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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1962
Page
12
Town officials weigh steps to collect past due sewer charges as part of a village to town merger. Eldred and Daigneault dispute who holds authority to finalize the integration while plans outline shifting budgets and raising sewer use rates to cover maintenance.
The Burlington area dispute centers on contracts of DeMatteo and Morrissey with the Bennington Local 9 carpenters and joiners union. Spokesmen say wages of 2.75 and no strike terms apply for a year with 90 days notice to change. Out-of-state locals may be involved, while Berkshire projects halt as union seeks 3.75 an hour with fringe benefits.
The merger moves to form a union high school for southwestern Vermont as two Bennington districts join. Vacant junior high rooms would be repurposed for elementary grades to ease shortages, with rural grades 7-9 sent to the junior high. Voters hear financial benefits and shared elementary schooling prospects.
Bennington area craftsmen will be among about 40 entrants in Stowe All-Vermont Juried Craft Show July 26-28. Co chairs Mrs. Helen Beckerhoff and Mrs. Ki Wright noted local entries from Bennington Potters and Highland Candles with others from Manchester Weston and North Bennington. Judges include Mrs. Vanderbilt Webb Richard Jansen and Mrs. Robert Petit. The event is by invitation with professional judging, and a sale of juried works will accompany the exhibit.
Catamount Patrol from Bennington County departs for the 1962 Girl Scout Senior Roundup at Button Bay Lake Champlain. Eight girls from Bennington and Arlington travel with chaperones to join 8,500 campers from around the world for exhibits and demonstrations in July, with local visits and bus tours arranged.
The record lists admissions and new births in Bennington, East Arlington, Hoosick Falls, North Pownal, Whitingham, Arlington, Wilming ton, and surrounding towns. Notable entries include Mrs Virginia Burgess and baby boy in Bennington, Mrs Caroline Kimball and baby boy in Wilming ton, and multiple newborns and parents across the region with dates July 16 and 17 for births.
Summer hours at Old Academy Library. Dermody family travels from Burlington to Oklahoma City for Aeronautics training with a month away. American Legion delegates and district leaders named. News on births, visits, and local concerts from Julliard students at Bennington College. Marine Lance Corporal Reed returns from Camp Pendleton. Dr Durand office closure and local sales ads. 1942 Bennington High School class to hold 20th reunion at Mt Anthony Country Club.
Registration at Camp Sugarbush at the Jackson Road site in Pownal is complete. The camp runs July 23 to August 4 with work nights and grounds preparation ongoing. Names of past workers include Lloyd Pratt Dan Fager Ed Sweeney Bruce La Vigne and others.
Private services were held Tuesday afternoon for Mrs Helen Anderson Shields wife of the late Howard Hart Shields at her Old Bennington home. The Rev Frederick B Wolf of St Peter's Episcopal Church officiated and burial followed in the Shields family lot at Oakwood Cemetery Troy New York with committal prayers by Fr Wolf.
In Rehoboth Massachusetts an 18 year old Richard Chappelle Jr died in a car crash Sunday night. His parents were en route on a vacation when state police alerted Vermont and New York authorities. Vermont troopers located the couple at Shelburne Museum in Shelburne Vermont and notified relatives in East Providence Rhode Island to return home immediately.
Broad way producer-director Joshua Logan signs with Seven Arts to produce and direct The Careful Man based on a Max Franklin story. The suspense thriller centers on a husband wife confidence team with Audey Hepburn and Gary Grant sought to play the leading couple.
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