Books offer tips for wise consumers
A 1970s Washington briefing highlights consumer reading to save money. Books listed include Better Times by Laures et al, A Consumer's Arsenal by Dorfman, Consumer Complaints Public Policy Alternatives edited by Divita, Consumer Protection by Feldman, Help: The Useful Almanac for 1976 77 edited by Rowse, and How to Cope With the High Cost of Living by Margolis and Brown.
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J.C. Laures
Doubleday
John Dorfman
Praeger
Sal Divita
Acropolis Books
Arthur E. Rowse
Consumer News Inc
Sidney Margolis
Conrad Brown
Meredith Corp
Downtown Bennington Revitalization Adds Facades and Park Plan
A 1976 overview details the downtown Bennington revitalization including Putnam Square improvements, plaster cleaning of the Putnam Hotel Pennysaver Vermont National Bank Chittenden Trust and the east wall of the Methodist Church, new shrubbery ground cover and planned spring landscaping. Funding from a $95000 Historic Preservation Grant supported by EDA and the state preservation office, with local firms and four property owners contributing, and Catamount National Bank funding future enhancements. The Greater Bennington Chamber coordinates the project as spring 1977 completion nears.
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Bennington
Putnam Square
First United Methodist Church
Putnam Hotel
Vermont National Bank
Chittenden Trust Company
Chittenden Bank
Pennysaver
Chittenden Trust
Pioneer
Hadley
Mass
Gerald E. Morrissey Inc
Nyquist Landscaping
Wilkinson Construction Co
Bennington Contractors
the Corner Shop
Walcott’s Welding
Bellemare and Sons
Bennington Rotary Club
Economic Development Administration
State Department of Historic Preservation
Scape Unlimited
Springfield
George and
Marie Hadwen
The
Methodist Church
Catamount National Bank
Greater
Restoring Aged Furniture And Home Plumbing Queries
Reader seeks guidance on cleaning and finishing a 65 year old piece without wax and with a boiled linseed oil finish after prior sal soda cleaning. Expert says full refinishing may be required, offering a bulletin for about 20 cents. Other letters advise caution with pipe cleaners and note small foundation cracks are common and seal outside if leaks occur.
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J.A.B
Property broker Georgia A Davis joins Hoisington Realty
Georgia A Davis joins Hoisington Realty in Bennington after seven years as principal broker at Davis Realty. A Realty Institute graduate, she served two years as vice president of the Southwestern Vermont Board of Realtors and now directs the Vermont Board of Realtors Inc. She is married to Lester Davis, a Bennington contractor, and they have two children.
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Georgia A. Davis
Hoisington Realty
Bennington
The
Realty Institute
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Office of Consumer Affairs Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Washington
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West Publishing
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Bennington County
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del Monte
W.S
L.M.B
A.J.A
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Trisquare
Merritt S. Hewitt, Jr
Hewitt
Shirley Hewitt
Treas
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Home Furniture CO
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Catherine Dermody
Rick F. Dziadul
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Tom Haley Jr
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Ronald R. Knapp
John F. Lowre
John E. Malone
John Stone
Roy A. Sullivan
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John Young
Madeline Harwood
Goers Ton
Joseph Caracciola
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