The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-02-26
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Mich, on business
Miss Teresa Colgan is spending a
week in Philadelphia.
T. Francis Garfield has returned
from Albany and vicinity.
The Ministering Circle of Kings
Daughters will meet this afternoon
with Mrs. Hurd.
The tests at the High school have
been postponed until next Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday.
Mrs. F. r. Hudson who has been
critically i'll at the home of her sister
in North Pownal, is slowly GONZALES.
ing.
The Emeral Beneficial association
will give a social dance for members
and their friends on Friday evening at
the club rooms.
The Turner Art exhibit will open
this afternoon at Holmes hall and will
continue for period of three days,
under the auspices of the High school
students.
The Methodist class meetings. were
held Tuesday evening as follows;-
East side with Mrs. Mary F. Walker;
west side with Mrs. Robert Mont.
gomery: south side with Mrs Sarah
Kautz.
A meeting will be held in the Pres
byterian church Thursday at which
delegates from the other churches are
to be present An effort will be made
looking toward the improvement Of
the social and hygenic conditions of
the village.
/ The annual inspection and muster
of Company NJ will be held this even
! ing at the state armory. as well as
during the afternoon The inspecting
officers will be Col Chaplin of Buffalo,
Major Treanor of Troy and Capt Nit
chell OF the United States army.
Tuesday evening there will be a
missionary tea given by Mrs. Edward
p. Young and Mrs Charles C. Holman
for the benefit of the Women's Benev.
client society of the Presbyterian
church. The subject scheduled for
discussion will be Some Problems OF
the American City
| The funeral of Asa b. Carpenter, a
highly respected citizen Of this town,
was held Tuesday afternoon at the
| West Hoosick church, the Rev. NJ. L.
Brown officiating. Deceased was
seventy-four years OF age. Death
FASTENED by grip. occurred Saturday
night. The survivors are the widow
and one daughter. Mrs George Hills
| The theme for the EpwOrth League
meeting at the Methodist church on
next Sunday evening will be "Persis
tence In Prayer" and Mrs. William l..
Hegerman will act as leader of the
meeting. Mrs Robert Ball will be the
pianist for the month of March and
the chorister will be Miss Mabel
Easton.
An adjourned meeting of the Will
ing Helpers of the M. +. church will
be held this afternoon. In the same
church ON Sunday morning at $3.50
O'Clock a love-feast will be held. Al
1876 o'clock, the sacrament of the
Lords supper will be celebrated and
the offering will be for the needy Of
the church.
Miss Alice May Kelley, fourteen
years of age. who has been i'll for q
long time, died at an. early hour OF
Tuesday morning her home in Eagle
Bridge. She was the daughter Of
Thomas and Mary Kelley. who for
Imerly resided in this village, and who
with a brother are the survivors. The
funeral services will be held Thursda,
morning at O'Clock at the Buskirk'
Roman Catholic church.
Postmaster Rising has issued order:
to his carrier force which will dc
away with night window service b.
the letter carriers. Owing to The
lengthening days. the carriers will
leave on their last trip at five O'Clock
instead of $3.50 as has been the prac
ltice all winter. As this disposes o
the important 4:30 mail, the post
master has decided to cut out the ser
vice nightly at the carriers window
The new schedule will go into effec
on Monday.
The refrigerator car loaded will
beef, which tipped over and fell dowI
the river bank on Horseshoe Benz
Monday night was placed on its owl
trucks at three o'clock Tuesday after
noon and taken to the side tracks o
the Fidality Gas company at the foo
of Nixton street When about in posi-
ton. It ran off the tracks again a
that place Investigation showed
that all the trouble had been caused
by broken fiange. Hundreds o
people visited the scene of the tip
over and watched the workings OF The
B. & Ms big steam crane, which hat
the car hoisted at noon hour.
The five delegates from each of the
four wards in the village elected a
the caucuses held on Monday evening
met in convention Tuesday evening a,
1.-THE Municipal building for the purpose
Of nominating a village collector, to
be voted for at the general village
election to be held on Tuesday, March
II. The convention was called to or
der by Village Clerk Il. A. Doyle who
read the call. On motion OF Michael
Seward. James Collins was made chai'
man, On motion OF Frank Hannor
! Michael German was elected secre