Grant's self service stores open with trained salesgirls
Grant Co launches self service at its Bennington Flats store with a large staff of salesgirls to aid shoppers. Training includes attire and customer attitude as well as clerical tasks. customers pick items at open counters and pay at central checkouts. The March of Dimes chapter donates $500 to Albany center aiding birth defects.
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W. T. Grant Co
Carl Philips
Bennington Flats
Dorothy Mitchell
Glens Falls
N.Y
Bennington
Grant Co
William T. Grant
Lynn
Mass
Philips
Bennington County
March of Dimes
Albany
New York
Massachusetts
William A. Petersen
Petersen
Albany Medical Center
National Foundation of the March of Dimes
Red Cross Fund Names Bennington Area Campaign Chairs
Raymond B. Bowen announces local chairs for the annual Red Cross drive in Bennington County. Mrs. Merunowicz will lead the village, Mrs. Howard the rural area, Mrs. Parmalee Old Bennington, and Mrs. Kennedy North Bennington. The 100th anniversary motif frames a March 1 kickoff and March 10 house-to-house canvass with a $20 000 county goal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond B. Bowen
Bennington
American Red Cross
James Merunowicz
Clarence E. Howard
Robert M. Parmalee
Old Bennington
John Kennedy
North Bennington
Red Cross
Bowen
Bennington County
Gardeners Explore Ways to Inspire Pupils Interest
Plain Dirt Gardeners met at Old Bennington schoolhouse to discuss engaging junior and senior high students in gardening as a vocation. Colored slides by Mrs. Arthur J. Dewey Jr. highlighted members’ gardens and club events.
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Plain Dirt Gardeners
Old Bennington
W. P. Giddings
Arthur J. Dewey Jr
James Wallace
Benhi Junior High Hosts Semiformal Valentine Dance
Benhi High students held a semiformal Valentine Dance in the multi purpose room. Benhi junior Sam Greer was the disc jockey and Tony Pello with Diane Whitney were crowned king and queen. Barbara Powell chaired the event with Decoration, Ticket, and Refreshment committees listed. several chaperones attended.
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Benhi
Sam Greer
Anthony
Tony) Pello
Diane Whitney
Barbara Powell
Freda Betts
Wallace Mook
Mark Donavan
Judy MacDonald
Lee Gershaneck
Jane Shoemaker
Sandy Sawyer
Ralph Watson
Linda Rogers
Judy Dawson
Richard H. Caswell
Alan H. Page
Donald Ziter
Case of the Redoubled Cross Returned With Bullet Holes
Miss Evelyn R. Miller director of a Tucson branch library said a copy of The Case of the Redoubled Cross was returned with bullet holes. The report highlights vandalism at the library in Tucson Arizona.
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Tucson
Ariz
Evelyn R. Miller
Businessmen Plan Citizenship Meeting in Springfield Mass
Bennington businessmen will attend a National Chamber of Commerce Aircade for Citizenship Action in Springfield on February 18. The program covering Congress makeup, major issues, and business impact runs 9:25 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Led by Ladd Plumley and Arch Booth, the team answers questions on tax reform federal medical care labor unions and federal aid to education. Contact the GBA office for details.
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Bennington
National Chamber of Commerce Aircade For Citizenship Action
Springfield
Mass
Donald C. Hicks
GBA
Chamber of Commerce
Congress
National Chamber of Commerce
Ladd Plumley
State Mutual Life Assurance Company of America
Arch N. Booth
National Chamber
Thomson Mfg Names Production Manager
Charles B. Lack is appointed production manager at Thomson Mfg Co by general manager Kenneth W. Thomson. Lack brings wide knit goods experience from E-Z Mills in Bennington, Monarch Knitting Co. in Danville Ontario, and Norwich Mills Inc. of Norwich New York.
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Charles B. Lack
Thomson Mfg. Co
Kenneth W. Thomson
Lack
E-Z Mills
Bennington
Monarch Knitting Co
Danville
Ontario
Canada
Norwich Mills Inc
Norwich
N.Y
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MOD
New England
Grant’s
Red Cross Fund
East ST. Louis, Ill
UPI
Robert Bayless
Nichols
Fairdale Farms
Carton
Miss Whitney, Pello Valentine Royalty
Central Vermont Public Service Corporation
RED & White
Maxwell House
Depot Street
Main ST
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