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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1962
Page
8
New York fashion writers report on mens tastes across dozens of garments from linen coats to sheer dresses and exotic silk gowns. The survey notes men favor ruffles, full skirts, long sleeves, and dramatic silhouettes including one shoulder and turbans.
Don Hight’s 1800 Herefords reach Winner South Dakota after a 65 mile trek toward a cattle auction. Snow eased feed issues and allowed the herd to move along fence lines across farms. Hight expects cows and steers to be sold separately with a projected gain around 360000 dollars and two thousand dollars saved by trail driving.
Vermont Fish and Game bulletin confirms Robert Hew of North Bennington was fined 105.10 and had his license revoked for three years for taking a deer with antlers under three inches during December 1961. The period noted spans December 1 to 31 and lists one convicted resident in the Bennington area.
A U S combat company from Co A 3rd Battle Group 6th Infantry completed movement out of Berlin Friday via the Soviet controlled autobahn. The Army said the final element cleared the checkpoint without incident, with earlier groups moving out on Wednesday and Thursday.
Vermont delegates to the American Farm Bureau annual meeting in Chicago met in Montpelier last week to review the convention and prepare a report for the state bureau. Keith Wallace outlined resolutions and policies affecting Vermont farmers including cropland adjustment dairy and international trade. The group urged actions in membership work clubs PR information programs teen nutrition and youth outreach.
A major inbound storm traversed the United States spreading snow and causing deaths and widespread damage. Temperatures rose from subzero to the teens as Western and Southern regions faced heat waves, floods, and power outages amid heavy snow in Montana Colorado and parts of the Midwest.
Trooper Peter Barton urged the Victory Grange to back expanding Vermont state police to 115 or more officers to curb rising small town crime. He asked Grange members to contact lawmakers and discussed the money spent on uniforms patrol cars and equipment.
Wayne Lamb, renowned choreographer, comes to Williamstown to choreograph Adams Memorial Theatre production of Sophocles Oedipus Rex directed by Dr. Joseph G. Stockdale Jr. The project marks a reunion with Stockdale, head of Purdue’s Experimental Theatre, and Stockdale serves as acting director while Giles Playfair is on sabbatical. Lamb brings New York and Michigan experience, Broadway credits, and TV appearances to the Williamstown effort.
The thrift shop resumes 2 to 5 0 on Fridays and 10 to noon Saturdays asking for a desk and coat rack for a local group and a piano not a concert grand, with contact numbers 5095 and 5945 in the evening. Juna Fuller Amuel Baker lead the first weekend of 1962 aided by Edward Morey Peggy Hang and Phyllis Cross. Overshoe demand remains high.
Walloomsac Bertha Hoag and Mrs. Arthur Wilson with family visited in Johnsonville on Friday. Several Hoag relatives hosted guests at New Year dinners and Sunday visits across Breese Hollow Hoosick Falls and East Hoosick. Jim Okerman returned from two weeks with his parents to Charlestown surfacing from the Sixth Fleet. Rosemary Hoag resumed duties at Putnam Memorial Hospital after time with grandparents.
Washington AP report on Kennedy briefing congressional leaders at the White House about 1962 proposals including a balanced budget defense spending and a broad foreign trade program The plan foreshadows debate on health care education and reciprocal trade as Congress opens the new session in 1962
North Bennington church members will gather Thursday night January 11 at 7 30 for the annual meeting preceded by a 6 30 supper. Reports from all officers are due. The Baptist Service Club meets the same day in the vestry of the First Baptist Church for supper and a business meeting.
Bennington County Industrial Corporation stockholders will meet Thursday at Mount Anthony Country Club. A free luncheon at noon precedes the business session. The main topic is a proposed new speculative building. The 1961 financial report will be distributed at the meeting.
New Year gatherings in West Hoosick as Harold and Amy Pine host and are visited by multiple families including Hunts Sieferts Bugbees and Hits. A surprise 25th anniversary party at the Sieferts’ home features a decorated cake and a silver tray for the celebrants.
The Hoosick Falls village Home Demonstration unit held its regular meeting Thursday in Central School rooms. Guest speaker Edward A. Baker of Bakers Nurseries shared slides from his trip to the International Floriade in Holland. President Mrs Charles Kavage presided with social chairs listed.
The Woman's Society of Christian Service will meet Tuesday January 9 at 8 p.m. at Mrs Joan Daviss East Street home with co hosts Mrs Laura Montgomery and Mrs Louise McDonald. Miss Stella Hawkins will read the first chapter of the new study book Under Orders by Roswell Barnes. All women are invited.
Toronto Rotary Club cannot meet the Metropolitan Opera of New York price, quoted at 100000 dollars above the group’s first visit 11 years ago, leaving opera lovers without the show this year.
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