The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-05-06
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
Aews of the Town and Village Told Briefly
for Busy VeaderA

4 AbeohNAN.
Miss May Stackpole is visiting in
Gloucester, Mass.
Mrs. Sarah Mathers is visiting in
New York and Brooklyn.
William Pellerin has returned to |
Pittsfeld, after a visit in town.
Deputy Sheriff John Nash has pur-
chased an Overland automobile.
DR.. P. T. Lee has returned from
Manchester, after few days stay in
town.
Mrs. Robert Tiffany of Adams
street is visiting in Ware. Mass, her
former home.
Charles Christian of Albany has re-
signed his position as clerk at the
Putnam house.
Miss Matte Geer, who has been
visiting at her home here, has return
ed to Fitchburg, Mass.
There will be a meeting of the d.
rectors of the baseball club at Stark
hose house tonight at s o'clock.
Miss Martha A. Sibley has return
ed from a brief visit to her sister,
Mrs. Charles Kendall of Dalton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Phillip Bellemarre are
moving from Dewey street to the
Houghton tenement on School street.
Rev. Norbert Lachance, of Alburg,
this state, is the guest of Rev. G.. +.
Provost and Leon Lamarre and fam
lily.
Outside of a one case of measles
there are no reports of contagious
diseases on the records of Health
| Officer Joseph NJ. Ayres at the pres
ent time.
Mrs. NJ B. Houghton, Mrs. G. A.
Lyons, Mrs. William Barber and Mr..
| and Mrs. Fred Jacobs were guests
Sunday of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Gard
ner.
The summer home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Daniel Robinson at Old Bennington
has been opened and the family
will arrive the latter part of the
| week.
Mrs. Robert Hall is expected to
| arrive in New York tomorrow from
| Europe and will arrive at her sum-
mer home in Old Bennington the last
| of the week.
| All members of Catamount Com
mandery, U. o. G. c., are requested to
attend regular meeting of the Com
mandery this evening, when special
| business is to be transacted.
Frank Dryer went to Troy this
! morning to see his daughter, Miss
Helen Dwyer. off for Denver, Col,
where she is to reside. Miss Dwyer
has been attending the Troy Conser-
| vatory of music.
Attorney John " D. S. Merrill,
who has been living at the Robinson
homestead since the recent death of
| Mrs. Merrill, has moved to the home
of Robert H. Merrill at Old Benning-
ton where he will reside for the
present.
Mt. Anthony chapter. o. E. S. will
hold its regular meeting Wednesday
evening. May 7. Officers who we're
not installed in April will be installed
at this meeting A question of inter-
est is to come before the chapter and
large attendance is desired.
Rev. C. E. Provost, pastor of the
Church of the Sacred Heart, was
pleasantly surprised Monday by re-
ceiving numerous gifts from his many
friends, the occasion being his birth
| day. One especially handsome gift
being received from the young ladies
of the sodality of his parish.
The funeral of James A. North, the
11-year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
Harbour, will be held at 10 O'Clock
from the house, Thursday morning
and at o'clock in the afternoon from
the Congregational church at North
Pownal. Rev. p. l.. Dow will officiate.
Burial will be in the North Pownal
| cemetery.
Work was begun this morning by
the Twin State Gas & Electri com
pany in removing the transformer
| from Hawks block to new pole
| which has been placed at the curbing
in front of the Loomis grocery store.
A smaller transformer which has
been on the old pole will also he re-
moved to the new pole.
A representative of a New York
| firm of architects, is in the village to
day respecting the design for the
proposed Soldiers memorial building.
The representative in company with
II. T. Cushman and +. ]. Hall visit
ed various parts of the village with
the view of looking up a proper site
for the building.
About 1000 blind persons ATTENDED
performance of within the Law
at Eltinge theatre, New York city
yesterday. The performance follow
ed a suggestion recently made by w.
J. Holms, manager of the Mathilde
Tiegler magazine for the Blind, to
the management of the play and was
the first event of its kind on record.
Miss Mary f. Robinson of Bradford
street has been elected teacher in
the eighth grade for next year to sue
coed Miss Lucretia Edgerton who is
to retire from teaching at the end of
the school year. Miss Robinson is a
graduate of the Bennington high
school and will next month graduate
from the North Adams normal
school.
The Pittsfield Y. NJ. c. A. are 60
ing to hold an athletic meet on May
30 which is open to amateurs of any
Y. NJ. c. A. club. school. shop OF as.
ISOLATION. This meet will be held
under the rules of the Athletic
League Of North America. Entry
blanks may be obtained at the Ben