The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-01-05
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News OF the Town and Village Told Briefiu
Cor Rslay ReadeEn

Division f. OF the Congregational
church, will meet with Mrs. Harriet
Twitchell Tuesday evening at 8
o'clock.
The water commissioners will hold
their first meeting of the year this
evening. The board of trustees will
meet tomorrow evening.
The regular monthly meeting of
the Civic league will be held in the
Library at 73O Tuesday evening, Jan
9th. Subject for discussion, Poverty
and Its Courses"
Hall Gaines great novel "The Won
an Thou Gavest Me-" is now running
in the Boston Evening American.
Back numbers for past three days
can be had at Evans's.
Officers of Bennington Aerie, +. o.
| f., will go to North Adams this even
| ing to install officers of the Aerie III
that city. All those attending should
leave here on the special car leaving
at 7.45 o'clock.
The new decorations and other eN-
tensive improvements at the Ben
nington club have been completed.
The decorating was in charge of Isaac
p. Walker of New York, who has re-
Gently opened an Office in Bennington
Mrs. Margoln of North street and
daughter Pauline left Sunday for
| Poughkeepsie, Y. to attend the we'd
| ding Of her daughter. Miss Lena Mar
COLIN, which will take place in that
city at O'Clock p. M, Tuesday at
| Temple Beth Israel.
| The officers of the savings bank
and the county national bank, as well
as many othe' firms. went to Pownal
| this afternoon to attend the funeral
| of the late A. B. Gardner. Both
banks and also the Bennington club
sent beautiful floral tokens
Miss Mary Griffin entertained a
| number of friends at her home on Con
| vent avenue last Friday evening, in
| honor of her guests. the Misses Lau-
| RI Bronson of Pittsfield and Elizabeth
| Murphy OF Troy Musical selections
| were rendered and delightful even
ing was spent.
A regular meeting of Bennington
Aerie. F. o. T.. will be held Tuesday
evening at which time officers for the
| ensuing term will be installed by Dis
| trict Deputy William II. Handley and
| staff of Rutland. Arrangements have
been made for a social hour following
the installation.
The first of series of the card soc
| ials and dances to be given by Ben
nington Council, Knights OF Colum-
bus. will be held in the council rooms
Tuesday evening at So'clock for men.
| bers and their friends. Each mem
Der being at liberty to bring friend.
| Dancing 10 TO II.
Miss Francelia Evans gave a Tan
| 90 tea Saturday afternoon in honor
| of Miss Olive Nisley of Portland, Ore,
| who is student at Smith college.
! Miss Nisley is an accomplished piano
player and possesses a fine soprano
| voice. She rendered several selec-
| tons on the piano during the after
noon which were much enjoyed oy
those present
Recreation work will be resumed at
| Academy hall this afternoon under
| the new director, Miss Carroll. The
classes will be: Monday, 18th, Sth and
9Th grades Of the academy; Tuesday.
the high school, Wednesday, 7th, Sth
and 9th grades OF the public school;
| Thursday, 4th, 9Th and 9th grades of
| the two parochial schools; Friday.
4th, 5th and 9Th grades of the public
schools. The evening recreation club
will meet Thursday night The Fort
nightly recreation class will open
| Wednesday, Jan. 18th.
Bennington Grange will hold reg.
uiar meeting ON Wednesday evening
Jan. I, 81 s p. m, in the \. l.. o. p.
hall. The officers for the year will be
installed by Past Master W. G. Hour
an and wife. The lecturers program
will consist of the following: Music.
by Grange original poem. Mrs. Geo
Harmon; reading. Miss Mary Rose.
questions to be discussed Greatest
need of farm women" Most proh.a-
BILE things to do in Winter" The sur
prise committee. consisting OF Miss
Lois Niles. Fred Philputt and Richard
Cook, will have something OF interest
to give to this program. Tae men OF
the order will serve an oyster supper
after the lecturers program. \ large
attendance is desired at this meeting
Miss Mary T. Chatfeld. the artists
bookbinder who committed suicide By
stabbing in her studio in New York on
December 2S, was for some years
resident of Hoosick Falls and had
number of relatives living in this vi
ciniiy. The woman was undoubtedly
deranged. for. according TO state
ments made by her brother. follow
ing the discovery of the body. she
had for the two months proceeding
her death complained that she was
pursued By a haunting voice. She
said that she felt compelled to do
whatever the voice told her and I'M an