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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1962
Page
3
Shaftsbury selectmen levy a one year 70 cent special tax to cover an $8,000 debt to local banks. Bills go out by Sept 1 as the town considers a town manager form of government and potential further tax increases. Grand List this year shows a small rise from 1961.
Fort Dix New Jersey Pvt Gary M Walk 18 son of Mr and Mrs Ralph C Walk of Pownal has been assigned to S Company Fourth Training Regiment infantry for eight weeks of basic training Walk arrived at Fort Dix last month and is a Bennignton High School graduate
Henry Hallenbeck of Brooklyn was at Hallenbeck Acres for the weekend. Roger Buccolo, who had spent the summer there, returned with him to his home in Brooklyn.
Robert B. Vail, superintendent of the Bennington-Rutland Supervisory Union, lists new staff for 1962 63 across districts including Manchester Center Scottsville Danby and Rupert. Open date is Sept 6 with teachers’ meetings Sept 4 5 at Manchester Elementary and bus schedules expected near last year.
The observer recalls a humming moth seen near phlox with hummingbird like flight. The creature hovered and fed on nectar while noting the season’s shift toward fall with cooler air and turning leaves. The humming moth soon vanished as the hummingbird returns briefly before departure.
The Albany Symphony Orchestra presents a Berlin disaster relief benefit at 8:30 p.m. Monday conducted by Edgar Curtis now residing in Berlin with Hugh Wilson on harpsichord at Troy Music Hall. Proceeds go to Berlin victims. tickets in Bennington at E. L. Nichols, Bennington Bookshop, and Adams Clothes Shop.
Weston Players stage John Millington Synge's drama The Playboy of the Western World at Weston Playhouse with William Lacey directing and Jacquelyn Brooks stars as Pegeen Mike. Christopher Mahon and David Murray deliver standout turns as Chris and Old Mahon, while the cast earns high praise for musical charm and lively Irish wit.
Williamstown Summer Theatre wraps its eighth season with the fairy tale musical Once Upon A Mattress directed by Nikos Psacharopoulos. The production features 14 songs, 20 scenes, 20 sets, 40 costumes, a 12 piece orchestra led by Arthur Rubenstein, and a cast including Mary Louise Wilson and Janet Sarno. Performances run Aug 28 through Sep 1 with shows at 8 40 p m on Tue Wed Thu Fri and 5 and 9 p m on Sat Tickets are at local box offices.
Vladimir Ussachevsky of Columbia University will lecture on electronic music at 8:30 p.m. in the Carriage Barn, followed by six works from the Columbia Princeton Electronic Music Center. The program is presented by the Bennington Composers Conference with performances by Max Pollikoff and featuring pieces by Ussachevsky Luening Babbitt Sessions and Malic.
Dorset Review lauds George Bernard Shaw's Major Barbara at Dorset Caravan Theatre. Cast includes Marian Boer, Larry Reed Morrison, Elizabeth Franz, Maria Mundy, Barry Dunleavy, Charles Dickens, John Anthony Ryan. Patricia Wyn Rose directs. Strong intellectual staging with intense performances and a stark set.
A year long study reported in JAMA found tobacco smoke from six cigarette brands including two filter tip types produced tar that caused skin tumors in mice. Filtered cigarettes yielded about one third the tar of standard cigarettes and showed fewer tumors with slower onset. The tar was applied to mouse skin after condensing smoke from machine smoked cigarettes. The tobacco industry disputes a cancer link.
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