The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-08-17
BENNINGTON BRIEFS


l.. DeForest Cone is in Bingham
ton.
Mrs. w. f.. Putnma is in New
York for a few days.
Miss Mildred Bushee of Pawlet is
a guest of Mrs. S. f. Wood.
Mrs. Edmund Brown has returned
from trip to Revere Beach.
Mr. and Mrs. o. B. Moon of Troy.
former residents, are visiting in
town.
Miss Edith Russell is visiting rela-
tives in Hoosick Falls and North
Hoosick
Miss Olive Archibald of Manches.
ter is visiting her sister, Mrs. Reu-
ben Taylor.
William e. Hawks, 3D., who is now
located at South Bend, Ind, is visit
ing relatives.
Miss Margaret McCasfery has re.
sumed her duties at Braman's store
after vacation.
Mr.. and Mrs. Merritt Wood of Rut-
land are visiting Mr.. Woods mother,
Mrs. S. F. Wood.
Charles Hutchins of Burlington,
Ia, is expected to arrive here today
for ten days visit with relatives.
Misses Bessie and Esther DEMO
are spending week with their
cousin, Miss Ethel Derby of Manches
ter. Am n RtE4n
The White chapel Sunday school
will hold their annual picnic Satur-
day, August %. All are cordially in
vited. <ltWI
Mrs. Caroline Clapp of Hacken-
sack, N j., former resident. is Wis
iting at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. III.
b. Hutchins.
Mrs. Mortimer Culliton and daugh-
ter, Eileen, who left here in July to
| visit relatives in Ireland. were book
| ed to sail for America on Saturday.
| The adjourned meeting OF the
board of village trustees for the pur-
pose of considering the new electric
lighting contract will be held tomor.
| row evening.
Miss Carrie Sigwarth, who has
been on vacation OF several weeks
nj her former home. Schaghticoke,
and other points in New York state,
has returned.
l.. c. Holton, the School street
florist, is putting in large heating
boiler which will provide sufficient
| radiation TO eliminate the posseibili.
| ty of loss OF stock during cold wealth.
| er.
j. p Morrissey, c. s. Perry. Fred
l.. Perry. Willard II. Lighthall. J. p,
1 Daley and +. S. Higgins went TO
Brattleboro Saturday and witnessed
the baseball game between the Brat
,leboro and Newport teams of the
Twin-State league. The trip was
made by automobile.
A meeting of about 20 representa-.
tive people residing in the three vii.
lagos of Bennington. Old Bennington
and North Bennington was held
| Thursday forenoon for the purpose
of making a preliminary Red Cross
| organization. The meeting was
called in order that the community
might have basis upon which to
| work when the underworld call
should come. as come it apparently
must, to assist in alleviating the suf-
fering that will develop out OF the
war in Europe.
II is hardly probable that many
| Bennington veterans will attend the
national G. A. r. encampment to be
held in Detroit the first week In
September. Col. Thomas Harmon,
superintendent of the Vermont sold
iers home here, may later decide to
go TO Detroit. He has been in cor.
respondence with Trustee Hugh
Henry OF Chester and II the latter
concludes to make the trip Colonel
Harmon will probably accompany
him. J. NJ. Hyde of the soldiers
home. who was appointed by Colonel
Harmon as a member OF the depart
ment commanders staff, will, attend
the encampment Mrs. Herbert
Marsden. department president OF
| the Vermont w. II. c., is planning TO
go to Detroit and other members of
the local corps may make the trip.