The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-08-13
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers.

f. C. Oviatt and II. Howard Fergu-
son are spending the day in Glasten-
bury
Miss Agnes Qulnlan returned last
evening from an outing at Plymouth,
Mass.
Mrs ]. c. Jensen and daughter Cat
herine, left today for visit with
friends in Troy.
Mrs. w. N. sprague of Greenwich
was a guest of Mr. and Mrs. Moses |
Wilson over Sunday.
Mrs. e. H. Peelor and daughter,
Mildred are visiting friends in North
Adams and Pittsheld.
Miss Fannie Smith of st. Louis is
guest of her mother, Mrs George
Smith of Union street.
Mrs. Thomas Kerce and daughters
of Troy are guests of Mrs Charles
Taylor of Lincoln street.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward II. Holden
have returned from a couple weeks
visit at Fall River, Mass.
A large number of the Y. NJ. c. A.
boys are on the jump-in the pit
west OF the main building.
The N. L. o. P. degree team will
meet for practice Friday evening in
their rooms on South street.
Misses Laura Williams and Myrtle
Church are enjoying a two weeks va
cation at Savin Rock beech, Connect
cut.
Mr.. and Mrs. William M Barron
left Wednesday evening for a short
trip to Albany, Cohoes and New
York 80.
Lewis J Eddington will soon open
meat market on Main street in the
store formerly occupied by M. c.
Burgess.
Mark Loughlin baggage master at
| the local station. is enjoying weeks
vacation somewhere among the tall
| timbers.
| Mrs. Frank Riley and son Edward
of Hoosick Falls are guests of her
sister. Mr. William O'Donnell of Lin
coin street.
Mr. and Mrs. Jay Barney of Pitts
burg. Pa. are guests at the home OF
his father, Martin Barney of the
Burgess road
Mrs. n. C. Morrissey and daughter
Lillian OF Albany are guests this week
Of Misses Margaret and Helen Nor
rissey of Mill street.
Miss Geneva NJ Armstrong of Han.
over. n. H.. has been called here by
the serious Illness of her mother.
Mrs. A. Armstrong.
Harold Larrabee and wife left re-
Gently for Montpelier where Mr.. Lar
rabee will have charge of the electric
light Office in that city.
Mrs George Smith, daughter, Fan
ME, and Mrs. Nathan F. Smith left
this morning for few days stay with
friends in Colerain, Mass.
Mrs. A. ]. Armstrong is seriously
i'll at the home of Harry b. Armstrong
at Bennington Falls and there is but
little hope of her recovery.
There was a large attendance at the
lawn party given by the Baptist
Christian Endeavor, society on the
church lawn Wednesday evening
Wallace Nuttings pictures colored
lby Mrs. Sheldon are on exhibition
land for sale this week in the window
lof Mrs. Thomas millinery store 81
Main street. 1878
w. d. Newton left Wednesday eve
ming for Boston where he will get an
lotheT> Ford roadster and run 1t home
He expects to return Saturday with
the machine.
The first bowling match of the sea
son will be rolled on the Y. NJ. c. A.
alleys Tuesday, August 18th. The con
test will be between the first and Sc
cond "Y" teams.
Mr.. and Mrs. Seymour F. Wood ac-
companied by Misses Nellie and Mil
dred Bushee and Dorothy Bull of
Pawlet have been spending few days
at Hunters Rest"
Misses Helen Bahan, Name Cum
mings and Crena and Agnes Mahar
are planning to spend the formers
18th birthday at Battlefield Park,
Tuesday, Aug. IS, 1908
George Bahan of Minneapolis and
Prof. Richard S. Bahan OF Cleveland.
Ohio, and Mrs. r. Kulp of Rochester,
n. Y, are the guests of Mr. and Mrs.
w. A. Bahan and family.
At the annual flower show at the
Second Congregational church next
Wednesday there will be home made
ice cream and cake, a fruit and veg
{, etable market and also food sale.
The grand. balloon race will start
from Aero Park, North Adams Friday,
August IA, at one o'clock. 1t is ex-
pected that five balloons will compete
Several from here are planning to at
. tend.
daughter Thelma, who have been Wis
iting her mother, Mrs. Ella Peckham
of Scott street for the past two weeks
returned to her home in Brooklyn
last Sunday.
There was some fast bowling at the
Brunswick alleys Wednesday evening.
"Togus" Thebarge made a score of
25S and Charles Dean rolled eight
strings and in six of them scored
better than 200.
. Rev. Charles H. Baldwin finished
his labors Sunday, Aug 2, amid the
protestations of number of his par
lshoners and left Tuesday to spend
the remainder of his vacation in d
broader field of action.
, Carpenters have practically com
!, pleted the work of rearranging the
rooms in the high school and they are
now being painted. When finished
they will give ample room for this de-
partment of the school and will pre-.