The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-12-18
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Miss jeanette Ineson of Division St,
is i'll with the grip.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. B. Wilcox spent
Sunday with Mr.. Wilcoxs parents In
Pownal
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Elwell OF Hart
ford, Conn, are guests of Miss Min
ME Rudd.
Mrs. ]. A. Connolly and Miss Their
esa Connolly passed Sunday with rel
atives in Troy.
Fresh cream every day at the Mod
ell Dairy Order day before if posi-
bic. Tel 6S-11.
Elmer Norton who accidentally
shot himself through the hand is i'm
proving rapidly.
Mrs. Edward Riley and Mrs. John
Carrigan and daughter spent Friday
in North Adams.
Fresh cream every day at the Mod
ell Dairy. Order day before if posi-
BILE. Tel. 6S-11.
Miss Bessie Clayton who has been
guest of Miss Bertha Lane has re-
turned to her home in Chatham.
Mrs. w. NJ. Evans of Waterford
who has been visiting her daughter,
Mrs. Edward Green Jr, returned
home Sunday.
Judge e. L. Waterman who is pre-
siding at the present term OF county.
court, was a guest Sunday at the
Soldiers Home.
Miss Jessie Elliott arrived this
morning from Montreal. She is to
fill a three days engagement at the
Library theatre.
For Christmas gifts, pretty novelty
wells, boudoir caps and silk hose, can
be found at A. Nolans Millinery shop.
Opera House Block
Miss Phyllis Schuyler who is filling
a theatrical engagement in Cohoes,
spent the week end with her parents,
Rev. and Mrs. Philip Schuyler.
Miss Elizabeth Morrissey, who is
taking the nurses training course at
the Troy City hospital, spent Sunday
with her mother, Mrs. E. j. Morris
sey.
While DR.. Wright, specialist Of
North Adams is in New York attend
ing special clinics, December 1928,
his office will be open daily for re-
pairing glasses. Att
Warren Harbour who has been laid
up with injuries caused by running a
nail through his hand, has resumed
his duties as driver of the Putnam
grist mill team.
The Modern Woodmen of America
will hold a special meeting Wednes-
day evening at s o'clock TO act on
applications Members are request
ed to be present.
U. o. G. c., will hold a bonnet soc.
ial this evening in their hall. Prize
given to the gentleman having the
best trimmed bonnet. Ladies bring
lunch for two. Cordial invitation to
all
Word has been received from Wash
ington that six Of the eight apph
cants who took the recent examina
lions for the position of clerk and
carrier at the local postoiiice passed
successfully. Frederick ID. Bur-
passed the best examination and
Louis A. Morse second best and they
have been appointed first and seconC
substitute carriers. Mr. Morse Is
today learning the route of Carrier
Olin W. Harwood.
There are at present 1872 inmates
at the Vermont Soldiers Home. Th'
health of the old veterans at tn,
home has been unusually good dur
ing the past six months and Their,
has not been a death at the institu
ton since the middle of last June
The death record for the year ha
been IA, the same as in 1910. There
have been 253 deaths at the HON,
since It was established. Birchar,
Il. Webster who enlisted from SHIELD
on in Company A OF the Ninth regi
ment was admitted to the home fror
Swanton on Saturday.
The Shetland pony belonging Il
the little son Of r. 5. Drysdale, whicl
broke a leg while being lead TO tn
blacksmith shop behind wagon FIR
day afternoon. Is now In sling II
Mr.. Drysdales barn and the injury
being treated by veterinaries. Tn
break is In the single bone betwee
the ankle and the hoof OF one Of III
forward legs and the veterinaries, i
lingworth of this village and Melon
aid Of North Adams are hopeful tina
the pony will make complete recoN
cry. The animal is young. not ye
four years old. and as only n singl
bone Is fractured, the chances ar
more than usually favorable.
A recent issue Of the Oswego Dali
Times received here contains the II
formation that Peter Savas. brotho
OF Chris Sayas OF Bennington and O
one time associated with him her
in business. had recently purchase
n business block In Oswego adiolnin
location at present occupied b
himself Judging from the article
the Times, Mr.. Savas has prospere
In the candy business since locatln
in Oswego. He recently had an Of
portunlty to sell out to parties froi
Syracuse but declined The real g
tate recently purchased, he say
was bought as an investment and wi
continue TO be rented to the presei