The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-02-23
BENNINGTON BRIEFS.
News Of the Town and Village Briefly
Told For Bnsy Readers.


accept position in Schenectady.
Miss Faith Powers who was home
from Middleburv college for several
days returned Wednesday afternoon,
stopping of at Brandon where she
joined the remainder of her class and
attended the annual college banquet
served at the Brandon Inn.
Several hundred thousand feet OF
logs have been received at the Evans
steam saw mill on County street. The
amount is fully up to that of former
years. Some difficulty is already be.
ing experienced by transfers IL draw
ing In large loads as the sleds have
cut through tae snow in the last two
days.
There has been an unusually large
advance sale of seats for The Second
Fiddle which plays in the opera house
tomorrow evening.
Miss Mabel Livingston is in Hoosick
Falls, the guest of Mrs c. w. Brown.
She will remain several weeks.
CT role No 3 of St Mary's Guild me
with Mrs A. S. M. Chisholm this after
noon,
At the annual meeting of the Court
of Colonial wars held in Burlington
Thursday George Worthington was
elected chairman OF the committee on
installations OF officers.
State Auditor Graham will be here
to audit the accounts of the state and
county officers for the last six months.
Announcement is made of the mar
riage in August last Of Miss Katherine
Mcclure to John LaDam of North
Adams, Mass. The announcement OF
the marriage was a complete surprise
to the family and many friends of the
bride. A reception was tender eJ the
couple last Saturday evening at the
home of the brides mother, Mrs Mary
MCGUIRE on Putin 4mst.
Supt Albert W. Varney will supply
the pulpit of the Old First Church on
Sunday morning in the absence of the
pastor.
Mrs Eugene A. Wattles has been i'll
for week with the grip.
MIS- Z. A. Booth is in Brattleboro
attending the annual convention OF
the WRC in session in that village.
The ladies of st Marys guild will
hold food sale in the parish house
Saturday afternoon.
Miss Amy Cutler entertained a num-
Der of friends in honor of Washing.
tons birthday Wednesday ening.
Charles Ayres is home from New
York.
The young peoples whist club en-
joyed a sleighride to North Benning.
ton Tuesday evening, the guests OF
Miss Maud NJ. Galusha.
Marsden Nichols spent the Wash.
ington holiday ut home sick, having
an attack of lumbago.
Use condition of Mrs C. ii. Matti-
son OF Elm street who was operated
on by DIR Harvie at the Troy hospital
last week is said TO be steadily improv.
ing. 1t is expected she will leave the
hospital in couple of weeks.
The repairs and additions which
Edward II. Harvey of Cleveland,
Ohio is having made to his summer
residence at Bennington Center, for.
merly the Swift homestead are APP
preaching completion. The two story
addition on the west side is nearly
completed. Numerous changes aud
improvements have been made on the
first floor OF the house also.
Mrs d. A. Rlfeuburg has gone to
Middleburg, N. Y, called there by
the death of a relative.
E. B. Hyde and wife have been In
Troy for couple of days. They will
return tonight.
Miss Faith Powers is home from
Middlebury.
The music to the anthem sung at
the Methodist church Sunday evening
was composed by A. j. Cooper Mr
Cooper is organist there.
Miss Katherine Donahue OF Albany
and Misses Teresa Conway, and Helen
Penny OF Troy attended the dance
in Academy hall Wednesday evening.
A meeting OF the stockholders of the
Bennington Gas Co was held at their
rooms Wednesday afternoon.
Miss Anna Witherell, teacher in
French and Latin in the high school
has resigned on account of ill health.
Her successor has not yet been decid
ed upon.
Miss Elizabeth Norton has gone to
New York to remain until after
Easter.
DR. C. w. Rowley delivered his lee.
ture on "Vagabonds" at Fort Ed
/ ward Tuesday evening.
Mrs Emma Louise circuit who will
read paper at the Fortnightly Satur.
day will be the guest of Mrs l..
Stillson during her stay here.
The Philathea Union of the Baptist
church enjoyed a sleighride to North
Bennington Wednesday evening after
which they went to the home of Miss
Belle Smith and had Washington
birthday party. Dainty refreshments
were served after which the party
broke up at late hour.
To the ladies of Bennington. an
now ready to do all kinds Of sewing
| also repairing and cleaning and pres