The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-04-03
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News OF the Town and Village Told
erleily for Busy Readers

| briefly TOT busy READERS
Mrs. William r, Morgan left this
morning for a stay in Troy
Charles Morse Of Nottingham was
a recent visitor in the village.
Mrs. George Phelps has accepted
position as seamstress at the Soldiers
| home.
Pathe News showing United States
troops in pursuit of the bandit Villa
can be seen at Harte Theatre today
Adv.
A regular meeting of Bennington
Aerie, Fraternal Order of Eagles, is
scheduled for Tuesday evening and
full attendance is requested.
Walter Wood, who has been spend
ing the spring recess with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Frank NJ. Wood. returned
to the u. V. NJ. this morning
4 Miss Doris Carpenter who has been
visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Il
4 A. Carpenter during the spring recess
of Pratt Institute, left for her studies
in Brooklyn, this morning.
Miss Beulah Evans school at River
side is to give a small entertainment
to parents and friends of the children
Tuesday evening, showing the progress
of her school and awaking interesl ~
rural school work.
In The Rack Alice Brady plays
the part OF sorely harassed young
wife who undergoes great deal of tor
ture through having innocently com
promised herself. Opera house to-
morrow. ADV.
Percy Bassett, Springfield. was the
guest of his mother, Mrs. Ida Bassett
of Gage street, over Sunday. While
not entirely recovered form her recent
4 illness. Mrs. Bassett is considerably
improved
Rosemary beautiful and charm,
ing FIVE part feature picture in which
Marguerite Snow, known throughout
FINLAND as Pretty Peggy, is starred,
will be shown here at Harte Theatre
today. Adv.
George f. Brown of Riverside,
North Bennington. is the proud owner
Of flock of Rhode Island hens which
laid SIS eggs during the month OF
March making an average of nearly
\ seventeen eggs per day.
Roaring Branch has been living up
to its name the past few days. At
times Sunday afternoon the water
\ from the melting SHOWS in the noun
tains to the eastward came up within
two feet of the top of the retaining
walls near the School street bridge.
The pupils of Mrs. Hunters school
: in Old Bennington are to give an enter.
tainment at the district building this
evening to which parents and friends
are cordially invited This win be the
entertainment which was to have been
. given prior to the spring vacation, but
which was postponed owing to bad
, weather.
Again the Main street cellars are
2 filled with water. They are not in
r such bad condition, however, as they
c we're this fall With the snow melt
/, ing steadily all day Sunday, about 5
| inches of water found its way into
4 some Main street Easements this
t morning. So far no one has started
e pumping out.
A weeks vacation for the local
A grammar schools opened this morning
I and the high school pupils returned af
: ter an eight-day absence. The high
h school teaching force was on hand and
/. sessions began without delay. Most
of the grammar school teachers viii
spend their spring vacation in towr
, with the exception of Miss Kline, who
goes to her home in New Hampshire
q The Lecturers program to be given
at the Grange Wednesday evening viii
>, consist of music both vocal and in
:. strumental, paper, "My Trip Il
California" by Mrs Florence Lyons
\ and other papers. There will be {
leap year roll call followed by con
test for which prizes will be awarded
Light refreshments will be served ant
a large attendance is requested by Tn,
Lecturer.
Mrs. Lucy Gibson of North Adams
A a former resident, was a visitor il
A town Saturday She has been super
A intending the moving OF her house
II hold goods to that city, which hav'
y been stored here during the winter
] The body OF Mrs William w. Hope
who died at the American house Fri
\ day afternoon was taken to Middle
v bury for funeral services and inter
mept Sunday. The funeral was hell
4 from st Mary's church at O'clock
H All the Pownal schools opened thi
morning after a three.weeks vacation
ON account of the impossible condition
of the Pownal reads There are still
places in Pownal where despite tn
melting temperatures of the past week
4 the snow is still Of such depths to max
road travel inconvenient. The stor
is told that c. NJ, Amidon, the cream
dealer. started out with q sleigh fror
East Pownal the middle Of the week
Y with load OF his production for Ber
nington Getting half way here tn
snow had disappeared in the valley I
n such an extent that his runners mire
= in mud. He was obliged to borrow
d wagon from a nearby farmer to con
3 plete the trip, the first time he ha
been delayed thus in several years.
There is to be meeting of the 30
n Scouts at the "Y' this evening to al
or range plans for the spring and sun
mer work, 1t is a regrettable circun