The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-10-19
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Rev. A. J. Barron is visiting in
| Troy today
The Misses Putnam are spending
the day in Troy.
Mrs. E. w. Bradford has returned
from a weeks trip to New York.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. B. Hutchins went
to Troy this morning to spend the
day.
Mrs. Ellen Fay of Spring street
will soon go to North Adams to re-
side.
]. B. Socum and L. A. Way of
Manchester were in town on business
Monday
Miss Vina Chase of North Branch
street is visiting relatives in North
Bennington.
Miss Anna Bellville of Rutland is
the guest of Miss Catherine LaMarre
of School street.
James Ryan, cook at the Soldiers
Home, has returned from several
days visit in New York.
Mr.. and Mrs. John James have
started housekeeping in the Clarke
place at North Bennington.
Frank McGurk went to North Ad-
ans Monday to begin his duties in
the Office of the Windsor Print
works.
j. H. Habberley has rented one OF
his tenements on Elm street to
Harry Roster, who will take posses
sion November 1.
The infant son of Mr.. and Mrs.
George NJ. Hawks was buried Mon
day in the family lot in the Benning-
ton Center cemetery.
Joseph T. Watson and family. Mr..
and Mrs Thomas Breslin enjoyed an
automobile trip to Arlington Monday
in the Newton cars.
The high school orchestra will rem
der the music for the reception to be
given the Freshman class in Fores-
ters hall Friday evening.
Joseph Hummer, son of Mr.. and
0COl6C Vi NHe west
part of the town, has recovered from
l severe attack of rheumatism.
William T.. Hawks, 3rd., who was
3alled here by the death of his aunt,
Mrs. Clement II. Cone, has returned
o his studies at Norwich University
1t Mortified
Mrs. Henry Williams and Mrs.
George Turner, who have been guests
If their brother, Edward Cowan of
School street, returned to their home
in Lebanon Springs, n. Y, this morn
rs.
About two miles of new steel rails
were laid Sunday in Hoosac tunnel.
Most of this kind OF work in the tnn.
lel is done on Sunday when there
are not so many trains going
through the hole.
Emile Lahamme, who has conduct
ed dry goods and notion business
in the store on River street formerly
occupied by the late John Cranston.
has sold out his stock at auction and
moved to Mill street.
The Servant in the House" to be
seen in Bennington on Wednesday,
October 20. is the most talked of
play in years. II was applauded and
enjoyed for two years at the Savoy
Theatre in New York City.
Louis Contois. cashier for the
Berkshire steel railway in this town
is enjoying a couple weeks vacation
He left this morning for Ferrisburgh
to attend the marriage of Bert l..
Waite. From there he will go to
New York to spend several days,
The Y NJ c. A. Junior class now
numbers 80 members and II is ex-
pected that by December the enroll
ment of the class will number about
80. This class will meet Wednesday
afternoon. Tonight the clerks class
will meet.
The ladies of st. Catherine court,
Union of St John the Baptist will
hold a regular meeting in their
rooms on South street this evening.
Several members of the local court
went to Cohoes Sunday to witness
the installation of new court in
that city. Several prominent mem
bers of the society were in atten-
dance.
The Hoosick Falls correspondent
of the Troy Press wrote as follows
concerning Saturdays football game:
Hoosick Falls high school defeated
Bennington high school here Satur
day, II to 0, in well played game,
in which the locals showed much
Improvement over their last game
The scoring was one touchdown in
each half. Lamariano scoring the
first on forward pass and Half
Back Marvin making one through
the line in the second half. The
ends for Hoosick Falls got into play
better and helped toward reversing
the score of week ago Saturday
when Hoosick Falls suffered defeat
at Benningtons hands. Rev. John