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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1963
Page
7
North Miami service station advertises a water saving scheme with cars washed for one dollar and compact cars dunked for fifty cents drawing reader attention as a quirky local promotion from an AP report.
The Bennington Free Library announces new acquisitions across juvenile, adult, and fiction sections. Juvenile Non Fiction titles include The Elephants' Bathtub and Favorite Children's Stories from China and Tibet. Adult Non Fiction features So You Want To Be a Librarian and The Fire Next Time.
Brattleboro Vermont celebrates Austine School’s 50th with an open house from 2 to 4 30 p.m. at 120 Maple St. The residential school serves deaf and hard of hearing children from nursery through high school with emphasis on social and moral development. Montpelier Vermont hosts a Civil Defense workshop May 16 at the Montpelier Tavern from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. offering state program overviews and materials on emergency prep and medical self help.
On May 17 over 200 Scouts and Explorers from Green Mountain Council and Canada begin the 1963 camping season at Camp Sunrise. The event emphasizes cooking, with menus planned around reflector and Dutch ovens and camp gear packed on the back in one trip. A bugling contest judged by Richard Oxely, Middlebury College instructor, highlights Saturday’s program.
March contracts for future construction in Vermont totaled 5.2 million dollars, 17 percent below March 1962. Nonresidential 552000 down 18 percent, residential 3.08 million up 139 percent, public works 1.59 million down 63 percent. First quarter 1963 total 11.4 million, down from 1962.
Town Clerk Mary Hodeck lists transfers from May 8 to May 9 in Bennington. Patricia Illingworth Hill guardianship transfers property on South Street to George W. and Altha W. Kieffer. William J. Horst transfers ten acres on Whipstock Hill to James Bell. James Bell transfers ten acres on Whipstock Hill to Joseph and Monica Corcoran.
Bellows Falls based Mon ad nock Northern Railroad signs with the Operating Brotherhoods and Boston & Maine to run Steamtown U S A excursion trains over B and M tracks from Bellows Falls to Keene New Hampshire. May 19 begins 20 mile rides from North Walpole to Westmoreland with Keene moves in July for a merchants promotion. The collection includes 25 locomotives 8 cabooses a snowplow and more at the North Walpole engine house.
Veterans Administration official Charles L. Jacobs at White River Junction warns GI homeowners selling homes subject to GI loans face potential future liability. The buyer must meet VA credit standards and assume the veteran's obligations. guaranty remains, but loan entitlement must be restored only under strict conditions, including full payment.
Illinois brief notes that Young operates a beauty salon in Namely Advice ODIN. The item highlights a local business listing with no additional context or events.
The Vermont Retail Grocers Association will hold its annual business meeting at 4 30 p m on June 9 at the Woodstock Inn Woodstock. President Edmund Bednarski of Bradford and Secretary Carl R Smith will present annual reports. Four directors for three year terms and regular officers will be elected. A self pension plan for unincorporated owners will be discussed and a training film from Procter Gamble titled A Coin With Two Heads will be shown.
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