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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1962
Page
3
A columnist reflects on the financial challenges of purchasing a home for a young couple. The piece treats home buying as a major life goal born from years of sacrifice, followed by continued effort to maintain and improve the residence as a family haven. It emphasizes prudent planning without drastic conclusions.
Miss Sandra Lee Johnson and Richard Donald Bisson wed at St Francis Church North Adams Mass. A reception for 100 followed at the North Adams Eagles Home. Rev Joseph A Scott officiated with family and hometown guests attending. The couple plan to reside in North Pownal after the ceremony.
The Bennington Banner at 425 Main St Bennington Vermont is a daily republication newspaper with home delivery by carrier at 7 cents a day and mail rates listed for Vermont New York and Massachusetts readers. Subscription options include three months four twenty five dollars six months twelve dollars a year fifteen dollars servicemen and other rates with advance payment required.
Miss Nancy LaFlamme of South Street, to wed Robert Houran on June 9, was honored at a bridal shower in the Catholic Daughters rooms. About 65 relatives and friends attended. Mrs. Frederick Young and Mrs. Rose Fosy hosted. A decorated shower umbrella, a special bar escort, and a tiered cake by Mrs. Edna Seymour highlighted the buffet lunch. The wedding will take place at Sacred Heart Church.
Announcement of the April 21 wedding of Miss Brenda Elizabeth Watts of Montreal and Brigham Quebec to Laurence Alan Sherwin of Shaftsbury and Shelburne. The ceremony at St Peter’s Episcopal Church featured music by Stanley R. Pike and a reception at Mt Anthony Country Club.
Community notices list film on vacation Bible school at Alliance Tabernacle with two co directors, church youth fellowship meetings, a Green Mountain Club work trip, a postponed Gold Star Mothers meeting, and a 10 day trip by Mr and Mrs William Thomson. Also reports Bennington officials and business leaders' activities and upcoming office closures and restaurant specials.
The Bennington Hoosick Falls Hadassah chapter schedules its annual luncheon and card party at Mt. Anthony Country Club next Wednesday at 1 p.m. Open to the public, with all proceeds to charity. Tickets from Hadassah members. information via Mrs Murray Gropman at 5318. Members aim to surpass prior year’s project.
The First Baptist Church Wom an's Society hosted a Mother and Daughter banquet on May Day with nearly 100 attending. A turkey supper, floral decorations, and readings marked the evening, led by Mrs. William F. D. Smith and others. Mrs. Nelson Eliott of West Newton, Mass., spoke on Mexico, revealing she had not visited the country, then urged reading to learn about distant places.
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Simone of Fort Wayne announce the engagement of their daughter Virginia Mary to John Joseph Wyman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Wyman of Arlington, Virginia. The bride chosen from Central Catholic High School works as a secretary at International Harvester. The groom, a Saint Michael's College graduate, is employed by Lincoln National Life Insurance Co. in Fort Wayne and both plan an August 4 wedding at St Patrick's Catholic Church in Fort Wayne.
Tom Northcott of Vancouver British Columbia won the Americanism essay contest among Castle Heights Military Academy cadets in Lebanon Tennessee. The competition aimed to sharpen pride of citizenship in the United States.
Mr and Mrs Leon A Breason announce engagements of daughters Marie Louise and Margaret Ann Breason of Springfield Vermont. Marie Louise engaged to Gerald F McLaughlin of Springfield and is an editorial assistant for the Assembly of Captive European Nations in New York City. Margaret Ann engaged to Peter M Durovich of Springfield and is a nursing student at St Elizabeth's Brighton Massachusetts.
Dr and Mrs David E Armstrong of Hoosick Falls NY announce the engagement of their daughter Sally Jean to Ronald Carroll Meyer son of Mr and Mrs Donald J Meyer of Ogden Utah Miss Armstrong is a 1958 HFCS graduate and alum of the University of Pennsylvania School of Oral Hygiene She will receive her BS in dental hygiene and public health education from Columbia University in June He will graduate from Columbia College in June and plans to enter Albany Medical College this fall The wedding is set for September 1.
Miss Marjorie May Hungerford of West Cambridge and Richard Earle Sutherland of Scotia announced their engagement. She is a Cambridge Central School and Alfred University graduate working for Metropolitan Life Insurance in Saratoga Springs. He is the son of Andrew and Grahm Sutherland of Scotia Arlington and a former Navy man now at American Wood Board Co Clarke Mills. The wedding is planned for June.
Nancy Anne Gibson of 496 Monmouth Road West Allenhurst will wed John Joseph Harvey of Bennington in July. Nancy Anne is a Asbury Park High School alumna with a Vermont education degree and a member of Gamma Phi Beta. John Joseph Harvey teaches at Neptune High School and is a Nordling Dean Inc. employee and member of Sigma Phi Epsilon.
A weekly school lunch plan lists meals for Monday through Friday. Dishes include Spanish rice with cheese sandwiches and fruit, beef noodle soup with crackers and corn, corned beef hash with lettuce sandwiches and beets, hot chicken sandwich with cranberry sauce and peas, and tuna with noodles plus peanut butter sandwiches and cheese wedges. Milk accompanies every lunch.
The menu lists daily meals from Monday to Friday with combinations like beef hash with green beans and milk on Monday and chopped ham on Tuesday. Options include vegetables, bread and butter, dessert, and milk, though Friday ends with a missing item.
The Molly Stark School presents a week of meals featuring Monday fruit juice hot dogs and chips. Tuesday offers baked hash spinach apple pie and cheese sandwiches. Wednesday serves beef vegetable stew peaches oatmeal cookies and milk. Thursday includes cheeseburger pickles green beans vanilla pudding and milk. Friday offers tuna loaf mashed potatoes peas quick bread fruit and milk.
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