The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-07-13
BENNINGTON BRIEFS.
News Of the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers.

Miss Louise Buffum of East Main
street spent Sunday in North Hoos-
ick
The Baptist Sunday school will hold
a picnic at Sand Springs next Sat
urday.
There will be a parlor entertain
ment at the Y. NJ. c. A. in the near
future.
Mrs. Hefferman and family of New
York are spending the summer at
Miss Mary Lonergan's on North st.
Clifford Aldrich of Rotterdam
Junction was in town Sunday to at
tend the funeral of his aunt Mrs. Al
fred Harbour
Matthew Mclaughlin of Pittsburg,
Pa, was a guest of his cousin, Miss
Bridget Mclaughlin of Main street
Saturday.
Sixteen New York people are eX-
pected to arrive at the White Crow
Inn al Camp Comfort Tuesday to
spend the summer
John Crawford, former resident of
this town, now living in Rochester,
is a guest at the home of Edward W.
Lonergan on North street.
Miss Jennie Henderson of North
Adams was a guest at the home of
| Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Marsden OF
Pleasant street over Sunday,
There will be regular meeting OF
Walloomsac lodge. n. E. o. P. in
their rooms on South street Tuesday
evening. Every member is earnest
| ly urged to be present
There will be meeting of the
board of directors of the Y. NJ. c. A.
Tuesday evening. Very important
business will be transacted and every
member should be present
Lynn Wood Jesse Carpenter, Dan:
iel Hurlburt and Harry Buss pitched
camp at BARRIERS pond Saturday
night and will live in the tall tim
bers for the rest of the season.
Miss Alice Morrissey retired from
the employ of +. l.. Nichols & Son
Saturday. The firm regrets her de-
cision to change her line of work as
she has always given entire satisfac-
ton to her employers, Miss Morris
sey will enter the training school OF
the Troy City hospital for nurses in
the course of few weeks.
The report of the Soldiers Home
for the period ending Saturday, July
10th shows the following data: 65
present, % absent on furlough, max
ling a total OF 81 present and absent
During the period there was one
death. two left on furlough and two
returned from furlough. The aver
age number present was 40.
Howard b. Monroe has resigned his
position as assistant physical direc-
tor at the Y. NJ. c. A. and contem-
plates leaving for the training school
Ifor physical directors at Silver Bay
on Lake George. While here Mr.,
Monroe has been very popular with
the boys and faithful worker. The
association regrets his decision 70
leave but feels that his success seems
assured
Hadley's Moving Pictures at the
Library theatre gave the best of sat
isfaction to good audiences all last
week. This is the last week of their
engagement and Bennington people
should not miss the opportunity to
witness the best pictures ever shown
here Herbert Charlton will posi-
lively sing at each performance. The
feature picture tonight will be Life
ION the Western Plain" There viii
be an entire change of program
every other night and matinee Satur'
| day
Saturday afternoon shepherd IN
the employ of the New England
Stock company, accompanied by an
assistant and two Scotch collies left
here for Chester for the purpose OF
driving a band Of 400 sheep from the
companys farm in Chester to Ben
nington. The pastures In Chester
are becoming short of feed because
of the dry weather and the company
has made Arrangements to turn the
sheep loose on the Harmon mountain
The sheep will arrive here the latter
part of the week.