The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-12-23
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Nswu Of The TeWn and Village Told
Frlcfly for auay Feaders

his recent illness.
The thermometer registered about
10 degrees above this morning.
F. A. Greenslet Of Gage street is
cOnvalescing from his recent illness.
NJ B. Middleton IS convalescing from
his recent illness and is now able to
be out
The intermediate gymnasium class
will ot in the T. NJ. CA Thursday
aftemC n
NJ j. Paris Of Rutland is taking Con
ductor McGurn's place on the branch
local today.
Mrs. r. A. Davenport Of Gage street
has returned from a visit with rela-
tives in New York
Mr. and Mrs VIM d. McGum and
son of Gage street ere spending the
day in Troy and Albany
Mrs. Helen Famum of West Main
stWet is I'm Arlington today attending
the funeral Of a relative,
Frank Beebo Of Toronto is a guest
Of Mr. and Mrs. George Lawrence Of
the east part of the town
Mrs. Claire soule Of West Main St.,
went to EAGLE Mills, n. Y, this morn
ing to spend the holidays.
Miss Florence Mosher Of North
Bennington is visiting her mother Mrs
Ella Mosher of Pleasant street
There will be lunch served to
members of the Bennington club at
their rooms on Christmas night.
Miss Harriet Evans of Union street
left this morning to spend the holi-
days with friends in Hidonfield, ~ J.
Miss Minnie Childs of Albany will
spend Christmas at the home of her
sister Mrs. f. b. Patterson of Union
street
Mr.. and Mrs. Lester II. Nichols of
Rochester, N. Y, are spending the hol-
idays with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
e. L. Nichols.
Born ON Tuesday at the Gibson hos
pital nine and one-half pound son to
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward f. Burgess Of
the Burgess road.
Marcus Burlington, the famous cat
cher on the University OF Vermont
baseball team, was in town Tuesday
on his way to Pownal to spend the
Christmas vacation.
There was a large attendance at the
ladies' bowling class at the Y. NJ. c. A.
alleys Tuesday afternoon and many
good scores were made. This class is
becoming very popular
Miss Hope Graves who was recent
ly operated on for appendicitis in the
Albany City hospital returned home
Tuesday. Miss Graves passed n very
successful operation and is rapidly
conyalescing.
The Bennington Machine Works are
busy az present making repairs on
the machinery of a powder mill which
blew up In Acton, Mass. ON Dec. g.
This mill was owned by the American
Powder company.
Christmas day services in ST. Pc
ter's chapel-Holy Communion with
carols at 1880 a. m; choral celebration
tSchnediker settingl 1890. All COM
municants are expected to make their
communion. You are cordially invit-
ed to these services. Seats are free.
A new gymnastic exercise entitled,
school Day Antics" was tried for the
first time by the young ladies' gym"
class at the Y NJ. G. A Tuesday even
ing. This new amusement Is extreme
IL beneficial as a physical exercise
and Is pleasing and facinatng besides.
It bids fair to be popular with this
class.
The Bennington Machine Works Of
which Olin Scott is proprietor has just
completed a shipment OF four car
loads OF powder mill machinery con
signed to the Western Explosive com.
pany limited of Vancouver, British
Columbia The shipment weighed
about 43 tons and the freight charges
amounted to nearly $1,000.
Archie Rice OF SALISBURY has re.
turned from couple OF months visit
In Oregon and California He states
that the weather there was very spring
like when he left and that he never
before realized how cold II was here
until his return Mr. Rice expects to
take his family west and make his
home In that section Of the country.
The ladies OF the Woman's Relief
Corps who are to give canned fruits,
jellies or any article they choose for
the BOYS IN Blue at the Soldiers home
will please carry them to the home or
leave them at Aliens fish market
where Col Harmon will call for them
before or ON Christmas morning-By
order OF the president OF the w r. c.
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Ralph s. Durkee OF Weeks street,
an employe OF the New England Tel.
ephone and Telegraph company fell
from a ladder while installing a phone
In the store OF Earl A. Howard on
Gage street and broke the bone In his
heel This accident will doubtless
connne Mr. Durkee to the house for
several days and it viii be some time
before he will be able to resume ao'
tive duties again.
See the moving pictures at Library
theatre today, features Lights ana
Shadows OF New York's Chinatown
depicting the treachery slums, It's un'
derground opium dons and illustratlng
same. also the New York police In Jus
rront rnid on Chinatown. Don't miss