The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-09-21
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
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News Of the Town and Village Tol

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a visit in Springfield.
Miss Eleanor Burt of North street
spent Sunday at her home In East
Arlington.
Thomas Hughes and Michael Griffin
of Williamstown visited friends in
town Sunday,
Miss Grace b. Holt has returned
from a couple of weeks vacation spent
at North Hero.
Martin Murray of SALISBURY spent
Sunday at the home Of William Muir
ray Of Gage street.
Miss L. NJ. Barney and Miss Tena
Swift have returned from weeks
visit in New York
Charles A. Webb, editor of the
Montpelier Journal, was a visitor In
town over Sunday.
Frank Mclaughlin of Dandy is a
guest of his aunt, Miss Bridget Nc
Loughlin of Main street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Morton ]. Belden of
Silver street left this morning for a
few days visit in Boston.
Dr. and Mrs. w. B. Stewart and
children left Saturday for a weeks
visit at his home in Oneonta, N, Y.
There will be a meeting Of the
Brotherhood of st. Paul at the Meth
odist church this evening at 8 o.
clock.
Miss Winifred Adams has returned
from visit in Rutland and resumed
her duties In the local telephone eX'
change.
W. f. Scammon, advance agent for
The Wolf which is TO appear at the
opera house next Monday, Is In town
today on business.
The frame of Alonzo Bent's new
house on the Burgess road has been
raised large party of friends help.
ed to do the work.
Work has been resumed in the
pulp mill of Fillmore & Slade at Ben
nington Falls after being closed for
about four months.
Miss Lila Vance has resigned her
position at Hudson's and has left for
Mechanicville where she will work
in millinery store.
Mrs. w. c. HOLSTER left today for
Ludlow as a delegate from. the local
Baptist church to the Vermont Bap.
list state convention.
The lockwood G. Howe Real Estate
| Agency has sold for John Evans a lot
in Allendale Park to Mr. and Mrs.
Asher d. Harrington.
At the regular meeting of the
Knights of Columbus Tuesday even
ing the first degree will be conferred
on several candidates.
Miss Jennie Mann of Lambeth, Ont.
has accepted a position as clerk with
her cousin, Charles w, Thompson in
the Shurtleff Pharmacy.
Miss Florence Ludwig OF Jersey
City and Miss Florence Kittell of
Troy are the guests Of Miss Ella
Cummings of North street.
Mr.. and Mrs. George H. Moore and
Mr. and Mrs. George Weeks were
guests over Sunday of Frank Smith
and party at Camp L'0afmore.
Hugh Michaels of the south part of
he town is in SALISBURY this week
making repairs on the residence and
barn of Frank w. Fuller of that town.
Rev. Philip Schuyler has gone to
West Park, n. Y. to spend the week
at retreat for the clergy. There
are to be some 40 or so clergy pres
ent.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nelson Murphy and
Miss Hazel Twitchell OF Herkimer, n.
Y, are guests of his mother Mrs,
Electa Murphy of Main street for a
few days.
Rev. Frank r. Morris is in Ludlow
this week attending the Vermont Bap-
list state convention. Mr.. Morris Is
a member of the board of trustees of
the convention.
Mr., and Mrs. A. ]. Holden and Mr..
and Mrs. c. M. Graves have gone on
an auto trip to Breton Woods in the
White Mountains. They will return
the last of this week.
Mr. and Mrs. II. II. Allen OF West
Main street have returned from a
weeks carriage drive through Land
grove and Peru. They made the trip
by way Of Manchester.
The attendance at the Manchester
fair this year is said to be about twice
as large as any year before in its his
tory This fine dry weather has GER
tainly been a boom for the country
fairs
Col. Olin Scott has returned from a
business trip to Bristol, n H., where
he received an order for pulp wood
machinery made by the Bennington
Machine Works from a concern in
that city.
Elizabeth L. Woodward, daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred r. Woodward Of
the Burgess road died Saturday aged
four months and q days. The funer-
al was held this afternoon at o..
| clock from the house.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. d. Newton left
Sunday in their auto for q visit with
his sister, Miss ALA L. Newton in
Hartford Vt. Before their return
they will visit the Vermont state fair
at White River Junction
The lecture "a Summer Vacation in
England by Rev. S. H. Watkins OF
st. Adams will be given Wednesday
evening, October 7. in the Y. NJ. C. A.
hall. Mr. Watkins iswell known here
as delightful and interesting speak.
err.
William Leroy Bates went last
week to New Haven where he has
this week entered Yale University,