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Bennington Banner

Location

Bennington, Vermont, United States of America

Date

May 01, 1964

Page

3

Drysdale Honors Wulfson Rails With Poet Reading

A testimonial luncheon at Paradise Restaurant honored Jay L. Wulfson president of Vermont Railway as the state reopens 130 miles of the Rutland line between White Creek New York and Burlington. Alexander B. R. Drysdale reading from John Godfrey Saxe noted Hoff’s background and recited Rhyme of the Rail, praising the western rail service revival.

Rutland Railway Paradise Jay L. Wulfson The Vermont Railway Alexander B. R. Drysdale Vermont Development Board Gov. Hoff Rutland White Creek N.Y Burlington Drysdale Reading John Godfrey Saxe Highgate Middlebury College the Sentinel Chittenden County Hoff Saxe

Lee Tours Shakespeare Library in Washington DC

Benhi Lee Gershaneck toured the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington DC during spring vacation. The library showcases 17th century musical instruments coins Edwin Booth costume and replicas of Stratford hotels and Hathaway's house. Lee praised the Globe Playhouse model and painted interpretations of Shakespearean characters, especially Ariel.

Lee Gershaneck Folger Shakespeare Library Washington, D.C Globe Theater Edwin Booth Richard III Shakespeare Stratford Ann Hathaway Lee Macbeth Julius Caesar Henry V Globe Playhouse Ariel

Benhi Prom Set May 30 With Five International Themed Restaurants

Benhi Junior-Senior Prom scheduled for May 30 features the theme Love Makes the World Go Round. The gym will host five countries represented as restaurants, with a king and queen plus a queen's court to be named. Two juniors will be chosen as prince and princess and refreshments will be served.

Benhi

Vermont Factory Payrolls Rise During March

Vermont reported a net payroll gain in March as factory additions exceeded removals by eight per thousand employed, the first positive month since July 1963 and only the second in 20 months. Labor turnover totaled 64 per thousand with hires and recalls at 36 and separations at 28, led by lumber and wood products and textile movements, while non-durable sectors showed notable shifts.

Montpelier Vermont Department of Employment Security Department

From Now On At Benhi May 1 Through June 12 Schedule

A compact school calendar lists events from May 1 to June 12 in Southbridge and nearby towns. Activities include band concerts dance classes festivals theater banquets trips and culminating with baccalaureate and graduation.

Cambridge Mass Springfield Molly Stark Stratford

Benhi's Band Heads South to Southbridge Exchange

Benhi's Band and Chorus left for Southbridge Massachusetts for the second half of an exchange concert arranged by band president Robert Purnell under Director Paul Williams. Southbridge directed by Arnold Reppucci visited Bennington April 10 with two host homes per group and an elementary school concert schedule.

Benhi Southbridge Mass Robert Purnell Paul Williams Arnold Reppucci Bennington Bendi

Bennington Catholic Freshman Wins National Writing Honor

Jeni LaVigne, a BCHS freshman, earned a top twenty national ranking in Atlantic Monthly's 1963 64 creative writing contest for her story When I Became a Man about a boy and an old tire. She received a certificate and the June issue will list other winners.

Jeni LaVigne Bennington Catholic High School Atlantic Monthly Jeni

Turnabout on Lake Sadawga Purchase Prompted by Board Change

The Fish and Game Board approved a $50,000 purchase of water and flowage rights at Lake Sadanga Whitingham. George H. Plumb said new appointees and fresh action spurred the deal, with $20,000 down and $30,000 due in $3,000 annual installments and no interest.

Lake Sadawga State Fish and Game Board George H. Plumb Sadanga Whitingham Hoff Fish and Game Board Houghton N. Sawyer Sawyer State Water Resources Board State Supreme Court WRB Plumb Memc Ber Fireman Board Donald H. McNally Derby Joseph M. Wiltshire Healdville State Department Mater Water Resources Board Fish and Game Department

Perry Mason Declines LA County DA Endorsement

Los Angeles television star Raymond Burr declined to endorse any candidate in the Los Angeles County district attorney race. Burr, through a publicity secretary, said endorsing a DA candidate could spoil the show's image and that Perry Mason cannot endorse any district attorney as a matter of principle.

Los Angeles UPI Perry Mason Raymond Burr Mason Burr

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