The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-07-22
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
Ssws Of the Town and Village Told Briefly
Ss< Rsas Resdez>-

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Helen Tompkins of Elm street is |
spending the day in North Adams.
The residences of Mrs. Ella Hough. |
ton on Main street are being painted. |
Miss Gertrude Jewett. of Newton,
Mass, Is guest of the Misses Car
yer.
Jesse w. Buss is ON vacation |
from his duties at Woods printing |
office.
Mr.. and Mrs Frank Mitter of Troy !
are spending the day with relatives
in town. a.4
John McCue has returned from a
few days visit NJ his home In Fitch |
burg, Mass.
The work of surveying for The new
road from the Fay school house to
Bennington has begun.
Mr.. and Mrs. James H. Hunter
have moved from Main street 10 a
house of Lyons street
Or. W A. Reynolds. wife and child
of Albany with several guests arrived
Monday for an outing on Kent hill of
the west road.
Miss Marion Hathaway of Gage
street returned Monday from few
weeks visit with her mother in
Waterford, Conn.
Walter Bender OF New York city
came yesterday for few weeks visit
with Mr. and Mrs. w. J. Hicks OF the
town farm road.
Mrs. Edward Bates has returned TO
| her home in North Adams after a
visit to M and Mrs. julius Bates of
West Main street.
! Mrs. l.. DeForest Cone and little
son DeForest, have gone to Lake
George and the Arirondacks for the
rest of the summer.
William Il. Hawks. who has been
at Hedges Lake. has returned home
for few days He will return TO
the lake for further stay.
Mrs. Thomas Breslin OF Waterford.
sister OF the Misses Mary and Rose
Watson of this village sailed from
Boston Tuesday for the British Isles
and the continent.
Welcome j. Allen OF Cleveland. o.,
an employee of the independence Car
tage and Storage company OF that
Allen of Pleasant street. Mrs. Allen
and children have been in town for
some time.
The funeral of Mrs. Solomon Sher-
man was held from her late home on
Main street this afternoon at . o.
clock, Rev. p l.. Dow of the Metho-
dist church officiating Relatives
acted as bearers The burial was in
the Towslee cemetery at Pownal.
The service was private
Miss Margaret Mclean Eager,
who directed the pageants at Ben
nington. North Adams and Saratoga
Springs. is now at work on the pag'
cant at Utica, to be given August 3,
6. Z and S in Roscoe Conkling park.
over 1000 people viii participate,
many of them representing their an
cestors. who fought at the battle
of Oriskany. in the Revolutionary
war or came To the valley as settlers.
List OF letters remaining mcalled
for ut the postoiiice fo' the week
ending July 20. 1914 Mrs. W. J.
Bashaw, Mr.. Wiley Green, 1876 I'm
ion street; Mr. John Garetty. Mr..
John Hopkins. M. +. S. Harlan. Mr..
c. A. G. Jackson. Mr. Charles H.
Letking. Mr. Harold r. c. Sails. Mrs
l.. Beak. Mrs. Ernest Bordeai. 631
Peck St: Mrs. +. L. Daley. Mrs.
John w. Davis Mrs. Harriet Hay
nes Miss Mary f. Parkman.
About hundred voices are rcquir-
ed for the chorus which will take
part in the committee concert to be
given Sunday afternoon in connec-
ton with Chautauqua week. 1t is
hoped that there will be a large at.
tendance at the rehearsal to be held
ut the Methodist church Friday even
ing. Prof +. T. Long will direct the
] tUul-s All MnO tdll Niltk NlNiliif
hymns are earnestly requested to be
present and assist in making the con
| cert success
Mrs. Titus +. Eddy who died yes
tcrday in New York. was the daught-
er of David l.. Seymour. a prominent
Trojan many years ago She was
bon in this city. She was gradu.
ate OF the Emma Willard Female
seminary in the class OF 1858. and for
many years was treasurer of the
Emma Willard association OF New
York. Besides her husband she is
survived by one daughter Mrs. Laos
Won Cadda OF New York. and by two
sisters. Mrs. s. Fisher Johnson and
Mrs. Charles f. Patterson Of New
York and Bennington. Vt The fun
| eral will be held tOmor -ow from the