Bennington Program teacher trainee carries experience he won't forget
Jim Osborne, a Bennington Program staffer for six months, reflects on the impact of his hands on work with at risk high school students. He cites increased reading levels, personal responsibility, and mature behavior gained through the wilderness trip and close staff attention. He aims to pursue teaching with similar programs, believing every district should offer alternate education.
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Bennington
Osborne
Jim
Algonquin Provincial Park
Ontario
Canada
Johnson State College
Mt. Anthony
California
Recycling bill S 99 seems dead for this session
MONTPELIER Vermont lawmakers consider bill S 99 to create state recycling and resource recovery stations. The Vermont League of Cities and Towns executive director says it is back with Natural Resources for further work as House members fear open-ended funding. He notes potential profits from tires metals demolition materials and sludge could fund expansion while the governor cuts the junk car program budget.
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Montpelier
Robert E. Stewart
Vermont League of Cities and Towns
House Natural Resources Committee
Stewart
Natural Resources
House
Obituary of William L. Slate 90 longtime Connecticut station director emeritus
William L. Slate 90 former director emeritus of the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station died Sunday at his Hamden home. Born 1883 in Norwalk Ohio he graduated from Ohio State University in 1909 and worked as an agronomist at Maine and New Hampshire. He joined the Storrs station in 1913 became vice director in 1922 and directed both the state and Storrs stations until retirement in 1947. A New Haven lab named for him was completed in 1959. He served with Sigma Xi ASAg and AAAS and lectured at Yale. He was Connecticut State Planning Board chair 1934-37. He is survived by his daughter and a sister.
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William L. Slate
Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
Alan B. Overstreet
South Stream Road
Pownal
Brookhaven Road
Hamden
Conn
Norwalk
Ohio
Ohio State University
University of Maine
University of New Hampshire
Storrs, Conn
New Haven
State Station
Storrs
Northeastern Agricultural Experiment Station
Sigma Xi
American Society of Agronomists
American
Women of the Moose Meet at Moose Hall Tonight
The Women of the Moose gather at Moose Hall at 7:30 PM with a guest speaker and a spirited auction to follow.
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Moose Hall
Funeral for Mrs Jessie Maclay Held in Bennington
Funeral services for Mrs Jessie Maclay widow of Thomas Maclay who died January 23 at Bennington Convalescent Center were conducted Sunday afternoon at Hanson Walbridge Funeral Home. Rev Floyd I La Bombard officiated with bearers Thomas Maclay Craig McGuire Harry Percey and Frederick Howard. Committal prayers were offered during entombment in Park Lawn Cemetery Vault with spring burial planned in Grandview Cemetery North Bennington. Private services also noted for Tinker of Kent Connecticut under Beecher Bennett Funeral Home Hamden. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery Waterbury Connecticut.
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Jessie Maclay
Bennington
Hanson-Walbridge
Floyd I. la Bombard
First Baptist Church
Craig McGuire
Harry Percey
Frederick Howard
la Bombard
Park Lawn
Grandview
North Bennington
Tinker
Kent
Conn
Beecher & Bennett Funeral Home
Whitney Avenue
Hamden
Riverside Cemetery
Waterbury
Vermonters vote on 1974 Congress roll calls
Report shows Rep. Mallary voted yea on the third world loans measure, with the 1.5 billion IDA loan plan debated. Senate first roll call tabled Metzenbaum seating, while depletion allowances passed, gifting a 2 million dollar annual tax break to soda ash refiners. Unemployment for students amendment rejected.
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World Bank
S’ International Development Association
I.D.A
India
Pakistan
Bangladesh
Richard Mallary
R-Vt
Sen
Metzenbaum
Senate
Ohio
Howard Metzenbaum
William Saxbe
Rules Committee
Internal Revenue Service
Treasury Department
America
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Aiken
Stafford
Red Cross chapter moves to new quarters
The American Red Cross Bennington County chapter relocates to 206 Union St near the public library with unchanged phone number 442-9458. Executive director Mrs. Walthrude Pierce and secretary Mrs. Margaret Craig oversee all services from clothing and furniture collection to blood typing, First Aid training, and outreach for military families.
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Bennington County
American Red Cross
Sue C. Sherwood
Elizabeth Gillette
Union St
Bennington Free Library
Eugene V. Clark
Joseph Parks
Bennington County Chapter
Red Cross
Margaret Craig
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