From pea soup to bread and molasses in Maine camps
Fritz Hartman recalls lumber camp dining in Maine with table manners, bread sharing by fork, and the casting loaf method. He notes pea soup first, baked beans called logging berries, and molasses as energy, plus the rule that conversation was forbidden to speed meals. The tale ends with a King Lacroix anecdote about missing molasses in Philadelphia.
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Fritz Hartman
California
Maine
Cookee
Chopper
West Indies
Barbados
Dingle
King” Lacroix
Philadelphia
Paul Bunyan
Eagle Lake
Lacroix
Fritz
Bennington News Roundup Returns Mixed Local Odds and Ends
Nineteen deer killed and noted as total so far in Bennington open season. A thousand-strong march in West Rutland by marble strike sympathizers clashes with non-union workers and sheriffs deputies. New mill owner plans a machine shop expansion. East Arlington hunters listed with several notable deer. Christmas club checks totaling about 393200 mailed by local banks. Village and town approve joint health insurance for employees. Dragon Shoes adds John Dragon to family business. Local firms dispute payments owed by the new Bennington post office builder. Historical dates referenced include 1869 suffrage planning, 1961 UN Congo crisis action, 1963 JFK assassination, 1974 Vladivostok Summit. A quiz-like piece explores political philosophy in encounters with a street bum and a potential break-in scenario.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
West Rutland
Sheriff’s Deputies
Alexander Dragon
Dragon Shoes
Main Street
John Dragon
New Bennington
Santa Claus and fiscal integrity debate in a divided world
An editorial fragment uses a child’s question about Santa Claus to explore political responses from liberal, conservative, moderate, populist and others. The liberal seeks guidance, the conservative asserts fiscal integrity, the moderate urges listening, and the populist notes tax costs while government spending grows. The piece ends urging readers to recycle the paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Claus
Pentagon
Wallace retools bid with craftier 1976 approach
George Wallace announces a tougher 1976 campaign, shedding the 72 message to stress trust the people and a broader, more organized effort. He avoids mass travel, relies on TV, targets conservative and suburban pockets, notably Massachusetts, while railing against liberal elites and busing.
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Wallace
George Wallace
Democratic Party
Florida
Massachusetts
Boston
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John Gould
Friendship, Maine
Christian Science Publishing Society
East Arlington
Jerry Sargood
W.P. Keough
Everett Randall
Kenneth Smith
Moses Sheldon
Francis Stroffoleno
Gary
Grover
Richard Bentley
Cleveland
American Women Suffrage Association
U.N. Security Council
U Thant
Belgian Congo
Belgium
Congo
Lee Harvey Oswald
John F. Kennedy
Jack Ruby
Dallas
Vladivostok
Ford
Communist Party
Leonid Brezhnev
Abum
FBI
CIA
New York
Warre Swan Vnifo Bms
Jules Witcover
Washington Post
Montgomery, Ala
Washington
Vietnam
State Department
Soviet Union
Willie Murphy
Ohio
Hard Hats of America
Metro
Montgomery
Alabama
Europe
America
Gladstones
Nous Parlons
Burlington
Upper Church
St. Newport
Main St
Gladstone Shoes
West Canal St
Winooski
ST. Albans
North Main St
Barre
Rutland
Rutland Plaza
Plattsburgh
Pyramid Mall
Bank Americard
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Doc Jacobs
Gladstone’s
Buffalo State
Kings College
Bryant
St. Michael’s College
St. Michael's
Bulova
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