The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-09-28
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News OF the Town and Village Told
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Henry Shaw of Arlington spent
Wednesday in town.
Mrs. Claude Taylor passed WednesJ!
day at her home in Arlington.
Mrs. w. N. Brown OF East Arlington
spent Wednesday in Bennington.
Perry b. Gardner has sold Chevro-
let to Henry F. Briggs of White Creek
Mrs. w. ~ Brown of East Airing
ton spent Wednesday in Bennington
The Daughters Of Isabella will hold
dance in Foresters hall Friday eve
ming.
Officers and members of the w. r.
C. are urged to attend the regular
meeting Friday evening at o'clock.
The concrete sidewalk on the west
side of Depot street has been complet
ed as far as the corner of River street
A dance to raise money for the pur-
chase of new uniforms will be held by
Stark Hose Co., b. f. d., in Foresters
hall October 6.
News has been received that Miss
Tillie Marley of Old Bennington who
is convalescent in the Samaritan hos
pital, is slowly improving.
Mrs. l. Manney, Misses Harriet
Nancy and Victoria Temple, Wendell
Carey and Henry Nancy enjoyed an
auto trip to Manchester Sunday
Does 1t Pay to BE Good?" will be
the topic for discussion at the Second
| CONGREGATIONAL Chapel service to-
night. Hour is 100 All welcome.
Ansel Buss of Company NJ was in
town Wednesday evening. He had to
return to Hoosick Falls to remain for
a week or more until the company is
mustered cut.
William d. Pelley left Wednesday by
i automobile for Boston where he will
visit his mother. Early in the week
Mrs. Pelley will return with him for an
extended stay in Bennington.
William A. Root. the republican nom
inee for town representative from Ben
nington, Collins, NJ Graves and hr, r..
|
lington to attend the republican state
convention. The trip to Burlington
was made in Mr.. Roots car.
Ansel Bacon of Sunderland who
drove into the village in his automo-
bile from Sunderland was placed un-
der arrest because OF a disturbance
on Main street Tuesday evening. We'd
nesday he was arraigned in municipal
court, convicted and fined s. and costs,
Mrs f. de f. Wilkinson and daueh-
ter Helen Of Providence, who have
been visiting Old Bennington for a
number OF years are at the Walloom-
sac Inn for months stay.
Bennington Chapter d. A. d. will be
entertained by Mrs T. f. Turner ut
North Bennington Saturday, Sept. 80,
at 800 p m. A paper on Vermont his
tory will be read and delegates to the
state convention will be appointed.
Pro Harold Hazeltine, A. NJ. fellow
: and law lecturer Of Emmanuel college
Cambridge. England. went to New
York Tuesday to begin series OF
lectures on English history and old
English Law. He will deliver the Car
pentier lectures later in the year
Mrs llaZeltine will remain at the
home OF her parents, Mr.. and Mrs
George +. Graves.
Mathew Clarity is in the county
, Jail and may remain in confinement
until after the meeting of the CRANE
jury which will consider the shootin'
] OF William Costello. whose body wa
/ found near the Vermont soldiers hom
crossing on the night of September Ii
\ subpoena was issued for Garrit,
whose testimony was desired in tn
investigation to locate the slayer o
Costello The charge against Garrit
is that of eyading a sobpoena.
The bennington board of trade vii
, hold a special meeting at the Office O
the secretary at o'clock tomorrow @,
ening to take mp the present tenemen
scarcity in the village, Members O
b. the board have not as yet deve
| opcd any definite method of solyin
the problem but they realize that Tn
situation is critical one from bus
|, ness standpoint Every manuiacturin
Il industry In Bennington Is eXpcrienC
!, ing difficulty in securing a suficien
number OF employees to meet the do
s mands of business and 1t is eyiden
that the principal reason for It is tina
there are no houses to rent in the vi
=, lagc.
J The Vermont Baptist State CONVEX
, tion was held at Chester Monday
Tuesday and Wednesday of this weeI
The Baptist church was represents
by Miss IIlda Pratt, Miss Ethel IA,
+, export, Miss Ada Brigham, Mrs. Harr
Moses, Mrs. Alfred Davis and Mr.. II
wart. The convention was one of III
usual interest having among IL
\ speakers DR.. C. A. Barbour, presiden
of Rochester Theological seminar
- and President Northern Baptist COZ
: veniton. DR.. +. 4. Agar of New Yor
: City. DR. George Il, Horr, presider
Newton Theological Seminary, Pro
fessor W. II. Raifety. National Dire,
u tor of Bible Vacation schools of tn
Baptist Publication society. Prof. |
!. X. Rowe OF Newton Center, Mass
Y Mrs. George W. Coleman of Boston
\ Mrs. Montgomery of Rochester n. Y
y Rev. Guy Il. Tamson of Pa. and man
others. A report of the convontio
- will be given at the prayer meeting I
Z. night by those who attended the COZ
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