The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-08-05
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and Village Told
Briefly for eusy Readers

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DR.. and Mrs. ". =. rutnam motored
today to Rutland.
Wilfred Wahlquist is employed as
nurse at the soldiers home hospital
Ivan Hunter of Washington avenue
has taken the agency for Tiona oil in
| Hcosick Falls.
| Mrs b. l.. Mahoney OF North Adams
is the guest of Bennington relatives
for the weekend
| Miss Edna Waldrun, bookkeeper at
the Banner office begins a two weeks
vacation this afternoon.
There will be an important meeting
of the local boy scouts at the Y. NJ. c.
A. at 1880 Monday evening.
Thomas Meredith, former resident |
now living in New York, is visiting his |
sister, Mrs. Edward Forcier.
| The p. b. Gardner agency has sold |
a model + international truck to Ed
ward II. Everett for use at The Or
charde.
Mrs. f. st. George Mclean OF I'm
ion street was in fIoosick Falls Friday
to attend the funeral of her cousin,
John V. Quackenbush.
c. r, Mann, the playground super
visor and Oscar l.. Elwell left this al
ternoon for Springfield where they
will spend the week end.
Claude K. Gokay who has been en-
ployed as nurse at the soldiers home
hospital during the past three years
] has given up the position.
The Methodist Brotherhood will
meet Monday night viii every one,
who can, try and be present. A good
: time is promised to all who come.
Rev. Lyman Armstrong, who is Wis
: iting his father Martin Armstrong.
2, left today for Brooklyn. lie win re-
+ turn to Bennington early next week.
The Misses Helen and Margaret
, Dwyer of Denver, who have been Wis
iting in town for several weeks are
i spending a few days at Plattsburg.
q Mrs Rose w. Grigg of the Chautau.
l. qua association is in town completing
IS the arrangements for the Chautauqua
If which begins here next Thursday.
lie Mrs. Mary Adams, assistant in the
n Office of County Clerk j. j. Shaksho-
ID Der, has returned from a three weeks
al stay at Cottage City, Martha's Vim.
yard
William H. Cone of Grandyiew
street. who is employed by the West
ern Electric company in New York
he city is spending the week end at his
* home here.
II The Misses Alta and Irene Buss, and
n Mrs. Frank johns and daughter Ethel
l. of Fereport, Long Island n. Y. left
le today for a few days outing at Pilot
i Knob, Lake George.
" The rev books at the Library the
past week include "Eliham House by
Mrs Humphry Ward; Bars OF IRON
by Ethel Dell, and The Real Motive
by Dorothy Garfield Fisher.
Roy y. Stafford OF Shanghai, China
er is passing a few days in town as the
guest Of Lester II. Nichols. Mr.. Stat
ed ford has charge OF the finances fol
Baptist missions in China
gu During the laying of the cornel
stone of the Putnam Memoir lbs
pital on August 10th the local Masoni,
NE lodge and the Eastern Star wiz al
tend the exercises in body.
- 1t was at one time planned to hold
"a Masonic olambake on August 18th, bu
nn owing to the tcaf that only a small
=, number signifed their willingness
"a 20, it has been indefinitely postpon I'd
"a. A. S. Payne OF North Bennington
ce has been IN Troy this week looking 70
ne more employees for his factory 1t /
,Iv practically impossible to get help 1
m. this vicinity and several of the mill
p ! are behind time on their orders.
eft The Elks will hold a special meetin
Tuesday evening, August s. to decid
ir, whether to hold n clambake on Labo
las, day There has been some discussio
by of the question by few and all int
ested are urged TO be present
MT Mrs Ida A. Gardner and Miss EST
get err Mattison have jointly purchased
nat baby grand ChIeyolet car OF p.
nm Gardner Another recent sale frol
ps., the Gardner garage is baby gran
Chreyolet to S. +. Center of Mort
- Bennington.
Services at the Methodist churC
r Sunday, 1890, preaching by Rev. C. |
u Mead assistant pastor Subject, "Ha,
~ We Done Our Part" Sunday scho
L.. Epworth League $50. There vi
be preaching at the White Chapel
7.S0 Sunday night
i Regular services at the First Bapti
~ church, Rev. w. G. Towart, paste
The morning theme will be "rl
Brook in the Way Sunday school
II noon Evening service at 40. II
theme of the evening service will
subway Philosophy" The pubic Il
cordially invited to these services,
The services at st. Peters chur,
tomorrow. Aug. 6, will. be Holy Coz
munion at 1870 and 1880 n. m. II
subject of the morning address will
up in the Mountaintop with Christ
a Evening prayer ut O'Clock The r,
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