Vermont Garden Club Award Highlights National Reach
The Vermont Garden Club of the Air led by Mrs. H Everett Porter won the National Council of State Garden Clubs radio TV award for best use of media at its Chicago meeting. James Robert Keir of Roxbury received a second alternate award for a $1,000 national scholarship. Delegates from 49 states attended the convention and Sears Roebuck provided a $100,000 environmental grant. Affiliated area clubs include Arlington, Bennington, Manchester, and Plain Dirt Gardeners of Bennington.
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Vermont Garden Club of the Air
Vermont
H. Everett Porter
Manchester
National Council of State Garden Clubs
Chicago
James Robert Keir
Roxbury
Bennington
Robert G. Keir
National Council
Keir
University of Maine School of Forestry
Norton Barber
Federated Garden Clubs of Vermont Inc
National Council Garden Clubs
Sheraton-Chicago
District of Columbia
National Council of State Green Clubs
Sears Roebuck & Co
William H. Barton
East Lansing
Mich
William F. McCurdy
Sears
Arlington Garden Club
Guardsmen end two week training stint at Camp Drum
Vermont Guardsmen wrap up a second week at Camp Drum New York after a two day mid training break. Lt Col Wayne Bourgeois praises first week morale and weather while crews run 24 hour Advanced Tactical Testing with aggressor units from Ludlow and Rutland. The Bennington unit is led by Capt Robert E Houle.
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Bennington
C Co
172D Armor
Camp Drum
Vermont
N.Y
New York
Wayne A. Bourgeois
Swanton
86Th
50Th Armored Division
Vermont Army National Guard
Cantonment
Norman Brown
Arlington
Robert Johnson
Manchester Center
Gerald Krawczyk
New Jersey
86Th Brigade
172D
Ludlow and Rutland
Raymond Ferguson
Rutland
Robert E. Houle
Green Mt Club to Celebrate Six Decades
The Green Mountain Club marks its 60th annual meeting at Martin Memorial Hall on Saturday May 30 with events across the weekend. Activities include a business meeting, photo contest display, camping gear swap, a short hike, a 6 pm dinner, and a slide presentation Vanishing Vermont by Clyde Smith followed by a Sunday campfire breakfast and a Mt Ascutney hike led by Herbert Ogden. Overnight options are at Ascutney State Park Wilgus State Park or area motels with contact via Miss Shirley Strong Colchester Burlington or 862-.
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Cutney
Green Mountain Club
Martin Memorial Hall
Vermont
Clyde Smith
Connecticut
Herbert Ogden
Mt. Ascutney
Ascutney State Park
Wilgus State Park
Shirley Strong
Colchester Pg
Burlington
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Nestle’s
Jiffy
Realemon
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Sis
Maxwell House
Seth
Florida
U.S. NO. 1
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