Pownals Veteran Maj Barker Honored With Air Force Wing Trophy
Maj Charles D. Barker Sr. of the 3rd Tactical Fighter Wing at Bien Hoa Vietnam receives Gen. Gabriel P. Disosway Trophy for the unit with best combat record. The wing fields three F 100 squadrons and a Cessna T 37 air commando squadron. Barker, an avionics officer, was commissioned in 1983 via the aviation cadet program and is a Korean War veteran. Also notes: Rupert and West Rupert schools close for summer. Rupert Fire Department and Navy Airman 3.C. Howard O'Donovan on 15 day leave from Monterey, California.
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Nad
U.S. Air Force
Maj. Barker
Gabriel P
Rupert fire department carnival and Old Home Day summarized
The Rupert Volunteer Fire Department plans a carnival on Aug 7 8 and 9 and Old Home Day on Aug 10 with a band concert on June 29 and an auction July 3. Proceeds fund carnival and Old Home Day and help buy a new fire truck for Rupert and West Rupert. A Fourth of July parade float will also be entered in Salem at 6 p.m.
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Firehouse
Salem High School
Bus Mars of
Pawlet
Gorman Smith
Charles Sherman
West Rupert
Rupert
Vision clinic helps Manchester preschoolers prepare for school
A vision screening for three to five year olds will be held in Manchester on June 20 and 21 at the Manchester Welfare and Nursing Association starting at 10 AM. The program, part of a statewide effort, is run by volunteers including Manchester Lions wives. The “E” game will test eye movement for lazy eye and other vision issues, with follow up exams if problems are found.
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Manchester
Manchester Welfare and Nursing Association
Lions
State Health Department
Sweet Clover
Manchester Center
Charlotte Towne
Association
Towne
Elephants at St Louis Zoo Cause Commotion and Escape
Randolph Center crowd attends Vermont Technical College commencement where Daniel J. Zimmer earns an associate degree in mechanical engineering and Walter L. Rice receives instrumentation engineering. Tufts University confers degrees to 1,111 students including Robert C. Albee of Wrightsville Pa as history major and former Tufts Alpha Tau Omega president. In St Louis a male African elephant named Herman breaks cage pipes to reach mate Clarabelle, prompting restraining measures by zoo officials.
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George E. Zimmer
Michael and
Steven
James P. Thompson
Walter Rice
Edward Rice
Sandra Rice
Judy Coulman
Randolph Center
Vermont Technical College
Daniel J. Zimmer
Walter L. Rice
Robert C. Albee
Arlington
Tufts University
Robert
George A. Albee
Wrightsville
College of Liberal Arts
Tufts Mountain Club
Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity
St. Louis, Mo
UPI
St. Louis Zoo
Herman
Clarabelle
Zoo
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Pownals
Vera Langlais
Charles D. Barker Sr
Jane L. Mason
Pownal
Bien Hoa AB
Viet
Walloomsac
Bertha Hoag
Ronald Peter
Arnold E Jones
Immaculate Conception Church
Anna Hewson
William Hewson
Jones
Dorset
Marden Skinner
C. Howard O’donovan
Navy
Monterey
Calif
Ruperts
Elsie Walther
Artery Arcade
North Adams
Coleman Snow Lite
Wilson Imperial
Bernz-O-Matic
Fathers Day
Men’s Permanent Press
BIG Boys
Giant Discount Savings
Bennington
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