Long-Time Missionary to Japan to Speak Here Sunday Night
Miss Mabel Francis, a veteran missionary to Japan for 53 years, will speak at the Alliance Tabernacle in Bennington Sunday at 7 30 p.m. Accompanied by her sister Anne Dievendorf, the pair helped organize 24 Alliance churches in Japan. Francis plans to return to Japan after a brief U S furlough to complete her mission and help build a rural center and a church in a town seeking a Christian presence.
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Japan
United States
Mabel Francis
Miss Francis
Bennington
Alliance Tabernacle
Crescent Boulevard
the Christian and Missionary Alliance
Suteichi Oe
Alliance National Church
Anne Dievendorf
Mission Board
Laymen's Retreat Under Way at Lyndon Center
The annual Vermont Baptist Men retreat starts today at Lyndon Teachers College Lyndon Center and runs through Sunday. Registration opens 1 30 p m and ends after Sunday dinner with a Communion service led by Rev David Heim Burlington First Baptist. Guest leaders include Rev Frank E Johnston and Rev Ian H Douglas American Baptist foreign missionary to South India.
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Vermont
West German Church Tax Funds State Supported Churches
West German Christians pay a government levy to fund Catholic and Protestant churches, totaling about 10 percent of income tax and one percent of average income. The tax, began in 1919, funds are allocated to churches, with delinquents compelled by court. Jews and non Christians do not participate.
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Bonn
Germany
West Germany
Adolf Hitler
Two Indian Families Visit Bennington Seventh-day Adventist Church
E. G. Moses and his wife Pamela with daughter Shantha and companion Koilpillai and family visit from India for study and church tours. They will share a 9 o'clock service at Bennington, with songs in their native tongue. Koilpillai plans a Harvard funded PhD study in Washington DC and Moses to Takoma Park MD.
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E. G. Moses
Pamela
Shantha
India
United States
Johnson Kailpillai
Margaret
Leela
Viola
Manohera
Bennington
Koipillai
Moses
Koilpillai
Washington, D.C
Harvard College
Takoma Park
Seventh Day Adventist
Spicer College
Bennington District Tops Bishop's Fund Progress
Bishop's Fund for Charities and Development reports $191 625 79 in contributions, about $15 000 more than last year. Bennington District leads with $17 804 50 toward an $17 081 goal among 52 parishes and missions. six other districts show varied totals from Burlington to St Albans.
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Burlington
Bishop’s Fund For Charities and Development
Bennington
Bellows Falls
Montpelier
Newport
Rutland
St. Albans
Prescription for Elder Respect in Nursing Home Guidance
A UPI report quotes a Professional Nursing Home journal urging care workers to treat the elderly as they wish to be treated in old age. The advice emphasizes understanding empathy acceptance of resentment and sympathy toward residents.
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New York
UPI
Nursing Home’ Journal
Summer Church Services Across Bennington Venues
A roundup of a dozen churches listing schedules for Sunday School Worship and evening services. Notable speakers include Rev Cornelius Ver Hoeve and Rev H Glenn Payne alongside guest ministers and missionary Miss Mabel Francis.
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Cornelius Ver Hoeve
Mabel Francis
Religious Services Across Town Schedules
Churches in Pownal, West Arlington, Shaftsbury and surrounding towns list Sunday and daily masses, worship times, catechism, church schools, and special services led by pastors and ministers including St. Columban's, St. James Episcopal, Our Lady Of Lourdes, and St. Paul’s Roman Catholic with Masses at 6:30, 8, 9:30 and 11 a.m. Confession and weekday services noted.
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Sacred Heart Church
Joseph Wiseman
St. Francis de Sales
Msgr
Francis B. Flanagan
Vermont
Gerald T. Buckley
St. James’ Episcopal
C. G. Belcher
Our Lady of Lourdes
First Baptist Church
Edgar W. Johnson
J. N. Ziegler
Johnstown
First Congregational
E. H. Nickerson
St. Paul's
Donald C. Kelly
Baptist Choir Chooses Paul J Williams as Director
Paul J Williams, music supervisor at Bennington High School, is named choir director at First Baptist Church. First rehearsals on Thursday September 6 with junior choir at 6 30 p m for Grades 4 to 8 and senior choir 8 to 9 p m. A 7 30 p m social hour for junior and senior choir members is planned, sponsored by the music committee. Williams also directs the Bend i Band and orchestra.
