The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-08-01
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and Village Told
Strictly for 6usy Readers

Eugene LaFortune spent the day in
North Adams.
Miss Harriet Nancy has returned
from few days visit in Troy.
Albert Norton of New York city is
passing a two weeks vacation in
town,
The program for the girls and boys |
evening classes at the playground has
been postponed until Wednesday |
night.
Guy B. Johnson. who has been in
disposed at his Old Bennington home !
the past week with severe cold, is !
able to be out again.
Mrs w. l.. Warren has reopened che |
tea room in the John Harte property |
on Main street formerly run by Mrs.
II. d. Wattles and Mrs. Margaret |
Hnchey
Rev. Isaac Jennings has returned |
from his vacation on the Massachus-
etts coast and occupied the pulpit at
Old Bennington for the first time sun
day morning.
Wendall Carey, who underwent q
surgical operation at one of the Troy
hospitals last week Tuesday is re-
ported to be making good progress
toward recovery.
Mrs. Elizabeth Norton and Miss
Fannie Loomis of New York city are
visiting Miss LOOMS sisters, Misses
Jessie and Edna LOOMS OF School
street for two weeks.
Mrs Margaret Henchey has left for
| Camp No. in the Adirondacks to 10
the cooking for Mr.. and Mrs. Seymour
Van Santvoord and family who are
spending a months vacation there
S. A. Spencer, Miss Lillian Harbor,
Mr., and Mrs. Charles Green and Mr..
Green's mother, Mrs. Elsie Eddy mo-
tored to Cuttingyille, VT, Monday and
were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Cole in that village.
Walter L, Bingham, a former Ben
nington boy, who for several years
was employed in the Cole clothing
store, is expected tonight or tomorrow
to spend his vacation with relatives
here. He is located at present in St
Louis, Mo.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Lord Hall OF
Saratoga, were in town last Friday.
They were at the Walloomsac Inn a
short time and called on few of their
old friends. Mrs. Harriet Bradford
returned with them for visit at
Shadow Lawn, Mr.. Halls home in
Saratoga.
The construction of the pond on tie
Il. S Balls farm in the vicinity Of
Barber's Pines seems to be the first
of series OF improvements to this
section which will make it one of the
leading camping places in this vicini.
ty. Three camps are now under cou-
struction there, bringing the total up
TO 20 aud several acres are now being
cleared OF lumber and underground TO
make an ideal picnic ground which
can be reached by trolley from Rem
nington without inconvenience.
The managers OF the local Chau;au.
qua wish to announce that the time
limit has expired wherein subscribers
to the season tickets can secure them
on their last-season reservations. A
large number OF people who failei IL
provide themselves with tickets when
the pledges we're made last year want
them and those unclaimed to date will
now be sold Those desiring season
tickets, whether they pledged them
selves or not. can obtain them by ap
plying at William II. Wills insuranc,
oiIicve over the Woolworth store.
Bewteen and o'clock Monday
evening the thermometers in Old Ben
nington dropped ten degrees in TEN
perature, due apparently to thunder
storms in nearby places which failed
however to dampen Bennington. Tn,
mercury at o'clock registered So dc
frees and "a degrees at nine o'clock
There was corresponding drop II
temperature in the lower village q
about tho same time. This morning
broken and the day dawned invisorat
ingly cool and comfortable, much lilt
October.
William b. Hawks. w. d. Policy an
Ward l.. Lyons leave Wednesday a
temoon or Thursday morning 70
Sheepshead BAY. n. Y. where the
will spend the coming week atten,
ing the widely.advertised Stemped,
They will make the trip by automobil,
The Stampede is the transportation {
n frontier roundup and wild west e,
hibition TO New York state under tn
supervision of number of wealth
New York sportmen. MIR. Hawk
has been one OF the leading promoter
and directors. The program begin
Saturday, August 9th and continue
until August 18th.