The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-04-18
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News OF the Town and Village Tols
Briefly for Rusy Readers


sizes at the Colonial.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Heppelle ar
spending the day in Troy.
Oscar Pratt has moved from Nortl
street to the Conan house on Unioi
street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richards Kellogg o
| Williamstown visited friends here
| Tuesday.
Howard II. Shields Of Old Benning
ton caught nice mess of trout Tues
day in Green river.
S. NJ. West, formerly a well known
| Arlington merchant now of Albany
is making a visit in town.
Mrs. Agnes Sexton OF Bennington
and Miss Florence Eldridge of North
| Adams were in town Saturday.
Health officer J. NJ. Ayres reports a
steady falling off in the number OF
cases OF measles in the village.
William Mccarthy has resumed his
| duties as caretaker of the Patterson
and Cole places in Old Bennington.
Miss Amy Surdam has returned
from New York where she has been
| the guest of Mrs. H. F. Fuller at Hotel
| Belmont.
Just received at Joe Levin's, large
| shipment OF ladies' and misses coats.
| Latest styles and different shades to
be sold at reasonable prices. ADV.
Regular meeting of Temple chapter
r. A. NJ. Thursday, April 18th, 8 p. m.
Companions please notice change OF
day of week from Monday to Thurs
day
The girls of the first and second
high school and the Baptist church
teams will have q basket ball practice
from 6:30 to s o'clock tonight at Lii
brary hall.
The name of Mrs. Bertha Butler was
accidentally omitted from the commit
tee of arrangements for the flag rails
ing exercises at the Fl. h. Bradford
underwear factory yesterday.
Mrs. Electa Murphy, Mrs +. l..
Lambert, Mrs. Frank Wood, Mrs. Ruth
Smith and Mrs. Nella Clark left this
morning for Montpelier TO attend the
Woman's Relief Corps convention
April 19 and 20.
The employees of the telephone ex-
change gave an informal shower to
Miss Mabel r. lockwood Tuesday af
ternoon, in honor Of her approaching
marriage to Thomas +. Fitzgerald. A
number of pretty gifts were presented
and light refreshments were served.
Lee Mcclure has returned to his
home in Troy after spending the week
end with his parents, MIR and Mrs.
Peter ], Mcclure OF Stafford street. He
was accompanied home by his wife
and little daughter who have been Wis
iting for week at his parents home.
A large flag was raised Tuesday at
the lockwood mill at 1880 Ia m. with
the following exercises Music by
Bennington city band. prayer by Rev
w. G Towart. unfurling of flag, adj
dresses by Sidney Edison Rev r. J.
Cahill and Rev. w G. Towart and
selection by the band
The following priests are in atten-
being held at st. Francis de Sales
church: Reys. A. c. Griffin, Washing
ford. J. J. O'Drien. Castleton, T j
Burke, North Remington, w. n, Lun-
dergan, j. NJ Brown. Rutland &C. C.
Fontaine, East Dorset, James Thomp-
son, Manchester and e. j. Howard,
Rutland. Masses were said this morn
ing at $50. Z and s O'Clock and will
be said Thursday morning at the same
hours, the devotion concluding with
the procession after the last Mass !
Thursday.
A Bennington branch of the w |
mont chapter fthe American Nation |
al Red Cross was organized Tuesday |
afternoon in the assembly hall at the |
high school, Immediately following the |
cooking demonstration. Mrs. E. w !
Bradford was elected director, Mrs. |
Il. l.. Sibley, secretary and Mrs. War
wick Carpenter, treasurer. Mrs. E.
w Bradford left this morning for Bur
lington where representatives from
the various branches in the state are
to meet and discuss plans for the fur
thering of this work. The secretary of
the New England division win conduct
the meeting Every woman in Ben
nington is invited to join, as this is
one way in which all may serve. Ar
will be completed in the
near future so that the work may be
begun.