The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-02-14
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spending few days in town.
Mrs. Howard Rich Of Troy is the
guest Of Miss Caroline Wilcox.
DR.. Frank F. Grennan Of Science
tady spent Sunday at his home here.
Mr. and Mrs. D. F. Cronin are
spending the day in Troy and Albany.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank McGurk OF
North Adams spent Sunday in town.
Miss Beatrice O'Brien OF Maple
street spent Sunday in North Adams.
George Townsend Of Pittsheld
spent Sunday at his home in this
town.
Mr.. and Mrs Morris Levin and
family of River street spent Sunday
in Adams.
E. J. Lashaway. trackmaster Of the
Chatham division. was in Albany on
Saturday.
John Temple of Averil Park, n.
Y, spent Sunday at his home on
Gage street.
Miss Georgiana Austin, teacher at
SALISBURY, spent Sunday at her
home on Weeks street.
Miss Hilda Van Week of North
Adams spent Sunday with Misses
Katherine and Barbara Burt
The street scraper is out today lev
cling the snow on the principal
streets and cleaning out the cutters.
Miss Lucy Haynes left this morn
ing fer Rochester. ~ Y. Before her
return she will also visit in Illinois.
Miss Florence March. teacher in
Mortified, Mass, is visiting her
mother, Mrs. c. B. March Of Nort.
street.
Walter Woodward served a chick
en- pie supper Sunday night to a num-
Der of friends at his home on Dewey
street.
Miss Christine Ward of North Ad-
ans has been the guest of her aunt,
Mrs. Helen Thomas of Washington
avenue.
The Y. NJ c. A. directors and com
mittees will meet Frederick S. Nor
rison at a committeeman tea at $50
this evening
A requiem high mass was ceiebra-
ted this morning in the Convent cha
pei for the repose of the soul of Mrs
John Morrissey.
THE Girl from Rectors" company
arrived here Sunday morning at 1925
from North Adams where they play
ed Saturday night
Wednesday. Friday and Saturday
of this week are Ember days and
will consequently be observed by
Catholics as fast days.
Mrs. Alphonse Lapoint who recent
ly underwent an operation at the
North Adams hospital, has returned
much improved in health
Mrs. Roy NJ. Paddock returned
from Troy Sunday night. Mr.. Pad
dock who was operated on for appen-
dicitis Saturday, is doing well.
The town auditors. L. d. yelling,
A. f. Hollister and II. d. Fillmore
have started auditing the accounts
of the town officers in preparation
for the annual report
A party from this town attended
The Girl from Rectors" in North
Adams Saturday night. They pro
nounced the play good and above the
average for cleanliness.
Mrs. Eta Bailey Greed of this city
recently placed a fine granite monu'
ment on the Bailey lot in Bennington
in memory of her father, mother and
brother.-North Adams Herald.
The remains of the late Mrs. Al
bert HARDWOOD are TO arrive here this
afternoon at 1925. The funeral will
be held from the home OF her sister
Miss Harriet Sibey at 2:SO Tuesday
AFTERNOON.
John lockwood, the popular milk
man from the south part of the town
became snow bound in the drifts be
tween his home and the village Sat
urday morning and did not arrive
here with his milk until 2 o'clock in
the afternoon, nearly eight hours be
ing required to make the trip.
There was some fast basket bal
Saturday night when Williams ant
Tufts met, but Williams held unbro
ken its list of victories and defeated
the visitors 26 to u. The guarding
was the hardest seen on the VII
liams floor this year and there was
some fast offensive play on the par
of both teams but Williams passing
was the better and its shooting more
accurate.
The snow interfered seriously Will
traffic on the railroad Saturday boil
on the main line and Chatham diris
ion. The milk train due here at j.3I
was over two hours late and two en-
gines were used to plough through
the drifts. The sleeper Sunday
J morning due here at o'clock wa
about four hours late due to thC
drifted condition of the tracks below
= Burlington.
A valentine social will be held a
the M. E. church tonight at 7.SO. Sew
eral games will be played. The yount
people will be divided into partners
for the game (Photo Gallery wher
prize will be given to the person
having the best drawing. The DIS
trict school sociable which had beer
planned for Friday evening has beer
postponed until further notice AL
the young people of the Epwortl
League are asked to come tonigh
and have joyous evening together
Bring friend Refreshments vii
, be served