The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-06-05
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Ford car of the Bennington garage.
William McGraw of Hoosick Falls
was Sunday visitor of friends in
town.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Goodermote spent
the week end with relatives in Wood
ford City.
Mrs. Laura B. Cole left this noon for
Burlington TO attend the state o. L. S,
convention.
Mrs. Louis Remington and Mrs. Ed
mund Brown visited relatives in North
Pownal over Sunday,
Miss Carrie Warner of Brooklyn, N.
| Y, is spending a week as the guest Of
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Clark.
Miss Mary Healy who attends school
in Rutland, is visiting her mother,
Mrs. Mary Healy for few days.
Abbott b. Richmond of Brattleboro
is visiting relatives in town for few
days, making the trip in his roadster.
The Bennington garage has sold
Fords to A. NJ Harwood of South
SALISBURY and John b. Mayhem OF
East Arlington.
Frank Meyers, who has been laid up
for several days with severe case of
blood-poisoning has resumed his work
for Harry Vandenburg.
Mrs. Elsie Ketchum, for many years
employed at the Walloomsac Inn, is
seriously i'll with boodpoisoning at her
home on Putnam street.
The first heavy thunderstorm of the
season passed over the village about
10 o'clock this morning and brought
a rain which lasted nearly all day.
Miss Ruth Eddy and party enjoyed
an auto trip through Heartwellville
and the Deerfield valley Sunday, the
car being driven by Alfred Elicit of
the Bennington Garage.
Miss Minnie Levin has secured job
as bookkeeper in the Bennington
Garage, taking the place of Francis
Morrissey who will give his time to
supervision of repair work and driv-
ing.
Miss Flora C. Burgess of the School
of Fine Arts. Boston, had the best
drawing in the woman's life class at
the recent contest. The drawings are
on exhibition at the school the week
OF June 9Th.
The ladies' missionary society OF the
Second Congregational church will
meet with Mrs Helen ]. Thomas on
Washington avenue Tuesday afternoon
at o'clock This will be the last
meeting OF the season.
Attorney Collins NJ. Graves left town
this noon for Chicago to see that the
Republican candidate is properly nomi-
mated. William H. Nichols will also
leave town tonight to attend the Pro
lgressives' convention.
George Hogan, who has recently
been barbering for L. ]. Cummings at
the American House barbershop, has
given up his job and started stand of
his own on North street in the store
recently occupied by the Whitney
cigar stand.
A party consisting of John Morse of
the Phoenix Hotel, Hoosick Falls, VIII
liam Kennedy the well-known burles-
que comedian. Dell LeVoy and Patrick
Cantwell, all of Hoosick Falls came
to Bennington Sunday and will spend
a few days as guests of friends.
Tonight will be the regular business
and social meeting Of the Methodist
Brotherhood, Rev. John l.. Cole, pastor
OF the Methodist Episcopal church of
Cambridge. will be with them as the
guest of the evening and will give an
address. 1t is hoped that every mem
Der will be present If possible.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. j. Murphy and Mr.
and Mrs. William Sullivan and four
children of Amherst, Mass were Mem
orial day guests Of Mrs Murphy's par.
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Lionel Sherwood
Of Riverside. The trip was made by
! auto They returned to their home in
. the evening accompanied by Mrs. Muir
phys daughter, Helen, who had been
the guest of her grandparents for the
week.
A concert will be given by the Maids
of Yesterday" of Pittsfield in the par
sh hall at Walloomsac Thursday eve
ming, June s at 7.30 o'clock. The en-.
tertainment is under the auspices of
st. Anne's Guild of that place which
is sufficient assurance of an enjoyable
evening. Among those who will take
part are Miss Grace Bradley. vioinst
Mrs, Myra Bates, reader Mrs. Arthur
Peacock, violinist and Mrs. Helen Ray
mond, pianist. After the concert dane,
ing will be enjoyed. Tickets 20 cents
ADV.
A warrant for the arrest of Isaac
Leader, who conducts a meatshop on
North street was issued the past week
on charge of selling "decomposed
animal substance" in place of meat
The warrant was sworn out by Joseph
Mario who alleges that he bought meat
OF Leader which was not of proper
cleanliness for food He states thai
he took the meat back when he found
what had been sold him and was re
fused his money. The defendent ar
CUES that Mario is taking this method
to get even on a fight over a back bill
and that Mario bought perfect goods
to return later with meat in filthy
condition which had never been pur
chased In his shop and represented 1
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