The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-01-30
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and Village Tolo
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Biietly ioi ousJ ncducios
Frank Signarth OF Schaghticoke was
the guest of friends in town Wednes
day.
William Ahern Of Burlington was in
town yesterday, the guest of John II.
Hart.
For bargains, real bargains, see the
windows of the Bennington Shoe
Store. 69t3
Mrs. Thomas Dunlap of South
Salisbury is the guest of Miss Julia
Mattison
Miss Nora Purcell of Dewey street
is confined to the house by an attack
of the grip.
Miss Blanche Adams of the local
telephone exchange, is i'll with the grill
at her home on School street.
Percy Bourne has resigned his posi-
tion at Bottum and Torrance's mill
and has gone to work for II. c. White
& Co. in North Bennington.
The work of raising the barns on the
farm of +. b. Jennings in North Ben.
nington is now over half completed.
Theodore A. Carpenter & Son of Union
street have charge of the work.
The members of the Bennington
fire department have received invita-
lions to attend St Valentine ball
under the auspices of the North Adams
| fire department in that city on Feb. IA.
Leroy Brant, clerk of the graded
school, who has been taking the census
of that district has now about com
pleted the task Mr.. Brant made a
house to house canvass in getting the
names.
Sixteen scenes from the dramatiza.
ton of Ben Hur" will be feature OF
the Hickey Moving Pictures which be
gin a three evening and Saturday af-
ternoon matinee engagement at Lib
rary hall this evening.
William Gunshannon is sick at his
home on Gage street. Mr.. Gunshan-
on was gate keeper in one of the
stations of the subway in New York
but was obliged to give up his duties
on account of i'll health.
Postmaster Collins NJ. Graves left
this morning for Albany, taking with
him his young son, William, who re.
Gently underwent an operation for APP.
pendicitis, to the Albany City hospital.
Further surgical treatment may be
necessary.
The work of harvesting the ice on
Benton's pond began this morning.
Some people have been afraid that the
supply of ice this year would not come
up to the average, but Judging from
the cold weather of this morning there
will be as much ice this year as usual
This morning was the coolest of the
season. About 10 degrees below
zero was the average recorded by
standard thermometers at O'Clock
this morning. The high wind of the
evening and night drove the cold into
the houses and some people had diff
ficulty in keeping things in their eel
lars from freezing.
Mrs. Ernest L. Lambert was delight
fully surprised by the Eight O'clock
Eight club at her home on School ST
Wednesday evening. Cards were the
feaure of the evening and delicate re-
freshments were served. Mrs. Lam
bert was the recipient of beautiful
signet ring as a token of the high re
gard in which she is held by the mem
bers of the club.
The Berkshire street railroad has
placed snow fence on the west side
of their tracks on the North Adams
! line where they pass through the
Morgan lot just outside of the village
These fences are placed in such man
ner that they will stop the snow from
drifting on the tracks. Fences have
also been laid along the tracks OF
other places between here and VIII
Jamestown.
Over $50 were in attendance at the
weekly social of the st. Manica socie
ty given Wednesday evening at Acad
envy hall with Mrs. +. b. Edgerton as
hostess. There was the usual session
cards and the guests of the evening
were given the opportunity to heaI
Some excellent vocal music by some
of Bennington best talent, Mrs. l.. II
Ross, Miss Agnes O'Donnell and Jos
eph j. Daley with John II. Daley a
piano accompanist