The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-12-22
DORSET

! Rutland for the day, Tuesday.
Henry West has returned home af-
ter several weeks spent in Brattle-
boro.
Dorothy Gilbert was in Benning-
yton, Thursday and Friday last, guest
| of Mrs, VIM B. Sheldon.
10. Phillips left Tuesday for Ports
mouth, N. H., where he will enter
service in the Coast Artillery.
Neil Bradley of Rutland was
guest of Mrs. Grace Knight, coming
| to attend the Red Cross play
| The annual meeting of the Cheese
! Factory Association was held Satur-
day at the shop of Fred Seymour.
| Mr.. and Mrs. r. NJ Campbell will
leave this week for an extended
| visit in Connecticut and New York.
Clifford A. Atkinson left Wednes-
day for Saranac, N. Y, where he will
spend the remaining winter months.
Letters from Perry Peltier have
been received by his parents from
the ship on which he embarked for
France, also news of his safe arriv-
| al after thrilling experiences in tran
! sit =.
| A counsel of physicians was held
Monday over the serious condition of
Mrs. G. NJ Ludd, who is suffering
| from pneumonia. Her sons and
| daughter from out of town have been
| summoned.
| On Friday the funeral of Peter
| Brooks of North Rupert occurred
and the relatives accompanied the
body to East Dorset for burial. The
| trip WAS made over the mountain and
| with great difficulty and almost
| twelve hours were spent on the
| journey. The undertaken from Gran
Vile was unable to return home till
next day
Through the kindness of Rufus Gil
bert, his West road neighbors to the
( number of twenty three, were con-
veyed to and from the play Monday
| evening behind his fine team of draft
| horses. This was rare treat in the
nature of straw ride and was most
\
I of robes, three OF which were
genuine "Buffaloes."
The blizzard of last Thursday and
| Friday took the attention Of the en-
tire population and Snow Bound"
! was an open volume for a time. AS
soon as feasible, forces rallied and
roads were broken so that traffce
! IL .tI
stop. Mercury suffered a fall to rs
| degrees below zero on Saturday
! night, which contributed greatly to
! the discomfort of residents. Snow,
on the level, was considered at least
/ two feet deep and the depth of drifts
| was variable. Stage driver o. b..
| Gilbert made the trip to Manchester
J and return by horseback Friday and
! Saturday, the roads being nearly inn
| passible on account of the snow
blowing in as fast as shoyeled out.
| r. +. ID. iehfrier, Elmer Harwood had
| ali assistant out lon horseback TO de-
! liver mail Which had been delayed in
| all directions. 1--WE are at last
Obliged to admit that autos have for
/ a time ssbshsd ia Sporset, althot our
/ facetious cdr-dsent. fra Glover. when
interviewed on the matter of sleigh
| ing, said that he should not wait,
i much longer for more favorable
weather, btrt shall in any event re-
| sumo his fifty mile gait with a car,
1 and that shortly Notwithstanding
/ Two residents of the West road, one
| looking for fowl (his own legiti-
1 mate property and one looking for a
| plow by which to get his bearings,
| were so blinded by the storm that
| much anxiety was caused by their
| delay in reaching their homes in the
| gale of Saturday night,
The Red Cross play scheduled for
| Friday evening was postponed till
| Monday, when the weather smiled up
on all who attended the performance
! and beheld The Time of His Life,
The play was presented by the fol-
| West Mrs. Bob Grey Mrs. Rufus
Gilbert; Mrs. Greys brother. 10.
Harrington, jr; Mrs. Peter Wy
conlbe, Ruby Harwood; Peter Wy
| combe, c. A. Atkinson; Dorothy Lam
don, Constance knight: James Ian
don, Charles s. Robinson, Uncle |
Tom (colored). Fred f. Gilbert, jr.;
Officer Hogan 10. Harrington, ST..
To find parallel to the performance
ono would have to travel long, long
way and the extent of the prepared |
ness Of the players is, In a large way,
At rbuted to the clever coaching of |
Charles S Robinson of Manchester,
who made no mistake in selecting
the characters to portray the varied
dispositions. The audience was con-
t.Hlously CONFUSED with mcrriment |
oycr the various situations which |
arose from intrigue. The hall was
| filled to its capacity and, between |
acts opportunity was taken by X. II.
West in behalf of the Red Cross, TO
launch campaign to increase the
| membership of the society by at