No Paradise for Reliefers We Need New Path for Virtues
The writer critiques Faxon Bowen of Pownal and his homesteading plan for relief recipients. He argues self sufficiency would require modern support and warns many people lack the skills for subsistence farming. While admiring self reliance, he rues limited will and insists government efforts should not replace existing avenues to work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Faxon Bowen
Pownal
Bowen
Bennington
John
South America
Two Workshops Set Next Week For Leaders
Two area leader training sessions are planned for next week. Miss Anna Wilson of UVM will present on modern foods and quick prep methods at the Manchester Legion Auxiliary Rooms on Jan 9 and at the North Bennington Library Hall on Jan 10. The talks cover yogurt nutrition, USDA bridal packet info, and practical care for linens after holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester Legion
North Bennington Library
Anna Wilson
UVM
Five-Cent Commemoratives Due Early 1963 and Stamp News
Collectors await the 1963 Emancipation Proclamation five-cent stamp due mid February with first day covers available for requests before January 9. Notes cover stamps without United States markings, mint releases, and a new world stamp album from Scott Publications. Also mentioned are a 1871 proclamation medallion sale, local rumors of Winslow Homer commemorative, no current stamped envelopes, and YMCA Stamp Club January exhibit with Pen Pal stamp trading project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
D.C
United States
Project Mercury
Bennington
Winslow Homer
Ymca Stamp Club
Non-Citizens Must Register During January
Bernard E. Steen, district director of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, announced that all non citizens must report their addresses during January under the 1952 act. Except diplomats and UN affiliates, aliens must file form 1 53 at post offices or INS offices. Violations may lead to fines up to 200 dollars, 30 days in jail, or deportation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Albans
Bernard E. Steen
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Immigration and Nationality Act
United States
United Nations
U.S. Post Office
Immigration Service Office
Steen
U.S
Immigration Service
Thrift Shop to Reopen at Town Building Basement
The Thrift Shop will reopen January 4 in the basement of the Town building. It opens Fridays 2 to 5 pm and Saturdays 10 am to 12 noon. Items include a sewing machine fur coats a Wallace Nutting picture a pink boudoir cap dolls a fruit wall plaque and winter clothing. Donations of usable items are welcome though furniture and rugs are currently scarce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace Nutting
Princess Soraya Tours Mexico and Cuba Leaders Attend Revolution Anniversary
Princess Soraya of Iran arrived in Mexico City by airliner and left by auto for a short vacation in nearby Cuernavaca. She planned New Year's at Bruno Pagliai and Merle Oberon's home. Pavel Popovich led the Soviet delegation to Havana for Fidel Castro's revolution anniversary and Miss Felicita Fernandez of Paraguay was named world sugar queen at Cali Colombia. Miss Carolyn Lee of the United States, the 1961 queen, crowned Miss Fernandez.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soraya
Iran
Mexico City
Cuernavaca
Mohammed Reza Pahlevi
Bruno Pagliai
Actress Merle Oberon
Pavel Popovich
Soviet Union
Space Twins
Havana
Felicita Fernandez
Paraguay
Cali
Colombia
Carolyn Lee
United States
Miss Fernandez
Also Mentioned on This Page
West Mountain Farm
RT. 313
Arlington
J.K. Lasser
Bennington Bookshop, Inc
Main St
Dial
Middle East
USDA
Department of Agriculture
D. C
Collectors’ Corner
Henry Smith
Levittown
N.J
Scott Publications
General Services Administration
Eva Adams
Aelphia
Ben Casey
Bob Hagerman
Mother
Baby
Hagerman
Gertrude Kinney
M. Hagerman
Lincoln-Mercury
Ford Motor Company
Dick Scarafoni
Ford
North Adams, Mass
Bennington County
Mercury
Meteor
Monterey
Lincoln Mercury
Motor Company
Thrift Shop
Fidel Castro
Triple
Central Vermont Public Service Corporation
The
West Indies
Holland-America
Bennington Travel Agency
Evans News Office
Hollywood
Sealy — Englander
Troy Mattress, Co
Sealy Princess
Price
Englander Co
Mattress & Box Springs Reg
Sealy
Osvave
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