Methodist Church Posts 1967 Activity Report and Membership
The First Methodist Church reported 35 new members and 30 baptisms at the annual Fourth Quarterly Conference. The active membership stood at 694 with 260 preparatory members as Rev. Melvin R. McGaughey outlined ecumenical programs and Troy Conference goals approaching one million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Methodist Church
Melvin R. McGaughey
Fourth Quarterly Conference
John G. Rhinesmith
Bennington
Bennington-Troy
Troy
Saratoga Springs
Rutland
Vermont
Randall A. MacDonald
Harold W. Humphrey
Carl N. Santo
AAUW Bennington Plans April Theater Benefit
At the February Bennington AAUW meeting at Mrs. Leon Cooper's home final plans were made for an April 5 theater benefit at Mt. Anthony Union High School auditorium featuring the film Bell, Book and Candle. Proceeds go to scholarship and fellowship funds. a committee will decide the distribution. Deborah Eddington will handle publicity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
American Association of University Women
Leon Cooper
Mt. Anthony Union High School
FOE Auxiliary Installs Officers Midweek ceremony
FOE 1861 Ladies Auxiliary installed officers at the Eagles rooms on North Street with Hoosick Falls Auxiliary members assisting. New leaders include Eleanor M. Smith president and Mary L. Davis vice president, followed by Marilyn Skidmore secretary and Claire E. Smith treasurer. A chicken supper followed, prepared by FOE aerie 1861 men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FOE
Eagles Rooms
North Street
The
Hoosick Falls
Eleanor M. Smith
Mary L. Davis
Marilyn Skidmore
Claire E. Smith
Geneva Longtin
Barbara Moon
Mary Hodeck
Edith Trombley
FOE Aerie
Massachusetts motorist saves mother and leukemia boy in Vermont crash
An unidentified Massachusetts driver rushed a mother and her 3-year-old son Edward M Rayt III to Mary Hitchcock Hospital in Hanover after an Interstate 91 crash in Hartland Vermont. The boy was listed in satisfactory condition. Four Manchester Connecticut youths, Benjamin A Bruno Jr William J McNicol III Martin Roberts and James J Baker Jr, all 17 except Baker 16, pleaded guilty to possession of beer in Manchester Justice Court and were fined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta Kasten
Albert
Elsie) J. Goellner
Bennington
Safford St
Putnam Memorial Hospital
New York City
Andrew and
Minnie
Altritt) Lehr
William E. Kasten
Willaim
Bronx
N.Y
Henry
Pompano Beach
Fla
Alfred
Augusta) Schaum
Farmingdale
Anna Wagner
Fort Lee
N.J
Mahar & Son Funeral Home
Walter B. Cooke, Inc
Westchester Ave
Hanover
N.H
Manchester
Darren
Conn
Edward M. Rayt III
Edward M. Rayt Jr
Bellows Falls, Vt
New Hampshire
Rayt
Massachusetts
Benjamin A. Bruno Jr
William J. McNicol III
Martin Roberts
James J. Baker Jr
Michael DiMonda
Baker
Town Water Committee Proposed
Bennington Village plans a town water committee to manage distribution outside the village. Commissioner Seymour G. Cy Shultz voiced support at the Rotary Club, noting Bolles Brook source work enables broader supply once the project finishes. He presented slides of the diversion dam, settling basin, and a 34 mile Woodford stream pipeline to the village reservoir.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington Village
Seymour G
Cy) Shultz
Shultz
Bennington
Bolles Brook
Woodford
Catholic Diocese Reorganizes Vermont Deaneries
The Burlington Diocese under Bishop Robert F. Joyce reorganizes into 13 deaneries from eight. Msgr. Francis B. Flanagan leads Bennington Deanery and Msgr. Charles J. Marcoux leads Burlington Deanery for five-year terms. Deanerys include multiple parishes in Arlington, Bennington, Readsboro, Stamford, and Wilmington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis B. Flanagan
St. Francis de Sales Church
Bennington
Charles J. Marcoux
Burlington
Bennington Deanery
St. Margaret Mary’s
Arlington
St. Francis de Sales and
Sacred Heart
St. Jerome
East Dorset
St. Paul
Manchester Center
St. John the Baptist
North Bennington
St. Joachim
Readsboro
St. John Bosco
Stamford
Park Name Contest Sees Daily Suggestions As Deadline Nears
Mrs. William H. Wills of Elm Street, chairing the Board of Judges, reports steady daily park name ideas for the Park Street Extension project on Town Farm property. The contest remains open through April 2 with a cash or scholarship prize awarded mid April to the winner whose entry is accepted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Wills
Elm Street
Park Street
Shaftsbury Voters Set March 5 Ballot in Local Race
Shaftsbury residents vote March 5 to elect Pauline Knapp selectman three year term with town clerk and selectman’s clerk roles noted. Also pursue Clinton McDonald town treasurer and Alfred Wade as a sister candidate amid POL and ADV notices. YMCA bridge winners Burt Rockwood and Stanley Pike. next game Wednesday 7:30 at the Y. Iron Kettle Roast Pork dinner $2.25. Twist-a-Burger skate event Sunday 1-5 pm with prizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington Banner
Main St
Bennington
The
Banner Publishing Corporation
United Press International
UPI
Vermont
U.S
Shaftsbury
Pauline Knapp
Pol
ADV
Clinton McDonald
Alfred Wade
Burt Rockwood
Stanley Pike
Mass Wedding in Seoul Ties 430 Couples
Seoul UPI reports the Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of World Christianity held what it called the largest mass wedding in history, pairing 430 couples in a single ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seoul
UPI
Holy Spirit Association For Unification of World Christianity
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Methodist Church
John Bellrose
Paul N. Bohne Sr
Edward E. Bowmaker
Eugene Daugherty
James E. Hamilton
William Hintze
Richard Hollister
Raymond Huether
Freeland W. Littlefield
Reba Moninger
Freerick J. Pulver
Rolf Reierson
Arthur W. Rogerson
Beverly Schmidt
Truman Southworth
Florence P. Burke
Guy H. Morse
Bessie Moore
Burt L. Waite
George E. Small
Helen M. Atwell
Carroll B. Cross
Harold L. Cross
Chester J. Hickok
Albert Peterson
Ira Manross
Edwin Peterson
Green Mountain College
Poultney
Roy A. Sullivan
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
Donald Johnson
Richard Geannelis
Bradford
MON
Plaza Shopping
AAUW
Deborah Eddington
Caroline Darlington
Turkey
Darlington
Ankara
Pamphilia
Izmir
Bursa
Sardis
Bairam
Gertrude Brenenstuhl
Janet Brenenstuhl
Joan Pokines
Elizabeth Buck
Helen Bisson
Vevia Woodard
Bernice Lemon
Bay State
Justice Court
Justice of the Peace
Ralph F. Fleming Jr
Rayts
Rockingham Memorial Hospital
Bellows Falls
Mary Hitchcock Hospital
Town Water Committee
Fienberg
Drysdale’s Free Parking
Dusthome. Furniture Inc
Bennington, Vermont
EL Street
Landgrove
Central Vermont Public Service Corp
Peru Town
Vt. 11
Robert L., Wood
Luzerne
Miller
Catholic Diocese Reorganized
Robert F. Joyce
Senate
Windham
Patrick A. Barry
Our Lady of Fatima
Wilmington
of New
Adams Clothes Shop
Bennington Briefs
Fran Stacy
Harte Theatre
Good Housekeeping
Walt Disneys
Vernon A. Gage
Union ST
Bennington, VT
Metropolitan Life
W.T. Grant CO
Monument Plaza
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