The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-08-02
THE EVENING BANNER
BENNINGTON VERMONT
Monday, August 2, 1915.
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and Village TOLD
Briefly for Busy Readers

Mrs. Fred WOOD, VINO mas DceH Sel-
iously i'll, is now able to be out
Harold Peart is spending a two
weeks vacation at Lake Salisbury.
Miss Ruth Montgomery of Shafts
bury is the guest of Mrs. w. A. Peart.
Mrs. T. J. Mckee of Port Washing
| ton, L. l., is visiting here for few
days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Hurley and
family are spending two weeks at
Sucker pond.
Earl Williams returned Saturday
evening from Brattleboro with new
| Hudson touring car.
| Mrs. John Purcell is visiting rela-
| tives for two weeks in Hartford.
| New Britain and New York.
Miss Ethel Lawrence of Troy is
| spending a two weeks vacation as the
guest of Miss Jessie LOOMS.
Albert Schwartz, Ned Sibley and
| Alden Graves spent Sunday at Have
| Another Inn near Bis Pond.
Mrs. Maude j. Gregg of Albany is
| passing weeks vacation with her
mother. Mrs William r. Frost.
MIR. and Mrs. Adelburt Hurley of
| Branch street are spending few
days at their camp at Sucker pond.
| Mortimer Townsend of Gage street
has purchased a new Ford touring
| car from the Bennington Garage.
George lShippey of Congress street
has returned from a several days
visit with relatives in Springfield
Misses Agnes and Leona Baker of
Branch street recently visited their
aunt, Mrs. Deweys Gardner OF Pownal
Frank Coy OF Manchester, former
| resident who has been visiting in the
| village, returned Saturday evening.
The Ladies' Aid society of the
| Methodist church win hold their regu
| lar monthly business meeting Mon
| day evening.
Miss Jane Montgomery of Maple
Hill is spending few days as the
| guest of Miss Katherine Hurley on
| Branch street.
The funeral of Algernon Cutler
was held Sunay afternoon at o'clock
at the Woodford City church, Rev. p.
L. Dow officiating.
The financial meeting of the Chau-
tauqua guarantors will be held to-
/ night at eight o'clock at the office of
Holden & Healy.
Mr. and Mrs. A. X. Vondette have
returned from three weeks auto
mobile trip to Mrs. Vondette's former
home, GAINESVILLE, o.
The Troy Y. NJ c. A. boys who
have been visiting here at Camp IL
ium at BARRIERS pond during the
month of July returned Saturday to
their homes,
Miss Edna LOOMS returned Satur-
day evening from n weeks visit in
Troy where she was the guest of her
sister, Mrs. William r. Lawrence.
+! George Kendall, former resident
now employed in the shops of the
General Electric company at Pitts
field, was in the village Sunday
! Deputy Sheriff John Nash, who has
been visiting relatives at Prior Lake,
Wis, during the past month, is eX-
pected to leave Sunday for Benning-
ton,
Miss Bibian Houle and her guest
Miss Bella Herbert of Shaninigan
Falls, p. G.. are visiting at the home
of Miss Houle's aunt, Mrs. A. Houle
| of Troy
Miss Jane Burgess has returned
| from a vacation and resumed her dut
les as stenographer, at Holden
| Healy's Office During Miss Burgess
absence her place was filed by Miss
| Alice Collins.
| Mr.. and Mrs. William II. Lawrence
| of Troy motored to this village Sat
| urday evening for q weekend visit
| with Mrs. Lawrence's sisters Misses
{, Jessie and Edna LOOMS.
| Or. and Mrs. Marsh and daughter,
Miss Lucy Marsh of Troy were the
| guests yesterday of Mrs w. r. Nor
gan. Miss Isabelle Tudor returned
J with them for a short visit.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Il. w. Bidwell and
| two children and Mr. and Mrs. Ar
| thur jenkins, who have been at
''Bidea-Wee" during the past two
weeks, broke camp Sunday and re-
turned to Hartford, Conn.
Willard w. Bartlett, secretary of
the bennington County Improvement
association. spoke at the Methodist
church in Manchester Sunday morn
ms and in the evening he gave an
address in the Baptist church on
THE Abundant Life
Dan" Shea, who acted as field cap
tain for the Bennington club during
the last two years that professions
al baseball team was maintained
here, has been visiting in the village.
He is at present working ut his trade,
piano tuning, with headquarters at
his home, Northampton, Mass
Mrs. George Carey ana son Nend
/ dell and Mrs. Florence La Flamme
started Saturday on an extended trip