The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-01-21
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
ae~s of the Town and Village Told Briefly
Tor Busy Readers
Miss Tillie Hervey is i'll.

NAioo INV 49, - -
Perry Murphy is i'll of the grip.
Miss Beth Guyot has recovered
from a recent illness.
The Henry NJ. futile company has
purchased a new Berlin coach.
Mrs. Lillian Squires OF Arlington
who has been Ill, is recovering.
Mrs. J. D. Wright Of Manchester is
a guest of Miss Luella Goldsmith.
Mrs. Lillian Squires of Arlington
visited Mrs j. B. Bingham Monday.
NJ. Squires has employment as
night knitter in the Bradford mill.
Richard Cook of the Lyons district
has recovered from recent illness.
George Harmon OF the Bennington
Flats is recovering from an Illness
Clifton Chamberlain of Morgan
street, who has been i'll, has recover
ed
Edward Hart of Springfield, Mass,
passed the week end at his home
here.
Herbert Marsden went to Albany
today to attend the funeral of a
friend.
Walfred Wahlquist has gone to
Manchester, N. H., where he has ac-
cepted a position.
Reginald Sinclair OF Corning. n.
Y, is a guest at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. H. l. Norton, for few days.
Mrs. valdia Tompkins of North
Bennington passed Monday with
Mrs. d. d. Tompkins of Elm street.
Miss Edith Grover, district nurse,
has been confined to the house sever
al days by an attack of the grippe.
Mr.. and Mrs. Percy Russell of Val
entine street, are spending the day at
Perfect Rest" the home of DR.. and
Mrs. S. B. Pike.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Carpenter
entertained a few friends Monday
evening in honor of the 18th ami
versary of their marriage.
Mr. and Mrs. ]. H. Shufelt return
ed Monday night from New Haven,
Conn, where they were called by the
death of Mr.. Shufelt's mother.
Miss Purcell will give the first of
a series of dancing classes in Fores-
| ters hall this evening at o'clock, in
stead of tomorrow evening, as previ-
ously announced.
Mrs. F. II. Ferguson and her moth
er, Mrs. l.. f. LaParle are in Troy to-
day, where they went to attend the
funeral of Mrs. Ferguson's aunt,
Mrs Monroe Goodrich.
George Worthington, Jr., and his
schoolmate, Thomas Woodland, have
returned to New Haven, CT, after
spending a few days at the formers
home at Old Bennington.
The funeral of II. l.. Patchin will
be held from his late home in Old
Bennington Wednesday morning at
1890 o'clock, Rev Isaac Jennings. of
the Old First church, will ofliciate
Word received today from Portland
Me-, is to the effect that the condi-
ton of Katrina Schuyler. who was
operated upon for appendicitis last
Wednesday, is steadily improving
and ner speedy recovery is looked
for
Born, Monday evening, a son to
Mr.. and Mrs. Percy p. Taylor of
Hartford, Conn. Mrs. Taylor was
formerly Miss Adella Endress, daush-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Calvin Endress.
Mrs. Endress went to visit her
daughter this morning.
There will be a basketball game
Wednesday evening at the Y. NJ. C.
A. gym. between the local Senior
Stars" and the Victors of Pittsfeld
Boys club. A preliminary game will
be played between st. Peters choir
boys and boys team from Congre-
gational church.
Yesterday. January 20. was the
39th anniversary of the explosion at
the Bradford knitting mill in which
nine women operators lost their lives
The explosion was caused by the leak
age of gas from a gasolene lighting
plant The disaster happened at 3.15
O'Clock in the afternoon and the bod.
les of some of the victims were not
recovered until the next day. On the
day of the accident the mercury reg.
| istered 70 degrees helow zero