Vermont group eyes SOS Children’s Village for homeless kids
A Morrisville team led by Miss Ann Garahan and Ronald Terrill moves to create an SOS Children’s Village in Vermont modeled on Hermann Gmeiner’s homes. They plan a 250 acre site off Route 100 with 20 houses and “mothers” to care for up to 180 children, fostering a normal home life while remaining part of the community.
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Children’s Village Builders
SOS Children’s Village
Morrisville
Vermont
U.S
Ronald Terrill
Ann Garahan
Robert Magoon
New Jersey
New England
Germany
Trenton
Miss Garahan
Gmeiner
Imst
Tyrol
New York
Fordham
Europe
United States
Magoon
Garahan
Terrill
New Yorker
Peace
Carroll Lanpher
Route 100
Green Mountain College
Bennington Teachers Report on Ford Funded Curriculum Trips
A report summarizes fall study trips by 75 Bennington area teachers to 33 cities, prepared by the Cooperative Project for Curriculum Development. It notes a $237,000 Ford Foundation grant to advance education in Southwestern Vermont and a $4,000 earlier grant that funded travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington Area
Ford Foundation
Fund For the Advancement of Education
Vermont
Alvin C. Eurich
Ford
Educational Services Inc
Watertown
Mass
Webb Clashes With Hoff Over Dark Ages Label
Cornwall Republican chairman Derick V. Webb accused Governor Hoff of using a Dark Ages smear to frame the GOP campaign. Webb challenged Hoff’s Burlington remarks as Democratic propaganda and warned against painting Vermont as primitive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Derick Webb
Hoff
Dark Ages
GOP
Cornwall
Derick V. Webb
Philip Hoff
Webb
Burlington
Veremont
Vermont
Senior Class Car Wash and Benchmarks at Local High School
The senior class schedules a car wash at Sawyer's Garage April 17 and 18 with times 3 to 5 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. They recently defeated the faculty in volleyball 9-15 10-15 and 13-15. The prom is planned for May 30 and caps gowns must be measured by Wednesday. The high school day trip to UVM is set for Saturday April 18 with a 7:15 a.m. departure.
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Sawyer’s
Benhi
Judy Daweson
Marilyn Cone
Sue Tifft
Steve Peterson
Brad Stevens
Bill Giles
Bill Garrison
Bob Andrews
Scot Davis
UVM
Burlington
The
Vermont Old Cemetery Association
Wallingford
Green Mountain Home Demonstration Meets on Window Trims
The April meeting of the Green Mountain Home Demonstration Group was held at Mrs. Peter Groenewegen’s Bryant Street home with 11 members. Mrs. Har rington and Mrs. Groenewegen led a program on window trims, followed by a business session. The next meeting is set for May 11 at Mrs. Lucy LaPorte’s Dewey Street home with Mrs. Wendell Carey as co-hostess and the topic Creative Activities.
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St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
Beauticians
Peggy Maclay
Bullard
Troy School of Beauty Culture
Green Mountain Home Demonstration Group
Peter Groenewegen
Bryant Street
William Damour
Robert Harrington
Groenewegen
Lucy LaPorte
Dewey Street
Wendell Carey
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Delia Chiesa
Burlington Free Press
Better Tv, Inc
Main ST
DIAL
Bennington
Bennington Garage
Cornell University
Molly Stark
Melbourne
Fla.) High School
Nova High School
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Bennington High School
By Diane Leblanc
Bendi
Old Cemetery
Rutland
Ruby N. West
DAR
Grand Union Empire
Cantry
Piano Bar
Williamstown
Dairy Queen
North Bennington Road
Bennington, VT
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