The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-01-20
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dutyS has dIIlNtu'
MISS Minnie Mahar of Main street is
i'll with the grip.
C. Stratton of Dorset called on /
friends in town Sunday.
Mrs. Arthur J. Holden and sister |
left this morning forNew York.
William Murray and family of Gage
street are all quite i'll with the grip.
Leroy Bates who has been quite i'll
with appendicitis is improving rapid !
ly.
John lockwood of the Fay district
has a valuable horse which is very
sick.
Charles Hicks has resumed his pos
ition as driver on l. E. Gibsons bak-
cry wagon.
Miss Anna Frazier of Congress St
friends in Northfield.
The ladies bowling club will have
the use of the Y. M. c. A. alleys a few
afternoons this week.
Miss Eva Williams of Park street
has returned from a short visit in Troy
with Mrs. p, b. Brott
There will be social in the n. f.
o. p hall Tuesday night, Jan. 81.
Music by Frazier's orchestra.
Miss Agnes Cacey of Bennington
Falls left recently to spend couple of
months with friends in New York.
Mr. and Mrs +. V. Randall OF
Orange, Mass, are the guests of their
daughter, Mrs. l.. Z. Brown of Silver
street.
George Barber and daughter Grace
of Williamstowh were guests Sunday
of Mr.. and Mrs. S. w. Sherman of
East Main street.
Frazier's orchestra will furnish the
music Tuesday night for the social to
be given by the entertainment commit
tee of Walloomsac lodge.
Misses Georgiana Austin and Flor
ence March returned to their schools
in Pownal this morning after being
home for couple of weeks.
f. V, Randall of Orange, Mass, re-
Gently purchased the Albert Stockwell
house on Grove street. Mr.. Randall
will take possession February Ord.
There was large attendance at the
mems meeting held in the Y. NJ. c. A.
rooms at o'clock Sunday afternoon.
Good music was a feature of the meet
ing.
Patrick Mulqueen of the west part
of the town has resumed his duties at
the Collegiate farm after being laid up
week from the effects of getting
nail in his foot
The Pownal and North Adams
schools which have been closed for the
past two weeks on account of an cpl
demic of measles in those towns, re-
opened this morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward l.. Knapp of
Amsterdam, formerly residents of
Bennington, are receiving congratila-
tions over the arrival of a daughter,
Barbara Olive, born January 16.
The midyear examinations for the
grades in the public school will COM
mence Tuesday ad continue the rest
of this week These examinations
will be held in the high school next
week.
lockwood & Howe, real estate deal
ers, have sold for Albert Stockwell his
residence on Grove street to Mrs.
Francis V. Randall of Orange, Mass,
who will move here and take possess
| ion in about a week.
A special meeting of the board of
directors of the Y. NJ. c. A. will be
held Tuesday evening at s o'clock.
The election of officers will be held at
this meeting and all directors are re-
quested to be in attendance.
Misses Jennie Grace and Margaret
Green will entertain the young wom-
ems sodality and their friends In
Academy hall Wednesday evening,
January % There will be a musical
by celebrated local talent followed by
social 61t3
The funeral of Harry Francis, the
infant son of Mr.. and Mrs. George II.
Dakin of the Burgess road, was held
this morning at 10 o'clock. The bur
ial was In the Catholic cemetery at
the Center. The little fellow was only
three months old and died Saturday.
The funeral of Mrs. James Leonard
of North Bennington was held Fri
day morning from the church of st.
John the Baptist, Rev. r. c. Schaeffer
officiating assisted by Rev. C. f. Pre-
vost of this village. The burial was
in the new Catholic cemetery in the
North village.
The funeral of Smith E. Noyes who
died Saturday at his home in Hoosick
Falls, will be held Tuesday morning
at 10 O'Clock. The interment will be
in the Hinsdillvile cemetery near
North Bennington Mr.. Noyes was for
merly resident Of this town and is
we'll known here.
One of the cars on the regular mix
ed train over the Chatham division
Saturday night, was derailed near the
blue clay cut just across the state
line. The wrecking train was sum-
moned and arrived from Rutland Sun
day afternoon. The track was cleared
late in the evening and traffic was re-
sumed as usual this morning.
Mrs. Felix G.. Cole of Minneapolis
died at her home there Sunday. The
deceased was the mother of Edward
C. Cole, who married Miss Mabel Rice.
She leaves husband and three sons.
The family went from Bennington a
good many years ago but have many
relatives here and in SALISBURY. Mrs.
Cole was a sister of Mrs Dewey Dun
ham of this village. She was about 20
years of age.
The next attraction at the Library
theatre will be Robbins & Williams
vaudeville stars on Friday and Satur-
day, Jan. "a and 25 with matinee Sat
urday at 2:30. This company will
present some of the best people in the