Legislator's Report Preventative Medicine in Vermont
Dr. Robert B. Aiken testified before the House Natural Resources Committee on subdivision regulations, arguing preventative public health requires developers to show plans to use municipal water and sewer. He warned some areas cannot support septic systems and noted 23 percent of municipal water systems fail federal standards, urging early controls to avert future contamination. Shaftsbury.
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Vermont
Robert B. Aiken
House Natural Resources Committee
Health Department
Aiken
Attorney General’s Office
Dr. Aiken
Pre Town Info Session Set Feb 26
Stephen Gilman will moderate the pre town meeting to be held Thursday Feb 26 at 7 30 p m at the County Courthouse. Sponsored by the Bennington Selectmen the session offers voters a chance to discuss articles in the warning to be voted on at Town Meeting. The League of Women Voters arranged it at the request of the selectmen. Articles include Article 16 on accepting a Town Charter to consolidate and simplify local government. The full warning appeared in The Banner on Friday Feb 13.
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Stephen Gilman
Bennington Selectmen
League of Women Voters
Women of the Moose Meet Adds Jean Sausville to Chapter
The Women of the Mooseheld their February meeting with a chapter night program. Jean Sausville was welcomed into the chapter and Gladys Knapp led the chapter night program as chairman. Guest speaker Mrs Thomas D Steffen spoke about her Girl Scout troop and shared experiences from leading scouts.
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Women of the Moose
Jean Sausville
Gladys Knapp
Thomas D. Steffen
State CD on Alert In Case of Floods
State Civil Defense warns local chairmen of potential floods across Vermont as spring thaws raise ice jam risk along feeder streams. Officials plan prepositioned sandbags and disaster measures, with selectmen coordinating flood watches at strategic sites as state defense staff stay on stand-by.
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Connecticut River Valley
Montpellier
Holmes
Civil Defense Headquarters
Army Corps
State Civil Defense
Bennington Students Named to Honors Lists
Miss Susan White daughter of Mr and Mrs Marshall White of 136 Park St has been named to the first semester honors list at Central Connecticut State College New Britain Conn White a Mt Anthony Union High School graduate is a sophomore majoring in elementary education at the four year liberal arts and teacher education college Mrs John F Chapman daughter of Mrs Norma Bowmaker of 505 South St has been placed on the dean's list for the fall semester at Castleton State College She earned a 3 6 of 4 Dean's list requirement is 3 25 The Chapmans now reside in Rutland
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Susan White
Marshall White
Park St
Central Connecticut State College
New Britain
Conn
White
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Liberal Arts and Teacher Education
John F. Chapman
Norma Bowmaker
505
South St
Castleton State College
Chapman
Karen Bowmaker
Chapmans
Rutland
Talk on Forests Planned By College Ecologist
Dr. Edward Flaccus of Bennington College will lecture on An Ecological Look at Northern Forests at 8 p.m. on Tuesday Feb. 24 in the McCullough Mansion North Bennington. The talk covers forest change theories from climax to succession and explains how local soil light and moisture shape plant communities.
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Edward Flaccus
Bennington College
McCullough
North Bennington
Vermont Academy of Arts and Sciences
Flaccus
Minnesota
New Hampshire
Vermont
Brookhaven Institute
Upton
L.I
Duke University
Bennington
University of Minnesota At
Duluth
University of New Hampshire
Loomis
Philadelphia
Haverford College
New England
Coles suit seeks 25000 damages in federal court
Mrs Malvine Cole of Stratton sues Laurent Thuot of Quebec for negligence after a Sept 4 1968 collision between Cole’s station wagon and a tractor trailer owned by Lague Express Inc of Farnham Quebec in U S District Court Burlington.
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Burlington
Malvine Cole
Stratton
U.S
Laurent Thuot
Quebec
Visit to a Peaceful Mexican Village and Its Palm Coasts
Travelogue through San Blas describes arid plateau through lush coastal village life. Portraits of huts, markets, women in rebozos, children at tortilla mills, and fishing boats with local cuisine and Antonio the cook sharing a fish recipe.
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Mexico
San Blas
Buenos Dias
Antonio
Casa Morales
Vermont
BenMont Workers Honor Two On Retirement
BenMont employees and their wives hosted a retirement party for Harwood Hap Goodwin and Fred Pinsonneault in the Eagles rooms on Saturday evening. Pinsonneault joined BenMont in 1941 and Goodwin in 1942. A cocktail hour preceded a Vermont Restaurant catered dinner. Pinsonneault has 48 years as an Eagles member, Goodwin 36. The couple received a camera and a watch plus checks from the BenMont union.
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BenMont
Eagles Rooms
Harwood
Hap
Goodwin
Fred Pinsonneault
Pinsonneault
Vermont
Order of Eagles Aerie 1861
Ben- Mont Union
National Guard Offers Options on Enlistments
Vermont Army National Guard invites high school seniors to enlist within 120 days of graduation. If vacancies exist, immediate enlistment is possible. otherwise seniors 17 to 18 14 can await a vacancy on a waiting list with priority for non prior service members. Benefits include starting service without interrupting school and returning home after active duty to complete enlistment with local units.
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Camp Johnson
Vermont Army National Guard
Reginald M. Cram
Vermont
Cram
National Guard
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Legislator’s Report
Shaftsbury
WOTM
John P. Morrissey
Bennington District Court
Banner
Elmer S. Greene
River St
Morrissey
Greene
Thomas R. Jepson
U.S.7
John L. Moore
Wilmington
Moss
Moore
Bennington Briefs
Main Street
Frances Benjamin
Unesco
Benjamin
Paul
West Road
Tom
Houston
Texas
Bennington, VT
Nichols
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