Headstart children receive gifts from Homemakers
At Red Brick School Shafts bury 31 Head Start children each received a red felt stocking filled with presents. The stockings were prepared by Bennington County Extension Homemakers. Dorothy Haddad organized the project and a member knitted fifteen sets of hat and mittens for the children. The group previously helped international children, now aiding local Head Start. Merry Christmas.
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Shaftsbury
Bennington County
Dorothy Haddad
Bennington
Homemaker Club
Head Start
SCS helps protect natural resources in Vermont
Vermont's resource conservation progress grows as housing and industry expand. USDA Soil Conservation Service reports 311 conservation plans drawn, 57 revised, with 101 ponds installed and extensive drainage, streambank protection, and wildlife wetland habitat management across landowners guided by SCS engineers and soil scientists.
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Burlington
Vermont
Craig Right
Usda Soil Conservation Service
SCS
Soil Conservation Service
Rumensin cleared by FDA for cattle feed use
Eli Lilly developed Rumensin a cattle feed additive that raises feed efficiency about 10 percent by boosting rumen fermentation. The additive from Lilly Research Laboratories Indianapolis will be marketed by Blanco Products Company. Vermont SCS reports 2600 landowners assisted with soil and water conservation, 300 units aided, 361000 acres surveyed in FY 1975.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Food and Drug Administration
Lilly Research Laboratories
Eli Lilly and Company
Blanco Products Company
Lilly
Vermont
SCS
Molasses bricks pitched as cheap eco bricks in Maine
Ray Geiger of Farmers Almanac promotes bricks made from blackstrap molasses and dirt tested with Plastic B as a cheap, ecological building method. Engineer Robert Morse from Long Island developed the concept and demonstrated it with yard dirt, claiming no firing is needed and a four room house could cost about $1,000.
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Lewiston, Maine
UPI
Ray Geiger
Geiger
Farmers’ Almanac
Robert Morse
Long Island
Ken Connor
Bob Morse
Bayside
Androscoggin
The Vanishing Milkman in America’s Supermarket Age
A nostalgic survey traces the decline of home milk delivery as Americans shift to grocery stores. It notes per capita milk consumption figures from 1974, the rise of low fat and yogurt, and the Milk Industry Foundation’s data. The piece recalls the milkman’s role, bottle history from 1884, and the shift to disposable containers and doorstep signs of change.
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Washington
National Geographic Society
Dation
Dairies
Harvey D. Thatcher
Potsdam
New York
Yuletide Questions From A UVM Extension Agent
William C. Snow shares a holiday family scene with questions kids ask about Santa and the North Pole. Centered on the 5% year old Scott and 4 year old Jennifer, the piece covers Santa’s home, reindeer, toy making, chimney travel, mail, and the ethics of surprises, ending with a parental reveal of a log truck gift.
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Scott
Jennifer
Santa
North Pole
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UVM
William C. Snow
Burt Bros
MARS
VT. Tom Turkey
Turkey
Capons
AVE
Appliance Center Inc
Joisse
North St
Benn
H. Greenberg Son
Main Street
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