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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1976
Page
4
The Bennington Banner operates daily except Sundays and holidays. It is produced by Banner Publishing Corporation located at 125 Main Street, Bennington, Vermont 05201.
Secretary of State Kissinger travels to Pretoria to push a compromise on Rhodesia Namibia and black majority rule as Zambian President Kaunda warns of a potential no return point and suggests violence if negotiations fail. The piece also weighs a U S stance amid apartheid and a second issue urges a swift ban on fluorocarbon aerosol cans to protect the ozone layer.
Mt Anthony Union High School prepares to host Drury High School in a 1 30 pm kickoff in North Adams with a strong home crowd expected to support the team. The community praises student scholars Jennifer Brown and Charles Tilgner as National Merit Scholarship semifinalists.
TIM POWERS notes that scheduling Mt Anthony Union High School board elections with the general vote risks politicizing education. He recalls Lawrence Harrington’s use of the bloody shirt and singles out former principal Charles W. Keir as a lingering source of contention amid ongoing partisan echoes in local schooling.
The writer recalls fifty years of memory as they attend the North Bennington lithograph plant auction, the second time in a lifetime. They worked there at seventeen manufacturing stereoscopes and stereopticons, noting the Kiddy Kar creation and subsequent boom in business with Kiddy Kars, carts, scooters, and school furniture.
In a reminiscence Leon E. Snow recalls the collapse of the mill caused by mismanagement and overexpansion during the 1930s. The Lithograph Co. from New York City came to repair the plant, under Mr Michels, with Fredrick Welling as receiver. Roofs were fixed, paper and tar used, machinery shipments arrived, old jail plates were repurposed, and workers in various trades found work, while the site’s future remains uncertain.
A moving American play presented by Oldcastle Players in Bennington. In vignettes, actors offered characterizations with humor, compassion, and strength under Robert Sugarman's sensitive direction. The piece prompts self reflection on social taboos and humanity. Final show tonight at 8 at Mt Anthony Union High School auditorium. Ann K Resch Shaftsbury.
Kathryn Gerlach praises Barth Vander Els M D as a principled, educated leader. She notes his honesty, discipline, and four children while highlighting his late father’s influence and his wife Betty’s community work. She advocates high school-level fundamentals to educate future decision makers.
A Vermont columnist argues against blanket bans on clear cutting, citing the 1897 Organic Act and a Richmond court ruling. He emphasizes nuanced, area specific forestry driven by professional silviculture and collaboration between private operators and Forest Service to restore healthy eastern and western forests and wildlife habitat.
North Petersburg New York writes that a Banner analysis by John Page praises farming ideas but critiques pesticide use and food marketing. The letter references cancer hazards from plowing with atrazine, a breakfast food energy claim, and concerns over sugar and nicotine in youth stimulation.
Bennington readers extend thanks to residents for supporting The Fresh Air Fund's 99th summer. Cal Gertsen, director, notes children from New York benefited. Letters to the editor invited with signer name and address. 200 words max. libel or bad taste disqualifications apply.
A comparsion of Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter before Bnai Brith suggests Ford is a stronger speaker and may retain Nixon era Jewish support, boosting his prospects in key states. Carter’s weaker presentation and Israel focus failed to energize the audience, indicating Jews might favor Ford’s proven support over Carter’s promises.
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