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Congregational Society will be held in
the Chapel next Monday evening, at 7.9O
o'clock.
THE st. Monica Society of St. Francis
de Sales church, have presented Father
Barron with 500 towards the expense of
his trip abroad and to the Holy Land.
HIRAM BINGHAM, Jr., of Honolulu,
now at Yale, Robert Freeman of Topeka,
Kansas, now at Williams college, were
guests of Loring D. Bingham during the
Holidays.
MISS LULU WOODWARD with her
brother Edward, has returned from Hi
nois. She will remain in Bennington,
prefering the grand old mountains of
Vermont, to the Western plains.
ga LIFE REVENGE" will be the attrac-
ton at the Bennington Opera House
January 18th. The play will be produced
by Hoosick Falls talent under the auspi-
ces of the Father Mathew T. A. B. So
ciety.
RECTOR AND MRS RICHARDSON were
the recipients of many calls on New
Years Day, from the congregation of st.
Peters church and other friends, pleas
antly introducing Mrs. Richardson to
our people. They receive" again the
18th.
CHRISTMAS EVE, the little school house
at Woodward Centre, Woodford, was gay
with waxen lights and evergreen decora-
tions, and after the Sunday school child
ren had entertained their guests with
some very fine Rotations and happy
Christmas carols, Santa Claus was called,
who with his assistants distributed from
large tree and two large baskets, many
presents to all present. 1t was an event
long to be remembered by the happy
children.
NEXT Sunday we are again to enjoy
the Communion season. The joy of it
will be heightened as usual by the adj
mission of new members. The five to
be received are as follows: Richard
Boyce, Charles NJ. Mathews, Maria Math-
ews, Lesley A. Carrier, Frank W. Good
all. AS this Communion is the first of
the new year, and at the beginning of
the week of Prayer, it should be of I'M
usual solemnity and should largely in
crease our expectations of spiritual
blessings.-Congregational Doings.
THE Western Vermont Masonic Union
holds its annual meeting and reception
in Fairhaven, Wednesday, January 9th,
afternoon and evening. Ira R. Allen is
president and G. A. Guilty is secretary.
E. L. Bates is the resident member of
the executive committee. The Benning-
ton and Rutland railway will sell round
trip tickets at one-half rate; round trip
from Rutland so cents, making 1920 for
the transportation from Bennington.
Extra train leaves Rutland at 7.3O p. m,
returning at a. m. These reasonable
rates should call out a good company,
and the special train gives excellent ia
cilities to get there and return.
THE Vermont Soldiers Home at Ben
nington has recently received for the
hospital nice supply of jelly, preserved
fruits and other articles of comfort and
enjoyment from the Woman's Relief
Corps at Enosburgh Falls, Bradford,
Manchester, Lyndonville, Greensboro,
Windsor and Springfield. Clocks, or the
70 tbnp hor
sent from Springfield, Windsor st.
Johnsbury and Poultney, The following
are cared for at the hospital: Andrew j.
Howe, Co. F, LIST Vermont cavalry; San
ford r. BARNES, Co. H, End Vermont;
Shepard Dickinson, Co. X, 10th Vermont;
Samuel Merrill, Co. D, 18th Vermont;
William Bridges, Co. l, 18th Vermont;
E. w. Loomis, Co. F, End Vermont;
Moses Flanders, Co. D, oath Massachu-
sets; Henry G. Severance, Co. K end
Massachusetts, heavy artillery; John Slo-
cum, Co. II, 9th Vermont; Thomas Hur-
ley, Co. E, 10th New York; jeremiah
O'Lealy, Co. F, End Vermont; Joseph
Wilson, Co. G.. 18th Vermont; Alpha
Kimball, Co. II, 7th Vermont; Albert r.
Freeman, Co, G, 9TH Vermont; Luther
Knapp, Co. D, 4Sh Vermont; Weyland
Strong, Co. X, 18th Vermont; Andrew
Green, Co. A, 9TH Vermont; Samuel B.
Twiss, Co, l, End Vermont; Chaffes
Graves, list Wisconsin heavy artillery;
Robert Taylor, Co. A, 9Th Vermont;
James E, Smith, Co, G, 9Th Vermont;
John Gleason, Co. II, 14th Vermont.
The death, Monday, at indianapolis,
of the Rt.- Rev. David Buel Knickerbacker
d. D., bishop of the Diocese of Indiana,
removes one whom our people will re-
member as formerly being the rector of
Gethsemane church in Minneapolis.
Mimi, whose call to the episcopate, re-
suited in the removal of the Rev. A. r.
Graves, now Bishop of the Platte, from
st. Peters church, Bennington. Bishop
Knickerbacker was the youngest son of
Harmon Knickerbacker, who was at one
time county judge of Rensselaer, County,
N. Y. Bishop Knickerbacker was man
of wide reputation in the Episcopal
church. He came from good old Dutch
stock and in his personality was genial
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