Try 7 days of FREE access to billions of articles

Start Free Trial

Bennington Banner in Bennington, Vermont

We have 494,038 pages in Vermont

View this page and access billions of articles with a 7-day free trial.

Start Free Trial

This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!

Start Free Trial

Cancel anytime, risk free

Not what you were looking for? Search our billions of articles

Advanced Search

Articles on This Page

This newspaper page contains 14 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.

Newspaper

Bennington Banner

Location

Bennington, Vermont, United States of America

Date

May 02, 1962

Page

7

Budget, Tax Rate Retained By Hoosick Falls Board

Hoosick Falls trustees kept the tentative budget and $37 per thousand tax rate. No action on raising library funds or Youth Commission requests. Town dump use approved for $300 yearly. new dump truck bids awarded to Delurey at $5,945. Garbage removal contract to Harold Parker at $5,000. Tree spraying bid won by Davey Tree Expert Co at 54 cents per tree.

Carl J. Kempf William Rourke Jr Youth Commission Alumni Association St. Mary’s School Hoosick Delurey Sales and Service Owl Garage Delurey Harold Parker Jose Rougeau George Valentine Davey Tree Expert Co Twin State

Organ Concert Sunday in Manchester by George Butler

George Butler, noted recitalist, will present an organ concert Sunday at 8 p.m. in the First Congregational Church Manchester. It marks the Vermont Chapter of the American Guild of Organists spring recital on the churchs $36 000 organ installed two years ago. Local organizers praise the Guilds selection and Butler as a skilled performer with a broad New England recital history.

Manchester George Butler First Congregational Vermont American Guild of Organists Butler Bra‘ntree Mass Eastman School of Music Harold Bauer New England Conservatory Boston Braintree Brown Universty Brookline Wayland Pembroke College Harvard Summer School Parsell’s Baptist Church Rochester New England Washington, D.C San Francisco Church Blanchard Stone

Hoosick Falls LL Tryouts and Minor League Plans Updated

Hoosick Falls Little League postpones tryouts to next Saturday May 5 at 1 pm at the Athletic Field. Major League auction set for Sunday May 6 at the American Legion Rooms. Kas mer Stempek named Minor League director for the season with a May 9 draft date. Mayor Albowicz announces a rescheduled May 3 meeting on the Westbound track removal with state officials and village leaders. Mr and Mrs William McMartin of John Street travel to New Jersey on business.

Hoosick American Legion Rooms Kasmer Stempek Hoosick Falls Village Board Planning Commission William McMartin John Street New Jersey Mr. McMartin

D C Writer Douglass Cater to Lecture at Williams

Washington reporter Douglass Cater, a Reporter Magazine staffer for a dozen years, will give a "Report on Washington" at Williams College Jesup Halls Thursday at 8. The free talk is sponsored by the Williams Lecture Committee. Cater has won multiple awards and teaches as a Ferris Chair lecturer at Princeton.

Williamstown Douglass Cater Washington Reporter Magazine Jesup Williams College Williams Cater Newspaper Guild Wesleyan University Center For Advanced Studies NBC New York Times Houghton Mifflin Marquis Childs Ferris Princeton Harvard

Dorset Pastor Accepts Call To New Church

Rev. William A. Chace Jr. resigns after five years as Dorset United Church pastor to become pastor of Easthampton Congregational Church in Massachusetts. His July 31 departure follows service at Dorset and a family of five with address on Church Street. A special meeting of the United Church of Dorset and East Rupert is planned after the May 6 service.

Dorset United Church of William A. Chace Jr Easthampton Mass Chace Miriam Mark Hall Joel Sara Carol Church Street East Corinth Massachusetts Andover Newton Theological Seminary New Bedford East Rupert

Opera in the Gay Nineties a Rich World of Scandal and Song

Joseph Wechs berg reviews Black Velvet and Red Lush a vivid blend of biography and history of the gay nineties and Edwardian era. Nellie Armstrong later Nellie Melba rises from Australia to fame through Europe and America in Grand Opera while wealthy patrons shape her ascent.

Europe Australia Nellie Armstrong Melba Nellie Nelba

Fresh Air Fund invites extended to May 15 in Manchester

Mrs. Howard Thompson chairs Manchester Fresh Air Fund inviting re invitations by May 15 for last year’s participants. Four of ten invited last year were re invited. officials hope to surpass last summer’s hospitality. Children arrive July 17 and stay until August 1 unless extended.

Howard Thompson Manchester Fresh Air Fund Walter Hayes Herald Tribune Fresh Air Fund Bennington County Thompson Hayes Vermont

One-Day Strike Ends at Sprague & Carleton Co

Striking employees at Sprague and Carleton Furniture Co in Keene and Milford return to work after accepting a new three-year contract with wage increases in the second and third years. More than 300 workers quit when the old contract expired at midnight. terms beyond wage raises were not disclosed.

