The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-05-24
THE EVENING BANNER
BENNINGTON VERMONT
Monday, May "a, 1915.
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News of the Town and Village ToIS
Briefly for Busy Readers

MTS. Lucy D. ID. Ioul y HdS IStui hSu
from a several days visit at Will
Jamestown
Branch No. l of ST Mary's Guild
will meet in the parish house Tues
day. May %. from to 5.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gilbert Allen, who
have been guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas Whitman, returned this
morning to Gardner, Mass.
Mr. and Mrs. Lemuel Bottum of
New Haven, Conn, who have been
visiting at their former home here,
returned this morning.
Mrs. p. ]. McMahan of Adams
street, who has been visiting her
sister, Mrs. Walter Slocum of Pitts
field, returned home Sunday.
Clark Hamilton, who received Sc
rious injury to his left foot while at
work at the village stone crushing
plant some time ago, is able to be out
again.
Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Endress re-
turned Saturday from Brattleboro
where they have been attending the
grand lodge session of the Vermont
Odd Fellows.
Mrs. Sidney Thaxter OF Portland.
Me-, former resident, is a guest of
Miss Esther Merrill of Old Ben
nington. Mrs. Thaxter was formerly
Miss Phyllis Schuyler.
The scarifier, a machine used in re-
surfacing macadam roads, purchased
some time ago by the trustees has
arrived and will be tried out on a
stretch of road near the Vermont sol
diers home.
Mrs. G. S. Mills and Mrs Arthur
Annis have gone to st. Johnsbury to
attend the annual meeting OF the
Woman's Home Missionary Union OF
the Vermont Congregational
churches
There will be a special meeting OF
the Civic league in the library Tues
day evening at 7.30 to consider speci-
fications for the new pavilion. Mem
bers are urged to make special eff
fort to be present.
Joseph Stockwell and family are
moving from the Carpenter farm
house to the house formerly occupied
by Il. II. Howard to accept the posi-
ton of foreman for f. H. Everett.
Mr.. Stockwell was formerly assistant
foreman.
ii The regular monthly meeting of the
official board of the Methods.
church will be held this evening. in
the church at 745. and the monthly
meeting Of the Woman's Home Mis-
sionary society will be held in the
parsonage at $50
Five prisoners were released from
the county Jail Sunday morning, but
the institution still has Is inmates
There We're two hearings in munich
pal court this morning. one for in
toxication and the other for vagran-
cy. In both cases the offenders We're
returned to jail for inability to pay
fines,
The funeral of Edward NJ Whitney
was held from his late home on
South street sat 3 O'Clock Sunday af-
ternoon. The ceremony was private
and was attended only by members
Of the family and those with whom
Mr.. Whitney had been associated
turing the past is years at the Drys-
iale store. j5.ev. George S. Mills,
pastor of the Second Congregational
church, officisited and the bearers
we're John r.. Meagher, Harry A.
Wills, Samuel Hawks, Rollin D.
Jenney, II. arthur Starbuck of this
fillage and Edward Bingham of Rut
and. The burial was in the Park
lawn Genet cry.
The art section of the Troy Times
Saturday obtained picture of the
stevens farm buildings on the Ben
lington battlefield. This property is
included within the site repurchased
~ the state of New York for Ben
lington battlefield park, where the
'attle was fought August 16, 1777
The Stevens house will be converted
nto q museum in which relics of the
'attle win be preserved. The pic
ure shows the remains of the ford
vhe re the road to Bennington
no ssed the Walloomsac river in
Re evolutionary days. At the left, just
'e yond the barns, were buried some
J t the Hessians who were killed in
the battle. The Stevens place was
known as the Barnet place years
ago.
The G. A. r. Custer Sixth-Corps
Post and associated orders attended
the Methodist church last evening in
body; the auditorium, which was
beautifully and elaborately decorated
with American Flags, was filled to
0vsrfowing- A pleasing feature OF
he service was the singing of sever
II selections of the patriotic songs of |
fifty years ago, "Tenting to Night on |
II e Old Camp Ground" was sung by |
VI ISIS Edna Loomis and Just Before |
lie Battle Mother" by Roy Clum. |
Hrs. Lena Downs sang as an offer |
DRY Lest Us Have Peace" ITO |
he o Country" was rendered by |
he choir, accompanied by Mrs Fred |
Stiol;Lac oroanict. and Misc a1ia 4