Bennington County 4 H Club Leaders Shape National Week
About 550 Bennington County 4 H members and leaders join National 4 H Club Week alongside 2 296 000 4 Hers in 93 000 clubs nationwide. James Bud Edgerton leads the county program under a 15 member extension board. The 4 H Camp Ondawa board governs camp facilities with Coleman Mason Avis Whitman and Marion Hardy in key roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington County
United States
Vermont
Friends of
4-H
Washington
D.C
White House
Congress
Earle Lewis
Rupert
Harry W. Hayden
Sunderland
William Young
West Arlington
Coleman Mason
Pownal
Avis Whitman
Shaftsbury
Cold Day in Arizona Wedding Marks Snowy Jan. 20
Air Force Capt. David L. Elliott kept a joke about a cold day in Arizona when he married Betty Alice Erickson on January 20 as Phoenix recorded its first notable snowfall in memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Ariz
Air Force
David L. Elliott
Arizona
Elliott
Betty Alice Erickson
Apples stored for year round eating via controlled atmosphere
County Agent explains CA storage keeps apples fresh by airtight sealing and elevated carbon dioxide levels to slow ripening. MacIntosh CA apples are selling in California. readers learn sap likely to run with maple tapping starting around town meeting time and factors affecting sap sweetness and tree recovery from tapping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Bohne
Bennington
California
Andy Crosier
Pownal
Washington
Everett Lillie
Khrushchev Calls Sweeping Soviet Agricultural Overhaul
Premier Khrushchev urged a major reorganization of collective and state farming to boost meat and other foods as the Soviet population nears 250 million. He proposed grassland grain plantings, doubled farm machinery, more chemical fertilizers, and a new agency to direct each farm, while warning against neglecting industry.
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Moscow
Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Communist Party Central Committee
U. S
Trefoil seed drives Vermont farming boom and exports
Vermont extension agronomists report trefoil seed production reaching 150000 to 200000 pounds annually, with certified seed worth about 110000 dollars in 1961. The Champlain Valley area leads the nation, aided by soil, climate, and know-how, while expansion potential and cross-state markets loom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vermont
Kenneth E. Varney
University of Vermont
Department of Agronomy
Winston Way
Burlington
U.S
Canada
Champlain Valley
New York
California
Pennsylvania
Change Colors in Rooms for New Lift Home Demonstration
Mrs. Beth Munger, Rutland County Home Demonstration agent, led a session on color as a low cost home lift. Attendees learned color theory, viewed harmonies, and created room color schemes with examples from North Bennington Manchester and Bennington leaders. A follow up on paints wallpapers and painting is planned for March 20 and 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beth Munger
Rutland County
Viola Jolivette
North Bennington
Jean Parsley
Accord's Name Earned From Post Office Discord
In the Hudson Valley community once divided over a name a sense of humor led a former assistant postmaster general to propose Accord The residents convened meetings to decide but letters from Washington finally settled on the town name Accord reflecting the discord that preceded it.
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Accord
N. Y
Hudson Valley
Post Office
Washington
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Harry Lowe
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Mansfield
Viking
North Adams
A. J. Quellette
The
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Main Street
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Kennedy
Louis Dondero
Dondero
Betty Kamber
Manchester
Anne Lourie
Patricia Perkins
John Lourie
Lola Roberts
Julian Huffman
Mildred Penna
East Dorset
Helen Pearson
Gladys Childs
Dorothy Trett
Nate Kamber
Kate Perkins
Raymond Farnum
Helen Wheeler
Hazel Wires
Peru
Carl Jolivette
Gladys Barney
Ting
Sayles
Mercury
Bennington Garage Corp
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