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Parked Cars Bennington Banner Tuesday December 31 1963-5 Home After Six-Month Tour Gordon Mrs Morrissey Impede Village Snow Removal Head County Heart Fund Shaftsbury Airman Tells of Hazards Of Military Duty in South Viet Nam communities In the county Heading the advance solicitation divisions are Dr Woodhull Hall medical chairman George Heasllp of Manchester Depot Industry chairman and Mrs Morrissey and Gordon special gifts "Each of these key volunteers will play an Important part the campaign ahead Their assignments carry the responsibility and leadership needed to achieve our 1964 state goal ot Niros said The goal for Bennington County Is $5820 1963 county residents raised $5823 for the Heart Fund a per capita contribution of 23 cents Four volunteer leaders who will head the 1 964 Bennington County Heart Fund were announced today by Fred Nlms state chairman of the annual campaign The statewide campaign will be conducted in February officially designated as Heart Month "Heart Sunday Week high point of the drive beginning Feb 16 and ending on Heart Sunday Feb 23 will be set aside for neighborhood solicitation The campaign slogan Is ''More Will Live the More You Named as county co-chairmen are Mrs Francis Morrissey and Patrick TH Gordon They will be In charge of organizing fund raising volunteers In 16 Jr Engaged MISLEADING REPOSE-Thls peaceful view or a Vietnamese working with his water buffalo In a rice paddy was taken near the base where Orr was stationed But not very far off the war against the Communist Viet Cong is being carried on 235 By BOB HAGERMAN SHAFTSBURY For the US serviceman stationed In South Viet Nam the hazards are by no means confined to his duty hours at some military base or while on a mission against the Communist Viet Cong Even as he spends a day or evening of relaxation In Saigon or other city or town the American soldier or airman Is apt to suddenly find himself the target of a bullet or bomb aimed by a Viet Cong Infiltrator or sympathizer the report of Airman First Class Frank Orr 26 stepson of Mr and Mrs Floyd Holliday who Is currently home on a 30-day leave after returning from a slx-month tour of duty in the southeastern Aslan country While such attacks were not frequent they were still enough to constitute a psychological har-rassment "This worried me as much as said Orr Like many of his fellow servicemen he carried a small side-arm with him when he went on pass though he never had to use it Orr was serving with a detach- ment of Air Commandos which was working In conjunction with the Vietnamese Air Force His duties consisted primarily of loading and maintaining the weapons systems of the US supplied planes sent out on attack supply and reconnalsance missions against the Communist guerillas But he also participated directly In some of the air and ground patrols Planes used are the B-26 Bomber the T-28 Fighter and theC-47 cargo plane all of World War II or early 1950s vintage but perfectly suitable for the brush warfare being carried on Ordnance used for the planes lnclud- es 100 and 500 pound high explosive bombs napalm clusters of fragmentation bombs rockets and machine guns While the Viet Cong has no air force to counteract the Vietnamese attacks the missions are still extremely hazardous according to Orr Bombing and strafing runs are made at very low levels If a plane Is hit by ground Are there is little altitude In which to make a recovery And when a plane does go down It is frequently Into the dense forest growth that quickly swallows It up making any rescue mission difficult or im- NO SNOV IN VIET NAM-Frank Orr poses in Bennington packing a snowball something he never had occasion to do In the hot and humid southeast Asian country (Staff Photo-Hagerman) Bennington Village Highway Supt Arthur frog) Theberge has reminded the that no dead storage parking of vehicles is allowed In village parking lots because this Impedes snow remow al Theberge has also asked that all persons clearing driveways plow the snow from the road in and not In the reverse direction which leaves snow in the middle of the village streets Clergyman Burned In Apartment Fire A Bennington clergyman received burns on the left arm Monday afternoon as he wtis extinguishing a lire which broke out In the kitchen of his apartment in the church he serves Cornelius Clarke pastor of the Christian and Missionary Al- liance