The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-07-16
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has been in town.
The Ladies' Aid society met Thurs
| day with Mrs. Belrose.
James Higgins has a fine patch of
cultivated Strawberries.
A. ]. Dewey and family of Benning
ton were In town Sunday.
Mrs. Mary Smith passed Sunday
at the home Of her son Ira.
Robert Smith OF Bennington was
visitor Sunday in Ferndale.
The rain Saturday night made veg
citation brighter and laid the dust.
Mr. and Mrs. Ward and daughter
of Westminster are at their cottage.
Miss Nina Knights of Bennington
was Sunday guest of Mrs. Nina
Bugbee.
Fred Bowles was a guest Sunday
of his sister, Mrs. Jesse Bugbee OF
the city.
George w. Wood and son George,
and John Belrose were in Bennington
/ Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Philip Endress of
Bennington passed Sunday at Wood
ford City.
Mr.. and Mrs. Norman Sanford of
Williamstown were enjoying an auto
ride in town Thursday.
George Bahan of Minneapolis,
Mimi, and Field Cole were in town
Monday to see old friends.
Frank Boynton and wife of the
city were guests last week of Harvey
Wright and wife of Ferndale.
| Miss Mabel Yornold of Lowell,
Mass, is passing vacation at the
home of James Higgins, her uncle.
Monday was an "even" birthday
for Mr.. and Mrs. James Dinwiddie.
They enjoyed drive to Bennington.
Harold, young son of Henry R.
Ryder of Rutland has come to live
awhile with his sister, Mrs. Earle
Wood.
Mr. and Mrs. ]. l.. Harbour and
son Packard of Stamford were Sun
day guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse
Bugbee.
George w. Bahan of Minneapolis,
Mimi. well known in Woodford, has
passed a week with old friends at
/ Bennington.
The family OF Charles Potter, who
have been at Miss Anna G. Parks
cottage, have returned to their home
in Bennington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Southall and
| daughter of Bennington passed the
week end and Sunday at their camp
above Ferndale.
Horatio Thombley of East Airing
ton was in town last week on bust
ness Although Uncle Horatio is
over so, he is livelier than many a
| boy.
While shoveling gravel Friday an
embankment came down on to VIM
r. Cutler. by which he sustained in
juries that will lay him up for a
| while.
/ Ernest Brown and Misses Geneva
and Martha Ryder of Bennington
and Francis Brannigan of Saratoga
Springs were recent three days yisi-
tors in Ferndale
Mrs. George w. Bowles and grand
daughter. Miss Adele Ketchum of
Bennington and Mrs. Edward Bowles
and son Frank of Cambridge, N. Y,
were guests of Mrs. Nellie Stone last
week
Even some of the July breezes
| give forecast of autumn zephyrs.
Napoleon Lacrosse, Frank Ben
way and Fred Moran of Bennington
have been in town on the way to
Somerset, where they have employ
ment.
|, Oliver Doncette a Woodford boy,
formerly civil engineer for the Bos-
ton and Maine Railroad company at
Hinsdale, N. H., is now located at
Mechanicville, N. Y, for the same
company. Oliver was recently in
town a day at the home of his aunt,
Mrs. James Dinwiddie.
The funeral of Stephen z. Gleason.
who died at the Soldiers home, Ben
nington, last week, was held at the
Union Christian church Friday at
o'clock. Rev. George M. Gerrich of
North Adams, Mass. officiating. Mr..
Gleason was a firm believer in the
Universalist doctrine. There were
floral tributes on the casket. The
bearers were William and George /.
Knapp, George w. Wood and James
Higgins, nephews of the departed
Miss Mary Hutchins of Bennington
sang Mr.. Gleason's two favorite
hymns, THE Ninety and Nine" and
Waiting For Me-" with Mrs. Geo.
A. Wood at the organ. Had Mr.. Glea
son lived until Nov 5th he would
have been 80 years old. He was
born in Rowe, Mass, coming to
Woodford when a little boy. where
he passed nearly all his long life.
Deceased was veteran of the civil
war, and member of George A. Gus
ter Post G. A RI. of Bennington,
who assisted at the grave. Mr..
Gleason's wife. who was Miss Luana
Bugbee, died in November, 1894.
Verify good man has found his
| long rest