Farm Bureau Field Day Planned for August 4
Bennington County Farm Bureau trustees announced Farm Bureau Field Day set for Saturday August 4 in cooperation with 4H units. Calves for auction will benefit 4-H with an auctioneer volunteering. A safety program will be presented, and 281 members are recorded. Next meeting June 18 at the Whitneys in Stamford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington County Farm Bureau
Alvan Lawrence
Shaftsbury
Farm Bureau
Ira Whitney
Stamford
Howard Hill
Sunderland
Henry Steel
Bennington
Olive Williamson
North Bennington
Everett S. Lillie
Merritt Morey
Rupert
John C. Page
Albert Horst
Chester
Windham
Rutland
Windsor
Whitney
Whitneys
Hickoks Mark 25th Wedding Anniversary With Surprise Renewal
Mr and Mrs Chester J Hickok of Burgess Road celebrated their twenty fifth wedding anniversary with a simple renewal of vows at First Methodist Church. The Rev Frank W Grippin presided and family gathered including son Robert Chester and sister in law Mrs Kenneth E Hill. The couple honeymooned in Vermont and Germantown Pa twenty five years ago and a late surprise celebration at home followed with a four foot cake organized by their son William.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester J. Hickok
Burgess Road
First Methodist Church
Frank W. Grippin
North Adams
Mass
Hickoks
Vermont
St. Stephen’s Methodist Church
Germantown
Philadelphia
Hickok
Franchise on Ice in Denver Office Demonstrates $25,000 Louisville Pay
In Denver AP notes an icebox sits in the American Association offices to symbolize the league paying $25,000 to Louisville receivers in 1956. Louisville was reorganized and remains a strong circuit member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
American Association Baseball League
Jim Burris
Louisville
Kentucky Club
Navy Forms Shipmate Group of Vermonters
The Vermont Shipmate Company forms at the Navy Recruiting Station in North Adams with about 100 youths to be sworn in June 7 at Rutland High School. Gov. F Ray Keyser Jr former Navy official William B France Admiral H Kent Hewitt and Commodore C A Bailey attend. Admiral Joseph A Wellings presides. After swearing in the new sailors fly to Great Lakes for nine weeks of training then leave to visit families in Vermont. Recruiter W E Talbert available in North Adams for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vermont
Navy
North Adams
Rutland High School
U.S. Navy
F. Ray Keyser Jr
William B. France
H. Kent Hewitt
Orwell
C. A. Bailey
Cuttingsville
First Naval District
Joseph A. Wellings
U. S. Naval Training Center
Great Lakes
W. E. Talbert
Special Vermont Company
Giving is Like the Twist Says Church Bulletin
A bulletin board sign outside Kennett Methodist Church compares giving to the Twist, stating you are not really giving until it hurts. The playful message frames generosity as a social action with a sting of effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennett, Mo
Bennington Banner Subscription Rates and Delivery Terms
The Bennington Banner lists home delivery by carrier and mail rates for Vermont Rensselaer and Washington Counties and northwestern Massachusetts. Rates include 3 months at $4.25, 6 months at $8.00, and 1 year at $15, with servicemen and other options noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington Banner
Main St
Bennington
Vermont
Banner Publishing Corporation
Associated Press
Rensselaer
Washington Counties
N.Y
Massachusetts
Cindy Tops Bennington Teen Top Ten Again
Bennington teens extended Cindy’s birthday into a fifth week as Johnny Crawford’s ballad Cindy’s Birthday holds the number one spot on the Top Ten Tunes survey. Paul Hurlburt directs the weekly vote from 9 to 1030 PM via the 9187 dial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Cindy
Johnny Crawford
Paul Hurlburt
Zames
Bobby Rydell
Connie Francis
Bobby Vee
Julie
Lettermen
Everly Brothers
Derby Sires Produce Four Triple Winners
Louisville report says four stallions Bull Lea Falsetto Sir Gallahad ITT and Virgil have sired three Kentucky Derby winners each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisvile, Ky
Bull Lea
Falsetto
Sir Gallahad Itt
Virgil
Vermont AAUW Annual Meet Opens in Bennington
The Vermont State Division AAUW annual meeting arrives in Bennington for a two day event hosted by the Bennington branch with Mrs. Theodore R. Beatty chairing arrangements. Dr. Anna L. Rose Hawkes national AAUW president will address the audience and participate in a panel Friday evening and Saturday position.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vermont
American Association of University Women
Bennington
AAUW
Theodore R. Beatty
Anna L. Rose Hawkes
Hawkes
Mills College
Oakland
Calif
George Washington University
Washington, D. C
Columbia University
U.S. Commission
Unesco
United States Advisory Commission On Educational Exchange
Eisenhower
National Board
YWCA
U.S. Advisory Commission On Educational Exchange
Finch Junior College
Vermont Conference On Aging
National Association of Deans of Women
William H. Wills
Elm Street
Four Chimneys
Margaret M. Dickie
North Atlantic Region
Maine
New Hampshire
Hakes
Dickie
Memorial Week Factory Store Sale at Pine Colonial Furniture
Vermont based TREEFORMS Inc maker of Tunbridge Tables announces a Memorial Week Factory Store Sale from May 25 to June 4 offering 10 percent off retail with ad. Primitive and colonial furniture factory seconds and Vermont gifts, including end tables, coffee tables, saw benches and rockers, available at Route 302 Groton Vermont store open daily 8:00 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vermont Treeforms Inc
Tunbridge Tables
Vermont
Groton
Barre
Wells River
Holy Name Society Dance for BCHS Scholarship Fund
The St. Francis Holy Name Society will host a benefit dance Saturday night at the K of C hall to support the BCHS scholarship fund. Joseph Latif chairs the event with Bill Hart's Orchestra providing music from 9 to midnight and a buffet lunch served. Tickets available at Quinlan's Adams Clothes Shop and Haynes Kane Furniture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Francis Holy Name Society
K of C
BCHS
Joseph Latif
Quinlan’s
Adams
Clothes Shop
Haynes & Kane Furniture
Bill Hart
Darvas Aims Broadway Musical Of Stock Scheme
Nicolas Darvas the dancer and stock market author plans a Broadway musical based on his get rich quick story. Jacques Wilson adapts the plot for a show estimated at 350000 dollars. Darvas says he has the means to produce it and hopes to succeed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Nicolas Darvas
Darvas
Jacques Wilson
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Anne Proud
Elm St
St. Michael’s College
Thomas Moylan
Agawam
Proud
Trinity College
THE
Waddell & Reed, Inc
Proctor, Vermont
Globe
Houran’s
Main & Safford
Vt. Aauw
Anna Hawkes
Bennington Bookshop, Inc
Plaid Stamps
Holy Name Society
Brighton
North ST
Free Christian Science
Gordon H. Smith
C.S.B
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Putney Rd
Brattleboro
Chevrolet Dealers
Chevrolet
Fisher
Corvair Monza Club
Chevy
W.H
Main Street
Eddington
Bennington, VT
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