The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-08-26
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and Village Told Briefly
for Busy Readers-

Frank Perry visited in Williams
town Thursday.
Miss Lucretia Babcock has been Wis
iting in Williamstown.
Miss Florence Mattison and Mrs.
Fremont Barnes are spending a few
days in Pittsheld.
Frank Griffin will leave this after
noon for a week or ten days visit with
friends in Rutland.
Buel D. Miller of the reportorial
staff of The Evening Banner, today
began three weeks vacation.
Miss Sayda White of Springfield.
Mass, who has been a guest of Mrs.
Eugene Graham returned home today.
Irving Van Wort, who has been Wis
iting Andrew Maurer for a few days
returned this afternoon to his home
in Albany.
Mrs. Louise Blanchard and Mrs.
William Il. Hawks have returned
from few days camping trip in
Woodford.
The pulpit of the Methodist church
will be occupied Sunday by Rev. s.
S. Cobb of Vergennes, both morning
and evening.
William Winslow, former resident,
who has been passing a two weeks
vacation here, returned today to his
home in Long Island.
Mrs. M. C. Ruvane who has been
visiting her mother, Mrs. Il. c. Pierce
OF Pleasant tsreet has returned to her
home in Parsons, Kansas.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Hillard of
Bennington Falls, recently married,
were given reception Friday evening
at the Bennington Falls club house.
Misses Marguerite and Irene Paris
who have been the guests of Miss
Maud Belden for the past few days,
returned today to their home in Rut-
land
A party composed of Mrs. Warren
Loomis, Mrs. c. l.. Percy, Mrs X. L.
Howard, Mrs. Kline, Miss Lena Per
cey and Miss Julia LOOMS are on an
outing today at Battlefield park.
Walter Il. Bingham of the Cole
store will begin a vacation today.
Sunday morning he will go to New
York, after which he will visit in
Pennsylvania and New Jersey
DR.. c. H. Van Horne of Englewood,
~ j., who has spent portions of sew.
eral summers here, is visiting in the
village and at SALISBURY. Mrs Van
Horpe recently recovered from, Sc
we're illness.
The time for the entrance of hor-
SEES in the races at the North Adams
fair September /, and 4 expired last
, evening Two Bennington horsemen
have entered horses. Myron Chandler
entered Victor Chandler last evening.
c. e. Snow made three entries, one of
which is Baby S. Hitherto a fee for
entrance equal to ten per cent Of the
! first prize has been charged. This
year no entrance fee is charged, ten
per cent of the first prize being sub
tracted however, from all prizes earn
ed.
Mary Johnston's great panoramic
story of the civil war THE Long Rolf
has just been added TO the library.
The Outlook says: 1T has the quality
of an epic, in its magnitude, its nara
tive sweep and its broad movement of
elemental forces" IL is a truly great
war novel-a marvellous picture of the
Virginia of those dark days over
which dominates the great and strik.
ing figures of Stonewall Jackson and
Lee. In the words OF the Baltimore
News, Miss Johnston's book is the
most important record we yet have
had of our gigantic national upheav'
al"
Captain Charles de F. Chandler
commander of the army aviation train
ing grounds at College Park. Md, has
been ordered to the Wright aeronau
teal school at Dayton, o., for a course
of instruction to equip him as an ex
pert aviator. Captain Chandler gol
his first insight into aviation in O
balloon flight from Pittsheld TO Ben
nington with Major Samuel Reber, u
S. A., the landing being made on tn,
Judge Woodward farm on the Bur
CESS road. When aeroplanes wer,
perfected he at once interested him
self In the flying game and only few
days ago drove a machine in cross
country flight at a record breaking
pace.