This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 7 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1971
Page
9
Boston reviewer lambastes the pre Broadway revival of On The Town at the Shubert Theater. The piece recounts three sailors on 24 hour leave in New York city and their search for Miss Turnstiles as the plot and era feel dated and risqué. The writer urges audiences to see the show to judge its quality for themselves.
Hoosic Falls chapter of the DAR will meet Saturday at 1 30 p m in Baptist Memorial Hall Hoosick Falls The program on national defense directed by Mrs Helen Bain and Mrs Cora Baker includes a report by Miss Ruth Rudd regent on the Rochester state meeting A DAR school collection will be taken Hostesses for social hour are Mrs Elizabeth Hetherington Mrs Hulda Eddy Mrs Frances Guiden Mrs Mabel Hewitt Mrs Jean Ames and Mrs Mildred Eddy New yearbooks for 1971 72 were distributed at the September meeting with 58 members registered.
Paul Jones United Citizens candidate for White Creek supervisor condemned Washington county sales tax as exorbitant and harmful to wage earners and fixed incomes. He cited state figures showing the tax exceeded the $1.3 million budget by $51,644 from January to July and warned a potential $1.5 million surplus by year end due to holiday shopping. Washington county total is seven percent, while neighboring counties vary.
The West Arlington festival at the Methodist Church opens Saturday at 10 a.m. with a fall sale of handcrafted articles, dolls quilts and clothes, mittens, jewelry, wooden items, Christmas decor, bird feeders, and specially grown African violets. Donations include rugs from Teotitlan Del Valle Mexico and handmade afghans, plus Mexican tie clasps and sterling silver cuff links for men.
Firemen find only a man smoking a cigar when the automatic system at the Red Lion Hotel in Colchester is activated by smoke from the cigar. A brigadesman calls it a very small assembly room and a very big cigar. Also local items note church redecoration open days, charity food tables, a birth in Putnam Memorial Hospital, and various weekend visits and 4-H events.
Albany reports the Department of Environmental Conservation reversed planned increases at Belleayre Gore and Whiteface as a wage price freeze policy from President Nixon forces compliance. Adult season tickets will be 125 dollars after December 15 or 110 before, with related junior and family rates. A decision on day ticket price changes awaits federal action beyond November 13.
A Vermont Educational Television panel tonight at 7:30 discusses no fault insurance with Faith Prior Charles Black Robert Boardman and Bernard Lisman. Viewers can call in questions as they weigh whether the plan shifts payment from blame to actual damage amid strong opinions about cost and fairness.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.