Bennington Banner Copy Records WWI End Front Page
A 1918 Bennington Evening Banner issue found by Harold Griffin captures the Armistice morning headlines and town celebrations. The front mentions the Kaiser’s remark about going to hell, local siren wake up, and early readers like Ernest Griswold and Chief Brazell. The issue also notes Interstatesmen Drum and Bugle Corps winning $1,000 in Rome New York, and reports on Dr. Herrmann’s groundbreaking arm reattachment at Massachusetts General Hospital. Additional items include Burlington High School’s West Side Story cast, and social notes about Mr. and Mrs. Laurence Cramer hosting visitors from Cambridge New York while Cranes Music School reunion plans unfold.
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Laurence Cramer
Cambridge
N.Y
Bennington
Everett W. Turley
Bloomington
Ind
Turey
Crame Music School
Potsdam
State Teachers College
Cramer
Crane
Turley
Hedges Lake
Bennington High School
Beatrice J. Geiger
Indiana University
Red Sox Farm Pitcher Connolly Impresses In Olean
Pittsfield native Ed Connolly stars for Boston Red Sox farm club Olean in the Class D New York-Pennsylvania League with several solid innings. His father once played catcher for the BoSox.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Connolly
University of Massachusetts
Pittsfield
Mass
Boston Red Sox
Olean
Connolly
BoSox
Two Benningtonians Graduate From Kimball Union Academy
R William Aja and Philip Lyons Dewey, Bennington residents, graduated from Kimball Union Academy Meriden New Hampshire on June 2 in the school’s 146th commencement. Aja, son of Raymond and Elizabeth Aja, played varsity and junior sports and sang in The Eight. he will attend the University of Vermont. Dewey, son of Arthur and Margaret Dewey, played varsity lacrosse and soccer, won the Royal Burnham Townsend cup, and plans to enter Aurora College in Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. William Aja
Philip Lyons Dewey
Kimball Union Academy
Meriden
N. H
Aja
Dewey
Raymond Aja
Crescent Blvd
Jayvee
Kimball Union
University of Vermont
Arthur J. Dewey
Monumet Road
Concordia
Bennington Job Market Improves as Unemployment Drops
May results show 493 registered jobseekers, down from 685 in April and 12 months prior, with 85 placements and 83 open opportunities. Openings totaled 153, farm help demand declined, and 28 exhausted benefits under state law. Itinerant services run Wednesdays in Arlington and Manchester.
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Bennington
Department of Employment Security
Arlington Community House
Manchester
Court House
Table Hopping Shows Settings To Gardeners
Plain Dirt Gardeners opened their year with Table Hopping an event touring six homes. Mrs Frederic Burnham hosted a formal dinner table followed by tea at Mrs Loyal Nash Miss Margaretta Schuyler arranged breakfast for two Mrs Donald Hemenway hosted luncheon Mrs Arthur J Dewey welcomed an informal dinner and Mrs Henry Doane served dessert All homes were attractively decorated with Mrs Hall Cushman chairing the program.
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Frederic Burnham
Loyal Nash
Margaretta Schuyler
Donald Hemenway
Arthur J. Dewey
Henry Doane
Hall Cushman
Bennington HS Joins Pilot for Unified Student Records
Vermont launches the Cooperative Plan for Guidance and Admission in a ten-state pilot. Bennington High School is among twelve Vermont schools testing a Comprehensive Student Report to streamline college admission data and aid direct job market placement. Educational Testing Service handles data processing from Princeton, with Dr. Max Barrows and Jim F. Cawley overseeing the Vermont demonstration.
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Vermont
Spaulding
Bellows Falls
Bennington
Middlebury Union
Peoples Academy
Rutland
Hartford
Rice Memorial
St. Johnsbury Academy
Bristol
Winooski
Woodstock Union
Princeton
N.J
United States
CPGA
Max Barrows
Jim F. Cawley
Whippes Mark 42nd Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Howard Whipples of 115 Elm St observed their 42nd wedding anniversary yesterday. They wed June 14 1920 at St Thomas Church Adams Mass by the late Rev Fr Thomas C O Connor. Mrs Whipple was born Anna Gannon of Adams. They have one daughter Mrs Walter Gavin and three grandchildren Colleen Ann Patrick Howard and Sharon Marie all of Bennington.
