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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1965
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by the Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street, Bennington, Vermont. The notice outlines the newspaper's publication schedule and corporate address.
Editorial reflects on 1965 in Bennington County emphasizing strong business, rising incomes, low unemployment, and broad prosperity. Notable milestones include Mt. Anthony Union High School, merging elementary districts, regional planning efforts, and Globe-Union Inc. plant opening boosting jobs and Grand List.
The Banner chronicles a year of progress including BCHS basketball state title, new buildings for post office and firehouse, hospital funding for indigents, and political shifts as Republicans gain influence. Tragedies like a fatal school plane crash and the death of Clarence Briggs marred the year while ongoing debates over bypasses water quality and local governance continued. Anticipated 1966 issues include water extensions unification planning and junk yard control with many surprises expected.
In Monday's Banner Carol Watkin writes about the new Bendi publication Cat Chat and notes the gossip column and Dear Hilda advice section. Miss Watkin also won the George Mason essay contest this year. Leonard J Black of the Bennington YMCA recalls a run in with a Pileated Woodpecker seeking shelter near U.S. 7 during a cold weekend.
A reflective editorial argues the Vietnam conflict is at a military stalemate with limited US and Viet Cong gains. It notes ongoing diplomatic efforts to end fighting, warns against escalation, and forecasts a future settlement aligning military aims with political goals. It compares with Korea and emphasizes restraint and peaceable co existence.
The essay laments campus planning and landscape at the University of Vermont founded by Ira Allen. It praises the Wilbur Library collection of 350000 volumes and the Ashenback statue, but criticizes sweeping campus design, urges better planting, and mocks Lagado style projects while praising the institution's historic achievements and a strong library program.
A reader Reuben Levin of Anthony Drive Bennington submits two brief poems The Spendthrift and The Miser to The Banner. The speaker condemns wasteful drinking smoking gambling and debt accumulation while urging prudent spending and moral reflection.
Hoff leads a push for larger administrative units in Vermont schools to improve resource use and education quality. The plan offers dollar incentives and local planning voting, with a final state board review if plans fail, aiming to reduce 250 plus districts into efficient, better governed units while preserving one room school concepts where feasible. The governor’s change in timeline remains unclear, but the push continues as educational quality is urged for future generations.
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