The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-11-01
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers

were in North Adams yesterday.
Carl f. Flynn of Burlington spent a
couple OF days in town recently.
c. r. Cartwright OF North street is
confined to the house by illness.
Mart Green Of Sucker pond spent
Thursday with Walter p. Farnm.
Harold RedHeld ofNorth Adams was
the guest of w. l.. Gokay Thursday
James Garfield of Grand View street
is spending the day in Manchester
Mrs. Herbert Marsden and Mrs. r.
A. Booth were in North Adams yester.
day.
Mrs. Emery Harris and Mrs. Carrie
Hawks spent Thursday in North Ad-
ans
William Donnely of West Rutland
is spending few days with friends
in town.
Mass was celebrated at the Sacred
Heart church at and O'Clock this
morning.
I MI -. H. IL JOllllSbn 10 lDON llb ltl
household furniture from North Ben
nington to house on Beech street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sayre Mcleod expect
| to close their summer home next Tues
| day and return to their home in Troy.
Mrs. NJ. Larin of Pratt street and
Mrs. Frank McCaffrey of Dewey street
/ have returned from their visit in Mon.
| treal
John Daniels is shipping his house
! hold goods TO Pittslield where he eX.
poets to make his home in the near
| future.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas b. Wilson of
with DR.. and Mrs j. r Wilson OF
Main street.
Ralph f, Durkee is in Manchester
today installing new telephones About
II new ones are expected to be put IN
there at this time.
Miss Flora Brooks who was recent
| ly operated on for appendicitis in the
Samaritan hospital in Troy has return.
ed home and is improving rapidly
Cornelius Keefe who was operated
on recently for appendicitis is report
ed as being much improved and that
his complete recovery is assured.
The W. II. c. will~serye a supper
in G. A. r. hall tonight and not last
night as advertised in the Banne'
Yesterday. From $50 to l. Price II
cents.
j. Il. Parsons. road commissioner for
the south shire is in Troy today. He
dislocated his shoulder recently and
went to that city ia see specialist
about It,
Miss Alice Foley is moving her gooGs
from the store formerly occupied by
her on North street 10 the store on
Main street where restaurant was
recently conducted
Mr.. and Mrs. Il. S Buss OF Putnam
street celebrated their 18th wedding
anniversary last evening. A few near
relatives called on the couple to offer
them their congratulations.
1t is the wish of the physical direc-
tor that all the boys who expect to go
on the hike to North Adams tomorrow
should be at the Y. NJ. C. A. building
in time to start at o'clock instead of
$3.50 as heretofore announced.
lockwood & Howe real estate deal
ers, have sold for Addison and Anna
Morse their two story residence loca-
ted on Branch street to Harry and
Adelne Daley who will take posses
I sion in two weeks
Lafayette Rudd has sold his farm in
the west part of the town to John
! Scully who owns land adjoining this
farm. An auction OF all the house
hold goods and farming implements
will be held next Wednesday, Nov 6.
Miss Lizzie Bushee of North street
entertained about % of her friends at
a Halloween party last evening. Very
entertaining musical selections were
carried out Games were enjoyed and
refreshments served. The guests
| left at late hour declaring very en-
| ioyable time.
Farmers state that the water In the
meadows and brooks about town is
higher than at any time since last
spring Many cellars about town are
flooded with water The fire in one of
the school houses in the west part Of
the town was put out by water getting
into the furnace.
Between 70 and 100 boys attended
the Halloween social ut the Y. NJ. c.
A. Thursday evening. Plenty of pop
corn and apples were had. The boys
had much sport in getting the apples
with their mouths out of half tub of
water or suspended from a string in
the ceiling.
The Catamounts will play the Black
inton football team on the athletic
field. Saturday at D. m. The lineup
of the Catamounts will be: l.. Il. New
lis, l.. T. Kapitz, l.. G. Barber. Day
export, c. Lynch r. G. Costello, X. 7.
Johnson, r. +. Lonergan, A. Pellerin,
l.. II. Stewart, r. II, Denley, F, b. Glib
ney.
Frank Pratt, who has just complet'
ed three years enlistment in the
coast artillery, being stationed at Ter.
ny Island i'll Long Island sound arriv'
ed at his home in Pownal a few days
1 ago and is visiting in town. Previous
to enlisting in the artillery he served
three years in the infantry on the Pa
ciiic coast.
The report of the Soldiers Home for
the ten days ending October 81 is as
follows: On morning of 3lst 66 were
present and "A absent making a total
of 90 accounted for absent and pres
emit The average daily presence for
the ten days was Ga; average absent
and present, SO. Three members were
admitted during this period and one
discharged.
Charles Schuhafer, representing the
well known firm of David Marks &
Son, of New York, is at Coles today