Work in Appalachia To Be Told Church Here
Mission to Mulberry presents a colorful feature on the Rev. and Mrs. Arnold Johnson and their work in a small Appalachian valley. The article highlights the couple’s efforts, community impact, and the local reception of their mission work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Appalachia
Mission To Mulberry
Arnold Johnson
Appalachian Valley
Old First Church
Old Bennington
Fred M. Dole
Rockville
Conn
Northeast Region
Pilgrim Fellowship
New England
Mulberry Gap
Arnold
Gertrude Johnson
Lynne Crowell
Benevolence Committee
First Congregational Church
Christmas Decorations Classes Meet at Mt Anthony High School
The adult education program offers six free classes for men and women, two evenings weekly in Room 209 at Mt. Anthony Union High School. Participants bring their own materials. Tuesday covers nylon net Christmas tree making and Thursday covers decorating styrofoam balls with beads, ribbon, and other items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Quakers Give $1200 To Vietnam Medical Aid
An American Friends Society group of 24 Quakers led by David and Alice Clark crossed into Canada with 1200 to fund medical supplies for North and South Vietnam. They handed the funds to Mrs. Rixford Knight in Quebec, disregarding a Treasury rule against trading with the enemy. This marked the trio’s third border crossing for Vietnam aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Derby Line
UPI
American Friends Society
David Clark
Amherst
Mass
Alice Scheffey
Williamstown
Rixford Knight
Qyers Cliff
Que
Vietnam
Treasury Department
Vermont Church Council expands into ecumenical council
The Vermont Council of Churches reorganized as the Vermont Ecumenical Council and Bible Society after delegates ratified a new constitution by 116 to 26. An interfaith preamble was rejected 90 to 67, Bishop Butterfield opposed changes, and six candidates were named for a new executive minister as Rev. Albright retires amid controversy.
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Rutland
UPI
Vermont Council of Churches
Vermont Ecumenical Council and Bible Society
Jesus Christ
Vermont - New Hampshire
Harvey B. Butterfield
Episcopal Church of Vermont
Church Council
Vermont Interfaith Council
Butterfield
God
Episcopal Church
Embarrassing break-in ends with unusual arrest in Manchester
In Manchester, 29 year old Tom Turnbull attempted to break into Mr and Mrs F Nagy’s home. He became wedged on a pantry hook, fell, and when Nagy checked on the noise found Turnbull hanging upside down, halfway naked with his trousers tied around his ankles, about seven feet above the floor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
England
UPI
Tom Turnbull
F Francis Nagy
Turnbull
Nagy
Vermont Council Adopts New Constitution At Rutland Meeting
At the Rutland gathering on November 9, the Vermont Church Council and Bible Society adopted a new constitution forming the Vermont Society, with the preamble debate settled in favor of a version that kept Christian references. The council elected officers led by Rev. Russell R. Ellis as president and appointed its personnel committee as it seeks a successor to the retiring executive minister.
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Rutland
Vermont Church Council and Bible Society
Vermont Ecumenical Council and Bible Society
VCC
Elden Bucklin
Roger L. Albright
Reed Brown
Brown
Donald Morgan
Vermont Inter-Faith Council
Arvel M. Steece
Council of Churches
Congregational Christian Churches
United Church of Christ
Community Churches
Baptist Churches
Russell R. Ellis
St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church
Middlebury
Howard Foster
Wallace C. Short
Bethany United Church of Christ
Gun Law Provisions Outlined In Vermont
Fulton D Fields Vermont district IRS director outlines procedures to register machine guns sawed off weapons silencers and deactivated war trophies under the 1968 Gun Control Act. Registration forms must be mailed to IRS Washington by December 1. If serial numbers are missing a number will be assigned by IRS offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Fulton D. Fields
Internal Revenue
Vermont
Internal Revenue Service
Alcohol & Tobacco Tax
IRS
Rutland
Brattleboro
Newport
Montpelier
Director, Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Division
Washington D.C
IRS Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Office
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax
IRS Office
Unitarians Urged To Be Activists
The Rev Robert Green of Brattleboro urged Bennington Unitarians to adopt social action as a church function. He argued Unitarians must discuss social problems and take stands, joining protests against war and capital punishment and aiding civil rights efforts to help reform society. He said activists may be ostracised but churches must awaken others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Green
Brattleboro
Bennington
Green
Mr. Green
Unitarian
Williams Panel Receives 37500 Federal Matching Grant
The Williams College Center for Environmental Studies has been awarded a federal matching grant of 37500 toward activities of the Berkshire Panel for the Public Environment. The 18 month grant supports Berkshire Community College and North Adams State College and others in environmental research, writing, meetings and public education beginning January 1969.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamstown
Mass
Williams College Center For Environmental Studies
Berkshire Panel
Berkshire Community College
North Adams State College
State Higher Education Facilities Commission
Berkshire
Williams Center
County Industrial Development Commission
Regional Planning Commission
Berkshire Natural Resources Council
Andrew J. W. Scheffey
Center For Environmental Studies
Robert J. M. Matteson
Bennington
Williams’ Mount Hope Farm
Shortage of Police in Triadelphia After Chief Is Fired
In Triadelphia West Virginia the town council dismissed the police chief leaving a part time officer as the sole lawman. The move has created a shortage of police in the northern community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Triadelphia
Wa. Va
UPI
West Virginia
Opera Arias In Brattleboro Theatre Recital Nov 17
Brattleboro Music Center presents a Sunday operatic recital at Green Street School with Judith Turano soprano and Robert Gregori baritone. The program spans Handel to Gershwin, including excerpts from Don Giovanni The Magic Flute The Marriage of Figaro Rigoletto Porgy and Bess and works by Handel Puccini Gounod Guardano Wagner. Tickets by mail or at door. prices 3 adults 1 50 students, discounts for members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brattleboro
South Street
Janet Allen
Draft Call 48 For Vermont
Vermont announces January 1969 draft count with Col William J Burke as state Selective Service director. Vermont to supply 48 men for the national call of 26,800 selectees, all to be inducted into the Army. December list totals 35 men to fill a national call of 17,500, including 15,000 for the Army and 2,500 for the Marine Corps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montpelier
William J. Burke
Vermont
Selective Service
Army
Marine Corps
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Dearborn
Vermont Gas
Utilgas Corp
Main ST
Ore Il
Roger Albright
Albright
Vermont Church Council
Rev
Vermont Council
Oneida
Japan
Northland
Rademarks of Oneida Ltd
Shultz
Diamond Importers
Jewelers
American Gem Society
Bennington, Vt
Voluce
Williams Environmental Study Panel
Philip C. Ahern
Berkshire County Industrial Development Commission
Gardner Brown
First Agricultural National Bank
Matthew J. Collins
Joan Flood
Housatonic River Watershed Association
Karl Hekler
Berkshire County Regional Planning Commission
Eugene Talbot
Austen Riggs
Talkies
Aia
Tdi
Elm Street
County National Bank
Bennington & Arlington
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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