Bennington banner and reformer. (Bennington, Vt.) 1903-19??, 1903-07-02
BENNINGTON BRIEFS.
News OF the Town and Village Told
Briefly For Busy Readers

D E Moore is in Winooski on a
business trip.
Miss Martha Sibley has returned
from a two weeks visit at Lowell.
Mrs w c Hitchcock returned to her
home in New Bedford, yesterday
w Charles Firth is spending the
week in the northern part of the state
Mr. and Mrs George B Sears are
expected here today to spend some
time.
Miss Belle Smith has been spending
the past week with her sister in Rut-
land
Miss Anna Rogers, who has been
absent from home for a year, re-
turned Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs H c Harman are spend
ing this week with his parents in
Hoosick Falls.
DR. and Mrs ellis N Goodall Of
louisville, Pa are visiting their old
homes and relatives
Florence, wife Of Silas Stay. and a
native of Bennington died last Satur-
day at North Adams
Vacations were inaugarated among
the mail carriers Wednesday, carrier
Nolan commencing his,
RE Billings, who is working in
Worcester, Mass, is at home to spend
the fourth with his family.
Miss Elizabeth Welch attended the
commencement exercises of the state
Normal school at Castleton last week.
Mr. and Mrs S, Il. lockwood and DR.
and Mrs L. H. Ross enjoyed car
riage drive over the mountain this
week
Supt. Simmons and family are to
leave tomorrow for Conway, Mass,
where they will visit before going to
Westfeld.
Miss Gertrude Wetzell. who has
been spending couple of weeks here,
returned to her home in Lawrence,
Mass, Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs II Levrich and
daughter Louise Of New York are
visiting Mrs S A White and daugh-
ters over the fourth.
Mr. and Mrs NJ f Coach and Miss
Lombard spent Sunday with Mrs Il
NJ Ramsdell, coming from North
Adams in an automobile,
Jameo Bassett, who has been spend
ing the last two months with his
daughter, Mrs Percy Field Comstock
at Brooklyn, returned home Saturday.
Miss Mary Hyde has gone to New
ark, n J, where she viii be the guest
several weeks of Mrs f B Winter
stein. She win also visit in Elmira,
NY.
The semi annual dividend of the
Bennington County bank was three
and one half per cent About $4,000 |
was carried to the undivided profits |
account, and several hundred to the
surplus.
B. A. Fryer, former superintendent |
in the H. f. Bradford mill, has been
confined to his bed in the Geneva Hy-
genie Institute for the past three
months, but it is thought that he is
now improving.
There was an enjoyable gathering |
at the Mt Anthony club house, Satur-
day afternoon, at tea given by Mrs.
Thomas Caulwell, a summer guest
at the Walloomsac Inn. The COM
pany was large and brilliant one.
Miss Helen Guiltinan, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs Michael Guiltinan of
Saratoga Springs, was married to
John L Tracy of Ballston, in st. |
Peters church, Saratoga, Monday
morning. The bride and her parents
are we'll known here,
J B Bingham has the contracts for
supplying the interior fittings for the
Habberly house on Elm street, for
residence being built in Manchester
Depot for M S Shields and for the
repairs and improvements to the Con-
gregational church at Wallingford.
Buffalo papers last week announced
the marriage of Miss Mabel Nelson
Mann of that city to Harry X. Run
nette of Denver. The bride is
daughter of Mrs George E. Mann who
is native of Bennington and has
many friends here. Her maiden name
was Thayer.
A number of young misses OF the
village had a picnic at the Casino in
Tuesday. 1t was given as
a farewell gathering to their school
mate and friend, TheOdora Simmons
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