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  Tilton   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
riginally, Tilton was called Sanbornton Bridge, and was granted in 1748 though not settled until 1762 due to the French and Indian War, which ended in 1760.
The first industries in Tilton were a gristmill and a sawmill on the banks of the Winnipesaukee River.
In 1820, Charles Tilton, the owner of textile mills and the town's wealthiest citizen, called for incorporation, and in 1869 he asked to have the town renamed Tilton.
www.bcedc.org /html/tilton.html   (109 words)

  
 Mark Tilton
His father was Dr. James Tilton, a native of the State of Delaware, and his mother was a Miss Fanny Gibson, a native of the eastern shore of Maryland.
His grand uncle, Dr. James Tilton, after whom his father was named, was the first surgeon-general appointed in the United States army, and was the first ember of Congress sent from the State of Delaware.
Tilton had the reputation of being one of the most faithful and efficient officers in the pension service.
www.usgennet.org /usa/in/state/jefferson_co/tilton_mark.htm   (460 words)

  
 David Austin Tilton
Tilton went through some of the most strenuous campaigns of the war, participating in that magnificent advance made by the Union armies through Eastern Tennessee and Northern Georgia until the Confederacy was split in twain.
Tilton was employed with his father as a carpenter and as a farmer.
Tilton was born February 4, 1844, a daughter of Berton and Sarah Jane (Scott) Bennington.
skyways.lib.ks.us /genweb/archives/1919ks/t/tiltonda.html   (1599 words)

  
 Robert Tilton   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
Tilton apart from the rest were his insane facial contortions, pregnant pauses, indecipherable babblings, and overarching hyperventilated enthusiasm for collecting money under the auspices of serving the Lord.
Tilton's ministry suffered measurably from the fallout of videotaped evidence depicting thousands of torn-up prayer requests in Hefty-brand garbage sacks slogged away in the dumpsters.
To this day, Tilton is universally recognized as the unwitting star of the "Pastor Gas" or "Farting Preacher" series of underground videotapes -- a montage of scenes from his insane television broadcasts, with funny fart noises layered into the soundtrack and synchronized with his constipated facial expressions.
www.rotten.com /library/bio/religion/televangelists/robert-tilton   (1569 words)

  
 Tilton, New Hampshire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tilton is a town located in Belknap County, New Hampshire, on the Winnipesaukee River.
The town was incorporated in 1869, having formerly been a part of the neighboring town of Sanbornton.
Tilton is unique for the presence of several statues distributed throughout the town, given as gifts by the town founder, Charles E. Tilton, including the Tilton Arch.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tilton,_New_Hampshire   (448 words)

  
 47448-1-I - State of Washington, Respondent v. Nathaniel Evan Tilton, Appellant
Tilton took Jiah upstairs and lay down on a mat between Jiah and J.L. Titus' daughter Heidi was awake in a room next to Hannah's.
Tilton also argues that the affidavits are inconsistent and/or unclear as to whether he smoked marijuana before he went to Hannah's room.
Tilton argues in the alternative that the evidence was insufficient to show that he touched the victim for sexual gratification.
www.mrsc.org /mc/courts/slip/appellate/474481MAJ.htm   (1347 words)

  
 Tilton Engineered Components... The Design Engineer's Resource for Belts   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
Generally speaking, Tilton Endless Belts are used in low to medium horsepower applications in two broad categories: transport of items, and power transmission.
Tilton Engineered Components began on the leading edge of technology by developing the first endless belt.
Vibration, noise and chatter were reduced and, as a result of Tilton's innovation, the number of applications for belts began to expand exponentionally.
www.techsavvy.com /industry/file/national/09dr4/til01.html?id=127353&comp_id=09DR4&base_region=*   (507 words)

  
 Tilton divorce finalized after two contentious years
Tilton received about $85,000 in court-ordered support after she was fired from her $100,000 a year pastorship at Word of Faith in May 1996.
Tilton for her many attempts to draw out the divorce, including changing attorneys, trying to recuse him from the case, "reneging on agreements made in court," refusing to attend trial sessions and filing for bankruptcy in August, the week before the divorce was to be final.
Tilton hopes to write a tell-all book about her life with Tilton, tentatively titled "The Dark Side of the Cross," and make media appearances, an adviser said.
www.texnews.com /texas97/tilton112797.html   (443 words)

