The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-05-29

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George Conan will go to New York
today to pass Memorial day.
Mrs. John Tudor of Stamford is Wis
iting her sister, Mrs. w. r. Morgan.
Mr.. and Mrs. Brownell Bates of
Pownal visited in town Wednesday.
William Barber will go this after
noon for an over Decoration day visit.
in New York.
Miss Helen Prendergast went to
her home in Pittsfield today to pass
Decoration day.
RAYMOND Sexton has accepted apo
sition in the National and American
express Office here.
Miss Bessie Shea has accepted
position as student operator at the 10
cal telephone exchange.
Rev. w. F. Meyer has returned
from Detroit, where he attended the
Northern Baptist convention.
There will be a special meeting Of
the Local Boy Scouts of America at
Scout Headquarters tonight at 7l5
sharp. All scouts are requested to be
present.
Tomorrow, Memorial day, is the an
niversary of the auto-trolley car ac-
cident at the soldiers home crossing,
| in which Henry Knapp lost his life,
and two women were severely injur-
| ed
There will be an anniversary mass
| at st. Francis de Sales church Friday
morning at 8 o'clock for the deceased
members of Bennington Council,
Knights of Columbus. All members
are requested to meet at the council
rooms at 730 to go in body TO the
church.
For the accommodation of those who
| desire to secure their seats in ad-
vance. for the Marvellous Talking
| Pictures, at the opera house Friday
| and Saturday evenings, few have
| been placed on sale at Coles drug
store at 95c. Meme reserved for mat
inees.
Samuel Laware an outside employe
of the Twin State Ces and Electric
company, sust2 ned an injury to his
| back. when a pole Tell upon him in
the coal yard OF lie II. w. Myers
company. The pole fell while being
| loaded on a wagon and struck Mr..
Laware before he could get out of the
way.
Word mas been received from Wes-
leyan University that George MAR
has been awarded the prize in ora
tory of $25. Mr. MAR is freshman
in college who will be remembered
by many as having assisted in the To-
cal Y. NJ G. A. two years ago this
summer He is expected again this
year to spend about three months in
the same capacity and he will proba-
| bly, supply the pulpit of the Wood
| ford Union church during the season.
Patrons of the library will note
with interest that the following books
are now in circulation Romance
of Billy-Goat HILL" by Alice Hogan
Rice; THE Heart of Life" by Pierre
de Coulevain; John A. Jameston," by
Red Pepper" by Grace Richmond;
ne hlSe OF hObCOeI Idlne, ny D. -
Lincoln; Daughter of a Rebel by
G. We're Tyler; Butterfly on the
Wheel" Bought and Paid For THE
Social Centre" by Edward ]. Ward.
| The juvenile new books are: boy
Scouts OF the Maine Woods" by
James Otis; Boy with the U. S Fish
cries" Boy with the U. S Census,"
by F. Rolt-Wheeler.
At meeting last night in the Ben
nington Y. NJ. c. A rooms of the rep
resentatives of the teams proposed to
! constitute the Bennington County
Baseball league it was finally decid-
ed to postpone the schedule of games
for the opening of the league, owing
to the fact that the two teams from
this village were not in shape to play
this week. The four teams from No.
Bennington, South SALISBURY, Ar
lington and Manchester will schedule
games between themselves for this
wSsk and continue until better plan
10 asAsibls. The fact that some of the
players were included in the high
school team and others not ready to
play as was necessary to meet the
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