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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1963
Page
14
The union Lenten series launches with a Ash Wednesday sermon by Rev. H. Glenn Payne at Second Congregational Church. Payne frames Lent as a call for world change and interprets Jesus message unless you repent you shall all perish as the basis for a citywide Lenten reflection series.
The World Day of Prayer will be observed Friday at 2 p.m. at Second Congregational Church and at 7:30 p.m. at Missionary Alliance Church. Organized by United Church Women, the event funds global health and education projects with focus on Korea prepared service. This year overseas support aids African women and local efforts train residents to handle community issues including migrant workers and children. Benninton Council of Churches sponsors the event.
VFW Commander Louis Ross calls a joint meeting for Tuesday at 8 p.m. March is declared Reentry Month for veterans who left service. Auxiliary sets March 12 meeting. unit chairmen must file reports by April 15 for credit toward the department convention in Bennington May 31 and June 12.
A long hospital admissions roll names Kenneth Hill Bennington and multiple others from Manchester Hoosick Falls Mechanicville and surrounding towns. The notice also reports the birth of a son Mark Thomas to Mr and Mrs Lawrence Sanborn of Waltham Massachusetts on February 20 with Mrs Sanborn formerly Patricia Sausville of 128 Beech Street.
The Prospect Mountain Ski Club becomes official after 35 members ratified a constitution and bylaws. Three membership levels are set with fees and a junior program may be regionally limited. The club joins the United States Eastern Amateur Ski Association and plans a winter carnival with a junior ski race and a dance on March 9.
The stock market closed lower with the Industrial index at 669.97 down 0.83 points, Railroads at 151.09 down 0.32, Utilities at 133.77 down 0.41, and the Composite average at 238.09 off 0.44. Sales totaled 1,790,000.
The Regional Center in Burlington drew 133 pints of blood yesterday, the best showing in months, with 39 donors designated for a single patient at Albany Medical Center. Volunteers and staff across roles assisted, under chairmen Mrs. Parmelee and Mrs. Eugene Clark, including drivers, canteen crew, and nurses aides.
Dr. Paul Dudley White described atherosclerosis as one of the most serious epidemics, saying America has replaced infectious diseases with this arterial hardening. He spoke at the Atlanta Graduate Medical Assembly noting it thrives with prosperity.
Vermont forester Arthur Heitmann told about European municipal forests as models for preserving urban green spaces. He cited Baden Baden’s 13,800 acre municipal forest, selective cutting profits, and Recreation use, urging local planning in Vermont and similar programs in eastern cities. Heitmann’s group toured Sweden and Germany seeing automated sawmills, tree improvement, and renewed reseeding practices.
Shriners and Masons meet at 5 30 to 6 p m at Masonic Temple then go to Worthy Inn gathering. Rabbi Kaufmann speaks on Mystery and the Unknown on WBTN at 8 45 a m. Pre Town Meeting at 8 p m at the courthouse with Marshall Witten moderator. League of Women Voters sponsors meeting. Women of the Moose 1018 meet Wednesday at 6 p m. Knights of Columbus 307 hold first degree at 8 p m with 7 30 start. First Baptist Church bazaar steering group plans November 22 23 event and seeks ideas for the bazaar name. Junior ski instruction at Mt Anthony CC canceled due to Prospect Mountain races. Owl disrupts William T Eddington home. removed to outdoors. Iron Kettle Lenten specials advertised.
In Montpelier the Senate and House education committees plan a public hearing at 7 p.m. in the House chamber on three bills about educational television. Two House measures seek creation of a state ETV network with differing control. One would place the network under the University of Vermont, the other would establish a new state ETV authority to operate the facility for various educational interests.
Funeral services for Frank J. Vallie of Depot Street were conducted Wednesday at Mahar & Son Funeral Home and St. Francis de Sales Church with a Requiem High Mass by Rt. Rev. Msgr. Francis B. Flanagan. Bearers were Leon Greenwood Earl Dunn Stanley King Sr. and Stanley King Jr. Relatives from Cambridge New York and Manchester attended.
In Burlington federal court Bennington residents testified as the government presses its case against Buy-Rite Corp of Bennington and affiliates on mail fraud charges. Witnesses described bank accounts, correspondence, and warehouse plans as the trial proceeds.
Plans were completed for the Easter lily seal drive beginning March 7 in Bennington. Co chairs Dorothy Damour and Catherine Dermody lead a committee including Miss Marjorie Galvin and others to support the Vermont Association for the Crippled and the Children’s Rehabilitation Center in Rutland. Door to door appeals by Boy Scouts and former Junior Catholic Daughters will occur on Saturday March 9.
A bill by Sen. James L. Oakes would hire two part time legislative draftsmen to speed bill writing as about 500 drafts remain. Gov. Hoff held a meeting with leaders to discuss backlog and adjournment plans aim to finish by spring with a return to Montpelier in January to present a state program.
Soviet diplomats say Moscow expects the United States to understand that evacuating the entire Soviet military from Cuba is improbable for now. The administration believes Soviet presence, whether 10 000 or 17 000, does not significantly aid Communist efforts to spread unrest in Latin America. They cite Cuban sympathizers and regional socio economic problems as broader accelerants.
The Vermont Department of Health sponsors an Oral Sabin Type II polio clinic on Sunday March 10 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Kennington Catholic High School gym for ages two months through 30 years. Guardians must attend to sign consent forms. vaccine is free.
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