The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-06-20
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Miss Edna Booth, a teacher at the
public school has gone to her home
in Canaan, Conn, for the summer
Mrs. Harvey Scism and children of
who have been guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. John H. Kelly, have re-
turned home.
Captain Daniel Shea of the Ben
nington baseball team has returned
from short visit at his home in
Northampton, Mass.
A regular meeting of the local
brick-layers, masons and plasterers'
union will be held Saturday evening
at 8 o'clock, in their rooms in the
bank building.
Edward Flynn of North street visit
ed his father, John Flynn, who is UNI
dergoing treatment at the Samaritan
hospital, Troy, Thursday. Mr.. Flynn
is improving slowly.
William M. Chamberlain and fami.
ly have begun moving from Wash.
ington avenue to the farm which Mr.
Chamberlain recently purchased on
Mason hill in Pownal
Former Governor John G. McCul.
Tough was in Old Bennington recent.
ly overlooking his property. Mr.. Nc.
Cullough, who has been somewhat in
disposed is improving.
The ladies' of the Bennington So
cialist Local will hold lawn party
at ia Branch street. Ice cream and
cake will be served The public is
cordially invited and are assured a
very pleasant time. 1872
Manager C. A. Wood, of the opera
house, has booked George Evans
Honey Boy Ministries, the largest
minstrel show travelling, to open the
season August 6. This company car
ries over so people.
The ladies of the Bennington So
cialist Local will hold a lawn party
at ia Branch street. Ice orealS and
cake will be served The public is
invited and are assured a
very pleasant time, 1872
A number from Bennington are
planning to attend the county basket
picnic at Furnace Grove, SALISBURY
tomorrow. Persons wishing to at
tend may go on the SIS or 11.05
trains in the morning.
w. d. Walker of New York, who
with his sister, Mrs. l.. j. Taylor of
Portsmouth, Va, has been passing
some time at the Walloomsac Inn,
will leave the first of the week to
attend the Gettysburg celebration.
Whitney theatre today-Pcitures
The Tourist and the Flower Girl, Rex
lrama; The Forgotten Letter, Nestor
irama; The Tenderfoot's Ghost,
frontier comedy; Pear AS a Detec-
i've, Crystal comedy. Tomorrow
The Victory of Virtue.
George MAR, a student at Wesley
an university, Middletown, Conn,
who two years ago acted as physical
director at the Y. NJ. G. A. has been
engaged as assistant secretary of
the association for the summer. Mr..
MAR has many friends in town who
will be pleased to learn of his re-
turn.
Mrs. Frederick B. Jennings has
apartments at the Hotel Plazo so as
to be near her son who was one of
the victims of the railroad wreck at
Stamford, Conn, last week and who
was taken to New York city hos
pital for treatment. The young
mans condition is reported to be
Henry c. Shields, manager of the
Troy Gas and Electric company,
whose family is passing the summer
at Bennington, narrowly escaped in
jury yesterday afternoon when tel
ephone pole that was being put in
place fell into the road just as Mr..
Shields passed in his automobile. The
pole struck the leather top of the
machine and tore it off.
Library theatre today. Come early
IL you want seats TO see two OF the
best vaudeville acts that has ever
played this theatre. Faye O'Neill,
very clever singing and costume
change artist clising with a Scotch
song and dance. Stala & Co., one OF
the greatest European novelty acts
in the business, carrying a dog con
tortionist and ecquilibrist. This GER
tainly is the dog wonder. See the
excellent picture program. Just
Cold" feature western drama by
the Biograph Co.; Buck Richards
Bride, strong western drama; His
Life for his Emperor, feature Vita
graph drama.
An old time letter written by Ru
fus w. Peckham, deceased, who was
for several years one of the associ
ate justices of the supreme court, Il
a resident of Old Bennington, men
tons the fact that when Mr.. Peck
ham was a boy in 1S4S he passed
the summer at Bennington Center
The letter also referred to the tins
when his uncle, DIR. Peckham wa
on several occasions a guest at th'
old state arms house at Old Ben
nington many years ago. judge
Peckham's father, one of the Justice
OF the New York court of appeals
who with his wife lost their lives
few years ago when the Inflated vi
da Harve sank, was for severa
years a frequent visitor at the Wa
loomsac Inn.