earth below. Images arrive when within 1000 miles of Cape Canaveral and air for seven to eight minutes on certain orbits.
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New York
Capsule
Gordon Cooper
Cooper
Sule
Cape Canaveral
Mercury Control Center
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