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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1962
Page
3
Diane LeBlanc reports Benhi art classes meet in a pink basement room with Sylvia DuCharme guiding. The group struggles with space and supplies, delaying organization as students finish folders and work on pen and ink. Some posters advertise milk by request of The Bennington Banner, not for a company.
The 68th annual District 1 meeting of the Order Eastern Star at Bennington Masonic Temple drew 133 members. Worthy grand matron Leona Comstock and grand patron Harry Lantman led delegations with officers and district deputies from multiple districts. A school of instruction, banquet, and dance program featured numerous district members and guests.
Deep Thot Senior Joe Paresky forms a Benhi Cheering Section with 80 voices at home games on the 50 yard line. Bruce Hodgman organizes a rifle club and invites interested students after school. The Literary Club plans Focus issues with no staff, plus Focus joins. Future Homemakers of America meet Tuesdays with advisor Barbara Houle and list officers.
Gary J. Horton of the Fisher Body Craftsman Guild spoke to Bennington High School students about the 1963 design contest. He showed color slides and demonstrations on futuristic transport and housing for the 1980s and displayed the $5,000 1962 scholarship winning model car entries. Horton outlined rules for the 1943 design contest offering $117,000 in university scholarships and cash for model cars, then a film presentation titled Meeting the Challenge highlighted career training.
A Green Mountain Chapter of the Society of American Foresters survey reports Vermont tree planting rose from just over two million in 1956 to more than six and a half million in 1960. Windsor County led in plantings while other counties surpassed it in total trees planted. over 90 percent of work used forester assistance.
Bennington Area YMCA offers women conditioning classes with sessions at 7 p.m. and morning meetings at 9 30 a.m. Babysitting is free. Men’s Volleyball and Conditioning start at 5 p.m. with a 10 week plan. Burton Potter leads an optional no games men’s class for deer hunting season prep.
Growing recognition of good forestry practices among small woodlot owners could make Vermont forests the state's most valuable economic asset. Foresters forecast annual income from forest lands surpassing agriculture and recreation.
Iraq’s government in Baghdad announced a ban on Frank Sinatra films, citing the actor’s sympathy with Israel during a recent visit. Huntington Hartford II, A&P heir, married his third wife Diane Brown in a quiet Wyckoff New Jersey ceremony, with a secret honeymoon planned.
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