The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-07-31
POWNAL.


Fred Leonard of Millers Falls,
Mass. is a guest at John Coone's.
Mr.. and Mrs. Osterhout of Brook
Ign, n. Y, were recent guests at ID.
f. Gardeners.
DIR. f. E. Potter and family took
an auto trip to Sandgate Sunday call
ing on Judge Peck.
Marcus NJ. Dean of North Benning
ton is installing a handsome monu-
mention the family lot IN Oak Hill
cemetery.
Mrs. Forbes of Brooklyn, n. Y.
formerly Miss Julia Hitchcock oil
West Haven, was the guest for few
days of Miss Jannette NJ. Gardner OF
Cedar Hill.
A fishing party consisting of Dan
iel F.. and A. b. Gardner, Jr, and Mr.
Osterhout of Brooklyn, n. Y, went to
Arlington Wednesday 10 fish for trout
In the Battenkill. They we're taken
up by A. b. Gardner in his REQ the
Fifth with Miss Gardner at the
wheel.
Arthur G.. Parker was again for
tunate Saturday, winning both con
tests in a tennis match between the
Schenectady Boat club and the North
Adams Country Club. In singles he
defeated Il. ID. Bracket 90, 3-6, 6-2
while in doubles coupled with w. r
Whitheull Mesesrs. Craighead and
L. l,Ea ~
singles victory was very satisfac
tory one as earlier in the summer
Brockett won from Parker in straight
sets.
At the special election for repres
entative to Congress in Pownal thu
vote was: Green, Republican. l3, Spar
go. Socialist, /. The small vote wa
due to two causes, first, but few pee
pie in town knew of the election ant
those who did thought the result wa
so sure that there was no use of &c
ing to the polls. Second, the first el
ection in years in which the Demo
cratic party has not had a vote. No
having a candidate on the ticket wa
of course the cause.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. F. Towne accom-
panied Mr.. and Mrs. A G. Parker o.
119 mile motor trip Sunday Tn
last part of the trip which was 3
miles was via Hancock to StepheI
ton, then via Alps to Troy then vi
the Reservoir and Jacksonville home
The Patterson Ford car was met /
Sand Lake, n. Y, they evidently d.
, ing the same trip only in the revers
direction. Stopping in Raymertow
fora few minutes the party made tn
acquaintance of a friend of Roa
Commissioner Russell, who was plea
ed to learn of the good work Will
doing on the Pownal roads.
The auto accident of last Frida
night is almost the sole topic of col
versation in Pownal. The shockin
death of Mr.. Whipple has cast
gloom on the community as he had
large circle of friends in town. TIL
funeral at the Congregational churc
in North Pownal Monday afternoo
= was attended by large throng {
friends which showed that his men
DRY was still high in the thoughts {
: his former Pownal associates. Re-
r. B. Tozer, the pastor of the Ho,
sick Baptist church, preached I'll
sermon. Mr.. and Mrs. Bates are
the North Adams Hospital. The Bal
ner correspondent saw them on Sa
urday and again on Tuesday afte
noon and to him it seemed that bot
had made a marvellous gain since hi
previous visit A visit was made Sui
day to the scene of the accident an
il seems a marvel that all were nc
instantly killed. In the opinion {
the writer Brownell Bates was a SAT
and careful driver. He might go 9
a fast rate of speed on leWl road
clear Of traffic but on narrow road
and around curves his gait was SAT
and sane. The week previous to tn
accident had been a very strenuou
one, as something had been doing e'
cry night and Mr. Bates had had bu
little sleep. In time nature will al
sert herself and will not be denied
The road was one which was perfect
y familiar and the only rational el
PLANTATION that Tor one short fractio
Of a second the tired brain succumbe-
and the machine kept in a straigh
line 10 destruction when a slirht pul
10 the right meant safety. A strang
feature Of the accident was the fac
that not even the glass Of the iron
headlights Of the lamps were broken
The whole damage to the car wa
slight considering the fan and tn,
cost OF repairs viii not exceed 500