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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1975
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation located at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont 05201.
The piece contrasts cynics with believers, calling Christmas a blend of magic and faith beyond commerce. It describes Christmas as a family homecoming with warmth, memories, and love, a return to innocence. It honors peace as a yearly hope to nurture through daily effort and human compassion.
A Banner staffer found an inscription on a tombstone in Old Bennington cemetery. The message reads Tongues in the trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in stones and good in everything, and the note says it fits the season.
A New Yorker who turned 100 last week credits a life of moderation and luck for his longevity. Donal McLaughlin, from the Bronx, moved to New York as a student architect from Cincinnati in 1894 and says not overexerting himself and avoiding vice kept him going. He stopped smoking and drinking heavily around age 32, while continuing poker, suggesting luck and social ties aided his century-long life.
The Vermont 1828 Commissioners’ Report was ideological, while H. Eaton’s 1847 Second Annual Report shows a complex system with finances and practice. It notes gender pay disparity, with men averaging $12.72 and women $5.32 monthly, plus winter and summer wage differences. It discusses teacher qualifications, attendance records, and school district sizes, and compares 1847 figures to 1975 Vermont data, highlighting improvements in school facilities and growing enrollments. It preserves names and figures from the era and reflects the period tone.
In a wart of proposals to replace the 1946 lobbying act Congress weighs more disclosure rules. Sen. Robert Stafford backs a far reaching bill mirroring Common Cause demands for registration reporting and funding sources. The column argues openness serves democracy. many groups oppose stricter rules. I’m taking two weeks off in Vermont for the holidays.
Poet Catharine Foster sends holiday greetings with carols and well wishes to numerous neighbors and friends. She lists many names and households receiving tokens of warmth, from muffins and cupcakes to wreaths, gifts, and Christmas trees, celebrating community ties.
A playful New Year verse lists numerous individuals and families such as Randolphs Cooks Lauzens Del Bancos Burkhardts Mooks Woodworths Fays Shapiros Butlers McKees McClays Craigs Bowens Florys Scales J Paulson Macks O Neills Dr Roland Smith Dollard Mudgetts Tilgner Tilgsons Jolivettes Johnsons McWaters Costins and kin. The bard extends best wishes to each, mentioning lights plums grapes bells and toys for various friends and neighbors including Wes Hadden the Millers Lewises Snefts Cliff Ferris Jareckies Fairs Ford Smith Ward Noyes Oktavec West Kate Nash Walter O Noyes and others.
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