The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-06-30
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at his home here over Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Dean have re-
turned from their wedding trip.
Joseph McDermott of Schenectady
passed Sunday at his home here.
Douglas Godfrey was home from
Utica, N. Y, over the week end.
VIM. Craven and p. ]. Connolly. of
North Adams visited here Sunday.
L. G. Carpenter of Keene, N. H., is
in town tuning and repairing pianos.
Miss Louise Burns passed the
week end at her home in Hoosick
Falls.
Forrest Vannah of Cohoes passed
the weekend with his wife of Adams
street.
Mrs. r. e. Fieninger of Astoria, l..
l., is a guest of Mrs. Pauline Gold
smith.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chelsea H. Harring-
ton have returned from their we'd
ding trip.
The palace car, berkshire Hills"
made it's first trip of the season to
Bennington today.
Miss Nora Purcell is spending a
few weeks in Sheepshead Bay as the
guests of relatives.
NJ. L. Morehouse and ]. H. Nc
Durfee of Arlington were in town
Saturday on business.
Harold Slocum of Pittsfeld is visit
ing his grandmother, Mrs. Catherine
Scanlon OF Adams street.
Mrs. Burt Elliott of Adams street
has returned from a visit to her sis
ter, Mrs. Walter Slocum of Pitts
field.
George B. Sears of New York, a
former resident, is visiting in town.
Later he will be joined by Mrs.
Sears.
Willis Stickles returned Saturday
from Troy hospital where he had
been undergoing treatment for three
weeks.
Mrs. A. Sher of Tottenville S. L.,
who has been visiting her cousin,
Mrs Minnie Levin, has returned to
her home.
Mrs. P. J. Mcmahon of Adams
street has returned from a visit to
her sister Mrs. Walter Slocum of
Pittsfield.
Mrs. Olga Johnson, who has been
visiting her sister, Mrs. NJ. p. Arm
strong, returned today to her home
in Schenectady
s. A. Burt and daughters, Misses
Ruth and Hazel Burt went Sunday
by automobile TO Southampton,
Mass, for visit.
r, B. Burton of New York, who has
been visiting his mother in Manches-
ter, visited in Bennington Saturday,
on his way home.
Rev. P. l.. Dow, pastor of the Meth
odist church, and family leave today
for Lanesboro, where they will pass
the month of July.
A regular meeting of Catamount
eommandery u. o. G. c. will be held
Tuesday evening. All members are
urged to be present.
There will be a regular meeting of
the directors of the Bennington Base
ball association Tuesday evening at
the Stark hose rooms at s o'clock.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. r. Boyd of South
ampton, Mass, motored to Benning-
ton Saturday and were over Sunday
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. S. A. Burt.
Mrs. Charles Fox of Gage street
was suddenly called to Burlington
by the illness of her sister. She
by the i'll ness of her sister. She was
John f. Waters arrived here from
New York Sunday to Join Mrs. Wat
ers. They will remain in Benning-
ton during the balance of the sum-
mer.
Miss Jennie Henderson of North
Adams, grand seminal of grand
lodge N. e. o. p. of Massachusetts,
was a guest Sunday of Mrs. <. A.
Marsden.
The Young Woman's club will
hold a social dance in their rooms
over the Banner office Thursday eve
ming at 9 o'clock. Admission rs
cents. Adv.
A regular meeting OF Bennington
Aerie, +. o. E., will be held Tuesday
evening at o'clock Important bust.
ness. The presence Of each member
is requested.
Misses Lillian Van Kleeck and Win
ME Elwell, who attended the nation
al Philathea convention at Nashville,
as delegates from the local society,
returned home last evening.
Government Engineer ID. II. Wins
low received word this morning that
second engineer from the depart
ment of public works had been as
signed to Bennington county.
Mrs. E. H. Bloss. aged IS, mother
of the late Mrs. Robert j. Coffey,
died today at the home of her son
George ]. Durham, in Waterbury,
Vt In her former years she had
been a frequent visitor in town.
Herbert Creighton. an engineer con
nected with the bureau of public
works, has been assigned to Benning
ton county and arrived here today
for the purpose of assisting Govern
ment Engineer ID. II. Winslow in car
rying out the numerous pieces OF
highway construction now under way
Mrs. Helen Geddes. mother of Mrs.
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