Church Council pushes religion course in schools debate
National Council of Churches launches a nationwide campaign to have public schools offer objective religion courses. The plan follows a Supreme Court stance that teaching about religion as literature and history poses no constitutional objections. A broad survey shows few schools have adopted Bible study as literature.
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National Council of Churches
U.S
Supreme Court
National Council
Arthur S. Flemming
Eisenhower
America
Flemming
UPI
Oregon
Woman's Society to Meet at First Methodist Church
The Woman's Society of Christian Service at First Methodist Church will hold its regular meeting on Tuesday at 7 30 p.m. in the church social room. Miss Stella Hawkins leads a discussion on the ninth chapter Oneness as a World Church from the study book One Witness in One World by Bishop Roy Short. Mrs. Sarah Harrington will host. All women of the church are invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shaftsbury
Woman’s Society of Christian Service
First Methodist Church
Stella Hawkins
Roy Short
Sarah Harrington
Bennington Area Church Schedule Highlights
A dense listing of church events across Bennington and Old Bennington including worship services at multiple churches, Sunday School sessions for nursery through grade 8, sermons such as The Eternal Shelter and The Meaning of Epiphany, various Pilgrim Fellowship meetings, choir and organist notes, youth groups, prayer groups, and weekly meetings. The notice catalogs times for First Baptist First Methodist and other congregations with activities through Friday and weekend programs.
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Old Bennington
Church Barn
Arvel M. Steece
John Mason
Malotte
Pilgrim Fellowship
E. Lillian Kleine
OLD Stone Church
Independent Baptist
North Bennington
Elwin M. Ellis
Young People’s Meeting
Board of Christian Education
Board of Deacons and Deaconesses
Shaftsbury Pastor To Attend Fellowship in Pennsylvania
The Rev. A. J. MacDonald of First Methodist Church will attend a three day Methodist Ministers Fellowship in Buck Hill Falls Pennsylvania January 25 27. Bishop Lloyd C Wicke announced sessions by theologians including Abraham Herschel Hobart Mowrer Kenneth Clark and Ronald Sleeth. The program aims to revitalize Socio Religious efforts across New York Vermont and Connecticut with worship sermons classes and seminars led by noted ministers and scholars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shaftsbury
A. J. MacDonald
First Methodist Church
New York
Methodist Church
Buck Hill Falls
Lloyd C. Wicke
Abraham Herschel
Jewish Theological Seminary
New York City
Ronald E. Sleeth
Perkins School of Theology
Dallas
Texas
Clark W. Hunt
Westfield
N.J
Howard Summel
St. Albans
Wicke
Connecticut
Vermont
Common Bible Accord Reached
Vatican talks between the Vatican Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity and the United Bible Societies yield agreement on methods for a common Bible. Leaders Cardinal Bea and Laton Holmgren preside. details on recommendations will be reviewed by Catholic authorities and Bible society constituencies. A second note from St Louis quotes Lutheran theology professor Martin Scharleman saying denominational differences vanish in the Bible but doctrinal traditions remain divergent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vatican City
UPI
Vatican
Secretariat For
United Bible Societies
Bible Society
Austin Cardinal Bea
Secretariat For Promoting Christian Unity
Laton E. Holmgren
The
American Bible Society
Industrial Outlook for Vermont Firms in 1967
Vermont Container Corp plans 1967 expansion with 15 to 20 percent output gain and continued staffing around 30 with October peak 40 as normal fluctuation. Polygraphic Company of America reports 40 percent sales rise from marketing expansion and presses upgrades. Hale Co and Heald Plastics note solid years. Heald Plastics’ Vermont Bag and Film unit grows. employment climbs from 15 to 33 percent leap at Heald subsidiary.
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Andrew Wargo
Vermont Container Corp
Wargo
Vermont Container
Polygraphic Company of America Inc
James Davis
Davis
Heald Plastics Inc
Paige Heald
Vermont Bag and Film Corp
Heald Plastics
Heald
Bennington Display Manufacturing Co
J. Duncan Campbell
Allan Nemroe
New York
Campbell
Kimberly - Clark Paper Co
Manchester
Louise Thompson
Kimberly-Clark
Manchester Plastic Company
Thompson
Pownal Tanning Co and Ben-Mont Papers face expansion shifts
Pownal Tanning Co slowed for six to eight months in 1966 due to a labor shortage, then resumed full operation and began a three story expansion with lacquer spraying. Ben-Mont Papers marked 60 years, shifting to higher end wraps, expanding research and a new warehouse, and planning the Southern Vermont Computer Center in 1967.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pownal Tanning Co
Harry McKenzie
Pownal
McKenzie
State Water Resources Board
Hoosic
Ben-Mont Papers Inc
Ben-Mont
J. W. Hurlbut
Bennington Wax Paper Company
Scott Street
Hurlbut
Adams Tissue
Wells River
Dobeckman Company
Cleveland
Ohio
Dobeckman
Dow Chemical Company
Midland
Mich
Bennington
Southern Vermont Computer Center
Flint Ink
Ben- Mont
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Royce P. Barrow
Washington, N.C
U.S. 1St Cavalry
South Vietnam
Saigon
Church Council
Louis Cassels
United Press International
WSCS
Vermont Bank & Trust CO
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Vermonts
Brattleboro
Bennington Company
Rutland
Bellows Falls
Chester
Manchester Center
Economy Autostores, Inc
Main Street
Bennington, VT
First Congregational Church
Jerome J. Hevey
Congregational Church
North
Abernethys
Missionary Alliance Church
Richard Lenehan
Rupert Young
Ladies’ Missionary Prayer Band
John Hill
Alliance Youth Fellowship
First Baptist Church
H. Glenn Payne
Paul Williams
Wilson
Clarke
Blake
Paul Hurlburt
Putnam St
Gaul
Sanctuary
MYF
Bennington Ministers’ Council
Parlor
Circle V
Explorer Post
United Church Women
Girl Scout
Methodist Mothers’ Fellowship
Dean Osgood
Pennsylvania
Eugene Kosche
First Church OF Christ Scientist
WBTN
Hotel Putnam
Seventh-Day Adventist Church
ST. Peter’s Episcopal Church
Second Congregational Church
Rome
Villa Borghese Gardens
Doe Henryk Sienkiewicz
Emma Page
Juson St
First Church OF God
W. Earle Forman
Unitarian-Universalist
Bennington Unitarian Fellowship
Paul Benjamin
Unitarian - Universalist Association
Bennington Free Library
Pelton
Polygraphic
Buskirk
N.Y
Hoosick Falls
Hale Co
Tanning Co
Bea Gre
Hianson - Walbridgie
National
Dean Franco
Arlington
Tores
Bennington Road
Meu
Bengal
Fienberg
Main ST
Walker
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