The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-08-21
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Ned Kamber of Manchester was in
Town Thursday on business.
Harry c. Shields and family are at
Elizabethtowu in the Adrondacks.
Charles Barnes is at his cabin at
Barber's pines for two-weeks' out
ing.
Miss Jennie Cone has returned
from an extended visit in Boston and
Cambridge.
John Hart returned Thursday from
Lake Champlain, where he has been
spending a month.
A party OF fifteen are spending a
| couple of weeks camping in Woodlord
| Hollow at camp Loafmore.
! Mr. and Mrs. Merit Wood are pre-
pairing to move to Arlington, where
| they will reside in the future.
Rev. NJ j. Looney, rector of st. JOS
eph's church, Watervliet, n. Y, was
the guest of NJ J. Roche, Tuesday.
| Francis and John Morrissey and
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noon for a weeks visit in New York
city.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Wood and son,
Lawrence, will leave Saturday for
Lake st. Catherine, where they will
spend ten-days' vacation.
/ Sister Wilhelmina of ST. Brdget's
convent Watervliet, n. Y. is visiting
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs William
Roche OF Jefferson avenue.
John Craven and daughter, Mary,
of Park street, who have been spend
ing a few weeks in Jersey City and
Far Rockaway, have returned home.
| Saturday only Mems oxfords in
gun metal and patent leather, button
and lace. broken sizes in $500 grades
for $1.00 pair, at Ritchie's. ADV.
At S1.00 pair-one lot of mems
oxfords, broken sizes, patent and gun
metal feathers, button and lace, were
| $500, at Ritchies. Saturday only
! ADV.
Miss Jane Burgess, who recently un
derwent an operation for appendicitis,
is rapidly regaining her strength and
is able to ride out several days a
| week.
/ Reuben Levin of Pleasant street
leaves Saturday morning for a few
days visit in New York city. after
which he will visit In Ithaca, for sew
eral days.
The Cooper Manufacturing com
pany will resume operations as soon
as some new machinery can be in
stalled and needed inside repairs
completed.
| Just received an extremely large
stock of boys school suits, all made
in the latest styles, prices as low as
ever Joe Levin, corner North and
River street ADV.
/ r.. NJ. Paddock and A. r. Hollister
are spending the day at Camp Loaf
more. Mrs. Paddock. Mrs. Hollister,
Mrs Maurice Rudd and Mrs. c. s.
| Buchanan are also at the camp
The young people OF the Wood and
| lockwood families of the village
| gave picnic party at Sand Springs
| Thursday for Charles McMaster of
Rutland, who is visiting relatives
here.
Yesterday afternoon at the play.
ground. the Huckleberry Juniors de-
feated the All-Stars by score of s to
>. in sixinning game. The battery
for the lIuckleberry Juniors was j.
| PURCELL. pitcher. Shaw. catcher: for
| the All-Stars, Mahcr and Howe. pitch
| ers. and n. Morrissey, catcher.
During the heavy thunderstorm
Thursday evening a bolt of lightning
struck the new hen-house just com
| pleted on the poultry farm of John
| Backus of Mechanic road, and entire
~ destroyed the front Of the building.
| BY an accident which happened dur.
ing the day, the pullets which were TO
be placed therein were delayed. 9th
erwise. the loss would have been
| much more severe.
| Among the names listed for the
first cabin passengers on the steam
ship. Noordam which sailed from Rot
terdam last Saturday. was the name
OF J. II. Leveritch, brother-in.law Of
| Miss Carrie White OF Silver street
| There is some doubt as to whether
| Mr.. Leveritch sailed or not as last
week he was known to be in Germany
and it is doubtful whether he could
travel across that country during the
| present war conditions.