The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-02-13
SOUTH sHAFTssuRY

Mrs. Lemuel Buck is able to sit up,
gaining slowly.
Mrs. George Knapp is more comfor-
table at this writing.
The warm sun OF Tuesday tried the
thin sleighlng very much.
The temperature is much milder, 10
above instead of 10 below zero.
February 9th Homer Stuntz, mis-
sionary will speak in the evening. We
There are few sleighs in evidence
but wheeling is much the best in most
sections.
Edgar Griffith has moved his family
from this village over to East Shafts
bury.
Mr.. and Mrs. Young are still con-
fined to their beds but somewhat i'm
proved.
Miss Tula Bronson is doing finely.
A safe recovery is' looked for in the
near future.
The schools have two weeks more of
school then they will have vacation
of four weeks.
There will be a valentine social in
the church parlor on Wednesday of
the present week under the auspices
of the Epworth League.
On Feb. 2S the Sunday school insti-
tute will convene here. There will be
two sessions, morning and evening.
Dinner will be served in the church.
On February 22nd the Fourth Quar-
terly Conference will be held. Rev. p.
l.. Dow, presiding elder, will preside,
and preach on Sunday, Feb 23, in the
M. +. church.
Mrs. David Cone has a half sister
living with her this winter. She is
from Lansingburg and recently buried
| her husband. Having no family she
was much alone.
On Friday night there will be val
entine social given by the ladies aid
society. No charge. The young peo-
| pie of this village would spend pleas
ant evening by going to their aid--at
least cordial welcome awaits any
who may come
trust that the dormant missionary
| spirit in our community may yet get
spirit of enthusiasm that will help
aid in the missionary society here that
struggles to keep up an existance: Our
people are good givers for the cause
but are not extremely interested in
the work of the society.
A series of evangelistic meetings
will be inaugurated on Sunday next
continuing through the week, and as
long as the interest warrants holding
them. The meetings will be in charge
of Rev. A. r. Emurian who comes to
us highly recommended He is an
earnest worker and spoken of as fine
singer. and that always adds much to
the spirit of revival services. The
pastor is very anxious that the COM
munity interest themselves and give
their undivided attention during the
series.
The late Miss Rhoda Madison
whose funeral was held on Saturday
Is an aunt of Ernest Madison of this
village. She leaves one brother,
Clark who is in the west at this time.
He Is the last of the family living.
There are several nephews and nieces
living near and remote. Most of her
life has been spent in SALISBURY.
She kindly cared for her aged father
and mother in their last days and was
a Christian woman, and enjoyed re.
ligious privileges when she was able
to go out. The mother and daughter
never were quite the same after the
loss OF their soldier boy, Solomon Mat
tison who went to fight for his coun.
try and was wounded in the Battle OF
the Wilderness and died in few days
Miss Mattison had been feeble for a
long time and succumbed when the
grip attacked her resulting In pneu
monia. She was without a home but
was kindly cared for in her last years
and days In the home of Chauncey HUI
lett, by both himself and Mrs. Hulett