The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-07-27
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News of the Town and Village Told Briefly
for Busy Readers.

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William Green and family spent
Sunday with friends in Pownal.
Miss Mary Ryan is visiting friends
in South SALISBURY for few days.
Miss Lena Oxley of Clinton, Mass,
is visiting her aunt, Miss Sarah o.
Connor.
E. E. Guilford of North Adams is
in town today. He also visited in
Woodford.
The Bennington Fire department
will meet this evening at 1880 in the
Stark hose house.
f. e. Larrabe has returned from
Montpelier. Mrs. Larrabee will re-
main for several days.
Irving Il. Bum has accepted a posi-
tion as fireman at the Bennington
Electric company's station.
Mrs. E. l.. Nichols, Mrs. Anna
Boyne and Miss Eugenia Hutchinson
are visiting in North Adams today.
Mr. and Mrs. w. f. Hagar of North
Bennington are guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. NJ. w. Brown of North Adams.
Daniel and Cortland Cummings of
Averill Park, n. Y. are visiting their
Uncle, James S. Silk of Scott street.
Miss Elizabeth Murphy of Benning
ton Center, who has been i'll of the
grip has recovered and is able to be
out.
d., ITaror, Q pinLhann tho VOL
known evangelist of Someryille, Mass
will occupy tne puplit of the Baptist
church next Sunday.
w. j. Darling and Robert j. Pringle
representatives of the Musicians
Union of North Adams were in town
yesterday on business.
TIE picnic committee of the F. NJ.
T. A. b. society will hold special
meeting this evening at Z o'clock
All members should be present.
George c. Wood has been engaged
to play at Manchester Center next
Wednesday night for a dance to be
given by the Manchester Union band.
Work is progressing rapidly on the
addition to the Roster store on Main
street. A portion of the foundation
for the new structure is already built
Mrs Rose Forget, and daughter,
Mrs. Grace Wiggen of Boston, VINO
have been visiting A. c. LaMarre,
nave returned to their home in that
city.
The picnic committee of Stark
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be held tonight has been postponed I'M
til Wednesday, July rs after lodge
meeting.
Mrs. Harriet McEowen, widow of
the late Daniel McEowen, is today re-
ceiving the congratulations of ner
many friends at the attaining of her
S7th birthday.
The eight year old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. C. II. Robson of Depot St,
was taken Saturday morning with a
severe attack of appendicitis. At this
writing she is resting as comfortable
as could be expected.
A force of men started to work to-
day cleaning the interior of the opera
house. The whole auditorium will be
given a thorough cleaning in prepar-
alton for the season of 1909-10, which
opens with Polly of the Circus, Au-
gust %.
DR.. Wright, specialist at North Ad-
ans, will be in his office only Mon
days, Wednesdays, and Saturdays I'M
til August l. Office open daily for
making appointments and repairing
glasses. Telephone Sand Springs,
Williamstown. 10t24
NJ C. Dwyer of Rutland, who was
injured in freight wreck near Bran
erd, ~ Y, last Friday night and was
brought home Saturday evening, is
making a good recovery. His arms
and legs were badly bruised, but NO
bones were broken and it is expected
that he will be able to be out within
few days.
North Adams landed on Mack in
tne tenth inning yesterday at Hoosick
Falls and pounded out three runs,
winning the game to 4. 1t was an
exciting game throughout with
whirlwind finish. 1t seems as though
all Sunday games at Hoosick Falls
end brilliantly and yesterday was no
exception to the rule.-North Adams
Transcript.
Announcement has been made of
the marriage of Anna Walbridge
Brown of Netherwood N. j., daughter
of the late Olin G. Walbridge of
Brooklyn to Howard McWilliams of
Brooklyn. The marriage took place
at the country residence of her
brother, Robert r. Walbrdge at Red
ding, Conn, last Saturday, Rev. Rob
ert Marshall Blackburn officiating.
The Berkshire Street Railway
company has erected along its lines
sign boards giving descriptive matter
on points of historical interests, and
in places where these inscriptions are
not practicable numbered signs have
been placed The company will soon
issue a folder giving matter descrip-
tive of these places which have been
designated. There are about 40 of
the large signs and 60 or 20 of the
numbered signs. The latter are used
more in the center of city or town
while the others are in the outlying
districts.
AS to Sunday baseball the Burling-
ton Nomc UNNn do not