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Bennington groups chart housing drive and civic events
George M Hawks heads an executive committee to supervise a national housing program drive in Bennington per a Chamber of Commerce meeting at the Bennington Club. The town faces a fish shortage due to a New England Seafood Workers Union strike. Other items note a college concert by the Don Cossacks chorus, milk fund progress, a late heat wave, police school emphasis on public relations, a cribbage league start, no union at Shea Inc for a year, UFWA comment absence, Columbus Day plans dropped, a family square dance set for Oct 23, and a note on the world’s first steam ferry in 1811 and a 1972 Hanoi air raid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George M. Hawks
Bennington Realtor
Bennington
Chamber of Commerce
Bennington Club
Hawks
New England Seafood Workers Union
New England
Bennington County Law Enforcement Association
Skip Windnagle
Carl Winslow
Shea Inc
North Bennington
UFWA
Joseph Y. Shaffe
Banner
Bennington Town
Republican Committee
Bennington Catholic High School