The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-07-16
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and Village Told Briefly
for Busy Readers.

o. NJ. Barber is stopping at .lis
camp in Woodford for the present.
Clarence N. Morse of the Brooklyn
district is building an addition on his
barn.
w. j. Meagher and ]. NJ. Ayres went
to North Adams last evening on bus
mess.
Mr.. and Mrs E. A. Howard nave re-
turned from a two weeks vacation at
Lake Champlain.
Ernest d. Barber has opened law
Office in rooms over the White Kitchen
on Main street.
Mrs. C. A. Maurer is visiting with
friends in Newark, N. j., and New
York City for few days.
The New England Telephone and
Telegraph company is distributing
new telephone books today dated May
1909.
Russell c. Graves and Carl BrsSn
arrived in the village Thursday even
ing on an automobile trip from New
York City.
Joseph Anard, the North street bar
Der has had the front of his shop
painted and it is much improved in
appearance. y
Mrs. L. II. Woodward has returned
from four weeks visit in Cambridge,
N. Y, where she. has been caring for
Mrs. Clark Pool.
MISS Beulah and Alfred Whitley.
children of Thomas Whitley of Stafford
to spend the summer
DR.. C. G. Strobel and Mrs. Strobel
who have been guests of Andrew
Maurer for few days have returned
to their home in Dolgeville, n. Y.
Miss Katherine Morrissey has been
appointed Administrative and |. e.
Gibson and f. A. Booth commissioners
and appraisers of the estate of the late
E. j. Morrissey
H. NJ. Berninger mail order clerk in
the postoffice at New Rochelle, n. Y,
and Mrs. Berninger were in town yes
terday and Mr.. Berninger paid visit
to the local postofiices
The business and professional hen
of the village are arranging for a trip
to Great harrington, Mass, next
Thursday, making the journey in the
new tourist car Bennington"
John L. Grant is the possessor of
unique and rare set of books procur-
ed from tae Shaker village at Mount
Lebanon The books are presents
from fellow employee on the local
branch OF the Rutland road.
DIR. Wright, specialist at North Ad-
ans, will be in his Office only Mon
days, Wednesdays. and Saturdays un-
til August l. Office open daily for
making appointments and repairing
glasses. Telephone Sand Springs,
Williamstown. 1924
Fay Loomis, a former resident of
North Bennington but now of Red
Oak, Ohio, is visiting friends in town.
Mr. Loomis reports that his father,
Samuel Loomis originally a resident
OF this town is doing we'll in spite of
his IS years.
IeNrence Gokay Vas in B:ackh.l,n
Thursday evering with Eogg's orches-
ira which furnished the music for the
opening of the new addition TO the
Blackinton mill Mayor Waterhonse
of North Adams presided at the fes-
tivities which were attended by more
than a thousand people.
State Auditor Horace f. Graham OF
PCraftsbury was in town yesterday to
audit the accounts of the county court
officials. The two hearings before
the grand jury and the trial Of rhom-
as Harris at Manchester made q large
amount of business for the auditor
and he was busy for the better For-
ton OF the day.
The class of 'OS of the Bennington
nigh school, - in number viii hcsd its
first annual reunion tomorrow AT Pom
toosuc lake. All the members of the
class with the exception Of Francis
Smith are residing in the village and
a full attendance is expected. Mr.
Smith who completed his first year ut
Yale University at the end of the rres-
ent college year and who is now li5-
ing in Albany, has signified his irten-
ton to attend thus completing the Iull
class number
A beautiful stained glass window
has been placed in St Peters church
this week. II is a representation of
the Nativity" and was made by Hea-
ton, Butler & Bayne, London Eng
land 1t is in memory Of Miss Eliza
beth Root who passed into Paradise
January 26. 1909 at the age of go. The
window is gift of Mr.. and Mrs.
William A. Root and family. The
church is open all day and the friends
and acquaintances of Miss Root are
invited TO visit it.
Charles H. Bennett, son OF r. d.
Bennett, who is stopping at Honolulu,
Hawaiian Islands, after a successful
concert tour of the far east, has given
up his plan to pass portion of the
summer in Bennington. The company
of which Mr. Bennett is a member
plans to repeat the tour, starting from
Honolulu early in the fall, going from
the islands back to London and for
t1is reason he does not think t best
to carry out his original plans this
year. He will remain in Honolulu in
the meantime.