Church on Crescent Boulevard reported he had left a pan heating on the stove when he was called to the phone The pan caught fire and when he returned to the kitchen the blaze raked his arm as he was extracting the pan The fire then spread to a cabinet and the floor Clark said he attempted to control the blaze himself but then turned in an alarm "to be on the safe The Bennington Fire Department responded Clark went to his own physician for treatment of his Injury Vermont Winter Schedule To Begin Jan 7 Vermont Transit Lines winter schedule of bus service will be effective Jan 7 A Hyde regional manager announced today Departures to Albany and New York City will be dally at 2:25 am 7 am 11:25 am 2:40 pm 7:20 pm and 9:45 pm Service to North Adams Pittsfield Winsted Danbury and White Plains will be dally at 11:45 am Trips north to Burlington and Montreal will be dally at 5 am 10:35 am 4:25 pm and 10:25 am with additional trips to Burlington only at 1:40 pm and 7:50 pm The 10:35 am trip will connect at Rutland for Montpelier Barre St Johnsbury and White Mts points to Portland Maine The 10:35 am and 4:25 pm trips will connect at Rutland for service to Woodstock and White River Junction Windsor and Claremont NH 4 Restaurant Worker Dies TnRopndng HdmeJFire BOSTON (AP) A bachelor restaurant worker perished today when flames swept a five-story rooming house cm Beacon Hill Luigi Mayer 50 was found dead cm the top floor by firefighters Some 25 roomers fled to safety after being aroused by a passerby The two-alarm fire with an estimated loss of $10000 was believed to have started on the top floor One fireman Charles Martin-dale 46 suffered an eye Injury when a machine being used to thaw a frozen hydrant exploded Lehmann-Bairstow WILLIAMSTOWN Mass Mr and Mrs Walter Lehmann of Glen Street WUliamstown have announced the engagement of their daughter Miss Diane Leslie Lehmann to Douglas William Bair stow son of Mr and Mrs Harry Bairstow of Dalton Mass A summer wedding Is planned Miss Lehmann Is a senior at Boston University She was graduated from st Agnes School In Loudonvllle NY and Pine Manor Junior College at Wellesley The bride-to-be lived In Bennington while her father was with the Bennington County Musical Society and band director at Bennington High School Mr Bairstow studying at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston He Is a graduate of Dalton High School and attend- ed the Curtis Institute of Music In Philadelphia Pa Accident Rate About To Rise Warns Baumann MONTPELIER "This is the time of year to think soberly about the other warns Vermont Commissioner of Public Safety William Baumann In calling attention to the fact that the accident curve rises sharply during this period of the year Many roads are slippery evenings are longer and the mind wanders to many other things with the advent of the ending of the old year and the coming of the new Baumann emphasized that Julia NORMA ANN FOWLER Fowler-Kraenzle NORTH POWNAL Mr and Mrs Robert Fowler of Ski-par ee Ranch have announced the engagement of their daughter Miss Norma Ann Fowler to Charles Anthony Kraenzle son of Mr and Mrs Emil A Kraenzle of Ste Genevieve Mo Miss Fowler Is a graduate of the Hoosick Falls NY High School of Stevens Junior College at Columbia Mo and of the University of Missouri also at Columbia where she received a bachelor of science In education Miss Fowler Is now enrolled In the graduate school at the University of Missouri where she expects to receive her Master's degree In Education this 111104 A-Sk -w Mr Kraenzle win "graduate from the College of Agriculture of the University of Missouri at Columbia this June with a degree In general agriculture He Is a graduate of the Vallee High School in Ste Genevieve Mo and has served six months active duty with the Army at Fort Leonard Wood Mo as part of an' Army Reserve program A July Wedding is planned ON THE JOB-A fellow Air Commando of loads ammunition on a trailer for transfer to planes In background are sandbag walls surrounding ammunition stockpiles while motorists cannot: control possible the weather and oad conditions sayl he'planei Vietnamese friends pause for a Buddhist Pagoda had taken place The monsoon runs between May ant October then gives whatt de scribed winter with little rain The coolest temperature while Orr was there was 75 degrees they can keep their mind clear by not drinking before driving Parties and other celebrations