The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-02-25
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers

Howard H. Shields has returne,
from visit in New York.
Food sale at st. Peters parish hous,
Saturday afternoon from to 5. Adv
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward n Nevils are
receiving congratulations over the ar
rival of nine pound daughter, borr
today. gq
Miss Adelaide Coombs, who has
been living with Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene
Brown, has left for Atlanta, Ca, where
she has a position as stenographer
making her home with relatives in
that city.
All three local basketball teams are
to play out of town Saturday evening
The first team of the "Y" will play al
Hoosick Falls, the second at Manchest
er and the high school boys at North
Adams.
Franklin Fl. Piper, one Of the in
mates OF the Soldiers Home, who was
admitted from Middlebury in 1905
was taken on cot to the Mary Fetch
er hospital in Burlington yesterday for
an operation on one of his legs.
Word has been received that Miss
Edith Dewey, who yesterday went
through an operation at the Samari'
tan hospital in Troy, passed through
the ordeal successfully and is resting
as comfortably as can be expected.
The Bennington friends of Mrs. VIM
Holden of Hoosick Falls were sad
dened to learn of her death in that
town this week, the burial being from
her late home on Wednesday. Before
her marriage Mrs. Holden was Miss
Lizzie Burke of Bennington.
Last night in the bowling tourna-
ment on the Y. NJ. c. A. alleys the I'll
gers showed their usual speed and
took the whole five points from the
Independents. The score at the close
stood 2473 to 1886. C. Dean was high
man for the Tigers and Ladd high man
for the Independents.
You can't spend 20 cents with more
pleasure and profit to yourself than by
supporting local athletics at Library
hall each Friday evening. Two clean
and snappy games are always guaran-
teed with social hour afterward.
Tonight it is Burr and Burton VS. the
high school girls and the End Y. NJ. C..
A. VS. the H. S. boys
A meeting of the telephone EN-.
ployees was held after the working
hours last evening and it was decided
to give a supper to those who made
the recent ball a success. There are
10 phone people who will attend the
affair, which will be held during the
coming week. The place has not yet
been decided upon. oSa9er.
The funeral of Charles F. Wood,
who died at his home In Woodford on
Tuesday morning. was held from the
house at one O'clock Thursday after
noon. Rev. w. G. Towart conducting
the services. The bearers we're Her
man Leray, Geoge Wood, G. Leray,
Charles /. Wood, Edward Robinson
and Herman Bugbee. Burial was I'm
the cemetery at Woodford City.
The boy who raises the most money
for boys work in the Y.
NJ. c. A. will get a years subscription
TO Boys Life" Each member of the
team will get a gold Y. NJ. c.
A. pin. The team getting the largest
number of contributions, regardless
Of the amount Of money, will have n
separate table at the Monday night
supper, and not have to pay for their
plates.
The funeral of Ernest A. Robbins,
who died at the home of his sister,
Mrs. Burt Harmon on the Shadow
brook farm, the first of the week, was
held from the house Thursday after
noon attended by several out-of-town
relatives and friends. Rev. P. l.. Dow
officiated. The bearers were Leon
Percy, William Robbins, James Smith
and Burt Harmon. Interment was in
the vault in the Old Bennington Gem
etery.