The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-10-15
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers.

Briefly for Busy Readers.
O. NJ. Barber was In Rutland yes.
terday..
!. II. Gibson Is painting his houses
on Grandview street
There will be matinee In Rushs
Bijou this afternoon at 4.30.
Miss Lucy Smith OF West Main st
spent Sunday at her home In Berlin.
c. Schwartz and Patrick Carney of
Hoosick Falls are In Arlington today
after birds.
Miss Mae Mccarthy who has been
visiting friends In town has returned
to her home in Burlington.
Prof. John Russell will occupy the
pulpit at the Old First church at Ben
nington Center next Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. B. Carleton who
have been visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Ray
Utley have returned to Manchester
Miss Helena Cunningham returned
to Burlington today where she will at
tend school during the coming winter.
Mrs. F. b. Edgerton of Dewey street
left this morning for a few weeks Wis
1t In Albany, Amsterdam and Cohoes.
Mrs. ID. G. Farrar of Troy, N. H..
who has been the guest of Mrs. Asa
Shaw of West Main street for several
days has returned home.
Miss Frances Nash, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. John Nash of Mill street who
was badly scalded by hot water last
week is recovering rapidly.
The station agent at Pownal was
one of the winners in the annual
awards of prizes by the Boston Il
Maine railroad for flower displays
along the line of the system.
Court Bennington, F. of A. will hold
special meeting tonight in their
rooms In the Hawks block at s o'clock
and all members are requested to be
present as business of Importance is
to be transacted.
Letters received from Giles Kellogg.
brother of Justin Kellogg, and fire.
quent visitor to Bennington, state
that he is now located at Los Angeles,
Cal. where he holds the position of
secretary of the Union Oil company.
Isaac Blandy. president of the Green
witch and JohnsOnville railroad, and
Mrs. Blandy, were guests over Sunday
of George Wellington at Bennington
Center. On their return to Greenwich
they were accompanied by Miss Lula
Robinson, who will be their guest dur
ing short visit.
There will be match game Of ten
between teams representing the Cor
bett-Grennan and the Brunswick
alleys. There is already considerable
discussion over the organizing OF
four-team league among the local bow
lers and the arranging Of winter
schedule.
The condition of Mrs. Collins NJ.
Graves remains very critical. Monday
evening for time she was thought to
be better but the Improvement did not
continue. DIR. Alting was up from AL
bany again last night and DR.. Forrest
Sibley of Albany came with him and
remains at Mrs. Graves bedside. At 2
o'clock this afternoon there was no
sign of change for the better.
His Lullaby" song which has
been published during the past year
and which is beginning to meet with
popular favor, has local significance
In that the words are by Robert +.
Healy of Bennington. The music is
by Carrie Jacobs-Bond Of Chicago and
the composition is dedicated to Mad
anne Shuman- Heinck.
Michael Gunshannon and Miss Isa-
bel Merra were married at the home
of the bride in East Dorset Monday.
Mrs. Alice Gunshannon and daughter
Miss Della Of Park street. mother and
sister of the groom respectively, at
tended the wedding. 1t is expected
that Mr.. and Mrs. Gunshannon will
spend part OF their honeymoon In
this town.
Divisions b. & C. of the Second Con.
gregational Ladies Aid society will
hold rummage sale in the store just
vacated by McKeon on North street,
beginning Monday evening, Oct. 81.
and continuing through Wednesday.
Members of the divisions and all
others interested are asked to send
their contributions as early as pos
sible OH Monday.
Mrs. Kate d. Lee of Wells River.
department president of the Vermont
w. r. c.. will be present at the dis
trict meeting to be held Friday eve
ming, Oct. Is. with Custer corps of
Bennington, Delegations from Man
chester and Dorset are expected. The
banquet will be served at o'clock.
All members and officers are requested
to be present as Mre. Lee will inspect
the corps.
Rev. Frs. Barron and Provost of
Bennington and Rev. FIR Dessaulnier
of Pownal left here this morning for
Rutland to attend theological con
ference of the Rutland district of the
Vermont diocese. The conference.
of which Rev. FIR. Barron is president,
holds three meetings each year for
the examinations of those who have
been recently admitted to priest
hood. The meeting to be held today
is the last for the present year.