The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-11-11
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News of the Town and Village Told Briefly
for Busy Readers.
William w. Burke is in Troy toda.

Ign.
H. NJ. futile is critically i'll at his
home ON Cage street.
C. A. Maurer went to Troy this
morning on business trip.
Rev. w. w. Drunk is spending the
day in Troy on business.
H. C. Roster has returned from
business trip in New York
The regular meeting of the w. R. c.
will be held Friday evening.
Charles w. Harte has returned from
a visit at his home in Rutland.
Mrs Carrie Hawks of Union street
is confined to the house by illness.
Repairs have been made on the
barber shop of James l.. McGurk on
Main street.
Herbert Davenport hasreturned from
New York, where he has been visiting
for few days.
Chicken pie supper at ST. Peters
Parish house tonight at o'clock.
Everyone come.
Mrs. Thomas Cullion OF Maple
street is suffering from a serious in
jury to her eye.
Repairs are being made on the
Hawks block on the corner Of Depot
and River streets.
A new stock of Wallace Nutting's
pictures and Christmas calendars at
Mrs. w. B. Sheldon's 1916
st. Francis de Sales academy will be
closed all this week in honor of Rev
A. J. Barron's silver jubilee.
Mrs. William r. Graves and Mrs.
Samuel b. Hall of Bennington Center
are spending the day in Troy.
Miss Susie Watson, formerly EN-
ployed by the Cooper Mfg company,
left this morning for New York.
E. J. Cummings of North street has
been visiting his father-in-law. Thomas
Kinney in the west part of the town.
Mrs. F. 7. Hopkinson has had a
telephone installed in her residence
on Main street. The number is 1874.
Miss Minnie Shea, who has been
guest of Mrs. Mary Healy for a few
days has returned to her home in Co
hoes.
Joe Levin is moving this week from
Gage street to the new house recent
ly erected by H. w. Putnam on River
street.
Mrs. Roy NJ. Paddock entertained
card club at her home on Valentine
street Wednesday evening. Refresh
ments were served.
The Kings Daughters will meet
with Mrs. Root on South street Friday
Nov. 18th, az p. m. A general atten-
dance is requested.
The attendance at the dance given
by Woods orchestra in Academy hall
Wednesday evening was large. Sever
al were present from Hoosick Falls
Albert S. Peak of Pownal and Julia
Elwell of Bennington were recently
united in marriage at the Baptist
parsonage in Pownal by Rev. II. Gar
field Mohl.
A lady from Rutland will give an
address at the G. A. X. Hall under the
auspices of the W. r. c. on Friday
afternoon from . to f. This will be
a free talk for ladies'.
Mr.. and Mrs. Patrick Shea and
Miss Mary Curtis, who have been Wis
iting Mr. and Mrs. John Flynn of
River street, have returned to their
home in Eagle Bridge.
Manager C. A. Wood of the opera
house expects to book b. c. Whitneys
big musical comedy, THE Broken
ldol' for a matinee and evening en-
gagement on New Years
Collector c. H. Darling who was in
town recently went from here to New
York City, where he attended re-
ception rendered Commander Peary
last evening by the Peary Arctic
club
John Scully of the west part of the
town went to New York this morning
on a business trip. Mr.. Scully has
shipped two car loads of apples and a
car load of potatoes to the metropolis
this fall from the Summit.
About 20 members of Bennington
orange went 10 lOOSlCh ans Wtu-
nesday night to attend the Neighbours
night meeting Two special cars
bearing the local members left here
at $50. over 300 were in attendance
at the meeting
Rev Napoleon Lachance from Fair
field, VT. and Rev Norbert Lachance
from Hyde Park, VT. and Rev. T. NJ.
Aubin, S. S. T.. from Swanton, Vt,
who came for Father Barrons silver
jubilee were the guests Of Leon La
MARIE and family.
Miss Bessie Bickford, chief operator
at the local telephone exchange is in
Pittsfeld today attending a meeting of
the chief operators of the western
division of the New England Tele
phone and Telegraph company at the
New American hotel
The funeral of Mortimer l.. Young,
aged "a. who died in North Shafts
bury Monday was held from the house
at 1880 this afternoon and at the
church at 2 o'clock Rev. Mr.. Cash
more ofiiciated. The burial was in the
Center SALISBURY cemetery.