Teuse Over Schoolteacher Sparks Maine Band Controversy
In Friendship Maine a long time band director faces firing for not preparing the marching unit for the first football game and for attitudes that discourage pupil interest. The piece recalls community bands from past Decoration Day parades, Hank the plumber, and the charm of old marching tunes as a counterpoint to modern TV broadcasts and formal school programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teuse
Tooters
United States
Yonder Crag
Hank
Larrabee
Maple Lane
Haskell Street
Looney Crawther
Iceman
Hank & Co
Parents Designed to Ignore Their Own Children
Three sets of parents recount stories of adolescent upheaval and how their offspring grew beyond obedience. Names altered, we meet Jennifer born 1960 who marched for civil rights, Jeffrey who shifted from guns to pacifism and photography, and Bobby who chased TV and reading. The piece argues core lessons: a shared marriage philosophy amid conflict, and parental affection as a stabilizing force shaping confident, curious youths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Harris
Jeffrey
Thoreau
Gandhi
Bobby
Ernie
Captain 20
Batman
Jennifer
Four million gallons on tap in village reservoir
The village reservoir held four million gallons of water on Christmas Day despite celebrations. In Sandgate, Mr and Mrs F W Lomberg delivered the year's last thousand turkeys, preserving a 28 pound gobbler for a special customer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Village
F. W. Lomberg
Sandgate
Mutual respect and the Bennington College revolt
A Boston observer critiques college governance in a constitutional monarchy model. He cites Bennington College where faculty and students passed no confidence in President Gail Thain Parker after trustees endorsed a “Future Directions” report, highlighting clashes over sovereignty and process. He recalls Brandeis trials of collegial governance and cautions trustees to respect dignity and shared authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington College
Gail Thain Parker
Board of Trustees
Bennington
Parker
University of Texas In Austin
Naming planetary features cheekily by a witty columnist
Washington humorous column suggests playful naming of Mars and Mercury features. It jokes about naming a crater after Judge Crater and a Venus mound after painter William Mount, while advising Dr Harold Masursky to pace and use available lists for derived meanings and future ideas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Pringle
Harold Masursky
U.S. Geological Survey
Center of Astrogeology
Flagstaff
Ariz
Dr. Masursky
Mars
Mercury
Venus
Judge Crater
New York
Mr. Mount
William S. Mount
Setauket
Cooperstown, N.Y
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John Gould
Friendship, Maine
Christian Science Publishing Society
By Colman McCarthy
The
Washington Post
Ogden Nash
Joan Baez
Julia Child
Paul
Augustine
Cocteau
Vincent Ravi Booth
Newton Highlands
Mass
Norton Barber
Jayb
Arlington
By John P. Roche
Albany Times-Union
Boston
St. Teresa
Brandeis University
By Dick West
Archie
Arnold
Philip
Sylvia
Dunham ''S
Dundases. Furniture Inc
Elm St
Benn
Catamount National Bank
North Bennington
Bennington Plaza
Putnam Square
Brattleboro
Manchester Center
Pownal
West Dover
Vermont
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