The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-11-02
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers

Mrs e. NJ. Gardiner of Main street
is entertaining her brother Everett
Kinloch of Troy for few days.
Miss Margaret T. Hayes of Gage
street has returned from a three-day
visit with her sister Miss Julia Hayes,
in Pittsfeld.
Mrs. Charles Hart and little son of
Dewey street are spending week
in Rutland where Mr.. Hart is engag-
ed in the insurance business.
Mrs Charles f. Patterson of Monu-
ment avenue will leave shortly for
points in New Jersey where she will
spend Thanksgiving with relatives.
Albert Williams. a former resident
who has been spending a weeks yaca
ton visiting friends in the village, re
turned today to his home in Monkton
The Independents took four points
from Hilsides in the Y. NJ. c. A. ten
pen tournament last night Tonight
the Mohawks will roll against the Tig
erG.
Emerson Estabrook, who was in.
jured by block of granite in Sunder
land a week ago, despite broken
collar bone is at his business about
the village.
Miss Eva Lassor went to Rutland
yesterday, accompanying Miss Titina
Somers who is entering convent
school in that city. Miss Lassor re-
turned today
Bennington Grange will hold regu
lar business meeting Wednesday eve
ming followed by an entertainment
given by Hossac and Stamford
Oranges. after which refreshments
will be served.
Mss Katherine Fischer, who has
been spending a short vacation with
her parents in Bennington, has re-
turned to her case, at Londonyille n.
Y. from there she will 90 to Pensa-
cola, Flor.
Now is the time to buy your
Christmas presents something thew
and different at the Japanese bazaar
at the NJ. E. church tomorrow after,
noon and evening from until $50
and 1870 until 1890. The public is in
yited. ADV.
| Principal T. o. Mabrey and Instruc
| tor b. f. Parlin Of the high school
manual training department have Sc.
| cured an appropriation from the
| school board for a turning lathe
which will shortly be installed in the
basement of the high school, In.
struction in wood-turning will be adj
ded to the manuel training curricu
| lum.
The second meeting OF the Wo.
mans Missionary Society OF the
| Second Congregational church for
| the fall and winter season was held
| this afternoon The subject was
Business and Methods" with prayer
for the annual meeting Of the Wo
mans Board The leader was Mrs
Helen J Thomas and the hostess, Mrs
| George S. Mills. The next meeting
of the Board will be November 16tl
and the hostess is Mrs Jennie E. Hol
den
| The following local teachers were
| recent attendants at the Teachers
| Convention held in Rutland last
week; Miss NJ Lillian Edgerton
Miss Gertrude T. Carney, Miss Hazel
Hart, Miss Daisy p. Rudd, Miss Mary
e. Cutting, Miss Edith Russell. Miss
Teresa II, Daley, Miss Frances l.
| ODonnell, Miss Mary G. Carney
| Miss Elizabeth G. WEIGH, Miss Brigie
ID. Mcclure, Miss Elizabeth c. Hoff-
man. Miss Bertha, p. Lambert, Miss
Cora b. Whitney, Miss Mary Il. Hyde.
Miss Carrie A. Wood, L. L. Parlin
and Supt. A. w. Varney Most of the
teachers returned Saturday, although
several visited friends in Rutland
and vicinity and returned Sunday
evening.
The faculty Of the night school de-
sire that Bennington people advertise
the beginners reading classes as
much as possible among the foreign
ers. Many local foreigners would
take al ntage of this OBJ
portunity ii they were aware that the
beginners reading class is especially
adapted to this instruction, Instruc-
tors will be provided who can speak
most OF the foreign language used by
the local foreigners and the Banner
has been asked to assist in giving
this branch of the night school es-
pecial publicity The beginners read
ing classes are held Monday and
Wednesday evenings from 100 to
$50
Night school opened last evening
with exceptionally good attendance.
Because of the preparation made by
the faculty there was little confusion
in getting the classes under way.
About a dozen new registrations we're
received, bringing the attendance to
date close to 100 Most of the new
entries were for the beginners read
ing classes This evening the classes
in second reading, mechanical drawing
2nd sewing. typewriting and book
keeping will be held Mr. Mabrey
will teach German tonight only from