The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-10-12
POWNAL

Mrs. Gardner T. Parker is confin
ed to the house with a severe attack
of sciatica
Glen f. Clark who is working in
Pittsfeld spent Sunday at his home
on Center street.
Charles Mcbride of North Adams
spent the Sabbath with John d. Thorn
as of Church street.
Rev. j. c. Mitchell officiated Sun
day at the funeral of Mrs. Frank Lii
lie of East Pownal. Mrs. A. b. Gard
ner sang.
Miss Elizabeth j. burlington at
tended the County s. convention at
Dorset as delegate from the local
| Baptist Sunday school.
T. e Guilford is painting his house
on River street. The bright color
with its trimming of white makes a
very pretty combination.
A large number from Pownal went
to Albany and Troy to take in the
Hudson-Fulton celebration, being
much pleased with what they saw.
Winfield S. Proud of st. Louis, Mo,
is visiting his father, A. NJ. Proud
This is Mr.. Prouds first trip east in
ten years. If he finds suitable
opening he may decide to locate here.
Miss Jannette and Master A. b.
Gardner accompanied Mr. and Mrs.
A. G. Parker on motor trip of III
miles Sunday afternoon which for
varied and more or less interesting
experiences, surpasses any previous
run of the year. The first came near
South Williamstown where it was
found Necessary to remove a bum"
spark plug after which the motor
hummed along beautifully. Every
thing passed off smoothly through
Hancock, Lebanon and Nassau when
the tourist struck about seven miles
Of bumpy road which sometime df
Providence permits and the money
holds OUT will be converted into
fine road Albany was reached early
in the afternoon and passing up by
the capitol, the beautiful Serpentine
boulevard was taken toward Cohoes
A fine macadam road lead out of this
and soon this ran up against a road
blocked sign and a long detour was
made. At length reaching Cohoes
useless inquiries were made for Sar
atpga street, where the party mad
friends. Every one seemed to be
either a stranger or foreigner and
il was a long time before a man was
found who knew. After calling here
the party went over to Troy and call
ed on Mr.. and Mrs. A. f. Jowne and
found there Mrs. Aryin French of AL
bany, a Bennington girl, who as Miss
Anna Hathaway, taught school in
Pownal eight or nine years ago The
party remained in Troy long enough
to wait for the Examinations which
had been prepared for the Hudson
Fulton celebration which was gorge
Gus. Between Boyntonville and Pitts
town was found stranded Benning-
ton motorist, who shall be nameless,
who had run his car dry and was sore
ly in need of oil. He was helped out
and we trust he reached home safely.
One of the notable features of the day
was the number of stranded cars
seen, more than any day this year.
The party were congratulatng them
selves on escaping this fate as they
glided down Potter Hill but all too
soon as a tire blew up like thunder
clap on the Petersburg road. The
tire was removed and new one put
on in less than 80 minutes hut on at
to blow it up it wouldn't
blow! Patiently removing the tire
again it was found that Parker's UNI
skillful use of the tire tools had pinch
ed the inner tube and made several |
handsome holes! This was the last |
spare tube so the homeward journey |
was made with u fiat tire.