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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1962
Page
5
State officers general election ballots show errors including the late Frederick Delany Jr on the Democratic lieutenant governor line with a misplaced e and Howard E. Armstrong listed as Armstong missing a letter. The mistakes embarrass officials responsible for ballot preparation during the fall campaign.
Bennington Auxiliary VFW with Mrs. Selmajane Stuchel as chair cooperates in the 28th annual national high school writing contest. National unit collaborates with educators of America. Student entrants in grades 9–12 from all schools may enter and write up to 1000 words on What I Can Do for My Country. Submissions must be postmarked by March 15. local winners advance to the state contest by April 15 and the state winners enter the national contest. National prizes include 1000 cash and gold medal for first, 500 for second, 250 for third, 100 for fourth, plus ten $10 and ten $5 prizes. Fold ers with rules obtainable from local chair Mrs Stuchel of Lyons District.
Norman R. Strobridge Republican candidate for town representative pledges to stay closely informed on parimutuel racing at Green Mountain Park. He questions state school aid formula and favors town control, arguing pay-as-you-go finance and limited state overreach. Strobridge, 37, is also Pownal selectman and head of a local insurance firm. He and wife Helen Blanchard have two children.
Atty. John Williams spoke to Benhi’s U.S. History class on the American Constitution. He linked 1787 to 1962 noting the document’s lasting relevance amid changing eras. Students Barbara Ames and Nancy Danish praised the speech and its practical insights.
Rehearsals are underway for the first Benhi play of the year After the Honeymoon directed by Charles Comstock. The story centers on a high school senior's indecision about marrying after graduation or pursuing college.
Twenty eight earth science students led by Martha Gale depart at 12 30 on a school bus for Chester arriving about 2 00 pm to inspect minerals including mica quartz talc and iron purities then travel to Gassets Vermont for garnet finds under supervision of teachers and chaperones.
A former candidate labeled some women entering politics as predatory mammals whose viciousness and duplicity unsettle seasoned politicians. Joseph P. Lyford of the Fund for the Republic spoke at a Boston University seminar, noting motives range from status to escaping personal life, and urged women to elevate political standards rather than emulate men.
New York AP reports Edward Albee drama Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf runs three hours and uses two casts. One group handles six evening performances weekly while a separate company plays the two matinees each week.
John Swainbank of Ithaca College spoke to Benhi students about the college its programs and admissions. Ithaca a private college with about 1700 students offers music liberal arts physical education and therapy among majors plus part time jobs help from the town and a move to a new campus expected by 1966.
Vermont gas tax receipts for August totaled 947678 dollars, about 14000 less than August 1961. For the first two months of the fiscal year receipts from gasoline sales run roughly 5000 dollars above the same period a year earlier.
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower urged Americans to make personal sacrifices to address the Cuban crisis at a Pittsburgh rally. He criticized the Kennedy administration on domestic policy, accusing it of slowing the economy and increasing unemployment, while rallying support for Pennsylvania Republicans.
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