The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-03-08
BENNTNCTON BRIEFS
Nsws OF tho Town and Village toie
Briefly for eusy Rssc.~s


Gym team practice this evening at
8 O'Clock.
George Donnelly is spending the
day in Troy.
Dr. and Mrs. A. +. Houle are spend
the day in Troy
Miss II. Marion Willard is spending
few days in Rutland
s. w. Pelsue and John Taylor are
attending the Boston auto show
Mrs. John Parker Of Old Benning
ton is visiting friends in Cambridge.
Miss Anna Won Ow is i'll with mea-
sizes at her home on School street
Miss Isabel Norton is the guest of
her sister, Mrs. Harold Payson of
Portland, Maine.
Miss Fannie Olin of Main street
is spending the day With relatives IN
South Cambridge.
Joseph A. Cone of Old Bennington
is visiting his brother, Rev. George
Cone. in Denver, Colrado
Miss n. R. Stockwell returned today
to her home in South SALISBURY after
visiting friends in town.
Miss Catherine Mccartney of Put.
nam street has returned from short
visit with friends in Troy.
The Catholic order of Foresters
are organizing social carnival to be
held April &c, ~ and 2S.
The Friendship club of Williams
town will be the guests of the Y. w. C..
Monday evening, March II.
Misses Mabel and Rose Durand re
turned Wednesday from Troy where
they spent the past. few days
Division OF the indoor baseball
league viii play double header Fri
day afternoon with divisions and c.
The Y. w. c. sewing class will meet
tonight, instead OF Friday Miss
Buss would like every one who regis.
tered for this class to be present.
At the Foresters fair to be held
early in April there viii be ladies
Ministries, with thirty local girls, I'M
der the direction of Mrs. Helena
Downe
Mrs Lucia Groesbeck, who was call.
ed here by the Illness and death of
her sister. the late Mrs Marietta Bot
tum, has returned TO her home in Fort
Ann, \. y,
George Stewart, former resident,
now stationed on the United States
steamship Baltimore in the Norfolk
navy yard, is spending few days at
his home here.
Tonight in the First Baptist church
at S:45 the Teacher Training class
will meet. Every one interested Ii
Sunday School work is invited. The
subject tonight is How to Plan a
Lesson"
At st. Peters church en- Friday
evening at 7:S0. the Rev. II. T. pike OF
St. Marks church, Hoosiek Falls, viii
preach the first OF series OF SER
mons which VIII be delivered on the
remaining Friday nights of Lent
There were IL present at the h gh
school club supper Wednesday al the
Y. NJ c. A. which was served by Mis-
Laura b. Cole, Mrs Harry Cole and
Miss Marion Hathaway. The speaker
of the evening was Hon. ]. K, Ratchet
der, who had an interesting talk Oh
Law Profession
An interesting meeting will be held
in the First Baptist church tonight
at 1880. After the regular song SER
vice Miss Martha Pratt will give re-
port of Religious Education conven-
ton held recently in Boston. Miss
Maude Harris will read some very
interesting letters from Mr. and Mrs
Bartlett. The public is cordially in.
vited
At a meeting of the directors of the
Bennington-Dorset Bus line Tuesday
evening it was decided to add another
car to the equipment in order to take
care of the business the coming year.
1t is hoped that the roads will be ia
shape so that the service can start
with the opening of the fishing sea
son, April 10.
or the candidates voted for grand
jurors Tuesday, five were elected as
the town meeting voted at the open
ing to elece five grand jurors. The five
elected and the vote for each was as
follows; w. L. Gokay. 446; w. II. c.
Cushman. 1858; II. Harry Sharpe, $685.
w. c. Firth, 1856: John Baker, 3l6.
The town auditors under new state
law enacted this year are to be chos
en- hereafter one year for three
years but for this year the terms had
to be fixed at one, two and three years
and it was decided by the town meet
ing to make the terms according 10
the vote cast. Under this arrange
ment II. d. Fillmore will serve for
three years, George b. yelling for
two vaors and Arthur IL Hnilistpr for