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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1966
Page
2
Nearly 200 adults have enrolled in fourteen courses for the first evening session at Mt Anthony High School starting Monday at 7 pm. Instructors will orient classes, set regular meeting nights, and outline materials. two courses slip covering and upholstery begin Thursday November 17 at the high school.
A New York real estate firm Cole Equities Corp. denied reports it plans a ski area or winter vacation housing on about 3400 acres east of Searsburg and north of Readsboro. Eugene Coleman said options are a long term investment with possible timbering or resort uses. Vermont Lumber Co. of Wilmington is forming to handle transactions with Robert G. McCafferty as VP. Meanwhile Eagle Ridge Inc. plans a ski area on about 500 acres in Searsburg, led by Allan W. Read and Leonard F. Hatton, who have been buying land along a ridge with three peaks.
Dr. Frederick Burt a geologist from Union Street told Bennington Rotarians that Vermont began 1.8 billion years ago when it was a marine area with lobster like inhabitants. He described crustal movement forming domes and troughs, muds turning to slate and marble, and granite forming as the land rose and eroded into a plain later lifted into a plateau sculpted into the Green Mountains and Taconic range. Separately two people were hospitalized after an automobile crash on Monument Avenue Extension with injuries including a severe facial lac eration eye and leg fracture.
The Bennington Banners states its daily publication schedule except Sundays and holidays at 425 Main St Bennington Vermont with a 05201 ZIP code. It lists UPI exclusive republication rights for local news and dispatches, and provides delivery options and subscription rates within Vermont and nationwide.
Rotary Club auction moved to December 3 at the Knights of Columbus Hall from the State Armory to support Bennington’s proposed public park project. Co chairmen Richard Jolivette and William Eddington announced the change and residents may volunteer by calling Hiram Savage or John Kennedy.
No school for first and second graders at Bennington Elementary and several nearby schools on Monday November 14 as teachers conduct student conferences with parents throughout the day. A correction noted to a previous Briefs item clarified driver names in a mishap. A labor council meeting is set for Tuesday November 15 at 8 p.m. at the Hotel Putnam with all delegates urged to attend. North Bennington residents saw activity in Albany. The article also includes astronomy notes on Eridanus and Orion stars and a myth about Phaethon.
The Bennington County Chapter of the National Foundation voted to continue awarding $1,000 in scholarships to Bennington County high school graduates pursuing health and medical studies. Four $250 awards were given in 1966. applications will be available in early 1967 via guidance counselors or by writing Breard Hawks. The chapter also noted ongoing birth defect research and a Vermont clinical center at DeGoesbriand Memorial Hospital in Burlington.
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