The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-04-01
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of ths Town ana Village Told
Briefly for 6usy Readers

Mrs. B. C. slade is spending the day
in Albany.
E. ]. Morrissey of Dewey street is
spending the day in Troy.
Mrs. Richard Boyce Of Bradford st.
is quite i'll with bronchitis.
Millinery opening at McLeod's |
parlors, Saturday, April Bird.
Carl Estes who has been visiting in
North Adams has returned home.
Mrs. Clement H. Cone and son Will
liam are spending the day in Troy.
The time, % and "a of April; the
place, Forresters' hall; the girl, bring
two.
Mrs. N. A. Kennon has purchased
the Morse place on Branch street ex-
tension.
Miss Nellie Coffey of Grandyiew ST.,
is the guest of Mrs. H. G. Breese of
Hoosick.
Miss Wolven of New York has ia
ken a position as trimmer for Miss
A. Nolan.
Benjamin Semilitzsky of Mill street
is spending few days in New York
on business.
NJ H. Elkins, assistant chief engin-
eer of the Rutland railroad, was in
town today on business.
d. c. Scribner and family of Shad-
OVERLOOK farm have returned from a
couple of weeks visit in Stowe.
The damage which was done to the
courthouse tower during last Thurs
days storm, has been repaired this
week.
Mis-. Thomas Breslin of Waterford
visited at the home of her father JOS
eph 4. Watson of Stafford street re-
Gently.
Jesse b. Madison will open black
smith shop in the building on Wash
| fngton street used for this purpose
| for several years.
Walter Kelley and Frank Keeler
are rusticating today by visiting at
the Pleasant Valley school in the west
part of the town.
The board of listers started their
duties this morning They will be
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grand list of the town
The Kings Daughters will meet
with Mrs. A. S. NJ. Chisholm, Main ST.,
| Friday afternoon, April 2, at O'Clock.
Annual election of officers.
Mrs. John Purcell of Dewey street
has returned from Troy where she
has been visiting her sister, Mrs. Rob
ert Powers for several weeks.
Mrs. Mary Daley of Jefferson aven-
ue has returned from Rutland where
she has been visiting Mr. and Mrs
Stephen Mulvey for a few days.
The condition of Mrs. Theophile Te-
trault who underwent an operation in
the Samaritan hospital in Troy We'd
nesday is as good as could be expect
ed
Important business will be tran
sacted at the w. r. c. on Friday eve
ming April 2, and a full attendance
of members is requested to be pres
ent.
Today is April Fools day. and al
though all of us are not supposed to
be fools, but few resist the tempta-
ton to act the fools part on this par
ticular day.
Miss Edna Walbridge of Wheaton
academy, Norton. Mass. is spending
the spring vacation with her parents
Mr. and Mrs. j. Ed Walbridge of I'M
perial avenue.
Today is the finest specimen of a
spring day we have had this year.
The sun shines warm and bright and
is rapidly melting the snow on the
outside districts.
l.. Z. Brown of Silver street has
made an application for a conductors
position with the North Adams divis-
ion of the Berkshire trolley line. He
is trying out this week.
]. Guy Livingston and c. Lynn
Wood went TO Greenfield, Mass, to-
day to return with party of friends
who are on their way home from the
vicinity of the Hub city.
The Woman's Relief Corps and
Sons of Veterans entertainment COM
mittee will hold meeting in Grand
Army hall tonight at 8 p. m. All mem
bers are requested to be present.
The spring term of IL weeks for
the local high school will start Tues
day, April 9Th and end Friday, June
18th. The grades and the Seventh
ward school will reopen on Monday
morning.
Bartholomew Casey of Bennington
Falls, who had four toes severed
while working on John Percey's circu-
larsaw, is improving as fast as posi-
BILE He will soon be about the house
on crutches.
II. l.. Williams has just returned
from New York City where he has
been purchasing fine line of goods
for his new and 10 cent store which
he will open up soon at 113 North
street, Hawks building.
One of the most promising signs OF
Bennington's prosperity is the APP
pearance of the Cooper manufacturing
company when lighted up for working
nights. The whole establishment rad
lates light from cellar to roof and sur
rounded by the darkness gives the
building an appearance of being much
larger than it really is
Mr.. and Mrs. C. S. Morse were sur
prised at their home on North Branch
street Saturday evening by number
of their friends and relatives to re-
mind them of their 25th wedding an
niversary. They received many nice
sx;fte ap,Ong than kafup a handsome |