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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1966
Page
3
A light hearted column details a backyard gardener’s spring triumphs and mishaps. The writer boasts six crocuses and blue blooms, notes abandoned planting calendars, and recounts the aches of heavy digging. A neighbor offers tips on fabric softener in steam irons for easier ironing.
The 14th annual food preparation workshop for Vermont’s largest single industry will be held at Castleton State Teachers College on June 20 21 and 22. Over 275 school food service specialists are expected to attend. Sessions cover record keeping sanitation food presentation and baking with a national concern baker leading classes. The event highlights the school lunch program now a $3 million annual industry in Vermont with USDA donor figures and Vermont share cited.
Local readers spotted a 19-person Times staff photo noting three have covered city administration since LaGuardia. Also covered are a rug booking and braiding bee at Eastern States Exposition about 1966 contest entries, a May 18 house and garden tour by the Fort Orange Garden Club to raise funds for Schuyler Mansion, and a report on Dale Long joining the International League umpiring staff with an opening game in Jacksonville.
Kay Strassburg of the University of Vermont advises on cleaning rubber or latex foundation garments. Immersion washing on both sides with warm sudsy water, thorough rinsing, drying in a breezy spot, and storage after one or two wears yields better perspiration and dirt removal than wiping methods.
County Extension agent announces a Wednesday June 1 bus tour to Strawberry Banke in Portsmouth NH. Three restored houses plus the Governor Goodwin Mansion feature crafts and a gift shop. registration closes May 23. Meals will be at Fisherman’s Pier. Additional Day Camp programs June 13 at Camp Ondawa Sunderland with advanced knitting and crewel work. Also tips on clothing care and choosing baking potatoes included for homemakers.
Vermont garden club talks feature area residents as speakers in a Federated Garden Clubs of Vermont radio series. The schedule runs from April 19 through November 15 across six Vermont stations and one in New Hampshire, with topics on civic development, clean water, roadblights, home greenhouses, community planning, and youth conservation.
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