The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-04-04
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News of the Town and Village Told Briefly
for Busy Readers.


house by illness.
Herbert Smith visited at his home
in Manchester Sunday
Mrs. John Walker and son spent
Sunday in North Adams.
Mrs. John Burton of Elm street is
visiting in Poughkeepsie.
Mr. and Mrs. B. NJ. Taylor of North
Adams visited here Sunday
Mrs Luman Cook OF Silver street
was in North Adams Sunday.
Miss Anna Quinn of Branch street
is spending the day IN Rutland
Leon Boyd of North Adams, for
mer resident was in town Sunday.
Horace P. Woodman of Main
street was in Troy this afternoon.
The Young Woman's Club will hold
a rafiia social Wednesday evening
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank McGurk of
North Adams visited relatives here
Sunday.
Miss Della Iarkin of Troy who has
been visiting friends here, has re-
turned
Mr.. and Mrs. c. Wells of Reads
boro are visiting Mrs. James Wen of
Lincoln street
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Gilbert are
guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. James Bushee
OF River street.
The Y. NJ. c. A. forum will give
public supper in the association
rooms this evening.
Joseph Coyne who is working in
Dorset, passed Sunday with his fam.
lily on Union street.
Thomas Savas who has been Wis
ting his brother, Chris Savas return
ed today to Oswego, N. Y
Mrs. A. II. HOLSTER and son viii
liam OF Pleasant street have return
ed from a visit in Albany
Henry Allard and son of North st.,
we're In Bickford Hollow Sunday in
search OF site for a camp.
George S. Clark, the brush back
manufacturer went today to his for
mer home. Ticonderoga, n Y.
c. T. Hendee has sold his meat
market on River street to Morris Le-
vim who will reopen it in few days.
Mrs. Mortimer Culliton and Mrs.
Margaret Hornidge visited Mr.. and
Mrs. George Robinson in SALISBURY
Sunday.
Henry Elwell has moved from Mrs.
b. G.. SHADES tenement on South
Branch street to his former home on
the East road.
Mrs. Sarah Watson of Schenectady
a former resident, has returned af-
ter having been the guest Of Mrs.
Eugene Strattor.
The monthly report cards OF the
local high school were given out to-
day The parents are requested to
sign and return promptly.
| The recently formed Y. NJ. C. A.
bowling teams will play match
game on the association alleys Tues
day evening The teams are to be
captained by General Secretary Goe-
bel and Physical Director Monroe.
All those holding tickets for the
series Of three private dances are re-
luested to be present Tuesday even.
Ing. April 9Th at Foresters' hall. This
dance is the last one Of the series
and will commence promptly at 9 o.
clock Goldsmith's orchestra will
furnish the music
An enjoyable birthday party was
given Miss Helen Shippey Saturday
evening in honor of the sixteenth an.
niversary of her birth at her home
on Congress street About %
| friends were present. Miss Shippey
was the recipient Of many handsome
and useful gifts Refreshments were
served.
William c. Plumb OF Kansas City
Mo. was a visitor In town over Sun
day Mr. Plumb is a native OF Ben
nington and learned the printers
trade in the Banner Office 40 years
ago. He gave up the printing bust
ness IN disgust many years ago ant
is now connected with an oil refining
company.
Bennington is by far the smalles
town to be visited by the Oscar Ham
merstein galaxy OF grand Opera
artists on its tour out of New York
The company appears at WORCESTER
Monday evening. Tuesday at Spring
fed, Wednesday at Bennington
Thursday at Johnstown. Friday a
Schenectady and Saturday at Port
land, Me.
-Four large new modern machines
for making paper boxes are being in
stalled on the second floor of tn,
Bennington Paper Box factory wher,
all the manufacturing is to be car
rled on in the future. The first foo
which is now used for that purpose
will be devoted to storage room
This enlargement has become neces
sary because of increasing business
The present capacity of the concern
for making boxes is between SO0I
and 1000 daily
Taft Commandery Knights Temp
lers has elected the following ofl
GERS Eminent commander, w. II
Nichols; Generalissimo. n. NJ. Put
fer; Captain General, Il. A. Smith
Senior Warden, Il. II. Holden; JUNO
, Warden c. W. Bartlett: Prelate j
s. Niles; Treasurer, n. S. Chandler
Recorder, r. ID. Ranney; Warder,
l II. White; Standard Bearer NJ. Il
Chandler Sword Bearer. L. NJ. Ke
1 ley; LIST Guard, r. A Davenport; Pm
Guard, II. II. Warren; Bird Guard, Il
4 II, Fonda; Sentinel, J. II. Norton.
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