The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-08-05
BENNINGTON BRIEFS



Miss Helen Binstock of Brooklyn
is visiting Mr.. MargoIin of the New
York store.
Miss Anna Trombley of Dewey
street is visiting at her former home
| in West Rutland
Miss Beatrice Temple of Fort
Plains is visiting her grandmother,
Mrs. John Temple.
The work of refnishing and repair
ing the local Y. NJ. C. A. alleys is ex-
| pected to be finished today.
Miss Flora Durham is on a vaca-
ton from her duties at the Richie
store and is visiting in Schenectady
Miss Kathryn Jenney of West Main
street returned Tuesday evening
from a two weeks visit with friends
in Rutland.
Mrs. F. d. Milhado of Poughkeep-
sic is visiting here With her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Meyer Margolin of
North street
Master Irving Benjinsohn of New
York city is visiting for a few days
with Mr. and Mrs Meyer Margolin of
North street.
Don't fail to take advantage of the
New York stores sale on all summer
| dresses, value up to $3.50 which are
ON sale for Csc.
Miss Elizabeth belong of Troy I.
| expected to arrive tonight for q sew
eral days visit with Mr.. and Mrs.
| Louis Harwood of Union street.
At the First Baptist church next
Saturday afternoon at o'clock there
| viii be food sale The usual sup
ply Of good food will be on hand.
Miss Geneyieve Keller, who has a
| guest of Miss Josephine Keller Of
Maple street, has returned to Co.
hoes. She was accompanied by Miss
Keller.
Mrs. Edward a. Booth who re-
| turned last week from an Albany
hospital where she underwent an OPP
GRAFTON, is regaining her strength
rapidly.
| Mrs George DeLaurier and family
Mrs Walter Townsend and son Karl
have returned from a ten days camp
ing trip at Mountain View camp at
| Woodford
The Putnam hose company, which
has entered for the races at the Yer
mont state firemen's muster at Rut-
land September Z, Is practicing on a
S00-yard run several times a week.
Miss Mary Gibney of Park street is
visiting for few days with her aunt
in Mechanicville, N. Y. Miss Gibney
was accompanied by her cousins the
Misses Elizabeth and Mary Powers
of North Bennington.
The Lebanon Shakers will make
their annual visit at Old Bennington
tomorrow. They will be at the Wal
loomsac inn and will have for sale a
varied assortment of Shaker articles
including fancy work and candies.
Blueberries have been more plenti.
full this year than in years and of
| good quality and flavor. The blue
berry season is now practically over
and blackberries are beginning to
ripen. The favorite berry fields are
in the white rock sections of Bald
| Mountain.
Miss Jane Burgess, stenographer
at the law office of Holden and Healy
returned Tuesday evening from the
Samaritan hospital in Troy where
she recently underwent an operation
for appendicitis. Miss Burgess re-
covered rapidly from the effects OF
the operation
| There will be a meeting OF the Ben
nington section of the Green Noun
tain club at the Y. NJ c. 4. building
at 1850 o'clock Friday evening for the
purpose of hearing the reports of the
committees relative to the work al.
ready accomplished on the Long
Trail and TO arrange for excursions
to different points on the trail.
The annual fO-days' vacation for
the employees Of the f. z. Waist com
pany went into effect on Saturday.
Because of the nature of its product
the company is unable to release its
employees at different periods through
out the summer and has consequently
established a fixed time for vacations
during which the plant is closed
down.
Letters were received here yester.
day from Judge H. l.. Bates, who Is
the guest of Edward II. Everett at
the latter's European home at Veyey
Switzerland, and also from DR.. and
Mrs. ]. II. Wilson, who are in Vienna
Both letters we're written on the 25th
of July before the situation In Europe
has become at all alarming. The let
ter from Or. Wilson stated that the
high officials of the Austrian govern
ment we're TO hold an important meet
ing on the night the letter was writ
ten, but this was the only reference
to the troubles that have since devel
oped. The letter also stated that Dr
Cedric Sibley had been the guest d
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson shortly bcfor,
the letter was written.