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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1972
Page
3
A 1970s study argues television is a commercial engine rather than pure entertainment. It urges parents to explain ads to children, noting cereals push sweetness and premiums, harming teeth, while other ads encourage material happiness. It calls for parental guidance to extract good from TV and ignore vulgar or shabby content.
University of Vermont entomologist Dr George MacCollum warns bats can transmit rabies to humans though usually harmless. Do not handle dead bats and seek medical care for bites. Capture without injuring the head for brain examination. Bats dislike moth and insect repellents. 3 to 5 applications help drive them out. Batproof buildings by sealing openings and using metal or mesh, especially vents and gaps larger than a quarter inch. Best to batproof in late fall or early spring as bats migrate or hibernate elsewhere.
County Extension Agent William Snow notes Camp Ondawa in Sunderland lies quiet for winter with wildlife visiting cabins. Each spring cleanup reveals shells and needles as nearly 3,000 yearly visitors, including scouts and students, begin using the site as an overnight camp or nature center. The camp operates under a 15 member board with rotating five year terms, backed by devoted volunteers who maintain facilities.
Kay Strassburg, an Estension design specialist at Spun nylon, promotes carpeted caveman style for living spaces. Rooms feature carpeted walls and movable, mound shaped furniture made from nylon with soft plastic fills. Furniture can be reshaped like pillows to create a natural, tension freeing environment.
A warm welcome to 1973 with a festive mid morning brunch for family and friends. Recipes include Bacon Egg Brunch Bake and Sauced Crunchy Meatballs with brioche and hot coffee. Directions cover bacon, eggs, milk, bread crumbs, beef, and an Orange Pineapple Sauce, baked and served buffet style.
A writer muses on seed catalogs counting 16 cucumber varieties and Jumbo Elephant Garlic. He lists favorites by vivid names like Westerfields Chicago Pickling Cucumber and Dusty Miller, plans a year of plant choices, jokes about leftover seed, and wishes readers a Happy New Year.
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