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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1977
Page
5
A memoir recounts a father who mocked pretentious speech with elaborate phrases. He favored simple talk, mocked big words, and enacted wordplay at meals and chores, leaving a humorous legacy of linguistic tricks and clever quips.
Front page looks back at multiple years with items on Bennington leaders elected to head the Agricultural Conservation Association of Bennington County, an eight day Preaching Mission ending in a Union service, local dance details, and music education initiatives in rural schools. Also notes deep snow hurting Vermont maple sugaring, a cancer society talk in Putnam Memorial Hospital, unemployment levels, an Irish descent tribute in the legislature, a local school board voting signal to join a northern district, and Vanguard I launch in 1958.
In a Vermont newsletter opinion, Jackie Chouinard of the Governor’s Office defends H.253 the state employees pay law. It argues the bill will attract retain and motivate staff while balancing union rights with government efficiency. The piece emphasizes 40 hour weeks managerial professionalism and prudence in bargaining to protect 450000 citizens and 6000 workers.
A reader in Bennington signs a verse about a simple little house with a brown chimney and sunlit walls. The poem envisions winding roads, a welcoming lawn, and a bed in a Dublin town, ending with prayers to St Patrick and St Kevin for sacred hills of Meath.
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