Montpelier Elks host for state ruler reception and ball
Montpelier Elks Lodge will host Friday Sept 29 a reception banquet and informal ball honoring Robert E. Boney national ruler of the Elks with Elks officials and state leaders present including Lt Gov Daley Montpelier mayor Strong and several district deputies. Burlington air raid test involves 63 sorties by jet bombers and Vermont National Guard interceptors. Weeks School tour to feature child programs and discussions on Adventure Playgrounds and annual awards banquet set for Jan 17 in Montpelier.
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Montpelier
Carl Quensel
Montpelier Elks Lodge
Vermont Elks Association
Robert E. Boney
Las Cruces
N.M
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
del Rey
John J. Daley
Daley
Willard Strong
Jack Barber
Bellows Falls
Barber
John Ahearn
Bennington
South
Ahearn
Theodore Buck
Newport
Buck
Raymond Quesnel
Quesnel
Robert Milne
Milne
Gerald FitzPatrick
FitzPatrick
Burlington
API
Vermont National Guard
Air Force
United States
Royal Canadian Air Force
Vergennes
Governor’s Committee On Children and
Vermont
C. Andrew Herschel
Julie Lepeschkin
England
Scandinavian
Windsor High grad wins Governors' Exposition Scholarship
Hartland resident Guy Warren Graham, a 1967 Windsor High School graduate and National Honor Society member, has been named Vermont’s recipient of the $1,000 Governors Eastern States Exposition Scholarship. Gov. Philip H. Hoff will present the award at next Sunday’s Governors Day luncheon on the exposition grounds in West Springfield Massachusetts. Graham will attend Union College in Schenectady New York.
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Hartland
Guy Warren Graham
Windsor High School
Vermont
Philip H. Hoff
Graham
Exposition Grounds
West Springfield
Mass
Union College
Schenectady
N. Y
Albany man arraigned for $328 Brooks Dairy Store robbery
Edward Timmons, 24, was arraigned in Troy Police Court on first degree robbery charges after a $328 holdup at Brooks Dairy Store. He was remanded to Rensselaer County Jail. Police say he implied a gun, fled with no weapon, and an accomplice may still be sought. Governor Rockefeller to appoint a committee to study auto accident claim delays. In Troy, Robert L. Corbett, 32, died when his pickup veered off Northway in Wilton and crashed into a guard rail.
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Troy
Albany
Brooks
Edward Timmons
Rensselaer County
Timmons
Nelson Rockefeller
Robert L. Corbett
Northway
Wilton
Corbett
Berkshire fiber maker expands in former mill site
Westchester Industries, a Berkshire based luggage and athletic goods firm, has begun production in the former Strong Hewat mill in North Adams. Edward Kaplan, president, says operations started three weeks ago with about 20 workers and plans to raise production staff to 100 within six months. The area sees local employment growth as the company expands.
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North Adams
Westchester Industries
Edward Kaplan
Outstanding Conservationists Honored in Vermont 1967
Vermont Governor Hoff presented the Conservationist of the Year award to Atherton of Burlington, leader in sportsman landowner relations, at the third annual Conservation Achievement Banquet in Montpelier. The Chittenden County Fish and Game Club and other individuals received honors for forestry, education, water and conservation efforts, with keynote on wildlife by Carll Fenderson.
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Montpelier
Paul Atherton
Burlington
Chittenden County
Atherton
Chittenden County Fish and Game Club
J. Arthur Peters
Bradford
Clifton Bailey
Barre
Anthony Marro
Rutland
George D. Aiken
Washington
Arnold Manchester
St. Albans
Arthur Gibb
Weybridge
Chittenden County Club
Peters
Bailey
Washington County
Vermont
Marro
Rutland Herald
Barre- Montpelier Times Argus
Manchester
Rep
Gibb
House Natural Resources Committee
General Assembly
Carll N. Fenderson
National Wildlife Federation
E. Warner Shedd
East Calais
Philip H. Hoff
Hoff urges Vermont plan to protect scenic beauty now
Gov. Philip Hoff urges a proactive approach to preserve Vermont’s scenic beauty amid metropolitan pressure. He supports a statewide land use code and scenic corridors legislation to guide urban change and promote responsible development while maintaining the state’s natural resources for future economic and aesthetic value. An unrelated update from Oldham, England notes Frank Hadfield, 34, injured after a bus yard poster job led to a fall.
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Burlington
UPI
Philip H. Hoff
Vermont
Wcax-Tv
Hoff
Crete
Vermont Education Board seeks out of state advice
The Vermont Education Board plans a weeklong trip to Boston New York Washington and Chicago to gain expert input on selecting a new education commissioner to replace ousted Dr Richard A Gibboney. Board Chair Harold Raynolds said meetings with Harvard Columbia and University of Chicago deans and Edgar Fuller of the State School Offices will help identify candidates and set goals for modern education. The post pays 20500 annually and tabbed as vacant since July with 60 applications in hand. a decision is expected by September 30.
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Raynolds
Harvard Graduate School
Columbia University
Edgar Fuller
Washington
University of Chicago
Gibboney
Soldier Daniel C. Gillespie receives Bronze Star and Purple Heart
Army Sgt. Daniel C. Gillespie, 19, of Northfield, posthumously awarded the Bronze Star Medal and Purple Heart for his actions in South Vietnam, with the honors presented at Norwich University in Northfield to his parents Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Gillespie and his brother on the weekend.
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Northfield
UPI
Daniel C. Gillespie
Gillespie
South Vietnam
Norwich University
Daniel Gillespie
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Berkshire County Neighborhood Youth Corps
Citizens Protest Club
Pittsfield
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Remo del Gallo
Kenneth Beauchemin
Peck’s Pond
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Vermont Federation of Sportsmen’s Clubs
National Wildlife Foundation
Sears-Roebuck Foundation
Oldham
Frank Hadfield
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Vermont Education Board
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