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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1972
Page
3
Vermont inns and farms open for Thanksgiving with homey dining from noon to evening. Notable spots include the Governor Smith Inn in St Albans and Echo Lake Inn with historic guest registers, while Trollhaugen and Barrows House offer unique local customs and bountiful menus.
Arlington Extension Homemakers met at Mrs. Howard Hill’s home in Sunderland and read bandages for cancer patients after a business session. Upcoming events include Thanksgiving baskets, open meetings, and a guest talk by Gilbert Merrill of the Squam Lakes Science Center on ecology.
In a confused tally last week Woodford Justice Jesse Bughee was overlooked. He won on both Democratic and Republican tickets, receiving 35 votes as a Democrat and 87 as a Republican for a total of 122 votes.
Killington Sherburne Corp owner of Killington Ski Resort in Vermont announces purchase of a ski facility in Maine. The deal expands the company’s holdings, signaling growth in New England alpine recreation. Details on price and closing date were not disclosed.
Pownall library hours and club meetings announced for Monday to Wednesday at North Pownal Congregational Church and local venues. A public hearing on town planning set for Pownal Center firehouse amid a tentative sale of Sunday River Skiway Corp to Sherburne ownership with a 13000 share transfer and management contract. Sunday River Ski Area details listed.
Williams College appoints two professors to endowed chairs. Benjamin W. Labaree becomes Ephraim Williams Professor of American History, funded to support early U.S. history teaching. Henry J. Bruton takes the John J. Gibson Professorship in economics, honoring Mr. Gibson and supporting Williams students pursuing law and related fields. Labaree, author of The Boston Tea Party and America’s Nation Time, joined Williams in 1963. Bruton, Williams economics chair since 1962, leads the Center for Development Economics.
Herbert Douglas of Shafts bury believes eight or nine of 10 people can dowse with basic instruction and a demonstration at Governor McCullough Mansion North Bennington. He cites literature from England France and Russia and notes dowsing studies in Moscow and among American researchers.
The Manchester School Committee votes on interfaith choir program nonresident students bus drivers and teacher leave tonight at 7 30 in the elementary school office. The Garden Club of Manchester hosts a Christmas Boutique on December 9 at St Pauls Church Manchester Center from 11 am to 4 pm with handmade items costumes socks food decor and free Holly berry punch and cookies. Proceeds support Mt Laurel School library gardening books flower baskets botany trail at Southern Vermont Art Center and Veterans Hospital in White River Junction Vermont.
Williams Massachusetts a course on Social Psychology Interpersonal Relationships and Group Behavior will be taught by George R Goethals assistant professor of psychology The first meeting is Tuesday night at 8 in Bronfman Science Center Room 105 The course runs Tuesdays through January with a Christmas break fee 20 Topics include prejudice conformity helping in emergencies group risk taking liking self definition and crowd behavior It aims to explain behavior in the presence of others and influence by words and actions Goethals Harvard 1966 Duke 1970 third year at Williams has published on perception attitude change and small group behavior Registration via Provost Office or first class There is also Sunderland School Board meeting and school honor roll announcements for Sunderland Public School.
Shaftsbury Lotti Tobler 4477083 informs about Boy Scout Webelos meetings and Den sessions at various homes on different weekdays. Parent-Teacher conferences for grades one through four will occur after the first marking period with no school for those grades on Friday. Health records are checked. students should complete DPT and polio immunizations with signed permission slips. parents should update records with any physician immunizations.
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