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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1971
Page
6
The North Pownal Congregational Church will hold its annual meeting Sunday at 11 a.m. after worship, with officer elections, reports, and discussion of future plans. Community notes include a Valentine food sale Feb 13 at Pownal Center School and updates from local residents.
George Mason rises as a fictional 1976 candidate in a musical version of The Selling of the President. The show, directed by Ellis Rabb, opens March 30 at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco before a New York run in November. Produced by John Flaxman with Harold Prince, the production imagines Madison Avenue ads selling the presidency in an electronic vaudeville format with songs by The American Flag.
Public lectures at the University of Vermont features four speakers on environmental topics this month. Senator Robert W. Packwood will discuss Sex and Survival while Dr. William W. Ballard covers Extinction of Man and Dr. John L. George speaks on Pesticides in Wildlife. Dr. F J Mulhern, a USDA official, presents Agricultural Pesticides New Concepts and Controls. All talks are free and open to the public with sessions for students.
Stanmar Inc of Sudbury Mass opens a Wilmington Mt Snow office naming Orla W Larsen as manager. Allan Sones cites Larsen as one of the area’s prominent citizens. Larsen’s background includes ski lift design, Mt Snow school development, and consulting for New England resorts. Stanmar has built 2,500 homes in the past decade and operates leisure and year round home design programs at the new center.
Shaftsbury residents aged 65 or older with total annual household income under 4286 may be eligible for a state refund. On Saturday Ed Colvin and Tony Altobell will staff the town clerk's office from 1 p.m. to help file. Bring Social Security numbers, income records, and property tax receipts.
Police in Caracas freed 43 detainees from a hippie commune and gave 11 minors, most pregnant, a choice to marry to avoid prosecution. The item frames a moral dilemma tied to alleged crimes and social norms amid a controversial crackdown. Stanmar system showcases and resort plans are mentioned separately as a business pitch.
Williams College in Massachusetts reveals a 13 member cast for Tolstoy Museum an evening adapted from Donald Barthelme writings. The production features multimedia elements and free admission with performances February 18 and 20 at Adams Memorial Theatre. Cast includes Gordon Clapp Joan Hertzberg George Ebright Caren Pert Belle Boch and other familiar Williams performers.
Emily S Adler of Shaftsbury received a bachelor of arts in mathematics from Ithaca College and will join the May bac calaureate program. She is the daughter of Eric and Mrs Adler of Morning Glory Farm.
North Bennington SHB John Peckham, U S Navy, spends two week leave with parents on Hall Street before returning to duty on a mobile river base near North Danang Vietnam. Steven Peckham, 1970 Mt Anthony Union grad, leaves for Paul Smiths College forestry program in the Adirondacks. At the Baptist Women s Fellowship meeting Mrs Alfred Scott reads Woman Looks at Herself urging women to take church and community roles. Mrs George Delaney named to nominating committee. Feb 4 kitchen cleaning and bandage rolling planned. White Cross quota presented by Mrs Bernard Whitman. family night supper set for March 23 at 5 p m. Refreshments served by Mrs Robert Peckham, Mrs Robert Mackey, Mrs Ray Crosier and Mrs Charles Perkins. Gordon M Thomas named to dean s list at Illinois College of Optometry in Chicago. son of Mrs Ruth Thomas, married to Linda Riley. Fred Wellings reports unusual visitors to bird feeder: flying squirrels seen at Prospect Street, buff colored with white underbodies, about five inches long with tails equal to body length. Nocturnal creatures observed New Year s Eve and on several evenings, leaping up to 40 feet to feeder, staying about 15 minutes before leaving unseen.
An event titled Victorianism features Prof. Fred Stocking of Williams College at the Gov. McCullough Mansion North Bennington on Tuesday Feb 9 at 8 pm. It is the second of three Vermont Academy of Arts and Sciences evenings exploring Transitions in New England Culture focusing on industrial revolution social change in the 19th Century. The series began Jan 26 with Dr A M Steece on Puritanism and Yankeeism and concludes in late February with Prof H Gance Little leading a look at current New England culture. Public welcome free.
New York State Environmental Conservation Commissioner Henry L. Diamond announced that no party permit deer season will be held in the northern Catskills for the 1971 fall big game hunting season. He cited two severe winters reducing Adirondack deer numbers and noted antlerless harvests have balanced Catskills herds. Additional limited antlerless harvests may be needed in eastern New York and Long Island.
Manchester town clerk reminds residents of office hours 9 to 12 and 1 to 4 40. They request arrivals before closing due to heavy reporting. Also asks license certificate recipients to pick up hunting or fishing licenses given as Christmas presents promptly.
Albert A. Butkas former Hoosick Falls mayor and health official will be honored at the 30th anniversary reunion of Company C New York State Guard in Hoosick Falls Armory. The event features a social hour at 7 p.m. followed by dinner, with 6 p.m. officer elections by the NY Guard Association. Also noted are local student achievements at St. Mary’s Academy and Elks Lodge events.
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