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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1972
Page
3
Vermont extension expert urges careful planning before pool purchase. Notes include types and sizes, costs, permits, building codes, dealer reliability, and safety devices. Emphasizes including all expenses and written contracts with start and completion dates, materials, guarantees, and who handles repairs.
Weston Vermont owners plan an early summer opening May 25 for the Vermont Country Store Restaurant. The eatery, adjacent to the store, serves New England dishes in a Victorian 1828 house with two dining rooms and a mahogany bar. Breakfast and lunch are offered on weekdays through October, reflecting old Vermont flavors and rustic decor including the Tufts Soda Fountain and Bryant Room museum. Over 150000 visitors came last year from across the United States and abroad.
Building Inspector Paul Clerroot issued permits for new mobile homes for George Rogers on East Road and Arthur Watson on Chapel Road. George Corey receives a permit for gas tanks on Hunt Street. Vernet Hourand seeks alterations on Overlea Road and a Bennington Potters permit for a sign on County Street. Total estimated project cost is 33040.
Vermont Log Buildings, Inc. Hartland introduces The Woodstock, an all season log home with 11 rooms and two porches. It offers 2432 sq ft living space, two level wing for privacy, a gambrel main roof, shed dormer wing, and price of 9850 dollars. Kit plans and full line catalog available from Hartland Vermont.
New York advice from Frances Huber, Woolworth decorating consultant, on using a paint roller. Diagonal crisscross strokes prevent visible joins and ensure uniform color. Use thin coats, sparing paint, and supplement with bristle brushes for baseboards doors windows and ceilings Weeks promoted.
Alfrea us Weeks, a Banner newsboy turned pharmaceutical executive, has been named imanager for government affairs in New England by Sandoz Pharmaceuticals of Hanover NJ. Son of the late Earl Weeks of Bennington, he attended Sacred Heart School and Bennington High. He joined Sandoz in 1958 as a sales representative and has served eight years as regional sales manager for New Tongland. He resides in Bristol Ferry with wife Edna and son Michael.
Property transfers in Searsburg show Gordon Rice selling two acres and a house to Arthur Lind in Wilmington, and Rice Estate selling land to Roy D. Hoad in Wilmington. Leon A. Hall sells a camp to Kenneth Baker of Pittsfield, Mass. Howard Davis and William LaPorge are involved with Andrew Weller and Bennie Specacio in Port Jefferson, N Y. Karma Putnam transfers to Green Mountain Power Co. and Rudolph Nay to Rudolf Day in Searsburg. Other deeds involve John Garter of gearsburg Tol, and John and Inge Rao of Bathgate, N.Y., to William J. Leyden of Hempstead, N.Y.
Fiesta Restaurant in Eagle Bridge will reopen in mid June under new owners Captain's Cabin Inc of Williamstown after a sale from Mr and Mrs Perry Bugbee to Paul Snow and Thomas Dean on May 15. The Bugbees will stay briefly to greet customers after renovations.
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