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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1972
Page
14
A reader asks if an amateur can redo ceilings. The House Doctor advises installing gypsum board on furring strips, attaching to joists after locating them, then finishing joints with joint cement and tape. Provides step by step for panel placement, cutting, and sanding along with safe tools.
Mr and Mrs E Beach Bly of Montpelier were honored at a Montpelier Elks Club dinner Sept 27 marking Bly's retirement from the Vermont Highway Department after more than 44 years. Born in Canada Bly educated in Derby Line and Newport, earned a Norwich University degree, served in Newark before returning to Vermont in 1928. He rose through highway posts to chief of highway operations and assistant chief engineer, leading a 1970 task force on procedural modernization. He retires Sept 30 and the Bly family includes daughters Barbara Day of Arlington Texas and Elizabeth File Patrick of Boston.
The Bell System funneled about 1.3 billion into New England’s economy in 1971. Western Electric payments to 44 Vermont suppliers reached about 1.7 million, with 438 million spent by New England Telephone to modernize facilities. Bell employs roughly 4,000 in the region, about two percent of nonfarm jobs.
A Swiss currency arbiter describes duty-free bargains at Schiphol while noting price variance across locations from London to New York. European airport managers fear tighter EU rules, as devalued dollars shrink deals and revenue from passenger purchases drives airport improvements. Meanwhile a Friendly Ice Cream worker, Miss Jeanmariet Raina, receives a Silver Dollar Service Award for exemplary customer service and her future plans at Mount Anthony Union High School.
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