The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-04-08
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers.


DR.. A. 8. M. Chisholm was In Troy
Tuesday.
Michael Kane visited friends In Rut-
land Sunday.
Miss Alice Morrissey OF County st.
Is visiting In Troy.
Edward Bellows of Putnam street
was In Albany Tuesday.
Miss Florence HOLSTER is recover.
Ing from her recent illness.
A son was born Tuesday to Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Slime OF Depot street.
Dr. and Mrs F. w. Goodall of Main
street are spending the day In Troy
and Albany.
Miss Flossle Carr who has been Wis
iting friends here has returned to her |
home In Center Berlin.
James Grennan attended match |
between Hoppe and Schaefer, billiard
champions, In Albany Monday night.
The rain today is said to be a good
thing to dry up the mud. Perhaps
It is but II doesn't look so at present.
Edward Davenport, former resi-.
dent Of the town but now living In
Troy. IL visiting friends here this
week.
There will be special meeting of
the X. of G. ball committee In the
council rooms at 3 o'clock Thursday
night
George L. White and wife of Hoo.
brother, Frank 8. White OF North Ben
nington.
A number of summer residents OF
Bennington Center are planning to
open their residences about the first
OF next month.
William Mercier Is moving from
School street into the house he recent
ly purchased Of John McGurn on Park
street, near County.
Roger G.. Ramsdell and Lester Vail
have returned to the University Of
Vermont, after visiting at their homes
here for the past week.
Edward Morrison who has been Wis.
iting at the home OF his uncle. Harris
on I. Norton, has returned to his
school in Concord, n II.
Mr.. and Mrs. John H. Grant and
daughter Of New York have come to
Bennington and opened their summer
home In the south part OF the town.
The fifth game In the series Of six
between the Brunswicks and the Y.
NJ. c. A. will be rolled In the formers
alleys on Friday evening of this week.
!, Street Commissioner Dunn started
J a force Of men cleaning Main street
this morning. The men were obliged
to quit at 10 o'clock, however, on &C.
count Of the heavy rain.
Miss Sallie GRAVES who has been
. spending the spring vacation here as
the guest Of her parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
+. o. Graves. returned this morning
, to her studies at the Vermont acad-
, envy at Saxtons River.
Walter Golding, coachman for Philip
3. Jennings. left this morning for New
York where he will spend couple OF
weeks, learning to run Mr.. Jennings"
automobile His brother is taking his
: place during his absence.
|. All those interested In baseball and
, who wish to have team representing
,, Bennington In the field this summer
, should not fail to attend the meeting
In Foresters' hall this evening for the
|, purpose Of making arrangements for
forming a team. sc
Mrs. Joseph A. Jubb Of Elm street
returned Tuesday evening from San
Juan. Porto Rico, where she has been
/. visiting her son, Harry, for the past
two months. She was accompanied
home from New York by her husband
r who went there to meet her.
q. Capt. John II. Sargent OF the Stew
o art guards of Middlebury who were
present at the centennial celebration
u here of the battle of Bennington In
1876. has been the guest, together with
10 his wife, Of his nephew, Harry vii
!! loughby. Capt Sargent Is now propri
!, :. etOr of the Sargent House at Middle
=, bury known as the old Pierce house.
lie At the regular session of the private
dancing class and assembly In the For
esters' hall. Tuesday evening. favor,
consisting of Easter eggs and chicken,
were given to all present Next Tues
i. day the orchestra will start at $3.50
;" The attendance last night was yer,
large considering the. number Of at
IT fractions elsewhere.
. The s. of v. card social in G. A. r
~ hall Monday evening was well attend
" ed, all reporting pleasant time AT
:. . ter playing fifteen games of widow re
. . freshments were served. Instrumen
=, tai music was rendered by Miss Edna
20 Phelps and vocal solos by Miss Nellie
~ Coffey and Andrew Maurer. Mrs
=, Charles Carpenter and Merritt Burn
- nam obtained the highest scores fo
\, the evening. A. l.. Stewart has tn,
!" !" highest so far during the series.