The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-02-21
BENNINGTON BRIEFS.
News OF the Town land village Briefly
Told for busy Readers.

Mrs L. ]. Stratton is In Troy today.
Miss Alice Morrissey has returned
from visit In Troy.
Albert Schwartz and Earl Marsden
were in Troy Monday.
Mr. and Mrs Floyd G. Huling have
returned to Bennington.
Miss Cathern Mitchell attended Lady
Teazle In Troy last night.
Arthur White and wife left Tuesday
morning for visit in Troy
The YMCA debating society will
hold meeting Saturday evening.
The Molly Stark whist club met
Monday evening with Miss Edith Dew
ey.
The board of civil authority was in
session Monday revising the check
list.
Mr. and mrs John w. Flagler OF
New York have been visiting at Mrs
E. W. Bradford's.
Miss Florence Hollister has been
confined to the house for week but is
now able to be out again.
The YMC held an enjoyable time
last evening Some evening next week
this society will give a social.
Mr. and Mrs Howard Hart Shields
will not occupy their summer home at
the Center until the first of May.
The auditors have completed their
work on the town reports and they are
now in the hands of the printer.
Mrs H, s. Bingham and daught r
Ell leave in few days to spend some
time with friends in New York.
Lost-A plain gold ring somewhere
between Ritchie's store and Washing
ton street. Finder will be rewarded
on returning 1t to the Banner Office
Mr. and Mrs George I, Lane sail to
/ day from New York for Bermuda
where they will spend several weeks.
A most charming social event will
be the card party given by the OAR
in Foresters Hall tomorrow evening.
The "Owls" club of young me n
have a painting on exhibition in
Maurer's window which is to be sold
Court No 1872 Catholic order of For
esters has paid 81 900 to Mabel Mer'
cier, widow of the late Elzear MERCER.
Mrs S. B. Hawks has out invitations
to two card parties, one next Saturday
evening and the other Monday even
ing.
Thomas Wagner of Burlington
superintendent of the Metropolitan
Life Insurance Co was in town Mon.
day.
Circle No. s of the Methodist church
cleared $40 from the entertainment
given last Friday evening by the Miss
es Newton and Miss Gilbert.
Miss Ella Kinney, the DIRE ssmaker
will soon vacate her rooms on Main
st and move to Salisbury to live
with her SITS er, Mrs Thomas Robinson.
Daisy Celestial Reyes, youngest
daughter of Albert Reyes was united
in marriage to Calvin Summers Mar
Their by the Rev d. o. Mears recently.
The roads surrounding the town
are now in a much worse condition
than they were before Saturdays storm
and the rural carriers have a hard
time on their routes.
Recent additions to the telephone
service are w. L. Hawks Jr residence
27.5; George Harwood residence 1888;
| DIR B. G.. Jenny residence 1858: VIZ
liam Penfield residence 35-6.
Miss Margaret Edgerton who has
been quite Ill at a hospital ia Hartford
with diphtheria has sufficiently recov-
cred so that she Is now visiting with
an aunt in Salem.
Letters dated at New Orleans have
been received from Clement Ii. Cone
who is enroute to California to spend
the winter. He finds the climate de
lightful there but on his way found
snow as far south as Georgia.
Mr. and Mrs John LaDam OF North
Adams, who we're recently married,
spent Sunday at the Putnam, Mrs La
Dam was formerly Miss Katherine
Mcclure OF this village. While here
they entertained number of friends.
A party left here Saturday evening
for Pownal intending to have supper
at the Glenwood hotel in that village.
They did not get much over half way
when they found the going so bad
that they were obliged to turn around
and come home.
"The Island Empire of Japan in re-
ligion and morals" will be the general
topic at the woman's meeting at the
Baptist church Wednesday afternoon
at $3.50. This study concludes the Wo-
mans course on Japan. All women
who are interested are invited to this
final japan meeting.
"Cap and Bells" literary society
of Williams college gave dramatic
entertainment Saturday in the new
chapel at the college. Among those
who were given especial mention was
Barry Wellington, son OF George b.
Wellington who spends the summers
at Bennington Center.
While going towards Pownal Mon
day morning and trying to make tht ir
way through deep snowdrifts the two
horses attached to the Standard Oil
delivery wagon both fell down in such
a way that 1t took the combined SER
vices of the driver and two or three