The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-03-01
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
y,sws OF the Town and Village to.e
Briefly for Husy Readss

Mr.. and Mrs j L. Harbour are in
Troy for the day
| Miss Rose Harbour of Gage street is
| passing the day in Albany
A. X. Gavitt of schenectady was the
guest recently of relatives in town.
Wanted to buy potatoes and apples
at La Fortunes restaurant regardless
OF cost. 26t6
Lemuel Bottum of New Haven,
( Conn, 4 former resident, Is visiting
friends in town.
! II. A. Starbuck Of Cambridge is the
guest of his sen, H. A. Starbuok, ir.,
OF South street
Rev. c. W. Petty of New York gave
short talk this morning in the high
school assembly.
| Mrs. l.. Il. Woodward and daughter
/ Mrs. Nettie Hastings are spending the
day with friends in Shushan
Mrs. Edward Cronin has returned
/ from a visit with her sister, Mrs
David Hayes OF Hooslck Falls.
! MISS tlhbt4t OdNiusDu vi Troy Is
I spending the winter months with Mr..
and Mrs w Z Davitt of Maple street
All members Of the Gym team are
to be out for practice tonight at 8
O'Clock. Basketball practice Will fol-
low.
| Physical Director c. Il. Mann has
returned from Lincoln. Nebraska,
where lie attended the funeral OF his
mother.
! Mrs Eugene a. Wattles of the Bon
net Shop is in Albany today on bus-
ness. She is accompanied by Mrs.
Lena Bowles.
The annual meeting OF the Kings
: Daughters Will be held at the home of
Mrs +. w Goodall Friday afternoon
At 4 o'clock.
There was an unusually large crowd
! present 1T the hot meat supper given
Wednesday evening at the Congrega-
/ t!onal church
Mrs Emile Roy ana daughter
Gladys, who were called here by the
death Of Mrs. Roy's father, the late
Edward Burgess. returned today TO
their home in Pittsburgh, n Y.
The game of basketball scheduled
to be played on Friday evening be.
/ tween the girls team OF this village
and Rutland has been postponed on
account OF the quarantine in Rutland
for scarlet fever
Today is the last day on which
books may be returned 10 the library
for inventory After today there will
be one dollar fine imposed on delin-
quents. The library win be open this
evening until o'clock
Temple chapter r. A. N. will work
the z. N. degree at the regular meet
ing this evening The dates Of meet
ing have been changed to 1st and Sd
Thursdays in the month Compan-
ions viii please take notice
Among the business men registered
| at the Putnam house Wednesday
were: L. f. Kelley, Bratileboro A.
! c. Diokman, J i. Egan, John +. Fitz-
gerald, Troy; P. II. Kent J, II. Will
! liams, ". G. liatot, L. II. Sheldon,
Charles N. Taylor, Rutland; H. C.
Banebeck, Albany.
! The grammar school allstar basket
ball team will 20 to North Adams
] Friday night to play the Freeman
school team Of that city, who are
! champions Of the North Adams gram
mar school league. All basket ball
players should be at the Y. NJ. c. a.
for practice Friday at 4.3O.
The ladies Of the Second Congrega-
tional church are invited to meet with
Division A at the home OF Mrs. f. p.
! Carver, 256 Main street Friday after
noon from 8 to o'clock. The gather
ing is for the purpose of sewing on
the material recently purchased by
the Ladies Aid. Garments will be
cut out and distributed among the
divisions to be made up at the divis-
ion meetings or taken home by the
members, as is preferred.