Five Scouts Complete 85 Mile Hiking Merit Trek
Five Troop 53 boys Wayne Jacobs Richard Stratton James Harrington Terry Hunt and Steven Rice totaled about 85 miles on five hikes to earn the Hiking merit badge. They logged four 10 mile hikes and one 20 mile trek aided by other scouts. trips included Camp Woodford Tansitor plant Shaftsbury Peaceful Valley and an Arlington return with wildlife sightings.
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Boy Scouts
Troop 53
Wayne Jacobs
Richard Stratton
James Harrington
Terry Hunt
Steven Rice
Young Rice
Camp Woodford
Long Trail Road
Woodford
Young Jacob
Branch Street
Rice
Vt. 9
Wayne
Kevin
Bennington Municipal Airport
John
Shaftsbury
Pownal
U.S. 7
Wayne Jacob
Willow Road
East Road
Arlington
Job Corps Seeks Applicants and Local Camp Workday
Job Corps seeks qualified applicants aged 16 to 21 who are out of school and unemployed. The program, funded by federal sources, offers self paced learning, pay, housing, meals, and job training in trades. A May 1 Camp Ondawa workday in Sunderland invites 4 H members and friends to help lay foundations and clean cabins while promoting participation. Washington report notes Rayburn House offices will receive sinks and disposers costing about 50,000 dollars in the new building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
JOB Corps
Camp Ondawa
Sunderland
Washington
UPI
Rayburn House
Capitol
Reminder Issued On Postal Savings Deposits
Postmaster Stanley J. Pekalski urged depositors to withdraw postal savings certificates as soon as possible or at their anniversary dates. No deposits or new accounts were accepted after April 28, 1966, with interest ending on each certificate’s anniversary. Unpaid deposits after June 30, 1967 would transfer to the Treasury for time‑unlimited payments upon claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley J. Pekalski
Pekalski
Treasury Department
New Books at Bennington Free Library
A list of new titles including Ashton-Warner Greenstone Life in New Zealand with Maori touches Bondaryev Silence Postwar novel in Russia Caldwell No One Hears But Him The man who listens solves problems Capps A Woman of the People White children adapting to Comanche Indians Donleavy The Oldest Summer of Samuel S a sad romance Marshall The Raging Moon Two polio cripples remake their lives Novak How Amelia Secured the Tie That Binds with a Very Loose Knot a romance of sorts Taylor Doomsday Square a fast thriller about nuclear arms Vizinczey In Praise of Older Women Vajda concludes that 35 is about the right age White The Solid Mandala Twin brothers in Australia tell their own versions of some events Abel Missile Crisis USA USSR and Cuba Elderidge The Godey Lady Book Dolls and related Gamov Gravity recognized work on this subject Gordon American Trout Fishing As title indicates Hallet Congo Kitabu Autobiography in Central Africa Luce Sleep All about it Pearce Ornamental Trees for Garden and Roadside Planting Readers Digest Assn Secrets and Spies A pull together of various episodes Tunis Colonial Craftsmen and the Beginning of American Industry Vining Flora Revolutionary period biography of a Scot said mostly in Carolinas REMEMBER If the books are out library will reserve them for you
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Ashton-Warner
Greenstone
New Zealand
Bondaryev
Russia
Caldwell
Capps
Donleavy
Samuel S
Marshall
Novak
Amelia
Taylor
Vizinczey
Vajda
White
Australia
Abel
USA
Ussr
Cuba
Elderidge
Godey
Gamov
Gordon
Hallet
Congo
Kitabu
Central Africa
Luce
Pearce
Readers’Digest Assn
Tunis
Carolinas
120000 Tree Seedlings To Be Planted In Area
Landowners in Bennington County will plant 120000 evergreen seedlings on idle acres. 34000 seedlings delivered to 23 landowners at Ralph Fleming’s Mobil Station in Manchester Center. 86000 trees handed to 43 landowners at Joe’s Open Air Market in Bennington. Seedlings grown at Essex Junction nursery. about 3 million trees planted statewide annually for various uses. Half of landowners may receive 70 percent cost sharing up to 26 per 1000 trees under federal Agricultural Conservation Program administered by Bennington County ASC Committee led by John J. DeVito. Sign up for 1967 program year in late September. contact DeVito or Barton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington County
Manchester Center
Ralph Fleming
Mobil
Lawrence Pratt
Bennington Soil Conservation District
David C. Barton
Bennington
State Department of Forests and Parks Nursery
Essex Junction
Federal Agricultural Conservation Program
Truck towed after missing inspection sticker sparks fire
In Odessa Texas an officer refused to let Johnny Cromer drive his truck away for lacking a safety inspection sticker. A tow vehicle hauled the truck away but the tow chain broke, sending the truck rolling free onto a curb where it hit three other cars and a gas pump, igniting a fire.
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Odessa
Tex
UPI
Johnny Cromer
Cromer
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United Nations
Paul VI
Secretariat
Chagall
Dag Hammarskjold
Georges Roualt
U.N
Steven
Tansitor Electronics
New York State Line
Paul Prescott
Johnny Cole
Tansitor
U. S
Atkins and Gould
Jewelers
Bennington, vi
Main St
Smirnoff
Veou
Ste Pierre Smirnoff
Heublein
Hartford
Conn
Bennington Free Library
Enry M. Tuttle CO. Inc
Depot Street
Dial
Evans’ News
Pratt & Riley
Grocers
Willy’s
Millbrook
Vitammiies & Iron
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