The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-09-19
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| CITY Saturday HlSnt ana SUNDAY.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Belrose picked
81 quarts of blackberries on Monday
Miss Sarah Mallory has resumed
work at the Soldiers home at Bennine
ton.
A dinner was given at Hunters
Rest, Sunday at which about 40 par
ticipated.
Albert Fisk and Rollo Crotto OF
Bennington were driving Sunday in
Ferndale.
Miss Julia Green attended the fun
eral of Josiah Bates at North Pow,
nal, Tuesday.
The Woodford Lumber Co. is max
ing thousand large boxes this week
to ship ferns in.
There has been temporary
strike" among the fern pickers,
which has been settled.
Fred Stone was guest of his son
Edward and wife of Bennington Sat
urday night and Sunday.
Ralph Bellinger and Louis Lyman
are two more Hinsdale. Mass, gentle
men here picking ferns.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Boynton have
| been recipients of several valuable
presents since their marriage.
Misses Susan lockwood and Janet
Shurtleff of Bennington had pleas
ant walk to Ferndale last Friday.
Mrs. S. c. Hoag, who has been Wis
iting her niece, Mrs. +. f. Baker, has
returned to her home in Brooklyn.
John Kelly and VIM. Briggs of Ben
nington were in Ferndale Saturday
and Sunday and enjoyed camp
out"
Mrs. George w. Knapp and Mrs
| Geo. |. Knapp have returned from a
weeks visit in North Adams and Vi
entity.
VIM. Bontin and wife of Benning
ton were Sunday guests of their
grandparents, Mrs. Kimball, and
friends.
Mason L. Knapp was guest over
Sunday night of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Plante of Sodom, near North Ben
nington.
Miss Aimee Angus and Miss Helen
Patchen have returned from a few
days stay at Miss Parks residence in
| Bennington.
County Highway Commissioner
Bates of Pownal and Engineer Will
son of Washington, ID. c., were in
town Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Plante and son
Willie of Bennington, and Calvin
Kline of North Bennington were in
Ferndale Sunday.
During the past year Carl Bugbee
has driven eight different horses for
carrying the U. S. mail between Wood
| ford and Bennington.
Leslie Hyde is taking a few days
vacation in Manchester with his
grandmother Mrs. j. W. Hyde at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. George NAL
Tory.
Mrs. Knickerbocker of California,
who has been visiting New York
friends who are summering at VIM.
! Knapp's residence, has returned
| home.
Miss Edna. Dinwiddie was a guest
of her cousin Miss Abbie ShultZ Sun
day at Bennington and Miss Abbie
| returned the visit to Miss Edna Sun
day afternoon.
Mrs. Henry Johnson of Rutland has
been a guest of her daughter, Mrs.
Edward Estes and family few days.
Miss Emily Smith, Mrs. Estes sister,
is here for a vacation.
Messrs. Elmer Murray, Walter Cos
! tello and John Murray of Hinsdale,
Mass, have given up fern-picking
here to engage in the same vocation
In the virgin forests of SALISBURY.
The Ladies Aid society was enter
tanned the 18th inst. at Miss Nc
Nary's of Balsam Border Lake cot
tage This week Miss Anna c. Park
has invited the society to her cottage
| Sunshine.
Miss Alice b. MacNary returned
last week to her Balsam Border Lake
cottage from Saratoga where she at
tended the Pageant, coming via Troy
and Bennington in automobile owned
by VIM. McNary of Saratoga.
Hon. Fred Bagley and Edward
Belknap of Searsburg and VIM. Bel
KNAPP of Pittsfeld Mass, were in
Woodford and Bennington Tuesday.
Edward and William are brothers.
The latter never had been in Wood
ford before.
The trustees of the Union Christian
church have decided to retain the
services of Miss Aimee Angus until
Oct. l, to supply the pulpit as pastor.
Miss Angus is having fine success as
a religious worker and has been a
real help among us.
The terpsic-orean party held in
honor of the election of Geo. /.
Knapp as town representative was a
success, there being 100 present
About one-third of the company was
from Bennington. There was a large
majority of gentlemen present.
Miss Clara Angus of Hartford,
Conn, and Miss Ethel X. Burr of
Higganum, Conn, have returned to
Wesleyan college after a two weeks
delightful vacation in Woodford as
the guest of the formers sister, Miss
Aimee Angus of Balsam Border Lake
cottage.
Two new bungalows, two old
houses remodelled and seven houses
repaired speak well for Improvements
made in the city" this season. Wood
ford is fast growing in popular favor
as a summer resort. SeptembeF and
first half of October is almost always
/ a pleasant autumn season here.
Fred Austin, an employee in the
first National bank of Bennington,
started out one day last week with
camping outfit to see the big dam at