The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-08-18
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News of the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers


Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Russell have
returned from visit in Troy.
Special two-part Majestic romance
"a Mountain Girl, opera house to-
day. Adv.
MacLean Stakeholder of South
street is spending a few days in New
York city.
Dr. Frank Grennan Of Schenectady
motored to Bennington and return
Tuesday.
There will be a social dance a
Summit hall, Pownal Center this
evening. Adv.
Tho village schools will open OF
September 18th, three weeks from
Tuesday.
Frand Lloyd in a Laemmle drama
IAN Arrangement with Fate, opera
house today. Adv.
Mrs. e. l.. Lambert and son, Milton
weeks visit in Chatham.
Frances Nelson in an Imp comedy
drama Her Wonderful Day opera
house today. Adv.
Miss Bernetta Miller of New York
City is the guest of Miss Fannie
LOOMS of School street
~~.r.-
Earl w. Williams went this morn
ing to Brattleboro where he will
spend day or two on business.
Miss Agnes and Miss Teresa Monat
went today to pass few weeks va
cation in Burlington and Montreal
Miss Bertha Ryder of West Brattle-
boro is visiting her aunt, Mrs Ar
thur l.. Gore of Branch street extern
sion.
Billie Richie, the funniest man on
The screen in a two-part comedy, "A
Doomed Hero"-opera house today.
Adv.
Edward Woodman and Raymond
Resseguie left this morning for
few days camping trip at Sucker
pond.
At o'clock this morning the Their
mometer registered AZ degrees, only
fifteen degrees above the freezing
point
Miss Phyllis Bond of Grafton is Wis
iting here for a few weeks at the
home of J. Il. Walbridge at Benning-
ton Falls.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. NJ. Palmer have re-
turned to East Orange, n. j., after
a visit to their daughter, Mrs. L. II.
Nichols.
Miss Judith VialI,of Cleveland, a
former resident is visiting here for
q few days with her .aupts Mrs. c. w.
Evans of Grandyiew street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph McDermott
ana Raymond Quinian returned Taes-
day afternoon for q few days stay at
Brant Lakg, N. Y.
Mrs. Mary Ann Green and grand
daughter. Rose, are spending a
with Mrs. Green's nephew,
Samuel a. Noyes and wife of County
stree&
Miss Velma James Of Floral Park,
N. Y, who is visiting here at the
home Of Mrs. Anna Madison on
School street this afternoon enter
tanned a number OF her girl friends.
Mrs. Robert Gardner returned
home Tuesday from the Samaritan
hospital in Troy where she had been
surgical treatment. Her
is much improved.
A special business meeting of the
Ladies' Aid society of the M. f.
church will be held directly after
prayer meeting Thursday evening.
The leader of each circle is urged to
bo present.
A horse owned and driven by Theo-
dore Carpenter fell on the pavement
on North street this morning and it
WIS necessary to unharness the, ami
NAL before he could regain his feet.
No damage was done to either the
horse or the wagon.
Yesterday afternoon Edward Jen-
ney defeated l.. Pellerin at tennis in
two successive sets with the scores
6-1 and co This match was one of
the last of the semi-dnals and the
final contest will probably be played
off the first of next week
Despondent because of the death of
a friend with Bright's disease and
that he himself was SINH
Iarly afflicted, Sylvester Eddy, re-
tired Wallingford farmer, committed
suicide in bedroom in his home
Tuesday morning by blowing the left
side of his head off with a rifle. His
Charles Green of Benning-
ton, who was visiting at the Eddy
home, heard the shot and found Mr..
Eddy dead Mr. Eddy had arisen as
usual in the morning and eaten
breakfast He went to Wallingford
village, drank glass of soda water
and then returned to his home and |
ended his life. His wife, daughter
and son, Oscar Eddy of Wallingiord,
EAST ARLINGTON