Work Party Planned on Long Trail in Pioneer Valley
The Pioneer Valley section of Green Mountain Club will hold a work party Sunday at Deer View Shelter on the Long Trail near Bennington. Volunteers will repair the shelter and clear the Danville Hollow Trail with optional Saturday hiking. Contact Dick Metcalfe or Gil Myrick for details. the Pioneer Valley group takes over care from Bennington.
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Pioneer Valley
Green Mountain Club
Deerview
Bennington
Danville Hollow
Bennington Officer Serves in Vietnam With Cavalry Unit
Maj Francis Sawyer, son of Mr and Mrs Daniel Sawyer of 140 BenMont Ave, is a U S Army officer in Vietnam commanding a helicopter group in the 1st Cavalry Division. He likely piloted a helicopter in a five hour engagement near Qui Nhon that killed 33 and captured eight Viet Cong. The operation Irving began Oct 2 with South Vietnamese and South Korean forces, yielding 878 enemy deaths and 794 prisoners. Sawyer has been in Vietnam two months. His wife Dawn Spencer and six children reside in Wahiawa Hawaii while he is on duty.
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Bennington U.S
Maj
Sawyer
Central Seacoast
West Bank
Viet Nam
Dawn Spencer
Bennington
Wahiawa
Hawaii
Boy Scout Troop 353 Holds Court of Honor in Bennigton
The Court of Honor for Bennington Troop 353 at Second Congregational Church Oct 11 awarded Tenderfoot to Timmy Woodward Star to Terry Hunt Life to Wayne Jacobs and Ralph Mavilla Long Trail to Bart Howe who hiked the entire 250 miles He later joined a weekend campout at Camp Woodford led by George Kerbs Kenneth Gile and David Peterson with 19 of 60 Scouts attending A troop wide discussion urged greater participation and five Scouts earned or pursued more merit badges and an anticipated Eagles by year end
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Second Congregational Church
Bennington
Timmy Woodward
Terry Hunt
Wayne Jacobs
Ralph Mavilla
Bart Howe
Bart
Green Mountain Club
Boy Scouts
Camp Woodford
Ethan Allen Council
George Kerbs
Kenneth Gile
David Peterson
Richard Stratton
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Dick Metcalfe
Lakeville Ave
Springfield
Mass
Gil Myrick
Benton St
Francis Sawyer
Forlin
Italy
UPI
Marino Masacci
Boy Scout
Steve Rice
Jerry Hunt
Billy Harrington
Thomas Williams
Michael Allard
Kevin Jacobs
David Page
Frank Johnson
Bob Blodgett
Bill Harrington
Kevin
Geroge Kerb Jr
Brent
Wynn Metcalfe
Kevin Murphy
Craig Reynolds
Alan
Charles Watson
Paul Prescott
Paul
East Barre
Vt. 9
Tidykins
Sue Heisler Walden
Colonial Shopping
Williamstown
Bay
HK Gly
Deelight
Atkins and Gould
Jewelers
Main ST
Bennington, VT
Sally Schrank
Convenient Union St
Nichols
Sy Frankl
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