The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-05-29
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers

Fred o. Graves is spending the day
in Troy.
Louis Fiske OF Scott street was In
Troy Thursday.
Twilight hop Saturday afternoon
and evening, Foresters' hall.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Stevens OF
Main street were In Troy Thursday.
LeGrand Colegrove OF Valentine at,
was in North Adams today on bust
ness.
There will be social dance in For.
esters' hall Saturday night. Dancing
s until IL.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. F. Abbott left this
morning for visit with relatives In
Worcester, Mass.
Mrs. C. l.. Hudson left this morn
Ing for a visit with her son, Harry p
Hudson in Schenectady.
Marcus Deane and family are NOV
ing today from Division street to Can.
aan. N. H.. where they will live In
the future.
8. Huling Blackmer and Joseph
NJ. Ayres returned Thursday from a
couple Of days fishing trip at Sucker
pond.
The special village meeting to take
action on the matter Of street sprink-
ling will be called to order at one o.
clock Monday afternoon.
Miss Eta Costello of Schenectady
will be the guest OF the Misses Nor
rissey Of County, street over Decorat-
ion day.
A party consisting OF Misses Helen
Hurley, Helen Cummings, Ella Muir
ray. Barbara and May Cronin spent
Thursday at Sand Springs.
The condition of Miss Ina Leahy
who is seriously III at the home Of her
father, John Leahy on Spring street,
continues about the same at this writ
ing.
Pre-Memorial exercises were held
In the various departments OF the
graded school this afternoon and
school was dismissed earlier than usu-
| al.
"The Man of the Hour" was booked
some time ago by Manager Wood to
appear for return engagement at the
opera house Wednesday evening
December 2.
The funeral OF Mrs. Bridget NOEL
| lin was held at . o'clock this morning
from the Catholic church In North
POwnal The burial was In the Pow.
nal cemetery.
Mrs. Frank r, Morris and son left
this morning for Hamilton, n. Y,
where they will spend the summer at
her home. Mr.. Morris accompanied
them as far as Albany.
Mrs. ]. Harry McKeon who has
been visiting her husbands parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. II. McKeon of Gage
street for the past few days, returned
to her home In Chester this morning.
The young ladies of the graded
school who are practicing for the flag
drill at the Soldiers Home tomorrow
are Volunteers from the Seventh
and Eighth grades in rooms Is, a and
10.
| Word was received here this morn.
ing of the birth Of an eight pound boy
to Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Holt of Pitts
field. Mr.. and Mrs. Holt we're for
mer residents Of this town and are
well known here.
Grant Hallenbeck, engineer on the
Irregular morning train over the Chat.
ham. is enjoying a couple of weeks
vacation which he will spend In Chat.
ham and New York. Guy Fletcher is
working in his place.
The exhibit of school work at the
Seventh Ward building which was ar.
ranged for parents day will remain
in position during the larger part OF
next week in order that those who
were not able to attend the exercises
yesterday may have an opportunity to
inspect the work.
A large number of parents and
others interested In school work Wis
tied the exhibition at the Seventh
Ward school building Thursday after
noon. This showing was carried on
i'm the same lines as the one In the
graded school during the winter and
was great success from every stand
point.
"Brusher" Morrissey who, while
Intoxicated, fell on North street Wed
nesday evening and hurt his heat
with the result that he was placed II
jail, was in Municipal court thi.
morning. Judge Bates fined him SIT
and costs which, unless some arrange
ments are made by the old mans
friends In North Bennington, means
to stay 70 days in jail.
| A grand parada and carnival Of op
era will be given in the opera house
on June 25, 26 and q for the benefit
of the Y. M. e. A. under the direction
of Capt Charles w. Eddy with cas-
Of 200 people. This parada will con
sist of gems and acts from popular op
eras with beautiful scenery and cos
tunes and will be In four unique stag,
pictures representing Fairyland, Pat
riotism, Romany Revelries and Orr
entail Splendor.