March Meeting Highlights Troop 53 Achievements And Plans
Boy Scout Troop 53 held its March meeting with awards, classes, games, and announcements. Keith Morse earned the Second Class badge, Bart Howe the camping merit badge, and a tale underscored the value of meeting Scout requirements. Funds from the Feb 15 Turkey Supper totaled 292.44 for gear and trips. annual attendance reached about 65 with 45 present this week.
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Boy Scout Troop 53
Kenneth Gile
Keith Morse
Bart Howe
Bart
George Kerbs
Troop 53
Martin Betts
Philmount
New Mexico
Camp Sunrise
Vermont
Kendall Adams
Prospect School Expansion Plans Reviewed
A Mt. Anthony Country Club coffee hour reviewed The Prospect School in North Bennington. Private, opened last Septem ber, with 25 five and six year olds in a non graded program funded by tuition and grants. The deficit stood at 950 dollars though officials spoke of optimism and potential federal support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prospect
North Bennington
Mt. Anthony Country Club
William Worthington
Worthington
Land Grant College Cutbacks Hit by Sen. Winston Prouty
Senator Winston L. Prouty of Vermont denounced the Johnson administration for proposing major cuts to land grant institutions including a total $11.95 million slash from $14.5 million in resident instruction funding. He highlighted $209,267 for the University of Vermont and $50,502 for its agricultural research, plus a $67,500 transfer of the Extension Service to federal jurisdiction. He urged the Senate to reject the plan and defend Morrill Act education.
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Land Grant College
Winston Prouty
Washington
Winston L. Prouty
Vermont
Johnson
University of Vermont
Prouty
Senate
University of Vermont Extension Service
Sen. Prouty
Justin S. Morrill
Congress
Bennington Day Held in Fort Lauderdale With School Talk
The third annual Bennington Day in Hugh Taylor Birch State Park Fort Lauderdale drew 127 guests including 10 from Vermont towns. William and Virginia Freitag led the event with films and talks on Prospect School's ungraded method and its goal to expand enrollment and influence local public schools.
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Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Bennington
Vermont
William
Virginia
Clark) Freitag
Hugh Taylor Birch State Park
Sam Patterson
Aiken
S.C
Walfrid H. Wahlquist
Clayton White
Prospect School
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Boy Scout News
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Edwards Afb,calif
UPI
Ford Foundation
Robert E. Cummings Jr
Florida
Freitags
Clifton S
Genevieve Phillips
Lake Worth
William Sherman
Bennington Area
Pat Careini
Joan Blake
Marian Stroud
Louis Carini
Stroud
Jessica Howard
Bennington College
North
Prosepect Street
Beesides
Cummings
Carini
Robert C. Watson
Leonard
Blade Chuck Roast
Porterhouse
Main ST
Sealtest
Anilla
National Dainty Products Corporation
Madison Ave
New York
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