The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-04-21
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the guest OF her cousins. the Misses
Grennan OF Spring street.
Robert Gardner OF the south part OF
the town Is confined to the house by
a severe attack OF the grip.
Miss Mckay of Hoosick Falls is q
guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs
Conrad Schwartz of Main street.
Mail Carrier, f. l.. Hartman is TAX.
Ing short vacation. Substitute AL
bert Downs IL working In his place
Charles Daley OF Schenectady spent
Sunday as the guest OF his parents,
DR.. and Mrs. h. b. Daley of Adams st.
4. =. Cronin and wife of North Ad-
ans spent Monday as guests of Mr..
and Mrs. ID. f. Cronin OF the American
house.
The st. Catherine court of the union
OF St John the Baptist will hold
meeting In their rooms on South street
this evening.
Patrick Hogan of Maple street who
has been seriously III for the past few
days Is reported to be a little better
this morning
Edward Tacy, who has been spend
ing a few days In town as the guest of
relatives and friends, returned today
TO his home In Troy.
Miss Helen Toohey, a nurse in st.
Peters hospital at Albany is the
guest OF her sister Mrs. F. b. Edger-
ton of Dewey street
Miss Edith Harris of South Shafts.
bury recently spent few days in
town as the guest of Miss Edythe
Buss of Pleasant street.
Mrs. c. w. Rowley and daughter.
Ima, who have been spending few
days at the home Of her son In Hoo
sick Falls, have returned home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Hollister and
son, William. who have been visiting
relatives in Half Moon, N. Y. for the
past few days. have returned home.
The number of young men interest
ed In wrestling seems to increase
daily. The Y. NJ. C. A. gymnasium is
the scenes OF many amateur matches
| Misses Lura Morse and Bessie Wood
ward went TO Pittsfield, Mass, Satur.
day morning to spend Easter with
friends and returned Monday night
With snow storm yesterday and
the thermometer twelve degrees be-
low freezing early this morning,
spring outfits are selling below par
Mrs. Clifton Kent who has been the
guest of her mother. Mrs. d. A. Lind
ley OF West Main street for the past
few days has returned to her home in
Dorset.
All the costumes and paraphernalia
for Charles Aunt" have arrived In
town and will be seen for the first
time here at the opera house Wednes.
day evening.
Curtis s. Burt. who has been spend
ing few days at the home of his
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. j. Oliver Burt,
returned to his duties in New York
Monday morning.
! f. A. Cole of Putnam street is In
| North Adams today TO consult a spec
ialist In regard to his eyes. Mr.. Cole
| recently underwent an operation for
the removal of a cataract on one of
| them.
Past Grand Patriarch Slater of Mich
igan, a representative of Ward. Still
lson a. Co., attended the meeting of the
Miriam lodge OF Rebekahs last even.
ing with full line OF sample costumes
for degree work
The information bureau of the Y. NJ.
c. A. will gladly direct strangers wish
ing board and lodging to boarding
houses and II the proprietors OF these
houses will send their names and ad
dresses to the secretary.
|. Mrs. Fred l.. Houghton of Main st.
q who has been an inmate in the Glib.
4 son hospital on Main street for the
= past few weeks. is now much improved
. and expects TO be able TO return TO
r her home by the last of this week.
There will be big mems v. NJ. c.
A. meeting at the Baptist church Sun
day afternoon, May g. A speaker OF
' note will be in attendance and an ex
3 lcellent musical program will be render
! ed by the Y. M. G. A. full orchestra
= Samuel Hinckley, one of the in
: mates OF the Soldiers Home died al
:. that institution this morning. He
; was born In Hardwick, Mass, Sept. 4
1870 and was a member of Co. |, 18TH
VI. regiment during the Civil war. The
burial will probably be at Bellows
X Falls.
n The funeral of Miss Margaret Scott
d who died Sunday at her home In tn,
Il west part of the town, will be held to
a morrow afternoon at o'clock at tn,
d house, Rev. Isaac jennings officiating
" The interment will be in the old Gem,
terry at Bennington Center.
A few from this town attended tn,
dance given by the students of tn,
J North Bennington high school in BAN
hall Monday evening. The music wa
q furnished by Goldsmiths orchestra
= The sleeper on which the party re
= turned was three hours late arrivin
; In town at o'clock this morning.
The report of the Soldiers Home 70
the ten days ending Monday show
that the average number present wa
81; average absent and present, 9
This morning there were rs presen
while at the same date last year tn,
total attendance was IL During thi
period there were three admitted
Comrades Hunt, Martin and Tatro an,
one was discharged.
III Fillmore & Slade expect that thei
new paper mill at Bennington Fall,
Will begin operations In the course O
few days. The new structure wa.
built on the site of the old mill which
was burned about year ago. 1t Is
made OF concrete and is freproof, In
the beginning the number of hands