The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-05-08
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News of the Town and Village Told Briefly
for Busy Readers

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Mrs. C. B. March was in North Ad-
ans Friday.
H. C. Lindloff is spending the day
in Troy on business.
Raymond Sexton is working as as
sistant physical director of the Y. M.
c. A.
Mrs. T. Slattery of Hoosick Falls
was guest of her mother, Mrs. John
Crystal Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. J. Mellen of Pitts
field attended the dance in Forester's
hall Friday evening.
Mrs. D. b. Keeler and daughters
Elizabeth and Josephine are in Troy
and vicinity today.
Mrs. Willmarth of Union street
went TO Middlebury this morning to
visit at her home in that town.
Mis- Hilda Van Week of Main ST.,
has completed her course at Bliss
Business college in North Adams.
Miss Elizabeth Kinney, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs John Kinney of the ore
bed district is visiting her aunt Mrs.
+. ]. Cummings.
Crosby McOmber, proprietor of the
Salvage shoe sale at Loomis leaves
this evening to spend Sunday at his
home in Cohoes.
Drs. F. s. Braley. Robert Grennan
and H. r. Bristol are in Albany today
attending a meeting of the New York
state dental society.
Miss Florence March, who teaches
at South Vernon is spending few
days with her mother, Mrs. c. b.
March on North street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Hollaran OF
West Main street are spending few
days in Brattleboro visiting her broth
err, Rev. NJ. j. Carmody.
Lemnel Bottum of Gage street went
TO North Adams today where his ell
dest daughter Maude underwent an
operation in the city hospital.
w. w Burch of Troy is spending
few days In town on business and
while here is staying at the home of
Mrs. C. H. Robson on North street.
Miss Irene Barnes of North Ben
nington has resigned her position in
the e U. waist shop and has accepted
a position with the Cooper manufac-
turing company.
Mrs. c. H. Robson of North street
and Mrs. w. S. Beattie of Troy were
called to Springfield, Mass, Thursday
by the sudden Illness of their father,
Mr.. Burch, who's is suffering from an
attack of paralysis.
The Rev. John b. McGarry of the
Catholic diocese of Vermont has been
assigned to the chaplaincy OF the
! Vermont state prison at Windsor.
Father McGarry was for some time
assistant pastor of ST Francis de
Sales church Va this town.
'The Guideboard Stars walloped the
Bennington Tigers in a ball game at
the Desert this forenoon by score
of ~ to 2. 1t was the Tigers first
game and their claws hadn't grown
quite long enough The. batteries
were. stars, Greenslet and Shay; Tig-
ers. Hart and Beecher and Hewitt.
/ Mr.. and Mrs Edward Donnelly
and son arrived here Friday from
New York to spend the summer. Mr..
Donnelly has closed the season with
William A. Crane in The Father and
the Boy" in New York ~where the
company disbanded for the summer.
Services at st. Peters church 4th
Sunday after Easter Holy .Commun-
ion 1880 a m Morning service and
sermon 1920 Vesper service and
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adds greatly to the beauty of the SER
vice and is a great help in the hearty
singing of the congregation. You are
cordially invited to these services.
Mr.. and Mrs. Calvin Endress and
daughter Adella were called to Hart
ford. CT. this morning on account of
the sudden death by shock of Mrs
J. b. McNamar mother of Mrs. Cal
vim Endress. Mr. McNamar was
former we'll known resident of Ben
nington He was for some years
superintendent of the paper mill at
Sodom and was prominent in Grand
Army circles.
Manager John Flaherty of the
North Adams baseball team Friday
afternoon sent word to all the play
ers who have been signed to report
in the city next week Wednesday.
The first practice will be held Thurs
day morning at the fair grounds and
the season will open Thursday, May
20, when the strong Waterbury indie
pendents will be the opposing aggre-
cation.
The scramble for sneaks at the Sal
wage shoe sale Friday evening
brought out full quota of boys. A
large audience Witnessed the sport
The youngsters had lots of fun chas-
ing the sneaks and much difficulty in
trying to match them Raymond
Smith of 245 County street was the
first boy to return to the store with a
pair of matched sneaks and received
as his reward good pair of school
shoes.
Thomas Granger aged 70 years died
in the home of his daughter, Mrs.
John Mcclure of Cherry street. yes
terday afternoon at 4:10 o'clock. He
is survived by six children, Patrick of
Huntington, Walter of Springfield. Ed