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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1963
Page
5
Sen J Glenn Beall introduces Senate Bill 1993 to issue a commemorative stamp for the 150th anniversary of the Star Spangled Banner. Seven related House bills also target the same purpose as the 1963 Christmas stamp design is unveiled by Postmaster General J Edward Day.
A philatelic column discusses a redesigned National Christmas Tree image for Christmas paper, then recounts a 1939 anecdote from Weekly Philatelic Gossip about Stanley Gibbons acquiring Western Australia 2d lilac stamps that now catalog at $500 each, totaling about $60,000, and notes U S commemoratives with first dates for Cordell Hall and Eleanor Roosevelt.
The current issue marks a year of bi monthly publication. Features include John Humphrey Noyes and the Putney Community legacy still debated. Also an underdog story and a debate over Killington Ski Area versus the Killington Flea Market. Stowe antique car rally and Rose Parra dolls of Waterbury are profiled along with Old North Calais and a Warren R. Austin tribute by Gary Heath.
Clothing left at Stark Street Playgrounds and Memorial Park and at the YMCA Pool over the last two weeks may be claimed at the YMCA building within a week and then disposed of on Sept 10. The pool water was drained for three to four days to allow ice skating preparations.
Vermont labor data show July payroll gains at factories slightly outpacing removals driven by lower separation rates rather than higher hiring. Accessions ran around 30 to 40 per thousand with 24 per thousand new hires, while separations fell from 36 to 30 per thousand.
Miss Margaret Mary Dermody of Bennington begins a four month course in Ponce Puerto Rico at the University of Puerto Rico to train as Albany sponsored Papal Volunteer for Latin America. She is a Card inal McCloskey High School sponsor and serves three years in a lay capacity.
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