The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-09-04
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
Briefly for Busy Readers
laws n khe Town and VILLAGE 7

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A party of young people will hold
a private dance in Apollo hall this eve
ming.
Mrs. ]. Meltzer has gone to New
York to enter hospital to undergo An
operation.
Miss Theresa Connolly OF North st.,
is spending a couple Of weeks In Troy
with relatives.
James McGurk has accepted a pos
ition in Il. ]. Cummings barber shop
on River street
Miss Maude Galusha Of Valentine
street has entered Bliss Business col
lege at North Adams.
w. D. Newton and DR.. J r. Wilson
drove to North Adams and return |
Thursday in Mr.. Newton's automo-
bile.
Mr.. and Mrs Leroy G. Brant left
today for Troy where they will spend
Troy week at the home Of her par
ents.
r. D. Blandy who has been guest
of Harold NJ. Sweet for the past two
weeks left today for a visit In Mon
treal.
Misses Veronica Riley and Margaret
Leonard OF Gage street were guests
Thursday of Miss Grace Van Schaick
Of Pownal.
Louis Hart Is moving from Depot
street into the Butler tenement on
Bradford Place recently vacated by
Alfred Cutler.
Miss Mary F. Estabrook left on Wed
nesday morning to visit friends in
Troy, Scranton, Mansfield and Law
renceville, Pa.
Misses Elizabeth Devlin and Frances
Ernst of the Samaritan hospital Of
Troy are guests of Miss Lucy Haynes
of Union street.
Mrs. Elmer Peelor and family of
School street spent Thursday as the
guests of Mrs William Robinson Of
the west part II the town.
Misses Margaret and Tess Phelan
who have been visiting Mr.. and Mrs
VIM p Phelan of North street return
4 ed today to their home in Utica.
Misses Ann Stimson and Charlotte
\ Cole, nurses in the Samaritan hospit.
\ al of Troy were guests Thursday Of
Miss Lucy Haynes of Union street.
Mrs. l.. C. Whipple and sister, Miss
3 Brownell who have been visiting L.
4 c. Whipple here for few days return
ed today to their home in Burlington.
John Kinsman, brother of Mrs.
q John II. Warren, who is suffering from
d the effects OF a shock. was taken Thurs
3 day to the Gibson hospital for treat
a ment
Miss Maude Carpenter has returned
from a weeks visit with Mrs Charles
: yelling in North Bennington. Miss
Carpenters school will open peI,
Tuesday, Sept. s.
Louis A. Briggs of Morgan street
o road cut the forefnger of his left
hand quite badly early this morning
IS while chopping kindling. The wound
was dressed by physician
n II. C. White has returned from an
/ 500 mile auto trip to Canada. Mr.
White used his Peerless machine
which made the journey without max.
y ing any repairs or adjustments.
It Mrs. c. w. Thatcher, Mrs. E. d.
If Bennett. Mrs. e. w. Bradford. Mrs. L,
II. Ross, Miss Carrie White, Mrs. H.
l. Norton, Miss II. S. yelling and Mrs
g + E. Howe are spending few days
y at Camp bOafmore.
y Mrs. Margaret Henchey Of River st
:. left this morning for Springfield,
Mass, called by the serious illness
of her sister, Mrs. Patrick Twiggs.
She was joined at North Adams by
her sister, Mrs. Edward McGraw of
IIoosick Falls.
c. T. McKillips OF the Soldiers Home
D brought stalk of corn which was Ia
ken from the field at the home to the
Banner Office this morning which meas
\ ured II feet, seven inches in height.
d He states that the average height OF
y the corn in the field is about feet.
James c. Colgate has force of men
and teams at work drawing gravel
from his gravel bed on the Bushnell
farm in the south part of the town on
TO the main highway west OF Benning
ton Center. 1t is his intention al
present TO gravel the road from the
residence of Charles Welles to what is
known as the cross road" about q
half mile farther west.
Frank and Russell Hyde have pur
chased II grave lot in the Benning
= ton Park Lawn cemetery and Supt. Els
tabrook on Wednesday took up the bod
\ les of Mrs. Frank Hyde and infant son
= from Mr.. Hyde's fathers lot in the
Main street cemetery and reburied
them in the new cemetery. The Hyde
lot is on Prospect avenue near the
site of the Holden mausoleum.
The open season when it is per
mitted by law to hunt game found il
bennington county will begin OF
Tuesday, September Is. Many PEG
pie in this vicinity were ignorant o.
the fact that gray squirrels cannot b,
lawfully shot until Sept. is, on &C
count OF these animals not being
mentioned on the game law posters
but it is a fact that no game found In
this section except wild ducks and
geese can be lawfully shot before the