The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-02-03
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Miss Eta May Barden leaves today
for weeks visit with friends in Rut-
land
Frank Morgan of New Haven, Conn
is a guest of his sister, Mrs. A. Buel
Sibley.
Heman Robinson of Washington, D.
c., Is visiting his sister, Mrs. s. B.
Hall, who Is Ill.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Bennum OF
Rutland spent Sunday with Mrs. E.
J. Lashway on River street.
George Towsend of Pittsfield visit
ed his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Towsend, over the week end.
William Mccarthy and daughter,
Hannah, of Old Bennington have re-
turned from a trip to New York.
Mrs. Frank Cheever of Greenfield
returned home today after passing
the week end with her father, DR.. H.
c. Day.
Harry Bridge, who is employed in
Manchester, passed the week end
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Char
les Bridge of Main street.
The Elks and Pirates will bowl a
match game on the Y. M. c. A. alleys
tonight at 7.45 o'clock. Tuesday night
the Athletics and Tigers will bowl at
730.
The regular meeting of the Miriam
Rebekah lodge will be called at 8
o'clock sharp this evening as a social
will Immediately follow the business
meeting.
A party composed of Misses May
and Gertrude Carney, Robert Carney,
c. Lynn Wood and John O'Donnell
passed Sunday at camp Linwood In
Barbers pines.
The Life Problem" class of the Y.
NJ. c. A. will meet at $50 p. m, for
supper on Tuesday Feb. 4th, which
will be followed by the subject of the
evening Social Amusements."
Tuesday evening, Feb. 4, the Young
Woman's club will hold a social dance
in their rooms over the Banner office
from $50 to 11.30. Music will be fur
nished by Hurley's orchestra. Admis-
sion % cents. Adv. 95t3.
Letters from John Nash, who was
in Washington last week, state that
the weather there has been unusually
warm for this time of year. Mr.
Nash has visited Baltimore and was
in Washington the latter part of the
week.
Word was received this morning
from Rossville, Kans., that David
Howard, formerly of Bennington, is
seriously i'll and that there is little
hope of his recovery. His brother
Jared Howard expected to leave to
day for Roosville.
The Morris Baraca class of the
First Baptist church will hold bust
ness meeting this evening at 7.45, al
the home of Sidney Edison. Impor
tant business will be transacted and
ii is hoped that every member OF the
class will be present.
The evening study classes in the Y
NJ c. A. will meet as usual on Tues
| day and Thursday of this week. 7
| L. Moody will meet with the mechan
ical drawing class and the Englisl
class will be provided for this week
The Williamstown men will be ready
to teach next week.
A doe deer lost its life in a peculiar
manner on the eastern road leading
to Pownal last Friday. The dee
which was jogging slowly over the
| highway turned to leave the road
but kept its head turned so as t
watch a team loaded with wood. Witt
| its head in this position the dee
crashed into a woven wire fence anC
broke its neck.
G. S. Butler, who for two years ha
held the position of superintendent o
the Bennington Gas Light Co. has re
signed and will go next week to 81
Adams, where he will have like pc
sition with the st. Adams Gas L'gh
Co. Mr. Butler has rendered efflcien
service here in Bennington, and ha
done much to put the company on
sound financial basis and increase II
business.
The Brush Shop bowlers won fror
the North Bennington bowlers on tn
Y. NJ. c. A. alleys Saturday evening
winning the five points. The forme
team scored as follows: Clark, 37S
Campbell, 3S9; Sawyer, 492; McDoI
nell, 391; Yettrew, 435; total pin:
20S0. The latter team scored: Jones
r., 4O7; Jones, NJ, 4SS; White, II. c
372; White. c., 800; Payne. 27S; tota
pins, 1925.
Collins NJ Graves, Horace p. Woo
man and Harry T. Southhall hav
been appointed committee from tn
membership of the Bennington Coul
ty Fish and Game club to arrange fo
series of lectures on different pra
es of wild life. The details of III
course of lectures have not been col
pleted, but it is hoped that the clu
will be able to secure some OF III
prominent men who are interested
, game protection and the Audobo
society work.
DIR. David c. Latshaw, Secretary
the International Committee Y. NJ.
A., with headquarters in New Yor
city, will spend Thursday and Frida
of this week in Bennington with II
local association. DR. Latshaw was
| member Of one of the teams of e
perts i'm the Men and Religion Fo
ward Movement. which worked in n
larger cities of the continent last Sc
son. II is now planned to have son
shop meetings and a union meetiT
on Thursday evening in the Bapti
church, while DR.. Latshaw is in tow
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