The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-06-12
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RollIn Jenney is at home from the
Howard dental school for the summer.
J. j. Madden and family will occupy
the DIR Fillmore house that he recent
ly purchased this week.
Early Monday evening an electric
car on East Main street struck and
killed a hound belonging to Ii. W.Bur-
CESS.
The house that Is being built on I'm
perlal avenue for J. Ed Walbridge is
about clapboarded and is being rushed
as fast as possible. The roof Is all on.
Rev X. w. Fields will speak at the
Baptist church tonight at o'clock.
The colored people OF Bennington are
especially invited TO be present and
give Mr. Fields the largest meeting yet
Dana II. Fisher OF Boston. New Eng
land manager OF the M. B. Foster Elec
trio company which built the high ten
sion line for the Bennington and North
Adams street railway. looked over the
work Monday.
List OF letters uncalled for at the
postotilce are, George Goodell, w. G..
Henry. J. s. Lincoln. q. M. Miller, T..
II. Paddock. Mrs p. Delrose. Mrs Hell.
en- NJ. Bisbee. Miss Louise Haeke, Miss
Ada NJ. Stewart.
II was officially announced late Sat.
urday eeening that the trial cars
I 10. 10 L..
North Adams electric road on the 18th
and 10th and that the road would be
J open for business the 2ist.
States Attorney w. J. Meagher, As.
sistant Clerk u. II. Holden and w. u.
Sheldon went this morning TO Manches
ter on business connected with coun-
~ court. II Is expected that the
grand jury will report today.
The woman's Missionary society OF
! the baptist church will hold its regu.
lar monthly meeting Thursday after
noon nj $3.50. All women OF the con-
gregation are invited to be present
Miss Moore and Mrs Newton are in
charge.
The funeral OF Seymour Green was
held Monday afternoon from the chap
81. Rev Frank X. Morris. pastor OF the
Baptist church officiating and the In.
termcnt was In Green Mountain Gem
etery. Mr. Green who was Ga years OF
age died June Sth nj the home OF his
daughter. Mrs Asa Stratton. on the
east road.
The annual meeting OF the Vermont
bird club aud OF the Vermont Botanl.
cal club will be- held at North Pownal
July . and 3. Pownal II so located
that Il has many plants and n few
birds. not found In most parts OF the
state and Il II expected that this years
meeting OF the clubs will be one OF
especial interest July the cliff reg.
ion OF the town will be explored and
the following day the famous Pownal
hogs will be visited.
The North Adams Transcript OF
Tuesday says: North Adams clerks
and carriers are not as enthusiastic as
they were over the new classification
bill. Until Postmaster w. r. Darby
received an official copy OF the bill II
vas thought that the Increase In sal.
aries for letter carriers and for the
lower grades OF clerks was much lar.
ger than they have since learned TO b.
fact. The carriers expected 10 be
raised from fS5O 10 $1,000 per year but
the new schedule allows them but 5000
a year. This however, will be raised
Ia $1,000 next year.
The children OF Harry and Bessie
Atwood OF North street are blessed
with more grand parents and great
grand parents than most children. hav
ing eight IN all. Dwight and Hattie
Atwood. father and mother OF Harry.
grandfather and grandmother OF the
children. Martin Atwood. father OF
Dwight greatgrandfather. George and
Ann Baker. father and mother OF Hat.
tie Atwood. greatgrandfather and
grandmother OF the children. p. Y.
and l.. y. Vail. father and mother Of
BESSIE Atwood. grand father and
grandmother Of the children. Adeline
=. Smith. mother OF y. y. Vail. great
grandmother. making eight In all. two
grandmothers. two grandfathers. two
greatgrandfathes and two great.
grandmotherA.