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Howard Whippe
Elm St
St. Thomas Church
Adams
Mass
Thomas C. O’connor
Whipple
Anna Gannon
Mrs
Walter
Joyce) Gavin
Colleen Ann
Patrick Howard
Sharon Marie
Bennington
Pittsfield Man Receives RPI Degree in Engineering Management
A. Richard Edson of Pittsfield earned a master’s in engineering management from RPI in Troy as part of the General Electric Engineering Department, Ordinance Division. He is a Adams High School and RPI graduate, married to Dorothy Smith of Clocksville, with three children. He served in the 13th Army Air Task Force in the South Pacific during World War II.
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General Electric Engineering Department
RPI
Troy
Edson
Adams High School
Dorothy Smith
Clocksville
N.Y
Richard Lee
Gregory Allen
Elizabeth
13Th Army Air Task Force
South Pacific
TV Schedule Snips and News Highlights
Local TV radio listings detail WTEN CH10 WEY TEN and WEY channels with a full night of programming including sports, dramas, news, and children’s shows. Notable items include Walter Cronkite news, Rawhide, Route 66, Twilight Zone, Captain Kangaroo, Sky King, King Leonardo cartoons, and NBC/CAP programs.
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Walter Cronkite
Rawhide
Route 66
Father
The Big Shot Evening Radio Schedule
A listing of TV and radio segments with times from 6:30 to 11:20 including The Big Shot Evening Report Tri State Patrol Margle The Tothaways 77 Sunset Strip The Corrupters and The Texas Rangers as program slots.
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Margle
Sunset Strip
the Corrupters
Texas Rangers
Wild Bill Hickok
Jeff’s Collie
Hebrew School Plans to Conduct Religious Service
Saratoga Springs readers learn a Hebrew school service will be held at the synagogue Sunday at 10 a.m. Invitations go to parents and friends. After dismissal on June 22 Saratoga Raceway will admit children 16 and under with a guardian until fall, with five and under always barred.
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Hebrew School
Children of
Temple Beth
Saratoga Springs
Saratoga County
Saratoga Raceway
Worto News Almanac Sign On at WBTN 10 AM
Local and world weather updates feature on WBTN 1370 AM at 10 00 with the Morning Almanac segment. The broadcast combines weather forecasts and community news for Worton area listeners.
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Morning Devotion
Chanticleer
Worto
Worlo
Arthur
Also Mentioned on This Page
By Agnes Rockwood
Bennington Evening Banner
Harold Griffin
Main St
W. E. Bacon
Sunderland
Associated Press
Banner
North Bennington
Telephone Exchange
The
Frank E. Howe
W. H. Bradford
Bradford Mill
Ernest T. Griswold
Willa Ed
Patrick Brazell
CC. Fremont Barns
Hell
Holland
Drysdale’s
E. L. Nichols
Burt Bros
Interstatesmen
Rome N.Y
Reilly Raiders
Philadelphia
Crusaders
Irondequoit
New York State
American Legion
Bonnie Scots
Wormleysburg
Salamanca
Black Knights
Color Guard
Berkshire County
Rensselaer County
John Herrmann
Massachusetts General Hospital
Everett Knowles Jr
Time Magazine
Dr. Herrmann
Kenneth Herrmann
Rochester, N.Y
Sally Evens
Alan Evens
Elm Street
Robert Shaw
Norman Boyden
Burlington
Esther Remington
Jefferson Avenue
Burlington High School
Norman
Anne Remington
Burlington Sunday News
Boyden
Red Sox Farmer
Philip L. Dewey
Custom American
FORD
Fairlane
Wheel
Bennington HS
Howard Whipples
A. Richard Edson
Richard Is
Mr. and
Mrs. A. Sidney Edson of
WTEN
A.M
Roy Rogers
Sky King
WRGB
Rockie and
Earle Pudney
Huntley Brinkley
Chet Huntley
Parsons
Wey
Tri-State
Mets
Chicago
Ted Heath
Bennington Battlefield
Grand Union
Triple “S
WBTN
Minday
Johnny Hart
MYSE
Heart OF
Juliet Jones
Julie
Blondie
Barber College
Steve Canyon
Colonel. Darling
Dad
Hilary
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