The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-12-23
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News of the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers

at the cut price maj net AuF
Mrs. Mortimer Culliton and daugh-
ter Eileen have gone to New York to
spend the Christmas holidays.
r. +. Niles win resume his employ
ment at the Bennington garage Mon
day after a two weeks vacation.
Marshall J. Hapgood of Peru was a
visitor in the village today stopping
off on his way home from New York
Forrest Parsons and Edward Healy
are employed as extra clerks this
week at Mulligan & Roche's clothing
store.
Miss Flora Burgess a student at the
school of museum of fine arts in
Boston is at her home for the holt
day vacation.
Mrs. Annette McCandliss leaves Fri
day for Vergennes where she will
spend the Christmas holidays with
her daughter
Earl w. Williams and &. ID Moore
spent Thursday rabbit hunting in the
mountains northwest" OF the vii
lage. The rabbit escaped.
Miss Mildred Haynes has returned
from the Massachusetts college OF os-
tacpathy in Cambridge to spend the
Christmas vacation at her home here.
Miss Mary Healy of st. Joseph's
school in Rutland has arrived to
spend the holidays with her mother,
Mrs. Mary S. Healy of School street.
f. j. Guashannon has recently com
pleted the setting OF a hve-ton Barre
granite monument for James Hogan
on thgfamiIy lot in Park Lawn Gene
terry,
Alfred Wade. formerly employed by
George r. Graves as chauffeur has ac-
cepted a position in the II. c. White
factory at North Bennington until
spring
Edward O'Donnell who spent the
summer here while engaged on team
work for the Power Construction COM
pany has left for Adams where he
viii sfend the winter.
Don't forget the Christmas eve
dance. Friday. Dec "a, and the grand
masquerade New Years eve. Dec. 81,
in NJ f. o. p. hall directed by Lester
W Barrett. ADV.
Merritt b. Morgan. WHO has recent.
ly been under treatment at the Troy
hospital, and who has been visiting
his sister. Mrs Olds, near that city,
returned to the village the first OF the
week.
Win the members Of the Y. w, c.
who are planning 10 contribute u the
Xmas baskets and who have not yet
done so. please leave their provisions
or money at the White Studio, tonight
or tomorrow morning? 90 aala,
The stereopticonI lecture at the Sec
ond Cohgregationai church next Sun
day evening viii be on "The Master
Brother" or the Coming Of the
King" This is the second in the Sc.
ries in the Social Gospel"
The Second Congregational chapel
service tonight win be at SIS. Sub
ject THE Christmas Gift All who
will kindly assist in the carolling on
Christmas day are asked to meet at
the close Of the service for practice.
II. 3. Perry of West Brattleboro,
who made the cross state trip prior
to the big storm has been obliged to
store his car in town for the present.
He will remain here for the next few
weeks in connection with work on the
Woodford road.
A. j, Cooper. who recently returned
from New York, was obliged to leave
his Simplex car there and return by
train owing to the condition of the
reads following last weeks big storm.
The roads above Poughkeepsie were
impossible for automobiles.
Mrs Mabel Russell who has been
visiting at the home of her father,
Thomas Frazer of Congress street,
for the past two weeks, will leave for
Detroit, Mich, Friday a. m to join
her husband, Frank s. Russell, who
has been employed there for the past
few months.
Ii automobiles are evidence of a
community's prosperity Bennington
has no immediate cali for breadline.
1t is Estimated that over 100 automo-
biles are stored for tho winter in To-
cal garages, nearly all being owned
inside the village limits There arc
also several hundred in private
garage,
The Ford automobile belonging to
tho officials OF the Power Construc-
ton company, which was recently re.
paired after ramming telegraph
pole in front of McCue's Market be
came showed in at the top OF STAN
ford mountain during last weeks big
storm and gang OF men were requir-
ed to shovel it from four feet OF snow
and haul it with q team of horses to
the Remington garage 1t is claimed
that this is the first Ford which has
been drawn into the village by team
of horses since 1SA7.