The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-01-06
BENNINGTON BRIEFS.
News Of the Town and VI Iage Briefly
Told 10, DDsN sHeGders.

Told Io' BDp sHeGters.
Charles Ayres returned to Columbia
Friday morning.
Miss Esther Dnicd returned to
Boston friday nCon
Miss Larra Rogers vii, return to
| Gardner tomorrow.
Miss Faith Powers will return to
Middlebury Monda!.
Miss Dorothy Norton will return to
Rogers hall in Lowell tomorrow,
Misses Anna and May Clark are
spending the winter at Washington.
Thomas Enright won the shoes 10
NJ. j. Schwab's club Thursday night.
Mrs f. 4. Bond Of Middlebury is
the guest of her daughter, Mrs a. w.
Narney.
Mrs George F. Graves and Miss
Ruth Graves left Friday morning for
New York
Mrs Lizzie Chesbro entertained her
cousin, Mrs Geo Baker and two child
rem New Years.
Miss Elizabeth Norton entertained
number of friends TO bridge whist
party Thursday evening.
A large party is to come from Rut-
land tomorrow evening to see Nance
O'Neil at the opera house.
During the month of December the
town clerk issued five marriage licen.
SEES and recorded nine births.
Myron Chandler, who has been to
the Albany City hospital to have his
eye treated, has returned home.
Jerry Finn we'll known resident
is quite i'll again at his home. He
has been in poor health some time.
Lady Audleys Secret will not play
in Library Hall this evening the en-
gagement having been Cancelled by the
company.
The installation of officers of 9th
Corps Post and WRC will be held next
Saturday at 100 p. m. A full attend
ance is requested.
Mr. and Mrs Arthur Beach and
daughter who have been the guests of
Charles S. Beach returned to Glovers
vile Friday morning.
George A. Jewett of Chicago who
has been visiting his mother and
brother on South ST returned home
this week.
Mrs Conley and Mrs King who have
been visiting their sister, Mrs f. j.
Robinson returned TO Worcester on
Friday morning.
Lawyers Bennett q Graves have
taken possession of their offices in the
post Office building and are as pleas
a ltly located as any firm 10 town.
Walter H. Berry leaves Sunday
morning for, Montpelier TO attend the
convention of the Republican presi-
Dental electors that meets there Mon
day.
Taft Commentary X. T. will hold
special and regular meeting Friday
Jan 9th at their asylum. All members
are requested to attend at p. m. for
the special.
Owing to the large number of men
who have become interested in the Sun
day YMCA meeting when DR. Seeley of
Springfield will speak, 1t has been de-
cided to hold it in Library Hall.
The recent contest between the reds
and the blues of the YMCA for the
purpose of increasing the membership
and which was won by the reds added
STA to the treasury OF the association.
Mr. and Mrs Ed Percy and son
Glenn of South SALISBURY, Mr. and
Frank Martin and son Charles, Mrs
helen Farnum and Master Merritt
Burgess of Bennington and Miss Ma
belle Gregg of Brooklyn were the
guests of Mr. and Mrs Frank Living.
ston New Years.
Work on the gas house OF the Ben
nington Gas company has been carri-
ed on pretty lively of late, and the
brick work is practically completed
and the roof nearly SO. The house Is
rs by 46 feet on the groundy and twenty
feet high. Over 10000 bricks were
used. The work of setting up the gas
machine is soon to be commenced. 1t
will take about three months to get
this machine in working order.
Postmaster G, Frank Rising OF Hoo
sick Falls has been advised by the de-
partment that boxes on rural free de.
livery routes are exclusively for the
reception matter regularly in the mats
and that while these boxes are not in
all cases locked, they are afforded the
same protection under the law as any
other United States mailbox, and that
any circular or other mailable matter
Of whatever nature deposited therein
without the proper prepayment of
postage must, under the rules OF the
department. be taken to the postoffice
by the carrier and held for postage.