The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-07-06
News of the Town and Village Told Briefly
for Busy Readers.

X. Is. Hamlen visited In North Ad-
ans Sunday.
John Eddington was in Troy Mon
day on business.
Miss Eva Debelle of Troy is visit
ing friends in town.
Miss Sarah O'Connor is spending a
few days in Schenectady
Frank A. Sherman and Miss Mar
garet Fay spent Monday in Troy.
Frank r. Heath is home from Mid
dlebury college for the summer yaca-
ton.
Mrs. c. B. Coleman is again spend
ing the summer at Mrs. w. B. Shell
don's.
Arthur Mclean of Great harrington
spent the Fourth with friends in
town.
Patrick Carney of Silver street
spent Sunday with relatives in Rut-
land.
Miss Isabel Chase of North Adams
is visiting Miss Rhea Hervey ofMain
street.
Mr. and Mrs. A. K Richie drove to
Albany Monday in their Winton tour
ing car.
Miss Eleanor Burt of North street
spent Sunday with her parents in Ar
lington.
Major c. w. Evans is spending. a
few days in Burlington as the guest
of Company X.
Albert Hastings Pitkin of Hart
ford, Conn, is registered at the
Walloomsac Inn.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stephen l.. Shippey
are taking a two weeks trip to New
York and Boston.
Miss Lizzie Norton OF Worcester,
Mass, a former resident, is a guest
of friends in town.
Mr.. and Mrs. William w. Burke
and daughter Ruth are spending the
week in Burlington.
Ray Brown of Rutland is spending
a few days with William Murray and
family of Gage street.
The store of Edward ]. Morrissey
on North street is closed owing to
the death of its proprietor.
Mrs. George Hathaway and chill
dren of Schenectady are visiting Il.
Payson Hathaway OF Gage street
e. p. Edgerton, city editor of the
Boston advertiser, spent the holiday
with his sister, Miss M. Lillian Ed
gerton.
Lost-A gold beauty pin with pearl
setting on Main street Thursday eve
ming. Finder please return TO Ban
ner office.
Misses Sarah and Margaret Cox
and Mrs. Annie Powers OF River St,
attended the celebration of the
Fourth in Troy.
Miss Mary Peabody of Troy who
has been the guest of Miss Eva VIII
liams for the past few days returned
to her nome this morning.
Miss Mary A. Walbridge of Ben
nington Center village, WAC recently
sprained her ankle is recovering
from the painful experience.
The eigth concert by the band win
be given at the Putnam house to-
morrow night. Program will be pub
lished in Wednesdays Banner.
Edward A. Green and Duane Bias
sett are furnishing the music at the
New Commercial hotel. Saratoga
Springs, for the summer season.
James A. Guiltinan, Lyman Reyes.
Fred Birch and Edward Lemereau
went TO Pittsfield Monday to take up
work with Beckwith & Pike OF That
city.
Among those who went today to
attend the celebration OF Ticonderoga
were Misses Florence and Edna Wal
bridge and guests, Mr.. and Mrs
d. Willis Bond.
About 25 ladies' gave Mrs Lynn
Davis farewell party at Sand
Springs Monday. Mrs. Davis will
leave shortly for jamestown, n. Y,
to spend several weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. A. Jubb. and Mr.
and Mrs. A. W. Braisted are in
Crown Point. N. Y. attending the
Tercentenary celebration on the low
er part OF Lake Cnamplain.
Walter j. Nevils left Saturday for
Burlington to spend part of Tercen-
tenary week. While there the fourth
degree of the Knights of Columbus
will be conferred upon him.
Mrs. Mary Merrill who has been at
tending the convention of the Amer
lean Librarians association at Breton
Woods, N. H., has returned and re-
sumed her duties as librarian.
The committee of organization
beg to announce that the New Catho-
lie church of Newport, VT, will be
dedicated on August LIST. The official
will be given out at a
later date.
Miss Session left for Manchester
on Saturday gratefully acknowledge
ing the generosity of many friends
in Bennington to the growing work of
the Kurn Hattin Homes at Westmin-
ster. She visits Pownal next week
On June Goth, Harold H. jolly was
married to Miss Martha Binck in
East Greenbush, New York. They
will reside in Stoltville, New York.
Mr.. Jolley has spent considerable
time in Bennington where he has
made many friends.
During the month of June $40 peo-
pie visited the monument. During
the same month last year an even
thousand registered. Indications are
that the number who will make the