The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-03-21
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
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~N~S N->-s'
Miss Carrie King left this morning
for visit in Albany.
Wells Chapman and Michael Sheehy
were in Albany one day recentlt
E. d. Bennett is making some re.
pairs on his tenement on Main street.
Miss Amanda Nolan, the milliner Of
Main street, left this morning for AL
bany.
l.. J. Carpenter and wife left this
afternoon for Schenectady to spend
Sunday.
Miss Fannie F. Fillmore of Pleasant
street has returned from weeks visit
in Bradford, Mass.
Harley Warren of Boston Is visit
ing his mother, Mrs George Warren
of Grandview street.
Miss Julia Loomis of Union street
left this morning for New York to be
absent about week.
Miss Mayme Gaffeney of North Ad-
/ ans is visiting at the home of Mr.an
Mrs John Toomey of Gage street.
Misses Ella Kinney. Ella Cum
mings and Robert Cummings of North
street are spending the day in Troy.
Eddie O'Donnell who has been visit
ing his sister. Mrs. d, A. Ward. has
returned to his home in West Thorn
ton, n. H.
A. B. Willmarth, principal of the
/ high school left this morning to spend
the spring vacation at his home in
Middlebury.
Mclean Stakeholder and Edmund
| Howe went this morning to Arlington
where they arc guests for the day of
Morris Buck.
Peter Delude of River street who
has been i'll some time of pneumonia
and other complications. is now said
to be rapidly improving.
All members of the Y. NJ C. A. who
will take part in the carnival next
! Tuesday should be in the opera house
Monday evening for the rehearsal.
Mr., and Mrs Joseph Levin of Gage
street returned today from weeks
/ stay in New York, where they have
been purchasing goods for their store.
The sugar eat given by the Baraca
and Parthenoi societies of the Metho-
dist church Friday evening was a great
success About $25 were realized by
the supper.
Conductor Frank Corbett is again
i'll and has been compelled to give up
his duties as conductor on Chatham
division James Judge is taking his
place on the mixed train
There will be mems meeting at the
Y NJ. C. A. Sunday at 1 O'Clock. The
subject of the discourse is the Per.
pendicular Pronoun.' Rev. Frank r.
Morris will be the speaker.
The president of the w. r. C. will
entertain the officers and assistants of
1907 and 1908 at the Grand Army
rooms Friday, March 81. from to Q
o'clock. Refreshments will be served
at $50.
Mrs. Harry W. Haynes of Greenfield,
Mass. is giving house party for her
daughters, Misses Doris and Gladys
Gibson. The party of young folks
left here this morning for that place,
They were Maud Holt. Mildred
Haynes Margaret Pilling and Ray Glib
son.
The report of the Soldiers home for
the ten days ending March Goth show
that the average daily presence was
81. average present and absent so.
This morning 80 members responded
to the roll call. During the period
there were no new members admitted
| or deaths.
Tonight there will be special
meeting in the Salvation Army hall
Brother Austin will speak, Sunday
there will be meetings at IL a. m. and
p. m and p. m. at the Soldiers
home. At 3 p. m. Ensign Bailey and
Captain Nelson will conduct the SER
vice. All are invited to attend.
The high school which closed Fri
day will not reopen until Wednesday,
April LIST. BY frightening the spring
| vacation two days II will bring the
commencement exercises on Tuesday,
June %. The object of this change is
to give the teachers and pupils few
more days to prepare for the annual
commencement exercises.
Yesterday afternoon the Rev Leo
pold Knoll, late rector of st. Marks
church Hoosick Falls. told the women
Of st. Peters church about the work
he is to take up in the Hawaiian
Islands. Mrs. Newsdm the vice-presi-
dent of the Rutland district of the
Woman's auxiliary also told of the
missionary work in the diocese. 1t
was a most helpful missionary after
noon.
Village Clerk-elect VIM. p. Hogan
yesterday afternoon issued general
invitation for a gathering al the Eagle
hose rooms in the evening as an ap
probation of the excellent tribute
| given him by his friends on election
day. The guests assembled about s
O'Clock and departed shortly after ~.
| There was some speech making,
more singing and general good time.
Refreshments were served.
Public worship at the Second Con-
gregational church tomorrow at 1880
and o'clock. During these weeks
before Easter the pastor, Rev. George
s. Mills, is preaching at the morning
service a series of sermons whose de-
sign is to make plain the great ques-
ton OF ones personal attitude towards
1 Christ and the church. He has it in
mind to clear up some difficulties that