The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-03-09
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and Village Told Briefly
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in Cheshire. Mass.
Prentiss Kent of Dorset visited
friends here Monday.
Mrs. Anna Greenslet left the Glib
son hospital yesterday.
Mrs George Moore is visiting her
mother in Williamstown.
W. F. Ashton has returned from a
few days trip TO Boston.
St Patrick's day post cards. sham
rocks and badges at Evans
Harry c. Roster has returned from
a business trip to New York.
Miss Julia Powers has returned
from a visit at her home in North
Adams.
William Van Sleet the Pittsfeld
aeronaut was in the village this
morning
Mrs. Henry Allard is i'll of bron.
chial pneumonia at her home on.
North street
4 regular meeting of Monument
lodge, X. of p, will be held at s o.
clock this evening.
Mrs. Arthur +. HOLSTER has re-
turned from a visit at her former
home in Easton, Pa
Handsomest line of St Patrick's
day post cards ever seen. Nearly 100
different kinds at Evans.
The total attendance at the Y. NJ.
c. A. gymnasium classes for the
month of February was 675.
Mrs. Harry Fradenburg who with
her little son and daughter left here
February LIST for New York, has JUST
returned.
Mrs. II. j. Glydden who has been
passing the winter with her brother.
A. X. Dunn, has returned to her home
in the West.
Mrs. Thomas Davenport, Mr.. and
Mrs William Williams and Mrs VIM
Watson are attending the automobile
show in Boston.
The condition of the little son of
Nh and Mrs. r. c. Bennett who /,
i'll with typhoid fever shows some
Improvement during the past two
days
The Ladies Aid society of the First
Baptist church will hold food sale
in the parlors of the church. Saturday
afternoon, March 18th, from three un.
I'll six o'clock
Spring Remnants specially good
lines being shown now at the Holden.
Leonard Co.. mill. Until further
notice the salesroom will be open
Tuesdays and Wednesdays. 3tf
At the annual banquet of the class
of 1913 of the Colgate University in
Hamilton Thomas Healy, son of John
Healy of this village, was one of sev.
en- speakers. His topic was 'Sophs.
The advance sale of reserved seat
tickets for Lena Rivers" at the OBJ
era house Saturday evening will start
at the box office this evening at O..
clock. Prices 25c. soc. and 75c.
Spring Remnants, specially good
line being shown now at the Holden. |
Leonard Co., mill. Until further
notice the salesroom will be open
Tuesdays and Wednesdays 3tf
At the auction sale of real and PEI
sonal property of the late Charles |
Bowles of Woodford. the home place |
which consists of forty acres was
sold to DR. Crawford of North Adams |
for $500
AT regular meeting of Benning
ton city band held Monday night |
Frank Hurley was elected business
manager and all business connected |
with the band will be conducted
through him.
At the auction at the Charles
Bowles farm in Woodford Tuesday |
the home place was sold to DR.. Craw. |
ford of North Adams for $500. The |
Corbett hill lot of 1870 acres was pur-
chased by Arthur j. Dewey, lot No.
II by Dexter NJ. Gleason and the |
Beef Hill lot of 145 acres by S. NJ
Bowles. Tho hay was sold to vii. |
liam S. Knapp for $3.50 ton. John |
Robinson was auctioneer.
The ball committee of the Ben |
nington council 307 X of C. met last
evening and decided to have a buffet |
lunch served in three rooms on the |
night of the Easter ball and recep- |
ton by Caterer Spalding of North |
Adams, who has served them for the |
past three years in that capacity.
The rooms will be decorated by win. |
liam II. Nichols. The event is to be |
held Easter Monday evening
Benediction of the blessed sacra.
ment will be celebrated in ST. Fran. |
els de Sales church this evening.
Among the social events this even. |
ing will be the maple sugar party of |
the Baraca society of the Methodist |
church. At the close of the supper |
at $50 a victrola concert will be civ. |
en-. The mems night at the Y. NJ c. |
A. this evening is designed for the |
older members of the association and |
friends. The exercises will be with |
the view to promote sociability. Gen.
eral Secretary Goebel is looking for |
good turnout of members. Another
event this evening will be the meet |
ing OF the Woman's Missionary soc. |
lety of the First Baptist church. The |
hour is 1880 o'clock in the chapel |
The topic will be Women in Indus. |
try and Mrs. A. s. Davis will lead. |
Another event in religious circles is
the Methodist cottage prayer meet. |
ing at the home of Mrs George Roler |
on Branch street extension. This af.
ternoon the Ladies' Aid society of
the First Baptist church is being en-.
tertained by Mrs. Fanny Pratt at her
nome on Washington street. A fea.
ture will be the reading of Scottish
seleCtlOns by the acting nnstnr Of A..