Garden clubs win Environment Week proclamation in Vermont
Gov. Davis proclaims May 2 through 8 as Environmental Education Week the first such statewide observance in Vermont also known as George Perkins Marsh Week. Federation of Garden Clubs of Vermont led efforts with the Department of Education to expand environmental education from a day in 1970 to a full week in 1971.
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Davis
George Perkins Marsh
Woodstock
Norton Barber
Bennington
Federated Garden Clubs
Marian C. Taylor
State Board of Education
Joseph H. Oakey
Education
Montpelier
Vermont
Federated Garden Clubs of Vermont
Vermont Department of Education
The
Garden Clubs
Vermont Garden Clubs
Karlene V. Russell
Division of Instructional Services
Vermont State Board of Education
Concert for UCS benefits Bennington County by folk artist
Helen Dunlop, a respected folk singer, performs at the Second Congregational Church in Bennington on Saturday March 6 at 8 p.m. Proceeds support the United Counseling Service of Bennington County. Tickets are $2 at door or via UCS officers.
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UCS
Helen Dunlop
Miss Dunlop
United Counseling Service of Bennington County Inc
Second Congregational Church
Hillside Street
Bennington
Broadside
American Folklore Society
International Folk Music Council
Country Dance and Song Society of America
Music Teachers National Association
United States
Delcroze School of Music
New York City
Walter E. LaGrange
David Janicky
Thomas B. Bailey
William Towne
Jesse Corum
Richard Geannelis
W. C. Heinz
John Kennedy Jr
Eugene Kosche
Bernard Leamy
A. J. Madkour
Julius M. Manes
Andrew Mattison
Charles G. Bennett
Hal Miller
Arthur J. O
Bennington Briefs Highlights From Local Events And Updates
Community workshop on the Approaching Junior High School-Age Child runs 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at Prospect School. Mrs. Ledgard improves after hospital stay. Area men retreat set for March 26-28 at Mother of Sorrows in West Springfield with reservations due March 20 and questions directed to organizers. ABC program film tonight at Mt. Anthony High School cafeteria. Planned Parenthood chairwoman shift noted. Rural Fire to meet March 4 at Beech Street Firehouse. Local residents visit Florida attractions Ringling Museums and Jungle Gardens. Patricia Knights accepted to Campbell College for fall 1971. All Church Night at Second Congregational Church March 9 at 6 p.m. bring a dish. boards meet at 8 p.m.
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Mother of Sorrows
West Springfield
Mass
John Lasso
Donald Raina
Bert Trudeau
William Haynes
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Leslie Robinson
Peter Chapman
Second Congregational
State Legion convenes in Burlington Friday
The American Legion Vermont department and American Legion Auxiliary hold a mid winter conference March 5 and 6 at the Ramada Inn Burlington. The state oratorical final is Friday at 1 15 p.m. at South Burlington High School with a 500 scholarship and possible advancement to regional and national rounds offering up to 8000. National Commander Alfred P Chamie of California will address the legislature Friday at 11 and speak at a 7 p.m. banquet at the Ramada. An Auxiliary visit by Mrs. William R Peabody and Vermont guests including Gov Davis and Maj Gen R M Cram attend the event.
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Burlington
American Legion
Department of Vermont
American Legion Auxiliary
Ramada Inn
Vermont
South Burlington
Alfred P
Chamie
Ramada
William R. Peabody
Interlaken
N.Y
Legion
Auxiliary
Gov. Davis
W.J. Burke
R.M. Cram
New England
Tansitor Opens Aerotron Sales Service Center in Bennington
Tansitor Electronics announces a sales and service facility for Aerotron two way radios at its West Road plant. After merging with Aerotron Inc the Bennington plant hosts the surviving corporation headquarters. Charles W. Perkins and Gilbert Green Jr. named regional sales and service representatives. Tansitor remains a leading tantalum capacitor manufacturer despite the move.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tansitor Electronics
Aerotron
Tansitor
West Road
Aerotron Inc
North Carolina
Charles W. Perkins
Gilbert Green Jr
Bennington man arraigned on breach of peace charge
David B. Whitman age 22 of 324 Pleasant Street was charged in Bennington District Court with breach of peace in a false alarm incident on Park Street at 6 p m Monday. He pled not guilty pro forma, bail set at 150 dollars, and he was returned to the Regional Correctional Facility at Rutland after police picked him up Tuesday night.
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Bennington District Court
David B. Whitman
Pleasant St
Park Street
Whitman
Rutland
Bennington
Teaching days for physicians at North Adams
The education committee of North Adams Regional Hospital announced the first in a series of teaching days for hospital staff physicians by Harvard Medical School visiting professors. Dr. Edwin P. Maynard IT will lead the first session on Tuesday March 9 from 9 to 12:30, covering gastrointestinal diseases and liver disease research.
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North Adams
Mass
North Adams Regional Hospital
Department of Continuing Education
Harvard Medical School
Edwin P. Maynard
Massachusetts General Hospital
Maynard
Williams College
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Columbia Presbyterian Hospital
New York
Makerere University
Kampala
Uganda
Eagle Square names two to key plant posts
Eagle Square Mfg. Co. announces Paul J. Harris as manufacturing superintendent and Thomas T. Hoyt as quality control manager. Both native Vermonters report to vice president and plant manager Paul J. De Coninck. Harris, a Shaftsbury native and Navy veteran, joined in 1963 and has led the maintenance and rule departments. Hoyt, from Bennington, also joined in 1963, advanced from the wood department foreman in 1968, and will oversee in process and finished product quality.
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Shaftsbury
Paul J. de Coninck
Eagle Square Mfg. Co
Paul J. Harris
Thomas T. Hoyt
Harris
Eagle Square
Hoyt
Bennington
Navy
Square
Quality Control
Iumber
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Great Yarmouth
England
UPI
Bennington Briefs
Prospect School
Harry Ledgard
Joan Murrell
Cooley Dickinson Hospital
Elaine Nesto
Beech Street
Jean L. Baudister
Union St
Sarasota Jungle Gardens
Florida
West Coast
Gerald E. Stowell
East Road
Ringling Museums
Lower West Coast
Patricia Ann Knights
Walter Knights
South St
Campbell College
Buies Creek
N.C
Raleigh
Pinehurst
Misseo
Wardell Hall
Red Springs
Corning
Bennington, Vermont
Elu Street
State Legion
California
Haffe
Main ST
Nichols
Bennington Banner
Banner Publishing Corp
United Press International
New York Times News Service
Matthews, Shannon & Cullen Inc
U.S
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