Keene, N.H Sprague & Carleton Furniture Co Keene and Milford

U S Exhibition Proposal: Moscow and Leningrad Show

The United States proposed an American exhibition in Moscow and Leningrad to precede the Soviet participation in the 1964 65 New York World's Fair. The move follows the cancellation of plans for a 1967 Moscow fair and mirrors the expected Soviet exhibit at New York. The State Department sought a mutually agreeable date to align with the Soviet display.

Washington United States Soviet Union Moscow Leningrad New York State Department New York Fair

Three Area Students Win in Vermont Science Fair

Jonathan Dwyer of North Bennington won a first award in the junior division for Is the Metric System of Numbers Easier to Learn than the English System. Nancy Thompson of NBHS earned a senior division second place for Mice: Trial and Error Theory. John Secor of Arlington Memorial HS took a junior group second for Isolation.

Edmunds High School Burlington Jonathan Dwyer North Bennington Nancy Thompso NBHS John Secor Arlington Memorial High School Dwyer Miss Thompson Secor Arlington Bennington High School Barbara Paquin Bennington Catholic High School Ralph Lindsey The Vermont Headmasters’ Association Vermont Department of Education

Rubinoff Violin Concert Set for Hoosick Falls

Hoosick Falls Kiwanis Club hosts violin virtuoso Rubinoff Tuesday May 8 at 8 15 p m in the Hoosick Falls Central School auditorium. The famed soloist will perform a varied program on a Stradivarius insured for 100000 with several school assemblies and a Kiwanis luncheon appearance noted. Tickets available at Noveck Schultz Music Store in Bennington and local outlets. Stanley Fifield is ticket chairman.

Hoosick Falls Kiwanis Club Rubinoff Hoosick Falls Central School George Frazier Life Magazine Debussy Warsaw Addinsell Gade Davy Crockett George Brouns Central School St. Mary’s Academy Bennington Noveck-Schultz Music Kiwanis Thorpe’s Andrick’s Stanley Fifield

West Arlington Holds Cemetery Work Day and Social Updates

At a West Arlington Cemetery association meeting a work day was scheduled for Saturday May 12 with a rain date the following Saturday and start after 10 a.m. The event aims for broad participation after 17 volunteers last year. The issue also notes residents returning home after illnesses vacations and weekend visits and mentions the finale of the local cancer drive with donation options at the Wayside Store or Mrs. Paul Bedell’s home.

West Arlington Cemetery Association West Arlington Paul Bedell Wayside

Front Man Saved in Seoul as General Dismisses Life Sentence

South Korea's Gen. Park Chung-hee nullified a life imprisonment verdict against former front man Lt. Gen. Chang Do-young. The charges claimed Chang hindered the military coup of May 16 and sought to seize control of the ruling junta. Chang, army chief during the coup, had become premier and junta chairman, with Park as the actual power.

Seoul South Korea Chung-hee Park Chang Do-young Park Chang

Rhodesian copper belt workers strike for higher pay

More than 20,000 African mine workers in Northern Rhodesia demand higher pay eight shillings or $1.10 a shift and full paid vacation in a strike called for Wednesday, according to the South African Press Association.

Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia Northern Rhodesia The South African Press Association

Also Mentioned on This Page

Hoosick Falls Board Leo Albowicz Edith Beaumont Boston & Maine Railroad D.C Book Review Joseph Wechsberg Little, Brown and Co Ethel S. Drummond Martha Canfield Library Madam Marchesi Paris Madam Nellie Joan Sutherland America Nellie Melba Convent Garden London Paris Opera Italy la Scala Emma Calve Lillian Nordica Jean de Resthe Jimmie Rallis Bennington, Vermont Carol Foster Montpelier Mary Dillmann Caravan Mrs. Berry Wall Myrtle Beach S.C Barbara Bryant Charleston Williamsburg R.F.S Phil Kelleher White River Thorner Hans Thorner Chamonix St. Anton Cologne Germany Magic Mountain Burr Burton Allstate Victoria Fleming Richard Goodell Janice Kinney Lois Nichols Walter Rigney Burr and Burton Patience Brooks Carol Bow Norman Canino Joanna Dillman Jeannie Goodell Bert Hilliard Francis Markey Memorial Auditorium Bank OF Waterbury Waterbury, Vermont U.S Bennington Book Shop Parkina Bennington Banner Bennington, Web Ande Rand Gershwin Victor Young Chopin Drolla Dohnanyi Marion Bedell Ted Kilcoin Bernal Road Kilcoin Elmont L.L Charles Thompson G. Fiffinger Great Neck L.I Battenhill Charles Lowe Cambridge Johnson Connecticut Charles Chapin Blouson Gloria Swanson Drysdale’s
Search Courier

Search the Bennington Banner Today with a Free Trial

We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.

Not Finding What You Were Looking for on This Page of The Bennington Banner?

People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!

Looking Courier

Browse Newspapers

You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!

By Location

By Location

Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.

Browse by Location
By Date

By Date

Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.

Browse by Date
By Publication

By Publication

Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.

Browse by Publication