The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-11-05
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers

Alden Graves Of Worcester, Mass,
is visiting his father, L. A. Graves.
Thomas English has accepted a pc
sitlon with the Enos Adams company.
Repairs are being made on The
Knights of Columbus rooms in the
&C ldemy building
Howard II Shields will close his sum
msr residence at Bennington Center
this week
]. T. Remington has broken ground |
for a house on the lot IN the rear Of 1
F. L, Bottum's property on Hillside
street.
Miss Margaret Edgerton Of Hart |
ford Conn, is visiting her father, F. |
B, Edgerton Of Dewey street for few |
days.
Miss Bridge Casey and Miss Lizzie |
| Purcell Of Dewey street are visiting
Miss Mary Casey of the west part Of
the town.
John Mccormick of Grove street is
in Troy today where his wife will
undergo an operation in the city hos
pital today.
Mr.. and Mrs. Adolphus Settlements
who were recently married have re-
turned from their honeymoon in Wnr-
cester, Mass.
The addition being built onto the
home of L. A. Graves on Elm street by
Theodore A. Carpenter & Sons is fast
nearing completion.
Mrs Levine Woodland and guest.
Mrs Herbert Rice of Gage street
were guests of Mrs William Blake Of
Woodford Wednesday.
Something new-a winter circus
will play in Bennington in the near
future. Watch future announcements
for further particulars,
The new House being built by f. f.
Bottum on South street Is nearly com
pleted and will be ready for occupancy
within couple of weeks.
Goldsmiths orchestra will furnish
the music for the dance to be given
by the Star baseball club of North
Bennington in bank hall Friday even
ing.
Union prayer meeting at Baptist
church tonight at 1880. Rev II, S.
Rowe will give the address Alexan.
der song books will be used. BE on
time.
This morning the mercury register.
bed only l6 degrees, the lowest so far
this season. The ground was frozen
hard and a thin sheet of ice formed
over Depot street pond.
The football game between the Uni
versity OF Vermont and Williams col
lege will be called at 1880 Saturday
=. afternoon on Weston field. Several
from here are planning to attend.
Don't come to the musicale at the
Y. NJ. c. A. next Tuesday evening II
YOU don't like good music Orlando J
Hackett and Joseph /. Mcmahon are
the artists who will give the recital
The members of Stark lodge. l. O
o. F. will 90 to South SALISBURY Fri
: day evening to attend the annual meet
ing Of the lodges I'm the first district
of Vermont to be held in the rooms oil
n SALISBURY lodge on that evening.
r The regular meeting Of the II. w
/
. postponed Tuesday on account OF cleo
ton, will be held this evening az the
usual hour. All members are request
- ed to be present as important bust
= ness is pending.
II is expected that II. + Bradford
+ & Co.'S mill which has been CLOSED
u down for the past couple of weeks on
, account OF repairs, will start agaIr
g next Monday The trunk which was
put In by Olin Scott Is about com
pleted and will be ready for use by
! next week.
? Burt l.. Bottum, son OF Mr.. and
Mrs Harlow Bottum OF SALISBURY
= died Wednesday night, aged II years
About four years ago Mr. Bottum un
J derwent an operation for peritonitis
4 and since then has always been In
poor health. No funeral arrange
ments have yet been made.
Al the second session OF Prof Dor.
ings private dancing class and as
sembly held in Foresters hall We'd
nesday evening, the attendance was
nearly as large as on the night OF the
professors reception. New dances
i were introduced and a very enjoyable
time is reported by all present. The
class will meet again next Wednes
day evening.
The members Of Walloomsac lodge
n. Il. o. p. will celebrate the twenty
first anniversary OF the founding OF
the lodge In their hall this evening
banquet will be served after which
a Varied entertainment will be given
by local talent All members and
their families have been invited and
the afiair promises to be very sue
cessful social event.
The remains OF Mise Catherine
Monahan, a former resident of this
town who died In Boston Wednesday
arrived here this morning on the {
o'clock train and removed to the home
OF Mrs. William Ryan on NORTH
street The funeral WIN be held II
81. Francis de Sales church at o.
clock Friday morning. The buria
will be In the Catholic cemetery.
The Y. NJ. c. A. football team will
play the Braytons OF North Adams il
that city next Saturday afternoon
On the following Saturday return
lgame will be played on the athlete
field. The Braytons are considerel
the strongest team In this vicinity
The local team will be strengthens
by Money OF Hooslck Falls. who /
one Of the fastest players In the NOV
ing machine town,
There was large attendance a
n the regular session Of the young we
mans gymnasium class at the Y N
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