The Card And The Map In A Household Memoir
A personal essay recalls how family life hinges on small, hidden markers like cards, jars, and a dresser water pitcher. The narrator notes the intimate knowledge of home routines and objects, from coupons and milk bills to where to find the tape, with a reflective tribute to a mother’s guiding role. The piece ends with an epitaph suggestion: she was the card and the map.
Human Relations Workshop Planned for Homemakers
Sacramento homemakers learn about human relations through a weekend workshop at Kandahar Lodge Peru April 7 to 9. Event hosted by Extension Service GBA Business and Professional Women's Club United Church Council PTA and Labor and Industrial Leaders with Hiram Hunn directing.
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Kandahar Lodge
Peru
Extension Service
GBA
Business and Professional Women’s Club
United Church Council
PTA
Hiram Hunn
Area School Lunch Menu Week Highlights
A series of daily lunch options for area schools lists spaghetti with meat sauce buns and mixed vegetables on Monday, various menus through Friday including soups, sandwiches, meats, vegetables, fruits, desserts and milk. The entries combine many dishes across multiple days with Monday through Friday cycles repeated and milk provided with all meals.
Beauty Salon Week Is Proclaimed in Bennington
Village President Henry Mallory proclaims February 12 to 18 as National Beauty Salon Week. Bennington Hairdressers and Cosmetologists Association members visit Crescent Manor and Warner nursing homes as part of a national effort to provide 500000 free treatments to elderly and institutional settings. The week centers on the theme Wear a promise of Spring in your hair with a model in Quinlan's drug store window.
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Henry Mallory
Bennington
National Hairdressers and Cosmetologists Association
National Professional Association
Dawn Harper
Crescent Manor
Warner
Quinlan
Whitman seeks one-year Brattleboro selectman seat
LEON F WHITMAN of Brattleboro formerly of Bennington and son of Mr and Mrs Frank Whitman of Wethersfield Conn announces his candidacy for a one-year term on the Brattleboro Board of Selectmen. He previously served six consecutive one-year terms after first being elected in 1956. He is president treasurer of Crystal Ice Fuel Inc in Brattleboro.
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Leon F. Whitman
Brattleboro
Bennington
Board of Selectmen
Whitman
Frank Whitman
Wethersfield, Conn
Crystal Ice & Fuel, Inc
Man Power Needs Filled By Working Wives
New York report shows 15 million married couples rely on two paychecks. Wives now comprise about 35 of every 100 workers, accounting for over three fifths of recent civilian labor force growth. Education level correlates with employment, and mature women drive long term growth while health social work teaching and professional jobs expand. Clerical, service, and sales roles remain strong in coming years.
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Lewis Langi
Carol
Europe
Chamonix
St. Moritz
Stelvio
Val d’Isere
Weissee
Alps
Vanderbilt Ave
New York
N.Y
Travel Department of Abercrombie & Fitch
N. Y
United States
Institute of Life Insurance
Mary Dublin Keyserling
Women’s Bureau
U.S. Department of Labor
Keyserling
Girdle Care Tips From Vermont Extension Service
University of Vermont Extension wearers are advised that girdles take the wearer’s shape after several days. Wash every two or three wearings in warm suds, use a cupping motion, avoid rubbing, pretreat soil with a sudsy brush if needed, rinse in warm water, blot with a towel, and dry flat or hung to restore stretch and maintain shape.
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University of Vermont
Burlington
Kay Strassburg
University of Vermont Extension Service
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