Atlantic Monthly features and park notes for readers
Friends of the Bennington Free Library highlight the December Atlantic Monthly with articles on the Supreme Court, Berlin, Colombia and Morocco, Africa's elites, California wines, the Catholic Church in America, Broadway theatre, Detroit mayors, and park visits. It notes 1962 Vermont park visitation, Route 7 relocation hopes, and CCC conservation payoffs. An Oakland Kaiser study warns mass transit users would gridlock Manhattan if they switched to cars.
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Atlantic Monthly
Supreme Court
United States
Gerald W. Johnson
Johnson
Berlin
Lucius Clay
Washington
Atlantic
Colombia
Morocco
Harper’s
David Hapgood
Africa
Latin America
California
America
Broadway
Detroit
Vermont
Conrad L. Wirth
National Geographic Magazine
Bennington
Wirth
Oregon
West Virginia
Florida
Monterey
CCC
Oakland
Calif
UPI
Kaiser Industries
New Jersey
New York
Manhattan
42Nd Street
United Church Women Meet at St Peters Parish House
A board of managers meeting of the United Council of Church Women convened at St Peter’s parish house Monday afternoon led by President Miss Marion Hardy. Plans were laid for the January 15 annual meeting at First Baptist Church Bennington with a 1 p.m. covered dish lunch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Managers
United Council of Church Women
St. Peter’s
Marion Hardy
First Baptist
St. Peter’s Church
Weseton Hadden
Dewey Bronson
Old Fashioned Yule Tree on Display
In Montpelier the Vermont Historical Society museum shows an old-fashioned Christmas tree from about fifty years ago. It features popcorn and cranberry strings and antique decorations from society collections, with gifts and toys of the era. Miss Ellen Gird reports UNICEF funds raised totaling 280.86 dollars during Halloween by churchchildren.
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Montpelier
Vermont Historical Society
The
State Administration
Ellen Gird
Unicef Project
Workers Needed To Prepare Yule Baskets
The Community Welfare Committee in Bennington invites volunteers to a noon meeting at the New Englander Restaurant on Monday December 9 to recruit help visiting homes on the lists from clergy and schools. Additional sessions are planned December 17 and 18 for parents to select toys for their children with YMCA toy prep, with contact number 442-4345.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
New Englander
YMCA
Brockway Named Acting President As Fels Takes Sabbatical
Thomas P. Brockway of Bennington College will serve as acting president from January to September while President William C. Fels is on sabbatical. Brockway, teaching since 1933, has twice previously filled in for absent presidents and will continue teaching his U.S. Foreign Policy course through spring.
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North Bennington
Thomas P. Brockway
Bennington College History
William C. Fels
Brockway
Bennington
Robert Devore Leigh
Frederic Burkhardt
Germany
Fels
Bahamas
Ann
Putney School
Europe
Greece
Italy
France
Ireland
U.S
Molly Stark Students Donate to CARE Fund
Molly Stark Junior High students from grades 7 to 9 contributed 10 to CARE per a release from CARE New England. The student council magazine drive funded a classroom supply kit for a Chilean school including four dozen pencils one gross of chalk 12 boxes of crayons two reams of ruled paper and one ream of drawing paper.
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Molly Stark
CARE
New England
Chile
One Fatality In VT Industry
The Industrial Relations Department reports one on the job fatality in November and 1 067 non fatals. For November last year there were no fatalities and 1 006 non fatal accidents. Through the first 11 months of this year total industrial accidents reach 16 fatalities and 12 151 non fatals.
Arlington Post 69 Plans Holiday Events for Children
The annual inspection by County Commander Kenneth Baker and First Vice Commander David Knights noted Arlington Post 69’s community efforts. A joint session with the auxiliary outlined Christmas plans for residents, shut-ins, and local children, including school parties and a veterans’ children’s party with Santa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlington Post 69
Kenneth Baker
David Knights
Bennington
Joseph Lee
American Legion
Arlington
Arlington Post
Santa
Air Force Seeks Qualified Nurses For Nurse Corps
Pittsfield mass qualified registered nurses will be accepted for the Air Force Nurse Corps in December January and February. Interviews and transportation arranged by Air Force recruiters Viock Teal with Captain Eleanor M Carey. Post 13 Arlington post and auxiliary plan a combined holiday party December 14 at 6 30 p m in their rooms offering a dinner and dance seen as boosting community service efforts.
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Pittsfield
Mass
Air Force Nurse Corps
Viock and
Teal
Air Force Recruiting Office
Eleanor M. Carey
Air Force
Post 13
Arlington Post
Lawrence Landau Receives Physics Honor at RPI
Lawrence J Landau son of Dr and Mrs Sidney L Landau of Coolidge Avenue and a senior at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy New York is among 43 students chosen for honor societies for academic achievement He was among 16 initiated into Sigma Pi Sigma the physics honorary The society is the newest on campus and selects top 20 percent of juniors and seniors who have completed at least one physics course beyond elementary level It sponsors events proctors quizzes and recognizes outstanding physics achievement.
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Lawrence J. Landau
Sidney L. Landau
Coolidge Avenue
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy
N.Y
Sigma Pi Sigma
Society
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Friends of the Bennington Free Library
Tree Market
United Church Women
North Bennington Road
Thomas
Amherst College
Playtex
Nichals
Union ST
Atkins
Main St
Bennington, Vt
Aluminum
H. Greenberg & Son
Governors Club
Entey Pats Bo Et
Catto Biome
Governor's Club
Wernors Are Club
J. A. Dougherty's Sons, Inc., Distillers
Philadelphia
Lawrence J.landau
Physics
Jada
Cadillac
W.H. Eddington
Bennington, Vermont
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