The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-12-22
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News OF the I Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers

ing week witb>relatives in Old Ben
ningtOn.
Mr. ana( Mrs. John Fay are spend
ing the Christmas holidays as guests
OF friends in Boston.
William e. Tocmey has returned
to his work in the Firth barber shop
after brief visit in Troy.
f. w. Choate. president of the
Readsboro Chair Co. left this morn
ing after spending two days in the
village
Miss Ella Lyons of Rutland will
spend the Christmas season with her
sister. Mrs James Lyons of Stafford
street.
Henry Walbridge student at
Amherst college, has arrived to spend
Christmas with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs J. e. Walybridee
John B. Harte has been confined to
the house for the past three days with
grippe. He is improved and expects
TO be back at work tomorrow.
Mrs Joseph Fortier of Schenectady
is spending the Christmas holidays
at the home OF Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
L.evins at Bennington Falls.
Miss Julia Hayes of Pittsield is ex-
pected tomorrow to spend the holi-
DAYS with her brother, John Hayes
and family of Gage street
MIR. and Mrs John Campbell, who
make their home on the Colgate
estate, are spending the holidays as
guests of relatives in Boston.
Miss Florence Kendall a former
Bennington girl, now living in Schen-
ectady, is spending the Christmas holi
days visiting relatives in the village.
Walter C. Wood student at the
University OF Vermont, has arrived at
the home OF his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Wood, to spend the Christmas
recess. This is Mr. Woods last year
at Burlington.
Miss Zenobia Royce, who is com
pleting her studies this year at SYRIA
cuse university, has returned to
spend the Christmas recess with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lyman +.
Royce of Valentine street.
Harold H. Bottum, who has been
travelling through Ohio the past two
months for Bottum & Terrence, has
been confined to his home since his
return with quinsy, He was able to
be about for the first time today
Miss Harriet and Miss Frances
Shields have closed their home at
Furnace Grove and after brief visit
with friends in town will leave i'm.
mediately after the holidays for their
home in Troy where they will spend
the winter.
Work on the Payne brush factory
is being pushed rapidly despite the
severity of the weather for outdoor
.workfnen About 90 men are engaged
rearing the walls of the new S0-loot
building which are now up about six
feet. The building is being construct
ed of reinforced concrete and its com
pletion is expected some time in
March.
The sale of Christmas gifts runs to
queer proportions in some articles,
especially in mems wear. Converse
tion with a local clothier this morn
ing developed the fact that the high
est sales to women on presents for
men have run to house coats and bath
robes. These have totalled the most
i'll cash receipts as well as number CT
selections. Another strange feature
in connection with sale of presents
TO men have been neckties Eighty
per cent OF the male purchasers buy
neckties for the other fellow In one
store over 1000 neckties have been
sold, mostly for this purpose.
The ice has become thick enough |
on local ponds to warrant pickerel |
fishing and several winter fishermen
are planning to leave after Christmas
TO engage in the sport on ponds about |
Bennington county and eastern New
York. The Vermont law allows 10 |
hobs to each fisherman, while New /
York gives Is. Bobs in New York !
must be plainly talked with fisher |
mans name and date. otherwise a |
fine is imposed. The hobs are set |
about "a feet apart. Local sports |
claim this will be good year for
pickerel and they are only waiting for
the Christmas business to finish be-
fore hiking out of town with ice axes
and tackle.