The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-09-01
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News of the Town and Village Told Briefly
for Busy Readers

Marked down sale still going on at
Ramsdell's.
Attorney o. M. Barber was in Rnt-
land yesterday on legal business.
Miss Bessie Edison of Putnam street
is visiting her uncle in Norfolk, Va.
Mrs. Charles Clearwater of Troy is
visiting her sister-in-law, Mrs. ]. B.
Mattison.
Abe Satter leaves this evening for
for a two weeks trip to New York
and Hartford. Conn.
Miss Bessie Bickford. who has been
on ten days vacation, has returned
to work this morning.
Mrs James F.. Burke and son Cor
don have returned from a several
weeks visit in Atlantic City.
Miss Mary Fischer has gone to
Pittsneld to enter the Hillerest hos
pital training school for nurses.
Miss Gladys~Evans began her dut-
les as teacher Monday in the district
school in the White Chapel district.
Miss Mary Butler gave a linen
shower to Miss Mabel Greenslet last
evening at her home at Bradford
Place.
Marcus Buttum and wife of New
Haven who have been visiting his par
ents Mr.. and Mrs. Lemuel Bottum of
Gage street, have returned.
George Thomayer and family are to
move to Ohio shortly where Mr.. Tho
mayer has accepted a position with
a knitting firm
Mr. and Mrs. II. C. Underwood
and Miss Albee of Metucnen, n. j.,
who nave been spending the summer
in Bennington, returnd recently.
Miss Ida Satter, who has been Wis
iting her aunt Mrs. b. Cantor of
North street for the past two months,
returned to Brooklyn today.
Mrs. F. N. Godette and daughter of
Springfield who have been guests of
Mrs. Godette's parents. Mr.. and Mrs
A. Kennon, returned home Tuesday.
The Aldine mill on Elm street las
been torn down and removed to Ben
nington Falls, where j. Ed. Walbridge
will use tae material in baildlng a
barn.
Mrs. \ William Kennon, who has
been visiting Mr.. and Mrs. c. A. Ken
non returned to South Royalton. Sne
was accompanied by her aunt of AL
bany.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Clements,
who formerly resided mere, recently
visited Mrs. Henry Bartlett They
are now the guests of Mrs Clements
mother, Mrs. Merritt of Salisbury.
Nothing has struck the popular
chord with fuller force in years in
New York. Chicago and Boston than
George NJ Cohan's play, "Forty-Five
Minutes From Broadway" which Co
han and Harris will present at the
opera house Saturday evening.
A reunion of the Evans family was
held Tuesday at the home OF John
Evans of East Main street About
20 sat down to splendid feast in the
open and all reported highly enjoy
able time. Among the out-of-town
guests were DR. and Mrs. Joseph
Crawford of North Adams, Mr., and
Mrs. Frank Evans of HannOnfield, n.
j., and Mrs. Beck.
Defying the fears of the supersti-
tious, concerning Friday and thir-
teen" a party OF thirteen under the
patronage Of Mr.. and Mrs. Jacques
Van b. Voris took a trip to Benning-
ton. VT, Friday The party left Ogee-
dankee house, the home of J. j. Grum
at Pontoosuc, paused while in
North Adams, viewing the points of
interest and then proceeding to Ben
nington where lunch was enjoyed in
the grounds of the Soldiers home.
Much admiration was aroused by the
Battle Monument, to the top of which
the majority climbed.-Pittsfield
Eagle.
The Cohoes correspondent of the
Troy Press had the following concern
ing Mrs. Shurtleff's death: The death
of Mrs. George Shurtleff, highly es-
teemed resident of this city, occurred
Sunday at Saratoga, after an 4llness
of two weeks. Mrs. Shurtleff was Wis
iting relatives wnen she was stricken.
She was born in Waterville. Conn,
and had resided in this city many
years. She was a member of st.
Joseph's church. The remains were
brought to this city last evening and
taken to the home of her sister, Mrs.
Trahan, No. Congress street, from
whicn place the funeral will be held.