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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1975
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by the Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street in Bennington Vermont 05201.
The retirement of Town Treasurer R Alma Langlois ends over three decades of service shaping Bennington's operations. The editorial urges an experienced successor and proposes studying a charter change to make the treasurer appointive, reporting to selectmen to streamline fiscal decisions.
In the November issue of the Common Cause newsletter Chairman John Gardner argues campaigns frustrate citizens and must focus on issues and citizen involvement. He urges ending packaged candidates while noting public interest centers on style and image more than policy.
West Coast reporters found about 50 percent of respondents could not name the nation’s 200th anniversary celebration tied to the Declaration of Independence in 1776. The piece critiques education and media for failing to convey the historical date clearly and notes eager celebrants misstate Plymouth Rock as Columbus’s landing site.
The Berkshire Eagle notes that private grain inspectors paid by grain firms create weight and adulteration problems harming American farmers and foreign buyers. It argues for federal inspection reform, ending private audits in favor of a federal system, despite strong opposition from big grain companies.
Fred L. Niemann of Lexington argues in a New York Times letter that a 1956 gag about presidents remains valid. He lists past presidents to mock the idea of continuous leadership and ends noting Ford proved the nation did not need a president at all.
Letters To The Editor from Mt Anthony Lodge No 13 F A M thank the community for toy donations and note expected greater need this year. They request good used dolls, stuffed toys, action toys, bikes, trikes, skates, games, books, puzzles for children from tots to teens, to be left at the Masonic Temple, 504 Main.
CARE presents its Food Crusade urging individual contributions to raise eight million dollars to feed twenty seven million people, mainly children, across Africa Asia Latin America and the Middle East. Executive Director Frank L Goffio notes overseas costs and U S government aid allow more than five dollars in aid per donor dollar.
A Letter to the Banner attacks Vivian Golbin for insulting views on Tibetan Dance. The Tibetan Music Dance and Drama Society and Bennington council urge better understanding and invite donations via George Eagle to aid local children. Acting Master Anthony Lodge 13, F. and A.M.
A historical look at Bennington’s once thriving black powder industry from 1849 to the 1860s. Explosions with little loss of life, key mills run by Lyman and Fenton, Walker and Harrington, and William Russell, and Col. Olin Scott’s influential powder machinery plant shaping Civil War production.
The story traces Col. Scott and the Bennington Iron Foundry from 1832 to 1913, noting his ties to the Vermont National Guard and town affairs. It covers Bennington Machine Works lasting to 1936, the foundry’s absence from the 1937 directory, and the Pleasant Street Foundry building now housing Thurber's Garage.
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