The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-06-27
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of she Town and Village Told Briefly
for Busy READER

MISS agnes fOSteI VI AudinS 10 q
guest in town today.
Alfred Taylor is i'll of the measles
at his home on Lincoln street
Robert Tiffany of Boston, formerly
of Bennington is visiting in town.
Miss Anna Gowl of North Benning-
ton is visiting Mrs. Thomas Whitman.
Mrs. f. J. Cummings and Miss Ella
Cummings are passing the day inl
Hoosick Falls
Mrs Mary Warner of North Ben
nington is spending this week with
her brother, T. II. Whitman.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Bartlett of
Providence, R. l., who have been Wis
iting here, have returned home
Pete Lamar that yodling coon is in
town He is to FIJI a three days en-
gagement at the Library theatre.
Mr.. and Mrs T. A. Davenport and
Mrs. Herbert Davenport left this
morning on a motor trip to Hartford.
Conn
Elizabeth. the young daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. +. b. Carver, broke her
left arm by falling down the veran-
da steps at her home Wednesday af-
ternoon
Rev. p L. Dow will conduct the
prayer meeting at the Methodist
church this evening, at the close of
which the monthly meeting of the
official board will be held.
The Union street circle of the NJ
r. church will hold basket picnic
at the home of Edward Roinson, Fri
day afternoon. The members will
take the two o'clock car and get off
at Haynes corners.
Miss Sally Healy has returned
from New York where she attended
the commencement exercises of the
, Teachers college. Her nices Miss
Marie Hallam was member of the
graduating class.
The first red bandanna worn as a
campaign emblem appeared in Ben
nington this morning in the breast
pocket of a travelling man from
\ Springfield, Mass, who announced
? himself as Roosevelt man.
\ Mrs. Rachel A. Carpenter celebrat
ed her S0th birthday Wednesday al
the home of her daughter
1 Mrs. Margaret J. Sibley. Miss
4 Martha Carpenter and her sis
ter, Mrs Carrie Bustt, her niece, Mrs
4 George A. Rose of Hoosick Falls anC
\ her granddaughter, Mrs. Allie White
I We're among the guests. She was tn,
recipient OF many beautiful gifts.
| A small underground stream tina
passes under North street near tn,
\ Ideal Tour garage, became obstruct
ed recently and a force of men wa
J working today endeavoring to remov
y the obstacles to progress and to pre-
= vent the water running into adjacen
cellars. II was necessary to uncove
the stream in several places befor
normal conditions were restored Tn
~ stream lies at depth OF FIVE feet.
Miss Annie NJ. Greene of Woo
- stock, VT, and formerly teacher {
re- modern languages in the Benningto
at high school, has received from Raj
on cliffe College the degree of b. I
ok with distinction (cum laude,) in tn
-, 'Germanic Languages and Liter;
- ture.' Miss Greene's work at Can
bridge has been almost wholly pos
he graduate, and has been recognized .
of very high order. Her many frienC
he and former pupils in Bennington wi
aid rejoice in her wel-deseryed honor.
iot The members of the Methodi
nd church and congregation who grad
i,s ated from the Bennington high scho
aht at the recent commencement will
the rendered a reception at the church
ted the Epworth League tomorrow eve
ing at o'clock. All members of Il
ote League are urged to be present al
,is. an invitation is extended to all mel
ont bers of the church and congregatio
A good musical and literary progra
has been arranged which will be f
,di. lowed by refreshments and soci
so hour.