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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1972
Page
4
In Hoosick Falls New York a dramatic two alarm blaze leveled an old Victorian cottage at 42 Parsons Avenue on Sunday morning. The fire roared twenty feet high lighting the sky for nearly an hour before firefighters brought it under control drawing many spectators and curious motorists.
In Landgrove residents reject early Green Up Day with Chucky the woodchuck predicting a snow storm. Landgrove sets Green Up Day for May 4 while Londonderry keeps the original date. Fire news covers a large Hoosick Falls Junior class scrap paper fire endangering neighboring properties and disrupting preparations for the Junior Prom.
Art scholar Raymond S. Stites of the National Gallery of Art will speak at University of Vermont events on Thursday May 4. He will join a panel on marrying art and science for survival at 2 30 p m in Carpenter Auditorium and later address the Sigma Xi Phi Beta Kappa dinner at the Sheraton Motor Inn. The program includes remarks by Richard Snelling and Robert B. Williams with other notable faculty and executives. Dr Stites holds a Ph D in biology and anthropology and a Art history Pt. his writings include a biography of Leonardo da Vinci.
Burlington Vermont Educational Television will air a program on Bangladesh led by Gordon Halstead and his wife. The Halsteads, Northern New England coordinators for the Emergency Relief Fund for Bangladesh, spent six days in March gathering data and meeting leaders. They warn monsoon rains may devastate roads and leave thousands homeless, urging immediate aid and local fundraising events across New England.
Raymond Calhoun, recovering at his Abbott Street home after a December 4 farm accident that cost him a leg, was transported to Putnam Memorial Hospital by the Hoosick Rescue Squad on Saturday night. Edith Beaumont mentioned in a fragmented line, with the same contact number 685-9103.
Albert D. Simpkins and David E. Quiera set out to raft the Indian and Hudson Rivers. They spent a freezing night in the woods after darkness halted progress. Simpkins died from undetermined causes as Quiera, exposed, was hospitalized. A search party located the raft at dawn.
Mrs. Peter Bent of Arlington will discuss proper diet at the North Bennington school library on Wednesday at 7 40 p m. Public invited to attend this meeting. Lifeguard openings on the Paran staff for summer are announced requiring an American Red Cross senior life saving certificate. Applicants contact Daniel Jager. William E Halstead to head staff and run two swimming lesson sessions sponsored by Paran Corporation and Bennington Chapter American Red Cross. Molly Stark Homesmakers meet with plans for May 18 at St Jon's Parish Hall to discuss health care with Mrs Ada Roach presiding. Mrs Lokady Shultz will represent the group at the May 1 spring council meeting at St Margaret Mary's hall Arlington with speaker Mrs Kay Prior from the state Extension Office. Hostesses were Mrs Thomson, Mrs Roach, Mrs Leo Keough, and Mrs Bidwin Luce.
Hoosick Falls residents celebrated a six day Rescue Squad field day highlighted by a $25,000 Callahan property donation from Norman and Selma Greenberg of Bennington. The gift covers two thirds of a block near Hoosick Street and First Street, aiding the squad’s permanent site needs.
Dr. Gertrude Hunter acting regional health director Region I Health Services and Mental Health Administration Boston will participate in ETV Medically Speaking series on May 1 at 12 noon and May 2 at 7 p.m. discussing Prepaid Medical Practices and Health Maintenance Organizations with Henry Albarelli Dr. John C. Laniman and Dr. George W. Welsh. A June 1 panel on Health Program Planning will include Mars Survey of Emergency Medical Services Boston and Dr. Robert A. Halden. Dr. Welsh will join Dr. Dora Sims and others in a Diabetes Treatment program to be shown May 17 at noon and May 18 at 7 p.m. May 10 noon and May 11 8 p.m. cover Wild Animals as Pets with Dr. Lester Pisher. May 24 noon and May 26 7 p.m. feature The Zoo More Than a Show Place with Dr. Pisher.
If you own and live in a two family house this may be of interest. Local notices highlight ownership, maintenance, and planning steps for multi family homes. Look for guidance on permits timelines and safety requirements in upcoming announcements.
A new toll free number provides direct access to federal employment information via the Federal Job Information Center in Burlington Vermont. The program, piloted in four New England states, expands nationwide after a successful test. Information specialists offer guidance on job opportunities requirements veteran programs and disability accommodations.
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