The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-06-29
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News of the Town and Village Told Briefly
for Busy Readers.

News of the Town and Village Told Briefly
for Busy Readers.
DR.. ]. E. Cochrane of East Dorset
is in town today
James A. Eddy of Bennington Cen
ter is spending a few days in Troy.
Miss Grace Toomey has been
guest of Mrs. b. C. Costello in Rut-
land.
Clarence n. Sweet of North street
left this noon for a visit in Athol,
Mass.
new iron pipe fence has been
built in front of the Granfield property
on Main street.
r. CULVER has entered the employ
of j. L. McGurk at his barber shop
on East Main street..
Miss Ethel Davenport of Gage St,
is spending a few days in Hoosick
Falls visiting friends.
The condition of e. ]. Morrissey
who was taken seriously i'll a week
ago, continues about the same.
Miss Nellie Mae Peck of Boston is
spending short vacation with her
aunt, Mrs. George Cherbonneau.
Harry p. Hudson of Schenectady
was the guests of his parents. Mr..
and Mrs. c. l.. Hudson over Sunday.
The Scotch quartette took an auto
mobile trip to Woodford Sunday and
Qnt Of hn nat 4 h.
vice.
The car, Bennington, left this
morning with its first large party of
tourists. There were only three seats
empty.
Miss Louise NJ. Vail IS in Burling-
ton where her brother, Lester Vail, is
to graduate from the state university
this week.
Mrs. William W. Burke and daugh-
ter Ruth, left this afternoon for
Pittsfield to attend the Ritchie-Tobey
wedding which is to take place in that
city this evening.
w. b. Killingbeck, New Jersey sec
rotary of tne socialist party will
opNdh Oh i4iANt i4lDtill anu TIC
suit of Happiness" at the post office
corner this evening at 8 o'clock
John Mash left this morning for
Burlington, taking with him the body
of the infant found yesterday, where
an autopsy will be performed by DR..
II. b. Stone, the state pathologist.
Grace Nichols an Earl Arzberger,
the children taken from an orphan
asylum year ago by Mr.. and Mrs
Moses Wilson were the only children
WAC were not absent a day during the
school year in the Wilson district.
Thomas Ewart. district traffic
chief; G. l.. Call traffic plant chief:
r. II. Kellar, general superintendent.
all of Springfield. of the New England
Telephone and Telegraph company.
were in town Monday in their official
capacities.
Mrs. Homer u Webster and Mrs
+. Harry Southall of Division c and
D. will entertain the ladies of the
Congregational church and all their
friends on the lawn at Mrs. Websters,
Silver street, on Wednesday after
noon from 3 to o'clock
Emmett Murphy has signed with
The Love Curt" one of Henry Saw
ages new musical attractions. which
will open in New York City next fall
Mr. Murphy will appear at Library
hall on Thursday night at the big con
cert to be held for the benefit OF the
band.
The funeral of the late Mrs. Eliza
Colby was held from the nome of her
sister. Mrs. l.. II. Buss Saturday after
noon at two o'clock. There we're
many beautiful floral tributes. The
burial. was in the village cemetery,
the bearers being Ransom S. Buss,
Robert Dempsey, William l.. Long
and Lucius Fl. Buss. Rev w. w.
Brunk officiated.
There will be special meeting of
the village trustees tomorrow evening
to take action upon an electric light
ing contract and some other matters
that are pending. The board will not
be called to order as early as has
been the case in the past Two of
the trustees have joined the automo-
bile contingent and are therefore
busy during the early hours of the
evening.
The ladies of the Baptist church
will hold a sale of choice food at the
Sunday school rooms. entrance on
valentine street, on Thursday. Any
orders sent to Mrs. +. l.. Nichols by
wednesday will be filled. The sale
viii be held for the benefit of the
fresh air fund and there will he sold
white, graham and brown bread.
baked beans, veal loaf, doughnats and