The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-08-26
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PERU

! sister, Miss Brown OF Brattleb0rO
few days last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. II. Bachelor of
West Hampton Mass. visited friends
| here during last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sawyer entertained
their daughter Mrs. Watkins and fam
| lily of Townsend last week
Miss Roberts of Washington, d. c..
| was a guest of her neices the Misses
| Sherman for short time last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. L. Byard of Am
herst, Mass, were Old Home week
| guests OF Mr. and Mrs. +. Il. Cross
man.
Mr.. aud Mrs. II. II. Hubbard and
family were guests of Mrs. Hubbard's
sister Mrs F. Wyman q part of last
| week
| Mr.. and Mrs. Lombra of Springfield
Mass, were in town for Old Home
day Mrs. Lombra being remembered
as Mary Chandler.
| DR.. Crane of Elizabeth, n. j., occu
| pied. the pulpit in the church on sun
| day morning, and his fine sermon was
enjoyed by large audience.
Herbert ]. Hapgood, proprietor OF
the Boonton Lakes in New Jersey.
spent several days OF last week with
his uncle NJ. ]. Hapgood of the Lodge.
The listers have filed the new quad
riennial appraisal OF real estate in
the town clerks office and will hold
their hearing Sept 9th in the village
hall.
1t is expected that the schools in
town will reopen next week with the
same teachers as last yea, Mrs. Cool
edge in the village and Miss Freda
Jones in the North School.
Miss Stewart, grand daughter of
Porter Bachelor is spending week
at the cottage" Miss Stewart VIII
be remembered as spending season
here several years ago with her moth
er, formerly Mary f. Bachelor.
Mrs. w. II. Burroughs entertained
| Mrs. Miller of Baldwinville, Mass,
known here as Fanny Byard, Mrs.
John Howard OF Putney, formerly
Miss Byard and Mr.. Burroughs sister
Mrs. Botsford OF Manchester during
Old Home week.
Six little New York Tribune fresh
| air boys were brought up from Man
chester last week by M. J. Hapgood
and provided for two weeks stay
among different places in town. They
are bright little fellows and it is a
pity that permanent homes cannot be
be found for them with us.
William l. Whitney will give a
piano recital at the church in Peru
on Wednesday evening. Sept. End.
Mr.. Whitney is a native of Peru and
has of late pursued his musical stud
les in Boston. spending some time at
the New England Conservatory For
the past year he has been special
student under Felix Fox the noted in.
structor. He win be assisted at the
recital by A. NJ Best baritone.
Morning service, II O'Clock, Ser
| mon He hath anointed me-" by
the pastor, Rev. Stephen S. Wood;
| evening service, 7.45 address by Miss
Emily Halsey Suydam, teacher of the
native school on the Island OF Guam
near the Philippines. Sunday school
~ noon; Junior Endeavor, 3.45 Sun
day; Christian Endeavor Saturday
evening at 7.45, subject, "Why and
how to abolish War, leader. Joseph
Fanum: prayer meeting Thursday
evening at 745. preparatory lecture;
informal reception to the summer
people at the parsonage on Friday
| evening.
| Wednesday. August 10. was obsory-
ed as our annual Old Home Day,
with a dinner served on the parson
age lawn to about 200 people by the
Ladies' Aid society, good number
of them being old Peruvians. The
dinner was followed by speeches by
DIR. Seymour. DIR. Crane. Rev. S. S.
Wood. our pastor, Deason Lyon, Mrs.
| Charles Batchelder and others The
baby show followed the speaking.
which was held in the parsonage par
lor on a account of the heavy show
er. Tho room was well filed with
babies and their mothers. The first
prize, a blue. ribbon was awarded to
Gilbert Lloyd Dryden. son of Mr. and
| Mrs. Talbert Dryden, the second prize
a pink ribbon was given to Woodrow
Woodruff prouty. son OF Mr.. and Mrs
Austin l.. Prouty. as the two health
est and heaviest babies. A trained
! nurse was on the board OF Judges.
| The ladies' sold a good supply of
rugs. aprons and fancy articles and
souvenir china, also ice cream and
home made candies. The total re-
ceipts Of the day neared one hun
dred and fifty dollars. Following the
exercises on the parsonage lawn a
meeting Of the Peru Historical socie-
~ was held in the church at which,
it being the first annual meeting of
this society a constitution was adopt
ed and the following officers elected.
by the secretary casting one ballot
for the whole, President ]. X. Bat
chelder OF Arlington; vice president.
Alfred NJ. Best Of New York city:
secretary. Mrs. L. Whitney. Treas