Editorial urges Burr and Burton openness in private schooling
The Bennington Banner argues that Burr and Burton Seminary must shed secrecy and allow public scrutiny of trustees and prudential committee operations. While acknowledging benefits of private school flexibility, editors insist that public funds justify taxpayers’ right to inspect meetings and affairs, urging continued steps toward transparency.
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Burr and Burton Seminary
Manchester
BBS
Bennington- Rutland Supervisory Union
Burr and Burton
Trustees
Prudential Committee
Trustees Call For Public Fund Drive At Burr and Burton
BBS trustees urge immediate capital funding for Burr and Burton as a solution to facility shortages. They argue public involvement in planning and management is essential, warning that inaction risks declining enrollment and higher costs.
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BBS
Burr and Burton
Douglas Shaw
North Shire
Burr and
Burton
New England Oil Equalization Battle Could Cut Bills
Washington lawmakers clash with energy officials over including New England in a national plan to equalize oil costs. If approved, six states could save up to 300 million annually, despite New England's lack of refineries and heavy use of imported residual fuel for electricity generation.
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Washington
New England
Federal Energy Administration
FEA
New
Road safety reminder for long weekend traffic
Editors urge motorists to curb speed and fatigue during the long weekend. Vermont state police advise keeping headlights on low beam in daylight to reduce accidents and promote courtesy and obedience to traffic laws for a safe return.
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Vermont
Sharing with the hungry a Thanksgiving appeal
A Bennington Friends Meeting letter urges swift public action to fight world hunger. Citing Anthony Lewis in the New York Times, it calls for grain shipments to needy regions and meatless meals to free grain for hungry countries. Signatories include Robert Condon, Phyllis Agard, Lucie McKee, Chard P. Smith, Kate Nash, and others from North Bennington.
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Ford
Anthony Lewis
New York Times
South Asia
Lewis
Rome
Bennington
Lucie McKee
Chard P. Smith
Kate Nash
Sally Flaccus
Ruth Douglas
Robert Agard
Marion
Haley Mention Ignites Thought On Patriotism In Paper
A third grade exam cites Nathan Hale saying I only regret that I have but one life to give for my country, labeled Haley's Comment. A Wall Street Journal note adds a Wall Street brokerage sign reading This machine is temporarily in working order as humor about modern maturity and misprints.
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Nathan Haley
Haley
Wall Street
Thanksgiving grace To the Editor of The Banner
Arlington offers a devotional note praising gratitude and divine blessing for daily sustenance and charity. The letter invokes God, prayer, and adherence to faith as a guidance for sharing love and kindness among people.
Nurses from Vermont in the Civil War era profiles
Vermont women challenged prejudice to serve as Union nurses. Dorothea Dix spearheaded training, with Amanda Farnham, Fanny Titus Hazen, Estelle Johnson, and Lydia Wood among early volunteers. Nurses faced hardship, unpaid work, and social scorn, yet contributed to hospital care and the war effort.
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New England
Dorothea Dix
Washington
Army Medical Bureau
Europe
Canada
Vermont
Elisha Harris
New York Infirmary
Women’s Central Association of Relief
Harris
Elizabeth Blackwell
America
Miss Dix
Sanitary Commission
Mary A. Gardner Holland
Fanny H. Titus-Hazen
Wershire
Amanda Colburn Farnham Felch
West Glover
Estelle S. Johnson
Lydia A. Wood
Leonard Stearns
Brattleboro
Gov. Fairbanks
Wood
Johnson
Amanda Farnham
St. Johnsbury
Third
Amanda
Fanny Titus-Hazen
Love and Family in Hard Times and Modern Freedom
The piece contrasts past family solidarity during economic hardship with current shifts toward independence, sex, and elder care. It argues love and marriage once protected people from hunger, but now economic strain and changing social norms reshape relationships and livelihoods. It laments detached modern life while recalling midcentury family cohesion and romance as survival tools.
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United States
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South Windham
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