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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1962
Page
10
The article explains selective herbicides and their limits for garden use. It cautions that no chemical kills all weeds without harming vegetables, emphasizes following directions, and recommends hoeing and hand pulling as best for most cases. It notes risks from vapor and residue and urges careful sprayer cleaning and child safety. It also mentions specific chemicals like Silvex 2 4 D Zyron and chlordane for soil pests.
Hollywood reports the Normandie Village on the Sunset Strip will be demolished for a modern hotel. Built in the early 1920s, the French provincial complex hosted silent era stars and postwar films, with exteriors used in many pictures. Notable residents and visitors included Richard Dix Billie Dove Jimmy Stewart Jean Hersholt Paul Muni Myrna Loy Clara Bow Joseph Schildkraut Edgar Rice Burroughs P G Wodehouse Henry Fonda and Michele Morgan.
County agents Mrs. Marion Harris and John Page addressed Bennington High School students in a town and country business program May 2. The Merry Little Breezes 4-H Club will be on WBTN at 9 55 AM Saturday with club leaders Mrs. John Harwood and Mrs. Roy Jacobs. Bennington County voters chose a new three year slate for the advisory board with Exten sion Youth Program representatives C J Decker Sr and Mrs James E Williamson Jr replacing retiring members. About 300 local 4 H girls range 10 to 20 in age and are building homemaking or future plans with 4 H mentors. A North Dakota leader’s verse lauds 4-H girls and the value of perseverance, hard work, and camp experiences as community pride grows.
The article explains how glacial till formed Vermont soils about 8 000 years ago and compares them to older and younger regions. It highlights Nellis and Stockbridge soils found on Fairdale Farms and in Shaftsbury and lists local farms benefiting from these soils and proper farm management.
Last week five area women attended the Homemaker N E Health Conference in Concord New Hampshire. Topics included health insurance disaster self help and radiation fallout safety. Day Camp plans and home demonstration workshops on glass etching textile painting tie dyeing and mold casting were announced. Local groups meet this month to discuss modern banking services.
About 800 Dunkirk workers pledged nearly half a million dollars to save Alco Products Inc nuclear components plant. The group aims to raise 3 million by selling stock at 100 a share to buy the plant and borrow 3.5 million to operate it, preventing 800 jobs and a 5 million dollar payroll loss.
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