The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-04-21
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and Village Told
Strictly for Busy Readers

Harry Cook has broke ground |
for new house on Park street.
Louis A. Graves is laying 4 new
concrete floor in his barn on Jefferson
avenue.
This week. holy week, the junior |
and young peoples dancing classes
will be omitted.
Mrs. Phineas Gay OF Bradford street
has returned from spending few
days in SALISBURY.
John b. Harte and Eugene La
Fortune spent the day On a fishing trip
in North SALISBURY.
Miss Mary Hyde has returned to
her school classes after an absence of
four days with heavy cold
Stephen Jacobs, formerly employed
at the Bennington garage, has secured
employment in the dairy of the Col
gate farm.
F. S. Pratt and Phil Endress left on
the s o'clock car this morning for a
days fishing along Warm Brook in
| Arlington
George lockwood & Co., are concret
ing the ouside of the main chimney
at their guideboard plant. W. j.
| Spaulding is doing the work.
Miss NJ. f. Doran, pupil nurse at
Memorial Hospital, Worcester, Mass
is spending the Easter vacation with
her mother, Mrs. L. Y. DOran of this
village
The Sunshine Circle of young people
connected with the Second Congrega-
tional church win have their fortnight
ly meeting in the chapel Saturday eve
ming at 1870. 0& CO. ~e nt
Michael Dorm has taken a position
as painter with L. +. Lane, who recent
ly opened paintTand finishing cshop
over the garage in the Adams property
on North street
J. l.. Balnum of boston, repre-
sentative of 1.-THE time service depart
meDt OF the Western Union Telegraph
company, Is in town this week locating
several telegraph-set-time clocks,
Joseph Williams. the small son OF
Mr. and Mrs. Earl w. Williams, who
has been confined to his home with
scarlet fever, is nearly recovered. A
trained nurse has been in attendance.
Advertised letters Fred Burgess,
John Drohart, Palmer Eaton, William
Goodamote, Natalie Di Natalie, Philias
H. Rousseau, Mr. Voss; Lena T. Briggs,
| Mrs Mary Carter, Miss Alice Farrell,
Miss Wardell.
The road for autoists between here
| and North Adams is in good shape ex-
cept for one mud hole about ten feet
long this side of North PCwnal, ac-
cording to Michael Burke who made
the trip Thursday.
| The men who are out on strike for
a nine hour day from the Cooper
spring needle shop held an enthusi-
astic meeting Thursday evening. 4
committee from the Cooper machine
shop was present and assured the
strikers of their moral and financial
support
The Holy Week service tonight at
I the Second Congregational church
| will have for its subject, THE Way
OF the Cross" A printed order of ser
vice will be used in which the people
will take associate and responsive
parts. Mr. Mills will give a brief ad.
dress Mrs. Baker will sing Il SOLO
The public is cordially invited. Please
come promptly at 730.
II Miss Edith Luckett formerly a
member of the pittsfled players, who
has visited in Bennington, was operat
ed upon at Washington, d. c., last
| week for throat trouble. Miss Luckett
seemed to be recovering, but has suf
| fered a relapse and her condition is
serious Mrs. Walter F. Hawkins Of
| Pittsfeld received letter from the
| Luckett home in Washington, d. c.
| yesterday telling of the relapse.
III After an estimated catch thus fal
| this season of $50 pounds OF trout talk
| en- from Lake SALISBURY. the owners
| of the lake have posted their property
| against further fishing. A party o
y Bennington anglers, who went up Wei
nesday, were requested to stop anC
complied with the wishes of the own
ers The lake had proved one of tn,
best places for trout found by tn,
fisherman thus far this year
About 80 members Of the Methods
brotherhood were entertained by tn
Sllaftsbury jBTotherhood "Wednesday
evening, at the Methodist church pai
lors in Salisbury The men left OF
the-6.15 train -and-on their .arriya
there we're given a supper. followed b,
a program of-speaking and ending wit
a sugar-eat The return was made i
autos provided by the SALISBURY me-
who brought their guests to North Der
nington where special trole
brought them to the village.