Soldiers' Home Posts New Signs To Protect Water Reservoir
The Vermont Soldiers' Home on North Street sits on a 200 acre estate endowed by D F Squires with a 20000 dollar aqueduct. Commandant Edward Giles notes the home runs with state independence and guards its water supply from vandals and litterers who shoot locks, break signs, and dump debris near the reservoir, a distant seven foot fenced site featuring a high natural fountain.
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D. F. Squires
Bennington
North Street
Seth B. Hunt
Vermont Soldiers’ Home
Soldiers’ Home
Edward Giles
Vermont
Soldiers Home
East
Giles
Col. Giles
William
Edmunds
Vermont State Soldiers Home
Vermont Soldiers
Vermont to Screen Exposition Films in West Springfield
The Vermont Development Department offers two sound color films The Exposition Story a 30 minute piece and Show Window of the East a 15 minute feature free for clubs or organizations to book. The Exposition attracts over 500000 visitors yearly and runs September 15 to 24. Clubs may request bookings by writing to the Film Library in Montpelier.
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Montpelier
Film Library
Vermont Development Department
Episcopal Bishop Urges Prayers for Vatican II
The Rt. Rev. Arthur Lichtenberger, Episcopal presiding bishop, asks Episcopalians to pray for the success of Vatican II opening in Rome on October 11. Protestant observers will attend. In London, Dr. Leslie Weatherhead proposes censoring the Bible with a blue pencil, targeting the Old Testament.
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Arthur Lichtenberger
Protestant Episcopal Church
United States
Rome
Leslie Weatherhead
Methodist Conference
London
Windham Cty Group Forms to Back Meyer Senate Bid
A Windham County Meyer for Senate Committee was formed Sunday to back former congressman William H. Meyer of West Rupert. The drive is led by Ann Fairchild and Robert LaMorder, with Meyer facing W. Robert Johnson for the Democratic nomination to oppose Republican Sen. George D. Aiken in November elections.
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Brattleboro, VI
Windham County
Meyer
Senate
William H. Meyer
West Rupert
Ann Fairchild
Brattleboro
Democratic Town Committee
Robert LaMorder
Wilmington
W. Robert Johnson
George D. Aiken
Senate passes 50 million for recreation grants to states
Washington AP reports a bill authorizing fifty million dollars in federal grants to states for recreation program planning has cleared the Senate and moves to the House for action.
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Washington
Senate
House
Bennington Bounces Back Contest Promotes Bermuda Trip
Bennington merchants sponsor the Bennington Bounces Back event August 23 to 25 with a first prize all expenses paid Bermuda trip. The promotion backs the town’s Main Street rebirth after the 1961 fire and includes other prizes and public support from the Greater Bennington Association.
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Bennington
Bermuda
Greater
Pownal
Taconic Racing and Breeding Association
GBA
Ben
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Srattleboro
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