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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1963
Page
3
A narrator laments a lifetime spent saving every item from string to boxes, confessing how Things invade closets and shelves. She reflects on how saving prompts more Savers of Things and how space, not water or trees, looms as the real future challenge.
UC announced three new cherry varieties after decade long tests in San Joaquin County plots. UC 26-15 dark red may replace Bing, UC 23A-3a cream Royal Ann, and US 30-9a a black Tartarian replacement, pending approval.
The page lists weekly school lunch menus for ARLINGTON and JOSICE FALLS with daily meals and milk. It also reports the engagement of Miss Jean Borage to William Marani from Hoosick Falls and notes both are prominent bowlers. wedding set for July 6 at the Church of the Immaculate Conception. A Tucson library director reports a children’s book returned with pages stuck together by chocolate cookies.
Newly installed Mt. Anthony Chapter 1 OES officers include Dorothy Breese as worthy matron and Henry Bassen as worthy patron. Installing officers on April 20 at Masonic Temple featured Helen Atwell and Henry Bassen Sr. among attendees from New York and New Jersey venues.
A public Sabin Type III oral polio vaccine clinic will be held May 2 from 3 to 5 p.m. at BCHS gym for ages two months to 30 years. Previously vaccinated children need not bring guardians. first-time attendees under 21 require permission cards. Vaccination, free of charge, is supervised by Miss Joyce Stickney of the Vermont Dept. of Public Health with co sponsors Infant of Prague Nurses and Bennington Catholic High School.
Miss Carolyn H. White and Andrew L. Olmsted II wed April 20 at All Saints Episcopal Church Hoosick Falls. The ceremony featured bouqet ivory lace gown and tiered veil, with 100 guests from multiple states. The couple plans to live at 2 Prospect Street Voorheesville New York.
The Sth annual Spring Music and Art Festival will be held May 5 at 8 p.m. at Bennington Elementary School. Proceeds aid the Red Brick School which serves the Bennington area since 1957. Tickets from Friends of Retarded Children members or local students. door sales available.
Lt Col and Mrs Frederick E Howard announce the April 15 marriage of their daughter Penelope Ann to Lt Brian J Strickland USAF at Wilford Hall Chapel Lackland AFB San Antonio Texas. Officiant Chaplain Ellis. They will reside at Canon AFB Clovis NM.
New York Miss Sue Ann Gilfillan wed Converse Morris Converse Jr. April 19 at St. Patrick's Cathedral with Rev. John J. Barry officiating. The bride, daughter of Sumner Abbott Gilfillan and the late Mrs. Mary D. Gilfillan of Chester VI, is a Wellesley alumna and Yale MFA holder who has appeared in Williamstown Summer Theater productions. The groom, Yale alumnus, works as a television producer with Roy Winslow Productions. The couple's families include Stella Freed Converse of New York and the Converse lineage from Santa Barbara California.
Fashion feature notes a high end salon in New York promoting matching his and hers haircuts inspired by Norman Norell spring looks. It also covers neckwear styling tips, women’s necklace guidelines, school dress efforts by Paul Scrivane, and Picasso venturing into sportswear with patterned prints.
Miss Diane Marie Stratton daughter of Mr and Mrs Lew Stratton of 117 Soule Street wed Ernest Nicholas Urfer son of Mr and Mrs Ernest Urfer of Butler New Jersey on April 20 at St Francis de Sales Church. The Nuptial Mass was conducted by Rt Rev Msgr Francis B Flanagan with music by Chester Bronson. The couple will reside in Williamstown Massachusetts after a Bermuda honeymoon. The bride is a nursing student and Cornell graduate groom a chemical engineer from Cornell and Williams College.
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