The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-05-22
BENNINGTON BRIEFS.
News Of the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Buay Readers.

over sunday.
Miss Mary Davis left Monday morn,
log Tor New York
The family Of q. Rlcket have 90.
moved 90 New Jersey where lhe eldest
son has a position.
A Especial village meeting will be-
held ln Library hall tomorrow after
noon at one o'clock.
Harry Mckeou has been home from
Troy for a coupie of days. no feiur.
ned ou Monday moruing.
Scott Manning ~ Albany former
resident OF the village ID spending a
few days ln this section.
Mr aud Alrs Evan Evans ~ Ram
dolph spent The day Friday with SIR
aud Mrs Bruce iahcock.
There was quite a hard ircrfo ln
stamford saturday nnd lu Williams
town there was quite % snow storm.
Wayne Adams has resigned his
position n' the ShuriIef pharmacy
and Burt Allen Ia nov employed there.
Arthur Crawford aud wife are visit.
lng his parents for a couple of weeks.
They reached here from 81 Louis Fri.
day.
Mrs Alice Cole az New York IA az
bennington Center overseeing repairs
and improvements 90 her summer
home
John Sanborn. Daisy Harbour aud
five young friends from North Adams
enjoyed d tshing trip "a Woodford on
Saturday.
Res II. ID. %. Mcneil and wife Of
Manchester Center who spent most of
last week no ~ Peters rcciory roiurlcd
home Saturday.
M.ss Eugonia McCandlis, and Phyl.
us schuyler aro in uoosick to-day AZ.
tending the Maple day exercises 40
the Tibbiu's sen ol.
Tomorrow evening ihe OEs give an
entertainment and sucial evening 90
ihe Masons aud famI.ig aud OES a 4
families. AnorlIyahlo time is antici-
pated.
DR. ". T.. Puinam has been appoin.
ted delegate from The Vermont nnmeo.
pathic Medical Society a. the annual
convention Of the Connecticut state as
ISOLATION.
Geo r. Klock Of this place, who re
Gently completed course in book
keeping az the Troy Business college.
has accepted a position with the Coy
Babcock Co.
The servants 40 the Colgate summer
residence have arrived from New York
and the family are expected here To-
few days to occupy the house tor the
remainder Of the season.
Strawberry shortcake with whipped
cream will be served az the Parish
House on Wednesday. May - at 30
p. M, with beans, brown bread, hot
rolls, pickles, doughnuts, cheese. cof-
fee. etc; all for - cents. Everybody
come.
Saturday was the FIRST day In two
weeks that no rain fell but IL was cold
and windy enough o. more than make
up for Il. The water In the trough
near Hiland Fay's froze and 10 several
other places the same state OF affairs
was noted.
The worthy maironand several mem.
hers OF Mount Anthony chapter OES
made social visit 10 Tucker chapter
NJ North Bennington Friday evening.
The degrees OF the order we're confer
red and ref eshments served at the
OF the work.
The village improvement society
has received a check for 800 from
henry w. Putnam TO be used In the
work of the society. For many years
In fact almost since the organization
OF the society Mr. Putnam has con-
this amount annually.
Howard N. Crandall has been admit
ted TO the Vermont Soldiers Home
from Winhall. He enlisted at Dorset
and served during the civil war in
Company X, 18th Vermont volunteers.
He is 20 years OF age, in poor health
and has already been admitted to the
hospital.
The price OF potatoes in Lexington
is now fifteen cents bushel There
are thousands of bushels OF potatoes
in that vicinity that farmers have
held, hoping to get better prices, but
the market has continued to grow
worse, and many of the potatoes will
probably be a total loss.
Rutland will have summer theatre
this season which the manager, Felix
Blei, claims will be first class in every
respect. Mr. Blei, who is man of
wide experience in the theatrical bust
ness, has leased the Park theatre at
the fair grounds, where he will put on
attractions throughout the season.
The first baseball accident of the
season in this section took place at
North Pownal Saturday afternoon
while a match game was in progress,
during which while trying to make a
first base, David Brienstaul fell and
sustained compound fracture of the
right leg just below the knee.
Mr. and Mrs Derrick Lane and daugh.
ter of Troy are at the Walloomsac Inn.
Seymour Van Santvoord and friend,
Mr. Wood of London, we're guests at
the Inn Friday, taking dinner there.
The regular season will be open soon
after the first of June. There are sew
eral guests there now.