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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1974
Page
3
The article offers practical charcoal grilling tips for steak, including selecting cuts, marinating, and controlling heat. It covers grill distance, flare ups, and using wet hickory chips for flavor, plus advice on timing, doneness checks, and venturing from charcoal to gas grills. It also notes the value of consistent charcoal choice and using electric starters for cleaner ignition.
Two librarians joined about 12 000 attendees for a week of meetings book exhibits and programs at the American Library Association Convention in New York City. Highlights included panel discussions on libraries and media film sessions visits to Weston Woods Studios and a tour of the Spanish speaking Bronx with unexpected adventures and renewed library ideas.
Marie Mathers Roe 83 of Bennington widow of Ernest Roe died Thursday at Crescent Manor Nursing Home after frail health. She was born December 31 1890 and married in 1913 at St Francis de Sales Church. Survived by two daughters five grandchildren three sisters. funeral Monday at St. Francis de Sales with burial in Park Lawn Cemetery. Memorials to St Francis de Sales renovation fund or Bennington Rescue Squad. Emery L Gray 88 of Sedgwick Maine died July 11 in Ellsworth Nursing Home. Funeral July 13 in Sedgwick with burial Camp Stream Cemetery. wife Eva Button preceded in death. Survivors include a daughter Nora Thompson and a sister Maude Stover.
The development committee of the Bennington Recreation Commission will meet at the Community Recreation Center on Monday July 22 at 7 p.m. Also Bennington Free Library offers two free children's films at 2 p.m. Saturday July 20 including Winter of the Witch.
Liberty Union candidate Bernard Sanders denounces the plight of seniors nationwide and in Vermont, urging a large federal program to boost incomes. He cites Vermont seniors averaging 1800 dollars yearly in 1970 and June 1973 Social Security checks near 165 dollars monthly, urging reform of the 5.85 percent payroll tax and ending tax loopholes and defense waste to fund elderly care.
In Vermont, the Public Service Board heard consumer attorney Tom Hayes urge Washington Electric Cooperative to seek far less than the 28.9 percent hike. He proposed a 19.4 percent increase, arguing the cooperatives needs are overstated and highlighting accounting discrepancies such as uncounted earnings from its Vermont Yankee power plant.
At a regional GOP meeting in Rutland, Central Vermont Public Service President James A. Griffin urged higher utility rates and faster Public Service Board reviews, seeking a 31.2 percent hike. The panel also discussed float of home mortgage rates, beverage container law reform, and campaign reforms with inputs from Vermont Grocers and banking groups.
Members of the Bennington Garden Club spent July 16 touring gardens in Cherry Valley and Cooperstown New York. They observed soil and weather differences vs their region affecting plant performance. Highlights included hostas roses delphinium and sweet peas while peonies lupines were less prevalent. A notable mulberry tree stood at a hostess home designed by the same landscape gardener as the Esther Parmalee estate. Rhododendron daylilies and blue chicory were abundant in the area.
John Chips Calloway was elected chairman of the RSVP Advisory Council of Bennington County at the annual meeting. He previously directed marketing for 33 years with G. P. Putnam's Sons in New York before retiring to Vermont. A Dorset United Church trustee and Manchester Rescue Squad member, he succeeds Louis Bellemare, who led the Council since its inception. Bellemare will join the Finance Committee.
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