The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-07-12
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News of the Town and Village Told Briefly
for Busy Readers

MI anu WI D. IL Ais ANlbShAb u
spending the day in Pittsfeld.
William Morse of Bradford Place,
who has ben i'll, is recovering.
Miss Dorothy Tiffnay has returned
from a several weeks visit in Albany.
Henry NJ Marsh of School street
went to Williamstown today to visit
his daughter.
A meeting of the Father Mathew
T. A. B. society will be held this eve
ming at o'clock.
Miss Grace Anderson and Miss Ella
Daniels of North Adams are spending
the day in town.
Mrs. Anna P. Wood and Miss
Louise A. Wood are spending the
week end in Troy.
Mrs. A. p. Williams of Union street
went today to Barre and other places
for months visit.
The ladies of the NJ. E. church will
hold a food sale in the primary room
from 2 TO o'clock, Saturday, July 10.
Miss Gertrude Brown of Gage St,
is spending her vacation with rela-
tives at Ballston Spa and Saratoga
Lake
Joe Leyins store, corner North and
River streets will be open for bust
ness all day Friday during July and
August zoll
M. p. Haggerty of North Adams
will make an address this evening on
the postoffice corner on the subject
of Socialism.
John and Clifford Barden and Erwin
Hare who has been guests at the
home of II. b. Barden of Wilmington
have returned home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Mccormick
of Pittsfield will come Saturday to
visit Mrs. McCormick's parents, Mr..
and Mrs. ]. l.. McGurk.
James A. n. Williams went today
to North Adams to spend the day. 1t
is his seventy-fourth birthday and he
is observing it with all proper pride
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank McGurk of
Wappingers Falls, n Y, former resi-
dents, will arrive Saturday for a visit
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. j. l..
McGurk.
Or. John d. Lane is removing his
office from 302 West Main to the Nor
ton Building on Main street to oc-
cupy the rooms formerly used by DR..
Frank J. Hurley.
Mrs. Leon Shureon and son Leon,
Jr.. of st. Louis are visiting Mrs.
Shureon's mother, Mrs. Fannie ID.
Smith of Union street. Mrs. Shureon
is a former resident,
Richard Hurley went today to Ad-
ans, Mass, TO complete arrange
ments with the Alert Hose company
of that place and with The Miller
Hose company of Hoosick Falls.
Chairman Emory S Harris of the
Democratic state committee went this
morning to Burlington where he Will
attend a meeting this evening of the
committee for the purpose of perfect
ing plans for the campaign.
Charles Sillars, who is in charge OF
the local office of the Berkshire
Street Railway company, is spending
several days in Boston. Louis Con
tots of North Adams is substituting
for him during his absence.
The Sunday school in the Bushnell
district will meet at 3 o'clock on
Sunday afternoon Nathan Whiteley
will have charge of the exercises. All
children and adults in the community
are cordially invited to be present.
Leon Lamarre accompanied by
Marie Marcoux from Montreal just
returned from trip TO Deerfield
River, Jacksonville and Nottingham
and Readsboro, VT, and found 1t very
dry and dusty, and as warm weather
as here.
Joseph Garreau in an attempt to
turn the corner from River street up
on North in his automobile this morn
ing at 1920, ran into the curb and
smashed the left front wheel of his
car. The car was taken to local
garage and repaired.
A number of Y. NJ c. A. boys from
| the Franklin county associations Wis
| tied the local association Friday. The
| boys, who were on a hike were &c
companied by Arthur Rudman OF
| Greenfield, who was one of the speak
ers at the Y. NJ. c. A. banquet in
May.
The funeral of Earl H., the eight
months old son of Mr. and Mrs. Al
bert Hall of Stafford street was held
Thursday afternoon at 2:30 O'Clock
| from the house. Rev. w. +. Meyer OF
the Baptist church ofiiciated The
interment was in the village GENE
terry.
His name is Teddy-The young
! bear in Griswold's west window is
Attracting considerable attention and
there has been a crowd on the side
walk all day watching him turn som.
ersaults and cutting up little bear
capers. II is the cub captured by c.
Edward Adams at the Hotchkiss clear
/ ing three weeks ago today after a
considerable scrap and is the twelfth
bear that Mr.. Adams has secured dur
ing the past eight years.
The young man who was arrested
in SALISBURY Wednesday morning be.
cause OF his insane actions, has given
his name, in an apparently lucid mo
ment. to the local officials as Willie
Kirby of Dublin, Ireland" He says
he has a cousin in Lowell. Mass, but
is unable to recOllect the name OF
the relative. A doctors certificate
has been secured declaring him men
tally abnormal and If the necessary
| uapprs can be nrODprlv filed To-day no