The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-10-30
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
Jews of the Town and Village fold Briefly
COR Busy Readera

Jews of the Town and Village fold Briefly
Cor Busy ReadenA
Miss Carrie Sigworth is in Catskill
attending the wedding of her sister.
An addition is being erected to the
George Aldrich house on School st.
Mrs. Robert Rice and daughter,
Susan are spending the day in Troy.
Eugene Wattles is erecting a cab
in on the Harrington lot at BARRIERS
Pines.
Mrs. w. A. Austin of Weeks street
went to Troy this afternoon for few
days visit. $50
Mrs. ]. H. Ineson will start her SEN
ior dancing class, Friday evening,
November 8. 17t4
Guy Edison of Schenectady has re-
turned home after a visit to his
brother A. S. Edison.
Miss Katherine l.. Lincoln of Man
chester has been visiting at the home
of Mrs. B. w. Edison of Putnam st.
Branch No. of st. Mary's guild
will meet with Mrs. Harrison l. Nor
ton Thursday afternoon from 8 to 5.
The Mason Brothers will be at
Clarence Chambers with a drove of
cattle Thursday night and Friday
morning.
Ernest r. Taylor and Chester C..
Thomas, surveyors for the ~ Z. Tel.
& Tel Co., left this morning for
Springfield, Mass.
Mrs. Edward Williams and Paul
Sibley Williams of San JOSH, Cali
fornia, returned to their home in the
west the early part of the week.
Heman Robinson of Old Bennington
brother of George A. Robinson of
that village, has been i'll at the home
of his sister, Mrs. Charles F. Sears of
Rockland, Mass.
Tire Progressives will hold rally
at Dorset tonight, at Summit Hall,
Pownal Ctr, the Brookside hotel,
Pownal, and Academy hall, North
Pownal, Friday night.
Alonzo Gibson and Clayton Gibson
of Detroit, Mich, and Mrs. Lydia
Russell and her brother. Hiram Rus
sell of Camden, N. Y, are here to
attend the funeral of C. ID. Gibson.
Josh Perkins seys he will steal
that er pig and will take it to the
Band fair tomorrow night and there
isn't no police officer that'ill stop
him. He is going to have his law
yers there, too, in case of trouble.
Plans are ching made for Hal
lowe'en party in the Y. NJ. c. A. on
| Thursday evening for the Juniors and
Intermediates, including the employ
ed boys. Further announcement will
be made on the Association bulletin
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Harbour were
given a surprise at their new home
on Branch street Tuesday evening by
about a dozen of their friends, in
honor of their recent marriage. The
evening was spent in playing old time
games and several vocal and instru-
| mental selections were rendered by
the guests. Refreshments were serv-
ed and Mr.. and Mrs. Harbour were
| the recipients of numerous gifts of
cut glass, silver and linen.
The improvement of our state, our
county and our home town should be
an uppermost thought in every wo-
| mans mind. The women of Ben
| nington and vicinity are urged to be
present at a mass meeting at the
Fortnightly club rooms the afternoon
of November End at o'clock. No
admission fee will be charged as II is
| desired that all who can arrange TO
do so will hear Mr.. Scheurle in his
message to the women of Bennington
county.
Letters received today from the Sa-
marian hospital in Troy state that
Orson Tinkham, who was shot by a
highwayman on the evening of Octo-
Der II, was making good progress tow
ard recovery. One of the bullets fired
by a Hungarian gypsy named Frank
Cmell hit Tinkham in the groin and
an operation was performed at the
hospital TO save the mans life. Dur
ing the first few days following the
| operation the surgeons gave but lit
tie assurance that Tinkham could re-
cover, but he soon passed the danger
point and recently every report re-
ceived from the patient has been of
an encouraging nature.