The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-05-18
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers.

Wallace Schram OF Pittsfield was in
town Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. B. Hutchins were
In North Adams Sunday.
G. w. Wilcox spent Sunday with
friends In Hoosick Falls.
DR. Frank Grennan of Schenectady
was In town over Sunday.
William Greenslet of Gage street
was in North Adams Sunday.
Joseph !. O'Donnell of Burlington
spent Sunday at his home here.
Masters Frank Riley and John Lar
EN- caught four nice trout Sunday.
F. T. Hopkinson of Gage street is
visiting his parents In Brattleboro.
Charles. Hovey of. Houstanic, Mass,
Is visiting friends In town this week.
Misses Irene Corey and Ella Nor.
rissey were in Hoosick Falls Sun
day.
Mrs. A. X. Richie left this morn
ing for her former home in Phiadel.
phia.
Misses Laura Williams and Eliza.
beth Church spent Sunday in North
Adams.
John v. d. s. Merrill left this
morning for a business trip to Mont
pelier.
Benjamin BROOKS will 60 to STAN.
ford this evening to attend a Grange
meeting.
Duisg the strawberry season, short.
cake every day at the North street
restaurant.
James Thomas, express agent at
Mechanisville, spent Sunday with
his wife in town.
Mrs. A. s. M. Chisholm and son,
Fred Wilder have returned from WIS.,
it In New York.
The Philathea will hold business
meeting at 7:45 this evening In the
kindergarten room.
]. II. Wilkinson, travelling sales
man for Boston firm, spent Sunday
with his wife In town.
Miss Mary Robinson OF Bennington
Center left today for a short visit
with friends In New York.
Gardner Han, bookkeeper in the
Arnold Print Works spent Sunday at
his home on Union street. .1
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John Ineson caught Al trout Friday
and II Saturday making one of the
best catches of the season.
Mrs. James Murphy and daughter
Of Bennington Center left this morn
ing for short visit in Troy.
Miss Eva Goodell, a former resident
OF this town, but who now lives In
Troy, spent Sunday in town.
Leon Porter, a teacher in Bliss
Business college, visited friends al
his former home here Sunday.
Mrs. John Healy and two children
of River street left this morning for
a visit at her home in Sterling, Ill.
Miss Minnie Fastle OF PittsHeld
was the guest of Miss Carrie Prentice
of Scott street over Saturday and
Sunday.
Mrs. +. II. Harvey Of Cleveland,
Ohio, arrived here today to occupy
her residence at Bennington Center
for the summer.
A fine pen and ink sketch entitled
"A Basket Ball Girl" drawn by Miss
Lillian Bell Is now on exhibition at
Fergusons studio.
The Independent Order of Foresters
will institute new lodge in Apollo
hall this evening. Several candidates
will be initiated at this meeting.
The last card social In the s. o. v
series will be held In G. A. r. hal
Monday evening, May 18th at S:15
The usual program will be rendered
Charles Palmer while In the rear oil
the opera house Sunday stepped on Q
bottle which broke and the fractured
glass cut his foot so badly that he
is on crutches today.
Herbert Armstrong and Samue
Strose are moving today from the
Murphy tenement on the corner Of
Pleasant and Main streets to the
house recently vacated by Theodore
A. Carpenter.
About fifty station agents Of the
Boston Maine railroad came here
Saturday on special car from NORTH
Adams and visited the local station
and the points OF interest leaving OF
the return trip at $3.50.
Drs. F. w. Goodall, L. II. Ross. H. J
Potter, C. w. Bartlett and G. s. Blu
chanan of this village and J. b. Wood
hull of North Bennington went to Ar
lington yesterday to act as bearers
at the funeral of DIR. Phillips.
B. b. Blackburn and family wht
have leased the Miss Mary SANFORD
place at Bennington Center are ex
pected to occupy the same about thu
18th of next month. Mr.. Blackburn
is from Pittsburg and is said to be ;
very wealthy man.
Word was received here Sunday O
the death Saturday of Captain George
England at the home of his daughter
MIS-. Walter lockwood In Rochester
N. Y. The body which will b.
brought here for burial is expected
to arrive this afternoon. A more ex
tended obituary will be printed later
Mrs. Philip Schuyler is chaperoninl
party of five young ladies' this al
ternoon who are attending May da,
party given by the rector OF thu
Hoosick school. The young ladie
from here whom Mrs. Schuyler &C
companied are Misses Kathryn Jen
ney, Imogene Norton, Janet Shurtlefl
and Phyllis and Marguerite Schuyler
George e. Davis is making some ex
tensive repairs about his farm build
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