The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-10-13
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Mrs. Shepard Fonda and Miss Flor
once Fonda Of Hoosick were guests
Tuesday of Mr.. and Mrs. W. B. Walk
e..
John Rogers and oseph Rogers are
spending the week in Wilmington
working on the farm of Mrs. G. F.
Stonc
Mrs. Martin Manning OF Troy, who
has been visiting her sister, Mrs.
Mary Leonard OF Adams street, re-
turned home today
Mr.. and Mrs. w. II. Phillips of Brat
tleboro, who hive been the guests of
Mr. and Mrs. j. ii. Powers and rela-
tives in North Bennington, returned
to their home today.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank C. Burchard,
who were married last Tuesday even.
ing have vacated Mrs. Buchard's
house on South street and taken up
their residence at Old Bennington
The funeral OF Mrs. John Hogan
was held this morning from St. Fran
els de Sales church at 8 o'clock. The
burial was in the Catholic cemetery.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Nichols, Mrs.
George Stafford and Mrs. George M.
Burt OF East Arlington spent Tuesday
1T the home OF hIr. and Mrs. j. H.
Powers
Ernest e. Bottum, who with John
Elwell is enroute for the Panama
Pacific Exposition spent today in
Buffalo and Niagara Falls, leaving to-
night for Chicago.
William H. Nevils has completed
the installation of the heating system
i'll John B. Harte's new theatre and
the big auditorium was heated by
steam for the first time last evening.
nj. NJ Shoemaker of Cincinnati, is.
reported to have purchased the Pri-+
DRY at Old Bennington of Miss Mary
r. Sanford Mr. Shoemaker has
been occupying the house this sea-
SON.
The funeral of Mary E., the infant
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. James Ly-
ons OF Stafford street, who died Mon
day at the Troy city hospital, was
held this afternoon at o'clock. The
burial was in the Catholic cemetery
George Fl. Moore of Weeks street,
one of the leading farmers of the
town, has lately added to his farm
equipment silo which has been
building for the past four weeks. The
work of filing the same was complet- 4
ed SATURDAY.. sa,l4,g
The directors, Of the Young Mems
Christian Association held their
monthly meeting in the Building last
evening, thirteen being sspresent.
Plans for Improvements and changes
about the building in anticipation of
the coming winters work were dis,
cussed and innovations authorized /
which will be made public at a later
date A
James Peters of SALISBURY was in
town Tuesday with q load of potatoes
for local customers He reports that
because Of the shortage of the potato
crop this year most of the farmers in
the communities north OF the town
are conserving their quantities on
hand and that by middle winter pota-
toes will be higher than in any previ-
Gus season The truck farmers are
supplying customers at present with
only the smallest quantities in order
to make those on hand last as long as
possible.
f. Estabrook has the foundation
built in the Bennington Center GENE
terry for the $1,000 monument sold to
Mr. and Mrs Charles Mason. The
work will be erected this fall. The
foundation for the $4,000 mausoleum
sold to Mrs. Charles Cooper and her
daughter Mrs. "a. S. Stoddard will be
built this fall and the building erect
ed next spring. Both of the above !
are special designs made in the stud
10 of Presbrey and sCoykendall at 1913
Broadway, New York City and will |
be built at their shops at Barre. b. |
Estabrook is their representative.
M. S. Amidon, the manager of the 4
new grocery which has leased the
store in the Elarte Theatre block, is q I
native of Vermont and is well-known
to many local people as being former
ly one of the brothers in the firm of |
Amidon Brothers, the Brattleboros \
grocers. Mr. Amidon comes to take
charge of the Bennington store from
Holyoke and Springfield, Mass,
where he has been employed the
past ten years as manager of depart
ments in both Holyoke and Spring
field branches of the Springfield Pub
lie Market. Mr.. Amidon is married
and has one child. His family have
not yet arrived in Bennington, but
expect to take up their residence
here as soon as the new store is rum
ming smoothly and a suitable tene-
ment has been secured. Mr.. Amidon
expects to open his new place of bust
ness the last of the week. Two car
loads OF goods have been shipped and
will be in place by Friday. The
front OF the new store has been at
tractiVely PAINTED and counters and