The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-06-22
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers.

left this morning for Middlebury
II. Harry Levin was In Manchester
yesterday, returning this morning.
Mrs Charles Nash OF Troy is
guest nj the home of James Eddy at
Bennington Center.
There will be social dance IN For.
esters hall tonight. A full orchestra
will be In attendance.
Mrs II. w. Davis and Mrs James
Thayer of Manchester are visiting az
the home OF Il. H. Holden.
Miss ]. A. Valentine has returned
from Haverhill where she went 10 at
tend the graduating exercises nj
bradford academy
Miss Fannie Fillmore won the 500
prize for the best essay at the
graduating exercises OF Bradford
academy his week.
Richard Taylor Morris Is the name
OF the guest nc the Baptist parsonage
who was welcomed last Thursday
morning, June 20.
Miss Daisy Vondettc In the employ
Of A. X Richie A. company. has been
called TO Rutland by the death of
cousin, George Brothers.
Mr. and Mrs J. $. Patterson OF Troy
who have been spending the week with
their daughter Mrs Leroy Brant. ~.
turned home last evening
Walter Russell and James Conan
have gone Ia Glastonbury where they
will be- the guests OF Joseph Pellcrln
Soymorc Patterson over Sunday.
At the Baptist church the pastor,
Rev Frank r. Morris. will preach sun.
day morning aud evening. New resi-
dents and strangers are most cordially
invited tn share In these services.
Town Clerk n. a. Booth. who re-.
Gently sustained a broken ankle, Is
able 10 go about the house with the
aid of crutches and expected to be- at
his Office for short time today.
MIR and Mrs Louis Levin. who have
been visiting Mr. and Mrs Abe Levin
at Manchester. will leave today for
New York where they viii visit for q
few days before going TO san Fran.
cisco.
The members OF the choir OF ST
Francis de Sales church gave tin
shower 60 Miss Nellie Murtha last
evening IN anticipation OF her ap
preaching marriage to Joseph O'Don
nell.
Miss Sarah whitney leads the G. r.
meeting at the Congregational church
Sunday evening. hour $3.50. Awcl.
come for all young people and others
Topic. The Progress Of the Afro Amer
lean" Collection.
II ~ not expected that the regular
schedule on the new electric road viii
be- In operation for a week M least
There IN considerable curiosity as to
what the fare between here aud North
Adams viii be-. Most people guess
that II will BE- a quarter.
There was n good attendance nj the
dance given In Academy hall last eve
ming by Misses Rosella Ollarc. MARI
Toomcy. Bessie Cummings aud Edna
Earle. Music was furnished by Miss
Mary McGurk assisted by little Walter
Kelley. Refreshments were served.
Albert shultz aud Ira Smith OF
! WOOdford got another bear Ia a trap
/ Thursday aud the skin will b. sent
away hy ID N. Gleason a. b. mounted
/ The bcar was young one and the
/ hunters heard the mother IN the neigh.
borhood but Il ~ alleged that they did
not care 10 meet her just then.
The listers have turned the tax
books into the town clerks Office aud
the work Of making out the tax bills
for the present year ~ ln progress.
There ~ good Increase In the
amounts for taxable real estate. which
however. h affected by the burning Of
the Fillmore A SladD paper mill aud
an Increase In the number OF polls.
Dr James llasweil llarWood Of Par
adla.. cal. Who ~ east on business
and Who n grandson of Anthony
HasWcll. founder OF the old Gazette.
will sreak at the Congregational
church In North Bennington Sunday
morning and Ia the Congregational
church here Sunday night Thursday
evening be- apok. In the old church NJ
the Center. Dr llarwood was barn In
bennington - years ago aud lett here
when - years old.
Worship tomorrow NJ the Secood
Congregational church az 1885 aud
7:g0. The public b. cordially invited.
The pastor. Rev q. y. Mills. will
preach at the morning service. subject
THE nodya Help 10 the Soul. At the
evening service. an. Rev James ".
llarwood. u. H.. an old bennington
boy and graduate ~ Williams college.
for many years a pioneer missionary
IN the west and nov working inNorth'
eastern California. will speak upon
Frontier Life"
Jerry billings. probably the oldest
veteran oftho civil war In this section
of Vermont. ~ ~ years Of age today
lie was born IN Cuba. near Havana
but has been In this town since s0ou
after the war. lie served In the 9Th
Massachusetts Cavalry aud VAS badly
wounded IN consequence of which h.
draws n good pension. lie has been
tWic. married. himself and one son be-
INK the only survivors ~ the family
Jerry ~ In pretty good health but the
recent death Of his wife whom be- had
lived with for nearly 10 years. has haf
n depressing effect upon him.