The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-05-26
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers

Miss Sadie Saunders is confined to
her home by illness.
Miss Rose Gagon of Arlington is Wis
iting in the village today.
Members of the knights of Colum
bus are requested to return their tic
kets in before o'clock tonight ADV.
George Kid Rosch, the local light
weight boxer, has returned to Ben
nington after short absence in
which time he has engaged in several
bouts
Miss Mary L. White has gone to
Schenectady for a visit Of two weeks
with her neice, Mrs. Louis Rogers.
Charlie Powers is able to be out
OF doors after an illness of two weeks.
The Bennington baseball team will
play two games with the Blackinston
team at Morgan Park on Memorial
day. The games will be called. at 10
in the morning and in the afternoon.
The funeral of Miss Nellie A. Cutler
was held from her late home on Main
street at O'Clock Friday afternoon.
Rev. p. l.. Dow, pastor of the Metho-
dist church officiated and the burial
was in the village cemetery.
Clark Waldo Teft. the infant son of
Mr.. and Mrs, p Tent of South Shafts
bury, died Friday. The funeral will
be held at the house at 1:SO o'clock
Sunday, Rev. Peter Heller officiating.
The burial will be in the North Ben
nington cemetery
The summer residence Of Mrs.
Charles e. Welles at Old Bennington
is being put in readiness for occupan.
cy by Mrs Welles who will arrive
next week. Mrs. Welles since leaving
Bennington last fall has been at her
winter home, East Orange, n. J., and
at one of the winter resorts in the
south.
The Sunday morning service at the
Methodist Episcopal church viii com
mence at 1880. preaching by the pas
tor, Rev. p. H. Dow, subject, The Ac.
cursed Thing" Sunday school at l2I
o'clock; Epworth League at ESQ, sub
ject, Mothers" leader Miss Grace An
drews The evening service will be
omitted; the congregation is invited
to attend the Memorial service at the
Baptist church.
1t is probable that f. ]. Nichols, one
of the international secretaries of the
Y. NJ. C. A., who is to be in Benning-
ton tomorrow and address the union
Memorial Sunday service in the eve
ming at the Baptist church, will also
speal, in the morning at the Second
Congregational church His message
relates 70 the Christian associations
work for our soldiers and sailors and
is an important one for all the people
to hear. Hour of worship is at 10: 30
Sunday school is at II o'clock c. z
meeting at $50 p III. A cordial in.
yitation is extended to the public
The public is corially invited 10 the
services OF the First Baptist church |
Rev. w G. Towhrt, pastor Morning
worship at 1890 a m. THE Mission |
Of the church" viii be the theme OF |
the morning sermon. 1917 Patriots
will be the theme of the Junior ser
mon. special union Memorial serv-
ice will be held at 1880. The'veterans
OF the Grand Army of the republic |
will attend in a body Mr. f. j. Me |
hols, one OF the international secre- |
taries of the Y NJ. c. A. viii speak on |
the work OF that organization in con.
neotion with training camps for ohr |
soldiers and sailors
Mr. and Mrs. George G. Heye Of |
New York are visiting in the village |
Mr.. Heye's primary purpose for max
ing the trip to Bennington was for |
the purpose Of making selections from
thte Indian collection OF William T. |
Hawks. Mr.. Heye, who is a civil en-
gineer by profession, has spent much
Of his life in the far west and has been
greatly interested in the history and |
habits of the Indians. 1t is through |
his efforts that the Heye foundation
10 the American indian has been es-
-ablished. The beautiful building for
he foundation being constructed on
Broadway at 15Sth street will be
in October. Mr.. Heye had
Ieen informed that he could have any
lrticle from the Hawks collection at
lis own price and while here made a
selection. When given
heir place in the foundation building |
hey will be ticketed as coming from
he Two-Bar Seventy collection of
William Il. Hawks OF Bennington, VT.