The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-02-29

The Young Woman's club will give
leap year dance Saturday evening,
March A. Dancing from S.45 to 11.45.
Admission 25 cents.
An entertaining program has been
arranged for the Bradford Hooks fair
which opens at Foresters' hall Thurs.
day evening. Adv.
Rev. gorge S. Mills, pastor of the
Second Congregational church, left
this morning for Rutland to attend d
ministerial conference.
Thomas Murphy of Detroit is spend
ing week in the village, called here
by the death of his brother, John p.
Murphy, which occurred Monday.
The annual business meeting and
election of officers of the Ladies' Aux
iliary Of the Y. NJ. c. A. will be held
Wednesday afternoon, March 1st at
o'clock.
There will be regular meeting of
st. Agnes Guild at the Parish house
this evening. An entertainment will
be given and all ladies of the parish
are invited.
Girls! Basket ball practice tonight
at 7S0, preparatory to the game with
Dalton. No girl will be allowed to
play Friday night who does not attend
this preliminary practice.
julius L. Weichman has returned
from New York where he has been
for the past ten days attending the
displays of the new models in ladies'
tailor-made habits.
The Foresters of America will hold
another OF their popular moonlight
hops tomorrow, Wednesday night, in
f. Of A. hall Donnelly's full orches-
ira and tickets rs cents, Adv,
Watch for the big double header
Basket ball game Friday night at Lii
brary hail. Two teams. from Dalton,
Mass, will play two local teams of
girls. Get your ticket early to help
out the guarantee ega
The Bradford Hooks fair will open
at Foresters' hall Thursday evening.
The entertai1ment will be in progress
Friday and Saturday evenings and the
company has prepared an interesting
program for the event. Adv.
Leon LaMarre of School street, who
has been in poor health for some
weeks, is making good progress tow
ard recovery. The condition of Mrs.
LaMarre, who has been seriously i'll,
shows considerable improvement.
The Senior Endeavor society of the
Second Congregational church Will
give social in the chapel Wednesday
evening OF this week at o'clock.
There will be games and refresh
ments The members are invited to
come AMI each bring friend.
.lll books must be returned to The
Library or or before March list. While
the library is closed for the circula-
tion of books, the reading room will
be open one hour each day from 4 to
5 p. M, for reference and research
work.
Everyone is cordially invited to the
High school hall this evening to hear
the reading of the prize essays A
committee will be appoint
ed to select the officers of the Parent
Teachers association for the ensuing
year,
Last Saturday morning Miss Hilda
Pratt met the children at the Library
and took them on an imaginary "trip
to Bermuda. Later she told them the
81 DRY of Shakespeare's Tempest"
and aroused in each one a desire t.
read the tale.
Mrs. Arthur Holden and son Waldo
Holden and Mrs. Collins M. Graves
and son recently attended the annual
play given by the pupils of the West
minister school at Simsbury, Conn.
The whist party at the hall Of the
Foresters Saturday evening
was we'll attended, ladies prize being
awarded to Mrs. John LaFlamme OF
South street and ladies' consolation
prize to Mrs. Fred Pinsonault OF Park
street. The gentlemen's first prize
went to Adjutor Marcoux Of Mil
street and second prize to Paul Cali
peau of Pratt street
Word has been received by friends
here that Joseph A. Barrett, former
Bennington boy, is now undergoing
treatment in Scranton, Penn, hospi-
tai and his condition is such that his
recovery Is doubtful. His case has
been diagnosed as cancer Of the eye.
He was somewhat troubled by the af.
fiction before leaving here three
years ago, when he went with his cid
er brother, Edward Barrett, to live in
Barre. His mother, Mrs. Kate
Barrett, formerly OF School street,
died here some time ago. There are
several relatives and large circle of
friends here saddened by the news of
his condition.