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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1977
Page
3
A home kitchen guide offers simple chicken parmesan and a shrimp and rice casserole for busy days and Easter entertaining. It includes creamy celery and chestnut bake, Bananas Foster, and a strawberries dessert with vanilla pudding custard, advising prep tips and timing for best presentation.
Correspondence with Constance L. Kite discusses sterilization consent gaps, gender double standards, and the burden of unwanted pregnancies. Readers ask for liberated standards, while Kite clarifies pre pill era intent and notes hospital consent rules.
Funeral services for Mrs. Margaret Knights formerly of 313 Silver Street and later of Pittsfield Massachusetts were held March 29 at Hanson Walbridge Funeral Home with Rev Kenneth Sch Webel officiating. Entombment in Park Lawn Cemetery vault will precede burial at a later date. Attendees included VFW Ladies Auxiliary members Edna Bruso Irene O Grady Agnes St John Dorothy Martin and officers Helen R Garvie Janet Allen Mary Green Kathryn Sawyer. Knights died March 26 at Berkshire Medical Center Pittsfield.
Community updates list a Saturday Arummage and food sale at Loyal Order of Moose from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Women of the Moose sponsor. Also a Saturday mystery caller dance at Molly Stark School gym starting 8 p.m. for western style dancers. Sunday Easter egg hunt at Joyce Hyatt’s Water Street home at 3 p.m. Call 442-9539 for info. Local ads promote insurance reviews, chiropractic services, Mt. Anthony Country Club dinners, Bennington Food Co-op meeting on April 2, Napolitano’s Pizzaria offerings with contact 442-3949.
North Attleboro Massachusetts Henry Peterson owner of the New Plainsman Restaurant began offering braille menus. The eight page Braille menu lists all 47 items from the regular menu with prices removed due to frequent changes. Diners arriving blind are automatically given a braille version.
Readers chase spring themes with garden and craft books. Jean Wilkinson’s Flower Fabrications showcases fabric flowers while Family Creative Workshop offers family friendly crafts. Maple syrup recipes in The Shaker Cook Book tempt with spring ambrosia. Magazines and library checkouts provide fresh ideas as staff call for outdoor activity.
The weekly lunch schedule lists meals for Shaftsbury and Woodford with daily items such as goulash, pizza, roast turkey, beef stew, macaroni and cheese, chicken noodle soup, hot turkey sandwich, and more. Several days note no lunch or half days, with milk and fruit or desserts included where specified.
A University of Maryland zoologist proposes using ants as plant guardians to drive off harmful insects. Dr. David W. Inouye at Beltsville's Agricultural Research Center notes ants are drawn to nectar, then defend sunflowers by repelling intruders, offering a natural crop protection approach.
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