The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-01-20
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Miss Mary Doyle of jefferson
Avenue is i'll.
Miss Mary Pond, who has been Ill
is able to be out again.
Miss Grace Dickinson of Pittsfeld
is visiting in town today.
Mrs. George H. Moore is spending
the day with friends in Troy.
Joseph n, Finch Of Titohhsrg has
been spending few days in the vii
lage.
Mr. and Mrs. O. c. Ashley Of
North Adams are spending the day
here.
Miss Catherine Daniels of Adams,
who has been visiting here, has re-
turned home.
Mrs. H. L. Hover has been called
to Schodack, N. Y, by the critical
illness of her mother.
Allen Half of Pittsheld is spend
ing the week end with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. A. w. Half.
Charles H. Ressequie and son
Charles, Jr. are fishing through the
ice at Barber's pond in Pownal to-
day
r. J. Taylor is unable to be about
with any comfort as one of his feet
is badly famed as the result of a
10 rua irnr, har falling tpnp
Catholic order of Foresters will
have installation of officers Sunday
evening at Z o'clock. All members
with company urged to be present.
Several young ladies gave Leap
year dance in Foresters hall, Friday
evening, many Of the guests being
students from the North Adams Nor
NAL school.
Mrs John Bishop of the Burgess
road, who a few days ago entered a
hospital in Troy, for an operation.
does not improve as fast as her many
friends would wish.
Prof. Raymond Mcfarland of the
department of pedagogy at Middle
bury college, visited the high school
Friday Mr. Mcfarland has so faI
visited ~ schools in this state in the
interest of pedagogical work.
At the Methodist church, the pas
tor, Rev. T. L. Dow, will preach al
the morning service and G. II. Pos
will speak at the evening service
Sunday school 11:45. Junior League
$3.50 p. IN. Epworth League 6.
Mrs. A. f. Houle and daughter
Jeanette, and Mrs. Houle's younger
brother, Eugene Plamandon. Of Leb
anon, N. H., went today to Troy
where the latter has been undergo
ing a series of operations for the re
moyal of cataract
Mrs. T. w. Fauly and son Donald
left today for La Gloria, Cuba. The.
were accompanied as far as New
York by Wesley Fauly, who will re
main with them until Wednesday
when they sail Thep expect to b.
absent about three months.
Michael Mcnamara of the western
section Of the town who has beel
in Jail for a number of days Will,
undergoing examination as to hi
mental condition, was taken thi
morning by Officer Richard Hurle,
to the state retreat at Brattleborc
Drs. L. b. Daley and John d. Lam
made second examination of Nc
Namara Thursday and decided tina
it was best for the man to underg
treatment at the retreat.
High water Friday between Nortl
Adams and Pownal caused susper
sion of traffic over the line of tn
Bennington and North Adams Stree
railway line for larger portion o
the day. There were no cars run
7 ming during the afternoon until 60
at night. The Berkshire Stree
Railway company made every effor
: to maintain the schedule and its eI
, forts in this direction resulted Il
several hundred dollars loss In al
Temps to force cars through tn
flooded district a number OF exper
sive motors were burned out.