The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-06-02
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News of the Town and Village Told Briefly
for Busy Readers.

town Tuesday.
There will be good music in n. e. o.
r. hall Friday.
DR.. A. S. NJ Chisholm was in Troy
Tuesday on business.
David Sausyille of Pittsfield was a
recent visitor in town
Come to n. Z. o. P. hall and have
a good time Friday night
o E. Butterfield of Wilmington was
business visitor in town Tuesday.
Charles Sherman of Pleasant street
has returned from a short visit in
Troy.
Clarence Wood of the Guideboard
district is building an addition on his
house.
Miss Esperance Colgate is attending
Miss Maude Carpenters private
school.
Mr.. Talham of North Adams is the
guest of his son, Frank Il. Talham of
Union street.
Miss Helen Toohey of Cohoes is the
guest of her sister, Mrs. f. b. Edger
ton of Dewey street.
Miss Juiette Shields WHO has been
a guest of her cousin, Miss Ruth Ed
dy has returned to Troy.
The rummage sale at the Baptist
church will continue tonight, Tours
day morning and afternoon.
T. A. O'Neil of Hoosick Falls who
is well known here, was registered at
the Putnam House Tuesday.
Rev. Mr.. Jones, DR.. Stevens and
Messrs Ware and Davis of Chester
are guests today of w. c. Bull.
Mrs. Edgerton and children of Rut-
land are guests at the home of the
Misses Green on Maple street.
Mrs. Cora Osborne of Bennington
Falls has gone to Rockland, Mass, to
spend few weeks with friends.
George Walbridge of Denver, Colo,
has been the guest of his father, Col
| J. II. Walbridge at North Bennington.
Mrs. Alonzo McConihie of Troy,
mother of Mrs. Henry C. Shields is at
| ne Walloomsac Inn for the summer.
Harold Bottum is prepared to take
out automobile parties at reasonable
rates. Harold Bottum. South street.
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Sayre Mcleod and family of Troy
arrived at their summer home at Ben
nington Center Tuesday for the sea
| son.
Mrs. A de Pierpont who with her
husband has been spending few days
in town, returned to Troy Tuesday
evening.
Mrs. LaSalle of Troy who has rent
I'd the Valentine cottage at Benning-
ton Center for the season, was in
town today.
J. Ed Walbrdge and family have
moved from Camp L'Oafmore in Fern
dale to the Walbridge homestead at
Bennington Falls.
Joseph j. McDermott has returned
from Niagara Falls, n. Y, where he
spent a short time watching the wat
er fall over the falls
Work is progressing rapidly on Geo
| /. Lanes garage at Bennington Cen
ter and the structure will soon be
ready for occupancy.
Miss Harriet Walbridge of Benning
ton Falls has gone to West Medford.
| Mass, to spend few weeks with
Mrs. Charles Sanburn.
Mrs c. Rodgers, who was called
here from New York by the death of
her motner, Mrs. f. o. Graves, ar
rived Tuesday afternoon.
Rev, Isaac Jennings, d. d., has re-
turned from Rupert where he attend
ed the annual county convention Of
Congregational churches.
A party consisting of Frank A. Sher-
man, Miss Margaret Fay Miss Helen
Fay and Walter Fay recently took a
carriage drive to Manchester.
Miss Alice dorrissey of the Troy
City hospital training school, has been
a guest of her parents. Mr. and Mrs.
| n. J. Morrissey of County street
Seven thousand of the new Seattle
exposition two-cent stamps, the entire
allotment for Bennington, were re-
ceived at the local postoffice this
morning
Miss McNernie who has been visit
ing her sister Sister Veronica at st.
iosephs convent on North street for
a few days has returned to her home
in New York.
f. Estabrook left this afternoon in
answer to call from the customer
he delivered car load of work to in
April to come at once and close a
$4,000 monument contract.
A leak i'm the trunk, leading to the
Bennington machine works, broke out
near the blacksmith shop on Pleasant
street Monday and considerable wat
er ran down Pleasant street No
damage resulted.
Representative Goodell of Whiting
ham took a party of friends from No
Adams Memorial day to attend the ex
ercises in Nottingham where Senator
g. w. Gibson of Bratteboro was the
principal speaker.
The funeral of Mrs. Frederick
= o. Graves, who died Tuesday. will be
privately held from her home Satur
day afternoon at 2 o'clock. Rev
Frank r. Morris will ofIiciate. The
burial will be in the Park Lawn GENE
terry where Mr. Graves has purchased
four lots.