The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-05-19
THE EVENING BANNER
BENNINGTON VERMONT
Saturday, May 10, 1917.
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News OF the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers

| laBe.
w. L. Bissell, manager of the loca
telephone exchange, was in Albany
Friday
Miss Mathilde Vossler, the recrea
tion instructor, has gone to her home,
Wellsville, n. Y.
For Sale-Parlor suit, side-board
parlor stove and other pieces of fur.
niture at PA North street.
Don't forget the dance in Foresters
| hall tonight. Hurley's orchestra Ad
mission 25 cents. ADV.
Alonzo Bent is seriously i'll.
Mrs. George S. Stoddard returned
| Friday evening from an automobile
trip to New York
NJ. Shoemaker Of Old Bennington
is driving a new Pierce Arrow car
| which he recently purchased through
the Putnam House garage.
How to get the most cut of your
garden A leaflet will be given to
every one visiting Silver street plat
Sunday afternoon. America Land Co.
! s j. Brillard, Mgr, 1872 Mill 81. Adv
Church of Jesus Christ OF Latter
day Saints will hold services insthe
| Golden eros hall. Sunday at $50 p.
m Pres. G. o. Weaver and Miss
Hazel Garner Of the Vermont Mission
any force will be in attendance.
There will be an adjourned meeting
| of Bennington council. Knights of Co
lumbus, at the rooms at $50 O'Clock
tomorrow afternoon. The presence of
| every member is requested as bust
ness OF the utmost importance il TO
be transacted.
Mr. and Mrs James Colby Colgate
Of New York and Old Bennington an.
nOunce the engagement OF their daugh
ter, Susan Everett Colgate. to Or.
Mather Cleveland of New York, son Of
Mr. and Mrs. Newcomb Cleveland of
Denver, Col
St Peters church. the Rev. Thorn
ton F. Turner, rector Services for
the Sunday after the Ascension Day
Holy Communion, 100 a. M; Sunday
school, $50 a. m; Intercessions for
the war and Holy Communion. 1879
a. NJ Subject of the sermon. The
Assembled Christ" Evensong p
m.
There will be an important meeting
OF all the committees OF the local
branch of the American Red Cross ct
the rooms in Library hall on Tuesday
afternoon at 3 o'clock. Reports from
the secretary and treasurer will be
read and plans discussed for enlarg.
ing the membership and for securing
funds to carry ON the work
Dr.. Dow will preach tomorrow
morning at the Second Congregational
church in exchange with Mr. Mills
Rev George w Judson of Winsted,
Conn, viii give an address at the un-
ion evening service upon John
Brown" The hours of worship are
1890 a. m. and 730 p. IN. Sunday |
school at noon c. Z. meeting at CSC |
A cordial welcome to all the services. |
Miss Mary Butler chief operator at |
the Bennington telephone exchange |
was given unique shower today |
in honor of her approaching mar
riage to Harry Hubbell. When Miss !
Butler arrived at the Office this morn
ing she found that her desk had been
prettily decorated and was heaped
high with gifts from the exchange en-
ployes and other friends
Large family memorials have been
placed by James S. Clark in Park
Lawn cemetery on the lots of John p,
Murphy, Patrick L. Reilly and John
Slattery; and tablets on lots of
Charles |. Ingham, John I.aFlamme.
end Edward La Flamme Also in
North Bennington, large memorials in
Grand view cemetery, on lots OF Per
cey s. Russell and Isaac Young and
Michael Craven, in ST. Johns GENE
terry
The funeral of Mrs. Henry c. Bah
cock. who died Tuesday afternoon at
Altamont, were brought to Hoosick
Friday and the funeral was held at
All Saints church. Rev. f. d. Tibbetts
officiating She was the widow of the
ate Henry c. Babcock who for a
number of years conducted a shoe
store in the building on Main street
now owned by Dominick Corsiglia.
/
associated. wity the firm of Babcock,
Shannon & Co, clothing manufactur-
srs. He died about 20 years ago.
At the Sunday morning service in
he Methodist church. Rev. George S.
Wills will preach in exchange with the
,astor, Rev p. l.. Dow. 1900 Sunday
school: $50 Epworth League. There
will be no evening service. the cOngre-
'ation being invited to join in a I'M
on service in the Congregational
hurch. The summer Conference
Alumni Association, viii meet in the
,arlors of the Second Congregational
hurch directly after the union SER
ice. At the Brotherhood meeting
Tuesday evening, Rev William II.
of North Adams will
i've an address
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