The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-03-28
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DR.. B. 0. Barber OF Pownal is in
town today.
One week ago today was the first
day of spring
Fred DeBelle, driver OF enc of the
express teams, is sick.
Leonard Lawrence has employment
driving the Standard on team.
4 &C L. Holden has purchased an
Essex car of the Bennington garage.
Robert Levin of River street is
with relatives in Springfield for few
days j
New ladies' and children's trimmed
hats for spring. low priced at No
weeks Adv Il
Ernest Patterson this afternoon
telephoned The Banner that he is go
ing to replant the fshworms he dug 4
last week. /
Rhoda II. Baker, little daughtersof 1
Mr.. and Mrs Amyel Baker, who has
been i'll for the past few days. Is |
much improved.
Fresh spinach, ripe tomatoes, Gu
cumbers, caulifower. radishes, celery, !
parsnips. Everything in the line at
The Fruitland. Adv.
The regular meeting of the Wo-
mans Relief Corps, which was tol
have been held this evening has been
postponed until next week.
Mrs, A. II. HOLSTER. who has been
undergoing treatment at the Putaam
Memorial hospital is very much i'm
proved and is al her home.
An invitation has been exteEaed
TO the Bennington high school to
send a track team to the Twelfth AM
nual Interscholastc Meet to be held
in Burlington June I.
At the Murray's. Putnam Block,
Saturday special viii be dresses In
taffeta, crepe de chine and serge, at
SLABS. These are nM arrivals,
$3.50 value ADV. Nh,
Mrs Alfred Philpot OF White Creek
has received word that her Fremont
Meerworth has arrived at Hoboken
from overseas and expects to be sent
to Camp Merritt TO be discharged
Dean !. Martin, DR. f. S. Braley aud
W. l.. Gokay returned today after
few days pleasure trip to New York.
They went down the first Of the week
to witness the parade OF the 27th
Division.
Miss Elizabeth Shields, student at
Miss Capens school in Northampton
and hamilton Shields, student AZ
the Hotchkiss school in Lakeyllle,
Conn, are at their home in Old Ben7
nington for the spring vacation toA
The Junior members of the Y NJ. c..
4. will make their last collection f9r
old clothes ON Saturday, March 2aiii,
If your garments have not been ca we'd
for telephone bennington Co. fNt
z Improvement Association. No. 12Ogi {
'r Mrs. Eugene LaFortune is improg.
: ing from Influenza. She has been, at
u the home Of hor parents in Cheshirf
J. for couple weeks and is expected
: home the latter pGrt of the week II
e her condition continues to improve. {
X The snow storm this morning took
the town by surprise. 1t is the first
TALL Of snow since December. Auto
- traffic aud other travel is somewhat
impeded. The North Bennington
trolley line was knocked out this i9re
noon by small washout.
Roy Maoomber is spending few
DAYS in town with friends He has
v received an honorable discharge from
service as petty officer in the navy
reserve band AZ Pelham Bay Mr.
% Macomber was employed as clerk in
- the Charles G.. Cole clothing store
- previous to entering service.
\ special meeting of the Vermont
Conference of Social Work will be
held Wednesday April 2 at 2.3O at
the roof garden of Hotel Vermont
Burlington The purpose of the meet
ing is to effect the organization OF q
permenent Vermont Childrens AID
society. The request for the specia
meeting came from the Emergency
Children's Aid Committee. This com
mittee met March is to hear the re
port OF Miss Sybil II. Pease who ha.
made 4 survey of cases Of dependent
children in Vermont due to the IN
| iuenza epidemic.