The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-05-15
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
Nova or the Town and village Tois
Briefly for Busy Readers

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Co. Adv.
Mr. and Mrs. l.. j. Eddmgton are
passing the day in Troy
The annual meeting Of the Bcnning
ton club win be held Thursday eve
ming.
William Lundergan, IT.. Of Spring
street is confined TO the house by i'll
ness.
Mrs. Martin Kearns of Maple street
is able to be out after several days
| illness.
H. A. Nbyn, superintendent OF the
Everett estate at Old Bennington, is
in New York.
S. J. Billiard, representative Of the
America Land Co. of Providence, r..
L. is in town for a few days,
Miss Nellie Burns. who has been
i'll for several weeks was able Monday
to be out for the first time
Edward Mallory fshed the main
stream Sunday and returned with 4.
splendid mess of speckleG beauties.
The Old Academy spring rummage
sale viii be held Friday and Satur-
day June / and from 10 a. m. till
. p. IL
The ladies' society of the Old First
church viii NEE, with Mrs. Guy b.
Johnson Friday afternoon, May IS, At
2.45 o'clock
Rev. T. l.. Dow and Merritt b. Nor
gan were in Rutland Monday to attend
a meeting OF tho stewards OF the
Methodist church.
Mrs. L. Z Fuller, who has been
spending several days with her sister,
Mrs Florence Surdam, returned to
New York Sunday afternoon
Guy Harmon, who has been spending
a few days here ct his home on On.
ion street returned to his WORK at
the Springfield Training school
Richards kellogg and family, who
have been passing the winter at VIII
Jamestown will open their summer
home at Old bennington the latter
part OF this week.
Athur Giiswold. who has been
spending a few days at his home here
returned today to Point Comfort,
where he is a member of the crew on
the battleship Arkansas.
1r. and Mrs. Cholmondely Thorn.
ton who have been spending a few
days at Old Bennington. where they
were recently married, returned sun
day TO Springfield, whore they will re
side
The French Legation which has been
in this country for the past two weeks
Of which General Joffre was q mem
her passed through North Bennington
Sunday evening on the way to Mon
treal
The Baptist yolley ball, basket ball.
bowling team and their friends viii
90 to North Adams Wednesday eve
ming to play the North Adams Baptist
The North Adams people have ar
ranged 10 entertain large number
and Il IS hoped that all who were pres.
ent at the recent social at the local Y
NJ c. A. viii make special efforts tp
go A very pleasant time is assured to
all Take the Gas car for North Ad-
ans, Wednesday evening
A mothers day" service was OBJ
served Sunday evening at the Metho
dist church. The brotherhood at
tended in body and the sermon by
the pastor Rev p L. Dow was ad- |
dressed principally 10 that organiza- |
ton The choir rendered several !
special selections the pastor sang n !
solo uuaccomp4nied. ana male |
qUartette composed OF + f. Long, |
Andrew Maurer, Geo. se A. Parker and |
Arthur T.. HOLSTER also sang an ap-l
proDriate selection Miss Hazel HUI
lagle recitcd an ode to Mother" and !
oil contributed TO one Of the most in
.eresting services recently held In |
his church
Respecting the little boon contain
ng the Presidents War Message pre-
Fiously mentioned in these columns
ID is Interesting 10 note that the entire |
profits Of the publisher ana distribu-
Ors are TO be given to the National
Red Cross Society. Mr.. Griswold,
lie local bool, man has purchased
quantity and win give his profits
hereon to the local Red Cross organ
cation so that every book purchased
through Miss Marcia Carpenter, chair
nan Of the distributing committee. or
1t the library. Y. NJ. G. A. or Girls
Yold's store will mean a direct and
amount to be placed in
he treasury of the Bennington
1ranch The officers Of the organiza-
ion hope to sell Loco copies in Ben
lngton.