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Bennington Banner

Location

Bennington, Vermont, United States of America

Date

Dec 15, 1965

Page

7

Shaftsbury Scouts cut balsam trees for troop funds

Members of Pay Scout Troop 31 under supervision spent Sunday cutting balsam Christmas trees. The trees are on sale at Fore st Hulett's Main Street residence, with proceeds to the troop treasury. Scouts will also decorate a Christmas tree at the four corners in Shaftsbury. Dorset Elementary School closes for holidays December 22 at 2 p.m. The gala lunch is December 21. Mrs. Frederick Gilbert was away at a Christmas visit with relatives in Portland, Ore. to California. A package of homemade maple sugar prepared by Mrs. Austin Rumney will be sent to her son in Pittsburgh, Calif.

Pay Scout Troop Edwin Colvin Donald Farrar James Lyon Alan Hess Ezekiel Cross Forerest Hulett Main Street Four Corners Shaftsbury Michael Praedon Gulf Gas Station Dorset Frederick Gilbert Women’s Fellowship Fred Hollings Portland Ore California Roy Verdrey Austin Rumney Roger Pittsburgh Calif Vermont

Orchid expeditions span New Jersey to Vermont chronicles

The author recounts extensive orchid exploration from Easton to High Bridge New Jersey and on to Springdale and beyond. He details species found such as large yellow lady's slippers white Cyp candidum and queen lady's slipper, notes consultations with herbariums and gardens in Lafayette College New York Brooklyn Missouri Botanic Garden and Yonkers, and describes preparations for lectures starting at the New York Botanical Garden in 1935 plus Vermont notes per Prof E J Dole.

Baltic Charles Darwin Harry D. Bailey South Easton Lafayette College Easton High Bridge N.J Springdale Poconos South Jersey Porter Harold Pretz Allentown New York Brookelyn Botanic Gardens Samuel Untermeyer Yonkers George I’anson India Burma Lager and Hurrell New Jersey St. Louis Missouri Botanic Garden New York Botanical Garden California Oregon Washington Vermont E.J. Dole UVM

Shaftsbury Scouts To Have New Leader

Shaftsbury Troop 31, BSA, will get a new leader next month as Scout master Alan Hess steps down for personal reasons. Henry Freely will replace him on Jan 1, with Hess remaining as assistant scoutmaster. Freely has held multiple Suffolk County Scouting roles, and now lives with his family in Center Shaftsbury. Enrollment sits at 23 with strong advancement gains. new and returning leaders include Edward Wansbury stepping down as treasurer, to be replaced by John Billow. The troop plans a Heritage Trail, a First Aid training proposal, and a shift of Charter Night to Feb 7 after postponement.

Shaftsbury BSA Alan Hess Henry Freely Long Island Hess James Lyon Ed Colvin Robert Fletcher Hess ‘Thas Freely Suffolk County L.I Suffolk Council Andre Betit Bennington Betit Coutmaster Roach Shafsbury Forrest Hulett Durin

North Bennington Students To Greet Christmas with Song

North Bennington welcomes Christmas with school concerts. Kindergarten through grade 6 perform Friday at 2 20 in the school gym featuring folk songs, spirituals, and recorder numbers. The high school program follows Monday at 8 p m with mixed choir and glee club, directed by Harry Robinsky. The public is invited. admission is free.

North Bennington Polly van der Linde Susan Laslo Ray Goodwin JoAnn Johnson Victoria Scott Alan McCullough James Mackey Suesan Sorenson Mary Kenyon Kathleen Curran Katherine Shepard Mary Jean Legacy Ray Crosier Linda Foster Patty Shaw Daphne Mackey Laura Mackey Betsy Leamy Karen Hewitt Michelle Rice Rita Driscoll Susan Nolan Kathy McWaters Patricia White Patricia Corcoran Clifton Loomis Triangle Judy Crane Nancy Rice Jean Kenyon Patti Sweet Margaret Hurley Elizabeth Elwell Beverly Ellis Elaine Curran Gary Matteson Spencer Sweet George Plue R. H. van der Linde Catherine Elwell Robinsky

Arlington community meeting and Red Mountain sale event

Kindergarten parents meet at the Community House at 8 pm. A two day exhibit and sale at Things from Red Mountain Studio on Red Mountain Road north of Arlington Dec 18 19 benefits the Vermont in Mississippi Project and families in the south. Art crafts by Charmion Bodies and Virginia and Lowell Naeve will be offered. Call 375 6956 for details. Women of St Margaret Mary's Parish seek Christmas basket donations at Mrs Wilbur Coreys home with baskets filled Sunday evening. Only 60 percent of American women own life insurance, per Texas A&M University.

Red Mountain Red Mountain Road Arlington Vermont Mississippi Charmion Bodies Virginia Lowell Naeve St. Margaret Mary’s Parish Wilbur Corey Texas A&m University

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