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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1966
Page
5
4-H News Notes reports the third 4-H Horse Club organized in Bennington County with the Pownal Horse Club formed January 22 under leaders Cleave Roya Nancy Foster and Helen Renner. Officers listed include president Virginia Roya vice president Pamela George secretary Cheryl Ostrander and treasurer Deanna Beals as the group applies for USDA Charter and plans a program.
Thirty seven businesses will participate in Bargain Days February 3 to 5 in Bennington with merchants listed including Adams Clothes Shop Atkins Jewelers Burt Brothers Carrolls Drug Store and more. Also summary of 4 H Light Horse Project aims and district clubs with leadership training horse science and late note Leicester University College of Further Education reports record applicants for a death by own action course.
Troop 53 will join 143,000 units in Boy Scout Week Feb 7 13 with Camp Woodford camporee Feb 18 20 a Turkey Supper Feb 15 at Second Congregational Church to fund gear and a trip to Camp Sunrise Scout Sunday Feb 13 uniforms at church times and Operation Snowflake outdoor tests for badge eligibility with 30 Scouts planning to attend Camp Woodford Vermont location on Long Trail Road.
Boston officials halted basement searches at the Paramount Hotel as fire and building crews secured sagging beams amid ice covered rubble from Friday night explosions. Ten people died and 57 were injured as investigators probe the blast likely tied to illuminating gas and structural collapse in the Combat Zone. Barbara DiMartino, 50, died after lengthy water immersion in the Paramount cellar. most victims died at once.
Vermont Department of Highways reports December traffic on three major routes in Bennington County rose above prior year levels. Shaftsbury U S 7 averaged 2,952 vehicles daily in Dec 1965, up 13.3 percent from Dec 1964, while Dec 1963 stood at 2,952 as a baseline. Vermont 11 in Peru rose 26.5 percent to 1,675 daily in Dec 1965 from 1,324 in Dec 1964, after a 34.5 percent drop from Dec 1963 to 1964. Vermont 9 in Wilmington climbed from 982 in Dec 1963 to 1,231 in Dec 1965, with year over year gains each year.
A Hartford man, Robert Hatley, 22, was stopped after allegedly running a red light in Springfield. Police found 14 revolvers and ammunition in his car and held him for Vermont police on suspicion of a felony connected to a St. Johnsbury antique shop break.
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