Checker Players Defy Uproar at Memorial Playground
At Triple Bar Ranch Memorial Playground two boys aged 8 and 12 refused organized games during a Western Day event. They kept playing checkers while others joined in tug of war and staged battles. Hayes claimed victory by trapping his opponent in a corner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Triple Bar Ranch
Memorial Playground
Bar 20
Timmy Clifford
Tommy Hayes
Checker
Hayes
Wall Street
Bradford Place
Main Street
Memorial Park
Rick Carroll
County Street
Carol Parker
Beech Street
Shilton
Interlibrary Loans Link Bennington Library to National Network
A Bennington Free Library article explains how interlibrary loans connect the 35000 volume library to nationwide resources. Researchers obtain masters theses and newspaper microfilms from Rutland Burlington Montpelier and Barre within days while lending materials to Harvard Martha Canfield Arlington and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Rutland
Burlington
Montpelier
Barre
Bennington Banner
Harvard University
Martha Canfield
Arlington
Benningston
Bennington College
Ford Foundation
Paper Strike at Gilman Paper Co Enters 24th Day
Gilman Vermont reports a 275 worker strike at Gilman Paper Co advancing to day 24 with peaceful pickets and no incidents. Union leader Leo Savage says company refuses money talks and seniority moves while production remains halted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilman, Vt
UPID
Gilman Paper Co
Gilman
Leo Savage
United Pulp, Sulphite and Papermill
Savage
Three-Year Jail Term For Rolls Royce Theft
Aylesbury England Stanley Smith aged 28 was jailed for three years for stealing a 1961 Rolls Royce limousine to cure his inferiority complex.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aylesbury
England
UPI
Stanley Smith
Bennington County Farmers Release 606 Restricted Acres
Nineteen Bennington County farmers released 606 acres of soil bank and feed grain lands to drought stricken neighbors for hay cutting and livestock grazing after the county was declared an agricultural disaster area on July 21. ASCS reports 561 of 1 988 soil bank acres and 45 of 190 feed grain acres were released with government payment provisions noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington County
John DeVito
ASCS
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Funeral services for Mrs Joseph Lyons former Stella Scott
Funeral services were held Friday for Mrs. Jo seph Lyons at Mahar and Son Funeral Home. The Rev Melevin R McGaughey officiated with bearers Bradford Jones Raymond Granger Jr and Herbert Macauley. Burial followed in Park Lawn Cemetery with committal prayers offered. Relatives attended from Albany Chatham N Y Ports mouth N H North Bennington Manchester and nearby areas. Representatives of Union Carbide Consumer Products H T Cushman Mfg Co and Bene Mont attended.
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Joseph Lyons
Stella Scott
Main St
Mahar & Son Funeral
Melevin R. McGaughey
First Methodist Church
Lyons
Bradford
Albert Jones
Raymond Granger Jr
Herbert Macauley
Park Lawn Cemetery
McGaughey
Bennington Briefs Highlights Local Hikes and Family News
The Bennington Section of the Green Mountain Club plans a Sunday hike up Danville Hollow in Woodford meeting at 1 p.m. at the Bennington Post Office led by John Johnson of Silk Road. Mr and Mrs Herbert F Dumas observe their golden wedding anniversary at home Monday. Harry Bates visiting cousin Agnes Adams in Shaftsbury from Aug 10 for several days. Mr and Mrs Tree of Detroit visited Mrs Tree’s mother Mrs Marvin White and attended a 50th anniversary in Middlebury. Terrace Restaurant special corrected to Pot Roast 2.25 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Green Mountain Club
Danville Hollow
Woodford
Bennington Post Office
John Paulson
Silk Road
Herbert F. Dumas
River St
Harry C. Bates
Arlington
Agnes Adams
Church Street
Shaftsbury
William Tree
Detroit
Mich
Mrs. Tree
Marvin White
Tree
Edward King
Middlebury
White
Walter King
Stanley King
Terrace Restaurant
Rt. 7
Pearl Buck to Speak at Mt Anthony Country Club Luncheon
Pearl Buck a summer resident of Bennington County will address a luncheon at Mt Anthony Country Club on August 27. The writer, known for East and West Association and Welcome House, will discuss an unspecified topic and tickets are sold through local libraries and Friends of the Library groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Buck
Bennington County
Mt. Anthony Country Club
China
Miss Buck
United States
Dorothy Canfield Fisher
Vermont
Bondville
East and West Association
Welcome House
Buck
Richard Walsh
Bennington Friends of the Library
Friends of the Library
Bennington
Bennington Seeks Bids for Town Village Pension Plan
Invitations for bids on a retirement plan for town and village employees have been sent to about 12 local insurance firms. Bennington Selectmen's Agent Alma Langlois reported that bids were mailed to the agents Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Alma Langlois
Old First Church To Observe Battle Day
The Old First Church plans a Battle Day service on Sunday August 16 at 11 a.m. with a history talk by George Van Santvoord, a sermon by Rev. John W. Vander Groef, and musical selections by Burt Rockwood Mrs John H Mason Dana Miller and a duet by Fred Waring’s America Our Heritage. The event features hymns O Beautiful for Spacious Skies and The Battle Hymn of the Republic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Bennington
Old First Church
Bennington
George van Santvoord
John W. Vander Groef
Burt Rockwood
John H. Mason
Coombs
Dana Miller
Fort Fairfield
Maine
Knapp
Ackeley
America
Fred Waring
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Bennington Briefs
Ermont and
National GS Bank
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National Stores
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Johnson Oil CO
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