The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-08-08
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
Ne~s u tine Town and Village TcId Briefly
sor BUSY Readers.

news Vi tine Town and Village Ieid Briefly
1or Busy Readers.
T. A. Davenport is on business
trip to Long Island.
E. W. Reyes of Great Darlington
is in town for a few days.
Miss Eva Robinson of SALISBURY
is visiting in North Adams.
Miss Agnes Streeter has returned
from several weeks stay in Rut-
land.
Mrs. S. L. Russell of Stamford, CT
is visiting her daughter, Mrs T. A.
Davenport.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles H. Bennett of
Boston are guests at the home of Mr..
and Mrs Il. d. Bennett.
You can buy picnic hams ranging
in weight from to 8 lbs for lie
Ilb.-Public Cash Market.
Mrs. II. H. Hawks of New York,
who is visiting relatives here. has
gone to Schenectady for a visit.
Mrs. John Buckley and son Alfred
of Schenectady are visiting Mrs
Buckley's father, Edward Green.
William Parker, who is employed
by the Stanley Electric Co. in Pitts
field spent Sunday at his home here
Special session of Bennington
lodge of Elks at o'clock Tuesday
evening. Business of importance to
be transacted 43t2
Costumes for the Pageant will be
given out tonight and tomorrow
night at the store. formerly occupied
by +. j. Kennedy
Mrs Sheldon lockwood left today
for Boston and Oak Bluffs and will
be absent from town until about the
middle of September. -
Francis j. Greenslet of the U. S.
Naval training school at Newport,
R. l., is spending twelve day fur
Tough at his home here.
Miss Blanche Vail, a nurse in a
Troy hospital, spent the week end
with her grandparents. Mr. and Mrs.
Edward Vail of Bennington Falls.
The Daughters of The American
Revolution will serve sandwiches
coffee and ice cream on the Pageant
grounds during each performance.
ATT
The musical Bitters at Library the
atre last night proved TO be the mu
steal Sweets as could readily be seen
from the constant applause. OF the
audience
Clarence Rowe, timekeeper for the
, Torrington Construction Co spent
! the week end in Torrington, CT He
was accompanied on his return by
Mrs Rove.
Miss Esther Burgess and hel
brother Charles Burgess OF New
York are guests for few days Of
Parker Cole at his home in NORTH
Bennington
The opening performance OF thu
Pageant will be given at o'clocl
B Saturday afternoon. instead OF Satur
! day evening as was stated in Mon
days Evening Banner.
Communications received from
Miss Mary Shaw OF Old Bennington
. who has been touring in London
; state that she will shortly visi
Italy and Switzerland.
Misses Sallie and Irene Graves en-
i tertained several young ladies' a
Z their home on Elm street this after
. noon in honor OF their guest, Mis-
II Avis Babcock of Hoosick.
: The champion hydrangea OF tn
i year is believed to be growing a
e the home of Mrs. w. c. Babcock. TIL
10 plant has AZ buds and blossoms an
; is pronounced by all who have see
n 1t to be an exceedingly beautiful sp,
II cimen.
The X. j. Jacques Il Co, artist
: decorators OF Troy. n. Y, have take
an office in the Bennington Count
Savings bank building and are pr
:. pared TO do all kinds N decoratn
q for the Pageant Phone call OF SO
will find them. 43t2
or The remains OF Laurence Dowde
II the l6 year old son OF Mr. and Mr.
Frank Dowdell OF Schenectad,
al whose death occurred Sunday, wi
- be brought here at o'clock Wedne
day afternoon for burial. In the ne
&c Catholic cemetery. Mr.. and Mr.
e. Dowdell are former residents.
There will be an exhibition
= relies. of historic interest at the OF
4, Academy Library for the benefit /,
|" the Pageant on August H. 10 an
- l6. The Library will be open fro
Il 10 until ~ In the morning. and fro
? until in the afternoon. No bool
es will be given out on those days. A
or miegfou n eanfe "A