The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-03-06
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
ae~s of the Town and Village Told Briefly
Tor Busy Readers

1--WE Ot ule tOWH uhu susuSS tOtu ofnetV
Tor Busy Readers
New Eppo stringless smooth fitting
petticoats at Noveck's. Adv.2
M. ]. Cronin and daughter are Wis
iting in Troy this afternoon.
Roy Bennett of White Creek visit
ed in the village Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Norton of East
Arlington were in town Wednesday
A telephone hoe been installed in
the residence of L. Cook of Silver
street
Miss Virginia Van Santvoord is
visiting at the home OF Danforth
Geer of Hoosick Falls.
New ladies', misses and junior
spring suits and dresses arriving
daily at Noveck's. Adv.t2
Joseph A. Evans and Wayne Ad-
ans returned Wednesday night from
four weeks trip to the Bermuda
islands.
Miss Dorothy rockingham of
White Plains, n Y, and Miss Helen
Foster of Troy are guests of Miss
Agnes Van Santvoord.
Miss Mary La Marie Wednesday
visited her father, A. c. LaMarre.
who is undergoing treatment at the
Troy city hospital Mr.. LaMarre Is
getting along nicely.
Charles w. Firth was called to
Springfield, this state, today because
of the death of his father-in-law, Max
on LaFountain. Mrs. Firth has been
there for several days.
Louise, the young daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Potter of the
Pownal road is i'll of pneumonia.
The regular meeting of the w. r.
C. on Friday at 7.30 sharp.
Miss Caroline Wall, formerly of
Bennington, will s"n tomorrow from
New York on the S. S. Rochambeau
for Paris, where she will be the
guest of Mrs. George Durand for an
indefinite time.
Miss Rose Harbour. who slipped
and fell on the ice on South street
Wednesday forenoon, will probably
be taken Fridnv IN the Samaritan
hospital in Troy. 1t is expected that
an X-ray examination will be made
to determine the extent of her in
juries.
Mrs j. r. Carpenter entertained
the 800" card club at her home
Wednesday evening, the favors 60
ing to Mrs. o. W. Davis and Mrs. c.
G. Phillips. Refreshments were
served. Mrs. Charles II. Bridge of
Main street will entertain the club
next Wednesday evening.
At a special meeting of Bennington
Council X. of c., this evening, James
Cosgrove of st. Johnsbury, State
Deputy will make an official visit
A regular meeting will be held this
evening followed by an important
meeting of the ball committee. All
members of the committee are earn
estly urged TO be present.
The snow storm, which began here
this morning and continued during
the forenoon, must have been of lar
ger proportions in the section to the
north of this village. The storm
reached Arlington early last evening
and the snow fall in that locality was
probably much heavier than in the
southern half of the county.
The prayer meeting at the Metho-
dist church this evening will be In
the interests of the Sunday school,
Reports of the officers will be given
and at the close the annual election
of officers for the ensuing year will
take place. A large attendance is
desired and especially of those in
terested in the Sunday school.
The mechanical drawing class in
the Y. NJ. c. A. has been handicapped
for two weeks past because of the
illness of the student, Mr.. Evans of
Williams college, who has been teach
ing the group. 1t is hoped that some
arrangement may be made soon to
continue the class for those who de-
sire ii.
For this week Saturday evening,
the Y. NJ. c. A. has secured one of
the best basket ball teams of this
section to play the local team. The
Y. NJ. c. A. five from Dalton, Mass,
win be the attraction. The Dalton
teams have long been rivals of Ben
nington so a close and fast game is
expected.
States Attorney w. ]. Meagher
was called to Arlington Wednesday
to represent the state in a case for
statutory misconduct in which James
Hatcher is charged with a serious
offence. The young woman involved
is Carrie Wilkinson who is under Is
years of age. Hatcher was arraign-
ed before Justice Ira ]. Warner. He
was represented by Frank c. Archi-
bald of Manchester. After hearing
the evidence the justice held Hatcher
for the grand jury under bonds of
$500 which were furnished.