The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-06-09
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers

Frank u. Talham of Union street Is
In Arlington today.
Mrs. Nellie Wilder OF Wilmington
Is In town today visiting relatives.
Mrs. II. M. Bassett has Just finish
ed painting her residence on Gage st.
Miss Julia Fitzgerald Of River st.,
Ii suffering from an attack OF neu-
ralgia.
Garry w. Papers is moving today
from Pleasant street TO tenement on
the fats.
Wilbur Davis and Hal Hufnagel |
spent Sunday with friends In North |
Bennington.
Rev. Frank r. Morris, pastor Of the
Baptist church, Is confined to the
house by illness.
William Temple OF Gage street has
accepted position In the meat mar
ket OF G. Schwartz.
Lawyers John V. ID. s. Merrill and
Charles A. Maurer are In Manchester
today attending county court
Mrs. King and other relatives from
North Adams visited at the home Of
Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Bellemarre OF
Dewey street.
The Y. NJ. G. A. baseball held
practice game on the athletic field last
evening They will meet again tomor-
row night to practice.
The Young Woman's club will hold
an important meeting In their rooms
on Wednesday evening. All members
are earnestly requested to be present,
John Powers, proprietor OF the Ben
ming Steam laundry, has moved from
Elm street to the Meagher house on
the corner Of North and County street
WE. Peltier has taken the local
agency for the James Van Dyk Tea
land Coffee company OF New York,
one Of the largest wholesale houses
lin the country
On Friday afternoon at three o'clock
1.-THE regular. meeting OF the w. X. G.
will be held instead of Friday even.
ing on account of the band concert on
Friday evening.
The ladies' OF the st. Ann society Of
the Sacred Heart church attended
Holy Communion In body last Sun
day. Out OF 145 families In the parish
100 married ladies are members OF
this society.
Mr. and Mrs. Morgan Kittell and
Mr.. and Mrs. Garry Dormedy came
In hnt aptnnnnl.tIa 2ttnHa ~
and spent the day as the guest OF
Mrs Annie Robinson In South Shafts
bury.
d. w. Ginegan. representative OF
the James Van Dyk Tea and Coffee
company OF New York is In town this
week and while he is here Is staying
at Mrs. Henrietta STATIONS on Park
street.
The ladies Of the st. Catherine
court Of the union OF st. John the
Baptist are planning to hold an enter
tainment on the evening OF Wednes
, day. June "a, the feast day Of their
, patron.
An addition has been put on the
rear OF the Bennington steam laundry
] building on North street. All the
: work OF the laundry is now being done
3 in this part Of the building away from
the Office.
4 Mrs. w. B. Walker has started &c
! build an addition to her block or
e Main street. II will be trifle ovel
5 feet wide and will entirely close tn,
passageway between her block ant
: the adjoining building.
T. The ladies Of the Miriam lodge o.
, Rebekahs met In their rooms this al
Iternoon at 2 o'clock to sew. Thil
Ievening the degree team will NEE
, for drill work and every member o
e the team is earnestly urged to b,
d present.
! Bradstreet's weekly Vermont trade
) report contains the following concern
ing Bennington: Bennington manu-
!. facturers report but little change II
q situation. Mills In knit goods lin,
q Operating with reduced force. Som'
!, new building work is reported.
s A merry.go-round has arrived II
Y. town and will be located In the va
l. cant lot near the Columbian hous
on River street. Many Of the boy
. and girls are pleased but nearb.
property owners seems to look upol
Z. their arrival In different light.
Francis Connolly OF the Guideboar,
r district while trying to separate tw,
= dogs which were fighting. was severe
. ly bitten by one OF them. The acc
d dent happened Sunday. Mr. Connel
Il ly had the wound dressed at once b,
q physician and as yet no serious re
ss suits have been noticed.
:. The Y. NJ. c. A. boys will 60 on
A. hike Friday evening to remain unit
Sunday morning. Saturday mornin
Il they will play a baseball game wit
:, the North Adams Y. NJ. C. A. juniors
.. On the evening Of the same day the
y will ascend Mt. Greylock. They e,
y pect to arrive home on the $3.50 Mort
Adams car.
- The Pleasant Valley distict schoC
- will close for the summer vacation o.
Friday, June 18th. A picnic will b
held In the afternoon Of that day I
which the public Is cordially invited
Miss Catherine Ouatt has been tn
teacher for the past term which Is sal
to- be one Of the most iourishing
the history Of the school.
Guy Hitchcock, son of Mrs. Merri
Hitchcock Of Pleasant street, lei
this morning for Annapolis where h
recently received an appointment
the United States Naval academy. M
Hitchcock was one Of the leaders
his class In the local high school an
lhic In ihla undart alxIx