The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-07-14
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George B. Sears Is in Woodford
fishing today.
DR.. Montmarguet, chiropodist,
will be at the Colonial Thursday.
ADV.
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy B. Johnson of
|sQld Bennington visited in Williams
town Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs George A. Parker and
daughter are moving from I1oosick
Falls to this village.
Mrs. B. f Lewis is entertaining
her sister, Mrs. o. e. Sampson OF
North Clarendon.
Mrs. Emily White of Union street
has gone to Greenfield to visit her
sister, Mrs. Katherine Green.
The exterior of the Walbridge store
is being painted, the interior having
been finished several weeks ago.
The Golden Cross will hold a card
party in their hall this evening. Adj
mission Is cents. Everyone invited.
ADV.
Pauline Bush and William Clifford
in prize Rex adoption from THE
Spitfre,' The Heart of Cerise" 6
parts) opera house today. Adv.
Mrs. Barney Alguire of Main street.
who was called to her former home
in eastern New York by the illness of
her mother has returned home.
Funny adventures of perfectly
spiritualistic sweetheart. When the
Spirits Moved" Nestor comedy.
opera house today. Adv.
The Daughters of Isabel held "a
card party and social in their rooms
Tuesday evening. Prizes were award
ed to Mrs. Joseph Cunning, Mrs. John
Ineson, David Murray and Forrest
Nannah.
Mrs. j, Levin and Mrs. Katherine
Kaufman of North Adams and Miss
Zema Gould of Boston, who are being
entertained by Mr. and Mrs Morris
| Levin, ST., are on a motor trip to
| Troy and Albany today
| A four reel Imp war drama Court.
Martialed" with an all star cast in
| GLIDING Frances Nielsen, Hobart Hen
ley, Allen Holubar, William Wells
hand, Howard Champion at the
opera house tomorrow. ADV.
| checker party gathered at the
home of DR.. ii. w. Burgess Tuesday
evening and large number of games
were played. The players represent
ed Bennington, Cambridge and Shafts
bury Refreshments were served dur
ing the progress of the games.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wickham and
daughters, who have been passing a
few days at their former home here
before going to Bostonl to reside, left
this morning for tho latter place
where Mr. Wickham's Office has been
transferred from Schenectady.
Charles King, former resident, is
visiting in town. Mr.. King, who is
publisher of the Bayerly. MASS, }
Citizen and who also published a
monthly fraternal journal, was for a
number of years employed in the
press room of The Evening Banner.
| Blueberries will be an unusually
short crop in this vicinity 1t is pre-
sumed that the June frost caught the
| blossoms ON the bushes that bear
| the succnlent little globules at the
| critical stage and as result the ber-
| ries are exceptionally scarce. A few
| blueberries were on sale at one of the
fruit stores Tuesday but they were
| small in size and retailed at 20 cents
| quart.
Each of the four companies of the
| Bennington fire department derived
; the sum of $6950 from the recent
| carnival held at Morgan park combin-
ed with division of the $25 check
sent the department by A. S. Payne
as an appreciation of the excellent
work of the department on the occas-
ion of the brush factory fire. Two of
the companies, the Starks and the
Eagles are raising a fund with which
to purchase new uniforms. 1t is the
intention of the companies to secure
uniforms after the style of those re-
Gently bought for the members of the
Bradford Hooks Such course will
give the department much better APP
pearance on inspection day and when
the companies attend musters out of
town.