Government Seizes Giant Economy Coffee Jars
The Food and Drug Administration seized over 5400 giant economy size Maxwell House instant coffee jars in Illinois for misleading labeling that implied lower cost per ounce. Senator Hart praised the action while President Kennedy urged broader labeling reform to help consumers compare unit costs across brands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maxwell House
Food and Drug Administration
Illinois
National Tea Co
Philip A. Hart D. Mich
Senate Antitrust and Monopoly Subcommittee
Kennedy
Congress
Hart Subcommittee
Vision Defects In School Youth Explained At Bennington Luncheon
Bennington Rotarians heard Dr. Willard Goyette discuss vision defects among U S youths. He cited that improper lighting glare and desk placement contribute to about 60 percent rise in vision problems for ages 6 to 12 with 21 percent of first graders affected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Bennington
Mt. Anthony Country Club
Willard Goyette
Goyette
Texas University
U.S. Navy
Gradatim Group Elects Officers at First Baptist
Mrs Katharine Edson and Mrs Kathryn Young were elected co presi dents of the Gradatim Group at First Baptist Church meeting last week. Other officers include Mrs Mary Flitcroft vice president Miss Maud Edson secretary and Mrs Mabel Weller. Slides from the Flitcrofts Italy and Spain trip were shown and dessert was served. Hostess committee named Miss Mabel Harris Mrs Bessie Wandrey and Florence H. Orr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katharine Edson
Kathryn Young
First Baptist Church
Mary Flitcroft
Maud Edson
Mabel Weller
Flitcroft
Flitcrofts
Italy
Spain
Mabel Harris
Bessie Wandrey
Florence H
Hilda Orr
Local paper rates and subscriptions listed
The clipping shows subscription pricing by mail for various regions and periods. Rates include 6 months or 1 year options with small differences for servicemen and different counties. Details are partially obscured but indicate per issue and periodical charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwestern
Bewildering grocery labels spark shopper debate
The piece critiques misleading product weights and prices as consumers wrestle with 14%2-ounce versus 17%-ounce packages and two for a dollar offers. Marya Mannes testified to a Senate committee that many shoppers lack time or energy to analyze complex labels, agreeing with the need for clearer information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marya Mannes
Senate
MIT
Workshop June 2 At Manchester For GOP Women
A Women’s Republican Club workshop for Bennington and Rutland Counties is set for June 2 in Manchester Center at the Episcopal Parish House. Morning session at 11 discusses party procedure, luncheon 12 45 to 1 45, reservations due by May 26. Afternoon panel on The Role of Republicanism in Farming Business and Industry to follow, speakers unnamed, adjournment 3 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Rutland
Manchester Center
Episcopal Parish
Charles Turner
Bennington County
Women’s Republican Club
Corey to Leave Middlebury Post
Middlebury College assistant director of admissions for men David J. Corey resigns effective June 30. He will join the Experiment in International Living at Putney as associate with its Peace Corps training phase and the Corporate Ambassador program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middlebury
David J. Corey
Middlebury College
Corey
Experiment
Putney
Peace Corps
Coréy
Engagements announced in Hoosick Falls and Bennington areas
Hoosick Falls and North Bennington announce upcoming marriages. Marilyn Jane LeBarron of Hoosick Falls will wed Harold L. Peckham Jr. of Hoosick after graduation from Hoosick Falls Central School. date to be set. Elizabeth Helen Scarey of North Bennington plans to marry William Ray Crosier, with Scarey finishing St. Joseph Business College and Crosier employed by Bennington College. Nancy May Reynolds of Mechanicville will marry Frederick M. Horner Jr. of Latham. both are graduates and pursuing nursing and work in electricity.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Earle Lockrow
RD 2
Marilyn Jane LeBarron
Harold L. Peckham Jr
Hoosick
Harold Peckham
Raymond P. LeBarron
Hoosick Falls Central School
Miss Linda Wright and Daniel R Hoffman Engaged
West Arlington Mr and Mrs George Wright announce the engagement of their daughter Linda Arlene to Daniel R Hoffman son of Mr and Mrs C R Hoffman of Miami Florida Linda is a graduate of Arlington Memorial High School and attends St Joseph Business College in Bennington Hoffman attended Arlington and Miami schools and will enter Hobart Technical School in Troy Ohio this fall
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West Arlington
George Wright
Linda Arlene
Daniel R. Hoffman
C. R. Hoffman
Miami
Fla
Granger and Maxfield Married in Brunswick Ceremony
Miss Florence May Granger daughter of Mrs. Ralph Granger Hoosick Falls and the late Ralph Granger married Leon Earl Maxfield son of Mr. and Mrs. George Maxfield Cropseyville N Y. The April 21 service at Brunswick Methodist Church officiated by Rev. Miles. Maid of honor Miss Yvonne Granger. best man Kenneth Maxfield. They reside in Cropseyville.