  
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But Tilton’s downfall may have been set in motion last year when members of Ole Anthony’s Trinity Foundation, a nonprofit watchdog group in Dallas, began sifting through trash from the dumpsters at Tilton’s Tulsa bank, data pro­cessing firm, and lawyer’s offices.
One was filed by the widow of Tilton supporter Tom Crow­ley, who was still receiving the minister’s fundraising appeals five months after her hus­band’s death.
According to Antho­ny, Tilton’s lawyers especially fear the filing of a racketeering suit under civil RICO statutes.
www.equip.org /free/DT030.htm   (713 words)

  
 Salon.com People | Oh God, you devil
Tilton also built credibility through homespun -- and scripted -- testimonials: A hapless couple would recount their mishaps on cue while one of Tilton's well-scrubbed cronies prodded and nodded as needed.
Thankfully, Tilton chose not to justify why his proclaimed Jesus-inspired retreat to the mountains for fasting and contemplation took place at a Colorado resort via Mercedes, from whence he was captured on film lugging a large TV.
Tilton subsequently left town to dabble in "demon blasting" with an obscure sect in North Carolina.
archive.salon.com /people/feature/2000/11/21/tilton/print.html   (1725 words)

  
 Texaco Press Release - Glenn F. Tilton Bio
Tilton joined Texaco that same year as a sales trainee in the U.S. marketing operations in Washington, D.C., and after serving in various marketing assignments of increasing responsibility, Tilton was named Assistant to the Vice President - Northeastern Region in 1978.
Tilton was appointed Chairman of Texaco Ltd. in 1991, which comprised of the major upstream and downstream operations of Texaco in the United Kingdom, which included the significant development projects in the North Sea.
Tilton serves on the President's Advisory Board at the University of South Carolina and is a member of both the American Petroleum Institute's Executive Committee and Policy Committee in addition to being a member of the API Board of Directors.
www.chevron.com /news/archive/texaco_press/2001/bio_tilton.asp   (430 words)

  
 Tulsa World ::: Robert Tilton: From downfall to windfall
A woman who spent two days opening mail to Tilton told the Tulsa World that she and other workers were instructed to remove the cash and checks and throw away the letters and prayer requests written to Tilton.
Valentine alleged Tilton, in a drunken rage, verbally abused her, claimed he was the pope and thought rats were eating his brain.
Tilton is pictured throughout the mailing grimacing in prayer, on his knees praying and clutching a red cloth and praying.
www.trinityfi.org /press/tulsaworld02.html   (2910 words)

  
 DALLAS DAMSEL Charlene Tilton Is Still Riding the Range
Tilton played Lucy Ewing, a child with a troubled heritage -- troubled because her parents seemed to forget about her once they moved to Knots Landing, the spin-off show.
Tilton says she hasn't seen anyone from the series in "a while" but keeps in touch with Blanche Davis, the widow of actor Jim Davis.
LA-based Tilton has been concentrating lately on her daughter, 16-year-old Cherish Lee, who is an actress and a model.
www.ultimatedallas.com /tilton.htm   (725 words)

  
 Christian News Today
And Tilton has rid himself of the second of two wives whose allegations of physical abuse and drunken debauchery made for colorful headlines but in the end were never proven in court.
At issue was Tilton's relationship with leaders of a North Carolina charismatic sect that practices "demon blasting," a form of prayer that involves sect members forming "prayer circles" around a child believed to be possessed by demons and shouting at the subject for hours at the top of their lungs.
Tilton was introduced to Whaley by his second wife, Leigh Valentine, whom he secretly married in the Dominican Republic on February 10, 1994.
www.christiannews.0catch.com /tilton.htm   (5794 words)

  
 Business Wire: Glenn F. Tilton Steps Down As Interim Chairman of Dynegy; Board To Name Successor In Near Future
Tilton said, "I've been privileged these past months to see first hand the extraordinary efforts of the men and women of Dynegy to pull together and rebuild this company, all in the face of difficult and complex challenges.
Tilton was one of three Board members representing ChevronTexaco, and the election of a new CVX Board member and new Board Chairman would be under consideration very soon.
Tilton was elected a member of Dynegy's Board of Directors on January 22, 2002.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2002_Sept_2/ai_90969852   (678 words)

