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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1968
Page
3
Three little ships sail through a boundless sea with a dauntless crew enduring despair. They long for land as winds shift and land appears in hope. MISS WELLINGTON, longtime New York City resident and former Old Bennington local, wrote this Columbus Day poem for The Banner, noting her verse and song writing activity.
A long list of weekly school meals is provided, detailing Monday through Friday menus across several days, with milk served daily and notes on bird cages and flowers. The piece shifts to items for sale and local volunteers, then features parade prizes, a hymn poll, a TV moment with Norman Rockwell, and local connections to Arlington and Bennington County.
Mass hosts the 10th annual Antiques Collectors Weekend on the 25th through the 27th with over 250 attendees expected. A program of lectures and workshops runs alongside opportunities to meet guest speakers, while Extension Service info highlights open access for nonmembers and expert help from UVM and national sources.
A humorous essay describes fear and chaos when doorbell salespeople arrive during family life. The narrator recalls abrupt interruptions from pestering salesmen including pamphlet hawkers and baby product pushers, and jokes about avoiding visitors with clever consequences. The piece ends with a wry take on opportunity knocking and choosing not to answer.
In Perugia Italy Communist led demonstrators clashed with police outside a theatre screening John Wayne film The Green Berets No serious injuries reported in the Vietnam War protest this time away from violence yet kept the scene tense outside the venue.
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