The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-03-13
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers

DR.. J. NJ. Solomon OF Rutland was
| in the village Saturday.
Eugene LaFortune left today for
| weeks trip to New York.
Miss Carrie H. Robinson of Old Ben
nington, who has been i'll with grip, is
able to be about the house.
States Attorney c. V. Paulin of
| Rutland was visitor in the village
today on his way home from Boston.
The directors of the Y. NJ. C. A. are
requested to remember the regular
monthly meeting at the building to-
morrow evening
Reserve sea- tickets for the annual
St. Patrck's night entertainment at
Academy hall are now on sale at Null
ligan & Roche's. ADV.
Miss l.. NJ Barney and Miss Edythe
Buss returned from New York Friday
after weeks visit in that city doing
spring millinery buying.
Miss Polly Harbour, stenographer
at the Orchards, left this morning
for New York where she will be the
guest of Miss Barbara Burt.
There will be an important meeting
OF the directors of the board of trade
Wednesday evening. One of the mat
tiers to be decided upon is to fix the
date for the annual banquet.
Henry Walbridge has returned to his
studies at Amherst College after
spending two-week vacation with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Ed. Wal
bridge on account of illness.
Mrs Harriet Williams has returned
from a stay Of some time in New York
City in the interests OF the Drysdale
Women's Garment store. The new
suits, coats and dresses selected by
Mrs. Williams are beginning to arrive.
The rehearsal of the third act OF
The Little Princess which was to
have been held tonight, has been post
poned until later in the week, probab-
| " Friday evening The first act will
be rehearsed Thursday evening, after
which social time will be enjoyed
Ladies Of the Methodist church win
| serve turkey dinner Wednesday night
promptly at half past six. mere VIII
! be seats for about IT'S with plenty of
mattresses so don't stay away for fear
of poor service or lack OF food. The
turkeys are positively fresh and not
cold storage. The tickets are only
soc and with the prevailing high prices
it would be impossible to get all OF the
good things elsewhere for less than
75c. iseAth t3
A Main street dealer was complain
ing this morning at the rise
in prices on all lines of fishing
tackle Sportsmen the coming season
/ will have to pay from rs to 33 percent
more for their parapherna1ia than for
merly, Even the manufacture of banl-
boo rods has been affected by the war,
an advance of % cents each, wholesale,
being reported Fish-hoolys have gone
up SOC a gross and even fish line ma
terial is growing scarce.
Through the efforts OF Dist. Deputy
c. l.. Sherwood of Rutland, a class
adoption of 80 candidates for Battle
Monument Camp OF Woodmen of
America will be held in Woodman
Hall Tuesday evening. Deputy Sher-
wood has been in this vicinity work
ing for class Of candidates for some
time. Local camps at North Benning
ton and Arlington have accepted invi-
tations to be present. The New Eng
land state deputy. A. 0. Palmer OF
Burlington, has also accepted an invi-
tation to attend.
The two transformers for which the
electricians have been waiting in or
der to connect the Bennington station
with the Power Construction Com
pany's wires from the Deerfield river,
have been taken from the fiat cars and
moved to the light station They are
being put in place this week. They
were removed following Tuesdays big
storm by wagons. AS one of the teams
drew near the light station one of the
wheels sank in the deep snow and
threw one Of them off, spililng the oil
with which, they are filed but not dam
aging the apparatus. The work was
delayed day by the accident.
The members of the executive COM
mittee of the Green Mountain club
held a meeting at the Library Friday
night and voted to finish their section
| of the Long Trail before taking up any
other duties. The following commit
tees were appointed for the coming
season: Publicity. G. A. Mathers,
Edmund Howe, ]. L. Griswold; Mem
bership, Miss Harriet Twitchell, jean
nette e. Perkins, Phillip T. II. Pierson.
W. r. Madison; Trail, f, N. Austin,
Irving H. Hare, William Mulch Shelf
er, Wills r. White, S. b. Hawks, N. S.
Hitchcock; Excursion, Dr. F. S. Pratt,
Mrs. l.. H. Ross, G. A. .Mathers and
Miss Mathilde Vossler.
Edward w. Dewey, son OF Mr.. and
Mrs. c. II. Dewey, has been appointed
superintendent of the factory of the
Bennington Hosiery company, sue
ceeding Henry l.. Field resigned. The
new superintendent is textile school
graduate with considerable practical
experience in the making of knit
goods. He has passed his entire life,
except when away at school, in Ben
nington and has in the community a
large circle Of friends who will wish
him success in his new position. The
industry over which Mr.. Dewey is
placed in charge though new has al
ready become well established and at
the present time, the officials say, the
output is sold for months ahead.
Prof Antonio Mangano, VINO is at
the head of the Italian department in
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