The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-09-14
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and Village Told
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Edward McCue is attending the fair
in Manchester today
Frank Smith was among those at
thte Cambridge fair Wednesday.
Othello Partenope returned Wednes
day from vacation spent in Spring
field.
S. b. Hawks and Alden Graves are
at the state fair at White River June
ton.
Judge Edward l.. Bates has gone to
New port on bushes trip of sever
al days.
Samuel A. Patterson, jr., and Spen-
Ger Lee are attending the Cambridge
fair today.
Mrs. F. b. Carver and daughter,
Miss Dorothy Carver, are visiting at
Newton, Mass,
There will be a regular business
meeting of the Knights of Columbus
Friday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. A, T. Shaw of North
street left today for a several days
stay in Bradford.
The Free Library has several books
on canning and preserving which
would be of help to the housewife.
II. w. Myers has gone to Brookfield,
Mo, and will be absent for several
weeks visiting places in the middle
wes..
Richard Van Santvoord, Fred Rock
wood, f. Il. Bottum and John Elwell
were at the Cambridge fair Wednes-
| day.
Mrs. A. Frienberg, who has been the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. Margolin, re-
turned to her home in Albany We'd
nesday.
| There will be a meeting of the St
Francis de Sales Alumni association
at the academy building at o'clock
this evening.
Mr. and Mrs, j. C. Jensen and
daughters Joanna and Lena motored
to Manchester Wednesday and attend
ed the fair.
Mr.. and Mrs. George w. Keeseman
and Mr.. and Mrs. W. +. HAWKS, jr.,
motored to Brattleboro and Spafford
Lake this afternoon.
The subject at the Methodist pray
er meeting will be Family Worship
"As for me and my house we Will
serve the Lord"
Mrs. d. G. Eaton and son Roland of
Springfield arrived yesterday and are
guests of her brother, George Z. Lee
of Branch street.
Encouraging reports have been re.
| ceiyed Of the condition of A. B. Dat
man who is undergoing treatment in
a Troy hospital for blood poisoning in
one of his hands.
Mails II. Robson, son of Mr. and
Mrs. c. H. Robson, has returned to
his home on Depot street after a four
years term of enlistment in the Unit.
ed States navy.
Henry Stickles, Francis Morrissey,
benjamin Waldron, William Lunder-
gan, Ralph Sherwin and Sam Levin
motored to Cambridge today and will
attend the Cambridge fair.
Mrand Mrs. W. j. Simpson and
= daughter, Dorothy of York Beach, Me.
| who have been the guests of Mr.. and
Mrs Frank +. Howe. left this morn
ing for Enosburg Falls.
The regular weekly business meet
ing of the w. r. c. will be held Fri
day evening. Work is being done and
drills rehearsel, etc, for the coming
annual inspection. All members and
officers please make a special effort to
| attend.
| Your last chance to see two first
class vaudeville acts, the Hart Twins,
a refined sister act and Marion and
King lady and gentleman in clever
singing and dancing act. Also Mar.
guerite Clayton in "A Daughter of
the City" at Harte Theatre today.
| ADJ
DR.. Joseph A. Blake, the eminent
New York surgeon who has been at
tached to the French army since ear
ly in the war and whose son, Joseph
A. Blake, jr.. has been visitor in
bennington, is reported by an Ameri-
can surgeon who arrived in New York
Wednesday to be seriously i'll,
The young people Of the Baptist
church will have a corn roast Friday
evening. Meet at Miss Maude Harris
on Weeks street at $50. Everyone in
terested is cordially invited hut is
asked to communicate with Miss Flor
ence Moore. 46S.W or Miss Flildg
Pratt, 34S.W before Friday noon
Come rain or shine good time is as
sureG
Five Bennington girls have this sea
son accepted positions through the
Hathaway Teachers Agency: Miss
Mary Robinson has gone to Shelburn'
Falls, Mass. as principal OF school
Miss Ruth Harris has a school in Col
rain, Mass, Miss Blanche Lyons il
teaching in the graded school II
Hatsheld Mass. and Miss Ruth Hick
in Hadley, Mass. Miss Helen Beech
er has a good position in northern We
mon;
Town Clerk II. A. Booth is issuin
licenses for the annual hunting sea
son which opens in Vermont tomol
row. About the only shooting in Be
nington county at this time OF tn
year is for ruffed grouse or partridg
hares, rabbits and gray squirrels Tn
season opens for wild fowl and shor
birds tomorrow but game of this kin
is scarce In Bennington county. Woo