The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-06-24
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News OF tho Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers.


News OF tho Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers.
Or. Frank w. Goodall was In Troy
Tuesday.
A. j. Cooper left Tuesday afternoon
on 4 business trip to Chicago.
Mrs. A. j. Elweil is suffering from
a relapse OF her recent illness.
Marvin White OF Scott street left
Tuesday evening for short visit In
Troy.
s. A. Burt and son Ralph left Tues.
day afternoon for short visit In Am
sterdam and Utica.
r. II. Merrill is making. many i'm.
proyements about his residence at
Bennington Center.
Mrs. ]. j. Lee of Rutland and Miss
Bridge ID. MCGUIRE of Stafford street
are spending the day in Troy.
A new culvert is being built by the
Rutland railroad company over the
brook near the corner OF Main and
Depot streets.
Miss Marguerite Tracey who has
been the guest OF Miss Winifred Ad-
ans OF School street for the past week
returned 70 her home in Troy Tues
day evening.
George Lee who has been running
the local train between Bennington
and Chatham is at his home In Rut-
land suffering from a severe contus-
ion on his knee.
William Puffer has resigned his DO.
sition In Il. II. Harris store and will
start into business with Charles Walk.
er at once In the store on Bradford
street formerly occupied by G. d.
Sawyer & Son.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Jennings OF
Bronxville. N. Y, arrived here Tues.
day to spend the summer with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. G. r. Sanford
of Bennington Center and at their
bungalow In Pownal.
Rev. Edward G.. Reed, D. D., of
Somerville, N. j., formerly pastor OF
the Second Congregational church, is
expected In town this week. DR.. and
Mrs. Reed will first visit at the home
Of Miss Hubbell at the Center.
Emmett Murphy of New York City
who has closed successful season
with the Ceborn Opera company OF
Baltimore has been visiting George
Morse Of Bradford place. Mr.. Muir.
ply leaves here to join Hattie Viii
liams' Fluffy-Ruffie Co.
The cottage being built by f. N.
Gallagher, Leon b. Parker, DR.. H. r.
Bristol and others at Ferndale is now
nearly completed. The roof was put
on Monday. 1t will be one Of the lar.
gest buildings of its kind in this vic.
Unity and will accommodate several
people.
The members of George A. Custer
Post and other veterans will please
meet at the 7th ward school house at
1880 p. m. Thursday to attend the fu.
neral Of our Comrade William H
Sears which will be held at his home
on Branch street at o'clock p. m,
Thursday, June 20.
Rev. John M. Thomas, D. D., who
is today inaugurated president oil
Middlebury College. will preach the
ldedicatory sermon next Sunday morn
ing at the reopening of the Second
Congregational church. DR.. Thomas
was classmate and room mate in
Middlebury Of DR.. L. H. Ross.
Recent guests at the Walloomsac
are Henry Rueter and wife of Bos
ton who is connected with the Ster
ling ale firm In that city, Mr.. and Mrs
Edgar X. Belts of Troy, Thomas R
Wheeler of Buffalo and Mr.. and Mrs
Winston of Minneapolis. Mrs. Win
ston spent her girlhood days in this
town
The crop of field strawberries this
season is larger than any year in
some time. The number of people
who go berrying are CORRESPONDENCE
larger and in some instances land
owners have been obliged to put up
signs prohibiting trespassing in order
that the grass may not be all tramped
down and the hay crop injured.