The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-05-25
BENNINGTON BRIEFS



Sunday I'm town.
Mrs. l. Il. Bum has been quite III
during the past week.
The Foresters initiated FIVE new
members yesterday afternoon.
Mrs. Minnie Parker Of North Adams
visited friends In town Sunday.
Mrs. Annuie Gallpo OF Cohoes spent
Sunday with her brother, James Wood.
Andrew J. Downs and wife spent
Sunday with friends In Hoosick Falls.
Mrs. J. Melzer of Gage street left
this morning for a visit In New York
Misses Alice Morrissey and Katie
Lyons spent Sunday with friends In
North Adams.
Miss Elizabeth Chadwick Of New
York Is guest OF the Misses McCue
Of Park street.
Col Olin Scott and Richard Lang
don left this afternoon for Montreal
on business trip.
William Mort has moved from De-
pot street into the Greenslet tene-
ment on Gage street
MrI and Mrs. Edward ]. Cummings
and son Robert of North street spent
Sunday In Hoosick Falls.
Robert Stewart whoha been spend
ing several weeks In New York has
returned to the Soldiers Home.
Peter Mcmahon and John Cronin of
the American house attended the ball
Igame In HoOsick Falls Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Starbuck OF
Cambridge spent Sunday with Mr..
and Mrs. F. l.. Bottum Of South st.
Mr.. and. Mrs. Judson Barber OF
POwnal spent Sunday with her sister
Mrs. l.. c. Sherman OF Main street.
New fixings arrived today and are
being put In position In the interior OF
the GOkay drug store on Main street
Miss Maude Sullivan has returned
to her home In North Adams after
spending several days with friends
In town.
Misses Katherine Burt and Ethe
Davenport visited Sunday at the home
{ OF Rev. and Mrs. C. f. Van Schaicl
of Pownal.
Walter X. Goodnow OF Boston ant
H. B. Paterson are spending the da.
: at the latter's cabin In Bickford Hol
/ low fishing.
Saturday was one OF the flag day
of the graded school being the ami
! Iyersary OF the founding OF James
town In 1907.
william f. Hawks Sr., and DR.. C
W. Bartlett have returned from LAKE
Dunmore where they have been spent
ing few days fishing.
4 Circles c and ID will open their rum
2 mage sale al the Congregations
chapel this afternoon and continu,
n through Tuesday and Wednesday.
Miss Minnie Mahar of Main stree
and Mrs. Frank Moore of Depot st
: are spending few days with friend,
In Cambridge,
Mrs. Charles Deitz and nephew
Charles Cooper OF New York are
1 guests OF Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Stew
art Of River street for few days.
Il Frank McGurk returned to Bills,
l. Business college this morning afte
spending Sunday with his parents
g Mr.. and Mrs. James McGurk Of Gag,
. street.
Some OF the local merchants stat,
that they did the best business Satur
day night OF any night this year com
pairing favOrably with the same tim
: last year.
,. Davis and Monroe OF the lacal Y
s M. c. A. went to Manchester Satul
e day, where they gave tumbling e,
4 hibition that evening In the oper
house before good audience.
Rev. George A. Cone who has beel
Q. residing In East Las Vegas. New Me,
leo for the past three years arrive
n here this afternoon to spend severa
e weeks with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs
ts James Cone Sr.
William Temple, Seymour Pattel
son and guest, Kennedy Moone @
y Williamstown spent Sunday at tn
= Bickford Hollow stream In Woodfort
d The boys did not bring home man
IN pounds of trout.
The advance sale Of reserved sea
70 tickets for THE Man Of the Hour
I, started in good shape Saturday. Al
/. the so and rs cent seats are alread
g taken and the sale as a whole Is tn
: best Of any during the season and
2 packed house will no doubt atten
J. the production Of this up to date pla
!, Thursday evening.
= Miss Anna Collamer who was SCI
i0usly injured In trolley accident O
: Main street Saturday evening. May
10 was taken from the home of WilliaI
< II. Bradford this morning to the Gil
II son hospital on Main street. Bot
Is she and her sister are improving SLOW
ly and 1t is expected that they wi
soon be entirely well.
Senator and Mrs. Alfred r. Page {
NJ New York City were guests at tn
,p home OF Harrison |. Norton over Sun
day. Senator Page is one of tn
leading members of the New Yor
Y y state serate and was the man VIII
- first organized the Hughes boom Il
the presidency. He Is also a clos
friend of President Roosevelt.
Henry II. Cutler died Saturday
the home Of his sister, Mrs.
Rice on Silver street. The remeil
have been taken to the home of h
brother, William Cutler I'm Woodfo
City. The funeral will be held Tue
day at 2 o'clock In the city chap,
Rev. Frank II. Morris ofIlciatin