The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-07-06
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers

The Y. NJ. c. A. Lacross team will
be out for practice tonight.
Charles Daley of Schenectady is
visiting at his home in town.
Mrs. Mary Adams was at her home
in Arlington over the Fourth.
c. b. Wall, Jr, of Winstead, Conn,
is visiting at his former home here.
Henry Bailey of Beech street was in
Troy and SALISBURY celebrating the
Fourth.
Mrs. William Buss and daughters
Alta and Irene of Union street have
returned from short visit in Will
mington.
Misses Laura and Elsie Gavin of
Schenectady are visiting at their
home here
John Temple of Averill Park, ~ Y,
spent Saturday and Sunday with his
family in town.
George Weeks and family, who have
been camping in Woodford for week
returned this morning.
DR.. F. S. Braley spent Saturday
and Sunday at his home at Bottoms
Landing. Lake George
Misses Waite and Florence Mattl-
son of East Main street left today to
spend week in Greenfield.
There will be regular monthly
Injecting of the village trustees in
their rooms this evening at the usual
hour.
Tiffany Bros. on Saturday shipped
consignment of goods to Honolulu
and have an order for a large ship
ment to go to Alaska.
William Sheldon of Boston is ex.
pected to arrive here this week 10
spend his vacation at the home OF
Mr.. and Mrs. +. b. Paterson,
Thomas Johnson of st. Louis, Mo,
who came here with his wife's re
mains last Thursday, returned to his
home today, accompanied by his niece
Miss Annie Dakin.
The big mill started running five
days a week this morning. For sew
eral weeks this mill has run only
four days each week. Business
seems to be gradually on the gain.
The regular meeting of the w. r. C
will be held on Friday evening, July
10, at which arrangements will be
Imade for their annual picnic. A full
attendance of members is desired.
Am prepared to take out parties
wishing automobile trips at reason
able rates. Four cylinder Pope Hart
ford touring car. Careful driving
Harold Bottum, telephone 75-L 2t5
Miss Lydia Rose of Cohoes, who
has been visiting her sister, Mrs
John H. Kelley of Main street went
home today. Master Harold Kelley
went with her to stay several weeks
The remains of Timothy Healey
who died at the Soldiers home Satur
day were taken this morning to Poult
ney for burial He was a member o.
Co. ID, 9Th Vermont regiment and was
SO years old.
DR.. Wright, specialist OF North AID
lams, will be In his office only Mon
days, Wednesdays and Saturdays til
August /. Office open daily for re
pairing glasses, and making appoint
lments. Telephone, Sand Springs
Williamstown. 1Olt2'
Meeting of the brotherhood ant
election OF officers this evening. TIL,
classes will meet Tuesday evening
and the weekly prayer meeting Thur
day evening. Circle No. 4 will NEE
with Mrs. l. T.. Gibson Wednesday al
ternoon from . to 5 o'clock.
The Bennington City Band and tn,
Vermont club will hold trolley rid
and dance at Odd Fellows hall II
North Adams Friday evening, Jul
10. A special car will leave Bennine
ton at 1925, returning from Mort
Adams at 1916. Tickets rs cents.
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w. II. Bradford and A. b. Sible
of this village and +. NJ. Judson @
Arlington have returned from thei
, fishing trip to Newfoundland. The
caught some fine salmon. one fis
weighing II pounds gave Mr.. Judso
fight OF an hour and 80 minutes b.
fore IL was brought 10 gam.
The special car which has bee
chartered to take members of the
II. S. alumni association for their n
union at Sand Springs will leave Sa
urday morning. The fees of the al
ISOLATION so cents are now due and II
Fns. 10 40 MI A
+. alumni who can possibly be preser
| should try to CO.
The remains of Mrs. Ruby NJ. Blu
ton, aged IS, who died in New Hor
a Thursday arrived here on the S:i
A train Saturday morning and the burii
+ took place ut once Saturday mornin
in the village cemetery. Rev. ii.
Rowe of the Methodist church oflicia
ed at the grave, Mrs. Burton was
. lsister-in-law of Mrs. Frank Day.
!, Among the recent improvements
the optical Office of DIR. Dewitt
. Lewis the eye specialist, is the add
? ton of the latest improved ophtha
n moscope for examining the retina, a
so a new testing cabinet with specli
! tests for children, etc. The improve
method of Illuminating the te'
q, charts is of original construction,
II Miss Margaret West, who wei
d. some weeks ago to Butte, Mont, f
= her health, is on her way home an
is expected to arrive here in town I
s morrow. She went west just at I'll
h time of the big floods in Kansas, n
Z braska and other states in the Mis-
0 issippl basin and It was necessary f
her her to travel 400 miles furth'
II than she could have made the tn
under normal conditions.
II st. Peters Sunday school will hay
II its annual basket picnic at Sar
Springs Wednesday. The car WI
r. leave the corner of School street
a n, on a. ~, Tho ronprppntiOn Ia