Methodists fund drive moves ahead with series of events
The First United Methodist Church of Bennington launches a two year campaign totaling 150000 dollars with a 100000 dollar church budget target for 1959. Rev Julius K Webb guest preacher opens activities with 75 parishioners planning Sunday calls and weeklong events culminating in a parking lot project led by Paul Crane and Walter Noyes Jr. A related tribute for Viola Layton Smith recalls long service while the Senior Citizens Bowling League reports scores at Bennington Lanes as new members are invited.
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Julius K. Webb
First United Methodist Church
Bennington
Webb
Investing In Christ Crusade
Marion Tomm
Spiritual Life
Main Street
Paul M. Crane
North Bennington
Walter O. Noyes Jr
Crane
Viola Layton Smith
Burchard Ave
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Robson-Decker
Main St
Robert J. Springer
First United Church, Presbyterian
Maple Grove
Smith
Mary McClellan Hospital
Cambridge
Nova Scotia
Eastern Star
T.C
First United Church
Grant Smith
Kasmer J. Stempek
David Smith
Lansdale
Robson-Decker Funeral
Desi Arnaz Jr and James Coco to guest star on Medical Center
Hollywood UPI reports that Desi Arnaz Jr and James Coco will appear as guest stars in a single episode of Medical Center, the Chad Everett led series. The episode features Arnaz and Coco in supporting performances alongside the show's regular cast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
UPI
Desi Arnaz Jr
James Coco
Medical Center
Chad Everett
Wizard of Oz comes to Springfield by Hartford Junior Ballet
The Southeast Council on the Arts presents The Hartford Junior Ballet Company's full length Wizard of Oz at Springfield High School Sunday February 9 at 2 p.m. Dorothy Toto Scarecrow Tin Woodsman Cowardly Lion and Wicked Witch of the West lead a 30 character cast with five sets and Prokofiev music. Tickets are $1 at the door or by mail to The Southeast Council on the Arts P.O. Box 392 Springfield 05156 with a stamped return envelope and check. no reserved seats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Southeast Council On the Arts
Hartford Junior Ballet Company
George Bishop Lane
Burlington
Dorothy
Toto
Scarecrow
Sergei Prokofiev
Peter and the Wolf
P.O
15 Cent Burger Budgets Inflation at Polar Whip
Energy Illinois, UPI reports Nesler’s Polar Whip offers 15 cent hamburgers with mustard onion and pickle as a strategy to fight inflation. Double burgers 20 cents, cheeseburgers 25 cents, with 50 cent fish or barbecue options. Nesler, 65, credits volume and low overhead, relying on low prices and steady service.
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Energy, Ill
UPI
Ford
John ‘‘Sollie
Nesler
Herrin
Illinois
Helen
Nell McSpadden
Wampanoags sue for return of Gay Head lands on Martha's Vineyard
The Gay Head Tribal Council representing 275 300 Wampanoag descendents filed suit in U S District Court in Boston on November 29 seeking the return of about 238 acres of Gay Head land on Martha's Vineyard seized in 1870 by Massachusetts. The tribe seeks land to secure Federal recognition and access to Indian programs, and to prevent further ecological loss, warning that No Trespassing signs and outside control threaten their heritage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gay Head
Mass
Massasoit
Massachusetts Bay Colony
Thomas Winthrop
Massachusetts
United States
Beatrice Gentry
Chilmark
Martha’s Vineyard Island
Gentry
Martha’s Vineyard Conservation Society
Boston
U.S
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Catholic Digest
Southern Vermont College
Methodists
Mrs. Grant Smith
Senior Citizens’ Bowling League
Bennington Lanes
Irene O’grady
Rita Moses
Bob McClure
Harold Prebble
John Button
KODAK
Main
Kennington
Vermont
Energy
North Bennington Road
Bennington, Vermont
Libby
Burt Bros
Champlain Sidewheelers
F.d.1.c
First Vermont Bank and Trust Company
Barre
Bellows Falls
Brattleboro
Castleton
Chester
Manchester
Rutland
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