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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1975
Page
5
Dispatch from Friendship Maine reflects on the Grange’s decline since the 19th century. It notes the organization founded in 1867 as a social farming group with cooperative trading and insurance, emphasizing its nonpolitical roots and mystic rituals kept from outsiders. It recalls Patrons of Husbandry and lectures by Ceres and Pomona urging diligence in hayfields.
A memoir excerpt from 1975 details Grange initiation, the secret word passed by officials, and meetings featuring suppers, a literary program led by a possibly female lecturer, and performances. It highlights rural life, discipline, and verses from Holman Day as children learned to present pieces, with a humorous note on a suspension over unpaid dues.
The piece argues for federal action to assist disorganized families through welfare-like supports such as child care, prenatal and child health services, and a national health plan. It discusses financing, the Mondale Brademas bills, school-based administration, and the push toward universal child centers versus home or latchkey care, noting cost, politics, and social implications.
The piece surveys the 1976 campaign scene with Democrats choosing New York for their convention and Republicans opting for Middle America. It notes Reagan’s no v, possible running mate stance, looming state primaries, media influence, and the prospect of kingmaking by frontrunners, plus local notices on a chimney fire, police chiefs meeting, a marriage, and a school board decision.
A three to two vote ends district support for picnics for grades 7 through 12. The old North Bennington firehouse will be repurposed as an art studio after the North Village trustees accept a high bid from Paul Feeley of Bennington College Art faculty for the building. Beech Street Fire Dept plans house to house fund canvassing tonight for a new firehouse, west of the current one on Beech Street Extension. A former hangar on Airport Road used for storage and residence was damaged by fire with contents destroyed. In other notes, 1942 siege of Stalingrad began, 1963 Birmingham church bombing, 1966 Gemini 2 return, and 1972 Watergate indictments cited. The piece also discusses press role and commentary by Walter Lippmann on media.
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