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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1965
Page
3
The drought drives households to laundromats, pools sold at discount while demand shifts to mulch and water-efficient gear. Well drillers stay busy as bottled water sales rise and meter reading moves toward outside, remote and electronic systems, easing billing costs amid a dry season.
A Home Demonstration note visits Bennington County Headstart at Bennington College under nursery supervisor Mrs. Marion Downes. Preschoolers engage in letter printing, color selection, shapes, numbers, and story enthusiasm, with small groups of five at each table.
Rain or shine the Bondville Fair will proceed Sept 25 and 26 in Winhall sponsored by the Winhall Industrial Society with dancing midway stage show horseshoe pitching and horse drawing contests at 1 p.m. daily. Officers include Walter Rawson president Parker Roberts vice president and grounds superintendent D R Lyman secretary treasurer Merrill Roberts James Hunt and Robert Shattuck as directors.
Patrolman William G. Hall and Sgt. Norbert Campbell crawled along an 81st floor ledge to save truck driver Francis McCarthy from leaping. McCarthy, 33, of Elmhurst, was persuaded from the edge after a ten minute restraint, taken to Bellevue Hospital for observation with arm injuries.
A humorous reflection on the never ending clothes dilemma in a family. The author catalogs stored garments for weight shifts, maternity wear, and hand me downs, noting chaotic closets, seasonal pruning, and the perpetual hope of simplifying with a utopian ending about clothes being discarded daily.
MONTPELIER UPI Some long term state workers will receive more after retirement under a new plan of full retirement plus Social Security. Administration Commissioner William Kearns said a study shows workers with 35 years of service in lower income brackets will have higher gross benefits than their current weekly take home. A single worker earning 100 dollars a week now would take home 72 dollars after deductions, but about 80 dollars after retirement. This equals 110 percent of current take home pay. At higher pay brackets, retirement would bring long term state workers near 100 percent of take home pay.
The menu lists lunches for Monday through Friday featuring dishes like American chop suey, hot beef sandwiches, goulash, beef stew, and spaghetti with meat sauce. It notes milk accompanies all meals and provides pricing: 25 cents per day for five days and 15 cents weekly for milk if not taking lunch.
In Chelmsford England a jury was imprisoned for 20 minutes when the jury room door jammed during deliberations. Police forced the lock with a screwdriver to release the 12 jurors after the block.
Burlington extension specialist Kay Strassburg urges housewives to schedule regular mending for garments before wear. She notes common fixes like resewing buttons, reinforcing seams, patching fabrics, and using proper patching techniques to extend life and maintain appearance.
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