The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-11-27
BENNlNGTON BRIEFS
News of the Town and Village Told Briefly
for Busy Readers.

for Busy Readers
Miss Lottie Rice is spending the
day in Troy.
Morris Levin, Jr., is spending a
few days in. North Adams.
Mrs. G. L. Harwood of Union street
is visiting for week at her home in
Troy
Nelson Lyons of Greenfield, Mass,
is visiting relatives in town for
few days.
James Gregg. of Amesbpry, Mass,
is spending a few days at his home
on Gage street.
Miss Gladys Hall and guest Miss
Grace Hansen of Manchester were in
Arlington Friday.
Miss Sallie Graves has returned to
Saxtons River TO resume her studies
at the. Vermont academy.
Mrs. Thomas Whitman, who has
been i'll with sciatica, is improving.
Mrs Hall is caring for her
The property of Mrs. Sheldon Rock
wood on Union street has just been
treated to a coat of paint by Oscar
Pratt.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. o. Cummins of
Montpelier are the guests of their
daughter( Mrs Frank f. Howe, for a
few days.
The largest and best assortment of
toys, dolls games, etc. this side of
the larger cities will be found at
Ramsdells.
Harold Bottum and friend, Rollin
Stafford of the Troy Conference acad-
/ envy are spending the Thanksgiving
vacation with Mr.. and Mrs. F. l.. Bot
| tum.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Meagher of
/ North Bennington entertained Mr..
and Mrs T.. J. Cummings of this
town, William Green, Miss Kate Crit
1 fin and Miss Bridgie Cunningham OF
! North Bennington on Thanksgiving
Services in st. Peters church Ad-
vent Sunday Holy Eucharist at 1880
/ a. m. Sunday school at $3.50 a. m.
Choral Eucharist and sermon at 1890
a. m Evening song and address p.
m Seats are free and you are wei
come at these services.
A large attendance was present at
the second annual fair of the Guide
board chapel held Friday evening.
About $125 was cleared. The baby
contest for silver cup proved most
/ interesting The child of Mr.. and
Mrs Edward F. Burgess won out af-
ter a spirited contest.
q. n. Kennon has returned from
Greenfield, Mass, where he has been
visiting his brother w NJ. KennoH,
who recently lost his leg as a result
of an accident in the b. & NJ. yards
in that city. The latter is getting
along well and his friends have hopes
OF his immediate recovery.
Rev. Alexander MacGeorge of Has
BRONX Heights, y. j., is the guest of
Mr. and Mrs h. l.. Nichols today. To
morrow he will deliver the sermon at
the re-dedication exercises Of the Bap
fist church in Hoosick Falls and win
conduct special services in that
church during the remainder of the
week
About % friends gave Mr.. and Mrs
Clarence n. Morse of North Branch
street a surprise party Thanksgiving
eve the event being Mr. Morse's 25dh
birthday They were the recipients
of many beautiful and useful pres
ents Among the out OF town guests
were Mr. and Mrs Guy Morse Of
North Adams and Nelson Lyons OF
Greenfield.
The funeral of Mrs Derrick Lane
for many years a summer resident OF
tIlis town who died at Perugia, Italy,
October 81, was held today at II o
clock from St Paul's Episcopal
church in Troy. Rev. DR.. Edgar A.
Enos ofiiciated The remains of Mrs
Lane arrived in Troy Thursday night
and lay in state at st. Paurs church
until the funeral.
Designs for the new postal cards
have been approved by Postmaster
General Hitchcock at Washington.
The cards will be furnished to the
postofice department by the govern
ment printing office, in accordance
with a contract effective on January
l, 1910. Portraits of Mckinley, Lin
coin, Grant and George and Martha
Washington will appear on stamps
At a benefit performance of the
Third Degree in Manchester, n. H.,
at the Park Theatre, over six hundred
employees of a large wooden mill
were present as guests of the super
intendent and during the second act
the actors were treated to the unus
ual spectacle of seeing the entire
audience in tears, many of the mill
girls sobbing aloud as Anna Jeffries
pleaded for her husbands life.
Christian Science services corner
of Park and Scott streets at II n. m.
Subject tomorrow, Ancient and Mod
ern Necromancy; or Mesmerism and
Hypnotism." Golden Text Thou
hast trusted in thy wickedness, thou
hast said, none seeth me. Thy wis
dom and thy knowledge it hath per-
mitted thee. and thou hast said in
thine heart, am, and none else be-
side me-" Isaiah 47:10. All are cor
daily welcome to these services.
The services of the Baptist church
tomorrow are: Morning worship at