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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1976
Page
18
Vermont apple growers seek federal permission to hire foreign workers for the harvest. The Labor Department certified 161 aliens, while producers request permits for 302. Many applicants lack physical qualifications, and last year only 9 percent of the 47,000 offered jobs stayed through the season.
Gilman cultivates an organic herb and vegetable patch using raised beds and companion planting, swears off chemicals, and plans to expand to supply area restaurants. He keeps a meticulous compost pile, runs a fiberglass greenhouse installation service, and collaborates with his potter wife Pat. He envisions sheep and horses on future farming plans while continuing carpentry and pottery work.
Downtown Bennington's historic preservation project continues with bid specifications for a new phase. Scape Unlimited reports bidding soon as work on the Pennysaver building progresses with a new cornice, 19th century style sign, awning and window box additions.
A 1967 Volkswagen was demolished at 3 45 this morning after the driver lost control on a curve on West Road in Old Bennington. Driver Alexander N Desamsonow 19 of Pownal and passengers Ralph R Garrett 19 and Mark E Caslin 19 of Bennington were treated for cuts and bruises and released.
State police investigate an unusual incident Sunday night at 11 49 when a dark sedan rammed a police cruiser near School and Pleasant streets then fled toward Shaftsbury. Officer Michael Martin pursued but the operator escaped before officers arrived. The 1962 Ford sedan is registered to Donald Moffit of Shaftsbury.
The Mt Anthony Union School Board meets at 7 tonight at the high school to hear reports on opening of school transportation mileage allotments and the 1977 78 budget with an executive session to interview candidates for the senior high principalship at 8 p m. The Bennington School Board meets at 7 Wednesday night at Beech Street School to hear committee and administrator reports. Parents Without Partners holds a board and business meeting tonight at 8 at the Heritage House Restaurant with a discussion and social hour. The Bennington County Democratic Committee meets at 8 p m Wednesday Aug 25 at Cole Hall South Shaftsbury. William J Kehoe a June graduate of Mt Anthony Union High School has enrolled at Woodrow Wilson Rehabilitation Center in Fisher ville Va and would appreciate hearing from friends.
New York Environmental Conservation Commissioner Peter Berle and Vermont official Gordon Piper announced a 10 000 pound per day average of International Paper effluent into Lake Champlain near Ticonderoga after talks at the Lake Champlain Committee meeting. Vermont preferred 6 800 pounds but accepted the compromise with a 20 000 pound daily maximum, while Berle warned current discharges run about 24 000 pounds daily and cautioned against a harsher cap that could trigger lengthy litigation.
An 11 year old West Rupert boy named Anthony Perkins suffered a broken leg when he rode his 10speed bicycle into the path of a 1972 Volvo driven by Dyanne Dewis of Monmouth New Jersey on Route 315 in Rupert. The car had light damage and the bike was destroyed. The youth was taken by Salem Rescue Squad to Mary Mc Clellan Hospital in Cambridge where he was treated and released.
A five day anti smoking clinic will run at Putnam Memorial Hospital from Sunday August 29 to Thursday September 2 at 7 p m. Howard Fish and his wife an R N lead the program co sponsored by the Seventh day Adventist Church and the Bennington County American Cancer Society chapter. Open to anyone trying to quit tobacco. Backsliders are especially invited. No charge for the clinic.
Funeral services were held for Everett J. Morgan of Pownal who died Aug. 19 at Crescent Manor with burial at Park Lawn Cemetery Bennington. Also noted are services for Rose Zovistoski of Queensbury mother of Henrietta Billow and Philip S. Dorman of East Pownal with multiple bearers and committal prayers.
In Bennington District Court Judge George M. Fienberg heard James O. Wright 16 plead not guilty to DUI and careless driving with fatality from the June 21 Route 9 crash that killed 16 year old James Ormal Pierce. Bail set at 500 and 2000 with conditions including 10 pm curfew and no alcohol. Others faced varied charges including no contest pleas for careless driving, guilty waivers for public intoxication, and pro forma not guilty pleas for leaving the scene, receiving stolen property, and welfare fraud in multiple towns.
Officials probed a blaze that gutted Peacham Academy, a privately owned former high school. About 125 firefighters from 12 departments battled the fire, destroying the 181 year old structure. The academy, Vermont’s oldest continuing private school, closed in 1971 due to finances and was later bought by local residents to preserve the village’s character.
Admissions include Forrest Bryant Martha Frechette Bennington Jeffrey Kelly Pownal births include a son to Michael Constantino Bennington a daughter to Douglas Bond North Bennington and a son to Frank Babcock Petersburg N Y discharges include Pamela Meehan baby Robert Bleau Willard Morse Marilyn Watkins Sean Harrigan Ruth Watkins and others. Saturday lists multiple admissions births and a notable birth Julie Ann Crawford Holland Nebraska and Sandra Richard and Arthur J Richard family connections noted.
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