Recruitment Begins for Local Waitress and Chambermaid Courses
The Bennington office of the Department of Employment Security and the state Department of Education announce training recruitment for waitresses and chambermaids under the Manpower Training Act. Courses run at Paradise Restaurant and New Englander Motel with two sections each, first sessions starting July 12 and July 26, and waitresses August 9. Open to unemployed females 18 or older with at least eighth grade education, applicants must pass a general exam. Chambermaid highlights cover safety, uniforms, cleaning, and special procedures. waitress highlights cover service styles, dining room manners, management organization, and restaurant sales. Contact the local Employment Security office at 604 Main St. Bennington.
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Bennington
Department of Employment Security
State Department of Education
Department of Education
Office of Employment Security
Main St
Joblessness Drops in May in Bennington Area
Uninsured unemployment in Bennington averaged 4.4 per cent in May, below the state rate of 3.0 per cent. April stood at 6.7 per cent and May last year at 5.3 per cent. Initial unemployment claims numbered 99, down from April’s 201. Major claimants came from apparel, service and private households, and contract construction. Continued unemployment averaged 331 weeks, down from 472 in April and 386 a year ago.
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Bennington
Frank H. Mudgett
Department of Employment Security
Bennington Youth Joins The Banner For Summer Reporting
Paul R. Hurlburt Jr. of 206 Putnam St Bennington after sophomore year at Brown University will work as a Banner reporter this summer. The 1963 Bennington High School graduate is the son of Mr and Mrs Paul R Hurlburt Sr His sister Lillian graduates this week and plans Skidmore College. He has worked on the Brown Daily Herald and will do reporting photography play reviews copy reading and headline writing during the vacation stint. This marks the fifth straight summer with a college student on The Banner staff and the first Bennington native to land the job.
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Paul R. Hurlburt Jr
Putnam St
Bennington
Brown University
Providence
R.I
the Banner
Bennington High School
Hurlburt
Paul R. Hurlburt
Lillian
Bendi
Skidmore College
Saratoga
N.Y
Vermont Librarians Elect Officers at Annual Meeting
The Vermont Library Association elected Ben Bowman University of Vermont as president at Stowe, with Kathleen Geary as vice president, Helen Brown as secretary, and Lillian Sappie as treasurer. The group welcomed 130 librarians and 20 trustees, urged a $75 million federal library funding for 1966, and noted two Free Public Library Service Scholarships remain. Sterling North won the 1965 Dorothy Canfield Fisher Memorial Children's Book Award, received by Willis Inman due to North’s illness.
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Dorothy Canfield Fisher
Elena Horton
Free Public Library Service
Sterling North
New Hampshire
Vermont
Rascal
Willis Inman
E.P. Dutton Publishing Co
U.S
House of Representatives
Vermont Library Association
Foreign Students Polish Up English At St Michael's
More than 200 students from about 20 countries will enroll at St Michael's College this weekend for the intensive English for Foreign Students program starting June 21. Since 1954 roughly 4,000 students from 65 countries have trained there to enter U.S. colleges. Professor Ernest Boulay notes expected heavy enrollment in the ESL institute and mentions a Master of Arts in teaching English as a second language. Hollywood reports Anthony Quinn has a new co production deal with Michael Cacoyannis after directing him in Zorba The Greek.
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Winooski Park
St. Michael’s College
St. Michael’s
Ernest A. Boulay
Hollywood
UPI
Anthony Quinn
Michael Cacoyannis
Zorba the Greek
Duval Signs to Play Janice Rule's Husband in The Chase
New York stage star Robert Duval signed to play the husband of Janice Rule in the forthcoming film The Chase. The UPI report notes Duval joins a cast led by Rule as production moves forward in Hollywood.
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Hollywood
UPI
New York
Robert Duval
Janice Rule
Middlebury 5th in Peace Corps volunteers ranking
Middlebury College ranks fifth among small colleges in producing Peace Corps volunteers. The college reports 42 alumni engaged in or recently completing tours, equating to 30.7 volunteers per 1000 students. Swarthmore leads small colleges, followed by Carleton, Wooster, and Pomona. Stanford tops large universities. Students have served in 22 countries.
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Middlebury
Middlebury College
Washington
Peace Corps
Swarthmore
Carleton College
College of Wooster
Pomona College
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Diane M. Whitney
Benhi
Ralf S. Kates
Paul Hurlburt
Banner
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Duval
Stanford
Hamilton
Elgin Eterna
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Idaho
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Pearl Harbor
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