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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1976
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation located at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont 05201.
Editorial notes rising local interest in the Steamtrain service with basics on schedule and costs. If launched on August 15 the northbound trip would run from Bennington at 4 p.m. to Burlington by 9:30 p.m., staying overnight and returning next day, while riders may board or alight at Bennington, Manchester, Rutland, Brandon, Middlebury or Shelburne. The article mentions the service has been losing money to date.
Administration Secretary Robert M Wilson and GOP candidate Richard Snelling question the Steamtrain money as ideas to abandon the service grow. The public transport value seems limited but it could endure one season as a tourist attraction offering a scenic ride from Bennington to Manchester at 2.75 dollars, a bargain next to movie admissions.
Editor notes an unusual Aug 15 schedule for the Burlington to Bennington train departing Burlington at 6 30 am to reach Bennington in time for ceremonies and a mock fire department holdup. Details on reservations or first come first served are pending with potential write‑ups forthcoming.
Thomas White writes to Ann Hicks White describing an old Spanish city near the Pacific with strong stone walls, sentry boxes, bells, and towers, praising the view at sunset. He details church interiors, marble slabs, gilded panel work, and ruins, then notes a late-night desire for a reply.
A sprawling excerpt recounts the Gold Rush era's brutal competition and hopeful emigration. It includes letters from Thomas White and Ann Maria Hicks White detailing ship routes from New York to Panama in late 1849 or early 1850, Bennington residents awaiting loved ones, travel hardships, and vivid impressions of San Francisco and other cities. The narrative blends frontier commerce with personal longing as a family yearns for reunion and invokes religious observances and planning across continents.
A citizen named Herbert W. Lorenz asks six questions about Putnam Memorial Hospital plans for a new building with 90 offices. He questions necessity, impact on existing offices, ownership collateral, potential surplus offices for hospital use, prior funding drives, and whether funds could lower patient costs. He signs at 214 Union St.
John W. Mallery of Chevy Chase Maryland praises Pete Maunsell Historical Stage Tour in Vermont. He credits the two hour drive and lecture with conveying early Vermont history and igniting a lasting interest in the state. He urges readers to consider Maunsell as a spokesman for Vermont history and notes his own lasting appreciation.
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