The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-01-15
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
Aews of the Town and Village Told Briefly
for Busy Readers

for Busy Readers
Miss Gertrude Jones is ill of the
grip.
Frank Scott of Troy spent the
week end at his home here.
Born today, a son to Mr.. and Mrs.
Carl |. Hendee of School street.
Ladies knit vests at S9c, worth
s1.0O at Mulligan & Roche's. 72t2
Born. this morning, a daughter to
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Swift Of ITO
River street.
$500 boys and young mems over
coats, l6 to 20 years, worth $40 at
Mulligan & Roche's. 1872
Frank McDermott of Pittsheld
spent the week end with his mother,
Mrs. Mary McDermott.
$1,000 buys an $500 overcoat
made by Hart, Schaffner & Marx at
Mulligan & Roches 1872
Miss Bertha Lambert who teaches
school in East Pownal was at her
home here over the week end.
William j. Parish of Schenectady
was a guest over Sunday at the home
of Mr., and Mrs Fl. +, Godfrey.
Mrs Charles Firth and Ms. d. A.
Booth are spending the afternoon
with friends in North Adams.
Mr.. and Mrs A, ]. Cooper and
Miss Mabel Cooper returned Satur.
day from few days stay in New
York.
A bonfire was blazing on Park St,
nearly all day Sunday in thawing out
the frozen pipes to the graded school
building.
Rev. Joseph H. Robinson of Old
Bennington filled the pulpit of the
First Presbyterian church, Troy, al
both services Sunday,
There is to be social dance al
the neighborhood house Tuesday eve
ming, Jan. 16. All are cordially in
vited. Admission 25c.
Have a set of quick shift runners
adjusted to your go-cart. 1t will rur
easier in the snow Woodman has
them at a very low price.
Elmer Shultz went to Troy Satur
day TO return home with his sister
Miss Nina Shultz, who recently un
derwent an operation at the Troy
city hospital.
The Bottum & Torrance Co.. sales
room will be open tomorrow as us
ual Owing to the bad weather last
Tuesday there is an unusually good
lot Of bargains for this weeks sale
A party Of twenty-five will attend
the Sothern, Marlowe, Shakespearian
production at the Empire theatre
North Adams, tomorrow night They
will return by special car after the
performance.
A public installation of Catamount
commandery, n o. G.. C. will be held
Tuesday evening Grand Command
er Blinn, Grand Keeper of Records
and Deputy and Mrs. Charles Miller
Of Boston will assist in the installa.
ton
Miriam Rebekah lodge will hold a
meeting at 1880 sharp this evening
for the purpose of initiation and to
install the recently elected officers.
Deputy President, Mrs. Mary Walker
of Manchester will install the off.
GERS. All members are requested TO
be present promptly.
Mrs Jesse T. Carpenter was pleas
antly surprised Saturday evening by
several Of her friends. the occasion
being her birthday. An elaborate
dinner was served at six o'clock and
Mrs. Carpenter was presented with
a gift on the part of those present,
Mrs. r. A. Booth making the pre-
sentation speech.
All who take the Boston Sunday
papers should read the good notices
in yesterdays papers about May Ir,
win. She closes a two weeks engage
ment there this week Saturday and
comes direct to Bennington Monday
following Orders will be received
on the subscription sale for May Ir
wins engagement here until Tues
day evening at 10 o'clock The sub
scription sale will open at the box
Office Wednesday evening at Z o.
clock. Regular sale at Coles drug
store Thursday morning. II your
name is on the list 1t gives TO the
list subscribers a preference and
costs you nothing to add your name
About midnight Saturday night the
branch water main which supplies
Bennington Center and which con
meets with the main line of pipe near
the corner OF Main and Dewey
streets became closed by frost and Il
was not until Sunday afternoon thai
the employees of the Bennington
Water company were able to repair
the burst pipe. II was necessary tC
dig through three feet of frozer
ground. There was so much frost
presumably due to the large amount
Of rain that fell during the fall anC
early winter, that the digging was
slower than usual. The water pene
trated to the basement OF the Bottun
& Torrance company where II die
considerable damage to a quantity o.
Office supplies.
The following from Saturdays
Troy Times is of interest to Ben
nineton people: Miss Beatrice Wei
lington gave a very pretty card party
yesterday afternoon at her home al
Walnut Grove Place for Miss Juliet
to McConihe Shields and her guest
Miss Esther Mccullough. Their,
were three tables OF bridge the fav
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