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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1969
Page
6
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New England Telephone Co. released a year end summary noting revenue up by 47 million over 1967 and a total of 4.6 million telephones in five states. Daily calls rose to 23 million, long distance up 4 percent, while net income neared 86 million. The report cites 216 million in capital expenditures and a decade total of 1.5 billion.
Mrs. Shirley Carroll has been promoted to manager of W.T. Grant's Bradford House Restaurant. She brings over 20 years in food service and has served as hostess at the Bradford House for a year. Previously she owned Carroll's Tourist Home in Saratoga Springs, New York, and now lives with her two children Walter and Jenny at 223 Bradford St.
Town Clerk Mary Hodeck lists transfers from Jan 16 to 23 in Bennington. Jan 21 members James McGovern Vincent McGovern and Lawrence Powers as administrator of Kathryn Lasser estate transfer to Sage City Syndicate Inc. on Main Street east side in North Bennington. Jan 22 Dean W Osgood and Joan M Osgood move to Gilbert V and Stephanie B Pongetti and Philip and Bessie Butte of Trumbull Conn on northeast lands formerly owned by M H Denio. Jan 23 Audrey Lachant Charles Fienberg and Rita Ebersman to Charles E and Anna Capriola on Merson Street extension north side.
The Vermont Maple Industry Council in Montpelier urged the legislature to rename Grade B maple syrup to Vermont Utility Grade while preserving the old designation for producers who prefer it. The move aligns with neighboring states and would be enacted through state law. The council also discussed Maple Festival plans, queen contest shifts, a new maple movie, pest control funding, seedling research, sales tax impacts, and March April Maple Time programs.
UPI reports Uriah Alabama couple W E Garrett moved a 100-year-old two story cypress mansion from Packer's Bend to a site along U S 59 eighty miles north. The move planned to finish by 1970 will add four rooms and keep the estate's air of majesty. A hidden Civil War era note found under a porch column quoted Federal reverses and called for an end to the war. The move follows a separate Massachusetts Trades School scholarship plan for Mt Anthony Union High School students.
In the Midwest the Forest Service begins a 26 week training program for Chippewa Nation soil technicians. Trainees will study administration soil classification hydrology and related fields at Bemidji and then work across the lake states. The program, using CAMPS MINNECEP and local employment offices, aims to expand opportunities for minority workers and bolster Forest Service staffing.
Burlington attorney Hilton H. Wick has been elected to the Middlebury College board of trustees, announced by chairman L. Douglas Meridith. Wick, a term trustee, is a partner at Wick Dinse and Allen and heads the Chittenden Trust Co. He has held multiple directorships in Burlington firms and Vermont corporations, served in World War II, taught at the University of Vermont, and is active in local legal and civic groups. Wick resides at Appletree Point, Burlington, with his wife Barbara Shaw and their five children.
Charles S. Shaughnessy Jr., president of Cushman-Shaw Group of General Interiors, announces A Merle Johnson as consulting engineer for H T Cush man Mfg Corp. Johnson, of Bennington, formerly plant superintendent at Hale Company Arlington after 18 years at Crawford Furniture, will aid Cushman's quality and delivery programs amid a strong New York market and expected 20 percent business rise this year.
Mrs Ber niece Reynolds of Manchester has joined Walker Realty here. She operated Colonial Crafts 15 years with her husband Henry Reynolds, features hand weaving. Former cryptographer in World War II, trustee and treasurer roles in local groups, active golfer and community figure. Friends attended open house at the agency. Washington UPI The U S Chamber of Commerce seeks to close the communications gap between consumers and business by distributing a 27 page guide through local groups to aid consumers with appliance repairs credit terms and merchandise issues.
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