The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-03-21
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News ~ the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers.

Mrs. Harry Harbour of Branch
street is confined to the house again by
an attack of the grip.
Mrs. Charles Peer of Maple street
is i'll of the grip and not able to attend
TO her household duties,
Misses Margaret and Marion Lddy
are spending few days with Mrs.
Kelley of Adams street.
j. NJ. Hyde of the Soldiers home,
who has been Ill for several days with
the grip, is much better,
Harry Flynn of River street has
taken a position as assistant in Chas.
w. Firth's barber shop on Main St
Mrs Winterstein of Pittsfield who
has been visiting her mother Mrs., J. S.
Brant left Friday for visit in Scotia.
n. Y.
Mr.. and Mrs. MaXon are moving from
Miss Nellie Moore house on the corner
of Park and County streets TO the Mil
Ter house on Adams street.
The program for the gymnasium ev-
hibition March "a will be varied by
orchestra music and readings Look
for program in Mondays issue.
Miss Maude Adams of Arlington is
the guest of Mrs. ]. J. Stakeholder.
Mrs. VIM. Watson and Mrs. Grant
| Hallenbeck have returned from ten
days visit in New York and Boston.
Mrs. w. B. Sheldon has forwarded
for the benefit of the orphan boys OF
| the burned out Kurn Hattn home at
Westminster barrel and box OF
clothing contributed by the liberal
people of Bennington and also a check
for 81.
Miss Philomena Royce of Valentine
street entertained about twenty-five OF
her young Kindergarten friends Friday
| morning the event being her fifth
birthday. Dainty refreshments were
served and the little folks enjoyed the
treat very much,
Ex-Governor Bell will be interested
| to learn that Mrs. Bickensderfer. of
Stamford. Conn, who cut up such a
fuss about the hanging of Mary
| Rogers in Vermont, Is now ma king
| life miserable for the governor OF
Connecticut over the approaching ex
ecution of a murderer in that state
st Adams Messenger.
1t Is stated that the roads in the
rural districts are more badly washed
this season than usual In some
places it is said the water has run
completely across the roads making
| outlaws H.
road commissioners will have large
er problem than usual facing them
this year If they put such roads as
these in shape for fast automobile
driving.
A large number of people attended
the closing exercises of the graded
school exhibition held in the schoo
hall Friday afternoon. The program
printed in Thursdays Banner was
carried out and every one who tool
part acquitted themselves with honor
1t is safe to say that with the CLOSING
exercises Friday ended the most sue
cessful exhibition of school work eve
held In this town Supt. A. w. Varne!
and the teachers are deserving o
much credit.
The pupils of room IA, who wer,
neither absent nor tardy duting III,
winter term were: Jesse Marian
Burgess, Bessie May Edsoa, Iimm;
Fischer, Idella Green, Helen Mildre,
Haynes, Tillie May Hervey, Miidre'
Mary Hicks, Florence Evelyn North
house Mary Jane Thomas, Ina Bell
Walker, Edith Jennie Russell, Myrtl
Anna Gardner, Gertrude Elida Tow
slice, Goodall Hutton, Martin Scot,
Thomas Ramona Sexton, Samuel Al
fred Patterson, Walfrid II. Wahlguisl
and Douglass Hawks.
Rev. DR. c. w. Rowley will Tel
about THE Man Outside of the Churcl
who was an Honest seeker afte
Truth" Sunday evening at the NJ L
church. His morning theme will b
Right Opinions About Christ" Sur
day school at noon, classes for a
grades; Brotherhood and Barac
classes for men, Junior League wi
meet at p. M; Epworth League de-
votional meeting at 6 p. m. All we
come. Those who could not be pres
ent last Sunday to see the memoria
window on account of the storm, ar
invited to come tomorrow.