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Paul J. Williams
Bennington High School
First Baptist Church
Williams
Bendi
Union Worship Service unites three local churches
The North Bennington Baptist and Congregational Churches join Shaftsbury Methodist Church for a Union Service of Worship Sunday at 10 30 a m at the Shaftsbury Methodist Church Rev Alfred Scott will preach Pastoral care for church members and friends will be available early in the week from Rev Scott and later from Rev Charles Parsley contact numbers provided
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St. Peter’s Episcopal
Pleasant
School Streets
Frederick B. Wolf
Donald A. Webster
Assoc
North Bennington Baptist Church
Alfred Scott
Shaftsbury Methodist Church
Congregational
Charles J. Parsley
St. John the Baptist
Walter F. Miller
North Bennington
Mind governs all things and heals the sick in faith
A Christian Science lesson sermon centers on divine Mind and the Luke healing. Readings cite Luke 5 and a Mary Baker Eddy passage affirming that when governed by God one knows all things are possible.
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Luke
Jesus
Mary Baker Eddy
Christ Jesus
Congregational Group Elects Moderator
The national association of Congregational Christian churches elected Rev. Harry R. Butman of Los Angeles as moderator and Ernest S. Crosby of Blue Hill Maine as assistant moderator. The group adopted a budget of 161900 and welcomed 49 new congregations, bringing total members to 226.
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Minneapolis
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches
Harry R. Butman
Los Angeles
Ernest S. Crosby
Blue Hill
Maine
Educator to Occupy Pulpit at First Baptist Sunday
Dr. Wallace Forgey of Andover Newton Theological School will preach at First Baptist Church during Rev. H. Glenn Payne’s absence. Payne leaves Friday for a national conference in Green Lake Wisconsin and will miss Sunday August 26 and the following Sunday. Forgey’s sermon is The Meaning of History and will be followed by To the Saints of Bennington on September 2. Robert E. Waller continues as guest organist, with ties to St Paul’s Yonkers and Columbia Broadcasting.
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Wallace Forgey
Andover Newton Theological School
Newton Centre
Mass
First Baptist Church
H. Glenn Payne
Green
Payne
Forgey
Bennington
Robert E. Waller
Hoosick
Yonkers
N.Y
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Columbia Broadcasting Company
New York City
Insure Trip
Interstate driving requires checking automobile liability insurance against state laws. The Insurance Information Institute urges drivers to verify coverage before travel across state lines.
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Insurance Information Institute
Bear Brook Park Manager Resigns Over Alleged Gubernatorial Influence
Armand A. Dugas resigns as Bear Brook State Park manager claiming Gov Wesley Powell tried to impose a patronage hiring policy. Parks Director Tobey denies pressure from the governor's office and says managers used eligible lists with no special slate.
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Concord
N.H
Bear Brook State Park
Wesley Powell
Powell
Armand A. Dugas
Russell B. Tobey
Tobey
Dugas
State Personnel Commission
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Drake
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Bennington Church of Christ
South St
G. W. Kieffer
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First Church of Christ Scientist
First Church of God
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Hicks Avenue
W. Earie Forman
Religious Society of Friends
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The
R. P. Bell
Jehovah's Witnesses
Kingdom Hall
Main St
Service Meeting Methodist Church
M. R. McGaughey
Elien J. Grrd
Christ Is King
Seventh Day Adventist Church
Burgess Road
Ronald Seeley
Earle W. Forman
William Peck
Second Congregational
Hillside Street
S. C. Greene
Thomas Street
Arlington
St. Columban’s
Pownal
First Baptist Church of
Pownai
East Arlington
Federated Church
Charles W. Grande
John C. Hatch
Pownal Center
Isabelle King
West Arlington
Shaftsbury
First Methodist Church
Dorset
A. J. MacDonald
Alvan Lawrence
Little Cloud
East Dorset
Sunderland
Union Church
Union Chapel
Edgar Johnson
All Saints Episcopal
Richard W. Cornett
Sermon Baptist Church
Taylor
Woodford Hollow
Christian Advent Faith Bible Church
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A. E. Center
Ass’t
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R. L. Clayton
Sandgate
Union Street
Union Worship Service
Christian Science
Phil Turner
Darlene Coonz
Adams Clothes Shop
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Adams
Turner
Edmunds
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