The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-01-19
SOUTH SALISBURY

town on Sunday.
F. Eddy was in Arlington on bust
ness on Saturday.
Miss Jennie Hastings was in Ben
nington on Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wyman will soon b,
settled in their home
Mrs. William Moon is feeling a lit
tie better at this writing
Robert Buck was home from AL
bany Business college over Sunday.
We are having the best sleighing
We have had this winter and not a
heavy body of snow either
Miss Estabrook of Bennington
made her usual weekly business trip
to this village on Saturday last
On Saturday Afternoon Mrs. Whit
man of East Arlington came to see
her sister, Mrs. Nettie Moon who is
ill.,
Mr. and Mrs. F. Eddy called on
Mrs. Catherine Mattison and Mrs.
Valdia Tompkins on Monday while
on a business trip.
Mrs F. E. Rice is doing finely in
her recovery. She is able to be up
and enjoy her daily rations with the
family but is very frail.
Friday last quite little snow fell
and high wind prevailed. Every
body breads shirkshires but we es-
capped the severity of the wind.
Mrs. Mallory of Woodford has been
secured to care for Mrs. Moon ana
attend to her housekeeping which
we hope will help her to a more spec
dy recovery.
The Womans Foreign Missionary
society met with the pastors wife on
Wednesday last and very interest
ing meeting was reported and soci-
ally enjoyed afterward.
c. r. Hawkins was disappointed in
on Friday to be present at the fun
eral of the late Gilbert Hall. The
storm and illness in his family KEPT
him at home.
The meeting of the week will be
held as usual: Epworth League on
Tuesday evening, and on Thursday
evening the regular prayer service of
the church. Choir rehearsal on Sat
urday evening.
Word was received here Saturday
of the death of Mrs. Shuttleworth,
mother of Mrs. c. S. Madison and
Mrs. Jones residing here. Mrs. Shut
tleworth has been a great sufferer
during her last illness. 1t is nearly
year ago since her husband passed
away.
The Ladies Aid society will meet
at the home of Mrs. John Bradish on
Friday afternoon to tie a comfortable,
an extremely kind invitation as Mrs.
Bradish is so much of an invalid that
she enjoys their society if she can
not assist in the work.
On Friday evening the Junior Ep-
worth league will give an entertain
ment in Cole hall under the direction
Of their leader, Miss Alice Peters.
The entertainment will be of pleas
ing nature. the participants will be
costumed and the program to be rem
dered will consist of recitations, mu-
sic and "Parson Poor's Donation Par
| ty." Admission for all 20 cents
Herbert George has sent a copy of
the jamestown Evening Journal t.
your correspondent asking that it be
printed in the Bennington Banner
and we feel that we must add our
tribute too to the memory of the late
Gilbert Hall who had lived among us
for so long a time and was well
known in business and social circles
His friends knew of his disease and
how uncertain life was. We had hop
ed that the dread summons would be
long delayed. When the news came
Of his death it shocked the commun
ity. Mr.. Hall had so recently beer
guest in the homes of his friend:
here and seemed so well apparently
that we were hoping against hope
Mr. Hall passed through crushing sor
row in the loss of his eldest daugh
ter and then his wife whose feeble
ness for long months of lingering i'll
ness he was so attentive and untirini
in his devotion to her every want ant
comfort, always putting the brightes
side out when he was crushed will
sorrow. He always had a pleasan
word for every one. In the churcl
he was always an earnest supporte
and was our leader in church and SO
cials. When duty demanded chang
we were 10th TO part with our triet
friends but business interests seemed
to demand change and that chang
carried him back to old friends ant
the change proved best. The surviy
ing daughter has the sympathy of
large circle of friends Many arr
here where she was born and iiYe'