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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1976
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation located at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont 05201.
The piece argues a serious drinking and discipline issue at Mt Anthony Union High School, noting youth alcohol use, vandalism, bullying, and disrespect. It warns against excuses tied to local politics and stresses community pride, leadership, and restoring respect for teachers and the school as key remedies.
A reader challenges school leaders and parents about student drinking. The writer criticizes teachers overburdened with discipline and urges patience, tolerance, and measured responses. The piece calls for roots of the problem to be addressed, warns against overreaction, and emphasizes personal responsibility and trust.
A reader calls for strong top leadership and firm staff backing at Mt Anthony High School. They urge engaged parents and a cadre of disciplined students to confront alcohol and discipline issues, stressing action over words and a return to school respect. Also includes devotional and personal guidance pieces and notes from Helena Shevlen Moore and Rev. Lester McGee.
Louise Larus thanks 30 men their families and friends for respect during hunting season and support for peaceful living in homes. She credits Rob Woolmington’s Nov 8 Banner article for contributing to a safe season since moving to Pownal four years ago and wishes a Happy New Year.
A warm seasonal message from Catharine Foster urges joyful moods and merry wishes for readers. It sends greetings to all ages, envisions green Main Street, improved Putnam Square, and asks support for local groups like the Conservation Society of Southern Vermont while hoping for a bright, united future.
The piece condemns the Argo Merchant oil spill off Nantucket as an environmental catastrophe and criticizes a profit over planet mindset. It highlights likely harm to sea life and the Georgia Banks fishery, urges accountability for ship owners and captains, and laments public limited influence over such disasters.
The Brattleboro Reformer argues that Liberian-chartered tankers escape U S jurisdiction, limiting Coast Guard power to prevent disasters like the Argo Merchant spill. It urges strong environmental limits and credits President-elect Carter’s Interior pick Gov Cecil Andrus, urging bold action to avert future spills and protect ecosystems.
A reflective poem at 110 Warn St contemplates memory as a force of December past. The speaker recalls childhood Christmas rituals, stockings, a mother’s loving gaze, and the old Christmas saint, then notes the passing of those joys as a new Christmastide begins with dawn and a lone adult mood.
Poetic verse extols sun and wind, a child at shore, and a world of peace by the sea. The piece frames longing for freedom and innocence, concluding with a postal-style street address: 652 Main St.
A rhymed verse from Shaftsbury recounts an angel gliding above Vermont and blowing a kiss that travels through a white curtain to touch the snow, leaving sparkle below as heaven’s love. The poem blends a celestial gaze with a green landscape and a wish for brighter glow.
Gerald Ford reflects that beating Carter depended on an economic upturn and not dropping Rockefeller. He blames Rumsfeld for the Rockefeller decision, notes Carter’s businessbacked staff choices ease concerns, and muses on what might have been. A second anecdote recalls a bride and a butcher miscommunication about a capon.
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