The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-06-10
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udy evening DIT tHe NOME VI Ndtidi
Whiteley ON Stafford street.
Bennington will furnish two bands
of 30 men each for the Williams col
lege class reunion June 1921.
The residence of Mr.. and Mrs
Samuel Robinson, better known a.
the Uel NJ. Robinson place, has beer
newly painted.
AT Satter's market you will find Q
full line of fancy and staple grocer
les, fruits. vegetables, etc. Prices
lowest in town. Tel. $50. ADV.
The Father Mathew field day com
mittee will meet Friday evening at s
foclock. 1t is important that all the
members of the committee be pres
ent.
An observing citizen counted 81
automobiles and IL teams on Main
I street between the opera house and
Washington street during the band
concert Wednesday evening.
The mid-week service of the First
| dDllSl tllulCll Will nc utlt IDlS eve
ming at 73O o'clock All are invited
to come and participate in the meet
ing. The pastor will have charge.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles e. Rice have
returned from visit with their
daughter, Mrs. Winand Ferrari in
Greenwich, N. Y. They were accom-.
panied home by their grand daught-
err, Miss Dorothy Cole. who will re-
main with them indefinitely.
News has been received of the
death at Seabright, n. j., Wednesday
of Mrs Edward Murphy, Jr., of Troy
widow of former United States sena-
tor Murphy. One OF her daughters
Miss Jane l.. Murphy of Troy, has
been frequent visitor at Old Ben
nington at different times.
According to a statement publish
ed recently in the Insurance Press,
the late A. G.. Houghton of North AID.
ans who died as the result of injur-
les sustained in an automobile acct
dent in Pownal about a year ago, car
ried life insurance to the amount of
S206,727.
Eleven deaths were reported to
Health Officer j. NJ. Ayers during the
month of May There we're cases
of whooping cough, of chicken pox,
II of measles, and of humps. Only
2 cases of diptheria and case of scar
let fever have been reported during
the first six months of the present
year. l
Health officer ]. NJ. Ayres has re-
ceived from the state laboratory Of
hygiene at Burlington the reports on
the samples of milk and cream from
the dairymen who do milk and cream
business in Bennington. OF the 40
samples forwarded all but six were
reported to be absolutely clean.
List of letters remaining uncaled
for at the post Office, Bennington, Vt,
for the week ending June Z, 1915:
Mr. William Brush, Mr.. Edward Bus
hee. Mr. David Dolan, Mr.. VIM. Duff
fly, e. NJ Edwards, Mr.. Silas +. Horn
ing. Mr.. Edward O'Toole, Mrs. Chris
ty Susie, Miss NJ. Helen Russell.
Miss Hattie Wilfrus, 367 South Pearl
St, Mrs. Hazen Young.
Don't fail to take advantage OF the
special price reductions at Joe Lee
wins during Friday and Saturday. All
mems, ladies' and childrens cloth
ing will be sold from Is to % cents
on dollar less than regular prices.
Mems $3.50 gun metal and lace shoes
also gun metal oXfords reduced to
s1.95. Adv.
Next Sunday, June 18th, is Chill
drens Day in the Baptist church.
The Sunday school will hold its exer-
cises in the morning at 1910 and all
the scholars, young and old, are re-
quested to be present at quarter
past ten. The Cradle Roll depart
ment viii have short service at u
o'clock in the chapel and all the chill
dren on the cradle roll should be
brought by their parents at that
houf
Miss Ethel e. Lewis of this village
acted as bridesmaid at the wedding
of Miss Mary Bell Lewis and Lawr- |
ence DEMO at the Advent church in
North Adams Tuesday evening. The
maid of honor wore a gown of en-
broidered lawn and a white picture
hat Particular, interest attached to
the ceremony because of the fact |
that the bride who is only II years
old, had to obtain permission from
the probate court to marry.
The stereopticon views of the state
Boys camp Abnaki on North Hero |
Island in Lake Champlain will be
shown in the Y M. C. A. rooms on
Monday evening next week at p. M |
AS camp leader Clark will be unable |
to be present, the views will be des-
cribed by Secretary Banks, who is a
member of the Camp AbnaM commit |
tee. All boys and their parents are |
invited to be present and especially |
boys over IL years who are thinking |
of camp this year,
The people of Vienna have very |
pretty way of raising money for pub
lie welfare work. The girls dressed