Reflecting Recreation Could You Swim 50 Miles
The Red Cross Swim and Stay Fit program at the Community Recreation Center invites all abilities to aim for 50 miles, breaking into 440 yard segments. Goals focus on health, not competition, with participants ranging from new swimmers to former athletes and even a 50 plus year old. Swimmers may rest as needed, track progress, and join the effort to build physical fitness through consistent swimming.
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Red Cross
Aquatics Division
The
Bennington Recreation Department
Southwestern Vermont Realtors Set Meeting at Mt Anthony
Southwestern Vermont Board of Realtors will meet at Mt Anthony Country Club at 7 p.m. Thursday with full membership required due to a vote on bylaw changes. Ladies Auxiliary VFW Post 1332 meets tonight at 7:30 at the post rooms on North Street.
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Southwestern Vermont Board of Realtors
Mt. Anthony Country Club
VFW Post 1332
North Street
RSVP Director Addresses Rotarians at May Bennington Talk
Doris Gable, director of Bennington County RSVP, spoke to the Bennington Rotary Club on May 7. She outlined RSVP’s reach, noting nearly 170,000 volunteers aged 60 plus in 700 communities and the program’s benefit to local agencies amid fiscal strains. She also described local structure with UCS, five towns, 70 percent federal funding, and 36,000 volunteer hours in 1975, ending with an RSVP movie screening.
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Doris Gable
Bennington County
Bennington
Rotarians
RSVP
Museum
UCS
McCullough Mansion
Bennington Rescue Squad
Gable
Realistic Selling Price Guides Home Buyers
Realistic pricing is crucial for selling a home quickly and avoiding lost prospects. Lower prices attract buyers faster, while overpricing risks extended showings and ongoing costs. Let a REALTOR set the price to reflect the local market. Mrs. Hoisington leads Hoisington Realty as principal broker and Realtor president.
Scout Photo Scholarship Awards Open to Teens in Rochester
Scouts aged 11 to 15 who have merit badges in photography as of Oct 1 may enter the 1976 Scout Photo Scholarship Awards by Eastman Kodak. Scholarships of 1000, 500, and 250 dollars will be awarded in two categories, black and white and color, plus certificates of merit for other worthy entries. Deadline is Oct 1. rules and entry blanks available from National Scout Scholarship Awards, Scouting Division, BSA, North Brunswick, NJ 08902.
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Rochester
N.Y
UPI
Eastman Kodak Company
National Scout
Scouting Division
Boy Scouts of America
North Brunswick
N.J
Hadassah dessert card party set for May 18
Bennington Hadassah announces its annual dessert card party on May 18 at the Mt. Anthony Country Club. A dessert buffet at 7:30 p.m. will feature cards, word games, and table prize drawings from local merchants. Proceeds support Hadassah Medical Organization at Ein Karem, Jerusalem, with tickets via committee members and phone contacts.
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Bennington
Hadassah
Mt. Anthony Country Club
Marty-Moore
Hadassah Medical Organization
HMO
Stafford reports assets and income in 1975 tax return
Sen. Robert Stafford and his wife list net assets of 332000 dollars and gross income of 57200 with 43025 from the senator's salary. The release is an annual practice, but this year a campaign issue as Gov. Salmon seeks to publish his own report. Donald Webster says focusing on expenditures and mailing privileges is more important.
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Washington
UPI
Robert Stafford
R-Vt
Staffords
Thomas Salmon
Donald Webster
Salmon
Senate
Stafford
Moon Quakes Detected Deep in Moon’s Mantle
NASA reports a network of Apollo lunar stations detected quakes about 400 miles beneath the surface. Scientists say the moon likely has a crust and rigid mantle as thick or thicker than Earth’s, reshaping views on lunar structure.
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Houston
UPI
Moon
Apollo
Lunar
Earth
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Salmon restoration boost tied to Bethel hatchery funds
U S Senators Stafford and Leahy announce Senate Appropriations Committee approval of 430000 dollars to continue work at the White River National Fish Hatchery in Bethel. The funding supports returning Atlantic Salmon to the Connecticut River between Vermont and New Hampshire, aiming for completion in 1978 with possible additional 1 million in the 1977 fiscal year.
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Washington
Connecticut River
Vermont
New Hampshire
Senate Appropriations Committee
U.S
Robert T. Stafford
Patrick Leahy
White River National Fish Hatchery
Bethel
Stafford
Leahy
Connecticut
Congress
Bethel Fish Hatchery
Body sighted going over Winooski Falls
A fisherman who has found three bodies in the Winooski River says he saw another go over Winooski Falls on Monday. Divers searched pools at the base to locate the body but visibility and light limited the effort.
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Burlington
UPI
Winooski River
Winooski Falls
Gregg Leveille
South Burlington
Leveille
Winooski
Harold Bouvier
Greene Millard engagement ends in Petersburg family news
Greene of Petersburg announces engagement of daughter Cynthia Jane to William D. Millard son of William F. and Virginia Millard of Bennington. Cynthia is an LPN with Van Rensselaer Manor Troy. William is a Mt Anthony Union High School graduate employed by Green Mountain Furniture North Bennington. Wedding date not set.
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Petersburg
N.Y
Edwin A. Greene
Cynthia Jane
William D. Millard
William F
Virginia Millard
Bennington
Stipulations agreed on new bus contract
The Mt. Anthony Union and Bennington school boards approved a set of conditions from their attorney for the low bidder on a three-year bus contract. The bidder, Frederic R. Brown of Billerica, must buy 21 buses, secure bank financing in Bennington, obtain a garage site purchase with a supervisor’s apartment, and be bonded by a reputable company. The committees will reconvene to review the stipulations before next week’s session. Brown’s bid is 200,000 per year for 225,000 miles annually, lower than rivals Gareth Bus Lines and Sullivan Bus Lines. A donor fund, the Raymond Whitney Pratt Memorial Fund, was announced to support a scholarship at Mt. Anthony Union High School.
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Mt. Anthony Area
Bennington
Barbara Mattison
Arlington
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Darlene Giroux
Wanda Stemp
Sharon Allsop
Laura Brassard
First United Methodist Church
Earl's Getty Station
Mt. Anthony Union
John H. Williams II
Frederic R. Brown
Billerica
Mass
Stephen H. Gilman
Combined Transportation Committees
George A. Sleeman
Brown
Williams
Gareth Bus Lines Inc
Sullivan Bus Lines
Greenfield
Tewksbury
Raymond Whitney Pratt
Mt. Anthony Union High School
National July 3 parade invites ethnic groups and clowns
Washington plans a major July 3 parade with eight historical segments, each covering a 20 year span. Up to 500000 spectators are expected and groups from across the country are welcome to join, including clowns, with contact details for Marty Walsh of Happy Birthday USA.
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Washington, D.C
Marty Walsh
Walsh
USA
Jackson Place
N.W
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Donald Hilton
Willowbrook
Bennington Lanes
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Southwest Vermont Supervisory Union
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Guggenheim
Israel
David Morris
Jerald Greenberg
A.J. Moskovitz
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Morris
Greenberg
Sen. Stafford
United Counseling Service
Cynthia J. Greene
Pratt Fund
Sleeman
Nelson Rockefeller
Constitution Avenue
Salem's Super
Wilson
Franks
Hamburg
Frank Rolls
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NBC
Pepsi
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Columbo
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Ernest H. Javery
Alan H. Page
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