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Bennington Banner

Location

Bennington, Vermont, United States of America

Date

Feb 25, 1963

Page

5

Troop 53 Scouts Camp Woodford Weekend In Cold

Troop 53 of the Second Congregational Church spent the weekend at Camp Woodford led by Scoutmaster Kendall Adams Assistant Scoutmaster Kenneth Gile and Committeeman Fred Fuller. Scouts packed wood drew water built a stove repaired the kitchen and kept fires during below zero weather.

Troop Camp Woodford Second Congregational Church Kendall Adams Kenneth Gile Fred Fuller Bill Garrison Bart Howe David Peterson Dick Farrar Francis Morin Rick Leonard Dan Flanders Jeff Bergquist Paul Garrison Ned Quist Dan Shultz Bill Tudor Mark Zareski Dick Shoemaker Jon Peck Jeff Locklin Donald Gallett Joel Howard Gile Ike Hurley Gerald Wellspeak Bennington

Mars Radar Contact Achieved From California Lab

Scientists at California Institute of Technology report first radar contact with Mars via a 25 billion watt signal from Goldstone. The 125 million mile round trip left a tiny return showing Mars has rough and smooth surfaces like Earth and the Moon.

Pasadena Calif Mars Earth Moon California Institute of Technology Jet Propulsion Laboratory Goldstone California Desert Venus

Surface Ships May Replace NATO Subs

Navy studies show converting merchant ships to Polaris missile platforms could slash cost to about 76 million dollars per hull, then 58 million after first. a submarine cost about 120 million. Conversion time about two years, potentially a year less than building submarines, prompting a policy shift toward surface ship basing for a multinational nuclear force.

Washington North Atlantic Treaty Organization United States NATO U.S. Navy Navy Long Beach Defense Chiefs

S&H Green Stamp Center to Open at North Bennington Road

Francis H. Gardiner announced the S&H Green Stamp Redemption Center at the North Bennington Road shopping center will open Friday under supervision of John A. Brady. Sperry and Hutchinson Co. has operated since 1896 with over 800 redemption centers nationwide and 10 distribution centers.

Francis H. Gardiner Sperry and Hutchinson Co S&h Green Bennington Road John A. Brady S&h

Vermont Declares March 5 as Seabees Day

Governor Hoff signed a proclamation designating March 5 as Seabees Day in Vermont to honor the Navy construction battalion’s World War II and Korean War service building roads airstrips and shore installations in combat zones.

Hoff

Troop I Promotes Five in Vermont Cavalry Unit

Five members of Troop I 102nd Armored Cavalry Vermont National Guard receive promotions including Francis C. Davis Gene Hoard Dennis S. Woodward Edward J. Coyne and William E Hill. Reorganization plan to shift from reconnaissance to a tank troop is set for April 1 under Captain John M. Dempsey.

102Nd Armored Cavalry Vermont National Guard Francis C. Davis Cheshire Mass Gene Hoard Manchester Dennis S. Woodward Beech St Edward J. Coyne North Bennington Road William E. Hill Williamstown Heard SP 5 Coyne Harvey W. Brophy James Weeks John M. Dempsey

Smithwick Earns Next Season Basketball Scholarship

Varsity coach Ken Rosemond awards a scholarship to Jimmy Smithwick the 6 foot 4 freshman forward from Morehead City N C for the next season.

Chapel Hill N.C Jimmy Smithwick Ken Rosemond Morehead City

Little Orchestra to Present Festival at Vermont Campus

The Little Orchestra of New York will hold a two week music festival at the University of Vermont this summer. Thomas Sherman will conduct during the July 8 to 20 festival after Lane Series sponsorship was approved by the university Board of Trustees.

Burlington Little Orchestra of New York University of Vermont Little Orchestra Society University’s Lane Thomas Sherman Little Orchestra of New York Lane University

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