The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-05-19
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Mrs. G. j. Rathburn was the guest
of relatives in Berlin recently.
Mrs. Charles e. Smith of Benning-
ton visited her parents here Sunday.
Mrs. Charles Moon of Bennington
was at her mothers here over Sunday.
Warren ]. Barber of Williamstown,
Mass, visited his parents here Sun
day.
Mrs. Abner F. Towne of Troy is Wis
iting her mother, Mrs. Gardner 7.
Parker.
Judson A. Barber commenced car
pentering in Williamstown Monday
morning.
L. b. Mattison of Rochester. ~ Y,
is visiting his sister, Mrs. Celestia
Rosenberg.
Misses Sarah Emory and Edith Bar
Der who are working in Troy spent the
Sabbath in their home here.
Joel Holton of Westminster was the
guest of his niece, Mrs. Daniel T.
Gardner a position of last week.
Miss Janette NJ. Gardner of Cedar
Hill, returned Friday from a trip to
Westminster and Saxtons River, VT.
Miss b. Tighe is again able to be
out after her severe illness and Miss
Mary Tigne has returned to her work
in Bennington.
Jesse II. Bullet formerly of this
town and Miss Nellie White of Schagh-
ticoke were married Sunday by Rev.
j. c. Mitchell at the Methodist par
sonage.
Watch for the date of the annual
strawberry festival of tne Baptist la
dies which is to come off soon. These
annual affairs have usually been great
successes.
Arthur j. Merchant was at last sue
cessful in raising up the trap in the
mill pond but the volume of water is
still so great that the pond is lowered
only a few feet.
The installation of the new mem
orial windows in the Baptist church
last week puts a finishing touch on
this church SO that now it is one OF
the handsomest country churches in
side to be found anywhere. These
windows were designed and turned
out from the art glass mandatory
of j. II. Gustafson of Rochester, n.
Y. The windows are Ia In number
all being memorials but the small
windows in the vestibules and tower,
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donors and inscriptions are as fol
lows: Commencing at the right of
the pulpit, given by l.. b. Mattison,
Rochester, n. Y, Center design
shepherd" in memory of Deacon
Benjamin Gardner and wife Betsy;
Deacon f. j. Pettibone and wife Har-
riet. The next given by Deacon A.
b. and Joan Whine Gardner. Center
design Grapes" in memory of Mr..
and Mrs. Samuel J. Gardner. The
third given by Misses NJ and NJ. j.
Lincoln; center design "Sheaf OF
Wheat" in memory of l. and A Lin.
coin The last given by Mrs. Z. f.
Potter and Mrs, A. b. Gardner; cen.
ter design Rose of Sharon in
memory of ID. +. and Harriet Bates
and Katherine Westinghouse Bates.
Continuing around the church to the
two windows in the front, one given
by the ladies Industrial society and
the other by the Christian EndeavoT
society. In the centers of these win
dows are L. |. s. and c. T. respective
ly. The next window given by Mrs
A. b. Gardner with a Holy Bible as
the center designs is in memory OF
Miss Lodieska S. X. Gardner. The
next donated by Hon. S. Wright OF
Troy, n. Y, has dove for the center
design and is in memory of Mrs. Solo
mon Wright and Ruth and Saraa r
Wright The next given by Mrs. EFT
tie T. and Miss Mary K. Parker with
lilies as the center design is in mem
! DRY of Deacon A. g. and Gardner T
Parker. The last given by l.. b. Mat
| tison with cross and crown in It's
center is in memory of Alpha MATHS.
on and wife Elizabeth. There are
none OF the names on the windows oil
persons who were not at some time
either members or steady attendants
at church and the same can also be
| said of all the donors. Rev H. G.
Mohls sermon, subject Crushing
Things for Growing Triumphs" TAX
en- from the act of the woman who
crushed the Alabaster box and then
anointed the Saviors head His pero
ration in which ne introduced the win
dows as the browning triumph of love
was one of the finest examples of skill
full word painting working up to a fit
| ting nlirnnY nvnr. hnard I'm the church