The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-05-10
3 BENNINGTON BRIEFS
Sesvs Of the Town and Village Tod Briefly
Cor Busy READER


Harry Hall of Rutland is visiting
in town.
Richard McKale went to New York
last evening.
Ralph Bennett of White Greek is
in town today.
Charles Ayres of New York city is
at his home here.
Mrs. Ernest Bentley of Sunderland
visited in town today.
Miss Margaret Mcclure of Stafford
street. who has been i'll, is recover
ing.
Boys and mems scout shoes at low
est prices at the New York store.
Adv.
Special today at the New York
store ladies' 1850 waists in latest
styles for CSC. Adv.
A. c. Lamarre has gone to Rutland
to attend the funeral of his cousin,
Mrs. Matilda Gibson.
| George w. Totten, Jr., architect
! for the Everett mansion, arrived here
| this morning from Washington.
| Miss Mary Purcell of New York
| city is visiting her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs John Purcell OF School street.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. Ii. Fowler of Los
| Angeles, CAL, who have been visiting
turned home.
Mrs. Fred Reed, who has been Wis
iting her sister, Mrs. Robert X.
Smith, returned to her home in Man
chester today.
The regular meeting of the Y. M.
C. A. board of directors will be held
on Monday evening OF next week in
stead of tuesday as usual.
Miss Harriet Smith. who is employ
ed in the law ONCE of e. A. Maurer
has returned from an extended visit
at her home in New York.
Monday afternoon the first bgame
of the second series in the Sunday
school baseball league will be play
ed at the Playground at four
o'clock.
Miss Elizabeth Kirkwood will leave
the first of the week to be the
guest of Mrs. Leila Mcintyre Hyams
at her summer home in Stonybrook.
Long Island.
Miss Ruth Perham returned We'd
nesday from Pittsfeld where she I'M
derwent a successful operation at
the Interest hospital, three weeks
ago for appendicitis.
Division A of the Second Congre-
gational church will meet with MRS.
William 4. Hawks, ST., North street,
on Thursday afternoon, May 10Th. at
greatly desired.
Among those from Bennington
who went to East Arlington phis
morning to attend the annual con-
vention of the Bennington county
Christian Endeayor socities are Mr..
and Mrs. A. s. Edison. Harry G.
Banks and Miss Buelah Bates.
The funeral OF Mrs. Elolse b.
Ford, wife of Edward Ford, will be
held from the home Of her daughter,
Mrs. Miner Cleveland OF Bradford
Place Sunday afternoon at 2.3O
o'clock Rev. w. +. Meyer of the
First Baptist church will offlciate.
Henry J. Hall, an inmate Of the
Vermont Soldiers home died Friday
at that institution. He was a pri-
vate in Co. /, 14th Vermont and was
admitted to the home March from
New Haven. Funeral arrangements
have been delayed awaiting the ar
rival of his son today.
The funeral of Mrs. Harriet L.
Foster, widow of Charles G. McNary,
was held from her late home on
Bradford street Friday afternoon at
2 O'Clock, Rev. F. Turner of st.
Peters church officiating. Relatives
acted as bearers. The burial was
in the Old Bennington cemetery.
Christian Science services Sunday
at IL o'clock, corner of Park and
Scott streets. Subject: Adam and
Fallen Man" Golden Text: when
men are cast down, then thous
shalt say, There is lifting up" We'd
nesday evening meeting at 7:45 same
address. The public is cordially wei
come.
At the special meeting of the vii
lage trustees Friday evening the pc
tition of the heirs of the late Will
liam E. Hawks requesting that the
board assess the damages created by
the removal of shade trees in front
of the family property on North
street was taken up. The petition
ers were represented by the firm of
Batchelder e. Bates and the New
England Telephone and Telegraph
company, whose agents removed the
trees, was also represented by coun-
sell After the examination of sew
eral witnesses the board took the
subject under advisement and will
report at a meeting to be held neA
Friday evening. Several members of
the censorship committee of yaude-
Vile at the Library theatre were
present at the meeting but the trus-
tees were not prepared to announce
a decision and the meeting was ad
journed.