BBS Girls Rate High At UVM
Manchester Vermont English Department at UVM grants advanced placement in English to eight incoming freshmen. Three are from Vermont schools. two from Burr and Burton Seminary. Recipients include Nancy Carman daughter of Mr and Mrs J Nelson Carman and Margaret Phillips daughter of Mr and Mrs Ernest Phillips of Dorset. Students will receive credit for the freshman English course and study English at a sophomore level.
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Manchester
UVM
Vermont
Burr and Burton Seminary
Nancy Carman
J. Nelson Carman
Margaret Phillips
Ernest Phillips
Dorset
Advanced Placement College Examination Board
Princeton
N.J
Hoosick Falls Lions Club Auction and Community Events
Hoosick Falls hosts the annual Town of Hoosick Lions Club auction on Oct 8 at the Owl Garage on Church Street. Donations contact Robert Hall Paul LaPorte or Richard Fairbanks. items will be picked up. Proceeds fund community projects including the Community Swimming Pool. A card party by the Ministering Circle of the Kings Daughters benefits the Go To Church Sunday and other events at St Mark's Parish Hall with tickets at the door. The Rev Edith Craig Reynolds led the dedication of restored chimes at St Mark's with restoration costs funded by her gift, and spoke at the Hoosick Grange service at First Baptist Church.
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Town of Hoosick Lions Club
Owl Garage
Church Street
Robert Hall
Paul LaPorte
Richard Fairbanks
Community Swimming Pool Fund
The
King’s Daughters
St. Mark’s Church
James F. Smith
Nolds
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church
First Trip Dorset Carl Ramsey Seeks Eye Surgery
85yearold naturalist Carl Ramsey known as the Sage of Swampacres, weekly Banner columnist, travels to Putnam Memorial Hospital in Bennington for his first hospital visit. He plans eye surgery and hopes to return to Swampacres in a week or so.
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Dorset
Carl Ramsey
Sage
Swampacres
The
Banner
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Bennington
Ramsey
Scouts Seek Drum Bugle Instructor For Troop 331
At a Monday meeting of Boy Scout Troop 331 committee the group sought a musically inclined teacher for a drum and bugle corps and urged interested persons to call Philip Roach. The troop will meet 7 to 8:30 pm each Monday and will not change nights. Stanley Browe donated an axel for a scout trailer and Robert Fletcher volunteered to build it. The troop plans an NRA firearms safety and marksmanship course.
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Shaftsbury
Boy Scout Troop
Philip Roach
Stanley Browe
Robert Fletcher
Fletcher
Woodchoppers' Jamboree at Mt Tabor Forest Reserve
The Taconic District of Ethan Allan Council plans a Woodchoppers Jamboree at Mt. Tabor on federal forest land this weekend with about 200 scouts and 25 scoutmasters. Contests include woodchopping and woodsawing as well as other camping activities. arrangements include a rifle range at St. Peter's Episcopal Church in Bennington. The troop adds four tents, saws, and water jugs to meet growing membership now at 41.
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Manchester
Boy Scouts
Taconic
Ethan Allan Council
South End
Mt. Tabor
Taconic District
Ferdinand Bongartz
Bongartz
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
Bennington
Henry Bunk
Fletcher
Henry Freely
Mt. Tabor Forest Reservation
Stufflebeam
Ronnie
Shaftsbury Fire Company Auxiliary Meeting
Shaftsbury The Fire Company Auxiliary will meet this evening at 7 30 at the firehouse. Mr and Mrs J Barquero of East Williston L I and Mr and Mrs H Wagner of Franklin Square L I were weekend guests of Mr and Mrs Philip Roach. Last week they entertained R Butt of Massapequa L I. Mrs Louis Cook and Mrs Herbert McDavit have returned to Oradell and Maplewood N J after spending a few days with Mr and Mrs J F Daniels. Mrs Cook is sister of Mrs Daniels and Mrs McDavit is their cousin.
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J. Barquero
East Williston
L.I
H. Wagner
Franklin Square
L. I
Philip Roach
R. Butt
Massapequa
Louis Cook
Herbert McDavit
Oradell
Maplewood
N.J
J. F. Daniels
Renewal Plan in Barre Promises Flexible Urban Renewal
Mayor Garth Blow announced the Bet ter Barre Committee BBC will present a competitive urban renewal plan for public consideration late next month. Voters on Nov 8 face a $663,750 Elm Cottage bond issue tied to the Urban Renewal Agency. BBC claims the official plan excluded property owners and promises cooperation from those involved. federal oversight remains strict with 28 plans already submitted and no tolerance for tampering. Motorcycle riding, once a top leisure draw, is linked to aviation legends and modern pilots using bikes for quick access between facilities.
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BBC
John Bonkoski
Housing and Urban Development Agency
Automation Spurs Amateur Interest in Home Photography
Washington reports that automation drives the current photography boom in the United States, with Instamatic cameras and Super 8 movie kits simplifying picture taking. Amateurs shoot family scenes, pets, and gatherings, while underwater and aerial efforts grow, aided by automatic lighting, shutter control, and slide projectors.
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Washington
United States
National Geographic Society
Optronic Electric Eye
Arlington Cub Scoutmaster seeks new dens for October
Arlington Eagle Scout George Hess calls all eightyearold boys interested in scouting to call him now as dens are being organized for an October start. 4H Week note highlights West Arlington Jrs 4H Club with 13 members and one guest at Community House last Saturday. A food sale is planned Oct 8 at 10 a.m. Maria Infante is general chairman with Terry Laskey assistant. Debbie Cole heads posters. The club received a certificate from Easter Seal Association. New officers include Molly Pratt president, Terry Laskey VP, Sandy Jennings secretary, Maria Infante treasurer, Nancy Hagelberg game leader, Debbie Cole news, Ann Hoyt health, Ann Coley song leader. Next business meeting will follow the sale on Oct 8.
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George Hess
Arlington
West Arlington Jrs
Maria Infante
Terry Laskey
Debbie Cole
Easter Seal Association
Molly Pratt
Terry
Victory Grange meeting in October at Grange Hall
Mountain Towns Carlo Walter HO 4-3993 reports Victory Grange of Wilmington will hold its next meeting at Grange Hall on October 5 at 8 p.m. Dr and Mrs Lynde Kimball Margaret Dary and Carrie Robert members of Mayflower Chapter CES attended the 70th annual district meeting at the Masonic Lodge in Bellows Falls Saturday.
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Victory Grange of
Wilmington
Grange Hall
Lynde Kimball
Margaret Dary
Carrie Robert
Mayflower Chapter
CES
Masonic Lodge
Bellows Falls
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Hoosick Falls
Edith Beaumont
Rev
Edith Craig Rey
Fran Stacy
Charles Lindbergh
A. V. Rowe
Geoffrey de Haviland
British Aircraft Manufacturing
America
Glenn Curtiss
U.S
Japan
Stevan Dohanos
S. Hope
Southeast Asia
Project Hope
Room
Washington, D. C
S. S
Central America
Asia
Africa
South America
HOPE
East
Helene Thompson
Carlo Walter HO
Nichals
Billy
Chaance
Loden
Chevroli
Chevrolet
Camaro
Man OF
Bill Hogan
Cadillac, Inc
Bennington, Vermont
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