The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-06-19
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and Village Told
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Louis Levin of Staten Island, n. y,
is visiting his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Nathan Levin OF North street.
Miss Aubrey Cleveland of Bradford
street has accepted employment for
the summer in the telephone Office.
Clarence Miller of Old Bennington
left Sunday to spend a few days at the
Lyons camp near the White Rocks.
Mrs. Frank Wickware of Rome. n.
Y, is visiting her cousin, Mrs. Emily
White of Union street for few days.
Miss Mary Enright of Mccall street
has accepted employment for the sum
mer vacation in the Woolworth store.
Charles S. Mills left this morning for
Seal Harbor, Me-, where he has Sc
cured employment in a hotel for the
summer.
w. l.. Bailey of Colona, Col, is spend
ing several days in North Bennington
visiting at the home of Mrs. Maria l..
Walbridgc.
Miss Frances Mackey of Blackinton
is visiting for a few days at the home
of her uncle, b. a. Quinlan of Wash
ington street
Friday morning at 1890 at the Mt.
Anthony golf club Rev. Thornton f,
Turner will speak on Some Perplexi-
ties of the Plain Citizen"
The Bennington City Band left this
morning for Williamstown where they
will take part in the commencement
exercises at Williams college this af-
| ternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Il. Battles and
| daughter, Margaret, former residents,
now living in Norwich, Conn, are at
the Putnam House for weeks stay in
town.
The class of 1916 of the high school
presented the school with a sum of
money during the exercises Friday eve
ming which will be used to purchase
some thing for the school.
Samuel and Fannie Barber, son and
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. D. P. Barber
went this morning to Portland, Me,
where they will visit their sister, Mrs
ii, +. Dill, for several weeks.
Edward Riley, agent for the Metro
politan Life Insurance company, who
las been in town for the past month
went to Burlington this afternoon
where he will be married Wednesday
| Edward Woodman of Grandyiew St
who has just completed his second
year at the University OF Michigan in
tends to take a summer course at the
surveying camp which is organized by
the University each summer.
| Joseph Welch of South street is OK
pected to return Tuesday from Burline
ton to spend the summer months al
his home. The young man has JUS
completed his second year at the med
cal department of the University o
| Vermont.
Miss Louise Grswold of Rocheste
who has been the guest OF Miss Doro
| thy Carver for several weeks, left thii
morning for Boston to attend the com
mencement exercises at Harvard. Mis-.
| Griswold has a brother in the gradu
ating class.
The funeral OF Mrs. Catherine G
| Kelley was held from her home on tn,
| Burgess Road Sunday afternoon, Rev
George S, Mills officiating. The bea
ers were Edward Burgess and Leon
James and Thomas Kelley and the bu
ial was in Park Lawn cemetery.
Henry Walbridge went this morniu,
to Amherst where he will take an eN
animation this afternoon in militar
training at the Massachusetts Agricu
tural College. Mr.. Walbridge was ca
empt from all his other examination
on account of high scholarship, bu
the military course requires one iron
all candidates.
The statement in Saturdays issu
OF the Banner of the number of hig
school pupils vino would not receiv
their diplomas until next Decemhe
was an error. One member of the elias
Miss Beatrice l.. Handles, who entere
the school late in the term will not re
ceiyo her diploma until December, bu
the remainder of the class receive
theirs last Friday evening.
The funeral OF Mrs. James Murph
was held from St. Francis de Sale
church Thursday morning at 10 o'cloc
a solemn high mass was celebrated b
Father Cahill, assisted by Father Ca
~ and Father Burke of North BENIN
ton. The bearers were Nathan Nj
Carthy, John Baker, John Burke. Pa
rick Ryan, James Cone and Willial
Moore. The interment was in S
Mary's cemetery, Troy,
A brown trout weighing four and on
| quarter pounds was caught in the Ba
tenkill river yesterday by Shirley Wi
liams. The big fish was captured nea
J the Benedict bridge below Arlingto
village. Mr. Williams landed his pri2
on a light fly rod. He took it to til
| Cullinan market where it was on G,
| hibition this forenoon and was see
| by large number of sportsmen. TIL
] fish will be mounted by Mr.. Cullina
| for the owner.
| Perhaps we shall not be a nation {
| movie fiends after all. For there
| a movement afoot here, and there an
| everywhere to give people chance
| develop and express the dramatic Ia
! ent which is said to be apart of I'll
| natural endowment of every human b.
| ing. In Columbus, Ohio, Children
| Play House has been established
| the Chamber of Commerce auditorium
| to provide a permanent place an