during the holiday season frequently tempt motorists to drink more than they should If motorists must celebrate In this manner It would be much safer to engage a cab cab fare Is a small price to pay for personal Insurgents according to Orr apparently sure how the United States would respond to the take-over so they decided to the American for- Hampshire where he was assignees first and ask questions later ed with the Strategic Air Com- Orr said the Air Commando mand In December 1962 he vol- more generally the thermometer units have now been relieved unteered for the Air Command-ranged up Into the hundreds and replaced by regular Air os and after intensive physical The biggest problem for Orr's Force units He himself with and psychological screening unit was the continual high hu- only 11 months remaining of his found he had made the grade midity and the heavy rusting of current hitch is unlikely to be The Air Commandos were reassigned overseas again He does activiated about two years ago not plan now to re-enlist after hibernating since eld He first islgned up in January War when they first made a 1956 After basic training at name for themselves In behlnd-Lackland Air Force Base In Tex- the lines fighting In Burma as he attended munitions school Their role in Viet Nam In at Lowry Air Force Base In Den- brief has been to demonstrate ver Colo before shipping off to the use of aircraft and train al-Europe where he was based until lied airmen to rout out and fight October 1959 He then returned the Viet Cong guerilla In his na-to Pease Air Force Base In New tural element OFF Twct of the camera whlle'standing in equipment that Uncreated The only way to keep machine guns In operating condition was to literally soak them with oil and not just normal oil but regular engine oil Even this was frequently only temporary respite When the guns were fired the exploding powder and oil would mix creating a sludge that might eventually clog the gun so come In at low levels he kidding He tells of planes grass-stained and spattered and dented with the mud and rocks thrown up by Its own bullets During much of tour he was In the middle of the annual monsoon season with Its frequent though not continual rain When It did rain though It would go on for as long as two full days drizzling for a while then suddenly Increasing to a torrential downpour for a half-hour or more with high winds The end result was a completely flooded airfield with all flight operations shut down until sufficient run-off American Legion Notes NEW YEAR'S NOVELTIES -TOYS GAMES GIFTS STOP INI Bennington TOY HOVELTY HOTEL PUTNAM BLDG MAIN ST BENNINGTON -N By JOSEPH LEE Post Public Relations Officer Recently your reporter was extended a membership in the American Legion Press Association by Bennington Post 13 of the American Legion The application for membership has been approved and The Banner has been selected as an official news medium for the American Legion by the American Legion Press Association In Indianapolis Ind The Banner Is the only paper In Vermont so named and I am the only reporter so named In the state The purpose of this organization Is to get word to all veterans on the actions of the Legion and to create interest so that we might increase our membership to persons In the professions so Bewitched HOLLYWOOD (UPI) Elizabeth Montgomery Robert Montgomery's daughter has signed with Screen Gems to star in a television pilot titled scheduled for the 064-65 sen son we might better carry on programs In child welfare education rehabilitation Americanism etc 1 While I am writing news to be FrankOrrNamed published In The Banner I will try not to get into any contro- Oiial5fSwl Tn verslal issues and neither will I Udlllicll AO try to editorialize my columns as The Banner has a capable Tpnpl Firpnrme staff to do this work lCrtCIl llieUI 1115 It will be my intention to work as closely with The Banner staff as possible so that 1 may bring the Veterans news of both local and national Interest In Invite persons to call or send American Legion News to me so 1 can prepare it for publication My number Is 442-9129 Anything published In this 90lumn will be connected with the Legion work In our area now or lnfuture programs undertaken In Vermont Views published In this column are not the views of The Banner but of the Legion On behalf of the American Legion National Commander Foley has pledged the support of the Legion to