The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-10-16
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
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Fair Haven.
Ladies' new high cut shoes at the
Bennington Shoe Store. ct
Miss Elsie Luckey spent Sunday
with her mother In Pawlet.
r. Il. Craytor, the eyesight specialist
Is at the Putnam house today.
For real style In Shoes-the Benning
ton Shoe Store takes the lead. st
Mrs. Clarence Creighton of Brook.
Ign is guest at the Vail homestead.
Miss Maude Fisher has returned
from visit with her mother In Dorset
Joseph Morris of Manchester has
accepted position with Remington &
Wood.
Mrs. James Eddy and daughter of
Bennington Center left this morning
for Greenwich.
John A. Connolly Is putting new
signs on the Bennington cigar stores
windows today.
Double program every evening at
the Bijou. Cinderella special fea-
ture this week.
There will be an important meeting
OF the Young Woman's club at s
O'Clock this evening.
Mrs. J. H. Williams and daughter,
Mns. Louis Tiffany, are spending the
day at North Adams.
Mrs. Leon Lamarre and daughter,
Miss Emma, visited with friends In
North Adams Tuesday.
Mrs. William Holt left this morning
for Saxtons River to visit her daugh-
ter, Mrs. +. s. Morrison.
John NJ. Kinsman of Rocky Hill,
Conn, is visiting his sister, Mrs. John
Warren of School street.
George l.. Boughton of Easton, n. Y.
visited the Tichenor homestead at Ben
nington Center Tuesday.
Goldsmiths orchestra will furnish
the music for the grange dance In N.
h. o. p hall this evening.
Double program every evening at
the Bijou. Cinderella" special fea'
ture this week.
William Watson is making extensive
repairs on the interior and outside OF
his lunch cart on West Main street.
Mr.. and Mrs George F. Graves are
enjoying an automobile trip through
New England. They are in Boston to-
day.
Mrs. George B. Sears who has been
stopping In town during the summer
returned today to her home In New
York.
w. NJ. Horse, chef at the Putnam
house sprained his ankle badly yester'
day and will be confined to the house
for some time.
Mrs. Charles Layman and her
mother and children of Cecil, Ohio,
are visiting George w. and Ray w.
Utley OF this town.
Hon. Willis Heaton, surrogate judge
of Rensselaer, county and author of
valuable book on surrogate law, was a
visitor in the village yesterday.
Letters received from c. f. Breck-
enridge of Massachusetts, show that his
interest In all that pertains to Benning
ton is undated Mr.. Breckenridge
was some time ago valuable CORE
spondent of the Banner.
Rev. Hugh NJ. Swift of Femton,
Mich. expects to pass the winter on
the Pacific coast but intends to visit
old Bennington next summer. Mr..
Swift is a son of the late Heman Swift
in his day a prominent physician on
Bennington hill.
The new Bennington orchestra led
by Charles Frazer, will furnish the
music at the Foresters' social Thurs
day night and also for the North Ben
nington Fish and Game club dance on
Friday night. This orchestra seems to
have struck the right spot with the
public.
The condition of Mrs. Collins NJ.
Graves is improved. The disease
abated a little yesterday afternoon and
there has been a slight but constant
gain since. She Is very weak and not
yet out of danger but the doctors now
have strong hopes That she will pull
through.
A very pleasant surprise was given
Mrs. John G. HOuran by about 80 OF
her friends and relatives at her home
on Dewey street Tuesday evening In
honor of her 49th birthday. Mrs.
Houran was the recipient Of many
beautiful presents, among which was
$40 in gold. Light refreshments were
served and music for dancing was fur
nished by Frazer's orchestra of five
pieces IL the orchestra continues to
render as fine music as it did last eve.
ming, it will undoubtedly be heard at
good many dances this winter
All repairs are completed on the
Tucker building on Main street, Hard
wick to be known as the j. s. Holden
Memorial hospital, The house has
been thoroughly renovated. the fur
nishings are in place and everything
| is In readiness to receive patients.
Miss Terrier. the matron, has spent
weeks in getting things In order, and
those who know say it is surprising
to see how suitably the place has been
transformed for the purpose for which
1t is intended. This afternoon from 3
until 6 o'clock will be "Open house" at
the hospital when 1t will be formally
opened to the public.
Argo Red Salmon took the grand
prize at the st. Louis Exposition, the
only one ever given at any fair on Sal
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