The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-10-26
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News OF the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers

lew Gays.
, Philip B. jennings OF Old Benning.
ton went to New York Sunday after
noon.
Charles j. Rowe of Brandon has re.
turned home after a few days spent
in the village on business.
| Edward O'Toole of Troy was an
over Sunday visitor of Mrs. Elizabeth
| OToole of Division street. r
Albert Morse OF North Adams is
visiting his mother, Mrs. Jonathan
Morse of North street.
Miss Florence Mosher of Benning-
ton Falls spent the weekend
with relatives in Wallingford.
Susan Robinson left Monday for
Mechanicyille, where she will make
her permanent home.
Mrs. Sidney Surdam and Mrs. Walt
er Gooding of White Creek were
weekend visitors in the village
Cecil Noon has returned from
| weeks visit with his grandmother
Mrs. Ella J. burlington of Pownal
Daniel Robinson of Old Bennington
is closing his summer home prepara-
tory to leaving next week to spend
the winter in New York.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Gilrain of Depot
street have been called to Rutland |
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brother-in-law. c. c. Walker.
Miss Lulu Rising, a neee of Hiram |
Allen, who spent the past summer in
the village, is improving from a re-,
cent operation for appendicitis at a.
Springfield, Mass, hospital.
The minstrel show to be put on byl
the local Masons is progressing satis-
factorily, about fifty rehearsing at
present for the cast. The show will
be put on November 16.
Mrs. N. NJ. Aver district worthy
matron. who attended the recent
Eastern Star banquet, has returned
to her home in Brandon after a short
visit in the village.
}. A Dow district deputy grand
patron. has returned to Brandon at
ter short visit in Bennington during
which he attended the recent o. Z. S.
banquet.
MIR. and Mrs. Rollin Nelson and Mr..
and Mrs. r. F. Hopkins of West Rup.l
ert were recent weekend visitors in !
the village on an auto tour through
Vermont and Massachusetts
Mrs Thomas Holleran spent the I
weekend in Rutland where she at
tended the funeral of NJ. w Everin,
who died in that city Wednesday
morning.
Mrs. Jennie l.. Roberts who hasl
been visiting friends in the villagesl
and who attended the district meetit
ing of the o. E. s., has returned toll
her home in Fair Haven.
Mrs. F. C. Swinnerton, state organ.
izer of the Parent Teachers associa-I
ton delivered an address ON the re-
cent Bennington convention in Rut.
land last Friday afternoon before thel
Rutland association,
Mrs. Charles c. Welles and son OIL i,
Old Bennington motored to Troy this :
from which place they Will =
proceed to New York on the steamer
Trojan enroute to their winter homel
at East Orange, N. J. r.
A. O. Wilkinson, who for the past
seven months has made his home "
n Bennington, left Monday morning "
or Rutland where he will visit for Ii
several weeks. He will make his a
permanent home in South Hadley,
Mass II
DR.. and Mrs 8. r. Wilcox of Main C.
street have been married 81 years II
A year ago they celebrat- CT
ID their golden wedding with fam II
ly reunion at their home at which ii
I'll of their children and grandchild- C,
en were present, W
f. w Dotey of Coleman Station, n
Y. Y left Monday for Rutland after
pending several days visiting in the a
'illage on his annual vacation "
The small son of Charles Hodge of Il
North street who recently underwent v
Va operation for larnygitis and lat Il
IT was threatened with diptheria, is
considered out of danger and mprov- ::
ng, o.
Local, business men who entertain
ID the Brattleboro Board of Trade at ~
he Bennington club a week ago will
'e interested in the following com
nent by the Springfield Sunday Re
ublcan in the Pittsfeld department.:
The visit Of 50 Vermonters, mem-I
ers of the Brattleboro board of trade
0 Pittsfield Thursday night gives one
he, idea that board must be live n
ne. The members made the trip toI
to Pittsfield and toll
springfield and back home again inI
Z automobiles and carried with themt
iov. C. w. Gates of Vermont and
Their state officials. The trip was
made to learn something about road et
uilding and Governor Gates said
hat the members had learned some
he always visited Massa OF
husetts when he wants to learn