Scout Notes from Bennington Troop 353 Campouts and Changes
This summer scouts of Bennington Troop 353 enjoyed camping at Ball Mountain Dam Jamaica and camp Ply mouth Tyson with mixed fishing results and good meals. Attendees included Wayne Jacobs Terry Hunt Geroge Kerbs Kim Clark Craig Reynolds Kevin Jacobs Bill Harrington Jim Harrington Carl Sherman and John Wiskoski led by Assistant Scoutmaster George Kerbs Troop Chairman Roy Bergquist and Bruce Fuller. Taconic District Executive Joseph Hart is leaving for a district near Fitchburg Mass, with best wishes from the unit. Sunrise Camp Sunrise director Bob Everett also steps down after five years. Scoutmaster Kendall F Adams enters his 42nd year of scouting this September. Marine Pvt Daniel J Curtin son of Mrs John J Schehr completes four weeks at Camp Lejeune with further specialist training before his first permanent unit.
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Scouts of
Bennington
Ball Mountain Dam
Jamaica
Wayne Jacobs
Terry Hunt
Geroge Kerbs
Kim Clark
Craig Reynolds
Kevin Jacobs
Bill Harrington
Jim Harrington
Carl Sherman
John Wiskoski
George Kerbs
Roy Bergquist
Bruce Fuller
Camp Plymouth
Tyson
Ethan Allen Council
Kevin Murphy
Steve Grover
Billy Harrington
Keith Morse
Taconic
Joseph Hart
Hart
Fitchburg
Mass
Camp Sunrise
Bob Everett
Sunrise
Scouts
Kendall F. Adams
Rangeley
Maine
America
Curtin
John J. Schehr
Pine Road
Camp Lejeune
N.C
500 Teachers With Emergency Certification
MONTPELIER UPI reports Vermont officials say about 500 teachers will teach this fall on emergency certification. Remaining vacancies total around 100, mainly in math science art and music. Salary concerns drive applicants away, with posts starting at 6000 versus expected 8000. Sixty applications for state education commissioner have been filed. the board aims to name a successor to ousted Dr Richard Gibboney by September 30. Rutland Superintendent William Atkins and Burlington Superintendent William Keough have not applied.
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Richard A. Gibboney
Vail
Rutland
William Atkins
Burlington
William Keough
Grove City College selects Pendergast as senior class president
Paul F. Pendergast son of Mrs Helen C Pendergast of 123 Beech St has been elected president of Grove City College's 700 member senior class. A 1964 Bennington Catholic HS graduate and Shrine Maple Sugar Bowl quarterback, he is a pre law major, fraternity president and college football quarterback returning this month after a three week campaign with posters and speeches.
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Paul F. Pendergast
Helen C. Pendergast
Beech St
Grove City College
Grove City
Pendergast
Bennington Catholic High School
Vermont
Banner
Seabee in Mekong Delta returns after 40 day build
Local Seabee Charles Mould and Seabee Battalion 71’s second detachment have completed a 40 day project in the Mekong Delta. The 20 man team built living and administration facilities for HAL III Helicopter Attack Squadron in Vung Tau, 40 miles east of Saigon. The area saw Viet Cong activity but the unit reported little action and found the resort town a relief from Chu Lai. A second detachment of 31 men at Chu Lai's south, in Quang Ngai province, continues construction 30 miles away.
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Chu Lai
South Vietnam
Charles Mould
Arthur Mould
Park Street
Bennington
Seabee Battalion 71
Mekong Delta
HAL III
Vung Tau
Saigon
Republic of Vietnam
Sandy Chu Lai
MCB 71
Quang Ngai Province
Diabetes Screening Clinics Scheduled in Two Plants
Diabetes screening clinics will be held Thursday from 2 to 4 p.m. at Bijur Lubricating Corp in Bennington and from 2:15 p.m. at Eagle Square Mfg. Co in Shaftsbury. Up to 200 Bijur employees and about 140 at Eagle Square will be tested. Participants should fast or drink only water after a hearty meal two hours before testing. A finger-prick micro-blood test will indicate normal results or need for further testing.
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Bijur
Edward Dowd
Diabetes Control Program
Chronic Illness Control Division
Vermont State Department of Health
Health Department
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Bennington, Vermont
Swift's
Walker
Laiglon
Hotel Putnam Bldg
Colonial Shopping Ctr
Williamstown
Main Street
Viola Conley
van Vechten B. Graves
Paul W. Bohne
Victor A. Agostini
John L. Whalen
Arlington
I.N. Bartlett
Manchester
Appeal Board
United States
Boston
James Edward Whitman
William Whitman
Main St
Chefs’ School
Northeastern University
Ritz
Donna Ottaviano
Stark Street
Jimmy Brown
Center
E. J. Babcock
Gillmore
Triple
Grand Union Empire
Ennington
Noreshett
Diamond Importers
American Gem Society
Moose
Bennington Lodge
Nick Marra
Prospect
Woodford
Legion of the Moose
Nationaline
Depot ST
Dial
Bennington, VT
Johnson
Orem NY Enn
Asen
Johnson Oil CO
North
Bennington Road
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