Berkshire Downs faces rival tracks and future limits
Vermont racing scene strains under competition from Green Mountain Park in Pownal and Hinsdale New Hampshire while Berkshire Downs seeks a no-competition spring meet. Dario cites geography and management as keys to profitability. Green Mountain's days and Vermont legislative limits loom large as voters weigh continued pari mutuel racing in November 1966. Dr Louis Benson transfers within state system to Brandon Training School as vacancy opens at Vermont Tuberculosis Sanatorium.
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Green Mountain Park
Pownal
Berkshire Downs
Dario
Green Mountain
Vermont
The
Eagle
Hinsdale
N.H
Saratoga
N.Y
George Lobris
Hancock
Lobris
Providence Journal Sports
Hancock Track
Berkshire County
Brandon
Miss Bell
Senior class education plans at Bennington High School
The guidance director reports 54 percent of the senior class will pursue further education beyond high school in four year colleges, junior colleges, nursing and beauty schools, with 23 percent accepted at four year colleges and 18 percent already employed. Among accepted: Stephen Andrews at Lyndon State, James Betts at University of Vermont, Linda Harrington at MacMurray College, Barbara Mason at American University, and many others at Castleton, Vermont schools, plus two-year colleges and nursing programs. A portion remains undecided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen Andrews
Lyndon State College
Janis Austin
University of Vermont
Elizabeth Ayers
Castleton State College
Robert Baldwin
Central Missouri State College
Marie Bergquist
Grinnell College
James Betts
Richard Bird
John Burgess
Kathleen Danforth
Elmira College
John Gaye
Glenn Gershaneck
Linda Harrington
MacMurray College
Thomas Harrington
Murray State College
Lillian Hurlburt
Skidmore
Michele LaBeau
Barbara Leger
Keene State College
Sylvia Mack
Johnson State College
Steve Mailer
Beloit College
Barbara Mason
American University
Douglas McGaughey
Boston University
Mary Moninger
Alan Moskovitz
Lynn Oldendorph
Mount Holyoke
David Ordway
Sandra Richards
Kenyon Simpson
St. Lawrence University
Susan Smith
Joanne Vallee
Robert Walker
Marie Becker
St. Joseph College
Fred Bishop
Vermont Technical College
Rene Boutin
John Bushee
Hudson Valley Community College
Christopher Conway
Dean Dixon
Patrick Gordon
Chamberlayne Junior College
Diane Gros
James O’brien
Milton Pratt
Donna Strobridge
Diane Whitney
Katherine Gibbs
David Woodcock
Linda Pudvar
Traphagen
McCann Vocational
Sharon Carrier
Houle’s Beauty School
Sandra Kelson
LaBaron Hairdressing Academy
Theresa McLean
Elie Academy
Leslie Wager
Constance Luce
Summer School Registration For Bennington Area
Bennington area schools announce 27 summer courses with $2 deposit toward tuition. Resident students in Southwestern Vermont curriculum program pay $10 per course. non residents $25, $40, or $50 for one to three courses. Typing and driver education fees $30. Transportation planned from Arlington Shaftsbury North Bennington Pownal and Molly Stark. no charge for transport. Buses run 8 a.m. to 12:20 p.m. Sessions and pickup points to be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
W. Philip Walker
Vermont
Ford Foundation
Bennington High School
Walker
Arlington
Shaftsbury
North Bennington Pownal
Molly Stark
Vermont children vote for Canfield Fisher Award book
Vermont fourth to eighth graders select a single title for the Dorothy Canfield Fisher Book Award. The program, backed by PTA and Free Public Library Service, uses reading level based book lists prepared for 1965 66 and distributed via libraries and bookmobiles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vermont
PTA
Free Public Library Service
Bennington Airport Log Highlights Local Fly-In and Growth
Bennington area aviation notes report a $75 million federal airport budget cut to $62.5 million for 1967, with Johnson directing reallocations. Cambridge Valley Flying Club held a Cambridge New York fly-in featuring Richard Gray winning spot landing and Joel Whittemore second. Four planes from Bennington Airport attended, with local families and pilots listed among attendees and arrivals. Flights from Bennington included destinations such as Baltimore and Newark, and a busy day featured multiple aircraft arrivals. County Aviation adds a Beech Musketeer to its fleet, while Beech Street School pupils toured the airport. A pair flew to Flushing for the World’s Fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson
Bennington
Cambridge Valley Flying Club
Cambridge, N.Y
Richard Gray
Pownal
Joel Whittemore
Whittemore
Dick Gray
Cambridge
Meerworth
John Irons
Sam Dalton
John Santarcangelo
John Baker
Baltimore
Lewisburg
Montpelier
N.Y.C
Neward
N.J
Danbury
Conn
Duval Brown
Morrisville
John
Bennington High School
County Aviation
Williams
Beech Street
Flushing, L.I
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Red
Benhi
George A. Sleeman
Burt Bushee
U.S. Navy
Dennis Denio
Kermit Eggsware
U.S. Air Force
Daniel Gates
National Guard
Gerald Mattison
Richard Pierce
Howard Towsley
Ronald Dommke
Cynthia Gilmore
Dorothy Canfield Fisher
Thlu
Nichols
Triumph Style
Union St
Inteynite
Terry Sand
Gripper
Diane Hanson
Moscow
UPI
Tass
Soviet Union
Paris
Dick Proctor
Canastota
Salvatore Santarcangelo
Ben-Mont Ave
Jtanise
Jhenet
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