The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-09-25
SALISBURY VALLEY

Mrs. S. Center visited at her
fathers Saturday.
Mrs. Newell Bennett was a caller in
the place recently.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Bouplon we're
in Hoosick Falls Saturday.
Mrs. John Peters spent Sunday
with relatives in South SALISBURY.
Hiland Dyer and George Niles were
in the Valley on business recently.
William Shaw of Hoosick Falls is
guest at'the home of F. NJ. Pierce.
S. Center visited at his brothers
Geo. Center's of Cambridge recently
William Dennis of Greenwich, N. Y.
was riding through the Valley Mon
day.
John Pierce of Cambridge was a
guest at the home of Frank Pierce
Sunday.
Mrs. James Bouplon and Mrs AL
bert Andrews were Hoosick Falls WIS.,
itors Monday.
Miss Matilda Brayton of White
Creek visited her sister Mrs. Edward
Bouplon Friday.
Rev. Mr.. Watson of South Shafts
bury, town superintendent, visited
the school Monday.
Rev. and Mrs. ]. c. Mitchell of
White Creek were guests at the home
of George Bouplon Friday.
Miss Jane Pratt is in Cambridge
helping to care for her aged grand
father, who is seriously i'll.
Mrs. F. w. Fuller and son visited
at the home of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Jared Howard recently.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Hicks and son
Howard of Bennington were guests at
the home of F. w. Fuller Sunday.
The H. r. Cushman Mfg. Co, North
Bennington, need Is men at once for
general work in their furn. factory.
Miss Ruth Hicks of Bennington was
week end guest of her sister, Will
helmina at the home of Frank Fuller.
NJ. and Mrs. Frank Sisson of
White Creek visited at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. George Bouplon last
week
John Gordon and Levi Hill of South
SALISBURY called on friends recent
ly and were also successful squirrel
hunters.
Born Sept 20, daughter to Mr.
and Mrs. Ernest Harrington of Green
Mountain Valley, (nee Lena Bouplon)
Of this place.
Oswald Chandler, who has been the
guest OF Clyde Fuller the past two
weeks. returned to his home in Tor
onto, Ontario, Saturday.
James Bouplon and daughter,
Marcia, visited at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Ernest Harrington of
Green Mountain Valley, Sunday.
Mrs. Ed. Pratt was summoned to
the bedside of her father in Cam
bridge Saturday. Owing to his ad
vanced age there is little hopes of his
recovery.
An alarm of fire was sounded over
the telephone on Friday morning at
l o'clock which proved to be the
house owned and occupied by George
Pratt. Charles Peters was passing
the house and discovered smoke is
suing from the windows. He instant
~ gave the alarm and with the as
sistance OF the telephone neighbors
formed a pail brigade and saved the
house Mr.. Pratt was away, but had
left a good fire. An overheated fiue
was the cause. Except for the aid of
friends and neighbors Mr.. Pratt
would have been homeless upon his
return. The damage was slight.
Two veteran brothers, George
Pierce, age 81 years, and David
Pierce, age II years, from Pleasant
Prairie, Wisconsin, were guests of
Mrs. Clara Bailey and Messrs Frank
and Byron Pierce Sunday. These
venerable gentlemen, were born in
Ashgrove. near Cambridge, n. Y,
where they resided until 81 years
ago they started west to seek their
fortune and located in Wisconsin
which has been their home, with the
exception of the service rendered in
the civil war This is their first visit
to their native land and relatives in
90 years. Both are remarkably ac
tive for their years and enjoyed the
scenes of their boyhood.