The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-01-20
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News of he Town and Village Told Briefly
for Busy Readers

lof ou.1 NcoUcAs-
". E. Brown of South Berlin is "a
visitor in town today.
George NJ Hawks is spending a few
days in New York on business.
Miss Ruth Eddy of Troy is the
guest of the Misses Van Santvoord.
Frazier's orchestra held a full re-
hearsal at the leaders home Wednes-
day evening.
Mrs f. H. Moore has taken rooms
with Mr. and Mrs Robert knight of
Valentine street.
Howard H. Shields of Troy, pro
minent summer resident, is in town
today on business
Mr.. and Mrs, 5. A. Burt and A. B.
Swift attended the poultry show in
North Adams today
There will be a special meeting Oh
the Second Congregational society
this evening at Sis in the chapel
The win be a social dance in n.
f. o. p hall Saturday night Coffee
and sandwiches will be served. 7OtS
Chinese primroses, fine plants in
full bloom, 80 cents each or four for
81 while they last at the School St,
greenhouse. If
Samuel Hawks arrived Wednesday
from New York and will spend a cou-
pie of months with his mother Mrs
Samuel Hawks of Depot street.
Mrs. Edward w. Bradford is slowly
canvalescing from very severe at
tack of grippe and bronchitis Miss
Doran, one of the nurses returned to
Albany yesterday
Miss Lulu Robinson and Miss Mary
Shaw of Bennington Center left this
afternoon for Cleveland, Ohio to
spend several weeks as the guest of
their cousin, John G. Jennings.
The exhibit of Buff Wyandottes
sent by c. S. Mattison of South
SALISBURY to the Boston poultry
show, secured all first prizes and all
second prizes except one in then
line.
The annual poultry show in North
Adams is attracting much attention
among chicken fanciers in this town.
Several Bennington people have at
tended the show which is in progress
all this week. The exhibit this yeai
is said to be the best in some time
The prizes for the Y. NJ. c. A. ath-
letic contest and exhibition are now
on exhibition in the Y The first Of
the six events comprising the exhib-
ition will be held Friday night after
class. A large bulletin board has
been secured so each one may see
his standing the day after each event.
The following changes have been
made in the schedule of the Y. NJ. c.
A. gymnasium classes: Seniors who
work will enter the clerks class
which meets Tuesday and Friday eve
nings; seniors attending school will
join the high school class, meeting
every Monday and Thursday after.
noon.
Mack, the ex-Troy New York State
Lacquer who pitched here for Hoos-
lex Falls during greater part of last
season, has signed with Elmira for
next season. Mack is an outfielder
as well as a slab artist and he may
be used in the former position by his
new club He is a left handler.
Harold II. Winslow. the II year
old son of Mr. and Mrs Charles A
Winslow, died at the home of his
grandmother, Mrs. Marion f. Wins
low Thursday evening He had been
in i'll health for several years but
had been seriously i'll but a few days
The funeral will be held at his grand
mothers home tomorrow afternoon
at $3.50, Rev. W. w. Brunk officiating
The body will be placed in the vault
Overseer George R. Mathers Wen
Wednesday to Brattleboro with the
citations to be served in the cases o
the 20 patients at the state asylum
originally committed from towns il
the Bennington probate district TIL,
hearings in these cases will be helC
at the probate Office on January 81
Drs L. II. Ross and f. J. Hurley will
probably go TO Brattleboro on Satur
day to make the necessary examina
tions.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. R. VonDette yer.
pleasantly entertained Wednesda.
evening all those connected with tn
firm of A. X Richie & Co., and thei
friends. Games and music furnishe
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