Booming Demand Strains Sandgate Home Bakery Output
Miss Marie Briggs runs a one woman bakery in a Sandgate harness shed, baking 200 loaves weekly in summer and 100 in winter plus 30 dozen doughnuts, with demand outpacing supply. She offers oatmeal, annadama, white and health breads, hand-kneaded from yeast cake, plus full-size doughnuts and soon lunches for deer hunters. Customers pay upfront and take their orders, while a deep freeze stores fresh goods.
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Sandgate
Emerson
Marie Briggs
Miss Briggs
Norman Rockwell
West Arlington
Floyd Bentley
Halloween frosting and pies from Bennington kitchen table
A collection of home dessert recipes from Bennington residents includes orange frosting for Halloween cake or cookies with butter sugar and orange juice concentrate, a walnut maple pie filling, flaky pastry crust, a pumpkin pie with spices, and a Jello ice cream mince pie.
Daisies Bloom Late as Townnotes Honor Educator
In Somerset last weekend daisies bloomed unusually late with Mrs. Mary Harrington sending blossoms to The Banner. Miss Ruth Rasey of Arlington received the 1963-1964 Woman of the Year award from the Tonawanda BPW Club, praised for her book Out of the Salt Box Savour of Old Vermont and her decades of teaching influence. Leon Philp, North Tonawanda principal, noted her lasting impact on hundreds of students as mayors and Chamber officials toasted her achievements during National Business Women's Week.
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Somerset
Mary Harrington
Woodford Road
Banner Newsroom
Reuben Levin
Ruth Rasey
Arlington
Tonawanda
N.Y
Business and Professional Women’s Club
Leon Philp
North Tonawanda Grammar School
Rasey
Rupert
BPW Club
Tonawandas
Out of the Salt Box
Vermont
Apple treats and safety tips for Halloween cooks
Home demonstration notes offer apple recipes from Miss Wilson and guidance on pork and bear meat cooking safety. Also included are Halloween orange treats ideas, a holiday bread school, and news on local figures in nutrition, Scouting, and arts.
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Miss Wilson
Ghosts of Halloweens Past in Shaftsbury Memories
A nostalgic reminiscence recalls Halloween mischief with friends in Shaftsbury, a skunk encounter, a tomato juice bath, and yearly porch light pranks. The writer reflects on past costumes, family reactions, and a hospital Halloween party for a child facing surgery, ending with a practical note on compact cereal boxes.
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Shaftsbury
Boston
The Vanishing Fruit Basket
The article notes a shift from fresh fruit to juice canning and freezing. Americans consumed 50 pounds less fresh fruit in 1962 than in 1910, with oranges and grapefruit increasing in per person intake. Total fruit consumption rose 36 pounds by 1962, driven by juice and canned products.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
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County St
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Vermont Extension
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New York
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