The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-05-13
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
Aews Of the Town and Village Told Briefly
Tor Busy ReaderA

N. Noveck left this afternoon on a
business trip to New York.
Richard McKale has returned from
few days stay in New York.
Misses Anna and Nellie Griffin are
visiting in North Adams today.
A. B. Cummings has returned from
brief business trip to New York.
Peter Longtin is building an ad.
dition to his house on 7Congress st.
Deputy Sheriff F "A. Wilson Of
Pownal was in the village today on
official business.
r. E. Starks, vice-president of the
national state bank of Troy is at
the Putnam house for few days
stay.
George B. Wellington of Troy will
open his summer residence at Old
Bennington the latter part of the
week.
William Bigelow Jennings of New
York and family are established for
the summer at the Charles r. San
ford house in Old Bennington.
Miss Ruth Eddy has opened the
Eddy summer home at Old Benning-
ton and will be Joined by her par
ents later in the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward H. Everett
who have been at the Putnam house
during the past two weeks, left Mon
dow avaninp for Now Xnrk
There will be a meeting of the
board of directors of the Bennington
baseball association at the rooms of
the Stark hose company at 8 o'clock
this evening.
Charles Kendall, former resident
and Charles Reed formerly of Ar
| lington, now employed in the Gener-
al Electric works at Pittsfield, were
in town Monday evening on their re-
turn from two days fishing trip in
Arlington. They had shoe box full
of fine trout.
Cora Mel Patten is an artist, the
equal of whom is seldom seen in a
town the size of Bennington. She
| will be here for two entertainments
| this week and both audiences should
be large.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Harold Hendrix
son of New York city and Leslie
| Lynd spent Sunday afternoon at the
| home of Miss Edna Wyss. The trip
was made in Mr.. Hendickson's new
Packard automobile with Mr.. Lynd
acting as chauffeur.
The copy for the docket to be
used at the coming June term OF
county court is in the hands of the
printers. The docket is not so large
as usual and there are no new state
cases Today was the last date for
the filing OF continuances.
Last Sunday. Whit Sunday, being
feast of the Pentecote, special
programme of music was rendered
by the choir at the Sacred Heart
church. Next Sunday, Trinity Sun
day, the choir will go to North Pow
nal to sing high mass for Rev. Bd
mond Marion.
Word has been received here TO
the effect that upon recommendation
of the quartermaster OF the depart
ment Harold l.. Clements of Troop
G., Third United States cavalry, has
been transferred to the Quartermas-
ter corps and assigned at his present
station, Fort Sam Houston, Texas.
Assistant Judge of County Court
Crosby A. Perry of Readsboro was
in the village today on his way to
Burlington to attend the grand
lodge meeting of Odd Fellows. He
will return so as to be in town on
Friday when in conjunction with
Judge G.. b. Kent of Dorset and
Sheriff Frederick Godfrey the grand
and petit juries for the June term OF
county court will be drawn.
1t is probable that the special
meeting of the village voters to act
upon the amendments to the village
bylaws and charter will be called at
an early date. The amendments will
be published in Saturdays issue of
the Banner according to the vote of
the village at the regular annual
meeting in March. The map and
specifications of the preliminary sur
vey for the proposed surface sewer
for which the village voted a special
appropriation will probably be receiv
ed from the engineers this week.
Once these documents are on hand
and the amendments to the charter
have been published the meeting can
be called at any time.
Outside of the steel ceiling in the
probate office the present repairs on
the interior of the county court build