The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-12-28
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News of the Town and villags Told
Briefly for Busy Readers

Miss Ella Kinney of Old Benning-
ton is i'll.
William Scott is i'll at his home on
Valentine street.
1916 diaries, date books, telephone
and calendar pads at Evans. ADV,
Journals, ledgers, day books, files.
Office supplies. Start the new year
right at Evans ADV.
Miss Ella Murray returned today
from Rutland where she has been Wis
iting Miss Mary Donnelly.
Thomas Renan and family of Gage
street spent Christmas with Mr.. and
Mrs Dwight Lowther in Cohoes.
Mr.. and Mrs. Norman Edgerton of
Mccall street spent Christmas as
guests of Mrs Edgertons parents in
North Adams.
William Mclaughlin, whose home
is at the Colonial. has returned after
a Christmas visit with his father III
East Dorset.
New Years greeting cards post
cards. calendars, diaries. line a day
books, addresses, appointments, etc,
at Evans Adv
Earl Dunn OF South Salisbury lost
three fingers of his left hand while at
his employment in the plant OF the
Eagle Square Company in that town
Monday.
The party at the Y NJ. C. A, in hon
or of the young people home from col
lege and schsol will be given at s o.
clock this evening.
There was another hearing at the
probate Office Monday in the matter
of the estate Of the late William R.
Morgan. A purported will was pre-
sented and a date for hearing set.
Notice TO Tahkoneac Camp Fire
Girls! The try-out for parts in "The
Little Princess" will be held tomor-
row afternoon at Library hall at o.
clock. Come and bring ideas for the
party.
Born-A son to Mr.. and Mrs John
s. Frazier in Tomaston, Conn. Dec.
%. Mrs. Frazier was formerly Miss
Nellie Bent of this village where be-
fore her marriage she was employed
in the Drysdale store.
The fire engine was put at work
t,,t g. 60, IN
from the basement of the Bennington
County Savings bank. There is much
water in all OF the cellars on North
street between Main and Pleasant
and some of the cellars ON Main
street were considerably flooded by
Sundays storm.
Advertised letters, Mr.. Archie
Crawford. Mr.. Mansour Eltef. Mr. VIII
liam r. Martin, p. O. Box 43, MIR. An
sin Martin. Master Edmund Moore,
Mr.. Clarence Potter, Mr.. Dyer Sibley
c. W. Woodward, Mrs Isabel Stone,
Mrs. NJ Noss. These letters will be
sent to the dead letter office Jan. if
not delivered before.
The Christmas packages that the
carriers were not able to deliver on
Saturday were all disposed of Monday
and conditions at the federal building
are now normal. 1t was the intention
to make the deliveries on Sunday, but
because OF the storm nothing could he
done during the forenoon. When the
weather cleared in the afternoon the
parcels post teams were out and made
some deliveries.
The funeral services of Michael T..
Slattery aged %, who died at his
home on County street Friday after
lengthy illness, were held from st.
Francis de Sales church at 9 o'clock
Monday morning. He was a son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. John Slattery and was
well-known about the village where
he had been engaged for several
years as a teamster. Interment was
in Park Lawn cemetery.
The employees at the machine shop
of the Olin Scott estate had n clean
ing up job on their hands when they
arrived Monday morning. The wind
storm of Sunday ripped some of the
tin roofing from both the foundry and
the machine shop and considerable
water found its way into the build
ings. Some of the machines were
rusted, but the effects of the moisture
were OF too short duration to cause
any material damage
a force of New England Telephone
and Telegraph company employees be-
gan work Monday afternoon pumping
the water from the underground con
duit on North street. The men work
ed nearly all night and this morning
had reduced the level of the water be-
low the cables. The cables are as
nearly waterproof as possible but
there is enough water in the tubes to
cause considerable inconvience to
subscribers to the local system.
Many people look