State Education Dept Sets Bonding Review for Schools
The Vermont Education Department will hold a special meeting Friday to discuss school construction bonding. The Aug. 6 Committee for Survival session is canceled as members travel to Washington to urge open Atomic Energy Commission meetings in Vermont per Sen. George D. Aiken. Atty. Gen. James Jeffords will cover financing steps, with a First National Bank of Boston representative discussing financial climate. open to school board members superintendents business managers district treasurers and the public.
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Montpelier
UPS
State
Committee For Survival
Washington, D.C
Atomic Energy Commission
Vermont
George D. Aiken
Washington
Irving Lyon
North Bennington
James Jeffords
First National Bank of Boston
Education Department
Fabian
Joseph E. Joseph Leads YMCA Business Division Fund Campaign
Joseph E. Joseph, president of Bennington Brush Co., has accepted the chairmanship of the YMCA fund-raising campaign’s business and industry division. He became a Bennington resident and a partner in a local brush firm in 1932 after attending the Lyceum Alpinum in Zuoz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph E. Joseph
Bennington Brush Co
YMCA
Joseph
Bennington
Brush
Lyceum Alpinum
Zuoz
National Guard New Building To Start Soon
Winooski Vermont. The adjutant general's office awards a $770,000 contract to Leo Spear Construction Co of Springfield Massachusetts to build a two story Vermont Air National Guard operations building at Burlington International Airport. Construction begins August 4 and is to be completed within a year. The facility includes a 50 man dormitory mess hall washrooms boiler room and briefing and briefing and parachute shop. The upper floor contains operations and training spaces with instrument flight facilities and offices for key personnel and flight commanders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winooski
Adjutant General’s Office
Leo Spear Construction Co
Springfield
Mass
Vermont Air National Guard
Burlington International
Ten Thousand Dollar Grant To YMCA Center Approved
Burton W. Potter reports Kresge Foundation trustees approved a $10,000 grant toward the construction of the YMCA Center for Southwestern Vermont in Bennington. The letter from William H. Baldwin notes the Detroit based foundation's support, with additional donations sought from other foundations and agencies as plans proceed. Joseph Bennington, head of Bennington Brush Co., joins as fundraiser and emphasizes the need for renewed recreational facilities for youth and adults.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burton W. Potter
Ymca Planning Committee
Kresge Foundation
Ymca Center
Vermont
Detroit
Mich
Potter
Michigan Foundation
Herbert Leonard
Joseph
Farrar in Germany promoted to Army specialist four
Richard A. Farrar 20 son of Mr and Mrs Franklin W Farrar of 409 County St Bennington was promoted July 16 to Army specialist four in Germany with the 4th Armored Division. He entered the Army in June 1968, completed basic at Ft Dix, stationed in Aberdeen Md before arriving in Germany last January. An updated item notes a bank robbery attempt in La Jara Colorado where four men tried to rob the First National Bank. three were captured after their getaway plane stalled on a muddy runway and a fourth arrested later. $24 000 was taken, bond set at $50 000 each. The Bennington community praises Timbertrail Ranch hosts for Sunny Hill Day Camp children and remarks on the YMCA Center project as a key investment for youth and seniors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard A. Farrar
Franklin W. Farrar
County St
Bennington
Germany
4Th Armored Division
35Th Armor
Farrar
Army
Ft. Dix
N.J
Aberdeen
Denver
UPI
First National Bank of
la Jara
Colo
U.S
Richard Plock Jr
W. Earle Forman
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Edward Fabian
Star Electric Inc
Phonos
Monument Plaza
Nichols
Firts
Vichals
National Guard
Switzerland
Worcester Academy
University of Pennsylvania
Columbia University
Brush Company
Jessie
New York City
Judy
Matthew
Planned Management Systems
Bennington College
University of Wisconsin
Bennington Display Mfg. Co., Inc
Rotary Club of
Catamount National Bank
American Civil Liberties Union
Classic Car Club of America
Southwestern Ver
BFRC
Bennington Banner
Myte of
Bankame Ricard
Richard If. Worthmore
Aooomau
Goog
Rutland
Manchester
Mancuesres
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