The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-06-05
ans. by Mrs. II. A. Parsons.


Nj, and Mrs. Frank Reyes he'd as
visitors over the week end, Mrs.
Reyes paren s, Mr.. and Mrs. George
Northup of Cheshire, Mass,
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Loiselle and
daughter, of Albany, n. Y, were at
the home CT relatives here for few
days the first of the week,
Mrand Mrs. C. II. Carter and
daughter, Marion, were visitors on
Friday and Saturday. at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Willard in Adj
ans, Mass.
X. Caron has sold his homestead
tn W. W. Sheehan OF Norway, Maine.
through c, s. Perry, local agent for
the Strout Real Estate Agency of
Boston, Mass.
Miss Blanche Sprague re urned to
her home in Greenfield, Mass, on
Monday after several days visit at
the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs
Farnum Spraguc. ST..
I Most OF the local graded school
teachers returned TO their duties here
early Tuesday morning, after spend
ling over Sunday and the holiday at
their homes, in the different nearby
towns and city, m 1c
! Miss Kathleen Hogan and bro her,
ilarry,of Springfield, Mass, With
! Miss. Helen Barber Of North Adams.
Mass, were the guests OF Mr.. and
| Mrs. Carl Perry, together with the lat.
ters' son. Crosby Perry, of Leomins-
ter, Mass, the first Of he week
! Mrs, Mary Douglass left here Mon.
day for Pitts1eld, Mass. being ac,
lcompanied by Mrs. Emma LABEL and
Edward LABEL and his two children
THE latter party were over Sunday
Visitors at the home OF Mrs. Douglass
having motored fire m their home in
/ Pittstleld, Mass.
The local drive for the Salvation
Army fund, tn quota OF which is one
hundred dollars, has been very sue
cessful Up tC the time of this writing.
lover two-thirds of the total amount
Having been raised 1t is confidently
expected that the entire amount will
I be subscribed for.
The employees of the local power
station were the guests of the New
/ England Power company at Plant
/ Five on Tuesday evening, May 25th,
when several of the officials of the
Eastern Division OF the company met
there for the purpose Of giving n
demonstration and discussion OF the
plant operation of the system N gen.
eral Lunch was served before the
lee ure and light refreshments, etc,
Immediately after. A general good
time was had by all those that We're
present.
Decoration Day was observed here.
in much the same manner as former
years with the uusua parade, school
exercises in Masonic Hall, ball games.
with the movies in Masonic hall to
complete the day, A. ten o'clock d.
NJ Bullock. one of the few surviving
aCiy, Wa. veterans led tho local band
in tho parade, which in turn was fol-
lowed by the Sons of Veterans, with
the World War soldiers and school
children marching, in the order
named. The procession marched to
the Village GENE cry, where the OBJ.
Iservance of decorating the graves
was completed, AT two o'clock, the
local pastor of the Baptist Church
REV J. Alex Donald, gave an address
in Masonic Hall, with the school
; children repeating The exercises OF
the previous Friday, which had been
given in commemmcration of Decora
tior Day. At'three in the afternoon
the Union A. c. Baseball team Of
North Adams, Mass, Played the 10
/ calls, being beaten by the score Of -four
/ TO two in very we'll contested game
At Wilmington, the Readsboro Boy
Scouts were the losers by the score o.
sixteen to four. As before stated, thC
day was finished by special movie.
: in Masonic hall,