The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-08-23
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and Village Told Briefly
for Blns Reader<


Prentiss Kent OF Rutland is in
town on business.
]. Guy Livingston is substituting
at the postoffice today.
Miss Edith POLAND is spending the
day at Ausable Chasm, N. Y.
Mrs. T. A. Carpenter is spending
the day at BARRIERS Pines.
Miss Caroline Rice spent a part
of Tuesday with friends in Pownal.
Mrs. Regina Dean of North Pow
nal is visiting Mrs. Addison Stewart
John Mack has accepted position
with the Thomas A. Davenport bak-
cry.
! Miss Josephine Toohy of Cohoes is
visiting her sister, Mrs. f. B. Edger-
ton.
Miss Edith Grover is spending a
two weeks vacation at her home in
Boston.
John B. Harte went this morning to
spend the day at his former home in
Rutland.
Miss Mary f. Cummings and Miss
Ella Parsons of Springfield, Mass, are
visiting in town for few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. l.. Thomas and Miss
Rose Seymour of Great harrington
are visiting with friends in town.
Miss Agnes Hurley is enjoying
vacation from her duties in the office
of the Bennington Waxed Paper Co.
Miss Esther Therian of Pitts6eld
who has been visiting her sister Miss
Regina Therian has returned home.
e. 7. Griswold is having the
grounds on the left of his home on
Putnam and Weeks streets relevelled.
Mrs T. f. Turner was in Cam
bridge yesterday attending the fair,
having made the trip in her automo-
bile.
Mrs. Eugene Vetal of New York is
spending a two weeks vacation in
| town as the guest of Mrs. G. H. Spear
OF Union street.
There will be meeting of the dir
ectors of the Bennington baseball as
ISOLATION this evening at the usual
time and place.
Joseph Dean who recently resign
ed his position with the Davenport
bakery has accepted position at the
Whitney cigar store.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Bowen of Brook
Ign who have been passing a few
days with Mr.. and Mrs. Frank E. Bat
ties have returned home.
Miss Charlotte Barber, Mr. and Mrs.
Perry Gardner and Grover Lyons
made up an auto party who went to
the Cambridge fair today.
Almon r. Sweet OF School street
has this season raised Rhode Island
Red pullets which now at five months
of age are beginning to lay.
Misses Irene and Margaret Paris OF
Rutland who have been the guests of
Mrs NJ. j. Belden of Silver street re-
turned this afternoon to their home
in that city.
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Burns and Wheeler Of the pitching
staff of the recently disbanded Ben
Inington team went Tuesday to Keene
IN H., with which team they will fin.
sh the season.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Smith and E.
A. Dix OF Springfield and e. A. Thay.
er of Minneapolis an automobile par
ty, were registered at the Putnam
House Tuesday.
J George Wood, the former director
OF the Bennington City band, but now
of New York City. is spending a short
vacation here. Mr.. Wood will be in
town until Sept. A.
Charles Klein's gripping play. 'The
Gamblers" will be one Of the sea
sons most notable attractions at the
Bennington opera house. to be produc'
ed during September.
There were so tickets sold at the
local station this morning for the
Cambridge fair. Besides the number
? going on the train there was consid
, cradle number who went by auto and
. team.
> The work OF re-surfacing West MAR
street was begun yesterday The
south side OF the street will be laiC
first and II is thought that the Who'll,
work will be finished in three or foul
weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. w. II. Lum OF New
/, York City are stopping for a few day
{ at the. home OF Mrs. Barbara Moore
on South street Mr. Lum is tn,
head of a large glass cutting and en-
: craving company OF New York.
According to several local sports
men who have made early trips int
the woods, deer will be plentiful thi
/ year. The farmers also find this tru
and are reporting considerable dan
age to crops from this source.
IL Mr. and Mrs. Edward NJ. Polk Q
Corslcanna, Texas are the guests 10
a few days Of Mr.. and Mrs. Il, c. Bel
nett OF Main street. Mrs. Polk, To-
merly Miss Rose Blair, spent yea
d. In Bennington some years ago.
p Not the least OF those to be benef
ed by the recent celebration here ar
= the opticians, who report that durin
= the Pageant week they were taxed
Il their utmost to meet the increase
- demand for new lenses for broke
glasses owing to the evening earn
walls.