The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-08-15
bENN|NGTONS OWN
DAY WILL Be WELL
CELEBRATED
Masonic Temple To Be Dedicated
Tomorrow
Society Offers Unusually Interesting
Program of Widely Varied Acts
And Vaudeville Numbers.

Bennington's own day will be cele-
brated tomorrow with program
that will completely fill the day. The
annual fire department inspection
will be held in the morning. The
parade will form at the Bradford
Hook and Ladder Hose at nine o.
clock with all hose companies with
their apparatus in line. The line OF
march will be that of previous
years Immediately upon the dis
bandment of the parade a baseball
game between Bennington and North
Adams will be played at Morgan
Park.
The afternoon will be taken up by
the Masonic Temple Dedication and
the annual f. NJ. T. A. B. Society's
picnic. The Masonic parade will
start on Pleasant street at 2 O'Clock,
the members having met at 100 at
the Temple. The parade will pro
coed up Pleasant, over Valentine,
down Union over South and up Main
to the Temple where the dedicatory
exercises will take place.
The F. NJ. T. A. b. Society picnic
will be the best thing of its kind ever
offered by that organization. The
picnic will begin at 100 and will be
held as usual at Hunts Upper
Grove, the price of admission being
35 cents, children free. A handsome
chocolate set, handpainted and of
beautiful shading has been donated
by the F. n. Squire Jewelry store
and will be awarded as a gate prize.
The entertainment program will be
pleasing and varied. Mary Haynes
Wallace of the Albany Cathedral will
sing a number OF the older songs as
an opening number. Her program
will include Silver Threads Among
the Gold, For All Eternity, Where
the River Shannon Flows, the Car
mena Waltz Song. and the Last Rose
of Summer
The second number will be the
Gunshannon Brothers in Baton and
novelty act, which will be followed
by four round sparring match be-
tween the Western Midgets, Ralph
and Paul, the smallest artists in the
squared ring
The hose race between the Miller
Hose company of Hoosick Falls and
the Alert Hose company of Adams
should prove one of the most inter
esting features of the day. Both
companies are in the championship
class and have met previously the
contest resulting in a tie They race
for a prize of 500 in gold, offered by
the society. The track has been
laid out and a hydrant installed.
The drawing for position will take
place on the grounds, each company
being entitled to representative.
Edward Moore, w. L. Gokay and H.
W. Burgess will act as timers, Cor
nelius Sullivan will be in charge as
pipe judge and A. r. Dunn at the
hydrant
The six round sparring match be-
tween Johnnie Gallant of Chelsea.
Mass, and Boy Morriarity of Holyoke
will be one of the best ever offered
locally. Arthur Pelliter of Albany
will act as referee and an interest.
ing exhibition is insured.
A prize of two dollars for throwing
the ball is offered and a hundred
yard dash opened to all contestants
viii conclude the program. A first
prize of five dollars and second of
three is offered. The Bennington
city band will furnish music during
the afternoon. Refreshments will be
served on the grounds.
This evening at Academy hall the
society will give a dance from eight
till twelve. Tomorrow evening dane
ing will be enjoyed from eight until
one. Admission to either occasion
will be twenty-fv, cents.