The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-07-13
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
&e~s Of the Town and Village Teid Briefly
faS Busy Readers.

Mr.. and Mrs. Philip Bellemare,
who have been visiting relatives here,
have returned to Pittsfeld.
The might before circus" Friday,
there will be dance in Foresters
hall, Goldsmiths orchestra.
Miss Sarah Elwell of East Main
street is visiting relatives in Hart
ford, Conn. for a few weeks.
There will be a watermelon eat at
the Y. M. c. A. tonight at O'Clock, for
the junior and intermediate classes.
About 125 persons. mostly from
North Adams. went on the excursion
from Bennington to Lake George Sun
day.
Gordon Burke, Edward Jenney,and
Burton Powers, who have been camp
ing few days in Woodford, returned
Sunday.
Special meeting of tho Eagle club
Tuesday evening at o'clock. All
members are requested to be present
as there is business of Importance.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Spicer of Me-
chanicville, N. Y, are visiting for
few days with Mrs. Spicer's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J. Ii. Knapp of the Bur
CESS road
Misses Virginia and Madeline
OBrien of Boston. who have been
guests Of the Misses May and Bar
bara Cronin, will return home Tues
day They will be accompanied by
the Misses Cronin.
Jesse Miner of Hinsdale, Mass,
spent Sunday with his sister, Mrs.
w. c. Clark of Grove street. Mr..
Miner returned this morning to his
home, accompanied by Marshall
Clark who will spend the summer
with him.
Frank NJ Wood, the stating con-
tractor, fell from a building Saturday
afternoon a distance of 90 feet. For
tunately he sustained no broken bones
or serious injuries but he was given
shaking up that will prevent him
1. Olh WI MUS iOi oONtih al dhs
All day Sunday there were rumors
of a stolen automobile floating about
the streets but when night came it
developed that one of the partners OF
a local garage firm had loaned car
early in the day without informing
the other. The latter didn't know
where the car was and was natural
~ worried.
The western Union telegraph COM
pany's office is being moved today
from the corner of North and Pleas
ant streets to its former quarters in
the Putnam house block The move
is made to conform with the changes
that are being made throughout the
county to separate the telephone and
telegraph offices which in many
places are and have been under the
same roof.
The thunder storm OF Satu day af-
ternoon, which did not assume more
than ordinary proportions in the vii
lage, was particularly severe in the
outskirts of the town. In the section
referred to as the west end the
wind blew with almost hurricane
force. To the south the lightning
was unusually vivid. The barn OF
Willard Rose Just south OF the vii
lage was struck but the bolt passed
down the side of the building with
out starting fire or injuring any of
the stock.
Among the Bennington people who
left Sunday night on the annual pil-
grimage to St, Anne de Beaupre were
Miss Mary Butler. Mrs Edmund La.
Franchise, Misses Louise and Clara
Pellerin, Ms. Frank LaFranchse and
daughter Yvonne, Miss Eva Lassor.
Miss Eloise Heppelle. Mrs. Abe Be
mott and daughters, Mary and Clara
Edgar Ratell Mrs. Marshall Belle
more, Miss Emma LaMarre, Rev
Charles L. Provost, Misses Georgi-
anna and Clara Christie. Mrs Edward
Bergeron and her daughter and son,
Miss Alice Boutin. Mr.. and Mrs. La
'ANoNs sAbhAA AbiAF AAAhtNc NNAt cRiN
at the local station.
Miss Virginia O'Brien. former
resident. now living in Boston and
who has been visiting in the village
recently, sang a solo at the evening
service held at ST. Francis de Sales
church which was pronounced by
musicians present. to have been of
more than ordinary excellence. Miss
O'Brien is pupil of Charles Bennett.
former resident OF Bennington now
one of the members of the faculty of
the New England Conservatory of
Music. Miss O'Brien in the opinion
of Mr.. Bennett and other members of
the faculty, has shown wonderful
improvement during the past year.
and. in case she meets with no mis-
hap, they predict for he, musical
career far beyond the ordinary.
There will be meeting at 5 o.
clock this afternoon at the Office of
Holden a Healy for the purpose of
making the arrangements for the
proposed benefit for the sufferers
from the Salem fire. There is a diff
ference OF opinion as to the best date
for the benefit and the meeting is