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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1976
Page
3
Lentils provide a cheap protein source with long cultural history. The Vermont Extension Service booklet Beans for Protein explains complete proteins when combined with grains or small amounts of meat, fish, or eggs, and includes recipes for lentil soup and a lentil barley soup.
Gov. Thomas Salmon urges a temporary abolition of the Defender General's office which counsels poor defendants, proposing private volunteer lawyers handle caseloads while lawmakers debate funding. West warns the office could run out of money by May without a $75,000 supplemental appropriation, and says the old court-appointed system would be costlier. Salmon notes Supreme Court rulings require counsel for defendants facing prison terms and says private lawyers could run the program for a year or two. He will lead exploration while decisions are made, depending on Legislature's actions.
A lengthy list of daily meals from Monday to Thursday and Friday features varied lunches. Items include hog dogs, Spanish rice, vegetable beef soup, hamburgers, fish squares, spaghetti, juice, tuna, cheese pizzas, ravioli, macaroni and cheese, Salisbury steak, tuna subs, and sandwiches with chips or sides. Milk, fruit, and desserts alternate throughout the week.
The Bennington brief notes the Dr James Shea office closure from February 29 to March 28 and promotes Shea Agency Inc Insurance. A separate snippet mentions Michael Woodward Vacs and Floor Polish returning to business. The piece also contains a nostalgic first-person reminiscence about childhood library visits and a walk through Philadelphia streets to a neighborhood library, detailing routes, alleys, fences, and the anticipation of finding a new book.
A reader recalls Maud Hart Lovelace and her Betsy-Tacy series set in Minneapolis during the 1920s. The memory blends travel home, hunger, and the pleasure of revisiting favored titles after selecting new reads from the stacks.
Hoosick Falls N Y Florence Atwood of 46 Second St announces the engagement of her daughter Deborah to Bryan J Pello son of Mr and Mrs Joseph Pello III of Bennington White Chapel Road Bennington A May 8 wedding is planned Deborah is a senior at Russell Sage Albany Medical College School of Physical Therapy and a Mt Anthony Union High School graduate Her fiancé works at the Bennington Convalescent Center.
The Women’s Hospital Auxiliary of Putnam Memorial Hospital launched its annual drive sending over 1,000 letters to Bennington area residents to boost membership. Funds support equipment, geranium scholarship sales, Christmas roses for patients, and a puppet program run by Ada Roach and Irene O’Grady. Chairwoman Pat Raymond. contact Judy Haight at 442-3345 to join.
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