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Bennington Banner

Location

Bennington, Vermont, United States of America

Date

Sep 03, 1971

Page

3

Just Pokin Around In MGM Film Casting Details

JO VAN FLEET stars in MGM comedy The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight based on Jimmy Breslin novel with Jerry Orbach Leigh Taylor Young and Lionel Stander. Also features Irving Selbst and director James Goldstone. DR QUADLAND enters oral maxillo facial surgery practice in Winston Salem after Tufts and Cornell training. Sweeney and Sweeney lease Mountainview Restaurant for entertainment. Salisbury Antiques Fair planned in Salisbury Connecticut. Vermont Hospital volunteers newsletter thanks Bennington residents for Comfy Seats directions. Mary Flagler Cary Arboretum announced at Cannon Hills estate in Millbrook New York.

JO van Fleet MGM Jimmy Breslin William Bales Bennington College Jerry Orbach Leigh Taylor-Young Lionel Stander Irving Selbst Selbst Manhattan Pierre Cardin James Goldstone Robert Chartoff Irwin Winkler Marten W. Quadland M. Warren Quadland Bennington Winston-Salem N.C Williamstown Mass Dartmouth College Tufts University School of Dental Medicine Tufts American Dental Society of Anesthesiology New York Botanical Garden Cannon Hills Millbrook N.Y Melbert B. Cary Jr Mary Flagler Cary Botanical Garden Bronx

Four Seasons in Berkshires Hails Fall Foliage Festival

North Adams prepares a week of events from Sept 25 to Oct 3 under the Northern Berkshire Fall Foliage Festival theme Four Seasons in the Berkshires. The 16th annual festival features Miss Northern Berkshire pageant with a $500 scholarship, antique car show, concerts by Manteiv Band and Berkshire orchestras, fashion show, Blithe Spirit play, square dancing, parades with over 4,000 participants, a 10 mile road race, hockey and skating exhibitions, an art show, and a popular phantom tire hunt amid community events coordinated by the Northern Berkshire Chamber of Commerce.

Charles Sweeney Bernard Robinson Mountainview Clarksburg Mass Chuck’’ Sweeney The Banner Bernie”’ Robinson Andy Durocher Doc Doc”’ Rivers Sweeney North Adams Berkshires JoAnne Codogni Massachusetts Attleboro Lions Clubs Sprague Electric Co Manteiv Band Musicians Union of Berkshire County Heptones Drury High School Stockade Theatre Productions Schenectady N.Y North Adams State College Main Street New England Massachusetts State Armory Adams Williams College Northampton High School Massachusetts Vietnam Veterans Memorial Skating Rink Ludlow Berkshire United States Massachusetts Department of Commerce and Development Berkshire C of C

Arthritis fund workers named in area

The Vermont Arthritis Foundation annual appeal has begun in Bennington county. Bennington chairwoman is Mrs. Robert T. Holden with Dorset chair and treasurer Mrs. H Graeme MacDonald. Manchester chairman and treasurer Robert C. Brewster. Pownal head is Mrs. John Armstrong Jr. Ninety percent of funds support research education and services. ten percent to national headquarters for rheumatology fellows. Free information via Box 422 Burlington VT 05401. One in eleven Bennington residents are afflicted.

Vermont Arthritis Foundation Bennington County Robert T. Holden Bennington H. Graeme MacDonald Dorset Robert C. Brewster Manchester John Armstrong Jr Pownal Drive Burlington

All about T-shirts by Marion S Harris County Extension Agent

Consumers face many T-shirt choices including colors knits necklines and sleeve lengths. White T shirts dominate undershirt use with prices from 1 to 3 dollars. Blends of polyester and cotton outperform all cotton in durability while all cotton weakens at neck and seams. Comfort favors all cotton for perspiration. blends resist sagging better with reinforced neckbands. Laundering notes say chlorine bleach works well. ironless era questioned.

The Exotic Garden Becomes Plum Tomato Heaven

A Brattleboro column recalls an experimental garden year with radishes and fennel giving way to plum tomatoes described as pasta and paste tomatoes. The writer details a French and Italian culinary thread, ending with an Italian Beef Stew featuring plum tomatoes, celery, parsley, and rosemary.

Europe Connecticut Nice Germany Proust Madeleine Plum Frank Hickin

Community group reports progress from BROC summer programs

The second BROC summer period ended with about 100 children and 10 volunteers across Bennington Shaftsbury and Arlington. A Bennington food buyer's club is forming. Doris Gable named Manchester Senior Citizens' Center director. Larry Stevens attends Rutgers alcoholism coordinator training. Thirty-five girls graduate Mother's Aide Course. 21 available for babysitting. BROC tutoring expands with ~30 learners. Five new VISTA volunteers start in September. Sue Glazier leaving after a year. A summer workshop gathers 50 staff for small-group work training. County developer Sandy Morse elected to Bennington County Planning Commission. Sixteen families and 102 people grow corn and vegetables in the Community Gardens Project. Bob Williams to work with Vermont Drug Rehabilitation Commission on statewide drug education. Lynda Lee Law moves to Rutland to assist Head Start medical-dental program. BROC assists Bennington Arlington Day Care Centers and Shafts bury in Red Brick Schoolhouse. Head Start moves to new building for its second year after First Baptist Church pilot. Bill Green, BROC coordinator, notes he is resigning to move to California with his wife Priscilla to write.

Bennington Shaftsbury Arlington B-Roc Manchester BROC VISTA Sue Glazier Sandy Morse Vermont Drug Rehabilitation Commission Lynda Lee Law Rutland Head Start Kathleen Evans First Baptist Church

Mt Anthony Lunch Menu and New Prices for Week

Mt Anthony Union High School and Bennington Elementary announce lunch prices for September 7 to 10. Four days cost 1.35, five days 1.60. Milk is 0.04 per day or 0.20 for a five day ticket. Tickets sold at all schools on Monday and Friday. Lunches start at all elementary schools.

Cora B PTG plans events and meeting schedule

The Cora B Whitney School Parent Teacher Group outlined fund raising ideas and set a monthly meeting schedule at its first executive session. Meetings will occur the third Tuesday at 7 30 p m at the school starting Sept 21 with subsequent dates Oct 19 Nov 16 Feb 8 March 21 April 11 and May 16.

Cora B. Whitney

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