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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1962
Page
3
In a family game night the Wassick clan head achieved a cribbage 29 with five of diamonds cut as the key card. The event, part of a women versus men match featuring Mr. and Mrs. Robert Russ of North Bennington, ended with the women winning.
A columnist recalls a cribbage victory over men after a 7 point pitch trouncing. She shares a wall cleaning trick using a pencil eraser that removes chrome marks, plus a birthday sledding memory on Vermont 67A with her husband Joe and kids, noting fun on her birthday.
Bennington Junior High, with Rotary Club help, holds first period assemblies each Wednesday featuring talks on citizenship, plays, and films. Principal Graham aims to foster ethical development alongside academics, led by Philip Viereck with local citizen guests and student hosts.
The schedule lists Monday through Saturday activities at the Red Brick School Shaftsbury School Bennington and surrounding venues. Events include chess club boxing instruction physical education classes boys bowling story hour wrestling and various group meetings. Daily options cover pool table tennis reading bowling gym showers and exercise rooms for Intermediate and Senior members.
AP recalls the 1912 founding in Savannah by Juliette Gordon Low and the evolution to a 50th anniversary with 18.5 million Scouts. The piece notes shifting uniforms from dark blue middy to green attire, the dropping of rifle badge, and the vast growth to 342 million members including 760,000 adults.
The 453rd QM Co. (Soc) held a Thursday night meeting at the Reserve Training Center on North Street. Capt. Virginio N. Perrotta conducted inspections while SFC William Frost and SSG Robert Kenyon led lectures. Capt. John B. Harte announced promotions from PFC to Corporal and Specialist Fourth Class for five and four soldiers respectively. The next meeting is set for Thursday at 7 15 p.m. with Class A uniforms.
Barbara Powers plans a early spring homecoming in Milledgeville Georgia for her husband Francis Gary Powers the U2 pilot after a routine cardiology exam at Georgetown University Hospital in Washington D C. Powers is expected to visit in a week or 10 days and the couple hopes for a family reunion with relatives who have not yet met him.
Gardner Mass. Mr and Mrs David W Crichton announce the engagement of their daughter Judy Corinne Crichton to S Sgt Donald Cormier USAF son of Mrs Alice Cormier and the late Leandre Cormier The couple plans a fall wedding Judy is a Gardner High School Worcester School of Business Science graduate and works for L and Z Kamman Co Donald is a Gardner High School graduate stationed at Fairchild Air Force Base Washington
Rev and Mrs Walker Taft Hawley of Manchester announce the Betty Louise to John Starr Greenman of Paxton Mass. Betty Louise Hawley a Middlebury College graduate 1961 now at Yale Divinity. Greenman a Middlebury senior from Hol dersmilk. They plan to wed Aug 25.
The Rev Ruth E Smith, age 85, expects to resume preaching in spring after two quiet winters. Since 1929 she has served Woodford Hollow Christian Advent Faith Bible Church, ordained in 1954 at the church’s request. She recalls 50 to 60 converts, 10 to 40 in attendance, and a life spent as a machinist in area mills.
The Community Welfare Council invites all religious civic and fraternal groups to send a representative to a 12 noon luncheon at Mt. Anthony Country Club. Joseph LoPiccolo reports efforts to map charitable work and to prepare an agency directory from returned inquiry cards.
School lunch menus list weekly meals for Bennington Elementary and Bennington Catholic High School. Items include varied entrees such as chow mein, chicken noodle soup, goulash, fish cakes, meat loaf, and grilled cheese with sides like mashed potatoes, beans, fruit, and milk across Monday to Friday.
The menu for Molly Stark School features Monday spaghetti with meat sauce celery sticks brown bread with raisins applesauce and milk. Arlington School offers daily meals including hot dogs with relish and scalloped potatoes Monday and a variety of soups sandwiches and desserts through Friday.
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