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Shaftsbury students wage caterpillar conservation drive
Shaftsbury Elementary pupils from grades five to eight collected nearly a thousand caterpillar nests as part of a conservation project led by Col. Fairfax Ayres and Mrs. Jes sie Hulett. Ayres offered 20 cents per nest, later reduced to five, with a total funded to 250 dollars.
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Shaftsbury
Shaftsbury Elementary School
Vermont
Richard Curtis
Fairfax Ayres
Jessie Hulett
Richard Myers
Col. Ayres
Vermont Green