The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-03-20
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Robert H. Merrill of the General
Electric company Schenectady, spent
Sunday with his family here.
J. Armstrong has purchased his
mothers place on the Pownal road
and will move there April 1st
A short business meeting of the
Methodist Brotherhood will be held in
the church parlors at 7.30 this evening.
Miss Mary White, who has been WIS.,
iting for the past month in Boston, re-
turned to her home here Saturday
II. Fl. Allen is confined to his bed at
his Main street home and his condi-
ton was reported more serious Sun
day.
Seymour Van Santvoord spent Sun
day at Shadowbrook farm. His two
sons from the Hotchkiss school were
with him.
Mail Carrier Thomas Halloran, who
has been absent from his route lately
on account of illness is improved and
able to be out
Mrs. Addison Stewart is caring for
Mrs. Samuel b.. Hall, who is recover
ing from lengthy illness at her Old
Bennington home.
| Miss Caroline Downs of Old Ben
nington, who has been upon the sick
list for several weeks is improved and
able to be about again.
Mrs. Russell Hyde and baby. who
have been the guests OF Mrs Hyde
mother, Mrs, r. ID. Bennett, returned
to their home in Pittsfield today.
Rev. James s. Clark, pastor of the
Congregational church at North Ben
nington, exchanged pulpits with Rev.
G. S. Mills of the local church Sunday
morning..
Farmers Inn, the well-lnown bar
just ever the state line in Hoosck,
has been sold to Edward Armstrong,
who will take possession the first OF
tho month.
Mrs. Nora Lonergan is caring for
Mrs. Henry S. Walbridge, mother Of j.
Ed. Walbridge. who is rather poorly
and suffering from severe cold Mrs.
Walbridge is 81 years old
Miss Beulah Whiteley, who played
basket ball with the Bennington girls
last week against Burr IL Burton semi
nary, stayed over night in Manchester
and attended the dance given there
Friday evening
Rev G.. II Mead, who has recently
taken up his residence in this village,
, preached the sermon at the Sunday
evening service of the Methodist
church. A special feature of the music
was q duet by Miss Nellie Ray and
; ! Miss Mildred Farnum.
The sewing society of the Old First
! church net Friday afternoon at the
home OF Mrs. Isaac Jennings, but on
| account of the severe weather the at
| tendance was smaller than usual.
| Several ladies who started through the
Old Bennington SNOW, drifts were UNI
able to, break tleir way and returned
: To, their homes. y n
A nun ber of young people took ad.
; vantage OF the excellent weather Sun.
| day afternoon to go on suowrshoe and
! ! skiing parties to points1of Interest out
! side the village Both. SNOWY N
and skiing are reported excellent.
TWO parties started for Sucker Pond
| and a party of four young men ,explor-
ed the cave on Mt. Anthony
Residents of the southern end Of
Putnam street claim they have seen
| bear! II is not the Teddy variety. brit
real growly kind with footprints taie,
size of isk-broom. At different
times during the past weeks mo9uiit
nights a large animal was observed IN
the long level stretches of country be-
tween Mt. Anthony and Weeks street.
| At first it was taken for dog. One
lady on the street on retiring Friday
evening was pulling down the window
shade when she saw this animal in
closeup" nosing round the garbage
cans in her rear yard. She called the
menfolks bpt bruin made getaway
before they got from the house. In
the morning the tracks he had made
were noted and there claimed to be
sure-enough bear tracks Since relat-
ing her experience, several other peO-
pie in the neighborhood claim to have
seen the animal but were hesitant
about declaring it for fear of nomi-
nation to the Ananas Club or the ac-
cusation that the sweet cider in their
cellars had fomented.
At the morning service of the Metho-
dist church Sunday, Rev. p. L. Dow
spoke On the subject of giving financi-
al support to the church. In the after
noon the members of the Brotherhood
class called upon every member of the
parish, some 400 individual calls being
made. The object was in line with the
local Methodist church's plan for fin
ancing the society. Once each year
on specified Sunday every member is
interviewed by the Brotherhood men
and a private pledge made by the
Methodists at such time for enough in
sum total to defray the gross expenses
of the church for the ensuing year. In
this way there is no need for constant
application for funds by the financial
| board OF the church and leaves the
rest of the year free for the society to
devote itself to Christian work without
worry over finances. Between 400 and
500 church members were interviewed
Sunday afternoon Beside settling the
annual finances OF the church it also
serves to verify the church roster and
keep members in touch with parish ac-
tivities.
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