The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-03-27
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News OF the Town and Village Tod
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EuNiu hoplt.
d. V. Sweet CT North Adams is Wis
iting in the village.
William Gates of Walloomsac spent
Sunday with friends here.
Miss Mamie Casey has returned from
a visit at Rotterdam Junction.
Edwin Moore has purchased team
of work horses of VIM. j. Hicks.
Regular meeting of the w. r. C.
Friday evening, March 81 at o'clock.
Coming-Helen Ware in mammoth
Blue Bird feature, Secret Love-
Adv.
Henry Ross of SALISBURY spent
Sunday with his sister, Mrs. VIM. Ser
vice.
William Rylie, jr., spent a few days
with friends in Hoosick Falls the past
week.
Miss Gladys Fauley of the Universe
| ty of Vermont is at home for the
| spring recess.
III. MacGregor Richie returned Sat
urday from short business trip to
New York.
George Warren of Rutland was the
guest over Sunday of his sister, Mrs.
| Carrie w. Goldsmith.
Mrs. Charles G. R. Jennings of FL
mira, n. Y, is a guest for few days
of her sister, Mrs. L. c. Bennett.
Mrs. Parker Kinsman, who has been
visiting her niece. Mrs. Carrie w.
Goldsmith, has returned to Rutland.
Elmer S. Bailey, the architect who is
supervising the repairs at the high
school, went to Boston Friday evening.
Henry Mcclure has purchased the
residence on County street formerly
owned by his brother, Edward Nc
CURE.
Miss Isabelle Grant is spending the
spring recess of Middlebury college,
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. George
r. Grant.
The bewitching comedienne Vivian
Martin in five-part film version of the
famous play "Oyer Night opera house
tomorrow. Adv.
Miss Irene Cardinal was pleasantly
surprised by about forty friends last
evening at her home on Mill street in
honor of her birthday.
Galen Miller. who has been with
1.-The Pink Lady on the company's
trip through the south, is visiting his
mother, Mrs George A. Miller.
Miss Florence March, teacher in
| the public schools at South Manches'
ter, Conn, is visiting her mother, Mrs.
| c. B. March, during the spring vaca'
ton.
Miss Vera Gotta and Reed +. Bar
rows, both OF North Adams, We're mar
ried here Saturday night by Rev. Geo.
S. Mills pastor of the Second Congre'
| gational church.
The condition of Rollin j. Taylor,
| who has been in rather poor health
during the winter shows considerable
improvement. He is in Arlington to-
| day ON business.
Judge E. L. Bates, who has been at
| Edward II. Everett's ranch in Texas
| for q number of weeks, was to leave
| Saturday for Washington on his re-
| turn to Bennington.
Miss Beulah Bates, field secretary
for the Y. p. s. c. Il. for the state OF
Maine, is at the home Of her parents.
| Judge and Mrs. L. l.. Bates She will
return to Lewiston early in April.
Miss Bessie Bickford, formerly chief
| operator at the Bennington telephone
| exchange, is visiting in the village.
! Miss Bickford is now matron OF the
rest room at the Pittsheld exchange.
Miss Julia Fisk Friday evening en-
tertained eight couple OF her young
friends at her home on Gage street.
| The young people had an enjoyable
| evening with games and music. Re-
freshments were served.
William II. Ryan, who has been the
| driver of the village team for several
| years, has resigned. The place is be-
ing temporarily filed by Hosea Brooks
| who is also on duty during the night
| at the central FIRE station on Stafford
| street.
Two newly wed young couples get
| separated on their honeymoon. Each
| bride for the time being has to be
content with the wrong groom, and
| there are lot of interesting, anus
ing adventures before things are right
ed in "Over Night" at the opera house
| tomorrow Adv.
| Manager William T. Bissell, Thomas
| e. Fitzgerald and Miss Mary b. Butler
| of the local telephone exchange, re-
| turned Friday from Burlington where
! they had been in attendance upon the
annual convention of the Vermont
| chief operators. There were repre-
sentatives present at the convention
from Massachusetts, New Hampshire
| and New York
Sheriff Frederick Godfrey's aged
| pointer was badly mangled by bull
| dog early Saturday afternoon. The
pointers legs were so badly cut by the
| teeth of the bulldog that for a time 1t
was thought the injuries would neces.
state killing the dog to put it out of
| it's misery. Today the pointer showed
| so much Improvement that there was
| little doubt that it would recover. The
bulldog was unusually vindictive in
| it's attack and refused to loosen its grip
| on the pointer until one of the young
men in the Drysdale store came to the
resuce with stove poker.
| Much local interest was manifested
| in the Willard-Moran fight Saturday
| evening and the Banner office was the
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