The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-12-28
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News of the Town and Village Told
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Miss Minnie Levin went to Boston |
Saturday for visit.
For sale: Household furniture.
Mrs. R. Lassor, .201 Park st. Adv.
Miss Alice Cunningham of Boston
is guest at the home of John Nc
Cue.
Tickets are now ON sale at Coles
drug store for Lyman H. Howe's tray
eel pictures.
Miss Anna Powers of Cambridge is
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Moore of
Adams street.
Miss A. Courtenanche of Pratt
street has returned from visit in
North Adams.
Miss Helen Cone of the Troy city
hospital spent Sunday at her home in
Old Bennington.
Mrs. William +. Ashton, who has
been visiting relatives in town, has
returned to Pittsfield.
John Burt, who has been spending
the holidays with his wife, returned
Sunday TO Winchenden, Mass.
Miss Catherine Carmody of Mount
st. Mary's academy in Burlington, is
visiting her aunt, Mrs. Thomas Hal
loran.
Clifford Aldrich has returned to
| Rotterdam Junction after a visit 10
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. George
Aldrich of School street.
George Eldred left this morning for
a few days visit in Boston after which
he will enter the Massachusetts Ag
ricultural college at Amherst.
Mrs. Mary Leonard of Adams street
has returned from Troy where she has
been visiting her sister, Mrs. Martin
Manning.
Miss CordeIia LaFranchise of Bal
ston Spa is spending few days with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank La
Franchise of Scott street.
Bennington lodge of Elks will hold
a regular meeting Tuesday evening
when a class will take the degree A
good attendance of members is re-
quested.
Members of the G. A. r. are re
quested to meet at corner of Grove
and Gage streets p. m. Tuesday TO
attend the funeral of our late com
rade, ID. II. Rudd.
George f. Stevens OF New York
was the guest last evening of Phillip
B. Jennings and family who are at
their summer residence in Old Ben
nington for the holidays.
| Mrs Walter Slocum and Flora ana
Harold Slocum of Pittsfeld, who have
been visiting Mrs. Slocum's mother
Mrs. Catherine Seaman, have return
| ed home
Temple Chapter. X. A. NJ. will CON
fer the Most Excellent Master degree
this evening at 7S0. Refreshments
will be served after the work.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard H. Godfrey
who have been spending Christmas
with Mrs. Godfreys parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. II. Livingston, have returned
to Springfield, Mass.
Mt Anthony Lodge F. and A. NJ
will hold special meeting on Tues
day, Dec. 29th 7.SO p. m. for the pur-
pose ii comforting the Fellow Craft
degree.
Charles II. Deley, who has been
passing the holidays with his parents,
DR.. and Mrs. 4. B. Daley has returned
to New York Mr.. Daley who has
been employed in the foreign office of
the General Electric works in. Schen-
ectady. has been transferred TO the
New York office.
Frank B. Yates of New York, well
known former resident of Old Ben.
nington, who recently underwent a
surgical operation for a chronic ab
dominal trouble at the Roosevelt
hospital in New York, has sufficiently
recovered to be able TO attend to his
business affairs.
A candy pull has been planned for
the High school girls fof Tuesday
evening, o'clock, at the Young Wo-
mans club rooms. Each girl is ask
ed to bring five cents. Special Christ.
mas stunts. games. dancing and gen
eral jollifcation is promised.
In honor of her daughter, Miss
Hart Shields, who is at home from
Miss Spencer's school in New York.
Mrs. Henry c. Shields of Old Ben
nington, entertained 90 guests at a
charming tea dance Saturday after
noon at the Troy club. Mrs. William
II. Shields and Miss Ruth Eddy pre-
sided at the refreshment table. which
was prettily decorated with Yuletide
decorations.
List of letters remaining uncalled
for at the post Office for the week
ending December 21st 1914: Mr..
George +. Allen. Mr. Will Brown.
Dunn McCarty Shoe Co. Mr.. Leonard
Forest, A Graham. Edward A. Hall.
John Harrington. John Jensen. MIR
Isaac Levine. S Long. MIR. Albert
Mcdonald (2). Henry Moore. Mr..
Charles Stewart. Fred V. Welle. Mr..