The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-07-31
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Mrs. Edward Happelle OF Benning-
ION flats Is confined at her home Dy |
illness.
Mrs Helen Sumner and daughter
enjoyed the excursion to burlington
and Plattsburg Sunday.
Miss Frances ODonnell took advan-
tage OF the Sunday excursion to visit
Burlington and Plattsburg.
The board of water commissioners
George Biggort of North Adams WAS
isitor in the village Saturday.
MIR. and Mrs. James Wood and Cliff
ford Atkins enjoyed the excursion TO
Plattsburg and burlington Sunday
Frank Sission and daughter, Miss
Marion SESSION of WalloOmssc, spent
Saturday visiting friends IL 8ennins-
ten.
Miss Victoria Temple of Main street
vent to TroJ the last of The week
wbere she visited relatives Saturday
and Sunday.
Miss Ruiz Hicks, who has beea
saending few days with her cousin
Earl Howard Of White Creek has re-
turned to her 1ome.
Duane Bassett. with his mother Mrs
Ida NJ Bassett and Abe Nogeck enjo''
CT motor trip to Troy and Albany
Sunday in MI. Basse't's car.
The condition OF Mrs William An
drews, who is ill at her home on Silver
street, remains about the same, with
physician constantly in attendance
Mr.. and MIS- Lawrence Moore OF
Prospect stroaI drove to fownai sun
day morning. AMI spen. the Cay with
| Mrs. Moore's paren,s, Mr.. and Mrs.
Gardne:.
Miss Margaret Pilling who has
been spending some time in Glens
Fails, has returned to spend a few
weeks with her mother, Mrs Robert
Pning before taking up teaching work
in the fall.
Leroy MacCmbor is enjoying a
weeks vacation from his duties at the
Cole clothing store and accompanied
Ward Lyons and Homer l.. Lyons on
fishing trip in the vicinity of Their
camp on the Dunyille stream this
morning.
Mr.. and Mrs Seymour Van SAINT
yoord and two sons. John and Richard,
left town today by auto for months
vacation in their camp in the Adiron-
dacks They took several servants
with them and expect to be away about
month Their son Alexander Van
Santvoord will join them there later
in the season.
The house which has been under
construction on Washington street by
a. II. Winslow and which will shortly
be occupied by MIR. and Mrs. Willard
Lighthal on the south half and MIR.
and Mrs. John II. Powers on the NORTH
side. has been completed AL bat IN
terror decorating and minor finishing.
Carpenters are completing their work
there this week
The many friends OF Mr. and Mrs.
| Wilfred Boureouis, have received
word that they have completed their
honeymoon and reached their new
home in Springfield. Mass. They were
married here on July 22nd at the Sac.
red Heart church. Mrs. Bourgeois
| was formerly Miss Elise Heppelle Of
! Bennington. They spent most of their
wedding trip in Cohoes and points in
York state.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Virgins OF Rut-
land have arrived in the village ana cX-
pect to spend two months here. Mr..
Virgins was 4 former Bennington boy
: and has mnay friends here which he
made while clerking IN the \. $. Hath
! away grocery store in North liennius.
ton. He Is now located in Rutland on
the surveying staff Of the Rutland rail.
| Mrs Virgins will rent rooms and do
road His tWomonths stay mere Is
necessitated by work which the sur
| yeying staff is doing ON the railroad
| | property I'm this vicinity MIR and
! light housekeeping.
II Six masons and about dozen lab
orers have nearly completed the stone
| work on the now Putnam hospital, s.
large number of people who visited
! the Dewey-strcct hilltop Sunday had
| The opportunity 10 see the size Of the
! building by the layout of the founda
| ton walls which are now up about
! four feet A place has been left for
| the corner stone which Is to he set To-
! place on the 18th of August. The
! stone, which has been utilized was
| blasted from the cellar.hole and has
| formed excellent and cheap foundation
| material, The building Is to be =
| shape, running about POO feet north
and south with pOrches and sun-pat.
! Tors on each end. walls Tor whicl'
I have been completed, and an eli on
the west side. The cement work he,
also been completed on the floor Of the
basement for the PARTITION walls
4 Work has also started drawing Ia,
| brick Witch viii compose tdc walls.
Hikcrs expecting to 30 over tn,
Long Trail between Bennington ant
Suatton mountain, should get inlor
nation about the trail between Somcr
set and Stratton from some member
Cf the Green Mountain club who ha
been over Il lately Tho trail from
Bennington through Glastonbury to tn,
J biz dam is In excellent condition AM
. makes an enjoyable outing, but b,
tween the dam and the Arlington
| Wardsboro highway. the water ha
backed up on account of the Snmcrso
dam and guhmprpcd tho trail gpyera