The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-08-09
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News of the Town and Village Told Briefly
for Busy Readers.

init SUNDAY
Mems and boys belts at 19c and 39c
at Mulligan & Roche's.
Ralph Kendall of Dalton, Mass, is
visiting relatives in town.
Miss Eva Sibley and niece are
spending the day in Pittsfeld.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Stewart of
Pittsfeld spent Sunday in town
Charles Townsend was the guest Of
his brother in Pittsfield over Sunday.
Walter Woodward has returned
from two weeks vacation in Albany
Sl.O0 buys wash vests worth from
$3.50 to $3.50 at Mulligan & Roche's.
Miss Bridge Grennan mas returned
from a visit with relatives in Montre-
al.
A special meeting of the F. NJ. +. A.
B. society is called for Tue ,day eve
ming.
Miss Eva Williams of the Benning
ton Electric coffee force is taking a
vacation.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry r. Southall and
children have established a camp in
Woodford.
Frank Sherman and artv of
friends took a trip through the Eerk-
s1res Sunday
Miss Minnie Cook of New Haven.
Conn. is in town for a few days Wis
iting friends.
A party of gypsies passed through
here this morning on their way TO
Wilmington.
The Methodist Sunday school will
hold a picnic on the John Rooney
place Wednesday.
Mrs. +. w Nichols and children of
Williams'nwn spent sunday with Mrs.
Charles Carr - '"r
Mrs. Patrick Carney and daughter,
Miss Gertrude Carney have returned
from a trip to Rutland.
DR. and Mrs. Frank T. Grennan and
Miss Sara O'Connor went Sunday for
vacation at Atlantic City.
Frank McDermott VINO has been
visiting relatives in town returns to-
day to his home in Pittsfield.
Levi King has moved from Park ST.
to the Putnam tenement on the cor
ner of Park and Gage streets.
Ray Gibson who has been i'll re-
turned to bis work this morning with
the Bennington Electric company.
James S. Silk begins the construc-
| tion of the dancing platform at Hunts
grove for the August 10th picnic to
day.
Walter +. Sharp and Harry Flynn
left tnis morning for New Haven. CT.
where they will enter the office OF the
city hospital.
Miss Eleanor Burt of North street
spent Sunday with her parents in Ar
lington where they will spend vaca-
tion OF two weeks.
Fred c. Rickert has returned from
weeks vacation in Brandon, resum-
ing his duties at the j. Ed Walbridge
store this morning.
Misses Josie Martel, Anna Keougn-
an and Rose Rafferty, of Cohoes, n. "
arrived Saturday to spend a two
weeks vacation with friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Buel and AL
bert Buel of Perry, N. Y, are visiting
Miss Maude Galusha, making the trip
to this town in Buick roadster.
Harry Haynes until recently fore
man with the Greenfield Gas Light Co.
has accepted a better position With
the Stanley Electric works of Pitts
field.
j. Ed. Walbridge is tearing down
the Aldyne mill on Putnam street and
using the lumber for construction pur-
poses on the Walbridge farm at Ben
nington Falls.
Mrs John Temple and family and
Mrs. Elizabeth Barron and family en-
tertained a party of friends at Camp
Idlewild Saturday night at BARRIERS
Pines. The party will break camp to-
day.
Old Home week will be observed
next Sunday at Bennington Hill. Ser
vices will commence at 1890. There
will be extra music. Dr. Jennings ad-
dress will be entitled beginnings Of
Bennington"
Auto tourists are being considerably
troubled this week by the road re-
pairs on North street They come
down the street great clip but are
brought to a stand by the obstruction
on the Putnam bridge.
DR.. Wright, specialist at North Ad-
ans will be in his Office only Mondays
Wednesdays and Saturdays until Aug
ust Is. Office open daily for making
appointments and repairing glasses.
Telephone Sand Springs, Williams
town. 1924
The librarian of the Free Library
requests that the person who abduct-
ed the August Delineator and the July
and August numbers of Harpers BaZ-
aar from the public reading table will
return them when she has finished
with them.
Because of a breakdown in the
power circuit on the Bennington and
Hoosick Falls trolley line Saturday
evening large number of people who
came into the village from North
Bennington were unable to reach
their homes until midnight. There
were no cars between o'clock and
11.30 and number of the stranded
persons, fearing that service would
not be resumed, walked home.
Some little excitement was caused
CO off hn loo