Vermont pastor named to represent state at mental retardation conference
The Rev W Earle Forman of the First Church of God in Vermont is designated by Gov Hoff to represent Vermont at the State Federal Conference on Mental Retardation in Warren County Virginia September 19 20 Dr Stafford L Warren notes governors’ consensus as a signal of national commitment to replace neglect with strong programs Delegates include state program leaders and Dr Gunnar Dybwad NAC executive to address an audience of NARC observers The conference aims to explain federal programs promote statewide planning and foster interagency cooperation
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Earle Forman
First Church of God Here
Vermont Association of
R. Sargent Shriver
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Gunnar Dybwad
National Association For Retarded Children Inc
NARC
Warren
Fire Auxiliary Plans Projects at Willow Road Meeting
The Bennington Rural Fire Department Auxiliary met August 19 at the Willow Road fire house with 13 members attending. They ordered new blouses and gloves, planned a Sept 20 food sale at Vermont Gas Co offices, and a Nov 18 plastics party. Co chairs were named. Refreshments were served. In Mount Vernon Ohio, Pathfinder Fair draws 1000 youths for scouting style activities.
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Bennington
Janet Mattison
Polly Carruth
Mount Vernon, Ohio
Mount Vernon Academy
Pathfinders
Seventh Day Adventist Church
Boy and Girl Scouts
16th Century Mexican Indians Invented the Chocolate Soda
Washington special notes how a frosty chocolate soda became an American favorite after Spain and Mexico. It traces cocoa origins from Central and South American roots through Aztec use, Cortes importation, and the spread to Europe and Colonial America, with details on cultivation, production, and uses of the cocoa bean.
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Washington
United States
Mexico
Spain
America
Africa
Montezuma
Cortes
England
Dorchester
Massachusetts
Bunker Hill
Carolus Linnaeus
Western Africa
New Ghana
Barrington Fair Opens Sept 8 in Great Barrington
Barrington Fair begins September 8 in Great Barrington Massachusetts for seven days of auto thrill shows horse racing and hundreds of exhibits with cash awards totaling about fifteen thousand dollars. The event includes 4-H contests cattle sheep poultry and kiddies programs along with fireworks and drill team exhibitions.
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Great Barrington
Mass
Berkshire
Berkshire County
Barrington Fair
Labor Day Founder Peter J McGuire Remembered
The article recalls Peter J McGuire born 1852 on New Yorks East Side as Labor Days founder and forgotten figure. It traces his rise in the labor movement and his 1882 Central Labor Union speech advocating a festive day between July 4 and Thanksgiving. It notes the first Labor Day in 1882 New York and subsequent spread to Oregon DC and all states by 1923.
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Washington
White House
Virgin Islands
Samoa
Peter J. McGuire
McGuire
Labor Day
New York
East Side
American Federation of Labor
Central Labor Union
Fifth Avenue
Killarney
Old
New York Herald
Bricklayers Union
Oregon
Congress
Territories
District of Columbia
Lestoil Announces Acquisition of Bon Ami in Merger Talks
Lestoil Products Inc of Holyoke Massachusetts has gained control of Bon Ami Co of New York via cash stock purchase. Daniel E Hogan Jr becomes Bon Ami president and Lestoil plans study of a potential merger as both firms make household detergents. Weesner notes stock tender and positive outlook for cooperation. Smokers in seven states can deduct state cigarette taxes on federal returns raising total to 24 of 47 states.
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New York
Lestoil Products, Inc
Holyoke
Mass
Bon Ami Co
Daniel E. Hogan Jr
Lestoil
Bon Ami
UPI
Schaghticoke Fair Opens With Week of Shows and Acts
The Schaghticoke Fair opens Thursday at 5 p m and runs through Tuesday night Sept 3 featuring the Flintstones Fred and Pebbles Friday, Pete Williams backwoods show Saturday, The Four Lads Sunday and Monday with Joe E Ross, Joie Chitwood Helldrivers Tuesday, plus dancers Backwards Boginos elephants and many midway attractions Firemen and Veterans Day events and a full carnival lineup.
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Schaghticoke
N.Y
Flintstones
Fred Flintstone
Pebbles
Pete Williams
WRGB
Four Lads
Joe E. Ross
Gunther Toody
United States
Joie Chitwood
Helldrivers
al Martin
Professor Backwards
Boginos
Madison
Elephants
Lambertini
Would-Be Assassin Seeks Trial in Kennedy Case
Richard Paul Pavlick, the would be assassin of President Kennedy, again asked for a trial. Judge William H. Becker took the petition under advisement after a hearing in Springfield. Pavlick, 76, is confined at the Springfield medical center while his competency to stand trial is debated.
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Springfield
Richard Paul Pavlick
Kennedy
William H. Becker
U.S. District Court
Pavlick
Belmont
N.H
West Palm Beach
Fla
Federal Prison System
Becker
Floriday
Russell Millin
U.S
Missouri
Sister Timothy Honored At Family Reunion
Sister Timothy of the Sisters of Providence was guest of honor August 18 at a surprise birthday party and family reunion for 99 relatives of the Bellemare family at the Roy camp in Pownal. Gifts and a cake were shared with relatives including Mr. and Mrs. Theodule Betit and Mrs. Frederick D. Hoth. Sister Timothy, formerly Deneige Bellemare, has worked 43 years at Columbus Hospital in Great Falls Montana and plans to return there Wednesday.
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Timothy
Sisters of Providence
Bellemare
Marcien Roy
Pownal
Nice
Frederick D. Hoth
Theodule Betit
Eli
Lucy) LaPorte
Theodule
Hermine
Betit
Frank
Evelyn
Dragon
Vermont Historical Society Elects Officers and Trustees
At the annual meeting in Montpelier Vermont the Vermont Historical Society elected two year officers President John P. Clement of Rutland Vice Presidents James McCabe Arlington and Richard J. Fowle Thetford Treasurer Lorman S. Brigham Montpelier and Secretary Miriam Fitts Montpelier Also elected to three year terms as trustees were Richard C. Barret Bennington Dorothy Collins Montpelier James Davis St Albans Max W. Barrows Montpelier Olney W. Hill Burlington Marcus A. McComson Worcester Mass Austin B. Noble Burlington and Thomas E. Reynolds Jr. Middlebury
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Montpelier
James Davis
St. Albans
Max W. Barrows
Olney W. Hill
Burlington
Marcus A. McComson
Worcester
Mass
Austin B. Noble
Thomas E. Reynolds Jr
Middlebury
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Mr. Forman
Vermont
Fire Auxiliary
Pathfinders Fair
Triple ‘‘S
Grand Union Empire
H. Greenberg & Son
Main St
Dial
Volksw
Thrift Shop
Fred Scrivens
Paul Pitkin
Josiah Fuller
Ruth Hoy
Marjorie Hayes
E.R. Stump
D.R. Sargent
Volkswagen
Liggett Bosworth Motor Sales, Inc
Bennington, VI
Main Street
Schaghticoke Fair
John F. Kennedy
Joseph
Hormidas
Richard Bellemare
Gaylordsville
Conn
Arthur Boucher
North Adams
Theodore van Buren
Middletown
N.J
James Scullary
Pittsfield
John Carelli
Thomas Kreshy
Hoosick Falls
Frank Dragon
Newberry
Joseph Betit
Larry
DR. See. Anne
Liggettibosworth
Sales & Service North
Bennington Road
Bennington, Vt
The
Vermont Bank and Trust Company
Vermont Bank and Trust CO
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Brattleboro
Rutland - Bennington
Bellows Falls
Chester
Love
Drysdale
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