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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1966
Page
3
A humorous column chronicles domestic DIY misadventures from painting to plumbing and gardening. The narrator jokes about overzealous painting, hair-frosting mishaps, leaky faucets, and a garden doomed to mud, while noting the constant urge to do it yourself.
Home Demonstration notes schedule a March 15 1 3 p.m. session at Manchester Legion Auxiliary Rooms and March 17 1 3 p.m. at North Bennington Library Hall to train project leaders in presenting local group meetings. Coverage includes bound buttonhole methods new sewing devices stretch and bonded fabrics and attaching linings. Also discusses household noise health effects and new durable press products like Alter Ease spray and Wonderunder bonding web. notes cost and practical tips for reducing noise.
Kay Strassburg of the University of Vermont explains how to care for common synthetic fabrics such as acetate acrylic nylon polyester rayon rubber spandex and triacetate. She offers wash temperatures, cycle times, dryer settings and tests to determine colorfastness and bleached care guidance for white and colorfast items.
Phyllis Thaxter selected for a lead in The Women by Clare Boothe Luce. The Paper Mill Playhouse near Milburn New Jersey opens March 22 before Broadway with a 27 member cast including Peggy Cass Sheila MacRae and Louise Troy. Also notes Vermont figures and Seventeen magazine contest entries.
Practical tips for busy mothers on dinner planning emphasize a 6 pm meal to model healthy eating, with two to three vegetables and fruit, plus simple desserts. The notice section invites writers and artists to submit work for contests with dates, prizes, and publication plans from Seventeen and regional organizations.
A discussion on whether women need college degrees amid rising costs and shifting social norms. It cites life insurance studies showing lifelong value, notes many marry early, yet as children grow independent women face renewed need to refresh talents and reenter the job market.
A long list of weekly school lunches across multiple days shows varied meals including soups, meats, vegetables, breads, fruits, and milk. The article notes postwar shifts in female employment, stating that since 1940, women aged 35 to 44 more than doubled in jobs while those 45 to 54 tripled, and that college education improves employment prospects for educated women in midlife.
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