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Laconia
Laconia city (1990 pop. 15,743), seat of Belknap co., central N.H., near lakes Winnisquam and Winnipesaukee and on the Winnipesaukee River; settled c.1761, inc. as a city 1893. It is a popular summer and winter resort and the industrial and trade center of a lake resort and farming region. Among... Read more |
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stabilizers
stabilizers are used to minimize the rolling of a ship. They are normally fitted to cruise ships and ferries, where passenger comfort is essential, and to large container ships, where it is necessary to minimize the rolling forces on the containers stacked on deck. They should not be confused with... Read more |
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Calder Willingham
WILLINGHAM, Calder Writer. Nationality:American. Born:Atlanta, Georgia, 23 December 1922. Education: Attended The Citadel and The University of Virginia. Family: Married 1) Helen Rothenberg (divorced), son Paul; 2) Jane Marie Bennett, five children. ... Read more |
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Sparti
Spárti, Greece Sparta, Lacedaemon An ancient and powerful city‐state founded, according to tradition, by Lacedaemon, who named it after his wife, Sparta, the daughter of Evrótas, one of the first Kings of Laconia. Spárti lies on the Evrótas River. When the Byzantines... Read more |
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Sparta
Sparta , city of ancient Greece, capital of Laconia, on the Eurotas (Evrótas) River in the Peloponnesus. Spartan Society Sparta's government was headed by two hereditary kings furnished by two families; they were titular leaders in battle and in religion. Some of these kings were able (e.g.,... Read more |
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Christians
Christians name taken by the followers of several evangelical preachers on the American frontier, notably James O'Kelley, Abner Jones, and Barton W. Stone , all of whom were antisectarian. Some congregations joined the Disciples of Christ (see Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) , a body with... Read more |
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congregation
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Congregationalism
Congregationalism type of Protestant church organization in which each congregation, or local church, has free control of its own affairs. The underlying principle is that each local congregation has as its head Jesus alone and that the relations of the various congregations are those of fellow... Read more |
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Church Unions
CHURCH UNIONS AND REUNIONS A Decade of Mergers The 1930s saw a series of unions among Protestant groups, usually bringing together people of different ethnic backgrounds who shared a religious tradition. In 1931 members of the Lutheran Synod of Buffalo joined the Evangelical... Read more |
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United Church of Christ
United Church of Christ American Protestant denomination formed in 1957 by a merger of the General Council of Congregational Christian Churches (see Congregationalism ) and the Evangelical and Reformed Church . The constitution for the new body was adopted in July, 1961, thus completing the... Read more |
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JULIE UPHAM, AT 59; EDITOR AT MEDFORD, LACONIA PAPERS
...involved for years with Laconia's Historical and Museum Society and was a lifetime member of the Royall House...Belknap Mill Society, Laconia's cultural society...today at 10 a.m. in Laconia Congregational ... |
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TRUMAN-DIANA.(Obit)
...artist and her lifetime hobby was home...cancer survivor, a member of the Art League...Pleasant Street, Laconia, NH. A funeral...a.m. at the Laconia Congregational Church, 18 Veterans Square, Laconia, NH. ... |