The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-06-06
PoWNAL

]. NJ. Lucey of Troy was in town
Monday.
Rev. II. G. MohI preached in the
Baptist church in Williamstown Sun
day morning.
Those who attended the Sig Sau-
telle circus in Williamstown Friday
reported a good show.
Mrs. w. A. Phelps and two children
of Greenfield, Mass, are visiting her
parents, DIR. and Mrs. j. S Niles.
Mrs. G. b. Partridge and two chill
dren of Willamstown, Mass, were
guests of Mrs Joseph Barber Sunday
John Coones of Church street has
received the appointment as gard
ener at four stations along the B. &
NJ.
Pownal is to have an ice cream
parlor for the first time in a number
OF years. Fred Bump will open this
next Sunday at his home on River
street
M. ]. Burlington, Jr, of Sunset
Terrace was one OF those who attend
ed the bachelor dinner given by Will
liam Myers OF Bennington who is to
be married Wednesday.
The ladies of the Baptist church
will serve their annual Strawberry
Festival next Friday evening, June 8.
The proceeds will go toward the
church building fund and the ladies'
hope for large attendance.
Byron Madison of Rochester, N
Y, is visiting his sister, Mrs. c.
Rosenberg. Mr.. Mattison who is a
retired business man OF considerable
means, has gladdened the hearts of
the Baptist people by promising them
a good donation toward the church
and he also agrees to install a large
memorial window.
A real estate transaction of more
than usual interest took place last
week when the Brookside Inn prop
erty passed into the hands of Miss
Theresa Haskins of Brooklyn This
carries out the prediction made in
the Banner a few weeks that the
property would be conducted as a
summer hotel of class and we under
stand that Miss Haskins proposes to
do this
Mrs. Cornelia Larrabee died at her
home on Church street Sunday noon
of heart failure. She has been i'll for
some time and the sudden death of
her son Augustus Haley proved too
much, for her heart to bear and il
succombed to the shock Mrs. Lar
rabee was born in Nassau, ~ Y, 73
years ago and was the daughter of
Warner and Minerva (Smith) viii
liams. Her parents moved here
when she was child so practically
her whole life had been spent in
Pownal She was married quite
young to zera Haley whom she sur
vived. Her second husband was Will
liam Larrabee who died in 1905 She
was a good woman and respected by
the whole community. The funeral
will be on Wednesday at the NJ E.
church at 2 p. m.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. G. Parker drove
their Ford touring car total of 1870
miles Sunday which was the longest
days trip they have ever taken. In
the morning Mr.. and Mrs. A. f. Tower
and Miss Elaine were the guests,
and the route was to the reservoir
through Melrose into Troy and home
via the stone road. Starting again
at $3.50 with Mr. and Mrs. Daniel f.
Gardner and Miss Audria in the eX-
ira seats, the party went to Science
tady, where a stop of 1s hour was
made at "Caermarthen" the home of
George Westinghouse Jones, cousin
of the Gardeners. Returning the party
came via Albany, Nassau and Leban-
on Springs. Home was reached
shortly after $3.50. Not an adjust
ment was made on the machine dur
ing the day and although il seems in
credible, the whole distance was
made on high gear The hill out of
Rensselaer,, N. Y, has usually been
sticker but this time 1t was easy.
The trip home from Sth street, Troy,
in the morning was made in just
1903 which just equalled the best
westward trip ever made by this car
THE CHILD rem LIKE Al
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