  
 Tilton Gallery
Tilton as not being representative of Charismatic ministry, yet he was one of the original mega-church pastors.
Tilton's church in Dallas and paid "homage" to this man while He was on the move.
Tilton, like all the rest play on the superstitious nature and biblical ignorance of those on their highly targeted mailing lists.
www.discernment.org /wordfaith/tilton1.htm   (427 words)

  
 Aerial acrobatics / United passes controls to ex-oil executive
Today, Tilton, the new president and chief executive officer of the troubled carrier, which has lost $3 billion during the past 18 months, is scheduled to meet with union leaders to discuss pay concessions that the airline will need to avoid bankruptcy and qualify for a desperately needed $1.
Tilton helped steer Texaco Inc. through a Chapter 11 reorganization in 1987 and was praised for what observers called his deft and fair-minded handling of discrimination complaints against Texaco by African American employees in the 1990s.
Tilton's outsider status was seen as a possible plus by David Stempler, chairman of the Air Travelers Association, who said "He can bring fresh perspectives" to the challenge of turning United around.
www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2002/09/04/BU98835.DTL   (1199 words)

  
 Robert Tilton
Tilton as not being representative of Charismatic ministry, yet he was one of thier original mega-church pastors.
Tilton’s Success-N-Life TV show ranked twelfth in the national Arbitron ratings for syndicated religious television programs, viewed by an esti­mated 199,000 households — and his cable audience was larger still.
And much of Tilton’s audience is tuning him out: Ratings for February 1992 showed Suc­cess-N-Life finishing last in Arbitron’s list of the nation’s top 20 syndicated religious TV broadcasts (a plunge of nearly 39 percent) and falling to 25th place in Nielsen’s list of top devotional programs.
gospelgrace.com /falseprophets/roberttilton/RobertTilton.html   (3927 words)

  
 NEWSMAKER PROFILE / Glenn Tilton, CEO / 'People person' rolls up his sleeves / United's new CEO has flown through some ...
Employees' impressions from meeting Tilton this week backed up his reputation as a people person and a consensus builder, skills that some observers say will be invaluable because he will have to negotiate with so many constituencies -- from unions to creditors' groups to passengers -- if United files for bankruptcy.
Tilton was selected to take the captain's seat in September in part because his resume includes a large bankruptcy.
Tilton's second opportunity to be a leader in a time of crisis came when he was named Texaco chairman and CEO after the abrupt resignation of CEO and Chairman Peter Bijur after the company agreed to merge with San Francisco's Chevron.
www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2002/12/07/BU52116.DTL&type=business   (988 words)

  
 Tilton School | News and Notes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
The first Tilton School student to finish was Caleb Butler, and the first female to cross the finish line was Kristen Vaslet with a time of 22:36.
Tilton School is an independent, coeducational, boarding and day school in Tilton, NH serving students in grades 9 through 12 and post-graduates.
Tilton’s curricular model stresses the acquisition of skills such as analytical thinking, problem solving, time management, collaboration, creativity, leadership, communication and adaptability.
www.tiltonschool.org /pages/news.cfm   (410 words)

  
 miaminewtimes.com | | Feature | The Resurrection of Robert Tilton | 1998-01-01   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
Robert Tilton, the Texas televangelist, carried it everywhere, and during their first year of marriage he wore disguises "50 percent of the time," Valentine says.
Valentine, a former Miss Tallahassee, further explains why Tilton felt compelled to use disguises in 1995 but probably doesn't any more; and why, despite having spent $6000 on private detectives in Texas and Florida, she has no idea where her husband is right now.
Tilton's mass-market ministry pulled in $80 million per year, and his Dallas church drew as many as 5000 worshipers to Sunday service.
www.miaminewtimes.com /issues/1998-01-01/feature.html   (556 words)

  
 Animal and Range Science Professor Jim Tilton Receives Honor   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
Jim Tilton, professor of Animal and Range Science at North Dakota State University, recently received the Preferred Ag Instructor Award from the College of Agriculture Student Activities Council at NDSU.
Tilton commented, "To be recognized by your students is the ultimate.
Tilton was an advisor for NDSU Sigma Alpha Professional Agricultural Sorority for nine years and also has served as the interim chair for the Animal and Range Science Department.
www.ext.nodak.edu /extnews/newsrelease/2002/050202/12animal.htm   (294 words)