President Johnson "We offer our prayers with those of every domination creed and race asking God to give you the strength to sustain yourself and our country as you now assume the duties of the hlghtest office In the land that of President of the United States of Foley said Frank Orr son of Mr and Mrs Floyd Holliday of Shaftsbury has been named a home firearms safety Instructor by the National Rifle Association spon- son of a new course designed to help reduce shooting accidents In the home Orr currently an Airman First Class In the US Air Force first became Interested In the safety course through the Bennington Area YMCA Rifle Club He Is currently an NRA rifle and pistol Instructor and has also been a small-arms Instructor for the Air Force The new NRA course promotes safety among those who normally do not use firearms for recreation but have them In their home It emphasizes the recognition of unsafe practices and conditions and points out how to correct them Orr was awarded the special' certificate following successful completion of a written examination He Is now qualified to conduct the course that it would misfire or even blow up The average height of the Vietnamese according to Orr Is about five feet one Inch Though extremely hardy Orr talks of Vietnamese soldiers slogging for miles through wet terrain with loads almost as heavy as themselves their light frame Is sometimes a handicap when op- erating heavy equipment Conversation was generally In English though Orr would sometimes have occasion to use the French he learned while stationed In France on another overseas tour Even with those Vietnamese lacking fluency In English there were some expressions that were universally understood such as "Number meaning or "the and meaning "the Two Vietnamese talking their native language Orr said "sounds as though they are continually mad at each other though of course The Vietnamese would respond In kind Orr said "If you made an effort to know and told of a vroup of Saigon taxi-drivers whom he became friends with Orr left Viet Nam just before the military coup which toppled the government of President Ngo Dlnh Diem In fact he may have been In one of the last planes to leave the country before the overthrow Orr salej he learned later that the revolutionary Vietnamese military forces blocked all airstrips with heavy equipment The SiHt 1902 VOLKSWAGEN MICRO BUS LOW MILEAGE EXCEPTIONALLY CLEAN locally It runs about four hours and requires no shooting range as no actual firing Is Included The new course supplements the NRA's 13-year-old hunter safety course designed to reduce shooting accidents In the field 'HOME SWEET Orr poses in field uniform for friend outside of one of base huts at his Viet Nam duty station Louvered slats can be raised to allow air in through screened norttifs: closed when it rains It suits baby so well it must be 1961 CHEVROLET EXTRA BONUS DOUBLE WORLD GREEN WEDNESDAY and SATURDAY the bobby suit for baby Choose corduroy or fine pima cloth All with snap-fastened crotch high bib front elastic back lovely embroidery Woven shirt of fine cotton has smart Eton collar All washable And wearable as only Health-tex can be Sizes: 9 12 18 24 months i BEL-AIR 2 DR 6 CYL ONE OWNER the ONE place to call for the minute you ivantit Call Beneficial to get cash double fast Cleart up leftover bills take care of expenses you-name-it The folks at Beneficial ikg to say Call nowl BENEFICIAL a FINANCE SYSTEM tans $20 to $600 Loans life-insured at low cost Beneficial Finance Co of Bennington 449 MAIN STREET BENNINGTON Phon: 442-5441 Ask forth YES MANsger INI MNCriCIAL PINAMCCCO American Legion members are urged to write their congressmen and senators In an effort to defeat 622 a bill which has passed the Senate without public hearings 622 would repeal veterans preference rights for all veterans employed by the Alaska Railroad which Is solely owned and operated by the federal gov-enrment' The defeat of the bill Is considered vital to the cause of veterans' preference In federal government as It may will be the opening wedge for attack against veterans preference in other federal areas RITTERS CUT $1 79( ASPARAGUS 4 SHOULDER LAMB WOPS 298 LB LIGGETT B0SW0RTH Sales Service North Bonnlngton Road Bonnlngton Vt Free Parking Armory Lot Next Door forget the joint executive meeting to be held Jan 2 at 8 pm In the Legion rooms on the White Chapel Road FOOD MARKET WALKER'S 736 Main Street 4.