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Bennington Banner

Location

Bennington, Vermont, United States of America

Date

Nov 15, 1963

Page

5

Church Film Workshop Explores Gospel Teaching Uses

A two day Manchester workshop at Zion Episcopal Church analyzes film as a teaching tool for the gospel. Sponsored by the Diocese of Vermont Christian Education Dept and St. Clement's Film Association this event features French film God Needs Man with Pierre Fresnay and a talk by Dr. Harvey G. Cox Jr. on using cinema to convey Christian truths. The program includes The Oxbow Incident and another film shown to the public with no admission charge.

Manchester Zion Episcopal Church Christian Education Department Diocese of Vermont St. Clement’s Film Association Stanford Summers Margaret Anderson National Council of the Episcopal Church Pierre Fresnay Harvey G. Cox Jr Andover Newton Theological School Cox University of Pennsylvania Yale Divinity School Temple University Harvard University Free University of Berlin Evangelical Academy East Berlin

University couples visit Pratt home weekend

Buskirk Helen C Hall and Miss Donna Pratt plus Sally Gerry of Athol Mass spent the weekend at Mr and Mrs G Webster Pratt home. At the women's auxiliary card party Monica McInerney won women's high Beate Rice Kilburn low Ralph Stevens men's high Hans Skowald low John Dahli door prize Ernest Taylor special. Next card party set for Saturday Nov 23. Reform Church Women install officers Wednesday Nov 20 with new officers led by Mrs Alfred Rogge president and a slate including Mrs G Webster Pratt vice president and several secretaries.

Donna Pratt Sally Gerry Athol Mass University of Massachusetts G. Webster Pratt Monica McInerney Beaterice Kilburn Ralph Stevens Hans Skowald John Dahli Ernest Taylor The Reformed Church Women’s Child Alfred Rogge Cecil B. Dyer Brainard W. Hall Clarence Burch Ellis Jones Joseph Ganser Jr Hoosick Falls William Hastings St. Mary’s High School Rensselaer County Frank Reynolds Jr Patrick Cleary Cummings St Daytona Beach Fla

Weekend visits shared by Cameron Knox and Smith families

Donna Mae Cameron spent the weekend in Bennington with cousin Susan Wright. Mr and Mrs Ronald Knox and their four daughters of Worcester Massachusetts visited Mrs Knoxs parents Mr and Mrs R Emmett Smith for the weekend.

Donna Mae Cameron Bennington Susan Wright Ronald Knox Worcester Mass Knox R. Emmett Smith

Water ban lifted after rains ease area drought

Water commissioners announce the ban on water use is lifted as sufficient rainfall improves drought conditions. The Wilmington Women’s Association of the Congregational Church met with donations for the Retreat Guild and plans for the Loyalty Sunday dinner, a Christmas sale, and hosting Rev. and Mrs. Gulick. A donation was pledged to the Deerfield Valley Health Center Building Fund. A work meeting is set for November 20 at the Wilmington Inn.

Women’s Association of Wilmington Retreat Guild Deerfield Valley Health Center Building Fund Wilmington Inn

Heavy turnover of teachers cited by school official

Windsor County area school chief Daniel O'Connor told the Wilmington Lions that ongoing staff mobility will keep turnover high. He blamed teacher housing and urged Lions to assist. He noted 176 of 842 district vacancies in surrounding areas, with half filled from Vermont and half from out of state. Governor Hoff to speak December 11.

Wilmington Daniel O’connor Windham County Lions Club O’connor Vermont Philip H. Hoff Wilmington Lions

Berkshire Symphony To Play at Williams College

Berkshire Community Symphony enters its 19th season with a Williams College concert in Chapin Hall Williamstown on Wednesday November 20 at 830 pm. Soloist Samuel Mayes Boston Symphony principal cello performs Kabalevsky Cello Concerto conducted by Irwin Shainman with Nin-Culmell Three Old Spanish Pieces on the program. Tickets at door or from local committee members. Children under 12 admitted free.

