The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-03-17
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readsra-

Miss Mabel Lee of SALISBURY Wis
ted friends in town Tuesday.
Bernard Bolton has moved from
lincoln street 10 Dewey street.
Mr.. and Mrs c. J. Keefe of Main
street are spending the day in Albany.
Louis McDermott and Maurice Muir
ply are spending the day in Troy and
Albany.
]. T. Remington OF South street is
in Wallingford today attending the fu-
neral of an uncle.
William Freedman is moving from
North street into the Kelley tenement
on Lincoln street.
The young ladies of the Y. NJ c. A.
gymnasium class will meet at the usu- |
al hour this evening.
f. j. Morrissey and daughter, Miss
Katherine Morrissey of Dewey street
were in Troy Tuesday
Hamilton Stewart went to Troy this
morning to receive treatment for a
few days at the Samaritan hospital.
Seymour F. Merrill of Sandy Hook,
n. Y. has been visiting his mother,
Mrs. Mary Merrill for a few days.
Mrs. Frank +. Grennan and Miss
Sara O'Connor went to New York to-
day to purchase the spring stock for
the Ryan & O'ConnOr millinery par
lor
Mrs. Alice Gunshannon, Mrs. Julia
Fitzgerald and Mrs. Thomas Lyons
were in Hoosick Falls Tuesday visit
ing Mrs. William Cronin who is seri-
ously ill.
Today being st. Patricks day Mass
was celebrated in St. Francis de
Sales church at o'clock. There is
no session of school in St. Francis de
Sales academy today.
Several from this town are planning
to go to North Adams Thursday even
ing to attend the~boxing bouts under
the direction Of the Berkshire Athletic
club of North Adams in Odd Fellows
hall.
A delegation from the Williamstown
lodge, A. o. u. w. visited Green Mt.
lodge of this town Tuesday evening
at their rooms in the Norton block. A
pleasant social evening was enjoyed
by ALL
J. Ed. Walbridge broke ground this
morning for new house on the Wal
bridge farm in Bennington Falls. The
new residence will be erected oppos-
tie the Walbridge homestead and will
be commodious dwelling
The funeral of Mrs. Anna Hewson
was held this morning at 8 o'clock
from the st. John Baptist church in
North Bennington. Rev. T c. Schaef-
fer sang the requiem high mass. The
burial was in North Bennington Gem
etery
The new maple sugar supper which
| the Womans Relief Corps was to give
this week in the G. A. r hall, has
been postponed as they were unable
to procure the new syrup 1t will be
announced later and as soon as they
can get the syrup.
The infant child OF MIR. and Mrs
Burt Griswold died at the home OF
his father, George Griswold, on JEFF
ferson avenue this morning. The
burial took place this afternoon. Mr.
and Mrs. Griswold moved here recent
ly from Connecticut
About two inches Of snow fell dur
Ing the night and this morning dawn
ed fine and clear with the thermome
ter at %. About 10 o'clock a squall
Of snow fell The bright sunshine
this afternoon is fast melting the
snow and smsh is now in season.
Miss Beatrice Wellington of Troy
daughter of Mr. and Mrs George b
Wellington, prominent summer resi-
dents of this town, is among the mem
bers of the sophomore class of Vassal
college selected last evening to carr
the daisy chain class day in June.
The basket ball game between thu
Y. NJ. c. A. and Lansingburg higl
school teams has been cancelled. In
stead the local boys will play Co NJ
: team from Adams. The visiting team
II has an excellent record for the sea
III son aud a close game is sure to TO
II low hen they meet the champions O
II southern Vermont. The game will b
II called at 8 O'Clock Saturday evening
II Dexter III. Gleason OF WoodfoId cit
III Was in town today. Mr. Gleason ha
III Just finished niiing his ice house &
the city with ice from Big pond. TIL
II last harvested from this supply wa
ii fully SO inches thick and of fine qua
ii ity The thinnest cut was fully tW
II feet in thickness. Mr.. Gleason hi
II put in 965 cakes which represen
II nearly three times that amount of te
inch ice.
II Colonial today-One pleasing fe
II ture of our show that pleases us
III that it pleases our patrons. For tod'
we offer:
II "a Colonial Romance
II "A Case of Spirits
1.-THE Cord of Life"
"Mephistoe's Son"
And "Pathes great Railroad Wre
II Picture. Three new songs.
Say:-In honor of St Patrick '
II wish our patrons and friends ma
happy returns of the day, and ha
arranged a big bill at Library Tho
tire, featuring in life size and realist
Picturesque Java" very education'
Burglars a great DRAMA The b
zilians,' wonderful serio-dram
Uplifting of Mr. Barker, 100 IL
of laugh and fun, and others of m
it. A big show If you're wise, do
miss it.
The annual St. Patrick's night
tertainment for the benefit of
Francis de Sales church will be h
iii | thin nunninn I'm A cndpmN hall. Il