The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-08-13
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and Village Told Briefly
for Busy Readers,

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Philip T. H. Pierson is spending |
a few days in Peru.
Miss Agnes Carroll of Rutland is
the guest of friends here.
Drs. Austin Borden of Schenectady
is the guest of friends here.
Mrs. Bertha Carr of North Adams
is the guest of Mrs. H. NJ. Richie.
Miss Ethel Sibley has returned
from a vacation spent in Fall River.
Alexander Dragon of the Richie
store is taking two weeks vaca-
ton.
Miss Irene Davis is visiting Miss
Sadie Dunn of Waltham, Mass, a
former resident.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Ball of Pit
tsfield, former residents, are the
guests of friends here.
Miss Elsie Wells of Holyoke, Mass,
who has been a guest of Miss Bessie
White, has returned.
Mrs. Blue of Rutland has been
visiting her daughter. Mrs. John Glib
ney of Union street.
]. NJ. Hyde of the Vermont Sold
iers' Home is spending two weeks
vacation at the Putnam House.
Charles Pillsbury, who has been
the guest of friends here, returned
Monday to his home in Springfield
Miss Edna Lowe of New Britain,
n. Y, is the guest of Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles E. Barnes of Pleasant
street.
C. NJ. Lambert and Son are con
structing a hundred feet of cement
sidewalk about the Bennington Ora
ded school.
Mrs. Edw. A. Shackford and son
Clarence are guests of the formers
sister, Mrs. Frank b. Murphy of
Gage street.
A switch engine at the local rail-
road yards ran off the track last
evening, but was replaced after a
nalt nOur S Work.
Neal Hart of Meanwhile, Wy ming,
eX-cowpuncher and deputy sheriff, is
on visit to his old side-partner,
William E. Hawks.
Mrs. j. l.. McQurk and Miss Dor
othea Evans went yesterday to be
the guests of Mrs. Henry McCor-
mick for the week.
Mrs. Frank B. Murphy and Miss
Irene Murphy of Gage street have re-
turned from a three weeks visit in
Albany and Binghamton N. Y.
Miss l.. Blanche Adams returned
Saturday from Toulouse France,
where for the past two years she has
lived with her sister Nine. Emile
Chabrillac.
Miss Mabel DEMO of Pittsfield,
who formerly resided here, returned
Sunday to that city after having
been the guest of Mrs. F. T. Sexton
for several days.
Miss Lottie A. Wood of Green Is
land is in town to pass a vacation
with relatives. At present she is a |
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Ira Wood of
Branch street.
Lyman E. Royce on Monday re-
ceived word of the death of his sis |
ter, Miss Eva Royce at Ware, |
Mass. Mr.. Royce will go there Wed. |
nesday to attend the funeral
Timothy Evans of New York, who |
has been the guest of his brother, /
Joseph A. Evans, went to Lakewood, |
Pa, yesterday to join his wife who |
is the guest there of her parents.
Miss Harriet Twitchell, Miss Hazel
Twitchell and Mrs. Nelson Murphy |
went Sunday by auto to Westminis- /
ter. We, where they visited Harry |
Twitchell at the Kurn Hattin school
here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fayette Eddy of
White River Junction who were |
united in marriage Monday by Rev
p. l.. Dow. went this morning to
that town by way of Greenfield They |
will reside at White River Junction.
Mayor Harvey r. Kingsley was
nominated for representative by the
Republicans of Rutland Monday eve
ming. He has been secretary OF civ
il and military affairs under Govern
or Mead and is well known in Ben.
nington, especially in Masonic cir
Giles.
Taft Commandery, X. T.. will act
as escort to Mt. Anthony Lodge on |
the occasion of the dedication of the |
Masonic Temple at Bennington on
August 10th. Every knight Tenn
plar is requested to appear in full
uniform at the Temple at 100 p m
as parade will start promptly at 2
o'clock. Visiting Sir Knights are
cordially invited
The annual reunion of the Howard
and Stratton families is being held
today at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Fuller Of SALISBURY Hollow.
Rev. II. A. Durfee of Brattleboro
superintendent OF the State Sunday
school association, who has been
spending a few days in Woodford.
spoke Sunday at he Woodford chapel.
Rev. Warren oMrse, formerly pas
tor of the Old First church, has ten
dered his resignation as pastor of the
First Congregational church i'm
Brewer, Me-, to take effect Sept. Is.
He has accepted call to the First
church of Bellingham, Wash. which
he visited during his vacation lust
ended. He is a native of Dover. N