Commissioning of New Missionaries Set for County Church
The Bennington County Congregational Association will host a 4 p.m. Sunday meeting at the Congregational Church in North Bennington. Rev. and Mrs. Charles Parseley will be commissioned to sail for India June 18 as missionaries under the United Church of Christ Board of World Ministries. The program includes registration, a 4:15 worship service, a 4:45 business meeting, and a 5:45 supper in the church social rooms. Those attending the supper should RSVP.
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North Bennington
Charles Parseley
India
Board of World Ministries
United Church of Christ
Bennington County
Little League Moms To Meet In Shaftsbury
North Bennington Arlington Norshaft Little League mothers group to meet at 8 15 tonight at Mrs. Charles Cole home Shaftsbury. Event aims to revive the Little League Auxiliary and organize volunteers for league work. A work party at the Houghton Street field Saturday will prepare the concession stand for season opening.
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North Bennington
Mothers of Boys
Norshaft
Arlington-Norshaft
Little League
Charles Cole
Shaftsbury
Little League Field
Houghton Street
St John’s Parish Women to meet after 8 o’clock Mass
A Sunday gathering at the Knotty Pine Restaurant in Bennington follows the 8 am Mass with guest speakers Sr. Mary Christine of St Joseph’s College Bennington and St Madonna Therese of Rutland. The 1 40 Club meets Thursday at 8 pm at Mrs Luella Wilson’s home. Reservations to Robert Fletcher Shaftsbury 2 6441.
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St. John’s Parish
Knotty Pine
Bennington
Sr. Mary Christine
St. Joseph’s College
St. Madonna Therese of Rutland
Luella Wilson
St. Mary’s Church
Glens Falls
Michael Rice
John Barber
Eagle Scouts
Troop 64
Adirondack
Channel Wten
Fox Patrol
James Sennett
Charles Frazier
Albert Peglow
Bernard Dave
Stanley Butkas
Donald Fleming
Bernard Fleming
Richard A. Severson
Hoosick Falls Scouts Join Archeology at Camporee
Hoosick Falls Troop 64 earned first class honors at the Mohican Council camporee at Rogers Island Fort Edward NY. More than 1 000 scouts and scouters attended as the group uncovered relics and a clay pipe while tying in first aid pioneering and woodsman tests.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
BSA
Mohican Council
Rogers Island
Fort Edward
New York
Dennis Shaw
Thomas Downey
Philip Dwyer
Anthony Butkas
John Sennett
Stanley Butkas
James Sennett
Michael Scarcy
Order of the Arrow
National Honor Society
Michael Rice
John Barber
William Gorman
Wakpominee Lodge
Joseph Dunbar
PTA Critiques Aims Delegation At Manchester Dinner
Sen. Reid Lefevre told Manchester PTA members the group has not lived up to its aims and cites past Vermont cases to urge broader involvement. He notes state aid changes loom and praises Vermont's historic progress in education while urging action on current issues. The event honored long serving teachers Albina Perry Florence Kelton and Paul Bullock.
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PTA
Sen. Lefevre
Manchester
Bennington County
Reid Lefevre
Vermont
Lefevre
Don B. Otis
Burr and Bureton Seminary
Albina Perry
Florence Kelton
Perry
Kelton
Paul H. Bullock
BBS
Bullock
Orrin Beattie
Burr and Burton Seminary Announces Graduation Activities
Burr and Burton Seminary in Manchester outlines commencement plans for June 7 with Edwin E. Smith as speaker and May 31 baccalaureate in the seminary gym. Activities include a June 5 glee club concert, June 6 alumni banquet at Stratton Mountain Inn, and reunions for classes ending in 4 or 9.
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Manchester
Edwin E. Smith
Classical High School
Springfield
Mass
Burr and Burton Seminary
Seminary
Robert L. Clayton
Zion Episcopal Church
E. H. Henry
Southern Vermont Art Center
Doris Eastman Rigney
Prudence Humphreys
Patience Brooks
Michael Zambalis
Sharon Peck
Glee Club
Burr and Burton
Stratton Mountain Inn
Alumni Association
Pownal Officials Stress Civil Defense Reach
In Pownal at the fire house five Vermont Civil Defense leaders urged broad citizen involvement beyond a one man show. They outlined a nationwide program from national to town levels, with emphasis on volunteer training, radio systems, shelters, and family readiness amid disasters and emergencies.
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Pownal
Vermont
White River Junction
Holmes
Hicken
Taylor
Bennington
Rutland
Montpelier
Pownall
William Mason
Hodge
Manchester VFW Rites Unveil Perpetual Charter
Sen Reid Lefevre and Rep George J Hea slip spoke at the unveiling of Harned- Fowler Post 6471 VFW perpetual charter in Manchester Vermont. James Thorley commander and Ruby Flanders auxiliary president led the event. officers were installed by Thorley with Albert Kent named commander and Marion Tusdor elected auxiliary president among others.
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Manchester
Reid Lefevre
George J Heaslip
Harned- Fowler
VFW
James Thorley
Dept. of
Mander Thorley
Albert Kent
Allen Christie
Lynn Averill
John West
Warren Johnson
Fred Wyman
Clarence Wyman
Eber Sessions
Evelyn Welden
Marion Tus Dor
Ethel Bowen
Harriet McEckr
Or Uman
C Tress
Mareian Ji 'Ivadadet
Frances Mitchell
Augusta Forrest
Marla Wyman
Ruth Viault
Mary West
Marion Healey
Jackie Hall
Mabel Stevens
Ethel Waite
Myrtie Bentley
Betty Jones
Joyce Miller
Manchester Deeley Gallery to open May 29 on Union Street
Manchester Deeley Gallery formerly Summer Gallery on Union Street opens May 29 under Robert C. Deeley with a debut show of contemporary American paintings by Conenaway Gonzales Huntington and others plus sculpture by Carol Cook Smith. Monthly summer shows focus on watercolors and drawings and Jay Connaway N.A. will present a solo show August 22. Lions Club awards scholarships to Virginia Carpenter and John Amato, with additional $100 prizes to Richard Coburn and Patricia Bennett. First Baptist Church holds annual meeting May 17 electing officers and church positions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jay Connaway
N.A
First Baptist Church
Oakley K. Porter
Edwin L. Clayton
Sylvester Hawkins
Prudential Committee
Enver Cook
Ralph Gleason
Ray Hartwell
Earl Storrs
Philip G. Squires
John B. Hawkins
Richard D. Hayes
Norman B. Cadoret
Robert W. Mattison
Robert L. Anderson
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Elizabeth Dwyer
Robert Fletcher
Fletcher
Telfer Mook
United Church Board
T. V. Phillip
Stony Point
Parsleys
Max Webster
Burlington
Vermont Congregational Conference
State Conference
Hal Miller Jr
Barre
Parsley
Congregational Church
Charles J. Parsley
Whitingham High School
Southwestern Industrial Arts
David Tracy
Brian Stetson
Brian Morse
William Birch
Steven Birch
Larry Brown
Arlington
Wilmington
Collins
Rites Unveil
Thorley
Manchester Post
Department of Vermont
National Organization
W. E. Johnson
Department
Constance M. Jordan
Manchester Lions Club
Alton Hicks
Virginia Carpenter
Judson Carpenter
Pawlet
John Amato
Ormsby Hill
Anthony Amato
Richard Coburn
Francis Coburn
Patricia Bennett
Walter J Bennett
Baptist Meeting
Pollo’ Pender
North Adams, Mass
Madkour
CSR
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