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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1963
Page
8
An AP dispatch from Miami describes tensions as Cuban refugees swell the city’s economy and social fabric. Officials note 150000 to 200000 refugees, with 65000 on federal relief, causing job competition and resentment as Miami's fragile economy relies on tourism and relief funds.
The Shaftsbury Association women’s basket meeting will be at the First Baptist Church in Bennington Monday at 10 30 a m with a coffee hour 9 45 to 10 15 a m. Speaker Miss Mara R Evans retired after 37 years of missionary service to Assam India.
Nearly a year after the first Negro left the South for the North on a bus ticket from segregationists, more than 100 followed, including many children. The living isn’t easy in the North or South, and surveys in the exiles’ cities show a dreary picture.
Bennington churches list service times at Crescent Boulevard and Main Street locations. Crescent Boulevard services include morning worship at 9 45 a m Sunday School 11 00 a m and Family Night 7 30 p m with prayer and Bible study midweek. Main Street site notes worship 9 00 a m 11 00 a m nursery and church school, junior and senior MYF evening activities and guest speaker at 10 50 a m.
Church listings show worship, Sunday schools, and youth programs at multiple institutions including Bennington area churches. Specific times vary: 9:30 a.m. or 11:00 a.m. worship, with Bible classes and junior or senior youth groups scheduled through the day.
A compilation of church postings across Bennington County and nearby areas lists multiple congregations with service schedules. Notable entries include Manchester with Methodist services at 9:45 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. worship, Sandgate and Sunderland churches, and Hoosick N Y Episcopal services.
Dr Milton Craft of Brattleboro to preach at Second Congregational Church Sunday services. Next week at First Baptist Church Bennington include Building Plans meeting at Lester Nichols home 457 Main St and church school planning at the parsonage. Evening rummage sale Friday. First Methodist Church hosts Circle meetings Monday and Tuesday and a Women’s Interfaith Meeting Wednesday at Bennington Catholic High School. Junior Pilgrim Fellowship hosts guest speaker George Sleeman at 5 p.m. with AT T film on Telstar.
Mrs. DD Ward Nichols of Huntington Station New York told the Vermont Council of United Church Women there is great need for food shelter and sanitation in many countries. She spoke on The Ecumenical Church Its Mission and urged continued support for the Japanese International Christian University. Several area members attended and workshops followed in five areas of interest.
Miss Kathleen Owen assistant in Christian education at the Cobleskill New York Methodist Church will speak at a 7 30 a m breakfast meeting with the Commission on Education and church school leaders of First Methodist Church. She will discuss the new Method ist curriculum materials for kindergarten through grade 6 starting September 1964.
Eight Jersey heifers and over 400 dollars in contributions bolster the Vermont Heifer Project. The 10 000 Rhode Island chicks and 35 Jersey breeding cattle will be shipped to Tanganyika by plane this fall under Heifer Project Inc. sponsorship. Community groups statewide encouraged to donate for chicks priced at 25 dollars per hundred or to fund Jersey stock. Local officials and church workers select recipients based on need and care capability.
Four area Catholic clergy attended the Bennington Ministerial Association meeting at the Second Congregational Church. Fr Francis Flanagan delivered a tal k on the recent Ecumenical Council convened by Pope John XXIII, followed by a group discussion on applying its conclusions locally. Attending were Rev Walter Miller Rev Anthony Brackett and Rev William Beston among about 10 members.
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