The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-07-18
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News of the Town and Village Told Briefly
for Busy Readers

William Toomey of West Main st.
is i'll of the measles.
John Markham has returned from
a visit to New York.
Mrs. Albert H. Hall of Stafford St,
is recovering from an illness.
George H. Moore is spending the
day in North Adams on business.
George NJ. Hawks has gone TO
Portland, Me-, on business trip
Albert Hall, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Albert Hall, is visiting in Rutland.
H. C. Pratt of New Haven, Conn,
spent last night at his former home
here.
Mrs. Fanny Blackmer, Misses Mary
and Gertrude Carney motored today
to Troy.
Miss Mildred Smith of South
SALISBURY is spending the week with /
friends here.
The Noveck store will be open for
business all day Friday during July
and August as usual. 30t2
A new electric sign was placed
over the front of Willoughby's and
10 cent store this morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. William b. Seaton
and family are planning to remove
shortly to Walloomsac, n. Y.
White outing hats and sailors in
all the latest styles at the 99c Sur
prise store, Library building.
Mrs. Harriet Burgess of Los Ange-
les, Cal, is the guest of Mr. and Mrs.
| Harry b. Hutchins of SchhOol street.
Mabel Rosita that spectacular dan
Ger is i'm town. She is to fill three
days engagement at the library the
atre
Ralph w. Orr, manager of the To-
cal branch of +. E. Bramen & Co,
visited at his home in Adams We'd
nesday.
Harold Kelly is i'll Of the measles.
His brother Walter, who has been i'll
of typhoid fever for several weeks, is
| recovering.
Received this morning a shipment
of pretty shirt waists Use and see
| values at 49c at 99c Surprise store,
Library building.
Miss Marjorie Shelby is entertain
ing Miss Helen Cullen, Miss May
| Harrington, Miss Sue owen and ID.
j. Allen of New York.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. H. Brown of Old
Bennington have gone to their sum
mer cottage in Connecticut for the
remainder of the season.
There will be cottage prayer
meeting at the home OF Clarence
Morse, Sr, on North Branch street
Friday evening at eight o'clock.
Charles Ayres of Troy and his
mother Mrs Anna Ayres with That !
cher Ayres have gone to Dunnville to |
spend the week at their cabin there. |
Tawner and Potter arrived this
morning from New York They can |
be seen in their pianOlogue act at |
the library theatre during the rest OF
the week
The water main or a feed pipe
burst Wednesday on Main street in
front of the Putnam House and
body of men are at work today seek
ing to locate the leak.
Miss Florence Walbrdge and her
guest, Miss Minnie A. Berghardt of
New York went to Rutland today to
be the guests Of Miss Grace Flagerly.
whoh is former resident.
Henry Gates of Chicago was Wis.
itor in town Wednesday, Mr. Gates
is a son of the late John r. Gates a
former well known resident and pro
prietor of the Gates House
The Bennington shoe shining par
lor, which has been conducted dur
ing the past two years by \. Felopu
las was sold Wednesday to James
Barchagas of Pittsfeld, who has tax
ken possession.
Mrs Frank Chapman of Rutland
and children have moved here to join
her husband, who recently succeeded
+. j. Lashway as road master at the
local station. Mr. and Mrs Chap
man will reside at 116 Pleasant ST.
Through an error it was announc
ed in the Banner Wednesday that the
contract for repairs of the Bradford
Hose house on Stafford street had
been awarded to Bert NJ. Pilling. The
contract was awarded to Robert f.
Pilling.
Whitney theatre today-A. b. Cum
mings, baritone, will sing the song
that they will all be singing way
Down South" A big special show
this afternoon and evening. "A Vic
tim of Innocence" a three reel fea-
ture by the Italia Co.
Mrs. c. s. Estes went to Troy Wed.
nesday to meet her sister-in-law. Mrs ! ,
Jared Howard of Beloit. Kansas and ,
Mrs Hydrick OF Detroit, Mich, who
are to be her guests Mrs. Howard ,
is the wife of DR.. Jared Howard who :
is a son of Jared Howard of Morgan J
street extension. ,
The Young Woman's club will hold /
a picnic Saturday at BARRIERS Pines. y
Those who attend will leave here on S
the las o'clock North Adams car. \
Everyone Interested in Y. w. {. Al
work are cordially invited to attend
Each one is requested to bring one ]
kind of eatable instead of taking I
lunch.
The heavy rain of this morning |,
broke the local drought
hat has held for over five weeks.
The dOWnpour hogan a LITTLE after d