VEW Notes From The Legion Post And Auxiliary
The newsletter reports a busy summer with a department convention, an upcoming Legion Parade turnout of 31 members, and steak nights on Friday and Saturday. Plans include an Aug 2 Junior Girls Unit picnic in West Arlington with Junior Boys Unit invited, a trip by Department Commander Ernest Costa to New York for an Eastern States Conference, and the Aug 9 first department council meeting in Montpelier to set the year’s budget and programs. Dues for 1971 are being collected, Miami Beach hosts the national convention in the third week of August, and local visits by Mrs Allison Jackson are noted. The post backyard has been cleaned up, with a busy barbecue pit through the summer.
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Department
Legion Department
VFW
Legion
West Arlington
Ernest Costa
Miami Beach
Fla
Bnnington Post
Costa
Mary Wellington
Allison Jackson
Essex Junction
Baby Show Draws Large Crowd at Stark Street Playground
About 150 mothers babysitters and children attended the annual Baby Show at Stark Street Playground Friday morning. With favorable weather the event was a success. Winners in girls categories included Michelle Williams first prize for prettiest baby, Mary Roy second, Marie Buzzell third. Daintiest baby was Marilyn Buzzell with Suzanne Dick second and Jenifer LaFlamme third.
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Stark Street Playground
Michelle Williams
Mary Roy
Marie Buzzell
Marilyn Buzzell
Suzanne Dick
Jenifer LaFlamme
Susan Roy
Jennifer Lee Bourdon
Kimberly Mears
Laura Libonoski
Tara Lynne Greene
Julie Sukel
Vermont to start 22 Teacher Corps projects this summer
The federal Office of Education will launch Teacher Corps projects in 22 states including Vermont, with Vermont among six states starting for the first time. Dr. Alan Wheeler of the University of Vermont, the state director, says UVM and the state Department of Education will plan the Vermont program, affecting districts in Albury, Barre, Burlington, Rutland, and Winooski. The piece also lists winners from a local baby show, noting multiple prize recipients and royal titles awarded.
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Burlington
Vermont
Federal Office of Education
Alaska
Delaware
Montana
North Dakota
South Dakota
Alan Wheeler
University of Vermont
College of Education
UVM
State Department of Education
Montpelier
Albury
Barre City
Rutland Public
Winooski
Midshipman Completes Aviation Indoctrination at Pensacola
Midshipman 2.C. James E. Shoemaker son of Mr and Mrs Lee Shoemaker of Bennington has completed three weeks of aviation indoctrination at Saufley Field Pensacola He is from the Naval Academy Annapolis class of 1972 and has undergone classroom lectures and indoctrination flights in the T-34 Mentor trainer aircraft.
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Pensacola
Fla
James E. Shoemaker
Lee Shoemaker
Norton St
Bennington
Naval Air Station
Saufley Field
Naval Academy At
Annapolis
Navy
Navy Recruiter Reports To North Adams Station
Chief Machinist's Mate Wayman L. Sagendorph has reported as a Navy recruiter for the North Adams area, relieving Chief Builder Robert Baptiste who will oversee the Albany, New York recruiting station. Sagendorph, a Korea and Dominican Republic veteran enlisted in March 1953, lists numerous decorations and brings his wife Ruth Blackwell and four children. He touts Navy high school graduate training programs directing enlistees to technical schools in nucleanics, electronics, aviation, and medicine among others, inviting inquiries at the North Adams post office building.
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North Adamass
Wayman L. Sagendorph
USN
Navy
Robert Baptiste
U. S. Navy
Albany
N. Y
Sagendorph
Dominican Republic
United Nations
North Adams
Ruth Blackwell
Edsons Hold A Reunion
The Vermont New Hampshire Edson Family Association will hold its annual reunion Sunday August 2 at the home of Ralph M. Edson off Route 44 Browns ville. A potluck dinner around 12:30 starts with a short business meeting to follow. All Edson descendants are invited to dinner and the meeting and may enjoy farm ponies and saddle horses. For information contact Ralph Edson or Mrs H T Edson.
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Brownsville
Vermont-New Hampshire
Edson Family Association
Ralph M. Edson
Route 44
Edson
Ralph Edson
Association
H. T. Edson
Springfield
Men of St. Peter's Lead Village Fair Plans
Men of St. Peter's parish take a bigger role in the village green fair this year on July 25 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on the church lawns and parish hall. Edward Bailey leads outdoor games for all ages and plans free throws for those who break the most china. Frederick Welling assists by
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St. Peter’s
Edward Bailey
China
Frederick Welling
St. Peter’s Parish
Pleasant Street
Kenneth Porter
Donald Johnson
Engagement announced for Ann Theresa Scarey and Ronald White
The engagement of Miss Ann Theresa Scarey daughter of Mrs Ellen C Scarey of Scarey Lane North Bennington and the late Daniel J Scarey to Ronald Orvis White son of Mrs Eber White of East Arlington and the late Mr White has been announced by her mother. The wedding is scheduled for Aug 8 in St John the Baptist Church North Bennington. And a village fair features a new men’s world booth with items for men, a book stall, a hamburger stand, a porch rectory auction by Arthur Murphy, and unusual auction items including a power lawnmower and a landscape painting by Peter Kapetan.
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Ann Theresa Scarey
Ellen C. Scarey
Scarey Lane
North Bennington
Daniel J. Scarey
Ronald Orvis White
Eber White
East Arlington
Mr. White
Miss Scarey
Bennington Catholic High School
College of St. Joseph
Bennington
Arlington Memorial High School
Orvis Co
Manchester
St. John the Baptist Church
Donald Jolivette
Leon Eldred
Thomas Foster
Hamburg
Kenneth Porter
Donald Johnson
School Street
Arthur Murphy
Peter Kapetan
Stowe Chamber Players announce summer Monday concerts
In Stowe a new ensemble called the Stowe Chamber Players will headline a Monday night series at the Stowe Playhouse this August. The woodwind quintet formed last fall and gave its first public concert December 6, 1969. Members Edward Powell flute Andrejs Jansons oboe Edward Marks clarinet Elizabeth Ward French horn Christopher Weail bassoon. They perform Renaissance to 20th century works. Tickets at the door or from the Stowe Area Association or by mail to Box 1111 Stowe VT 05672. Admission 3 dollars includes Vermont sales tax.
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STOWE
Stowe Chamber Players
Stowe Playhouse
Edward Powell
Andrejs Jansons
Edward Marks
Elizabeth Ward
Christopher Weail
Free hearing device offered to the hard of hearing
A free device is being offered to hard of hearing individuals to allow private listening to television and radio programs while others receive sound at normal volume. The program invites eligible recipients to apply for the assistive technology.
Robber Doused by Woman with Lighted Cigarette
In Columbus an unidentified woman thwarted a purse snatching by pressing a lit cigarette into the attacker’s arm. The would be robber fled in pain and left without loot.
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Columbus
Ohio
UPI
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