The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-12-12
BENNINGTON BRIEFS.
News Of the Town and Village Told
Briefly Cor Busy Readers.

Briefly Tor Busy heaoers.
Miss Florence Potter OF Main street
is visiting friends In Mortified, VI.
The regular meeting OF the W. r. Z.
will be held at the post han This even
ing.
Mrs. Fl. s. Bingham and daughter
Miss Ella, are spending the day In
Troy.
Dexter Gleason of Woodford is spend
ing few days at his home on Silver
street.
About fifty couple attended the
| Grange dance In the N. II. .. p. hall
last evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Carrigan of SAT.
ford street are rejoicing over the birth
of daughter.
! Lyman Cline has moved from Brad.
| ford street into Mrs. Anna Mull's
tenement on River street.
Mr. and Mrs. William d. McGurn of
Gage street LETT this morning for a
short visit in Albany.
The annual exhibition of the Junior
class of the high school will be held in
the school hall next week
Miss Katie Stewart who has been
confined to the house by illness for the
past few days Is able to be out again
~ H. Smith, who has been spending
couple of months with friends in
town left Wednesday for his home in
Boston.
The funeral of Daniel Mahan was
held this afternoon at o'clock from
the home of his father in North Ben
nington.
Mrs. J. Ed. Walbridge of Imperial
avenue has returned from a months
visit with her daughter, Mrs. II. G.
Harmon in Newark, N. j.
Remember the chicken pie supper
TO be given by the Baptist ladies Fri.
day evening from six to nine o'clock.
A fine menu has been prepared. 30t2
There is a prospec. that one Of the
fast ten pin teams Of Schenectady will
make arrangements 70: match game
al the Brunswick alleys in the near fu
ture.
The employees of the Bennington
electric company have organized a
basket ball team. Grover Lyons was
elected captain and Harry Warren
manager.
II. b. Hutchins and Joseph M. Ayres
left this morning for Schenectady
where MIR. Hutchins sister, Miss Mary
Hutchins, will sing tonight iii The
= Country Choir"
Rev. John j. Cullion, who has been
visiting his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas Cullon of Maple street for n
few day left this morning for his NOME
in Montpelier
| Uncle Josh Perkins" which PLAYED
+ to a good house at the Library theater
Wednesday evening, left this morning
for Ticonderoga, n. Y, where they will
show this evening.
Some small matters necessarily re-
qure the attention OF the Probate
court few days ago Judge Bennett
settled an estate which inyentolied
between 81 and Sl2.
, Seventeen of the young friends OF
Miss Edna Phelps gave her sur
prise party at her home on Pleasant
street Tuesday evening. All present
report an enjoyable time.
Thomas j. Halloran, letter carrier
= for Bennington Center, left yesterday
for short visit in Burlington. During
e his absence substitute Carrier Albert
/ NJ. Downs Is on his route.
A new set of light bowling alley
+ balls will soon be placed in the !. Nj,
$ C. A. alleys for ladies use. They Will
] be regular size but made of much
lighter wood than the others.
I J. A. Houghton, who has been the
/, local agent for some time of the Pru-
= Dental Life Insurance Co., left this
r morning for Mortified where he has
I been transferred to a similar position.
One OF the largest classes of the
season attended the private dancing
school and assembly at the Foresters
hall Wednesday evening This class
seems to be becoming very popular
with the people in town.
The A. o. U. w. held very pleas
ant social evening in the Woodmer
: hall on Main street Wednesday even
: ing. Dancing was enjoyed and re-
: freshments served. About thirty-five
q couple were in attendance.
: About twenty-five ladies attended
1 the gymnasium class at the Y. NJ. {. A.
\ last evening. Arrangements are being
: made for a ladies bowling team which
win have the advantage of bowling in
these alleys certain afternoons during
the week
The Father Matthew society OBJ
served its Goth. anniversa;y at
Academy hall this evening with a
dance and social. A remarkable fea'
ture of this organization is that there
has not beeIi a single death among its
members in IS years.
The Eight O'Clock Eight Card club
met with Mrs. Charles Green of Uranch
street last evening. An ENJOYABLE
evening was spent and the prizes were
awarded as follows: LIST prize, Mrs
Fred Hopkinson; End, Mrs. Edmund {
Brown; 3rd, Mrs. Fred l.. Harmon.
Martin q. Lyons of the firm Of Lyons
Brothers, has purchased the house ant
double lot formerly owned and occupi
ed by +. H. Bottum. The considera