Springtime Thoughts on Local School Unification Plans
In this reminiscence piece the author muses on Easter season, education reforms, and merging Rural and Village schools effective July. It notes Mt Anthony Union School construction, unification debates, water and tax concerns for North Bennington, bypass proposals, and local anecdotes about road designs and community voices. The essay ends with a nod to planning for next week’s eggs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Anthony Union School
North Bennington
Little League
BCIC
Home Safety in the Home Emphasis and Tips
AVM Extension Agent Marion S. Harris urges families to treat home safety as a serious concern. She cites child injury rates, common hazards, and the need for preplanned escape drills while noting available check sheets. April is safety month. Guidance on freezing ham and bacon discusses storage times, packaging, and oxygen exposure, with bulletins offering variation in periods and three upcoming programs on senior citizen understanding at local venues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Public Health Service
National Safety Council
British Medical Journal
Anna Wilson
Old
Bennington School
Manchester Legion
North Bennington
The
University
Poised Career of Kurt Hoffman Highlighted in Local Notes
A long career in journalism ends with retirement april 1 for kurty hoffman associate editor of the richmond times dispatch after 45 years. his early work at the banner bennington and later influence on economic affairs and international relations are recalled along with his ross valentine column. his family and plans for europe and a book on editorial writing are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kurty. Hoffman
Richmond, Va
Times-Dispatch
The
Banner
Bennington
KVH
Times - Dispatch
Ross Valentine
So Valentine
Kurt
New Haven Journal Courier
Yale University
New York
Alaska
Juneau Daily Capital
Europe
Florence
Rome
Sales by Mail Gimmicks In The Clearinghouse Report
A reader reports mail solicitations and cards addressed to box holders promising easy gains. The piece notes such offers rarely yield results and hints at patterns seen in the Clearinghouse summaries of mail marketing gimmicks.
Week of April 11 Area School Lunch Menus
A lengthy listing shows daily menus for multiple weeks, detailing lunches including sloppy joes, vegetable soup, baked hash, Mexican bean bake, and more with milk. It also describes a concluding “last week” of hot lunch and includes a reader advisory about a deceptive postcard puzzle promoting a prize and urging caution.
Helpful Hints In Buying Irons
Practical buyer tips on choosing irons, from teflon sole plates to steam functions. It covers testing weight and heat, heel rest safety, water types, and using distilled or demineralized water to extend iron life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
County Nursing Group Hears Dr. Worthington
Bennington County Nurses Association heard Dr. William Worthington critique local health efforts. He urged a Health Council to identify problems like high infant mortality and to foster closer ties with the State Health Department. A July nine week refresher course for nurses was announced, with details via Miss Galvin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington County
Nurses’ Association
Paradise
William Worthington
Worthington
State Health Department
Bishop de Goesbriand Hospital
Burlington
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Marion S. Harris
By Agnes Rockwood
Hoffmans
Mary
East Pownal
Overstreets
William K. Zinsser
Dorothy Canfield Fisher
Arlington
Joseph Hirsch
AL Hirt
RPI
Troy
Music Operators of America
Java
Hirt
O— Thomas F. McShane
North Adams Transcript
Bernard Bullett
WMNB
Williamstown Exchange Club
Bennington College
Lee Remick
Barrymore Theater
Mark P. Carliner
Robert C. Knapp
Lenore Tobin
West 44Th St
Edward J. Bloustein
Bloustein
Rockefeller
E. Roland Harriman
Vanderbilt Webb
Walter A. Hirsch
John Sloane
Stanley G. Mortimer Jr
Mary T. Rockefeller
Herbert H. Lehman
Clarence L. Hay
Knight Woolley
Brisbane Philbin
Paul Felix Warburg
Thomas B. Hess
Louis Tishman
Robert Sarnoff
Peter Gimbel
Donald L. Soviero
Music Inn
Lenox
Mass
Shaw Artists Corp
New York City
Ray Charles
Soviero
SAC Corp
Midwest
London
Paris
Tokyo
Berkshire Music Barn
Pittsfield
Rutland Kiwanis Club
Mary Byrne
Rutland
de Neergaard Rutland
AVM Family
Molly Stark
Pownal
Texas
Federal Trade Commission
Better Business Bureaus
Chambers of Commerce
Consumer Counsels
Better Business Bureau
Pretty Lady Sewing Machine Company
Dallas
A. D
Main St
Bennington Banner
Banner Publishing Corporation
United Press International
UPI
Vermont
U.S
Medicare
Beth C. Russell
Iowa
Strawberry Banke
Portsmouth
County Nursing Group
Dr. Worthington
North Walsham
England
Bunton
Pearse
Noveck - Shultz
HAM
Walker
Nichols
Red
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