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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1962
Page
9
Antiquated cars from 1911 to 1930 gathered in Manchester, including a 1911 Cadillac and 1920 Packard, sparking nostalgia for readers. The piece recalls Model T driving, winter starting struggles, summer storms, and the charm of early autos as relics of a bygone era.
Ray Lovely and wife have moved to the Hanley farm on Barnumville Road bringing their children Janice and Ross. Larry Case and bride Linda Love settled in the Depot Burdett house after Case’s photo work for Equinox House and marriage in Manchester. Case plans freelance photography in ski regions. he is a former Army photographer and ex Ansco employee.
Vermont Democrat Harold Raynolds at a Barre banquet promoted the King-Anderson-Javits Medicare bill as the path to universal coverage for seniors and criticized rival Rep. Robert Stafford for favoring means testing. He urged opposing right-to-work measures and cited Area Redevelopment acts as job-boosters, noting Stafford’s votes against them.
More than 150 people crowded the vestry of the United Church of Dorset and East Rupert to welcome Rev. Robert G. Dana as the new minister. The program featured the Antiphonal Choir, Dorset Boy Scouts, and 4 H singing, a leaf-record activity, and refreshments served by the Women's Fellowship with arrangements by a general committee.
Mrs. Douglas Woodard returns from a Florida trip with Joyce Woodard who has graduated in nursing and works in Melbourne. Airman Richard Perrott and wife Karen visit Cocoa Beach after time with Ceil Wilcox in West Arlington. Local residents take Vermont foliage trips and reunite with family.
Dorset Town Republican Committee invites partisans to a meeting tonight at 8 in Dorset Elementary School. Daul ton Mann of Peru, town representative and GOP campaign coordinator for Bennington County, will be the speaker.
Hoosick Falls Kiwanis Club hosts Hoosick area fire chiefs during Fire Prevention Week. Chief William Hennessy outlines prevention measures. Officers nominated include Walter Hartman president and Philip Leonard first vice president. Directors named Harold Robson and others. Town Youth Center chief Carl Kempf accepts 200 donation. club donates 100 for winter skating. Attendance contest names Nicholas Mahoney and Alan Marcell as captains.
Harry A. Stuhldreher, famed Notre Dame quarterback and Hall of Fame figure, speaks tonight at 8 in the Manchester Elementary School auditorium. Ben Wrobel invites the public to attend this session with Stuhldreher, now a U.S. Steel Corp executive and author.
Manchester town clerk Miss Clara Mae Hemenway announces the clerk's office will be open Friday Columbus Day from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. for hunters. The office closes Saturday morning but she will assist hunters at her home on U.S. 7 at Bullhead Pond.
Seaman Apprentice Thomas Kennedy, son of Mrs Sophie Kennedy, completed a postal school course in Bainbridge Maryland. He is on a 15 day leave with his mother before returning to San Francisco en route to Hawaii and Japan for 18 months of station duty. Mrs Florence Jones was taken to Mary McClellan Hospital after a heart attack.
George C. Holt executive director of the United World Federalists of New England spoke to a small group of Bennington College students in Swan Living Room on War versus Law. Holt a Rhodes Scholar educated at Rollins College and Oxford urged a powerful world federation to guarantee world wide law and order. The talk was sponsored by the Student Meetings Committee and the public was invited.
The five day forecast for northern New England Massachusetts and Rhode Island says temperatures will run 2 to 7 degrees above normal with cooler Friday warmer Saturday and Sunday and cooler Monday. Expect over half an inch of precipitation as a few showers in northern Maine on Thursday and rain in all sections Friday and again around Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Rolf Bjornson hosted weekend guests from Brooklyn and South Dorset. Kuhrt Wienike accompanied his son Kuhrt Wienike Jr. to Pittsburgh to explore hospital locations for his internship next year, with a Cornell Medical School student in his fourth year. The Rupert Women's Fellowship meets Wednesday October 17 at 2 p.m. Miss Emily Allen presents the year’s tentative program and Mrs. Helen Robinson leads devotions with hostesses Mrs. Leland Palmer and Mrs. George Dickey.
Mrs. Alvin Jones of Niles Ohio explored surname popularity in a Book Review Club talk on Whats in a Name. She noted JONES ranks fifth and ANDERSON eighth nationwide. Formerly Lillie Anderson, she marveled at how common names connect people across the country.
Hoosick Falls village board awarded a 2800 contract to William E. Dailey for pipe between Albany and Saratoga Streets and Bussey Lane. A $800 snow loader and a $750 salt lander were bought. police car rental to be bid. The board discussed a long range urban planning study with the Hoosick Falls Planning Commission and noted federal, state, and village cost sharing.
Arlington PTA members recounted two west trips led by Mrs. Leo Cullinan and Foster Aron, visiting Portland and the western states. Mrs. Cullinan urged keeping dogs at home after describing nuisance and safety concerns impacting activities and schooling.
The United Counseling Service of Bennington County seeks $10,000 to meet a $46,199 budget with $29,000 allocation from Vermont and funds from the Bennington District Thrift Shop and other sources. The agency, three years old, provides confidential counseling for families and individuals and serves as a consultant for ministers and teachers.
Benhi GAA Girls' Athletic Association met October 2 in the gym to discuss the GSS picnic a dance election of a freshman representative and plans to buy a movie camera. Gloria Hollister was elected freshman representative to attend cabinet meetings. A Thanksgiving Hop dance with an orchestra was talked about for November.
The Welcome Wagon Club in Niles Ohio met for a dessert luncheon after forming plans for its initial gathering. Hostess Mrs Richard Pugh shared a pecan pie recipe and advised using walnuts if pecans are unavailable.
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