Mt Washington Cog Railway a Ticket for Armchair Climbers
Mt Washingtons Cog Railway in Bretton Woods N H offers panoramic views from base to summit 6288 feet and celebrates near 100 years since 1869. The line features six cog locomotives, steep grades up to 37.41 percent, and a summit weather station that once logged 231 mph winds. Families can ride to the Summit House view tower with parking and nearby cottages. Weather on the summit is extreme with subzero winters and dramatic 150 mile vistas when clear.
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MT. Washington
N.H
Mount Washington
Rockies
New England
Bretton Woods
White Mountain National Forest
Tratle
Marshfield Station
U.S. 302
Automobile Legal Association Travel Department
Summit House
Caro
Fellow Workers Honor Retiring Falls Postman
HOOSICK FALLS NY Past and present fellow employee at the Hoosick Falls Post Office honored William J Fox at a retirement party Wednesday night at the Paradise Restaurant in Bennington Fox served with the Post Office Dept from December 1945 until July 1 this year More than 18 colleagues and guests presented him a purse and an honorary recognition signed by Postmaster General A Gronouski and Post master A J Wirmusky elicited a standing ovation Fox a World War II veteran received the Purple Heart for Saipan wounds He graduated from St Marys Academy He and Mrs Fox and their son William reside at 27 Third St The former Susan Bevis of Bennington is his wife
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
William J. Fox
Paradise
Bennington
Fox
Post Office Dept
A. Gronouski
A. J. Wirmusky
Southwest Pacific
Saipan
St. Mary’s Academy
William
Third St
Susan Bevis
Landmarks of Biology Exhibit at Williams College Chapin Library
Williams College Chapin Library hosts a display titled Landmarks of Biology from Aristotle to Darwin featuring over 50 scientific books and color botanical prints by Redouté and Farber. Highlights include Pliny the Elder Historia Naturalis, Rondelet’s Histoire Poissons, Monay des Joyful Newes, Boorde Breviary of Healthe, and Lobel Pena Nova Stirpium Adversaria, tracing Renaissance to 19th century advances in biology. The exhibit, prepared with the Summer Institute in Biology for teachers, runs with wall panels and scholarly context.
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Williamstown
Mass
Charles Darwin
Chapin
Williams College
Redouté
Farber
Summer Institute In Biology
Williams
Guillaume Rondelet
Lyon
Nicolas Monaydes
London
Andrewe Boorde
Lobel and Pena
Antwerp
Lobel
End Postal Savings Measure Approved by House
The 54 year old postal savings system, once booming, would be eliminated under a House approved measure. At its peak in 1947 it had over 4 million depositors and $3.4 billion, now under 1 million depositors with under $356 million. The system paid 2 percent interest since 1911 and has never lost money.
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Washington
UPS
Postal Savings System
House
Postal Savings
Land Layouts Inspected By Trustees
Bennington Village Trustees discussed Pine Circle development after highway officials inspected the site. Conditions set for approval include a 20 foot sewer right of way, extending the Pine Circle sewer line 250 feet south, and drainage into a South Street culvert. Trustees asked Theberge to review a 230 foot extension north of Caroline Drive due to proximity to Roaring Branch.
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Bennington
Broard H. Hawks
Hawks
Pine Circle
Crescent Boulevard
Arthur (Toge) Theberge
Salvatore Santarcangelo
Theberge
Leo Nash
Burton L. Winslow
South Street
Edward Knapp
Caroline Drive
Roaring Branch
Executive Lodge Planned In Northeast Kingdom
Roundtop Ridge Executive Lodge & Motor Hotel Inc plans a 250000 project in Morgan Center Orleans County Vermont. The 20000 square foot lodge includes a large conference area, a premier communications system, shops and a fall-out shelter. Open by Lincoln's Birthday 1966, with 24 executive hotel units and year-round recreation, the facility aims to attract national direct sales firms and provide a secluded working environment.
