The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-06-15
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and Village Told
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Young Woman's club this evening.
Isaac P. Walker has purchased a new
Ford roadster OF the Bennington ga
rage.
Mortimer Morrissey began carpenter
ing this morning for lockwood &
Buss.
steven Connolly has returned to
Troy after spending a few days in
town with friends.
Miss Clara King has returned from
Salem where she has been the guest of
Mrs, Fred Livingstone.
Mrs. Philip Jennings entertained at
a card party Wednesday afternoon at
her Old Bennington home.
Marden S Nichols has purchased a
Maxwell automobile from w. NJ.
Marshall of North Bennington.
Mrs, II. G. Chapman Of North Adams,
a former resident, was a visitor in town
Wednesday making the trip by auto
Mr. and Mrs. e. d. Moore are enjoy
Ing weeks vacation on an auto trip
through New England in their road
ste!
Mrs Alice S. Monroe has resigned
her position as housekeeper for c. T.
Burt and returns the nth to her home
in Buffalo, N. Y.
John McKale is moving his family
from the tenement on North street to
the bungalow on Depot street owned
| by William II. Sibley.
Graduation gifts at Evans, late fic-
ton, address books, diaries, Cranes
fashionable writing paper and CORE
spondent cards etc. ADV.
John A. Ryan, employed for some
time past as foreman at the local
freight house, has given up his job to
take position at the Ell Waist plant
Earl Streeter, formerly employed at
the Perry Gardner garage, has taken
a job as chauffeur driving the big tour
ing car of Mr.. and Mrs II. G. Chapman
of North Adams.
Miss Hilda Pratt will give a talk on
The Recreation Movement tomorrow
morning at 1880 to the members of
Mt. Anthony club and their guests at
the club house
The site Of the new Putnam Hospital
was visited by a score OF people Sun.
day afternoon, regardless of the rain
On pleasant Sundays the construction
Of the new building is proving heay.
ily-visited point 81 interest.
Miss Jane II. Burgess and Merritt
Burgess entertained about two dozen
friends at their home on Main street
last evening. The time was pleasantly
spent with dancing and refreshments.
If you want a good laugh see Doug
las Fairbanks in acts of Double
Trouble" also Ford Sterling in the 2
act keystone comedy Following
Fathers Footstep' Iarte Theatre
today. Ady.-
Rev. George S. Mills and Willard w
Bartlett have returned from the gather
irg OF Bennington County Congrega-
tioual churches held in Rupert this
week. Rev. Isaac Jennings was also
present and led one Of the devotional
services
Daniel Hayes, who has been local
manager OF the Great Atlantic and Pa
cihc Tea company's store. has been
transferred to larger store at Brattle
+, boro His place has been taken by
Grant Palmer who has been transferred
, from Ludlow.
! Miss Marion Hathaway has been
awarded the prize OF fifteen dollars of
fered by Rev. Thornton +. Turner fol
" the best essay on The Value of the Cul
tural Studies in Education. Miss
Hathaway is to read her essay Friday
] evening at the Commencement eXer
ciseI
. The officers of the Knights OF Co
/ lumbus have called an important bust
I ness meeting of the lodge in theii
i rooms Friday evening. As business o.
more than usual importance is to b,
transacted the officers are insistan
+ that every member who is in town to
morrow evening attend
AZ the Second Congregational chape
service tonight the pastor will present
the digest OF an address given recent
! ly by Secretary Charles Il. Burton be
j fore the annual meeting of several o
A the National societies. II is an address.
!. which has excited much discussion ant
$ Is important for members of Congrega
tional churches to hear. There will al
so he at this meeting some report from
= the County Association meeting tht
week in Rupert.
The funeral Of Rollin J. Taylor wht
died Sunday at his home on the powna
road following a hemorrhage of tn,
stomach the day previous, was hel,
Wednesday afternoon from st. Peter
church. The service was largely at
tended Rev. Thornton T. Turner Off
ciated and the floral memorials wer,
=. many. The bearers were Walter h
4 Taylor Harold c. Taylor. Roland J
l.. Taylor, Jr, Robert Taylor, Lynn
, Wood and G, II. Pillsbury. Intermen
4 was in Park Lawn cemetery.
e The weather is acting most concilia
8 tory towards the third annual count.
picnic to be held in Nichols grove
$ Arlington, on Friday. June 3Oth tn
r rains are coming every day during thu
S first half of the month, to he folowe,
z. by an uninterrupted series of fair days
d so that we shall feel like exclaiming Il
- the words of Lowell, "What is so rar
d as day In June" The crops will b.