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Newspaper

Bennington Banner

Location

Bennington, Vermont, United States of America

Date

Jul 12, 1966

Page

5

Plain Dirt Gardeners Elects New Officers

The Plain Dirt Gardeners at their annual meeting elected officers for 1966 67. Mrs. Robert E. Nadeau was named president with other officers including Mrs. Benjamin Vail as vice president and Mrs. Leonard E. White recording secretary. Mrs. Loyal Nash as corresponding secretary and Mrs. Marcus R. Hon ey treasurer. Also elected were Mrs. Harold Riemann to chair the board of gardeners and Mrs. Waldo Holden as representative to the Federated Garden Clubs of Vermont. The president noted youth conservation and education as the year s focus and praised committee work led by civic beautifications chair Thomas E. Coe and conservation chair Donald A. Hemenway.

Plain Dirt John D. Clauson Robert E. Nadeau Benjamin Vail Leonard E. White Loyal Nash Marcus R. Honey Harold Riemann Board of Gardeners Waldo Holden Federated Garden Clubs of Vermont Nadeau Thomas E. Coe Donald A. Hemenway Conserva Shaftsbury Merck Forest Rupert Norton Barber Montpelier Paul Bohne Jr Green Thumb Gardeners Frederick Welling St. Peter’s Parish House National Council of State Garden Clubs Inc Veterans State Hospital White River Junction Bennington

Antique Show Is Planned By Bennington Church Group

The 8th annual Bennington antiques show and sale, run by the Women’s Fellowship of the Second Congregational Church, runs Oct 6 7 and 8 with 22 northeast dealers. Early American 18th and 19th century furniture and decorative items will be on display. proceeds support local civic projects and scholarships.

Bennington Women’s Fellowship of the Second Congregational Church

UVM Studies What Happens When Man Is Truly Isolated

The University of Vermont is testing isolation in a nine foot diameter water tank with a diver’s helmet. Over 50 subjects will study effects of complete sensory deprivation to understand human response for long space flights. NASA may use findings to address future astronaut isolation.

Donald Forgays University of Vermont Wayne Patterson NASA UVM Burlington National Aeronautics and Space Administration Donald G. Forgays Forgays Dr. Forgays Mars Vermont

Wool Support Price Goes Up Graf Reports

The shorn wool incentive price has been raised to 66 cents a pound for the 1966 marketing year as announced by Robert Graf, chairman of the Bennington County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee. Payments will be a percentage of each producer’s cash returns, lifting the average price received to the new incentive level. The move could yield higher payments for Vermont wool producers compared with 1965.

Robert Graf Bennington County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee Graf Vermont

Memorial Park Playgrounds Girls Rally for 40 to 2 Win

Memorial Park Girls run up 40 in four innings against Stark Street with Cindy Mattison Linda Arnold and Pam Mears driving grand slams and RBIs. JoAnne Burgess earned the win as Stark Street's Sheila Kearns took the loss.

Memorial Park Playground Stark Street MP Girls Eastsiders Stark St Stark Girls Stark St. Girls Stark Street Nine Rose Swhneski Stark Streeters Memorial Park Cindy Mattison Linda Arnold Pam Mears RBI Theda Sausville Carol Mould Gayle Racicot Marge Mather Sandy Delude Joanne Burgess Sheila Kearns Memorial Park Boys MP Boys Memorial Parkers Stark Boys

Jewel heist at Marblehead estate tied to six thieves

Six men from Detroit New York Miami and Louisville were arrested after a bold commando style raid on philanthropist John Rimer's Marblehead estate. They faced armed robbery and conspiracy charges with bail set totaling 375000 while a Piper Cub used to ship loot to Florida was impounded. The investigation tied to a prior Maine jewel robbery and the suspects included three Miami area residents among others.

Marblehead Mass UPI Florida FBI Lawrence Miami John Rimer Detroit New York Louisville William J. Landergan Robert Blackburn Omar Taylor Ronald Chandler Lynn Jack Griffith Miami Beach Hal Metz N. E. Miami Thomas F. May New York City Newton Griffith Metz May Kennebunk Maine Rimer Massachusetts North Shore Pioneer Plastics Corp Auburn Atlanta Chicago Los Angeles Richard G. Fullerton Greystone Beach Robert Trinity College Hartford

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