Vigil in Williamstown Advocates Nonviolent Aid to Southeast Asia
A six day 24 hour vigil opening yesterday at 10 a.m. in Williamstown Massachusetts promotes nonviolent alternatives. Sponsored by the Northern Berkshire Community for Non-violent Alternatives the event features speakers a literature exhibit and a tiger cage display similar to Vietnam era prison restraints. Speakers include Jean Pierre Debris Russell Johnson Irene Johnson Don Dawson and Bob and Jane Cary Peck with topics on peace in Southeast Asia the changing role of women in Vietnam and forgotten Vietnamese children. The week ends Friday with a potluck dinner at the Methodist Church and a candlelight vigil along Route 2.
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Williamstown
Mass
Berkshire
Vietnam
Brewster Rhodes
Congress
House of Representatives
House
Senate
Rhodes
Southeast Asia
Irene Johnson
Women’s Center
Park Hall
Don Dawson
Cambodia
Make Peace
Greylock
Bob
Jane Cary Peck
Weston Language Center
Methodist Church
Timed race to highlight Bennington County Horse Show
Arlington Green Mountain Racetrack hosts a timed stadium jumping event at the Bennington County Horse Show on Saturday May 25 at Bald Mountain Farm Arlington for Bennington County Humane Society. A silver trophy and class ribbons await the fastest fewest error performer with ten obstacles.
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Arlington
Green Mountain Racetrack
Bennington County
Lloyd Marks
Peabody
Mass
Richard Chapman
Richard McAvoy
Montpelier
Franklin Frantz
Bennington
Geri Rush
Pownal
Windham regional commission to discuss tax maps program
Emerson Baker of the Vermont Tax Department will explain the base map and property tax mapping project at a Windham Regional Commission meeting. Aerial photos will feed town base maps, with tax maps ready by summer 1975. Planning commissions and property owners will use the new maps for land use planning and tax appraisal.
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Brattleboro
Windham
Baker
Merck Forest Hosts Teachers Toads Workshop in Rupert
Rupert area teachers from Bennington schools attended a two day outdoor Merck Forest workshop to boost use of natural resources in education. Held on April 16 and 17 at the 2600 acre site, the program featured lectures field trips slide shows and ecology demonstrations.
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Rupert
Bennington
Merck Forest
Bennington Area
Agency names new executive
Vermont's Agency of Development and Community Affairs appointed Howard N. Stark as an executive in the economic development division to attract new industry and promote in state expansion. Stark, resident of Peacham, has prior roles with United States Gypsum and Limestone Products Corp. He is a former president and director of the Vermont Chamber Executives Association. Allan Morich of Merck Forest led workshop sessions with Edward Flaccus and Judy Ervin. The Merck Forest workshop aimed to promote outdoor education in local schools and planned future teacher workshops.
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Montpelier
Howard N. Stark
St. Johnsbury
Vermont
Agency of Development and Community Affairs
John Farmer
Stark
Allan Morich
Merck Forest
Edward Flaccus
Bennington College
Sydney Dupont
Wilmington
UVM student studies tame deer to gauge Vermont herd
Bradley Eldred, a University of Vermont senior, studies winter food habits of tame white tailed deer in Mount Mansfield area. He tracks a yearling weekly to compare with wild deer and argues deer management should be by Fish and Game experts, supports a doe hunting season, and notes deer growth depends on food availability. Eldred comes from Waterbury and aims for a career in wildlife work and teaching.
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Burlington
Vermont
Bradley James Eldred
Waterbury
University of Vermont
Mount Mansfield
Stowe
Eldred
University
School of Natural Resources Wildlife Program
Fish and Game Department
Windham County
Lawrence
School of Natural Resources
Forestry Club
National Wildlife Society
College of Agriculture
Elizabeth C. Lisman
Who
HRBCEPA canoe trip along the Hoosick set to start in North Adams
Hoosic River Basin Citizen's Environmental Protection Association plans a May 4 canoe trip from North Adams to the New York state line led by Robert McCarthy Jr. Participants must bring their own canoes and life jackets. Call 458-3070 for return transport arrangements.
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Williamstown
Mass
Hrbcepa
Hoosic River Basin
Citizen’s Environmental Protection Association
North Adams
New York State Line
Robert McCarthy Jr
Hoosic
Bob McCarthy
Roncatti
State Road
Iron Bridge
N.Y. State Line
Robert E. McCarthy Jr
Arlington OES Installation Set for Sunday
Arlington Red Mountain chapter 41 of the Order of the Eastern Star will hold an installation of officers on Sunday April 28 at 2 p.m. Elected and appointed officers include Elizabeth Toone as worthy patron Robert Toone as worthy patron Dale Bahan as associate matron Clyde Putnam as associate patron Ingrid Hirsh as secretary Agnes Belcher as treasurer Jane Rice as conductor Christine McKenzie as associate conductress Claudia Hansen as chaplain Corinne Hoyt as marshal Ella Pike as organist Lillian Henderson as Adah Clara Hulet as Ruth Frances Bahan as Esther Marilyn King as Martha Loretta Putnam as Electa Sharon Brown as warder and Helen Whitman as sentinel Installing officers include Corinne Hoyt president installing matron Clyde Putnam installing patron Deborah Toone Kalwat marshal Ella Pike organist and Joan Toone Sibicky soloist.
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Arlington
Red Mountain
the Order of the Eastern Star of
Elizabeth Toone
Robert Toone
Dale Bahan
Clyde Putnam
Ingrid Hirsch
Agnes Belcher
Jane Rice
Christine McKenzie
Claudia Hansen
Corinne Hoyt
Ella Pike
Lillian Henderson
Adah
Clara Hulet
Ruth
Frances Bahan
Esther
Marilyn King
Martha
Loretta Putnam
Electa
Sharon Brown
Helen Whitman
Sentinel
P.m
Clyde Putna
P.p
Deborah Toone Kalwat
Marshal
Joan Toone Sibicky
Londonderry meeting to discuss Vermont education reports
An informational session will be held Tuesday from 7 30 to 10 p m at Flood Brook School Londonderry to explain two Vermont Department of Education reports Accountability and Assessment and Public School Approval. Attendees include teachers students administrators and board members as well as citizens with state officials presenting and answering questions.
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Londonderry
Vermont
Flood Brook
Department of Education
Vermont State Board of Education
State Board of Education
Bennington BCRC nominates officers for commission
Bennington County Regional Commission presents a slate led by W Byrd La Prade for chairman with Edwin Colvin as vice chairman Charles Tilgner III as secretary and Harry Hayden as treasurer. Last year’s officers included Ferdinand Bongartz as chairman. Ballots were mailed to commissioners with options to vote by mail or in person at the May 16 annual meeting.
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Arlington
Bennington County Regional Commission
BCRC
W. Byrd la Prade
Landgrove
Edwin Colvin
Charles Tilgner III
Harry Hayden
LaPrade
Ferdinand Bongartz
Colvin
Hayden
Dufresne and
Henry Engineering
Gregory Burke
Burke
Manchester Sailor Reported to Nashville Duty
Manchester Navy Storekeeper Seaman Apprentice Russell F. Ross, son of Mr and Mrs Nelson D Ross of Spruce Street, Manchester, has reported for duty aboard the amphibious transport dock USS Nashville, homeported in Norfolk Virginia.
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Navy
Russell F. Ross
Nelson D. Ross
Spruce St
Manchester
USS
Nashville
Norfolk
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