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Newspaper

Bennington Banner

Location

Bennington, Vermont, United States of America

Date

Jan 08, 1962

Page

3

Summer Invasion Girl Scout Roundup Set For TV Feature

New York reports the 1962 Girl Scout Senior Roundup at Button Bay State Park Vermont July 18 to 31 will be filmed for a 60 minute nationwide telecast. General Foods will produce with CBS stations airing in September and prints given to local communities.

New York General Foods Corp Girl Scouts of Cbs-Tv General Foods Girl Scouts Charles A. Culmer Culmer Savannah Libertyville U.S.A White Plains N.Y Charles G. Mortimer Vermont CBS Nationwide

Cambridge Area Families Gather for Holidays and Visits

Long list of local residents and friends visiting relatives and returning to colleges after holidays. Notable mentions include Margaret Aiken Richard Allen of Hoosick Falls staying with the Hamiltons in West Cambridge, several students returning to Radcliffe, Duke, Houghton College, Long Island University and Mt Hermon School, and staff at St Patrick’s Church and McClellan Hospital. A fourth quarterly conference at South Cambridge Methodist Church is announced for January 8. Rev. William Ingham, formerly pastor in 1927-29, is seriously ill in Ormond Beach Florida.

Richard Allen Hoosick Falls Harold Hamilton West Cambridge Betty Boeker Radcliffe College Mary Boeker Duke University Robert Beoker Center Cambridge Road Rose Marie Virtue Merrilee Davis Houghton College Dall Carlton Pierce McClellan Hospital Henry Dunbar William Burnett Albany Walter A. Dunbar Eoert Foster Moravia George E. McGeoch Lauderdale Road Harry Dempsey Sr Cambridge William Worth William Fort Edward Mildred Worth Glens Falls Mary Tabor Saratoga Edward Kyer Jr White Creek Richard Brownell Millington N.J Leona Scott Easton Jane R. Beattie J. Lindley Beattie Schenectady Leroy Holden Frank Holden Evelyn Holden Lucille Dustin American Airlines New York City Philip Dustin Susan Heath Kalamazoo Mich Peter Marcovich Mt. Hermon School Peter Matcovich Elena Matcovich Virginia Nennstiel William Neenstiel Harry Atkinson Bessie Miller Troy William Nennstiel Leo Jeskie Jr John Ericson Glendon White John Burgess John Greenwich Albert Ericson Beadle Hill South Cambridge National Commercial Bank and Trust Company Louise McNitt Harmin Shushan Gertrude Aiken South Cambridge Methodist Church Lawrence Larrowe William Ingham Ormond Beach Fla Ingham

Bennington Banner notices and subscription rates

The Bennington Banner prints daily at 425 Main St Bennington Vermont with AP news content. Subscription prices by mail for Vermont Rensselaer and Washington Counties and northwestern Massachusetts run 3 months four dollars twenty five cents six months eight dollars and one year fifteen dollars. Service men pay one dollar per month.

Bennington Banner Bennington Vermont Main St The Banner Publishing Corporation Associated Press AP News Rensselaer Washington N.Y Massachusetts

12-Pound Baby Born in Woodstock

Pammi Jean Towne weighed 12 pounds one half ounce and measured 24 inches at birth in Woodstock Vermont. Dr. James Woodruff called her the biggest baby he has ever delivered.

Woodstock Pammi Jean Towne Vermont James Woodruff Pammi

Irish Jesuit builds Ponape town model in Pacific

AP describes Father Hugh F Costigan S J a 47 year old Irish Jesuit missioner who inspects Bronx buildings to learn construction and helps Ponape Micronesia develop a model town with loans for housing clinics and sewing machines He is honored as Chief Lapen Mor by the Ponapean chief and urges practical aid alongside faith.

New York Bronx Hugh F. Costigan S. J Brooklyn Costigana Ponape Father Costigan Lapen Mor

New Episcopal Seminary of the Caribbean Dedication Planned

The Episcopal Church to dedicates the Caribbean Seminary in Carolina Puerto Rico with a two day program led by Presiding Bishop Arthur Lichenberger. Fifteen students from Central America Haiti Dominican Republic Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands study a three year course in a campus setting costing about 500000 dollars.

New York Episcopal Seminary of the Caribbean Carolina Puerto Rico Arthur Lichenberger Central America Dominican Republic Haiti Panama Virgin Islands Costa Rica el Salvador Guatemala Honduras Nicaragua U.S San Juan

American engineer killed in Saigon rebel ambush

Clyde F. Summers an engineer from El Monte California working on a U S aid project died Sunday from bullet wounds after a Communist rebel ambush 12 miles northeast of Saigon He was the second American killed by rebels in two weeks.

Saigon South Viet Nam Clyde F. Summers el Monte Calif U.S

New John Jay Film To Benefit Pine Cobble School

A new plot film Once Upon an Alp will screen Monday January 22 at 8 p.m. in Chapin Hall Williams College to raise funds for Pine Cobble School scholarships. Stars include Putzi Frandell and Don Powers with a 20 minute chase sequence filmed in Flims Switzerland. Tickets in Bennington from Pine Cobble students or Evans News. no door sales.

Williamstown Pine Cobble School Chapin Hall Williams College Bennington Pine Cobble Evans News Dudley Bahlman Stowell Baxter Putzi Frandell Don Powers Vermont Alps Flims

Amityville flyer, 80, vows to keep flying after crash

William S. Read an 80 year old real estate broker learned to fly five years ago and despite clipping power lines in a plane crash he and passenger Vincenzo Sesti Jr. walked away unhurt. Read says he will continue flying.

Amityville N.Y William S. Read Long Island Read Vincenzo Sesti Jr Huntington

Explosives Stolen at Toulro Zieres Air Base

A quantity of explosives was reported stolen from the munitions depot at the U S air base near Toulro zieres in Nancy France. The base information officer said details and timing of the theft could not be disclosed and the issue was escalated after a formal complaint to French police by Col Henry Laakman.

Nancy France U.S Toulrozieres Henry Laakman

WOTM Notes On Chapter Meeting Delegates Child Care

The Wednesday chapter meeting focused on Child Care with Miss Claire Ralph of the State Department of Social Welfare speaking on state procedures. Anna Bahan received a surprise gift and Christine Potter supervised the Italian luncheon. The next meeting is set for Wednesday January 17.

Claire Ralph State Department of Social Welfare Anna Bahan Christine Potter

Space Problems Create Market For New Tools

In zero gravity space work requires special tools at Marshall Space Flight Center. Engineers test push button and quick squeeze hand tools to reduce handling of ordinary tools. A simulated space test shows a mechanic on a frictionless platform using antitorque tools including a squeeze screwdriver, a squeeze pliers wrench, and a trigger operated spunfit wrench.

Huntsville Ala Marshall Space Flight Center Space Agency

Bernstein Honors Father's Inspiration

Composer conductor Leonard Bernstein marked his father Samuel Bernstein's 70th birthday with a solo piano piece. He performed an original meditation inspired by a Jewish melody and recalled his first public appearance at a Boston temple.

Boston Leonard Bernstein Sheraton Plaza Hotel Samuel Bernstein Bernstein Burton Shirley Boston Temple

Primate of Greece Theoclitos Dies at 73

The Archbishop of Athens and primate of all Greece Theoclitos died in Athens after a period of ill health from a cerebral hemorrhage. Born in 188? he was ordained in 1924 and rose through church ranks to become archbishop in 1957. He led the Greek Orthodox Church with noted administrative skill and philanthropy.

Athens Greece Theoclitos All Greece Calavryta Patras

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