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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1974
Page
3
The Big Brother Big Sister program of United Counseling Serving seeks volunteers to befriend a child in a one to one relationship. Volunteers plan regular time with the child and keep UCS informed of progress. Urgent need for volunteers. contact Michel Kimball or Betsy Yung at UCS, 442-5429.
Funeral services in Bennington and Arlington honor David S. Walker and Richard E. Bentley both died March 16 in Searsburg and East Arlington. Burial plans include Park Lawn vaults and Ira Allen Cemetery with Veterans groups presenting the flag. A St Francis de Sales parish rummage sale and meetings follow. London UPI notes a criminology piece on embezzlement.
Dolly Weinhold’s library search uncovers claims the Seabrook nuclear plant site lies atop a fault. She cites historic tremors since 1940 and a 1972 project manager assertion that the fault was inactive, prompting renewed AEC scrutiny of the $1.2 billion project by the New Hampshire PSC.
In Houston the Nixon Rather exchange drew applause for both sides as Rather pressed the President with questions on Watergate. The two men traded barbs and humor in a tense, nonpartisan air as Rather identified himself and sought answers, while Nixon answered calmly and referenced Rather’s TV reports.
Vermonters observe the centenary of poet Robert Frost on Saturday March 23 at the First Congregational Church Old Bennington in a day long Vermont Academy of Arts and Sciences program. Morning and afternoon sessions feature Richard Eberhart Margaret Edwards Phebe Chao and Professor Reginald L. Cook with a closing paper Robert Frost a Vermont Memory. Lunch at Monument Elementary School followed by two Frost films.
A state Department of Health and Bennington Home Health Agency sponsored Well Baby Clinic will be held March 29 at 1 p.m. at the Second Congregational Church on Hillside Street. The event is free and open to all area preschoolers. Dr. Manindra Ghosh will perform physical exams and immunizations including Mumps vaccine for children 12 months and older. Hearing and eye screening will also be offered. Appointments may be made by calling 442-5502.
The $103,660 Southwest Vermont Supervisory Union budget will be divided among seven districts by teacher count. Mt Anthony Union High School leads with 168 full and seven part time teachers paying 50,076 dollars, Bennington District 28,464, Arlington 9,900, Pownal 6,820, Shaftsbury 4,481, North Bennington 3,398, Woodford 731. The district totals cover 5,500 students, with elementary and high school counts at 2,995 and 2,505 respectively, down 320 from 1972 73.
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