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Newspaper

Bennington Banner

Location

Bennington, Vermont, United States of America

Date

May 13, 1966

Page

5

Boy Scout Notes on Rutland Men of Tomorrow Jamboree

Scouts of Troop 53 report on merit badges awarded including hiking signaling printing reading public speaking forestry and skiing. The unit thanked Assistant Scoutmaster Kenneth Gile and Scoutmaster Kendall F Adams a charter presented by Ethan Allen Council. The Men of Tomorrow Jamboree hosts a 1 pm parade 4 000 Scouts exhibits and skits at Rutland Fairgrounds with 50 cent admission and a 2 25 camp fee for groceries.

New York City Troop 53 Rutland Men of Tomorrow James Harrington Wayne Jacobs Richard Stratton Terry Hunt Wayne Richard James Stephen Eddington Roy Anderson Gile Otter Valley High School Kendall F. Adams Ethan Allen Council Adams Roy Bergquist Rutland Fairgrounds U.S. 7 World of Scouting City of Fairgrounds

IMC To Hear Talk By Dr. Davidson

Industrial Management Club of the Bennington YMCA will host Dr. Joseph G. Davidson of Manchester as guest speaker on Wednesday May 18 1966 at the Paradise Restaurant. Bijur Lubricating Corp sponsors the program with Thomas E. Rogers Bijur plant manager introducing the speaker. Dinner at 7 p.m. Reservations due May 17.

Joseph G. Davidson Manchester Industrial Management Club Bennington Ymca Paradise Bijur Lubricating Corp Thomas E. Rogers Bijur Davidson New York City Columbia University University of Vermont Vermont Bank and Trust Company Henry W. Putnam Memorial Hospital Connecticut River Watershed Council YMCA

Middlebury Lasses Fail Fancy Plan To Sail As Dogs

Middlebury College seniors Suzanne Pineau and Hilde Lehmann sought dog passage to Europe via a shipboard kennel claiming dogs pay 50 dollars and could travel with dog suits. United States Lines traffic manager Vincent Love rejected the idea saying it would unsettle ships and set a dangerous precedent. He urged travel as ordinary humans, noting handsome men from elite schools do not travel as dogs. The pair remain determined to find a cheaper route to Europe.

Middlebury UPI United States Middlebury College St. Bernard Suzanne Hilde Vincent Love Love United States Lines Harvard Yale Princeton Europe

Poverty Grant Okayed For Rescue Squad Lines By Torrey

President Andre Betit leads Bennington Rescue Squad through monthly training on proper use of litter stretchers for mass casualty transport. Stretchers deployed in station wagons offer satisfactory transport when ambulances are insufficient in an emergency.

Andre Betit

Vermont area gets poverty grants and Head Start funds

The Vermont congressional delegation announced several OEO grants. Newport receives 44,046 for a Head Start center and St Johnsbury gets 1,005 for a similar program. Bennington and Rutland counties receive 38,930 to continue poverty action programs. Local support includes donations from Tansitor Electronics totaling 160 over two years.

Washington UPI Vermont Office of Economic Opportunity OEO Newport St. Johnsbury Bennington Rutland

Dead End Detour Creates City Traffic Jam

In San Antonio a broken water main prompted repair crews to block a street and divert thousands of cars during rush hour. Maps led drivers to a dead end, creating a hours-long traffic snarl before the misrouting was corrected.

San Antonio, Tex UPI

New Books and Society Notes at Bennington Library

Bennington Free Library lists new fiction and reference titles by Johnson Leasor Fowler McGuire Rose and others. Fisher award winners include Squaw Dog Stock Car Racer Mystery at Love's Creek and The Mexican Bird. St Anne’s Society hosts first Mother-Son banquet with 100 attendees. officers elected.

Beatty Fisher Butterworth Carlson Louisiana Cavanna Love’s Creek Australia Charles Jane Ann June Spoon St. Anne’s Society of Sacred Heart Parish BCHS Mothers and Sons Agnes Pietryka Mary King Annette Delude Marie Turgeon Joseph F. Wiseman Lawrence McAuliffe Thaddeus Swertz Douglas Hawkins

Bennington College to Host Negro Students Interview Session

Mrs. Jean Holt of the admissions office at Bennington College will take part in a second unique student college interview event for New York area Negro students. The May 14 session, hosted by the National Scholarship Service and Fund for Negro Students, aims to help students travel for college shopping and aid institutions in finding exceptional candidates. Bennington’s representative will be Cheryl Aldridge, daughter of New York City resident Mary Carman Aldridge, among five Negro freshmen at the college.

Jean Holt Bennington College New York National Scholarship Service and Fund For Commodore Windsor Ballroom Richard L. Plaut Nssfns Bennington Cheryl Aldridge Mary Carman Aldridge New York City Aldridge

CARE Marks Anniversary in Boston Honors Vermont Support

CARE marks its 20th anniversary praising Vermont citizens for contributing over 517 402 to CARE's overseas aid since 1946. New England Director Leon Blum cites national totals of 211 545 908 in donations and 64 million CARE packages worth 798 million dollars. CARE operates in 36 countries and plans to feed 40 million people in 1966 while aiding five million more with self help materials.

Boston Vermont France Leon M. Blum New England Blum New CARE Medico Asia Africa Latin America

Cadet Stafford Wins New Hampshire ROTC Medal

Cadet Colonel Edward P. Stafford, brigade commander of the Dartmouth College ROTC Cadet Brigade, received the New Hampshire Department of the Reserve Officers Association Medal for leadership at the 1965 ROTC Summer Camp at Fort Devens Massachusetts. He ranked second among nearly 2,000 cadets from 47 colleges and universities and will be commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Regular Army Armor after graduation from Dartmouth on June 12.

Armor Dartmouth College

Maple Syrup Production Sets New Vermont Record

Vermont maple syrup production totaled 445000 gallons, 19 percent above 1965 but 3 percent below the five year average. New England output reached 549000 gallons. Favorable weather produced good sap runs, with an average of 37 gallons of sap per gallon of syrup and mostly excellent quality.

Vermont New England

Weekend Food Buys Guide From Government Agencies

The guide notes the summer harvest near and ample supplies of meats eggs and fish sticks plus several vegetables and fruits trading lower prices in many markets. It highlights ground beef roasts steaks bacon chops hams loin roasts pork steaks and broiler fryers as economical buys with artichokes green beans cabbage corn cucumbers escarole lettuce onions potatoes squash sweet potatoes tomatoes apples avocados bananas cantaloupes grapefruit lemons oranges and strawberries remaining affordable.

Washington UPI

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Boy Scout Timothy Stratton Kenneth Gile IMC Poverty By Richard Torrey Charles White Tansitor Electronics Bennington Free Library Johnson Leasor Fowler McGuire Peace Corps Rose America St. Anne’s Society Colver Fleishman McBroom Hentoff Lattimore Lenski Papa Small Williams Villette Mrs Cadet Stafford Moose Wonder Valley Orchestra The Moose and Women of the Moose Warren Church U.S. Departments of Agriculture and Interior United Press International Pelea Triple Grand Union Theatre Williamstown Mass Archer Winston New York Post Tom Courtenay Julie Christie North Hoosick, NY Tonight SUN TECH Harte Theatre United Artists Colorful Adventures Bennington Drive Columbia Harold Hecht U.S FDR President Truman Korea Kefauver E Bonds St. Lawrence Seaway Alan Shepard U. S Dr. Salk John F. Kennedy Lyndon Johnson Don Larsen Treasury Department Advertising Council
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