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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1962
Page
8
About 40 residents approved enabling legislation for a Bennington Council for a Turn Toward Peace at the Free Library. They postponed permanent officers to broaden membership and set an immediate action program including candidate questionnaires, study groups, introductory community meetings, and church action committee cooperation.
Williamstown officials survey audiences on turning the eight week company into a four-play festival running every fourth night. Executives Psacharopoulos and Brennan will present the plan to trustees after season ends.
An open Social Action Committee meeting at 8 p.m. Thursday in the Church Barn Old Bennington seeks to plan a religious and welfare program for migrant workers at Southern Vermont Orchards. Rev. Earle W. Forman will preside, with Rev. Robert P. Bell and other council officers in attendance.
Mrs Charlena Hilliard and Mrs Helen Delaney chair the Rebekah card party at 8 this evening in the North Street rooms. The Ladies Auxiliary to VFW Post 1332 meets at 8 tonight at the VFW Home on North Street. Mrs Burton W Potter and daughter Sue exhibited art at White Creek, with Potter’s pastels and Sue’s oils. YMCA Pool closes Sunday Sept 2 at 7 p.m. after summer classes. pool hours extend this week. Physicians Laboratories closes Aug 30 to Sept 4. ADV. 27-29.
In Leipzig a 20 year old machinist and his fiancée face party promises of a two room apartment in a future housing block. The couple notes factory gossip and editorials in Neues Deutschland shape daily work life and loyalty tests.
North Bennington residents report recoveries and travels with several family visits. Mrs Edward Worthington returns home after illness. Bernard Leamy family spent a week at Wells Maine with daughters Bonnie and Betsy. Jeff Crane traveled alone from Rye New York to visit grandparents Mr and Mrs Leslie Crane. The Cranes visited Paul Crane and family on George Street, Judy Crane hosted Janet McGeoghey while brother was away. Mary Meagher hosted Mrs Ernest Whitcomb and Betsy Meagher as house guests from West Brookfield Massachusetts.
Jef rey Jordan son of Mr and Mrs C W Jordan of South Williams town has been cast as singer and dancer in the Williamstown Summer Theatre production of Once Upon a Mattress He will be a senior at Mount Greylock Regional High School this fall and has served as president of the school chorus He also plays piano for a dance band and has appeared in multiple school productions The musical opens next week in Williamstown and runs through Sept 1 in 1959 context
Forty New England technicians forest ers watershed managers recreationists educators and industrialists signed up for a 17 day tour of Europe s forests sponsored by the Connecticut River Watershed Council based in Greenfield under Dr. Joseph G. Davidson of Mt. Equinox. The trip runs Oct 1 to 21 and aims to build a long term plan to assure forest protection for the Connecticut Valley.
The Hayden family from Williamstown acquired J H Winslow Plumbing Heating Supply Co and moved to Bennington area. David Hayden, 3rd generation, now operates the local firm while the Winslow operation continues under a multi family board. The Haydens plan to integrate into the community as Linda Corinne David start school in the fall.
Construction of the new $350,000 St. Joseph Business College is moving forward on schedule says general contractor Gerald E. Morrissey. Grading for the 4%-acre site is nearly complete and footings for the 17,000-square-foot building are finished. The college will be located on West Main Street near Catamount and address overcrowding.
A group of four boys shooting rifles along Roaring Branch River fired a bullet that pierced a house window and lodged in a catalog. Four youths, aged about 15 to 16, were apprehended by Bennington Village Police, with four .22 rifles held by authorities. The case, under investigation, will go before State's Attorney John C. Burgess.
Twelve students completed a four week Bennington High School typing course directed by Carlton Holmes. The program, in its third year, cost $20 and taught basic typing skills plus business letter formatting. Most enrollees were academic students seeking skill amid busy schedules. Classes ran 8 to 10 a.m. daily despite ongoing second floor repairs.
Large delegations from fraternal and civic groups attended the 2 pm service at First United Church Presbyterian Hoosick Falls for Mrs Charlotte Ruth Smith Fairbanks wife of Leo J Fairbanks. Past matron of Cambridge Chapter OES and town youth member.
Harold Ron Raynolds of Pomfret a Democratic candidate for U S representative from Vermont will present a formal campaign statement at the Bennington Free Library Thursday at 8 p m The Bennington County Women's Democratic Club sponsors the meeting Raynolds is in Bennington all week campaigning in the county A dinner for local Democratic officials and campaign workers is scheduled Saturday night
Tonight at 6 p.m. the Bennington Little League All Tournament team play their fathers and the mothers are umpiring. Proceeds from the expected torrid battle go toward improvements on the new field used by the Minor Leaguers this season.
Philip DeBlock 80 native of Paterson New Jersey died Monday at Warner Nursing Home Bennington after two years as a patient. Former National Bank of America employee retired 1954 then custodian at Mack Molding Co. Survivors include son Cornelius Arlington a grandson and great grandson brother Edward Mahwah. Funeral Thursday 2 p.m. Hanson Walbridge Arlington with Rev Charles W Grande officiating. Burial Evergreen Cemetery. Calling hours tonight 7 to 9 and tomorrow 2 to 4 and 7 to 9.
Admissions list includes Judith Martin Mrs Albina Houran Mrs Leonora Quacken bush Andree Bruneau Joan Burgess Deborah Patten Beverly Racine and others in Bennington Manchester Hoosick Falls and Hoosick Falls area. Discharges note Mrs Marion Cipperly and Mrs Minnie Bushee. Births record a daughter born to Mr and Mrs Edward Winslow of Bank Street on August 27.
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