Samuel Mayel Boston Symphony Orchestra Berkshire Community Symphony Orchestra Williams College Mayes Philadelphia Orchestra Tanglewood Williamstown Mass Chapin Hall Samuel Mayes Dimitri Kabalevsky United States Boston Kabalevsky Moscow Conservatory St. Louis Irwin Shainman Williams Joaquin Nin-Culmell Williams College Music Berkshire Community Symphony Nin Calmell University of California Shainman Europe Edgar Curtis Albany Symphony Russell Bastert William Fox John MacFadyen John Martin Harold White

Hoosick Falls Students Cast in Carousel at St. Rose

Edith Beaumont Chapman daughter of Lynn Chapman of Johnson Hill Road and Thomas Hyland son of Thomas Hyland of Lyman Street both college students will appear in Rodgers and Hammerstein Carousel at the College of Saint Rose Albany. The show is Nov 15 16 in the college auditorium during Parents Weekend with Chapman as accompanist and Hyland in a male lead.

Cathleen Ann Chapman Lynn Chapman Johnson Hill Road College of St. Rose Albany Thomas Hyland Lyman Street Siena College Rodgers and Hammerstein Music Miss Chapman Hyland

Open house at Burr and Burton Seminary announced

Headmaster E H Henry says the annual open house will take place Tuesday November 19 at 7 30 PM. Parents and friends are invited to tour the building and speak with faculty members.

Burr and Burton Seminary John Eckhardt E.H. Henry United Women’s Group First Congregational Church Alton Hicks Church of the Living God E.H. Nickerson William Griffith Harold Purdy Blanchard Stone Mary Fletcher Hospital Burlington Congregational Church Edgar W. Johnson

Dorset Women’s Fellowship Set to Meet Nov 20

The Women's Fellowship of the United Church of Dorset and East Rupert will gather for its monthly meeting on Wednesday November 20 at 2 p.m. in the vestry.

Women’s Fellowship of the United Church of Dorset and East Rupert

Recital to Mark Dorset Organ Dedication

An organ recital to dedicate the new Allen electronic organ at the United Church of Dorset and East Rupert is set for Sunday evening November 17 at 8 p.m. Arlington Memorial High School chorus will perform and Allen R. Mills will present the recital. Mills, a minister and organ instructor, will play a varied program including Purcell, Handel, Brahms, Daquin, and Dupre pieces.

United Church of Dorset East Rupert Arlington Memorial High School Chorus Allen R. Mills Mills Hugh Allen Wilson Westminster Choir College Princeton N.J George Markey Crane School of Music State University Teachers College Potsdam N.Y Zion Lutheran Church Schenectady Allen Organ Studios Eastern New York American Guild of Organists Dorset Mills Purcell Handel Brahms Noel Daquin Dupre

Sailor Lyle Jelley Details Mediterranean Cruise Return

U S Navy seaman Lyle Jelley writing to his sister Pamela describes the USS Sellers Mediterranean voyage from June 4 to October 26. He notes a largely smooth trip with one near hurricane encounter and lists ports visited including Genoa Rome Naples Rapallo Gaeta Capri Vatican City Rock of Gibraltar Pollenza Bay Suda Bay Cyprus Beirut Toulon Cannes Nice Gulf Juan and Gulf of Palma.

Sailor Return Lyle Jelley U.S. Navy U.S Sellers Pamela Jelley Genoa Rome Naples Rapallo Gaeta Capri Vatican City Rock of Gibraltar Pollensa Bay Suda Bay Cyprus Beirut Toulon Cannes Nice Gulf Juan Gulf of Palmus Sardinia

Silver Anniversary For Pownal Couple

The silver wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs A Coleman Mason will be observed with an open house at their Carpenter Hill home from 2 p m. to evening. They were married 25 years ago in Pownal by Rev Bristol Chatterton. They have four children and active roles in town and county 4 H and the Pownal Pioneers.

A. Coleman Mason Carpenter Hill Rachel Fowler Pownal Bristol Chatterton Mason Pownal Town

North Bennington church mass and tag day activities

The mass at St. John s Church will continue for two Sundays at 5 30 p m. NBHS music students and band will march the North Bennington Shaftsbury area Saturday 9 a m to 12 noon for the annual tag day raising funds for school music work. Guild lunch follows canvassing. Meth Con Youth Fellowship meets Shaftsbury Methodist Church 6 30 Sunday to prep for Bennington Christian Youth Council rally at 7 p m with Williams College students presenting civil rights activity. Members bring cookies for refreshments.

St. John’s Church NBHS North Bennington Shaftsbury Parents’ Music Guild Guild Shaftsbury Methodist Church Bennington Christian Youth Council Williams College

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