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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1975
Page
5
Senior English students of Mrs Ruth Ruby at Mt Anthony Union High School present a mixed booklet titled Senior Samples from ’75 featuring prose and poetry. The selections include playful verse and a king lion fable about Rinix, plus reflective passages on life and responsibility from a student writer and a concluding nature scene and meditation by Jeff Hight.
A lyric style poem by Zane Burke expresses longing to be an oak tree a knight in armor a church bell and a soft song to aid farmers and unite Sunday worshippers through simple shared acts. The verse moves through symbolic wishes linking nature heroism and communal harmony.
A humorous satirical piece by Gilbert P. Frost recounts a disastrous Friday the 13th in Bennington. The narrator describes a string of mishaps starting with salt in a cat's eyes, a grease slick kitchen, a tangled door panel, and a wild ride to a doctor that ends with a burned house, a police stop, and a relieved but witty wife remarking that life with him is a lulu.
Cambridge scholars challenge elite emphasis, focusing on common workers like bakers and butchers. Using tax and poorhouse records, they argue the Revolution’s causes lie in ordinary lives, not only political leaders. They link current politics to how history is written, noting race and gender influence.
Among 14 juniors at Arlington Junior High School Dor othy Ann Wyman gave the valedictorian address and Amy Edgerton delivered the salutatorian address. The Bennington Rural School District survey urges consolidation of two elementary schools while preserving the charter. 10 years ago June 13 1965 Bennington Red Cross fund drive totals and planned Vermont education funding allocations noted. A Fair Haven native Sal Santarcangelo has taken over the Sun Oil Co. station on South Street.
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