The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-06-06
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Miss Jennie Green of Maple street
is visiting in Rutland.
C. Lynn Wood left Thursday for
New York to spend a week.
Mrs. Rachael Conan of Union St.,
who has been i'll, is able to be out
again.
Chief of Police Brazil is having an
addition built to his house on River
street.
Mrs. Edward L. Stolliker of Troy is
visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. j.
p McGurn.
Miss Edna Walbridge of Hancock,
Mass, is visiting her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. j. Ed. Walbridge.
Mrs. C. S. Morse of South Branch
street and son, Clarence, were in
Troy, Thursday, on business.
Comrade Rieley Dodge of the sol
diers' home left yesterday for So
journ at the Thousand Islands.
Zebra Graves, a student at the
Westminster school, Simsbury, Conn.
is home for the summer recess.
Haviland Sibley is home from the
Westminster school at Simsbury,
Conn, for the summer vacation.
James H. Reid an inmate of the sol
diers' home is spending some time in
the northern part of New York state.
Mrs. Edward D. Moore of Gage
gDII tah Nf OF fhfc
morning at her home, dislocating her
shoulder.
George E. Stevens and family ar
rived Thursday from New York, by
auto, and have opened their summer
home in the Downs district.
Manager Wood of the opera house
has booked Edison's original Talking
Pictures for Saturday evening, June
IA This will be the first appearance
of the genuine talking pictures in the
state.
The funeral of Eugene j. Stratton
will be held from his late home on
Union street Saturday afternoon ct 2
o'clock. The burial WI be in the vii
lage cemetery.
There will be a meeting of the
| board of directCcs OF the Bennington
baseball association at the rooms of
the Stark hose company al o'clock
this evening. A full attendance is
desired.
Following a prayer at the home Of
her daughter, Mrs. Margaret Sibley Of
Main street, at II o'clock today, the
body of Mrs. Rachael Carpenter was
taken this afternoon TO Hoosick, her
former home, for burial.
A small house on the Pownal road,
| owned by Mrs. n. A. Kennon of
Greenfield, Mass, was burned to the
ground Sunday evening, the cause of
which is unknown. The building was
partly covered by insurance.
Heman Robinson of Old Benning-
ton left Thursday for San Francisco,
where he formerly held a position in
the United States mint for 25 years.
Mr.. Robinson may return east after
a sojourn of few mnoths in Califor-
mia,
The entire house for Chauncey Oh
colt has been sold and If the house
contained a larger seating capacity,
300 more seats could have been sold.
Owing to the large sale no seats in
envelopes will be held later than one
o'clock Saturday.
Garrett Helling who formerly lived
in Hoosick, but who has spent the
past few years in Florida, is visiting
his sister, Mrs. Charles A. Knapp of
North Bennington, while north he will
also visit another sister, Mrs Wood
Wenhan at Bath, n. Y.
Mr. and Mrs. James J. Child of
Troy, Miss Mary Child of Albany and
Mrs. Plat of Newark, n. j.. brother
and sisters of Mrs. E. B. Patterson,
accompanied by Mr.. Reynolds of
Troy, drove up in Mr.. Child's auto to.
day to celebrate the 18th wedding an.
niversary of Mr.. and Mrs. +. B. Pat.
terson.
Clarence n. Morse, rural carrier on
route No. 2, who was injured three
weeks ago by getting kicked in the
head by horse is able to be out and
expects to resume his work in a week
| 1tSltT
day to have his eye examined by an
oculist who assured him that the
sight is not permanently injured.
Travel from and to Bennington YES
terday was considerably hampered by
the wreck at Wallingford. The after
noon flyers between Troy and Rut
land went over the Delaware & Hud
son by way of Saratoga and White
hall. Several passengers from Rut
land came that way and others b,
way of Salem and Eagle Bridge
Passengers to New York missed thei
connections generally.
Children's day will be observed il
the Baptist church next Sunda,
morning at 1890. The Bible schoo
will march into the church auditors
UNI at that hour. Daisies and butte
cups will be used in the decorations
The rehearsal of children of the pr
mary department will be held at 2.3