The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-02-04
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
SsSs Of the Town and VlIlsss Tols
Briefly for Busy Readers

friends IN town.
Sheriff Corey of South SALISBURY
is in town today.
A. B. Gardner of Pownal was in
town today on business.
Frank Crozier and H. A. Leisure of
Readsboro are visitors in town today
The S45 train from the south this
morning was about a half hour late.
Mrs. Dwight Atwood is confined to
the house BY injuries received from
fall
On account Of other engagements
there will be no band rehearsal this
evening
Miss Ella Dodds OF North Adams is
the guest OF Miss Mary Doyle for a
few days.
Miss Mary Turrell who has been at
her home in North Adams for several
days, has returned.
DR.. and Mrs. c. S. Buchanan have
returned from their wedding trip to
Washington, d. c.
Miss Fannie f. Fillmore returned
! Wednesday from a couple weeks visit
with friends in East Chatham. ~ Y
Miss Blanche Mattice of Singer
land, n. Y, is guest of her friend,
Miss Sarah Shaw of Bennington Cen
ter.
Indications point to a good atten-
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X at Foresters hall tomorrow even
ing.
C. n, Morse, the r. f. D. carrier on
route No. is taking vacation on &C
count of i'll health. His brother Guy
is taking his place
Alfred Mathers who has been home
on a ten days furlough from the u. S.
Army, has returned to bis duties at
Fort Constitution, n. II.
e. w. Barrows Of Dorset and Town
Representative Seymour Hard of Sun
derland, are in town today attending
the Masonic district meeting.
Miss Annie Green of Dewey street
and Miss Margaret Green OF Maple
street are in Troy to attend the opera
ton of Miss Jennie Green for appen-
dicitis.
c. r. Farnum has returned from a
couple weeks trip through Massachu-
sets and Connecticut While in
Hartford he attended the annual poul-
try show.
Mr.. and Mrs. G, w Morse have re-
turned from their wedding trip and
are stopping with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. c. S. Morse of North Branch ST.,
for the present
The Green Mt lodge A. 0. U. w. will
hold a dance in Woodmens hall Fri
day evening Everybody invited. Old
! figures and square dancing will be en-
| ioyed. Refreshments will be served.
Frank Harrington of Main street
went to Troy this noon to accompany
his wife home from the Samaritan hos
pital where she has been confined for
| several days since undergoing All OPP
GRAFTON.
The Junior League of the Methodist
church enjoyed sleighride to Pownal
Wednesday evening. On their return
the party was served with an enjoy
able oyster supper at the home of Mrs
George Phelps on Pleasant street.
Mrs. n. A. Kennon and Mrs. Helen
Waite Of Branch street have gone 20
Greenfield, Mass, where they viii re-
main to attend the anniversary cele
bration Of Mr.. and Mrs. f. l.. Lyons.
Mrs Lyons is Mrs. Kennon's daugh
ter
Nearly all the ice houses OF the
summer residents of Bennington Cen
ter have been filed this week from
Holdens pond. The supply of ice har
vested this year has been of excep-
tionally good quality averaging over
a foot in thickness. NJ. T. Hamlen
has not yet started harvesting his
supply from Benton's pond.
Peter Connors, worlds champion
backward and forward skater, is now
registered at the American House |
Mr.. Connors won his title from Dona- |
hue at Troy in 1906 He has won con
tests from the fastest skaters Of Can.
ida, Sweden and from all parts Of !
this country. He has skated in all |
the principal cities of the country and |
as far back as 1894 was champion ska.
ter of Utica. Last winter he gave eX-
hibitions at North Adams.