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Florence May Granger
Ralph Granger
Hoosick Falls
Leon Earl Maxfield
George Maxfield
Cropseyville, N
Brunswick, N.Y Methodist Church
Miles
Yvonne Granger
Kenneth Maxfield
Douglas Sweet
Hoosick Falls Central School
Berlin Central School
Snow
Williams Press
Menands
William Steamburg
Troy
N.Y
Cropseyville
Kennedy Begins Brazil Visit Planned for July 30
President Kennedy will start a three day trip to Brazil around July 30 with stops in Rio de Janeiro Brasilia and Sao Paulo. An advance party will depart for Brazil in early July and no immediate plans for other Latin nations are listed. He will spend June 29 to July 1 in Mexico with an advance team to Mexico City June 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Knnedy
Brazil
White House
Pierre Salinger
Rio de Janeiro
Salinger
Brasilia
Sao Paulo
Kennedy
Mexico
Mexico City
Bennington Briefs Highlight Marine Letter of Commendation
Cpl. Eugene J. Prandini USMC son of Mr and Mrs Joseph A Prandini of Pageant Street received a letter of commendation for outstanding duty with Hq and Maintenance Sqdn 26 of Marine Aircraft Group 26 at the Marine Corps Air Facility New River North Carolina. He joined the service in November 1958 and is a Bennington High School graduate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cpl
Eugene J. Prandini
USMC
Joseph A. Prandini
Pageant Street
Marine Aircraft Group 26
Marine Corps Air Facility
New River
N.C
Prandini
Bennington High School
Methodists Merge Two Conferences in New York
The New York Conference voted 193 to 86 to merge with the New York East Conference creating a single unit. The enlarged body will comprise 590 churches and 194000 members spanning New York state Connecticut and Long Island. A resolution urged churches to welcome Negro pastors if assigned to their pulpits.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
New York
Dorset Residents Prepare For Summer Theater Rental
T. K. Salmon of Yonkers New York visits the Dorset area and plans to rent his villa to the Caravan Summer Theater Group for another season. Miss Charlotte Prentis of Elizabeth New Jersey spends a few days at her Dorset home. Infant baptism will be observed on Children Day June 10 at Dorset Church. parents wishing to enroll children should contact Miss Katherine Child by June 6. Mrs. E R Browne returns to West Road for the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. K. Salmon
Yonkers
N.Y
Caravan
Charlotte Prentis
Elizabeth
N.J
Dorset
Katherine Child
E. R. Browne
West Road
Bennington Catholic High Lunch Menu Week
The school lists meals for Monday through Friday. Monday features ravioli with meat, green beans, bread and butter, fruit and milk. Tuesday offers corned beef hash, peas, bread and butter, pudding and milk. Wednesday and Thursday are no school. Friday serves grilled cheese, tomatoes, potato chips, peaches and milk.
Whitney Anderson engagement noted in Stamford
Miss Jane Diane Whitney daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. K. Whitney Jr. of Stamford plans a September wedding to John R. Anderson son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Anderson of North Adams. Whitney attends Cooley Dickinson School of Nursing in Northampton and will graduate next September. Anderson is a Drury High School graduate who served three years in the U S Army and now works in Sprague Electric Co drafts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stamford
M. K. Whitney Jr
Jane Diane Whitney
John R. Anderson
Charles Anderson
North Adams
Whitney
Drury High School
University of Vermont
Cooley - Dickinson Hospital School of Nursing
Northampton
Mass
U. S. Army
Sprague Electric Co
Strong-Myers engage at Lanesboro church wedding planned
Strong of Prospect Street announces engagement of Joanne Marie Strong to James Albert Myers son of Mr and Mrs Joseph E Myers of North Bennington Vermont. Joanne graduates from Mt Greylock Regional High School in June and James is employed at Tansitor Electronics. The wedding is set for July 21 at 10 a m at St Charles Church.
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Lanesboro
Mass
Donald S. Strong
Prospect Street
Joanne Marie Strong
James Albert Myers
Joseph E. Myers
Sage Street
North Bennington
Strong
Mt. Greylock Regional High School
Williamstown
North Bennington High School
Tansitor Electronics
Bennington
St. Charles Church
Astronaut Carpenter Appears Relaxed After Flight
In Grand Turk astronaut Malcolm Scott Carpenter spoke from a hospital porch calling the return a real cliff hanger. He apologized for the suspense and thanked thousands who prepared the mission while noting the flight went off well. Debates continue on why Aurora 7 overshot its landing area as fellow astronauts discuss the outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malcolm Scott Carpenter
Earth
Carpenter
Rene
John A. (Shorty) Powers
John H. Glenn Jr
Walter Schirra
Howard A. Minners
William K. Douglas
Carpenter on raft too long after Aurora 7 rescue
Brig Gen Dubose said Carpenter floated 1 hour 20 minutes longer than needed because Navy ordered a seaplane not to land. Col Tatum confirmed the SA16 amphibian was directed away. helicopter rescue arrived later as two medics assisted Carpenter after Aurora 7's splashdown near the craft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carpenter
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Air Force
Malcolm Scott Carpenter
Navy
Air Rescue
Thomas J. Dubose
Winter Park
Sens
George A. Smathers
Spessard L. Holland
Florida
T. P. Tatum
Air Rescue Service
Orlando
Ray E. McClure
Mt. Sterling, Ky
John F. Heitsch
Madison, Wis
Here We Are Debuts At Fairdale Farms Open Air Arena
The Sarra Ferman Community Theatre presents Here We Are tonight at 8:30 at Fairdale Farms open air arena with excerpts from Seven Year Itch Wizard of Oz Bell Book and Candle Damn Yankees The Rainmaker and a Lida Rose performance by the Four Moh hawksmen. Rain contingency performances are set for Tuesday and Friday next week. Cast includes Gary Harbour Dan Abbott Francis LaDue Martha Wallace Al LaTour Linda Webster Joan Winslow Nancy Finnegan Tom Luken Dennis Jones Linda Becerra Cindy Williams Bob Hagerman Ginny Senecal Sandra Powell Joan Beepple Donna LaTour Shirley Flood Jessie Nagel Dick Nagel Phil McKenna Jon Kennedy Dale Purdy Diane Hanson Gail Horst Barbara Powell Ted Bird Glen Turner Edith Turner and Ken Kramer.
