The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-05-04
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and Village Told
Briefly for 2Usy Reacera

6rlef'y for Gusy heAcere
Joseph Lacrosse is working on the
Wellington place in Old Bennington.
Tomorrow being Arbor day and
legal holiday the local banks will be
closed
The village water department is ex-
tending the mains several rods on
Bradford street
The Bennington garage has sold
new Ford touring car to E. G. Farnum
Of West Arlington.
I Mrs. Albert Schwartz is spending
few days as the guest of friends in
Troy.
n The second hand sale at the Congre-
gational chapel viii continue for the
rest of the week. New articles have
been received. Adv.
Frank Sheldon has moved from the
Evans tenement on North street to a
tenement in the rear of the ST. Peters
church owned by Mrs. w. B. Walker
C. P. Dyer of the U. s. Naval Radio
force is at his home here on fur
Tough. Mr. Dyer has since his enlist
ment been raised from Sd class to that
of first class operator.
Joseph Williams, the little son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl w. Williams. has
entirely recovered from case of
scarlet fever and the quarantine was
removed from the house Wednesday.
Miss Mary Devine, the trained nurse
who has been in attendance, has re-
turned to her home in North Adams.
Several young ladies from the Hun
ter private school in New York, ac-
companied by tutor, visited ABen-
nington Wednesday noon. Their "trip
brought them up the Hudson to Tfoy,
thence to Bennington, down to Spring
field, Mass and Hartford and back
to New York They stopped here
long enough for dinner at the local
hotel leaving on the 2.45 car.
The stucco work is rapidly nearing
completion on the Payne brush fac
tory Because Of the large number OF
orders on hand, the company went in
to their new plant as soon as the Roof
was on. The walls OF tile were left to
be covered with cement later. The
construction CT the plant of tile and
stucco makes a repetition of their
recent disastrous fire almost impos-
sible.
Advertised letters: Mr.. August Bel
mont, Mr.. Henry Carpenter, Mr. Ed
ward Cone, Herbert Eycleshymer, Hop
I kins Institute, Alice Blowers, Mrs.
I G. C. Bennett, Mrs. II. Brooktield, Miss
1 Nora Carpenter, Mrs. William Ellison,
Miss Jennie Conroy, Miss Alice Far
rell, Mrs. Daniel Robertson, Mrs NJ,
y r. Roberts, Mrs c. A. Sparrow. These
letters will be sent to the Dead Letter
Office May Is, if not delivered before,
The Junior dancing class re-
ception, which has long been
planned to close the winter series
and which was postponed from
last Saturday, will be held this Satur-
= day afternoon at Library Hall. in the
form of May Day observance with
Il appropriate decorations and fayors
A longer time for dancing will be Civ
h en-. the party starting at o'clock and
y closing at and definite programme
. will be followed. Fruit punch will be
at the disposal OF all and the Benhi
watha Camp Fire girls are PLANNING
to have a candy booth where the.
; will be prepared to dispense tooth
some May baskets in exchange for {
r small amount of coin Any younl
person who has ever attended any o
\ the classes, is invited to this recep
;, ton. To meet the extra expense tel
e cents will be charged Mothers ar,
!; always welcomed to all the actiyitie
J. at Library Hall and if any are at al
Y interested in watching the children
y dance, they are especially invited t
h attend this last affair.