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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1967
Page
3
A nostalgic, humorous tribute to an aging family car nicknamed The Bomb. The piece recounts 90,000 miles, half-price purchase, frequent lake trips, quirks like a nonworking gas gauge and stubborn brakes, and the bittersweet fate of aging vehicles awaiting junkyard retirement.
In East Dorset a group of women learns slipcovers under County Extension Agent Marion Harris. They shape patterns from old sheets for sofa beds and chairs. Upcoming meetings in North Bennington Library Hall and Manchester cover curtains and draperies with practical decorating and construction ideas. Public tax help session with Dr Verle Houghaboom set for March in Manchester and North Bennington. Nutrition notes emphasize proper food temperatures and storage tips, while laundry guidance explains optimizing permanent press on older machines.
The Boston Globe magazine feature covers Stratton Mountain along with Stowe Mad River Vermont Crotched Mountain New Hampshire and Sugarloaf Maine touring trails. It highlights the Washington's Birthday Cross Country Touring Race in Brattleboro and profiles instructors Peter Juen Maysidore Hubert Schriebel with Fernand Morley and others in the region. The piece also notes cultural items including a Philadelphia Orchestra season at Saratoga and artist Colburn's Vermont show.
Burlington notes on future retailing from a 1970s forecast. Automated food stores in Western Europe, TV shopping from apartments via closed circuit, drive in service, and rooftop climatized shopping centers with integrated facilities. Predictions envision moving car shopping and malls ten stories tall with diverse amenities.
Estela Bringuer, an Argentine-born woman, will lead the American Symphony at Lincoln Center on April 25, becoming the first woman to conduct the 100 member orchestra founded by Stokowski in 1962. The program includes her own compositions and a piano concerto world premiere, highlighting her dual role as conductor and composer.
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