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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1963
Page
6
The Methodist Church plans a wholesale change of Sunday School materials for birth to sixth grade, launching a new curriculum in September 1964. It emphasizes early exposure to theological themes and encourages children to research and seek personal answers. The program targets about 3.5 million students.
The Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow, famed in Irving legend and linked to Ichabod Crane, is designated a national historic site under National Park Service protection. The 267-year-old Dutch Colonial sanctuary near Tarrytown houses historic artifacts and graves of notable figures, including Washington Irving and Andrew Carnegie, preserving Colonial era memory.
Chicago AP 650 faith leaders from Roman Catholic Protestant and Jewish communities condemn racism as an insult to God. They formed the National Conference on Religion and Race and voted to create regional conferences in 10 target cities to expand interfaith action. The appeal calls for voting rights equal protection access to public facilities education and employment opportunities.
The Bavaria State Supreme Court ruled digging foxholes in Munich's Maximilian Square is a legitimate protest. It canceled 50 mark fines for three men who dug holes last year to ridicule a government pamphlet on surviving an atomic blast, stating opinion can be expressed beyond words.
A compilation of worship times and Sunday school for multiple faith communities in East Arlington and surrounding towns. Includes Federated Church Arlington First Assembly of God St Columba St James United Church All Saints Baptist First Baptist First Congregational St Pauls and more with mass times, confessions, and youth fellowships.
Local church notices list morning worship and Sunday school times across Bennington and nearby churches including West Street, Crescent Boulevard, Hillside Street, and Burgess Road. Denominations span Congregationalist, Unitarian, Catholic, Sacred Heart, Church of Christ, Christian Science, Seventh Day Adventist, Quaker, Episcopal, and Baptist with additional youth fellowships and missionary programs.
The 13th annual Fellowship of New York Area Methodist ministers at Buck Hill Falls Pa features editor Dr Kyle Haselden of Christian Century theologian Prof Gerald Cragg of Andover Newton Theological School and Rev James Armstrong of Broadway Methodist Church Indianapolis. Bishop Lloyd Wicke will report on his India tour and Rev Lawrence Larrowe chairs the committee.
The Vermont Children’s Aid Society discusses plans to raise $10,000 in special gifts at a bi monthly directors meeting held at the Country House Restaurant in Barre. Carleton G. Howe of Dorset attended from the area. The aim is to cover expanding service costs without tapping unrestricted capital funds.
Benhi announces junior district delegates Wallace Mook and Jane Shoemaker with faculty adviser Richard H. Caswell named to the fourth Vermont Youth Citizenship Conference at the University of Vermont on April 15 and 16. The program centers on the role of a citizen in a republic. selections arose from oral presentations on The Meaning of Representative Democracy.
The annual American Legion Hillbilly Show to aid the March of Dimes is set for Sunday January 27 at 2 p.m. in the State Armory. Performers include Dick Small and his Hillbillies Don Mylott Al Buell Merton Snow Jr Bill Bernard and more. George O’Brien and his Music Makers and a duet by Bob Sourcliffe and Bob Buell are planned with other acts and magic by Ellery Lawrence Arlington. Post 13 Auxiliary will sell candy and apples, with apples donated by Paul Bohne Harwood Orchards.
The Methodist Church hosts a Family Fellowship series with classes and films this Sunday and a full week of meetings including Adult Membership, Circle I and II, youth council, choir rehearsals, and a Father and Son Communion Breakfast. The First Baptist Church holds its annual business meeting with Rev. Orvel Hooker as guest. Viet Nam missionary talk by Miss Carolyn Griswold follows Wednesday. The Unitarian Fellowship joins national efforts with the Hugh Moore Fund Population Policy Panel to test educational material.
Three Hungarian refugees crossed into Austria aided by a cold wave that froze the no man’s land and left border wires without electricity. They told authorities the border area was treacherous and ice covered the frontier frontier line near Eisenstadt Austria.
Prime Minister Hayato Ikeda declared Japan will aid underdeveloped countries within its ability, stressing alignment with the non Communist world. King Hussein of Jordan pledged his corneas to an eye bank upon death at Jerusalem’s Ophthalmic Hospital. General Earle G. Wheeler arrived in Saigon for a weeklong South Viet Nam visit to learn what General Paul D. Harkins requires.
Members of St Peter s Episcopal Church will hold their annual parish meeting Sunday night in the parish house after a choral Evensong at 6 p m with supper. Vestry elections four for three years and one for one year will occur with budget ratification for 1962. Rev Frederick B Wolf presides and retiring vestrymen are named. vestry to elect senior and junior wardens and officers after the meeting.
Each year 15 million to 20 million rose plants are sent from the Tyler area in northeast Texas, known as the Rose Garden of America, to all states and many foreign countries.
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