The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-06-21
THE EVENING BANNER
BENNINGTON VERMONT
Monday, June 81, 1915.
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News of the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers

Nathan Madison is spending the
day in Albany and is planning to en-
list in the United States army.
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy B. Johnson, who
have extended their stay at Sea-
bright, N. j., will return today.
Mr. and Mrs. r. C. Reynolds of
Troy were the guests Sunday of Mrs.
Charles Il. Welles at Old Bennington.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. ]. Elwell of East
Main street spent Sunday visiting in
Searsburg, making the trip by team
Mrs. Charles r. Sanford has return
ed from Wallingford where she has
been visiting her daughter, Mrs. Will
liam b. Jennings.
II. Il. Larrabee, Frank N. Evans,
Willard II. Lighthall and Herbert
Small took an automobile trip to Me-
chanicville Sunday.
Miss Minnie Wellington and Miss
Grace Wellington OF New York are
visiting their brother, George b. Wei
lington at Old Bennington.
Judge o. NJ. Barber of the United
States court of customs appeals and
family are at the Walloomsac Inn at
Old Bennington for the summer
Mclean Stakeholder of South
street went Saturday to Burlington
and from that city to Camp Abenald,
where he will spend part of his
summer vacation
Mrs. Hay of New York, widow of
the late Silas Hay, is at the Walloom
sac Inn Mr.. and Mrs. Hay were
summer guests at the Walloomsac
for number of years.
Zebra Graves, Ralph f.. Sherwin
and Joseph Brann were among those
who are attending the Dartmouth
Williams baseball game at Williams
town this afternoon.
Frank Bibbitt, who has been a
student at the Massachusetts, Agricult
ural college in Amherst, Mass, for
the past year, has accepted employ
ment for the summer at the Wal
bridge homestead at Bennington
Falls.
Edward Parlin. who taught manual
training in the graded and high
school during the past year. left Sat
uday for Adams where he will spend
the summer vacation at his home in
that city.
D. l.. Judd, who taught the CONNER
cial department of the local high
school during the past year. returned
this morning to his home in West
Hampton, Mass, wher he will spend
the summer.
A special conclaye of Taft com
mandery will be held in the Masonic
temple this evening for the purpose
Of comforting the Order of the Temp
le Sir Knights are requested to as
semble in full uniform at $50 sharp.
Mr.. and Mrs Harold Payson of
Portland. Me, are at the Walloomsac
Inn, Old Bennington. Mrs, Payson
was Miss Dorothy Norton of Benning-
ton Mrs Payson is attending the
commencement exercises at Williams
college
Miss Edna Wabridge, who is at
tending the Pratt institute in Brook
Ign, will arrive in Troy today and to-
ton with her sister Mrs. X. NJ. Pad
dock, who has sufficiently recovered
from her operation at the Samaritan
hospital on June IL to be brought
home
Miss Anna Murphy of Beach street
and William Keefe of Rutland were
united in marriage at the parochial
residence of St. Francis de Sales
church by Rev. r. X. Carly this morn
ing. After their wedding trip, Mr..
and Mrs Keefe vii reside in Benning
ton. Both bride and bridegroom
have many friends in Bennington
who wish them all future happiness.
Harry Roebuck, who is manufactur
ing an automobile accessory in Troy,
is in the village for a few days. Mr..
Roebuck was located here during the
summer of 1912 and was one of the
passengers on the local train over
the North Bennington branch which
colided with the milk train on the
evening of September Z. He was
considerably injured and unable to
work for several months.
Dewitt T.. Lewis and Samuel Pat
terson started Sunday morning on
their motorcycles for trip over the
Mohawk trail. Enjoying the scenery
they continued on to Westfield via of
Northampton and Mt. Tom. The
roads in this vicinity were badly
washed out in several places due to
the very heavy early morning rain
fall The return trip over Jacobs
Ladder from Westfield was made in
hours and 90 minutes. The entire
trip amounted to 210 miles.
The remains of John f. A. Ditty
who enlisted from Waitsfield in the
Second Vermont regiment of volun-
teers during the civil war, were buri-
ed in the cemetery at the Soldiers
home today. The veteran, who had
an excellent record during the war,
was brought to the home in an auto
mobile on June IL from Bethel. He