The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-06-16
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6Oc,, SOC, $1.OO the pound.
There viii be a service at the Fern
dale chapel on Sunday, June is, at 3 |
D. m.
Mrs. w, II. Bradford and Mrs. c. II. |
Reynolds are passing the day in Wood
ford City.
Zebra Graves is home from the West
minister school at Simsbury, Conn, for
the summer recess.
Miss Barbara Hall is a guest of Miss
Martha Dewey. A classmate at Emma
| Willard school in Troy.
DR.. John Mattison and party have
returned from a touring trip through
the northern part of the state.
Mrs. Olga c. Johnson and son of
Schenectady are the guests for a few
days Of Mrs. Mark Armstrong of Gage
street.
Henry Monat, proprietor of the
Monat Hotel, Holyoke, Mass, was a
visitor at the home of Leon Lamarre
this week.
Major II. d. Fillmore has returned
! from Burlington where he was an at
Itendant on the recent state conyocation
OF Masonic lodges.
Mrs Harry Cushman, and Mrs. Chas.
Lathrop of Albany are with Mrs. Chas.
/ II. Dewey at Dewey Lodge in Wood
ford CITY for few DAVIS
Mr.. and Mrs. James Downs of Spring
field, Mass, and small son, are stopping
for few days at the Olm Scott house.
MIR. Downs is here on automobile bust
ness.
William Cone attended the com
mencement exercises of the Tibbett
school in Hoosick Thursday evening.
He was formerly a student at the
school.
Dancing Saturday night at Foresters
hall, semi-anual prize waltz, hand
some prize will be awarded to the
couple adjudged the best dancers.
Tickets 25 cents. ADV.
Norman e. Greenslet has returned
to town after spending a few days in
Burlington where he represented Mt
Anthony lodge, f. A. NJ. at the recent
meeting of the Masonic grand lodge
Mr.. and Mrs George J. Halliwell OF
Bridgeport are stopping at the Olin
Scott house. Mr.. Halliwell is here at
tending to the mantelins of machinery
in his new factroy in the Scott estate
property.
Mrs. Chester Reynolds of Detroit
Mich, who was called to Bennington tC
attend her brothers, the late +. w
Bradford, funeral, returns TO her HON,
tomorrow after weeks stay with Mrs
Edward W. Bradford.
A sale of brown, white and graham
bread, rolls or biscuit. cake, dough
nuts and baked beans viii be held a
the Methodist church Saturday ate
noon. Pies and nutbread on order
Orders phoned to 152-W or 26S-M vii
be reserved
Mrs. Jessie Robinson OF Gage stree
motored to Troy yesterday with he
grandson, Duane Bassett, to visit he
daughter, Mrs Ida Bassett who ha
been recovering from a recent operi
ton there. Mrs Bassett is cXpecte
home next week.
The grammer school closed today fC
The summer vacation. The iorenoo
was given over to turning in of mate
ial and cleaning Of desks. The chill
rem returned in the afternoon to +
ceiye their cards which entitle the
to seats in higher grade at the b
ginning of the next term The studen
of the eighth grades instead of dipl
49, mas which are sometimes presented
other places, where given certiicat
of entry to the high school. The
were presented by the principal of q
building and bore the signature
Supt A. w. Narney.
The Parent Teacher ASSOCIATE
have awarded the following prizes
students in the manual training depa
ment of the grammer and high schoI
| in recognition of exceptionally 90
work done during the year: Eigt
Grade-Max Webster hand dri
\ Charles Cole, saw; Selwyn Patch
/ combination tool set. Seventh grade
Il Jordon Farmer, combination comp;
saw Hamilton Bushnell, combinati
II compass saw. Merrill Pleasant, &C
II bnation tool set; Gordon South
II combination tool set
II +. T.. Parlin, instructor in man
II training in the local schools, has
II signed his position and returned to
II home in Adams. From Adams he \
II leave on the 23rd for Chicago. 20
II from there to Seattle. From Sea-
II Mr.. Parln will take boat for CordC
II b. c.. and four day auto trip over
II Chittina.Fairbanks trail will carry
II to Donnelly's road.house. a stage 81
II ping point kept by his step-father.
- will spend the summer visiting his
- ents. The trip will take him aboU
month to complete He left the Il
faculty with a very high recommel
ton as to his ability as teacher i'm
d line and leaves large number
y friends genuinely sorry to sec him
% yer connections.
I'm Chief of Police Brazil did some 9
On work yesterday in catching two sus
X ious characters who arrived in the
SM lage from New York state under
e stigma Of being diamond THE
"a Word was received from Albany
- terday afternoon that two such
kN we're headed Bennngtonward an,
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