Now you're talking turkey origins of a Thanksgiving tale
A satirical retelling centers on Myles Standish arranging a proposal via John Alden to Priscilla Mullens. Standish exploits deception and surveillance, mocks Alden, throws a grand Thanksgiving party, and ends with Priscilla rebuking him as the turkey insult seeds the phrase Now you're talking turkey.
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Myles Standish
John Alden
Priscilla Mullens
Standish
Massachusetts
Teddy Kennedy
South Shore
Hubert Humphrey
Priscilla
Alden
Squanto
Colsanto
J. Edgar Squanto
Yankee McGovern
Myles
Bozonto
John
John Mitchell
Turkey
Beech Court HOME Inc stock appeal update letter
An update from HOME Inc Bennington outlines renovations at Beech Court and urges readers to buy Class A stock or donate. It notes 18 of 20 units renovated, a new heating system, active maintenance, landscaping, 100 percent occupancy, and Holy Cross Novitiate students aiding a play group. The goal is to finish apartment 19, renovate the last unit, reduce short-term notes, and add fire protection.
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Beech Court
Holy Cross Novitiate
Support Home Inc
HOME
Home Inc
Camelot remembered in Jacqueline Kennedy interview
Jacqueline Kennedy recounts Jacob, Jack, and a late record favorite, recalling a fleeting wisp of glory called Camelot. She cites a line urging every person to hear the story and tell it strong if he has not, reflecting public sentiment on Camelot’s brief shining moment.
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Jack
Camelot
Personal thanks for Bernie Bourgeois contribution in 1972
Richard A. Sleeman writes to Bernie Bourgeois of Bernie's Trucking thanking him for cash and a promise of three years free refuse container service for the Bennington Area Community Center. The letter notes the donation will aid the community and copies are sent to The Banner WBTN Park and Recreation Committee and the selectmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernie Bourgeois
Bernie
Trucking
Park St
Bennington
Vermont
CRC
Banner
WBTN
Park and Recreation Committee
Selectmen
Richard A. Sleeman
Thanksgiving Ode to The Banner Editor in Arlington
Thanksgiving Day tribute expresses gratitude and spiritual duty through poetic phrasing. The writer extols giving, grace, and divine guidance, urging generous acts and humility. A hopeful closing links blessings to shared virtue and collective well being.
Bennington Banner News Briefs November 21 1973
Bennington reports about $1 400 pledged for the Vermont Children’s Aid Society 1933 drive, short of last year’s total and stressing need for child welfare funding. A plan to use school system filmstrips for instruction is under study by D W McClelland. Motorists urged to renew 1934 license plates by December 1 if desiring low or same numbers under 5 000. A major Main Street fire ravaged the Quality Paint and adjacent shop, with injuries and significant loss. Community reception welcomes Rev Robert F Spencer and his wife as new Baptist pastor and spouse. Provides a look back to 10 years ago and earlier.
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Bennington
Vermont Children’s Aid Society
D.W. McClelland
Motor Vehicle Department of
Clarence Walker
Robert F. Spencer
Almond, N.Y
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Russell Baker
N.Y
Washington
Martha’s Vineyard
Friends of Home
Ecumenical Corporation
Max Webster
Jacqueline Kennedy
Theodore White
Borgazia
Makebelieve Mink
the Shirred
Vogue
Hotel Putnam Bldg
Colonial Shopping Ctr
Williamstown
Mass
Gien
Oliphant
Bratleboro
Dear Bernie
Heritage House
Maine
Xtra
New York Strip
BROOK
Ala Carte
Ens
Igor le
Northside Drive
Bankamericard
Arlington
Bennington Banner
Craig Caslin
Stark Street
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Basil R. Caslin
Philip W. Giddings
Craig
Mark
David
Thomas Edison
Harold ‘‘Red’’ Grange
University of Illinois
Chicago Bears
Czechoslovakia
John F. Kennedy
San Antonio
Houston
Fort Worth
Dallas
Ana
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