The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-06-18
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Harold Miller of New York is Wis
iting his mother, Mrs. G.. A. Miller.
Peter Vachon has returned from a
visit at his former home in Canada.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Mayhem have
returned from visit at Island Pond.
Miss Mary Sullivan of Grove street
has returned from visit in East
Dorset.
The prayer meetings at Ben Venue
Library will be resumed again to-
night Services will begin at s
o'clock.
Social dance at Canadian club hall
Friday, June 20. Music by Frazier's
orchestra.
Guy B. Johnson went Monday to
New York. He has recovered from
his recent illness.
Charles T. Beach has returned
from visit with his brother Arthur
T. Beach of Troy.
Dolphis Bondville of the Soldiers
home has returned from visit in
the northern part of the state.
Mrs. d. H. Winslow and children
have arrived from Washington to
join Mr.. Winslow for the summer.
Mrs. Arson Shippey of Dalton, who
has been visiting Mr.. and Mrs. ]. l..
Shippey, has gone to Pittsfeld for a
visit
C. Thornton was at his home in
Old Bennington over Sunday. Mr..
Thornton is travelling for the
Vacuum Oil company.
II. w Meyers left yesterday for a
visit to the Pennsylvania coal dis
trict and to attend the annual con-
vention of retail dealers.
The meeting of the incorporators
of the Putnam Memorial hospital.
which was to have been held this
morning, was adjourned to this af-
ternoon.
Several persons from Bennington
went to Stamford this morning to
attend a meeting of Pomona Grange.
Mrs. Mary Healy will sing at the
meeting.
]. NJ. Hyde, an inmate of the Sol
diers home, who for the past ten
weeks has been visiting relatives in
Michigan and Ohio. returned to the
home yesterday
Branch No. of st. Mary's Guild
will meet at the residence of l.. f.
Abbott, Thursday afternoon at o.
clock. Members are requested to
bring "pieces" for the rugs.
Walter Alonzo Duncan and Etha-
belle Hall, both of Bennington, were
united in marriage at the Methodist
parsonage Saturday evening, June
IA, 1913 by Rev. p. l.. Dow.
The annual meeting of the Ben
nington graded school district for
the election of officers and the tran
saction of regular business will be
held at 100 o'clock Monday after
noon, June 80. The warning will be
issued in few days.
George K. Stevens, who has been
dangerously Ill in the hospital at
New Haven is pronounced out OF
danger and will be able to return to
Bennington probably in few days.
Mr.. Stevens was taken Ill last Friday
with acute Indigestion while motor
ing TO New Haven to be present at
the graduation Of his son from Yale.
A special service will be held Sun
day afternoon at 800, at the chapel
which has recently been repaired
and painted. The Superintendent of
the District Rev. John II. Coleman,
ID. d. will be present and preach.
The choir of the Methodist church.
under the leadership of Professor E.
f. Long, will conduct the musical
part of the service. The pastor, Rev.
p. L. Dow extends a cordial invita-
ton to all friends, and all the poole
of the chapel community to be pres
emit.
The Good Time circle of Bennlng-
ton High school enjoyed a picnic at
Peckham's Pines at Pownal Center
on Saturday, June IA. Several con-
tests were enjoyed, clothes-pin
hunt, conundrums and the making of
words from the letters in "agricul-
ture." The prizes for the first were
won by Helen Beecher, Robert Hart
and Carolyn Clark. The first prize
for guessing conundrums was won
by Helen Beecher The prizes for
making 100 words from the letters
in agriculture, first were won by Hill
da Hurley, Hazel Huffnagle, and
Marion Beecher. The remainder of
the time was passed in picking ferns,
playing baseball and the disposition
Of a delightful picnic lunch with
lemonade and ice-cream. The great
er part of the picnicers took the $3.50
car but four, Persis Holden, May
Hutton, Verna Cakes and Carolyn
Clark finished the day by tramping