The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-03-14
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and Village Told Briefly
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Charles Cook Of Cambridge visited
friends here today
Billy" Van Sleet of Pittsheld was
in the village today.
Edward Scnlley has accepted a po-
sition with r.. +. Hart
H. r. Buell. Of Albany passed Sun
day with friends in town.
Miss Anna Griffin of Hillside street
visited in Troy Saturday.
Misses Ryan and OConnor have re-
turned from a business trip to New
York
Mrs. George Steward OF Pleasant
street left the Gibson hospital yes
terday.
Miss Gertrude Carney has returned
from North Adams where she visited
friends Sunday.
Richard Dmwiddie, formerly of
Woodford, has begun work for J. Ed
ward Walbridge.
Miss Tersia Byron of Cambridge is
the guest of Miss Katherine LaMarre
Of School street.
The young womans class of the
Y. NJ. c. A. will meet at ten usual
hour this evening
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy NJ Paddock of
Valentine street are entertaining Rev
Lynn Armstrong of Brooklyn.
Mrs. JENNIE Smith of Woodford has
been called to Bennington Falls by
the illness of Mrs. Anna Smith.
John Morrissey has moved from
the homestead on Putnam street to
the Schwartz tenement on North St
A regular meeting of the Benning
ton County Ministers association was
held in the Y. NJ. c. A. rooms this
morning
Reuben Sanborn of Stafford street
has been made the junior member OF
the firm of A. r. Hilman & Co, OF
Schenectady.
A meeting of the Kurn Hattlr
Knights will be held Tuesday even
ing at the home of Harry Moore on
South street.
The funeral of Mrs James Morris
sey will be attended from st Francis
de Sales church at O'Clock tomor
row morning.
!. Mass will be celebrated in St
Francis de Sales church st. Patricks
day morning at O'Clock in obser
vance Of the feast Of ST Patrick.
The annual meeting of the Ben
nlngton lodge OF Eagles will be held
Tuesday evening. A reception will
follow. Six candidates will be inta
ted.
Spring Remnants, specially goot
lines being shown now at the Holden
Leonard Co, mill. Until further
notice the salesroom will be oper
Tuesdays and Wednesdays. st
News has been received of the
death in Washington of Francis Pat
terson. aged six years, son of Charles
u. Patterson, a well known summer
resident of Bennington Center
The Magazine club was very pleas
antly entertained the latter part OF
last week by Mrs, II. c. Roster al
her home on Elm street. Refresh
ment was in the form OF librar!
( party.
( Village Clerk w. p Hogan has ap
/ pointed for assistant village clerks
Ward l.. Lyons for the Citizens tick
4 ct and John W. Williams for the
( Republican ticket to be voted for al
the annual village meeting tomorrow
a meeting will be held this even
ing at 9 o'clock of the ball committee
Of Bennington Council No. 307, X Of
/ c., TO arrange for the Easter Monday
evening ball The rooms will be dee
Grated for the event this week by
William H. Nichols
The Y. NJ c. A. forum will hold ;
debate in the association rooms at
/ o'clock this evening on Resolved
That Prohibition Should be Encour
aged in Bennington" The afiirma
tive side will be taken by Hiram b
Fassett Jr, Bert Allen and Car
Paulson and the negative side by A
Sidney F. Edison, Wallace Venabl
and Dean Quackenbush.
The death of John L. Willard
well known inmate of the Vernon
Soldiers home here, occurred Satu
day evening in the hospital of tina
institution aged SO years He was
member of Company X, 9th Vernon
regiment The deceased was admi
ted about three years ago, going soc
into the hospital where he has bee
mostly confined since. The body WI
taken this noon to East DummerstC
for burial.