Bennington banner and reformer. (Bennington, Vt.) 1903-19??, 1903-02-19
BENNINGTON BRIEFS.
News Oflthe Town and Village Told
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! Briefly For Busy Readers.
Mrs E. c. Bennett: spent last week
with relatives in Pownal.
Miss Daisy Rudd has recovered
from her attack of diphtherla.
Rev E. L, Severance of Burlington
was here the latter part of last week.
Miss Pauline Batchelder has gone
to Beaufort, S c., to visit relatives.
Miss Minnie Sibley visited friends
in Albany and Schenectady last week.
Chas E. Sweet of Boston is home
for two weeks visit with his parents
in this village.
Edward Evans of the Algonquin
hotel in New York passed Sunday
with his parents at their home here.
The Tiffany hose company held a
social session at their headquarters
on Safford-st last Saturday evening.
A spread was laid and all reported an
enjoyable evening.
News has been received that Fran
els M. Gleason and entire family re-
siding in West Cheshire, Conn, for
merly of Woodford, were all i'll at
the same time with grip and measles.
Miss NJ. Jennie Larkin has resigned
her position as stenographer at the
Walter A. Wood works at Hoosick
Falls to accept like one with the
General Electric company at Science
tady.
Mr. and Mrs Henry Marsh and
granddaughter. Miss Julia Normandy,
attended the wedding in North Ben
nington last week of their grand
daughter, Miss Bessie Phillips, to
George Howard.
George Kincaid of Hoosick Falls
met Danny Moore of New York at the
Halfway House on the Lake George
road one night last week in what was
to be twenty-round bout at 1873
pounds. The New York man won in
the third round.
Andrew Clifford, a well known resi-
dent, died at the retreat in Brattle-
boro Friday. He had been there for
treatment several months. The re-
mains arrived here Friday evening,
the funeral being held Saturday, Rev
c. r. Seymour officiating.
Rev Frank r. Morris, vice-presi-
dent of the Vermont Baptist young
peoples institutes, presided over a
district ting held in Rutland Tues
day. At the afternoon session he
spoke upon Systematic Study, OF
What, BY Whom, When.
Carpenters last Friday erected stag
ing in front of Library hall building,
preparatory to replacing the old cor
nice on the Main-st side, with new
and more desirable one. This i'm
provement has been much needed as
a number of leakages had been found
and it was feared that the spring
thaws would do considerable dsgnage
to the building if not repaired in time
OF the four Bennington boys who
went to Proctor last week for the pre-
liminary examination for a cadetship
at the naval academy, three failed to
pass the rigid physical requirements,
while one, o. Perry Gokay, succeeded
Out Of the entire number who came
from all parts of the state, only S
passed the physical examination, and
they are now competitors for the APP
pointments.
The stewards of the Methodist
church for the coming year are: John
V. Carney, Chas Cooper, DR. A. y.
Cutler, Ira p. Wood, F. A. Greenslet,
4. A. Carpenter c. B. Wall, Jr., T.
G. Phillips, G, f. Burt 0. b. CIeve-
land, Arthur Hollister. These also
constitute the board of trustees. The
different committees are; missions,
Chas Cooper, J. V. Carney, Mrs Z.
A. Bradford, Mrs II. j. Potter, ST.,
Mrs w. d. Newton; church extension,
John H. Evans, O. b. Cleveland, Mrs
w. A. Austin, Mrs Ira p. Wood; sun
day schools, Miss Eva lockwood,
Mrs +. Lasher, Ira p. Wood, c. A.
Austin; tracts, VIM Holt, Arthur Hol-
lister, Miss Julia A. Buck; temper
ance, f. T. Griswold, NJ. H. Robin
son, NJ. B. Morgan; education, DR. A.
q. Cutler, Miss Carrie Wood, Miss
Annie E. Dakin; southern education
and freemans aid, r. A. Carpenter, +. |
A. Greenslet, A. M. Torrance; records,
John V. Carney, NJ. II. Robinson,
Arthur Hollister; parsonage, Mrs
Bradford, Mrs Cutler, Mrs Carrie
Hawks, Mrs Fannie Taylor. The ex-
penses for the coming year are esti-