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Fairdale Farms
Book and Candle
The
Rainmaker
Gary Harbour
Dan Abbott
Francis LaDue
Martha Wallace
al LaTour
Lynda Webster
Joan Winslow
Nancy Finnegan
Tom Luken
Dennis Jones
Linda Becerra
Cindy Williams
Bob Hagerman
Ginny Senecal
Sandra Powell
Joan Beepple
Donna LaTour
Shirley Flood
Jessie Nagel
Dick Nagel
Phil McKenna
Jon Kennedy
Dale Purdy
Diane Hanson
Gail Horst
Barbara Powell
Ted Bird
Glen Turner
Edith Turner
Ken Kramer
Grange Resolution Opposes Kennedy Medical Aid Bill
Ethan Allen Pomona Grange adopted a resolution opposing the medical aid bill for the aged introduced by President Kennedy. The legislative committee presented it with members Lillie, Matteson, Decker, Cross, and Clough. Copies go to Vermont senators and congressmen and Clayton Fish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennedy
Ethan Allen Pomona Grange
The
Grange
Everett Lillie
Bennington
Charles Matteson
Mt. Equinox
Clarence Decker
Battenhill
Harold Cross
Taconic
Warren Clough
Stamford
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Bennington Banner
Manchester
Marilyn LeBarron
H. Peckham
Charles B. Scarey
Elizabeth Helen
William Ray Crosier
Ray L. Crosier
Miss Scarey
St. Joseph Business College
Bennington College
Mechanicvile
H. Bradley Reynolds
Saratoga Ave
Mechanicville
Nancy May
Frederick M. Horner Jr
F M. Horner
Broadway
Latham
Reynolds
Mechanicville High School
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Watervliet High School
Niagara Mohawk Power Corp
Albany
Andrick
Marilyn J. Lebaron
Elizabeth Scarey
W.R. Crosier
Nancy M. Reynolds
Latham Man
Linda A. Wright
Lloyd
Linda Wright
D. Hoffman
Granger
Maxfield
Bennington Briefs
Beech Street
Myrtis Clapp
Bennington Free Library
Judy
Cathy Gross
St. Albans
Jeanne
Rebecca Grant
Merson Street
Christopher Cadiz
Daniel Cadiz
Jefferson Heights
Mark Butler
Mark and
Beth Quinlan
Bill Grant
Donna LeTourneau
Mary Ann Pekelsky
Bennington Lioness Club
Four Chimneys
William Eddington Sr
Lake Shaftsbury
Lloyd Oppenheimer
First Methodist Church
Iron Kettle
Methodists
Miriam Tifft
Bennington Catholic High
Scott M. Carpenter
Kristen Elaine
Rene Carpenter
Candace Noxon
Mark Scott
Robyn Jay
Whitney-Anderson
Strong—Myers
Grand Turk, B.W.I
Sondra Ferman
Bill Holland
Sarra Ferman Community Theatre
Battenkill Grange
Vermont
Clayton Fish
Ira
State Grange
Carolyn and
Marilyn Landon
Linda McEckron
Battenkill
Carolyn Graham
Roberta Snow
Taconic Grange
Vermont State Grange
Randolph Center
Kurn Hattin
Educational Aid Fund
Vermont Thorpe Camp
Battenhill Grange
Alford Clayton
Rose Gleason
Ethan Allen
Windham County
Pomona
Marion Gassetts
Brattleboro
Central Vermont
North Randolph
Stamford Valley
Ira Whitney
Korea
Belle Decker
John Patch
Henry Stoddard
Saxton River Pomona
Jennie Stewart
Washington Pomona
Robert Denko
Oakley Taylor
Killington Pomona
Battenkil
Thayer
Javery
South
Ernest H. Javery
Alan H. Page
Noveck
Shultz
Main St
Dial
Bennington Bookshop Inc
Plaid Stamps
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