The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-06-20
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
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M the village iueaudy.
Miss Victoria Temple is visiting her
brother Ia Fort Plain, ~ ~
Andrew Cleghorn of North Adams
was in town the first of the week,
Miss Mary Walbr,dge returned
from Bradford Academy Tuesday.
Thomas Williams OF Rondout, NJ,
T., is the guest Of friends here today
Miss Bridget Mclaughlin left Tues
dag afternoon for visit in Airing
ton.
Junior Hawks who is camping in
Woodford city is in town for a few
days.
County Clerk II. T. Cushman re-
turned If om Manchester Tuesday after
noon.
II. n. Williams left Wednesday for
a trip to the northern part OF the
state.
DR. Phillips OF Arlington is 10 town
today examining applicants for pen
sions
Mathew Enright who has been criti
cally i'll is no better and is sinking
slowly.
A daughter was born June 10 to
M and Mrs Chas. l.. Robinson OF
Rutland,
Mrs Y. p. Slauery of South street
returned yesterday from few days
visit in Troy.
Mrs w. d. HayTee has closed her
nome on South street anu left Wedues-
day morning for Chicago
Jerry O'Nell Of Chatea2uay, n.
is spending few days rs the guest OF
his daughter Mrs John Purcell.
Mir and Mrs Jones OF North Adams
who have been visiting tie isses
Lundergan, returned home Tuesday.
II. II. Grant of the Press association
of New York who purchased the David
lockwood farm is here for the sum
mer.
The Freshman class Of the Benuing-
ton high school was pleasantly enter
tanned by Miss Hazel lockwood last
Friday evening.
The high sch0ol base ball team goes
TO Cambridge Saturday 10 play the
last game of the season with the high
school team Of that place
TIE class Of 1906 of the high school
will be entertained al the home Of
Miss Mable Holt after the graduating
exercises Friday evening
Circle No 3of the Congregational
church will meet Thursday afternoon
from 3 to O'Clock with Mrs W. r..
Daley, BIZ Pleasant street
c. L. Mesick of the Connection G L.
eral Life ms. Co., who has been m
town several days reiu ned to nviows
Falls Wednesday morling
Robert Tiffany. Leo nard Cooley
and Daniel Hurlbur are planning a
trip from here to Bellows Fails and
back, distance Of over one hubdred
miles.
The June number OF the Roaring
Branch will be issued Friday. Tins lie
the commencement nuuber and con
tains excellent cuts Ct The graduating
1 class.
Arthur Smith and wife OF Mechanic
vile are passing the week with ella
atives and friends in the village Mr.
Smith and John II Sanborn spent
Tuesday in Woodfoid.
viii the person who picked up a
Reader from under tree IN Hunt
grove on the afternoon of Monday,
June 10, please send IL TO the graded
school where it belongs.
Miss Bessie Harbour drove to Will
JAMESTOWN this morning and Miss AIDE
laide Merrill who has been visiting
Miss Carrie Bridges of that place will
return with her this afternoon.
Bennington is as free from a con.
tagious disease as Any place OF ~, sizt
as could be expected There il not a
quarantine in the pl ce the las having
been case OF mumrs that was releas
ed some time ago.
BY mistake the name of Lauristor
Wilcox was omitted from the list oil
seniors who were excused from eXami
nations which was given in yesterday
paper. MIR Wilcox was excused from
examinations in five subjects.
! Lorenzo Moore who has been spend.
ing a week with his mother Mrs Bar
bara Moore of South street has resign.
ed his position in the w. U. Tel Office
in Troy to accept one as assistant op.
orator in the B Il NJ freight office OF
that place.
Mr. and Mrs w. b Sheldon went to
day to Manchester to attend the com.
mencement exercises Of Burr and Bur
ton seminary Berpiss Sheldon, theii
nephew, former member of the elias.
of 1906, b II. s., is one Of the twenty
gradu ates.
Little jeanette, the Youngest daugh.
ter of DR. aud Mrs A. r. Houle was
seriously i'll last night from the effects
of opening a sample bottle of table $
and eating them AS her father is in
Canada medical aid was summoned
and the child is now out of danger.
The Kurn lIattin Home for boys al
Westminster, VI, is an institution nc
complishing much good in our state
Miss r. Eliza Sessions, one of its
teachers, visits our town this week ir
its interests She will be entertained
at the home of Mrs w. -. Sheldon.
Mr. and Mrs c. p. Rodgers of Ben
nington we're guests at the Barrett no
tel last night. They came here in then
automobile and are started on a lone
trip. They expect to be gone for SONS
time. The rain interfered with their
progress yesterday. North Adams
Transcript of Tuesday.
Some forty members of the North