Vermonters seek enabling laws at New England congress
Vermonters plan to attend the Regional Congress of New England Conservation Commissions in Bedford New Hampshire November 16 and 17. Justin Brande of the Vermont Natural Resources Council notes Vermont has not passed enabling legislation for town conservation commissions and sees the congress as a chance to study and adopt local conservation structures. Vermont delegates include Leonard A. Wilson of the University of Vermont and Bernard K. Johnson of the Vermont Central Planning Office. The two day event features workshops sponsored by the New England Natural Resources Center and Carling Brewing Company with addresses by Henry E. Russell of Carling.
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Montpelier
New England
Brande
Congress
Vermont Natural Resources Council
Vermont
New England Natural Resources Center
Boston
Associations of Conservation Commissions
Carling Brewing Company
Vermont Central Planning Office
Sheraton Wayfarer
Bedford
Manchester
Henry E. Russell
White Creek and Nearby Residents Visit Relatives and Attend Events
White Creek residents and families, including Mrs. Wesley Brown and others, spent time visiting relatives in East Paterson and Stockbridge. Local gatherings featured the Hoosick Falls fourth graders at Saratoga Battlefield, plus W.S.C.S. meetings planning mission support and a Christmas box collection. A fund-raising food sale on election day and a Stanley Party on Nov 17 supported Bennington-Troy District.
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Wesley Brown
East Paterson
N.J
Ray Andrew
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Warren Taber
W.S.C.S
Donald George
Taber
United States
Bennington-Troy
Edward Kyer
Gordon Byars
Richard Rice
Howard Robinson
Deer blood donations risked by deer hunting in Vermont
Arlington will host a Red Cross Bloodmobile on Wednesday November 18 from 1 to 6 p.m. at St. James Church Route 7. Town chair Claire O Neil warns deer season could reduce donor turnout though Vermonters give about three times the national rate. Donors 18 or older may give, with 21 and 65 age rules requiring permissions.
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Arlington
Red Cross Bloodmobile
Claire O’neil
Red Cross
St. James Church
Wild Turkeys Stirred by Thanksgiving Hunters and History
Washington DC report notes wild turkeys escape the dining table as hunters in Wisconsin bag 18 birds among 1 1000 seekers. National Geographic cites a 1952 estimate of 97 000 birds and current prey estimates at 1 250 000 across 35 states. The piece recounts native sayings, scouting calls, and the turkey’s mating display with vivid detail from the Nat Geo text.
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Washington, D.C
Wisconsin
National Geographic Society
North America
Winners listed in last riding event at Doornhof Farm
The Bennington Pony Club closed its year with a two part indoor show at Doornhof Farm Shaftsbury. Meg Viereck rode Oz in a fantasy side saddle opening display followed by dressage and pair jumping events with top placers including Wendy Osgood Jerry Schurink Debbie Jesseman Dana Harwood Sally Shaw Susan Scribner and Julie Copeland. The club meets November 13 at Shaftsbury School with a bake sale and film. In Burlington University of Vermont yearling Ramona placed Reserve Junior Champion Female at the National Guernsey Show in Columbus Ohio with handler Stewart Gibson.
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Shaftsbury
Bennington Pony Club
Henry Schurinks
Doornhof Farm
Meg Viereck
Meg
Wendy Osgood
Jerry Schurink
Debbie Jesseman
Dana Harwood
Joan Osgood
Sheila Foster
Barbara Myrum
Janet Schurink
Mary Donavan
Francis Pollock
Kathy O’donnell
Ginny Lehrman
Pam Viereck
Renee Schurink
Jane Worthington
Sally Shaw
Emily Lehrman
Mary Merrill
Joyce Geier
Susan Scribner
Julie Copeland
Honey Bay
Benny
The
Pony Club
Burlington
University of Vermont
Columbus
Ohio
UVM
Ramona
Stewart Gibson
North Bennington Girl Scout Bake Sale Planned at St John’s
North Bennington Girl Scout Troop 18 will hold a food and bake sale on November 21 at St John the Baptist Church in North Bennington starting at 10 a.m. Proceeds will support troop activities for the year. A separate note from Oxford reports 15 year old John Nunn has entered Oxford University to pursue a math degree becoming the youngest openly documented student at the university in memory.
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St. John the Baptist Church
North Bennington
Oxford, England
UPI
London
Oxford University
Oriel College
J.C. Turpin
John Nunn
Oxford
Also Mentioned on This Page
Eleanor Niles
Gordon J. Nesbitt
Hedges Lake
Don Eldredge
Waterford
Paul Jones
Donna George
S.U.N.Y
Plattsburg
William Harrington
Lillian Woodcock
Lahey Clinic
Mary Blackburn
Stockbridge
Mass
Edward Byers Sr
Tim Tudor
Duane Robinson
Donna Robertson
Donna Green
Hoosick Falls Central School
Saratoga Battlefield and Museum
O— Thomas D. Nesbitt of
Mrs
Gordon Nesbitt
Maurice and
Todd Taber
Adirondacks
Kayser-Roth
Spring Street
Williamstown, Mass
SAP
Richard Handel
Williamstown
Pony
Bennington, VT
Dan Claremont
Sun Lobster
Main Street
Bennington
Cwickes
OWENS / CORNING
Caulking Gun & Caulk
Prestone Anti-Freeze
North Street
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