The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-11-09
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and Village Told
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Mrs. Julia Walker of Bradford
street is i'll.
a regular meeting of Walloomsac
lodge, n. +. o. p will be held Tues
day evening.
Miss Bessie Edison and Miss Edith
Russell passed Sunday with friends
in North Hoosick
A special meeting of the Bradford
book and ladder company will be
held Tuesday evening.
Hubert Daley assisted the choir of
the ST. Johns the Baptist church at
North Bennington Sunday.
Mrs. Edward Ward of Arlington
was in town Saturday TO attend the
funeral of Albert Atwood.
Mrs. Jonathan Morse, who has been
seriously i'll at he home on North
street is able 10 be about the house
again
Mr., and Mrs. F. l.. Houghton and
son, Fred visited in South SALISBURY
Sunday Mrs. Houghton and son are
to remain during the week
During the day Sunday and last
night six inches of snow fell at Wood
ford City and there is three inches of
snow at Lake Hancock.
The work of constructing the Lun-
dergan tenement house on. Park
street has been completed. The
house was built by Mr. Fradenburgh.
Hubert j. Aldrich. who has been
employed on the Fillmore Farms for
the past two years, has finished work
there and gone to Cornell to take a
course in agriculture.
The brief service at 10 a. M. We'd
nesday in st Peters church, will be
omitted this week. Mr.. Turner and
Mr. Mckee will be in Rutland at a
meeting of the clergy OF southern Yer
mont on that morning
The rummage sale under the aus
pieces of the Waman's Auxiliary OF the
Y. NJ. c. A. will be held in the Old
Drysdale store on River street next
the Paddock store The sale starts
Wednesday, Nov. H. Adv
Don't forget to send your articles
to the Y NJ. c. A. for their .rummage
sale starting Wednesday. Dishes and
crockery of all descriptions are ac-
ceptable as well as clothing, etc.
The Y NJ c. A. Board of Directors
will meet tonight at 8 p. IN, rather
than Tuesday for the regular meet
inc. Some important matters are to
be considered and full attendance
Is needed.
Miss Martha Barron, who has been
spending the week in South Shafts
bury. passed Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. F. II. Ferguson before returning
to Pittsfeld Miss Barron is a former
resident of Bennington.
The funeral of Albert Atwood, an
inmate of the Soldiers home, was
held from that institution Saturday
afternoon at o'clock Rev Elmer
Mckee of ST. Peters church officiat
ing He was 20 years old. The bur
ial was at Old Bennington.
The Elks and Pirates bowling
teams will compete tonight on the Y.
NJ. c. A. alleys. The teams. captains
of the six teams in the first league
are expected to meet at 7S0 tonight
and arrange the schedule for the first
series of games and any other mat
tiers relative to the Tournament
More than one hundred and fifty
people witnessed the presentation Of
the Passion Play in the Y NJ. c. A.
yesterday at the two gatherings. The
views as shown by Prof. Drake were
very beautiful and his description
was most enlightening and interest
ing to all who braved the weather to
witness the pictures and listen to the
lecture Miss Mildred Farnum assist
ed in the afternoon meeting by sing
ing two appropriate sacred selections,
while Webster Temple accompanied
at the piano. II is TO be hoped that
Prof Drake may come to Bennington
another time and find better weather
for his lecture.