The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-06-15
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of tho Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers.


J. l.. Harbour has tenement to
rent on Bradford street. Tel. 1928.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Sigworth spent
Sunday at their home In Schaghti-
coke.
Lauriston Wilcox OF Pownal
spent Sunday In town as the guest of
A. b. Willmarth.
Mrs. Hopkins and son of Troy are
visiting her father, John Eddington
OF School street.
Mrs. Thomas Slattery and son VII.
liam were the guests of Miss Julia
Powers In North Adams Sunday.
Miss Jennie Valentine ia spending
few days as the guest of Mrs. j. G.
Mccullough at her cottage In Peru.
X. b. Godfrey appeared on the street
Sunday with bunch OF sweet peas
which he had picked. from his gar.
den.
Charles Nolan, former resident of
this town and now residing In Cam
bridge, spent Sunday with friends in
town.
Miss Grace Danford resumed her
duties with the Bottum Il Torrance
company today after a two months
vacation.
Mrs. John Dick Of Pleasant street
has gone to Woodford where she will
work In the Summit house for the
summer.
I Charles Corcoran of North Bennlng-
ton spent Sunday In town as the guest
of his cousin. Bridge Mcclure of SAT-
ford street.
DR.. II. j. Potter left this morning
for West Halifax where he will spend
a few days as the guest of Ralph
VIM on a fishing trip.
Mrs. Gould and daughter of Hoo.
sick Falls and Miss Tina Gould of Al
lbany spent Sunday at Mrs. L. c.
lSherman's Oh Main street.
I Vanity Fair, participated In by ten
young women will be an encore mum
ber Parada has just been given In
Newburgh. n. Y, where 1t made a de
lcided hit.
Margaret and John Laren took part
in an entertainment at Arlington Sat
urday night for the benefit of the Cath
lolic church and completely captivated
the audience.
The Grafton Stars defeated the Rob
Unison Stars by score OF II to 8 Sat
urday Batteries for Grafton Stars
Enright and G. Grafton; for Robinson
Stars. Scott and Shaw.
The Chapel district school close
Friday for the summer vacation. Tn,
Pupils with their teacher, Miss Bridgi,
Mcclure held picnic In StrattoL'
woods to celebrate the event.
The weekly meetings of the select
men beginning July will be held OF
Thursday instead of Saturday after
Moons during the summer while III,
banks are closed Saturday afternoons
at l o'clock.
Although "Parada" has been pres
ented In Bennington before II will
present entirely new numbers thil
time. Owing to the popularity of thu
intricate Military Drill, that viii
again be presented.
The music for the "Parada" is al
tuneful and up-todate. Two song
are used by special permission of tn,
publishers. The sextette chaperone,
by Mrs. Bradford and Miss Bingham
will be one Of the hits.
The Candy Kitchen will this weel
put an ice cream wagon on the roa,
which will peddle ice cream all owe
the village and will also dellve
cream on order. The wagon will b.
in charge of Peter Panos. SGT
, Many side issues will be arrange,
, for In connection with the "Parada
the entire receipts of which go to tn
Y. M. c. A. They will be in charg
of the auxiliary and the voting con
test alone will assure financial sue
cess.
: Rev Philip Schuyler, l.. +. Abbot,
Harrison l. Norton, George Worthine
ton, William Wills and Frank Il. How
leave this afternoon for Burlington
where they will attend the annual die
cesar convention of the Vermont die
cese.
: The repairs on the residence O
Rev. Joseph Robinson at Bennington
Centre for the past few weeks ar
. now about completed. Mr.. Robinson
/, and family will arrive from New Yor
y for the summer In the course of fey
!; days.
IL the twenty-five members of tn
, Philathea Union who were at Sunda
s school yesterday will come to the res
. lular business meeting this evening a
7:45 our class will have no trouble Il
electing its officers for the coming 81
months.
Alfred Mayhem of the south par
;. lof the town cut his ankle badly Will
d sharpening posts two weeks ago, On
!, lof the neighbors, Joel Walker. dress
y ed the wound very effectually and MI
Mayhem Is now able to be around an
/ does not suffer much inconvenience.
}: Edward Adams caught bear 4
q Woodford Sunday which weighed owe
= 100 pounds. This Is the third bea
1 Ed. has captured this year in hi
Traps. One got away and was lost a
: ter springing the trap. 1t looks as
1 he were using the right kind of bal
g Misses Agnes and Elsie Gender @
= Cleveland, who have been the guest
n Of Miss jeanette Perkins for the pas
b week, left Saturday accompanied b
Miss Perkins for Bradford, Mass