The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-07-02
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News Of the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers.

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Briefly for Busy Readers.
Robert Jones is spending couple
OF days here.
Miss Hazel Mcleod has taken a pos
ition In Grlswolds.
President Ezra Brainard OF Middle
bury college Is In town today.
Miss Caroline Wilcox left this morn.
ing for visit 10 Boston and Vicinity
Misses Julia LOOMS and Florence
HOLSTER left this morning for Albany,
Miss Bernlce Davis OF Manchester
has been visiting In town for several
days.
Mr. and Mrs Clarence Morse have
returned from trip TO Greenfield,
Mass.
Edward X. McPeck and wife OF Ad.
ans visited friends In this village yes.
terday.
Rev and Mrs Thornton =. Turner
are visiting Gov and Mrs Mccullough
at North bennington
Leroy Smith and John Lewis left
today for two weeks trip To Whining
ton aud Greenfield. Mass.
The Boston a Maine railroad Mon.
day began using the double track be-.
tween Johnsonyille and Valley Falls.
Mrs Lewis A. Hopkins OF Brattle.
borO is visiting her parents Mr. and
Mrs Charles 10 Patterson of Benning
ton Center.
Whitney Joyce who has been spend.
ing two weeks with Mr. aud Mrs W. u.
Stewart. returned yesterday to his
home IN Unadilla. H. Y.
Edw l.aIlelle. caterer has rented
street aud hopes 10 be- open for bust.
streets aud hopes 10 be- open for bust
ness boy the 3rd OF July.
The Ladies' Aid society OF the Metho
dist church viii serve meat supper
nc the church parlors Wednesday eve.
ming nj 6 o'clock. supper 20 cents.
Excavations we're commenced last
week for the factory addition that ~
90 be built for the n G. White com.
pany at North Bennington. The fac.
tory Il 10 be- used for the manufacture
OF sterescopc photographs.
Work on the new mill OF Fillmore a
Slade IL being put forward as fast NJ
possible. For some time the contrac.
tors have experienced considerable
difficulty In getting necessary help.
but u ~ hoped that this difficulty will
be- avoided In the future.
Suit TO recover $1,000 for dgmag
claimed 90 be- inflicted by the Rutland
railroad accident at Nergcnnes last
December has been brought by pom.
rose l.. landon OF Rutland lie claims
that the road was negligent In over.
crowding the tracks and not gl,mr
the train crew proper signals.
Il Is expected that the Lyman Arm.
strong farm IN the westercn part OF
the town viii BE- the headquarters this
summer for large party of fresh air
children that will be- sent into the
country by several Of the leading
churches In brooklyn. and that the
first party will arrive about the middl,
of July
The construction Of n durable and
substantial sidewalk from Monument
Avenue Ia the Country club grounds
is IN progress aud will be- completed
this month. The Invitations are out a.
the FIRST attraction on the grounds
which will be- a medal play tourney On
the grounds the afternoon of July &.
FOR cup which IL given by DR. A. T.
NJ. Chisholm.
The report Of the Vermont Soldiers
Home for the first morning Of the quar-
ter commencing July I shows that
there are In the home GS present for
duty and % IN the hospital During
the last quarter there were cight mem.
beers admitted. twenty-five we're lost
by discharge and other causes Forty
eight we're granted absence with leave
and 40 returned from absence with
leave. The average daily present Tor
duty during the three months vas 90
and average present aud absent %.