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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1966
Page
3
In years past I chronicled my long effort to avoid a tan, trying lotions and poses to stay pale. This year I unexpectedly tanned with little effort, after a brief Lake Paran sojourn, prompting reflection on changing beauty norms and the surprise of rapid tanning.
The writer laments a flawed tan and hair lightening attempt that left skin darker and hair lighter with dirty neck areas. She admits misreading instructions, jokes about an Ultra-Oriental look, and expects the tan to fade while planning professional help for hair. Friends comment on the odd transformation.
A reminiscence about chicken dinners and a long ago meal at a Bennington hotel, the author sharing a recipe method with a playful caution about breaking kitchen rules. The piece transitions to local notices, including Bennington pottery, a family history, and community updates. The CARE program introduces a new overseas aid food package with frozen meats and nonfrozen items, arranged to aid needy families via a freezer bank system.
Readers learn how to extend cut flower life with proper tools timing and handling. University of Vermont experts advise sharp tools, late afternoon cuts, warm water initial placing, cool overnight conditioning, and avoiding heat or drafts. Coarse stems require splitting stems. avoid sun and drafts to preserve moisture and color. Separately the article promotes the Men's National Cooking Championship inviting adult amateur male chefs to submit potato chips recipes by December 1 with past winners and a sample dish Berried Treasure Ham.
Homemaking Notes answers reader questions on freezing vegetables and jelly cloudiness. It recommends a freezer handbook by Anna Wilson, extension nutritionist, and explains factors causing cloudy jelly such as pouring too fast, standing time, pulp in jelly, squeezing pulp, and fruit being too green.
Mrs Doris Steele of the University of Vermont Extension warns that 90 percent of accidental poisonings occur in children under five as curious toddlers explore and taste their surroundings. She cites aspirin as a leading culprit at 20 percent and notes risks from vitamins medicines and cleaners stored under sinks.
A county program led by Mrs Donald Betit provides a monthly newsletter for young homemakers with recipes food and clothing buying tips house care and housekeeping hints. Contact Mrs Betit at 4422947 or the county office at 4425046 to join. Also noted is Knitting for Fun a Vermont Extension Service publication offered for 25 cents with sample copy available at the office. Additional items discuss adult learning guidance from Ohio State University and a kitchen recipe feature for Split Peas With Tomatoes and Split Peas With Bacon with preparation details and yields.
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