The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-10-10
BENNINGTON BRIEFS.
News Of the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers.

Miss Mae Grennan has returned
from Montreal.
Miss Harriet NJ. Sipperley OF India
will speak AZ tho Baptist church u
night.
lie Gibson returned last evening
from a weeks business trip 10 New
York.
Ben Crane from Tomawanda Penn,
is visitor TO the village yesterday
and today.
For men doing outdoor work hand
knit wooden hose at the Bennington
Shoe store 232t6
Miss Alice Morrissey Is In Science
tady today 10 attend the wedding Of
Miss Mary Maher.
Mrs Clement II Cone has returned
from visit OF severai weeks IN Nova
Scotia and Newport, Il. |.
John Wonderland is confined to the
house with a severe cold, the result of
falling into vat OF dye al Cooper's
mill.
Clifford Aldrich Left here Monday
for North Adams where he will take a
business course at the Bliss Business
college.
Miss Faith Powers spent Sunday at
her home here. Her sister Miss Cecil
Powers has accompanied her on her
return TO Middlebury.
John Cordes, who recently vent 10
Schenectady with the irtention OF re-
siding there, has returned and gone TO
work in the Cooper machine shop.
The Ragged Messenger" with Ores
ton Clarke in the leading role, was one
OF the best plays ever seen in Benuing-
ton anddeserved a much larger louise.
Mrs VIM Haytree, who HIS been alb
sent most of the time rince the death
OF her husband, has returned and is
NOW occupying her own house on South
street.
Chas A. Green OF Pownal has pur-
chased the keenan, property on Morgan
street and with his family removed
from North Pownal, he having taken
a position with J. Ed. Wal bridge In
his stove departments
Rev. G. b. Hurlburt a former pas
tor of the Congregational church and
wife, now living at Cape Cod, Mass,
were guests yesterday of Mr. and Mrs
VIM Il. Hawks. They went this morn
ing to Nilliamstown TO attend the
Haystack celebration.
Miss Harriet Sipperley, who is to
make the principal address at the Mis-
sionary rally in the Baptist church
this evening will deliver an address
on her mission work in India before
the Iuterdenominationa Institute in
Troy tomorrow afternoon.
VIM Mcclure, the oldest barber In
town and who has conducted shop at
the same stand on North street died
at the home of his sister, Mrs Anna
Powers on County street. He was 90
years old and leaves family of nine
brothers and sisters. The funeral
will be held from St f ancis de Sales
church tomorrow morning.
The rain of last night and this
morning has removed all fears of a
water famine about which many fears
had been expressed. Not in recent
years has the water supply been IN
such critical state as il was yester.
day morning. Thanks to the excellent
source Of Bennington water supply not
much danger had been feared in that
direction hut brooks, wells, etc. were
BEGINNING to feel the effects of the
scarcity of rain.
Charles A. Acton, member Of the
1907 class at Middlebury college who
died in that town Monday was we'll
known in Remington where he had
been frequent visitor. During the
summer just passed he was guest at
a party at the home of Mr. and Mrs G.
n. Powers and he had been entertain
ed there on previous occasions. When
here he was in vigorous health and his
death comes as au unexpected shock to
his acquaintance here.
Rev. d. ]. O'SulliYan, rector of st.
Mary's church in st Adams has d eel
ded not to accept the call extended to
him to become the permanent rector
of st PETERS parish and church in Rut.
land made vacant by the recent death
of Rev. Thomas Gaifney Father
O'Sullivan has been strongly urged by
the people of Rutland to accept the
call but he declines to enter the con-
'cursus, step which candidates for
the rectorship are obliged to take.