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Bennington Banner

Location

Bennington, Vermont, United States of America

Date

Dec 23, 1961

Page

10

Shaftsbury Vesper Service Music Listed

Special music at the Family Vesper Service in Shaftsbury First Methodist Church features organ preludes and hymns. Mrs Alvan Lawrence plays Cantilena and Christmas Prelude, with Bach and Corelli works and a soprano solo The Star of Bethlehem. Combined choirs lead hymns and carols including It Came Upon the Midnight Clear and Silent Night.

Shaftsbury First Methodist Church Alvan Lawrence A. J. Lawrence Diggle Mary

Bennington Churches Plan Christmas Pageantry and Services

Bennington churches host weekend celebrations for Christ's birthday with multiple services. First Baptist Church features guest speaker Rev. Robert P. Bell at 8:30 a.m. and pastor Rev. H. Glenn Payne at 11 a.m. plus youth caroling and a 11 p.m. Christmas Eve candlelight. Second Congregational, St. Francis de Sales, St. Peter's Episcopal, and Sacred Heart also schedule special music, choirs, brass and organ pieces, midnight Mass, and Christmas Day observances led by pastors including Rev. Stephen C. Greene and Rt. Rev. Msgr. Francis B. Flanagan.

Christ Bennington First Baptist Church Robert P. Bell Old First Church H. Glenn Payne Second Congregational Church Stephen C. Greene St. Francis de Sales Church Msgr Francis B. Flanagan St. Peter’s Episcopal Church Creche First Church of God W. Earle Forman Charles J. Parsley North Bennington Congregational Church John Kennedy Jr Sacred Heart Church Henri du Mont Rossini Children of Sacred Heart School Sacred Heart Choir George Lincourt Joseph F. Wiseman C. W. Clarke

Cold Wave Kills Six in New Delhi

Indian capital New Delhi records six deaths as a cold wave lowers the temperature to 36 degrees Fahrenheit, the lowest in 13 years. Summers typically see highs near 110 degrees.

New Delhi India

Christmas Day Services Planned at St. Peter's

Christmas Eve midnight Eucharist at 1130 p.m. features Senior Choir directed by Stanley R. Pike Jr with Hail to the King of Glory. David Mc Kay Williams setting accompanies the service led by Rev. Donald A. Webster and Rev. Richard E. Barrett.

St. Peter’s School Pleasant Streets Stanley R. Pike Jr King of Glory Goldsworthy David McKay Williams Donald A. Webster Richard E. Barrett Hoosac School Frederick B. Wolf Hamilton L. Shields James A. Horne

Girl with Brain Tumor Receives Christmas Bicycle

In Worthington Minnesota four year old Lori House, paralyzed by a brain tumor, can only move her eyes. After nurses hosted a party in her hospital room a hardware dealer donated a bicycle as she used eye signals to indicate she wanted it for Christmas.

Worthington Minn Lori House Lori Mel House Sioux Valley Santa Claus

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Shaftsbury Vesper Service Music Ior John Riddle Jr Orient Town of Bethlehem Paul J. Williams Corelli Neidlinger Man Bach St. Francis de Sales St. Peter’s Church Alice Marie Nelson Stanton C. Hall Harold McDonald Jr The Alliance Tabernacle Krist 2 Noveck’s Main St Benn First National Bank N. Bennington F.d.lc Dave Hrigtmas Remco Heating & Insulation Co Frederick and Adaline Stephen St. John Evangelist Jerry’s Gulf Service Arlington, VT Sealy Dunhams Furniture, Inc Elm St M. E. Rudd Mery W. E. Buzzell Convent Ave Caslin’s Groceries Bennington, VT Wm. E. Dailey, Inc. Contractors
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