The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-04-20
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News OF tho Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers

James BurBndTt VINO mas Deen COu-
fined to his home is able to be out
again.
Just received so new spring coats,
also shipment of fine suits at No
weeks. ADV.
Hot cross buns at the l, E. Gibson
company bakery tomorrow. Send in
your orders early. ADV.
Marden Nichols and Or. Rollin D.
Jenney enjoyed a fishing trip to Shafts
bury Wednesday afternoon.
The Lords Supper will be observed
at the close of the special services at
the Baptist church this evening.
A telephone was installed Wednes-
day at the home of Mrs. Ida Bassett
on Gage street The number is 467-
w.
Miss Ruth Stevens and Miss Avis
Babcock of Hoosick Falls are visiting
Miss Babcocks uncle, Fred o. Graves
for fews days.
The arbutus is beginning to appear
on the hillsides. A number of school
children secured several sprigs on
Hathaway hill last night.
Michael Burke drove the Hawks car
| through to Pownal yesterday and found
the road passable for automobiles This
morning he got through to North Ad-
| ans.
Miss Mary Robinson and Miss Lulu
| Robinson have moved into the house
owned by John V. D. S. Merrill in Old
| Bennington instead of that owned by
Robt. H. Merrill
| Officer Hurley and Deputy Sheriff
Perry Gardner returned from Brat.
tleboro last night where they escorted
three patients to the Retreat yester'
day. The trip over was made without
incident
The grammar school boys are con
tinuing the erection of the playground
apparatus which was begun last fall
Posts have been sunk for the basket
ball baskets, horizontal bars, swings
tiers and travelling rings.
Mrs. Emma Harwood of Main street
who went to Winthrop, Mass, few
weeks ago to visit, slipped on the Ice
there about a fortnight ago and sus
tanned broken leg. She is in the
Winthrop hospital at present.
There is to be meeting of the X
of c. ball committee this evening t
make final arrangements for Monda!
nights ball Barring the meeting Sun
day afternoon this will be the last b.
fore the ball takes place and full at
| tendance is desired
| The grammar school held fire dril
this morning and the building was emp
tied in exactly two minutes. With tn,
addition OF the high school to the thirt
| floor there are now 800 pupils in tn
graded building. All were back a
their desks in five minutes.
MIR. and Mrs. w. B. Walker, VIII
have been passing most of the white
in ST. Petersburgh, Fla, left there thi
week Monday for home. Word ha
been received here by friends tina
they expect to visit for a couple Q
weeks in Brooklyn before reachin
] Bennington.
The Woman's Relief Corps has pr,
scented three flags for use Of rura
schools, in line with their recent sim
lar gift to the high school. Two c
them will go to the Pownal school
and one to the schoolhouse in tn
n Bushnell district, taught by Mis-
Katherine Durham.
Miss Bessie kennon who has bee
Ill at her home on Weeks street for tn
past three months, is somewhat In
proved although she Is still contine
to bed. She was recently the r
cipient of trout dinner, the fish b
ing presented by Mr.. and Mrs. Ere
mont Barnes from a good sized cato
n secured by Mr. Barnes at the openin
OF the trout season.
Manager Jenney Of the Benningtc
high school baseball team has a
ranged three more games for the pre-
ent season. The first will be playt
Saturday at Morgan park with the
Joseph's school Of North Adams. I'll
local team will go to Williamstown {
b May 20 and will play its return gan
with st. Joseph's in North Adams Ma
X "a.
i'll Henry Loveland of Dorset came in
n the village this morning with load
II, maple syrup which he had no Difficult
in disposing OF before 10 o'clock. I
\ stated that the syrup crop this year
his vicinity is slightly improved ov
last year, but the unreasonable weat
D, er only allowed for about three-qui
tiers OF what the yield should be. T
- price Of $1.25 per gallon prevails
the product locally this year.
The annual meeting OF the Bennir
ton County Teachers association "
occur this year Thursday and Fridt
May 4th and 9th In the high school {
sembly hall. There are about
teachers in the five districts OF
county who will attend and the pub
schools will close for the two da
Some good speakers will be provid
for the four sessions and the one
Thursday evening will be open to
public. Rev Arthur w. Hewitt of
state board of education will addr'
this meeting, and Supt Varney is pl
ming to make this years convent