The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-01-07
BENNINGTON BRIEFS.
News Of the Town and Village Told
Briefly Cor Busy Readers.

is threatened with pneumonia.
Mrs. Julia F. Shepherd of East
Arlington is visiting her sister, Mrs.
Helen Farnham.
William Clements of Mill street is
confined to the house by severe at
tack of the grip.
VIM. Andrew and Miss Mary Squires
of East Arlington were married in
this town Dec. 81.
Hart is Offering choice plug tabacco
at less than half price cents a plug
or IL plugs for so cents.
The Putnam Hose company will
hold the annual election of officers for
the ensuing year in their roms this
evening.
Miss Laura Rogers. who has been in
town during the holidays, has returned
to take charge of her classes at Pea
body, Mass.
Edward j: Morrissey is moving from
County street to the house he recently
purchased of F. l.. Bottum on
Dewey street. s.
F. S. Ketchum of Glens Falls until
recently clerk at the Hotel Alexandria
Ticonderoga, N. Y. is now employed
as clerk at the Putnam
Mrs. Nelson Strong of North Adams
and her daughters, Mae and Monde
spent Sunday with her sister, Mrs.
Albert Bishop of Washington street.
Miss Helen Scott, nurse at the
Charlesgate hospital in Cambridge,
Mass, is spending a vacation at the
home of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Scott.
The annual meeting of the Stark
Hose company will be held this even
ing, Jan. Z. at s o'clock. A banquet
VIII be served at 8 o'clock at the Put
nam house. Tickets $l.0o.
Miss Bridget Hendricks who has
been in the employ of Mrs. s. Huling
Blackmer of Bennington Center for
seine time, left Monday for New York
where she will live In the future.
Charles w. Thompson resumed his
studies at the Albany College of Phar-
macy this morning after spending the
Christmas vacation with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank A. Thompson.
Miss Carrie Prentice and brother,
Myron left Monday morning for
Beckett, Mass, where they attended
today the funeral of VIM. Stanley, who
was killed near Chatham Sunday.
The annual election of officers of
- adl
pany will be held in their rooms on
Stafford street this evening at 5 o'clock
All members are requested to be pres
ent
Harvey Davenport and Marden r.
Nichols who have been spending the
holiday vacation at their homes here,
returned to their studies at Norwich
University at Northfeld, Monday after
noon.
H. H. Allen is painting and papering
the interior of the house he recently
purchased from James Leahy on West
Main street Mr.. Allen expects to &C.
cupy the lower part of this house
about the first of next month.
William Graves, the little son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Collins M. Graves, who
underwent an operation for appended
tis at the Albany city hospital last
Thursday, is making as good progress
toward recovery as could be expected,
Archie Mattison and friend, H. c.
Hoover, students at the Riverview
academy at Poughkeepsie, returned to
their studies there today after spend
ing the holidays at the home of Mr..
Mattison's mother on Washington st.
There will be a special meeting of
the Walloomsac lodge N. e. 0. p. this
evening at 5 o'clock. All members
are requested to be present as bust
ness Of importance will be transacted.
F. H. Ferguson, warden; Mrs. H. M.
Marsden, secretary.
Harold Sweet who is a student at
the Boston Museum of Art was the
winner of first honors in life work for
the term which recently closed. Life
work Is one of the most difficult
branches of painting and his achieve
ment Is therefore the more creditable.
The local lodge of Odd Fellows will
hold the annual installation of the
officers elected for the coming year in
their rooms in the opera house block
Wednesday evening Jan. 9Th at s
O'Clock. The appointive officers will
also be selected at this meeting.
All members OF the Order of the
Eastern Star are requested to be pres
ent at the regular meeting tomorrow
evening after which there will be a
basket lunch, social and entertain
ment. Members of the chapter, Ma
sons and their families are invited.
Each lady is expected to bring a
lunch for two. Chapter called to or
der promptly at 7:45.