The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-06-11
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News of the Town and Village Told Briefly
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tOf Duoy nrnu0S
Walter Strunk nas accepted a pos
ition with E. e. Hart.
Robert Bentley has resigned his pc
sition at e. e. Harris store.
Miss Ruth Eddy of Bennington Cen
ter was in Troy Thursday.
Wilbur Davis has returned from a
weeks visit in Pittsfeld, Mass.
Chauncey Rudd is in North Adams
today attending the Wild West show.
Edward Flynn of River street is
/ spending the day in Manchester.
H. L. Williams left Thursday after
noon for Brandon to spend few days.
Peter Kelley went to Granville, N.
Y. Thursday to attend the funeral OF
his nephew.
The high school baseball team will
go to Petersburg, N. Y, Saturday to
play the town team.
John Mattison is making some re-
pairs on his store occupied by F. T.
Wheeler on East Main street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Z. A. King will leave
next week for Bennington, where they
have summer residence.-Troy
Press
Vladimir Brecker who is employed
at the Fillmore farms, left Thursday
evening for New York on short bus
mess trip.
Miss Hilda Pratt who is home from
Vassar college for the summer left
Thursday afternoon for Rcadsboro to
spend few days.
Mrs. II. S. Pickands who has been
staying in New York for some time,
has opened her home at Bennington
Center for the season.
The ladies of the M. E. church will
serve strawberry shortcake, also ice
cream and cake at the church on
Wednesday evening. June 16.
The Pittsfleld baseball team will
play the Hoosick Falls nine in Hoos-
lex Falls Sunday. Several from here
are planning to be in attendance.
James II. Shufelt of Depot street
who has worked as conductor on the
chatham division for some time is now
working on the main line of the Rut-
land railroad
The degree of honor of the A. o. U.
w. will give social dance at Wood
mans hall tonight. All are cordially
invited. Refreshments of ice cream
and cake will be served.
e. f. Hart left Thursday evening on
a business trip to New York. He was
accompanied by his daughter, Miss
hildred Hart, who 1t to visit in Prince
ton, N. j.. for few days.
The remains of Mrs. Mary J. Van
Arnum who died at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. George Lee of Main
street Tuesday, were taken to Water
ford Thursday afternoon for burial.
Mr. and Mrs. John S. Quimby for
merly of White Plains, N. Y, now Of
Bennington, wish to announce the
marriage of their laughter, Annie T.,
on June 10 to Fred N. Underhill of
Waite Plains, N. Y.
Tne final examinations of the SEN
iva CldSS VI the iotnulHklOu 0lRu
school ended this afternoon. Next
week will be devoted in making pre-
parations for commencement. The
three lower classes will taks their ex-
aminations next week.
The farmers of South Williamstown,
Mass, complain of the depredations
made by the deer in that vicinity.
These animals are fond of the early
plants and make daily raids upon the
gardens. The farmers have the priv
ilege of making claims against the
state for damages, but the amount
awarded in sucn cases never covers
Ie loss.
Thursday was known in the calen-
dar of the Catholic church as the
Feast of Corpus Christi. or Body of
Christ" In the Catholic countries of
the Old World it is celebrated with
great solemnity, the particular feature
being open air professions of the
blessed sacrament. In this country it
is transferred feast, and is celebra-
ted on the Sunday following