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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1975
Page
5
In a 1975 piece from Christian Science Publishing Society, the narrator chronicles a Maine fiddlehead foraging ritual. The author details a solo trek to a fern-rich bower, encounters with wildlife, and the communal ritual of preparing fiddlehead greens as a spring feast.
A reflective memoir from New York describing a sweltering summer filled with gang friction, Cockroach killings, and seaside fish suppers. Friends Schmidt and Wimpy push football weight and later join the Marines, while a beauty from Jackabaitis Drug Store sparks flirtation and mischief. The tale ends as September cools and Europe goes to war.
John R. Dixon of UMass argues New England is an energy basket case due to heavy dependence on imported oil and environmental hurdles. He urges governors and legislators to push refineries offshore wells and nuclear plants, expand coal gasification, and invest in solar to offset declining domestic oil and gas.
A cluster of local items notes Eleanor M. Hawkins rescuing a 16 year old at Lake St. Catherine, a North Bennington Road kiln fire challenging Bennington firefighters, and calls for better transport for Lake Paran beach crowds. Voters favor the International Printers and Pressmen Union 106 to 104 in BenMont Papers Inc. election. Carleton Carpenter stars in Father of the Bride at Stark Theatre. Local metal findings at a Banner plant study. Water supply expansion advances as forestland owners permit watershed use. Arlington planners consider a regional approach to development. Realtor Herbert Douglas urges action to regulate trailers. Historical notes cover 1776 independence, Garfield’s 1881 shooting, Earhart Noonan disappearance, 1974 Nixon Brezhnev talks, and a Brown University quotation on learning to learn.
An opinion piece discusses oxeye daisies in New York, noting the plant is Chrysanthemum leucanthemum with old names Whiteflower and Whiteweed. It contrasts common views from farmers who see daisies as a weed with weekenders who pick them for bouquets, hinting at broader cultural attitudes.
The daisy is described as tough and persistent, growing along roadsides, in meadows, ash heaps, rubble, and city cracks. The Boston Globe notes waste disposal was not a problem in old New England, implying abundance of discarded material.
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