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Bennington Banner

Location

Bennington, Vermont, United States of America

Date

Mar 24, 1962

Page

8

Gloss Care Notice for Glossy Enamel Surfaces

Do not use cleansers that dull gloss. Use detergent solution or paint surface cleaners. Wash from bottom of wall or woodwork upward to preserve gloss and avoid streaks.

Vogue and Vanity Expands Sportswear Department

Vogue and Vanity opens a new detached sportswear area in the Putnam Hotel building on West Main Street. The 75 by 23 foot space features quiet lighting, brass fixtures, a green tweed rug, and a dressing room, showcasing sweat ers shirts skirts slacks shorts bathing suits and sports dresses.

Vogue Vanity Putnam Hotel West Main Street Alfred Hertz Helen McGurn

Jaycees Sign Home Show Exhibitors at Armory

The Jaycees Home and Sportsman Show at the Armory April 26 27 and 28 has booths selling by frontage foot with 10 foot display areas. Exhibitors include Fish and Game Montpelier plumbing and a TV firm with a new set. Prizes will be awarded daily. Proceeds fund Bicentennial debt. Ted Bird and Richard Nagel cochair the event.

Jaycee Armory Jaycees Fish and Game Department Montpelier Ted Bird Richard Nagel Cochairmen

Planning picture layout before painting to avoid wall marks

Consider trying new picture and mirror locations prior to painting to preview how they look and protect freshly painted walls. After deciding, remove old hooks and nails and patch holes with spackle or patching plaster.

Bennington approves 61 building permits totaling 665402 in 1961

A. Sidney Edson reports 61 permits issued in Bennington during 1961 for new construction and alterations valued at 665 402. Major projects include St Josephs College North Street 175 000 Putnam Memorial Hospital addition 14500 Depot Street supermarket 100 000 Salem Super Market addition 50000 and Banner Building along Main Street 50000.

Bennington A. Sidney Edson St. Joseph’s College Putnam Memorial Hospital Depot Street Salem Super Market George Felopolus The Banner Main Street Leon R. Eldred Elm St Richard Sleeman School St Margaret Woodard County St Mobile Home L. B. Kemmerer Short St A. J. Diamant Adams St Carport William Peat Margaret Lane J. P. Hammond South St W. A. Hall Union St Victor A. Agostini Main St Edward G. Letourneau Grandview Francis Woodward Cross Street Alfred King McKinley St Benjamin W. Banulis Coolidge Main Streets Lester McDonald East Main Arthur Vigneau Park St Frederick Harrington Beech St Loretta Levine Adams Bennington Potters Rockwood Mill E. F. Robbins Marilyn Street Morse & Butler Sportsman’s David Carver Washington Ave William H. Morse Martin Hunt Street Hans Gaye Silver St George E and Norman Corey Barber St H. Patnaude Merson Street Edmund Bushee Edward G. Merrill Putnam St Priscilla Weir S. Branch St Theodore Dawicki

Aluminum-faced Plastic Honeycomb Could Transform Homes

AP News reports a new aluminum-faced plastic honeycomb panel for exterior use. Panels are 3 inches thick with aluminum facings and 40 foot maximum lengths, offering high strength and insulation. Florida plans begin late this year with 2 3 and 4 bedroom homes priced from 5500 to 12500, constructed in a week.

Florida Central South America

White House to add perennials to rose garden

Pierre Salinger announced at a briefing that the White House rose garden will be redesigned to include perennials while retaining roses. The goal is color year round, with plants blooming at different times. bushes outside Kennedy's office were temporarily removed for the renovation.

Pierre Salinger Salinger Kennedy National Park Service Herbert Hoover White House

Finishing an aged end table with lacquer over paint

The answer explains lacquer should not be applied directly over paint as solvents soften the paint. Options include cleaning and repainting glossy black, varnishing the existing paint if sound, or removing the finish with varnish remover and applying black lacquer.

Pale yellows and cool blues in kitchen enameling

The piece notes that while Cool Kitchens Yellow is cheerful for enamel, pure yellow can feel warm in hot kitchens. It suggests pale yellow versus cool tones. Pale blues and greens are preferred as they convey a cooler ambiance.

January Construction Contracts Fell in Vermont

F.W. Dodge Corp reports January 1962 construction contracts in Vermont fell 2 percent from January 1961. Total dollar volume reached 2.27 million dollars.

Boston F.W. Dodge Corp Vermont

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D& D Jolivette Willow E.T. Williams Benn Gerald E. Morrissey General Contractors United Wallpaper Company Division MeSoto Chemical Coatings, Inc Edmond Bus Ba Os En Ernon Hollister Bennington, Vt North Street Michael Beshara Williams & Bugbee Addition Ronald Myers McCall Street E. Stryker Hawks Leon J. Boutin Sleeman St. Peter’s Church Main Pleasant George Panos County Ralph E. Bevis Morgan Street Vermont Gas Corp Thomas Mills Gage St Earl E. Hamilton Bradford Christian Missionary Alliance Church West Side Drive Crescent Boulevard William E Mildred P. Dailey Frank Farrar John E. Murphy Lincoln St Paul Lamoureaux Jefferson Heights H. Greenberg and Son Washington Avenue Franklin Street Henry Grenier Benmont Avenue Morse Building First Methodist Church Jefferson Avenue Henry M. Tuttle Co Greater Bennington Association South Street U.S King Co Banner Building Mildred Dailey Depot Streets AP News Washington Peace Corps Sandanona Brattleboro U. S. Peace Corps Experiment In International Putney Dewey & Sons McKinley Ave Bennington, Yt H. D. McDonald Electrical Contracting & Repairs South ShaftsbuRy, VA DIAL MR. Handyman Edgers Rug Cleaners H. Greenberg & Son Pratt ST Roofing & Sheet Metal CO Spyrofar Green Gas Ser Pownal Ctr Dial VA America Miles Lumber CO Arlington Winkler LP Stewart-Warner-Winkler Stewart-Warner Summit x
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