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Morgan Center
Orleans County
Roundtop= Ridge Executive Lodge & Motor Hotel, Inc
Gordon G. Woods
St. Johnsbury
Roy Mason
Houston
Texas
Lincoln’s
Northeast Kingdom
Lake Seymour
Vermont
Moran
Walter and
Clarice Scott
St. Johnsbury Realtors
Roundtop Ridge
Trustees To Repair Village Firehouses
Bennington Village Trustees voted to repair village firehouses. Trustee George Ryan urged bidding for a new roof at the Bradford Hook and Ladder building on Safford Street, noting the chimney needs pointing. He said Putnam Hose Co. stairs on River Street require repair and that the job will be small.
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George Ryan
Bradford Hook and Ladder
Safford Street
Putnam Hose Co
River Street
Ryan
Center at state line to be first on 90-10 Interstate
The executive vice president of GVA announced a new center to be built off Interstate 91 at the state line near Brattleboro. It will be the first of its kind on a 90-10 Interstate highway, marking a notable regional development.
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GVA
Brattleboro
22 Percent Decline Seen In U S Household Formation
New York report from the U S Department of Commerce predicts a 22 percent fall in new households by end of 1966, signaling a selective buyer market through 1967 with demand for larger, more convenient designs and notable shifts from look alike tract homes, as postwar baby boomers reach marrying age. Hollywood notes: Susan Hart stars with Vincent Price and Frankie Avion in Dr Goldfoot and the Sex Machine.
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New York
U.S. Department of Commerce
Hollywood
UPI
Susan Hart
Vincent Price
Frankie Avion
Dr. Goldfoot and
the Sex Machine
Shaftsbury John D Whittier to Celebrate 80th Birthday
Shaftsbury John D Whittier superintendent of schools in this area in the early 1900s will celebrate his 80th birthday July 28 He is now residing in Wenham Mass if friends and former associates wish to send messages of congratulations Philip B Roach of White Plains NY is visiting his grandparents on Holiday Drive Followed by attendance at Washington Irving Council Boy Scout camp at Brant Lake Committee members Dale Sands Edwin Colvin William Stufflebeam Chairman Philip Roach and Scoutmaster Alan Hess attended Camp Sunrise in Benson Wednesday evening to witness Order of the Arrow ceremonies Three Troop 31 members were tapped for membership Assistant Scoutmaster James Lyons Alan Sands and Robert Augeri Scouts cannot earn membership in this society but it is something bestowed by fellow members of a troop when he has proved himself an outstanding scout and a good and unselfish camper Ten members of Troop 31 are penane this week at Camp Sunrise.
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John D. Whittier
Wenham
Mass
Philip B. Roach
White Plains
N.Y
Philip Roach
Washington Irving Council
Brant Lake
Roach
Alan Hess
Benson
Order of the Arrow
James Lyons
Alan Sands
Robert Augeri
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Mt. Washington’s
Cog Railway
Weather Observatory
ALA
Falls
William Fox
U. S
John van der Kar
Robert Brew
Henry Cramer
James Monahan
Raymond Vogler
Irv Stevens
George Driscoll
Henry Bromirski
Anthony J. Wirmusky
Andrew Kipp
Gene Salluzzo
Pliny
Rome
Edward Jenner
Executive Lodge
Corporation
Vt. Lll
The
Michael Moran
Robert C. Voight
Arlington
Clarence V. Akley
Lynhaven
Haycox Photoramic
Langley
Voight
Budd Electronics, Inc
Arlington, Va
DuPont Teflon
Westinghouse
Donald Yandow
Burlington
Vermont Automotive Trade Association
Conrad Cody
Montpelier
Greater Vermont Association
Donald Rowan
Susan
Gerald E. Morrissey, Inc
General Contractors
Beech St
Bennington, Vt
Morse C&b
Shaftsbury Rd
Shaftsbury
Fran Stacy
Dale Sands
Edwin Colvin
William Stufflebeam
Philip
Stavens & Frost, Inc
Bondville, Vt
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