The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-11-05
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers


Miss May Russell OF Hoosick Falls
spent Sunday In town.
William Barber and Newton Kel-
ogg are spending the day in Pitts
field.
The regular Sunday meetings at
the Y. NJ. c. A. will begin in the near
future.
George H. Bushee of Manchester
has accepted position with Marshall
Bentley.
Joseph Camp moved hjs household
goods Monday to Pittsiield where he
is to reside at present.
Charles Roche of PittsneId is Wis
iting his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. VIM.
Roche of Jefferson avenue,
Edward Forcier has moved into the
house on Pleasant street recently va
Gated by Mrs. Ida II. Wood.
Miss Lena Sprague of Arlington
spent Monday with Mr.. and Mrs. f.
T. Wheeler of East Main street.
Mrs. Edward Williams and Paul
Williams left town on Saturday for
their home in San Jose, California.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Wood and
Miss Bessie Sibley returned from a
visit to New York Monday evening.
Henry l.. Utman of Williamstown
was in the village Sunday. Mr. Ut
man is grandson of Henry Marsh.
William Hill has force of men at
work painting the mill of the Ben
nington Wax Paper company on Scott
4 street.
The n. Y. NJ. sewing circle will
meet at the home of Miss Margaret |
Dwyer on Spring street Thursday
evening.
Il. l.. Nichols & Son expect to have |
a large display of furs from their fur |
man in New York at their store in the |
near future.
Miss Edna Russum has resigned her |
position as clerk at II. NJ Ramsdell's |
and Miss Ella Morrissey of County st |
has taken her place.
Miss Sophronia Collins will give a
talk on her recent European trip at !
the Young Womans club tomorrow !
evening at O'Clock.
st. Peters parish hall has been at |
! tractively decorated by Florist H. G |
Holton for the "Kaffee Klastch" to |
morrow and Thursday.
The Schuyleryille, \. Y. correspon-
dent of the Troy Daily Times. says, |
I Rev Edward Caisse of Bennington |
is visiting his parents
Mrs. W. b. Sheldon has gone 10 |
New York to spend a week and on the |
way will spend day with Or. and |
Mrs. Wallace Nutting at Southbury |
Conn.
Miss Adeline Bonynge Of New York |
and Mr.. and Mrs. Claire Bonynge OF |
cast Orange. n. j.. are in town to at
tend the SibleyThatcher wedding this |
evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Goldsmith who |
have been spending a week with his |
mother, Mrs. Pauline Goldsmith of I
Main street returned to their home I
in Troy this noon.
A. r. Vondette of Park street left /
Saturday for Rutland where he ex- /
poets to remain about two weeks and |
will bring back his team with him |
when he returns.
The Woman's Auxiliary of the Y, NJ !
C.. A. will hold their regular monthly |
business meeting this week Wednes
day, Nov. 6, at half after three at the
association rooms.
Il. Il. Bottum who recently purchas-
ed the stock in the old mill store
which was formerly run by Vetel Las
| sor will hold an auction of the goods
in that store this evening.
| c. A. Gi4neau of North Adams who
umpired the local baseball games dur
ing the summer, Is in town today. He !
has a position as travelling salesman |
for the Van Camp company.
The ladies' of the NJ. T. church will |
open their fall rummage sale tonight |
in the church basement. They have |
many bargains at low prices and the |
sale will continue all the week. 9St2 |
Mr.. and Mrs. J. w. Bird of Florence !
Mass, who have been visiting for a |
few days with Mr.. and Mrs. w. II. |
Sears of Branch street, returned home !
| yesterday. Mrs. Bird is a sister OF
Mrs. Sears.
Doris, the little daughter of l.. C.
Hoton. who has been seriously Ill
with pneumonia began to show i'm
provement early this morning and it is
believed that the crisis in the case has
been passed.
There will be social dance in For
esters' hall Tuesday night at O'Clock
Immediately after dancing class at
which some of the new dances will be
introduced one of them being the
Barn dance" the latest popular mum.
Der
A big rummage sale to raise funds
with which to buy new piano will
be opened Wednesday by the ladies
auxiliary of the Y, M. c. A. in the
store formerly occupied by Tillson as
a plumbing shop on the corner of
Gage and North streets.
over three hundred head of cattle
belonging to a cattle dealer, named
Mason, went through this town Sat
urday and remained at Robert Gard
ner's in the south part of the town
over oulludy' IL 10 Stdltu tHdt 81 lew
head We're sold to parties in town.
The election i'm the city of Troy to-
day affects two of our summer resi-
dents, Thomas Vail, who is running
for city treasurer on the Democratic
ticket, and George b. Wellington is
corporation counsel under the present
administration, The Troy colony is
all at home to vote.
Rev. A. S. Davis has assumed his
duties as secretary of the local Y. NJ.
C. A.. Mr. Davis is quite well known
in town being at one time the pastor