The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-01-20
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers.

Harry Buss is III with grip.
George Mattison is seriously Ill at
his home.
George Brown is confined to the
house with the grip.
Miss Name Levins has as her guest
Joe Frontier of Pittsfield.
Miss Agnes Casey is spending her
vacation in New York City.
Joseph O'Donnell of Burlington was
a visitor in town recently.
Mrs. Alice Harris has again secured
work in H. c. Whites shop.
Martin Craven of West Bennington
who has been Ill, has recovered.
Mrs. c. B. March and daughter
Florence spent Saturday In Troy.
James Thomas, express agent at
Mechanicville, was in town over Sun
day.
Hon. A. M. Fletcher of Cavendish
was registered at the Putnam House
today.
The Molly Stark club will meet at
the home of Mrs. J. M. Ayres Tuesday
evening.
Miss Catherine Patterson of North
Adams is the guest of the Misses Ryan
of Gage street.
Louis Northouse, former resident
of this town, spent Sunday with
friends in town.
John McGrath and John McDon-
ough of Hoosick Falls spent Sunday
with friends in town.
The funeral of Mrs. James Leonard
was largely attended Friday morning.
The floral offerings were profuse.
The Y. M. C. A. basket ball team
will play the employed boys team in
North Adams Wednesday evening.
Clarence Holden, who has lived in
New York for some time,. Is visiting
his mother, Mrs. John s. Holden.
Miss Lizzie Mcmahon of North ST.,
was the guest Sunday of Mr.. and Mrs.
Michael Murphy of Fairview street.
Joseph Zaleska, for some time tail
or for Mulligan & Roche left Saturday
for two weeks vacation In New
York.
l.. l.. Gokay was one of the four who
passed the examinations before the
state board of pharmacy at Montpelier
recently.
William Fraw1ey, who has been abb
sent for several months in Massachus
etts, has returned and resumed his
duties at the Silk farm.
Miss Grace Russell who has been
the guest of Misses Catherine and
Lizzie Morrissey of Dewey street, has
returned to her home in Hoosick
Falls.
There will be a basketball game at
the Neighborhood house at Benning-
ton Falls Friday evening between the
Neighborhood team and the high
school five.
Word was received Saturday that a
sister of Sister Miriam. superior in the
local convent of the Sisters of ST. JOS
eph, had died in New York. This is
the second death to occur In the fam
lily within a week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Carpenter cele-
brated their seventh anniversary Sat.
urday evening by entertaining twenty
FIVE of their friends. The evening
was pleasantly passed in playing
widow. f. F. lockwood secured the
first prize and Mrs. s. c. Lyons the
second. They received several nice
presents among them being q very
nice rocker Refreshments being
served the party broke up about mid
night wishing them many happy re-
turns of the day.
The second annual concert and ball
of Bennington Council No. 307 Knights
of Columbus will be held in Academy
hall Easter Monday evening, April
goth. The following committee will
have charge of the ball: Chairman,
p. j. Prendergast; secretary, John
O'Donnell; treasurer. John B. Harte
John H. Kelley William ]. Gibney
Edward Lonergan, Walter Nevis
Joseph McDermOtt, John p. Ryan, n
w. Edgerton, Walter Houran, Mathew
Mahan, Joseph j. Daley and John
O'Brien, committee.
H. B. Hutchins was in Brattleboro
last week to visit his father at the re-
treat The elder Hutchins is failing
rapidly in strength and In mind. Mr.
Hutchins talked with some of the Off
cials who said that the Perrault boy
who was sent to the retreat some time
ago was now In. a much better condit
ion mentally and physically. Henry
Joe, the Chinaman, who ran amuck
New Years night and who was taken
to the retreat some days later, was
said to be the happiest inmate in the
institution. He had been set at work
in the laundry and had made himself
| at home. Henry is the first Chinaman
ever admitted at the retreat