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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1976
Page
4
The Bennington Banner operates daily except Sundays and holidays under Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont 05201. The note records the newspaper's proprietorship and address for readers seeking subscription and contact information.
Editorial argues Jimmy Carter’s stance on pardoning Vietnam draft resisters shows courage and compassion. It contrasts pardons with amnesty, defends veterans’ sacrifices, questions postwar justice, and urges a reconciled American stance toward the draft controversy.
Discussion on vice presidential selection raises questions about Bob Doles role and possible run as Republican standard bearer in 1980. The piece notes his surprise at Ford comments and suggests he may push GOP reforms while a Steam Train event in Bennington draws public attention to Depot and River streets to view the Spirit of Ethan Allen the Green Mountains noted as a white elephant.
Near Old Bennington a new cemetery project forms as local leaders seek extra burial land for a growing population. John Robinson owns 80 acres near the southern entrance. Park Lawn Cemetery Inc. files articles of association on March 19 1908 and holds its first meeting April 2 1908. Five days later residents pool funds to acquire the site.
Bennington's Park Lawn Cemetery began with 12 men raising 6800 to buy 50 acres from Robinson and later 30 more acres. The first burial occurred May 14, 1908, Philip T. Ahearn aged 37, a native of Ireland. The cemetery expanded with a mausoleum built by Edward H. Everett in 1917-18 and a 25-acre gift for beautification in 1921. By 1976 nearly 9,000 burials have occurred with annual averages around 115. maintenance runs under Carroll B. Cross with a small crew. The cemetery later moved Revolutionary soldiers' graves to a central site and preserved duplicate burial records with the Bennington Museum. Next week: more on Thomas Jewett and Park Lawn’s mortuary chapel.
A Bennington reader rails at a misused phrase about President Ford and I, pledging to vote GOP ends with humor and local reminiscences. He notes corrections, cites a NBC misattribution, and recalls childhood friends, then thanks correspondents while sharing memories from Bennington and nearby towns.
Letter writer objects to Democratic candidate Robert Santway endorsing hitchhiking as energy conservation. He recounts a Burlington incident involving a 17 year old girl and argues the candidate’s language reflects outdated attitudes toward women, urging support for John A. Burgess instead.
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