Job Picture Looking Up DES Says
With spring near, Bennington businessmen expect a rising employment outlook. DES notes a 50 percent jobs gain in January 1965 and near 60 percent from February 1964, with 864 job seekers in February including 404 women and 115 veterans. Employers seek workers at three times prior levels, 147 openings versus 42 a year ago, while 69 Vermonters were placed and 12 nearby out-of-state jobs filled. Agricultural openings remain few. opportunities include social worker, manager trainee, clerk, nursemaid, waitress, toolmaker, and assembler roles. The High School Counseling program finished for all county schools. aptitude testing and MDTA surveys under way.
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Bennington
Department of Employment Security
DES
Vermont
Bennington County
Heart Fund Benefit Saturday in Pownal
A card party fundraiser hosted by the Pownal Center Fire Department begins Saturday at 8 PM in Pownal Center. Mrs John Barber serves as chairman. Pitch games follow the usual format and the public is invited to contribute. Refreshments will be provided.
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Pownal Center
Heart Fund
John Barber
Benhi Mathematicians Enter Rough Exam Contest
Twenty eight Benhi math students join a contest sponsored by the Mathematical Association of America and the Society of Actuaries. Adviser Alan Page says the exam is meant to spark curiosity about higher level math and that no one is expected to perform well.
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Benhi
The
Mathematical Association of America
Society of Actuaries
Alan Page
Page
Mead to Lecture at Green Mountain College Poultney
Dr Margaret Mead America's leading anthropologist will lecture at Green Mountain College Poultney on Wednesday March 10 at 730 pm in the college gymnasium. The visit supports the independent reading program with Mead books read by all students last year and followed by a math achievement note and a new exam for Grades 10 through 12 participants.
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U.S
Canada
Page
Math and Science Club
Second Patrol Car Ready as Trustees Plan Radios
Bennington Village trustees ordered a flashing red roof light and public address system for the new police car now in the village garage. The department will have two cars patrolling once fully equipped. A two way radio purchase and radio make debate dominated by concerns over cost and repair, with Motorola favored by Trustee Ormal Pierce for its service network and transistor savings, while others argue for other makes. Dow Chemical declares a 45 cent dividend payable April 30 to stockholders of record March 16, 1965.
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Bennington
Wilson Ford Inc
Ormal Pierce
Motorola
Pierce
Salvatore Santarcangelo
Midland, Mich
Dow Chemical Company
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W.H. Morse Construction Co
Davey Oil Co
Bennington Road
Bennington Flats
Buckler
Drysdale’s
GYP
Pownal
County National Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Margaret Mead
Poultney
Carton
Pepsi-Cola
Zashe
Main Street
Dow
Yardley
Eri
Bennington, VT
Mae
Main ST
Valances
Dacron
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