  
 Printable Version   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
Tilton, who has served as a Katy councilman for the past five-and-a-half years, said he will likely officially take the reigns of the fire department July 1.
He said from the department's inception in 1947 until 2002, the fire chief was elected by the city's volunteer firefighters.
Tilton retired as Office of Emergency Management assistant coordinator after 28 years, two months and 15 days of service in a variety of capacities, including a 10-year stint at the Sheriff's Office.
www.herald-coaster.com /articles/2004/06/18/news/news05.prt   (708 words)

  
 Larger Met field benefits Tilton
Tilton, the No. 63 seed who never made match play in his three Mets before this one, knocked off second-seeded Brad Wilder 3 and 2 on Wilder's home course.
Tilton said he is not sure if his new wife will come out to watch if he keeps advancing in the next week, but he still has plenty of family support on the golf course.
Tim Tilton coached Jay and Hall at Winton Woods during what he said were "sure my best years." The former teammates Hall and Tilton are in different brackets and will not meet unless both advance to the final.
www.enquirer.com /editions/2004/06/22/spt_sptglf1a.html   (507 words)

  
 Tilton to find that trouble comes in 3s: South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Tilton soon will find that the customer, the customer, the customer will be less palpable than some other concerns.
Tilton has told employees and the public that United actually may be better off in bankruptcy.
Tilton will need to sweet-talk United's secured creditors, strategize with his lawyers and, in due course, ride herd on the unions.
www.sun-sentinel.com /business/chi-0212110321dec11,0,7663948.column   (553 words)

  
 NewHampshire.com - NH Towns - Tilton
It was incorporated as Tilton, in honor of Nathaniel Tilton, whose grandson Charles was a prominent citizen in town.
Charles donated many statues to the town, including the Tilton Arch, and his estate is now part of the Tilton School.
The Roman arch replica was built by Charles Tilton in the late 1800s as a memorial to his ancestors.
www.newhampshire.com /pages/nh-towns-tilton.cfm   (113 words)

  
 Tilton's Church to Retain Assets - Christianity Today magazine - ChristianityTodayLibrary.com
Evangelist Robert Tilton won a legal victory in January when a jury decided that assets of his Word of Faith Family Church and World Outreach Center in suburban Dallas are not part of his personal assets and cannot be claimed by his estranged wife who is seeking a divorce.
Leigh Tilton was copastor of the church, and her attorneys argued that she should be entitled to a share of church holdings as community property.
Robert Tilton filed for divorce from his second wife in November 1995, and the trial is pending.
www.ctlibrary.com /1186   (385 words)

  
 Main Street, Vineyard Haven, MA - Site 29: Ernest Tilton's / The Vineyard Dry Goods
Edward Jones Cottle (1869-1897) was born in North Tisbury, the son of Edward and Martha (Tilton) Cottle of Tisbury and Chilmark.
In 1905, town records show that Tilton sold shovels and brooms for roadwork, as well as burners, chimneys and wicks for lighting, and nails, shovels, pails; in 1907 he billed the town for brooms, chimneys, and wicks; and in 1909 he sold hardware, brooms, burners and chimneys to the town.
In July 1913 Tilton was selling Eldridge maps in his hardware store, and the 1914 map of town lists his store as "Hardware and Crockery." He advertised varnishes in April 1921; "hardware and kitchen furnishings" in July 1925; "general hardware" in October 1925; and paints and hardware in 1927.
history.vineyard.net /mainst/six/29   (6643 words)

  
 Kendall Mayes Tilton, Sr. (Hallberg Family Data)
Tilton was principal of the Cummington Junior High School before taking a position as assistant principal of Kittery High School."
Kendall Tilton and two children, Jo Ann and Kendall Jr., went to their former home in Ipswich, over the holiday.
For two years following graduation, Kendall Tilton was principal of Cunnington (Mass.) High School, then served as submaster of Traip Academy in Kittery.
www.visi.com /~tth/genealogy/1955.htm   (433 words)

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