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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1966
Page
3
The writer reports scoring 57 percent on a national fitness test shown on television and critiques the program’s metrics. She notes 6 percent excellent, 13 percent good, 34 percent fair, and 47 percent poor, with an average of 36 of 81. She highlights personal trivia and jokes about fitness concepts and recalls sports facts from memory.
County Extension notes a Consumer's Day program on Oct 18 at the Bennington Armory with exhibits from Vermont Dairy Association American Meat Institute and UVM extension on milk apples potatoes and budgeting. Notables include Miss Yolan Sarsanyi and Mrs Faith Prior with other displays from FTC AFL CIO PennySaver and Consumer's Union.
Mrs Robert McMurrey of Houston sister of Joan Kennedy and sister-in-law to Edward Kennedy says she is not involved in politics though connected to the Kennedys. She campaigns for culture with the Houston Museum of Fine Arts and will receive the Chemstrand award of merit in Dallas with eight Texas women.
Vermont's 354 schools serve nutritious lunches to about 32,000 children daily. The observance honors federal state local partnership and highlights health, education, and nutrition benefits. In the last school year Vermont distributed 5,291,754 lunches with 441,724 free or reduced price meals and $245,742 in federal funds to districts.
Kay Strassburg of the University of Vermont notes self service dry cleaning is quick and economical for many items but has limits. Fabric type and needed services affect satisfaction as pressing and texture can suffer on leather, rubber, felt, metallic yarn, and embossed or flocked fabrics.
University of Vermont extension nutritionist Anna M. Wilson advises on proper storage to preserve quality. Store unripe apples at room temperature, ripe apples in the refrigerator, bananas and citrus at cool room temp, and refrigerate bananas briefly if needed. Shelved produce benefits from a two-thirds full crisper and setting lettuce in the crisper with the wrap removed to prevent browning.
Burlington advises on room harmony via fabric planning. Kay Strassburg, extension home furnishing specialist, says use three parts plain to two parts pattern, limit to one bold pattern, and match scale to room size and furniture shape for a balanced result. Bright stripes or florals can liven dull rooms, but avoid crowding with too many matching pieces.
School lunches listed for multiple days include spaghetti with meat sauce, meatballs, frankfurts, goulash, chicken and rice soup, sloppy Joe, escalloped potatoes, hot dogs, and various sides plus milk. Prices show 30 cents daily or 1.50 weekly due to costs. Thursday and Friday canceled for Teachers Convention.
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