Methodist conference calls for de centralization and global accountability
The 142nd Troy Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church met at Green Mountain College. It urged decentralization and examination of self, while highlighting hunger and militarism as obstacles to hope. It noted healthy church funds despite declining youth involvement and passed resolutions on corporate accountability, criminal rehabilitation, amnesty for draft resisters, and environmental reuse. Names and reappointments across Bennington and surrounding areas are listed, including pastors and lay delegates.
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Poultney
Troy
United Methodist Church
Green Mountain College
W. Ralph Ward Jr
Elizabeth O’conner
Church of the Saviour
Washington, D.C
George Klohck
Youth Service Fund
I Care
Bennington Area
Richard D. Campbell
First United Methodist Church
Bennington
Frederick W. Vogell
Roy A. Sullivan
Judy Crane
North Bennington
Honolulu
Hawaii
Melvin R. McGaughey
First Church
Schenectady
Kenneth W. Beatty
Bennington-Troy
Dublin Gerstley Rydal Weds James Michael Dubin in May
May 25 ceremony at the bride's parents home in Rydal with Rabbi David Wice officiating. Bride May Gerstley, daughter of William II Gerstley, attended Newcomb College and Finch College and earned a master's from Columbia. Groom James Michael Dubin, son of Benjamin Dubin, is a University of Pennsylvania and Columbia Law School graduate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rydal
Virginia May Gerstley
William Gerstley II
James Michael Dubin
Benjamin Dubin
Hamden
Conn
Bennington
David Wice
Steven Strauss
Catherine Behrend
Andrew Crystal
Herman Weiss
Norman Shaffer
Lawrence Hicks
William Gerstley III
David Gerstley
Richard Krause
Robert Tuteur
Alexander Rosenzweig
Steven Schroer
Newcomb College of Ne
Flag Day observance urged by Vermont SAR group
The Vermont Society Sons of the American Revolution urges flag flying on Flag Day June 14. David A Doliber, president of Montpelier, cites symbolic meanings of colors and stripes in the national flag and notes historical additions as states joined the Union. The report also notes the Altar Rosary Society at St Francis de Sales held its final meeting of the season, installed new officers Marilyn Murray Eva Glade Helen Rogalski Anne Cummings, with Mass led by Rev John Hamilton.
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Montpelier
Vermont Society
Sons of the American Revolution
David A. Doliber
Doliber
Vermont
Kentucky
Altar Rosary Society
St. Francis de Sales
John XXIII Institute
John Hamilton
Marilyn Murray
Eva Glade
Helen Rogalski
Anne Cummings
Liberty Union to Convene Nomination Convention in Burlington
Essex Junction notes the Liberty Union party will hold a public convention at First Methodist Church Burlington on June 15 starting at 10 a.m. to nominate candidates for state and national offices and elect a new executive committee. The party chairperson will lead the session.
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Essex Junction
Liberty Union Party
First Methodist
Burlington
Eagles Attend Initiation at Hoosick Falls Fraternal Order
Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie 1861 held initiation and officer installation on May 26 at the Eagles Rooms in Hoosick Falls New York. New officers include Bessie Burgess president Glendlora Wheeler junior past madam president Nan Mears vice president Pauline Barber secretary Tina Sheppard treasurer Shirley Duval chaplain Marilyn Holland conductor Della King Alice Gunnson Ella Kennedy trustees Ruth Wright outside guard Marion Charest inside guard. Buffet lunch and dancing followed. Bernard Sanders charged that both major parties serve a small elitist group and urged Liberty Union supporters to attend the state convention and back a broader candidate slate including Martha Abbott Arthur Deloy Todd Manley Sanders Peter Diamond Stone Michael Parenti. He also announced a fundraising drive and a summer auction plan.
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Order of Eagles Aerie
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Bessie Burgess
Glendlora Wheeler
Nan Mears
Pauline Barber
Tina Sheppard
Shirley Duval
Marilyn Holland
Della King
Alice Gunnson
Ella Kennedy
Ruth Wright
Marion Charest
Bernard Sanders
Liberty Union
Martha Abbott
Underhill
Arthur Deloy
South Burlington
Todd Manley
Sanders
Burlington
U.S
Two Bennington Residents To Receive NASC Degrees
Barbara W. Sims of 321 Crescent Boulevard and Robert P. Marcoux of 232 Division Street will earn bachelor of arts degrees from North Adams State College in Massachusetts on June 8. Sims, daughter of Col and Mrs W L Sims, will graduate in education and has served on the orientation committee. her prior secondary education was at Bishop Alter High School in Kettering Ohio. Marcoux, son of Roland and Mary Marcoux, graduates magna cum laude in elementary education after active participation in the college art club. he minored in art and recently received the Andrew S Flagg art award at honors convocation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Barbara W. Sims
Crescent Boulevard
Robert P. Marcoux
Division St
North Adams
Mass
State College
Miss Sims
W.L. Sims
Bishop Alter High
Kettering
Ohio
Marcoux
Roland and
Mary Marcoux
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Andrew S. Flagg
Trudeau called loving husband at campaign rally in Vancouver
Mrs. Margaret Trudeau returned to her hometown and introduced her husband, Canadian prime minister, as a beautiful guy. She praised him as a very loving person and said he has taught her much about loving during their three years of marriage. The remark drew applause and laughter.
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Vancouver
UPI
Margaret Trudeau
Financing plentiful for mobile homes but no space in Vermont
Raymond Pecor, head of the Governor's Commission on Mobile and Manufactured Housing, says banks will finance mobile homes at 8.5 percent but there is no space for new parks. He notes 80 percent of Vermont housing starts last year were mobile homes, deliveries down from 132 in early 1973 to 61 this year, with parks largely full and waiting lists of 100.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vermont
Pecor
Bennington Briefs: Lazy Jack play by junior high club
The public is invited to a 7 30 p m performance of Lazy Jack by the Junior High School Drama Club in the school’s multi purpose room. Marlene F Blake of Bennington will be among 26 graduates at the Samaritan Hospital School of Nursing 75th anniversary ceremony in Troy New York on June 16 at Hudson Valley Community College at 3 p.m. Miss Blake is Mt Anthony Union alumna, daughter of Mr and Mrs Hiram Blake of 131 Fillmore St.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marlene F. Blake
Bennington
Samaritan Hospital School of Nursing
Troy
N.Y
Hudson Valley Community College
Miss Blake
Mt. Anthony Union
Hiram Blake
Fillmore St
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