The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-08-13
BENNINGTON BRIEFS.
News Of the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readera

Do your shopping for the 10th on
Wednesday evening.
Mrs w. II. Dyson OF North Adams
is visiting friends here.
VIM. Callahan OF North Adams who
has been visiting here has returned
home.
DR. Il. T.. Potter OF Pownal, Repub-
lican candidate for assistant judge is
In town today. L
Company X, WIG, which has been
at Mt Gretna for week, returned this
afternoon at 2.30.
Mrs Hortense Beagle OF South
SALISBURY spent Sunday with her par
ents Mr. and Mrs ID, A. Baldwin.
Mrs Annie Scism and Mrs Edward
lO'Connor of Waterford are spending
this week with friends in the village.
The pay roll at the Cooper mills
last Fl iday was the largest on record.
At the three mills over $50 persons
are now employed.
Mrs Walter Irish and daughter who
have been visiting Mr. and Mrs Fred
Theberge have returned to her home
In North Adams.
MIR and Mrs George w. Keeseman
and Mr. and Mrs j. II. Habberley ex-
pect TO leave Thursday for a weeks
stay at Atlantic City.
Thursday being "our own" battle
day most of the stores will be closed
all day but open Wednesday night, the
night previous to the 10th.
Mr. and Mrs w. F. Peltier, Joseph
Therrien and MRS Marcoux spent Sun
day with Mr. Therrien's daughter, Mrs
Edward Tatro of North Pownal.
The public is asked to do their holt
day shopping on Wednesday night pre-
yious to the 10th as the stores will be
open on that night and closed all day
the 10th.
While in Woodford City yesterday
one of Taylor's two horse rigs, driven
by W. =. Murray, ran away and sue
ceeded in badly demolishing the two.
seated carriage.
Remember Thursday is the ahniver-
sary of our own battle day and the
stores will be closed all day in honor
of the day but open Wednesday nigh
til late hour to accommodate you.
! The company "In Old Kentucky"
has arrived and will make their initial
appearance for this season at the
opera house this evening. This is one
or the favorite plays and already
nearly all the seats have been sold.
The Rutland railroad are making
extensive improvements on the Chat
ham division, especially that portion
between Berlin and Petersburg. For
some days there has been an average
of l40 car loads of gravel dumped on
the road bed every day.
Mail Carrier Olin w. HtrSood has
returned from two weeks vacatit n
and resumed his duties this morning.
Mail Carrier Halluran was taken sud
denly Ill Saturday afternoon and was
unable tn keep on his route. Substi-
tute Car rier Cranston relieved him.
Bennington Chapter OAR will OBJ
serve the thirteenth anniversary of its
organization at the home of Mrs b.
Huling Blackmer at Bennington Cen
ter Thursday afternoon. There will
be a short program including short
sketch of the chapter, music, etc, and
light refreshments will be served.
Home week services will be held in
the Old First church at Bennington
Center next Sunday both morning and
evening. A feature of the evening will
be the rendering of the old time music
aud recalling "reminiscences of 'ye elden
times" Among those who will take
part In the musical services will be
Mrs G. G. Wilcox OF Hoosick Falls,
and Richard s. Bahan who has Just
returned from Leipsic where he studied
music for about five years.