The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-03-25
SEVENTH ANNUAL
OF bENN|N GTON
K. OF c. COUNCIL
Easter Monday Concert and
Ball a Big Success
MORE THAN 200 ATTEND
Nearly a Hundred Couples in Grand
March Led BY p. j. Prendergast
and Miss Birmingham.

and Miss Birmingham.
The big social event of the year in
Bennington, the annual Easter Mon
day concert and ball of Bennington
council, No. 307, Knights of Column
bus, was held at the hall of st. Fran
els de Sales academy last night. 1t
WAS the seventh occasion of its KIND
and in the opinion of many who have
been in attendance year after year,
the council last evening demonstrated
that 1t is capable of improving upon
the excellent record acquired in the
production of preceding entertain
ments. There were new features In
the decorations and there was also in
evidence an element of ease in the
manner in which the guests of the
council were cared for. The exper-
fence of the past six years has devel-
oped a system and working force in
the council that enables its members
to carry out a program such as was
arranged last evening in manner
that would almost give the impression
that entertaining of this nature was
their profession.
Bennington has its quota of frater-
nal and social organizations, but the
council is the only order that has
adopted the custom of giving an an
nual concert and ball For this rea-
son, added to the reputation created
I in the past, the evening of Easter
| Monday has secured the top place on
| the social calender, with little likele-
hood that it will be displaced in years
| to come.
The principle feature of the decora-
tons was the lavish use of electric
| light The festoons of crepe paper,
| in the purple and white colors of the
order, strung from the arched rafters
to the walls were parallelled with
lines of red tulip incandescents. Lines
of little colored bulbs ran through the
miniature evergreen forest in the rear
of the stage. Over the entrance was
the shamrock outlined in green mean
descents and over the stage the mon
ogram TX. of c. in white and purple
lights Flags were used throughout
the hall. but principally upon the side
walls. The general effect not only
showed taste in decoration, but was
pleasingly harmonious in every detail.
In the opinion of the ladies present,
the gowns eclipsed those seen on any
previous Easter Monday evening.
There was no particular costume
which could be said to give to its
wearer the title of bell of the bal"
but the dresses collectively were pro
nounced the most beautiful of the SER
les. The soft shades of pink and
and blue predominated with just
enough of the darker shades to COM
plete pretty picture.
From until $50, while the guests
were arriving, Frazier's orchestra OF
eight pieces gave the following con-
cert program:
Overture, Morning, Noon and Night,
Suppe
Selection from "The Girl of My
Dreams" Hoschma
Novelty, Parrissanne, Won Tilzer
Medley of Popular Songs, Selected
Shortly after $3.50 the grand march,
led by Grand Knight p ]. Prendergast
and Miss Annie Birmingham and d.
rected by Joseph A. Evans. formed
with close to a hundred couples in
line
Mr.. and Mrs. John II. Kelley, Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas Morrissey, Mr. and
Mrs. W. ID. McGurn, Mr.. and Mrs. Da-
vid Murray, Mr.. and Mrs. Norman Ed
gerton, Mr.. and Mrs. John j. Hayes,
Mr.. and Mrs. G. +. Hollenbeck, Mr.
and Mrs. William O'Brien, Mr.. and
Mrs. Albert Schwartz, Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph J. Cunning. Mr.. and Mrs. Pat
rick Mccarthy. Mr. and Mrs. II. Har-
Fy Sharpe. Mr.. and Mrs. Martin
Kearns. Mr.. and Mrs. w. j. Watson,
MFR. and Mrs. w. H. Sibley, Mr.. and
Mrs. r. ]. Hurley, Mr.. and Mrs. II. f.
Morse, Mr.. and Mrs. J. p. Morrissey,
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene j. Shea, Mr.. and
Mrs. w. A. Wall, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Campbell, Mr.. and Mrs. Patrick Nc
CURE, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Seymour,
MFR. and Mrs. Archie Hurley, Mr. and
Mrs. John r. Ryan, ID. A. Guiltinan
Ind Miss Elizabeth NJ McDermott.
DR.. ]. ID. Lane and Miss Josephine
Keller, John Whitney and Miss Kath-
cen Whitney, n. ]. Morrissey and
Miss Alice Mangan of Rutland, John
?. Mulligan and Miss Jennie Multi
gan, p. J. Dunn and Miss Nellie Scan
on. Richard Carney and Miss Martha
Carney. Frank O'Toole and Miss Til
lie Hurvey, J. G. Hutton and Miss
Mary +. Chapman of New York,
George w. Neary and Miss Margaret
Neary. Louis S. McDermott and Miss
Margaret Mcbride, f. II. McCue and
Mrs. Mary Healy. James ]. McCue
nd Miss Eliza McCue, Warren Waite
md Louise Laren, Henry Fenwsy of
ioosick Falls and Miss Nellie Nc
iurn, Jesse Buss and Miss Eva Ratell.
tobert Thompson and Miss Fannie
tyan. J. J. McKale and Miss Z. ].
3ovie, John J. McGurn and Mrs. Tes-
ie Leonard. Floyd Taylor Of Hoosick
ais and Anna Ward Of Hoosick
ais. A. Henry Madison and Miss
ieien 81. Clair Of Cohoes. n. Y. Dan
el +. Shaw and Miss Anna b. Peake.
Ohm l. Neal OF HOosick Falls and
iiss Bessie ?. Costello. John c. Hou-
an, IT. and Miss Bessie Houran. John
Ryan and Miss Alma Dagesse. NJ
Schwab and Miss Mary L. L.afran.
he. J. A Hackett and Miss MARY
killion Of Hoosick Fails. ] II
Feich and Miss Alice E. Powers Of