The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-10-11
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News of the Town and Village Told Briefly
for Busy Readers.

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day.
Miss Caroline Wilcox is spending
the day in Troy.
Miss Annie Mcdonald of Main st.,
spent Sunday in Dorset.
Napoleon Larin has returned from
a visit in Troy and Albany.
Rollin Jenney has gone to New
York where he has a position.
Thomas Cummings who was recently
bitten by a dog is recovering.
Miss Gladys Bottum of Gage street
went to Nottingham this morning.
Mrs. Sayre Mcleod of Bennington
Center is at her home in Troy today.
Mrs. Laura B. Cole has returned
home after spending week in Bos-
ton.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Carrigan and
daughter spent Sunday in Valley
Falls.
Hear the Ideal Quartette in all me
latest songs at Library Theatre this
week.
f. Fl. Ferguson is in Pittsfield today
listing his sou Donald AZ Hillcrest
hospital.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Ineson of River
street have returned from a visit in
New York.
Miss Georgiana Austin, teacher in
SALISBURY, spent Sunday at her home
in this town.
Mrs. Harriet Williams of Park St,
spent Sunday at the home of e. f
Green in Pownal.
e. j. Cummings and son, Robert
visited John Kinney in North Ben
nington Sunday.
Mrs Margaret Henchy and son
Bert, have returned from a weeks
visit in New York.
Regular meeting of the. board of
directors of the Y. NJ C. A. Tuesday
evening at o'clock.
Merritt Burgess of West Main St,
has returned from visit with George
Kendall OF the SALISBURY road
John Toomey has moved into the
Hawks tenement on Gage street re-
Gently vacatedSby Charles Burt
Rev. W. f. Eaton of Boston called
on his cousin, Mrs. Thomas Cummings
of the Bennington Flats Thursday.
Mrs. John Legacy and Mrs. John
Durand left Sunday for Montreal
where they were called by the death
of their mother.
Miss Augusta Wolfe of North Ben
nington and Miss Margaret Ward of
Hoosick Falls visited Miss Nellie
Cummings Saturday
Mrs. James Bushee who has been
visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A.
Lapoint of River street, has returned
to her home in Manchester
j. NJ. Hyde left this morning for
Montreal where he will take a post
ion as business manager of a travel
ing musical comedy company.
James Mclaughlin who has 6een
visiting his sister Miss Bridget Nc
Laughlln of Main street for few
days. returned to New York oday.
The Gudeboard Bible study class
will give an oyster supper at the
Gudeboard chapel Friday evening
from to o'clock. Admission "a
cents.
Special meeting of the young PEG
pies choir of the Methodist church
tonight at 1880. Large attendance is
requested as the plans OF the winter
will be decided upon.
The fUncral Of the late Mes. lfranl
a. Lille vas largely attended at her
home in rownal Sunday az ernoon
Rev. J. {. Mitchell officiated The in
terment was in the Towsley cemetery
Robinson q Stebbins, tea and coffee
merchants, have rented the store on
North street formerly occupied by The
wonderland theatre and expect to
move into their new stand about We'd
nesday.
II is estimated that 400 local peo-
pie attended the Hudson-Fulton cele-
bration in Troy and Albany last week.
Nearly $50 tickets were sold at the
railroad station Friday and Saturday
alone. Several went to Pownal to
take the train while many went in
automobiles.
On account of the heavy traffic due
to the large number attending the
Hudson-Fulton celebration in Troy
and Albany the sleepers arrived far
behind scheduled time Sunday morn
ing The, train due from Troy at
l2:45 was two hours late, while the
sleeper from the north due at o.
clock did not arrive until 5:2T
Mr.. and Mrs. George Grafton of
Gage street were called to, Proctor by
the death of her mother, Mrs. La
porte. While visiting in Bennington
Mrs Laporte made host of friends
who will mourn and regret her dea,l.
Mrs. Laporte was so years old and is
survived by five children. She is al
so survived by q grandchildren and
8 great grandchildren.