Shaftsbury Teacher’s Second Book Tells Vermont Role in War
Phillip R. Viereck a 38 year old Shaftsbury sixth grade teacher at Bennington Elementary announced a second book Indpendence Must Be Won about Fort Independence and Ticonderoga during the Revolutionary War to illustrate Vermont’s role. His Eskimo Island has sold 7500 copies and printed in England. He plans a boy lost in New Hampshire wilderness book and aims to publish one a year to supplement income.
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Shaftsbury
Vermont
Phillip R. Viereck
Bennington
Viereck
John Day Co
New York
N.Y
Fort Independence
Ticonderoga
Eskimo Island
England
Ellen
King Island
Alaska
Coolidge Memorial Pilgrimage Set for Sunday in Plymouth
The Coolidge Pilgrimage Association announces a Sunday 2 p.m. ceremony at Plymouth Church to honor former President Calvin Coolidge. The program includes a choral group, a talk by state Senator James L. Oakes, and wreath placing at Coolidge graves in Plymouth Cemetery. the public is invited.
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Plymouth
Calvin Coolidge
John Browne
Dorset
Coolidge Pilgrimage Association
James L., Oakes
Brattleboro
Coolidge
Pvt Chester B Mattison Begins Basic Training at Fort Dix
Assigned Private Chester B Mattison 17 son of Mr and Mrs Ralph Mattison RD 2 has been assigned to R Company 2nd Trig Regiment U S Army Training Center Infantry Fort Dix New Jersey for eight weeks of basic training. He is a Bennington High School graduate.
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Chester B. Mattison
Ralph Mattison
RD 2
R Co
U.S. Army Training Center
Infantry
Fort Dix
N.J
Dix
Bennington High School
Village to rise in Morrisville SOS project announced
Mrs Ann J Garahan Vermont Children s Committee Association SOS Children s Village Morrisville launches a fall fund drive to build the first US western hemisphere village on 250 acres near Morrisville Airport The plan calls for 12 houses housing about 90 children with a mother in each house and a shared community life Rotary and other groups back the effort with Adams of Montpelier and Van Santvoord of Bennington among directors.
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James Dodge
St. Francis de Sales
Morrisville
Ann J. Garahan
Vermont Children’s Committee Association
SOS Children’s Village
Rutland Kiwanis Club
George van Santvoord
Bennington
Vermont
Europe
Hermann Gmeiner
SOS Children’s
Austria
Carroll P. Adams
Montpelier
Vermont 10
Stowe
Otto Kallir
New York City
Kallir
Friends of Sos Children’s Villages Inc
International Children’s Villages
Asia
Vermont Association
Race Track Owes $2,800 To Pownal
Green Mountain Park has closed its first race meeting and will receive a $2,800 bill. The town has collected $8,200 on a $200 daily premium through July 11. A final bill for July 11 to 27 will be sent this week, with officials seeking relief from the daily fee.
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Pownal
Green Mountain Park
Rachel Major
Bennington Men Begin Final Training Stage at Navy Center
Eight Bennington men Ronald Elwell Gerald MacJarrett Herbert Mattison Michael Crawford William Nash Steven Hansen Bear Williams and Richard Vachon entered the final stage of recruit training on July 25 at the Naval Training Center in Great Lakes Illinois as part of the 1963 Vermont Shipmate Recruit Company. The Vermont Company began flag competition with focus on academic achievement military drill cleanliness and athletics. The group will graduate recruit training on August 23 with departure set for August 26 and includes Bennington High School and Bennington Catholic graduates.
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Great Lakes, Ill
Bennington
Ronald Elwell
Gerald MacJarrett
Herbert Mattison
Michael Crawford
William Nash
Steven Hansen
Bear Williams
Richard Vachon
Naval Training Center
Vermont Shipmate
Vermont Company
Vermont
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Charles Parsley
Barbara Pratt
Susan Hoisington
Barbara Sweeny
Maria Whitman
Susan Willis
Patti Sweet
Arla Foster
Karen Pratt
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William
Billy) Clark Jr
Trenton
Perley Nourse
Paddock Place
Tanglewood
Leonard Kennison
Dunellen
George D. Knights of
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Nassau
Harry N. Montague
North Bennington High School
Bennington Southwest
Brattleboro Union
Sweden
Ralph A. Eaton
Middlebury
Kiruna
Lapland
John Sierks
Levitt and Sons, Inc
American Association of School Administrators
Stockholm
Michael Cushman
Norton Cushman
Williamstown
Mass
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Kim Cushman
Myron Floren
Jo Ann Castle
Floren
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Jackson & Perkins Co
Florida
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Mac Jarrett
Mattison
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Williams
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Crawford
Bennington Catholic High School
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Main St. Bennington
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Dial
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