The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-07-24
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
Nsws Of the Town and Village Tola
Briefly for Busy Readers

III AMIN StiCS
Mrs. Jane Monserrat of Cleveland is
the guest of Mrs. Anna Carpenter of
Pleasant street.
Miss Julia LaMarre has returned to
her duties at the Nichols store after
a short vacation.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Riley and MIR.
and Mrs Edward O'Hara spent Sun
day at Hunters Rest.
Miss Cecilia Dorion has resumed her
duties in the telephone office after a
two weeks vacation.
Patrick Barnes of Pownal has ac-
copied a position with the Cooper
manufacturing company.
Joseph OBrien of West Main street
has returned from weeks camping
trip near Williamstown.
Hubert Hart and Lyman E. Royce
left this morning for week to be
spent at Otis Lake, Mass.
Mrs. Helen II. Carter of North Ben
nlngton is visiting her sister, Mrs. Ar
mold at, Newtonville, Mass.
Albert Center of North street has
accepted employment with the Ii. c.
White company at North Bennington.
The Misses Mary and Helen Cutting
of Union street have returned after
spending week at Lake St Gather,
inc
Miss Edith Clark of the flats is
spending the week with her cousin
Miss Grace Brown of North Benning
ton.
In the absence OF Rev. Isaac Jen
| nings, Rev Joseph H. Robinson filled
the pulpit at the Old First church at
Old Bennington Sunday.
William II. Cone left Saturday even
| ing for New York city where he has
accepted employment with the West
ern Electric company.
Miss Mary Remington, who is EN-
| ployed at Elmira, n. Y, is spending Z
two weeks vacation at her former
home on Jefferson avenue.
| Miss ida Vachon has returned to hel
home on Bradford street for the sum
| mer vacation after completing heI
| years work at school in Newport, VT
Mrs. Ehen Haley, who is the widow
OF the Rev. DR.. HALEY at one tim,
pastor OF the md Presbyterian churcl
in Troy is a guest at the Walloomsa,
| Inn.
The funeral of William Bouplon o
| North Hoosick was held this Afternoon
at o'clock from his late home ant
the burial was in the White Creel
cemetery.
Or. and Mrs. Goring of Flint
Michigan have left town after visiting
friends here for a few days. They viii
continue an automobile tour through
| New England.
| Mrs. James e. Dalgleish and daueht
ter Mary of Washington, d. c., VIII,
have been guests at the home Of Mrs
Il. w. Bradford have gone to PIN
Point, Me, for the remainder Of TN
season.
The members of the degree and drill
team of the Modern Woodmcn are ri
quested to be present Tuesday even
ing for practice in preparation Cor tn
initiation at North Bennington
| August LIST
| The blueberry lot owned by Truman
Waite about four miles out the EaS
road was opened Sunday and Their
were over a hundred pickers present
One young man picked forty quart
during the day.
The Misses Ruth Godfrey, Edit
Sibley, Mary Hitchcock, Winilre
Field and Esther Thompson are atten
ing the annual missionary conference
at Mortified, Mass. which is beini
held there this week.
The girls evening class OF the play
| ground have selected two OF the lars
est watermelons in town and tomol
row night at the pavilion the melon
| will meet their tate at the hands an,
faces OF the girls.
| Davis Thomas, who is a station
agent at Pownal, was In town Satm
day on business. Mr.. Thomas recent
ly returned from Los Angeles, Cal
where he spent a several weeks va
cation with his sister.
Miss Wilhelmina Hicks, who la
been spending her summer vacation
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. W. j
Hicks OF the flats. has returned 1
Troy to resume her duties us traine
nurse in the Samaritan hospital.
William Il. Hawks second, VIII
travels for the Hankow Tea compan
through the states of Michigan an
indiana is spending his vacation Il
the home OF his grandmother, Mi
William u. Hawks of North street
Rev. II. j. Maillet and Miss Kid
Vachon, both OF Woodstock, VI, ar
the guests OF Richard Vaohon OF Sra,
lord street. They were accompanie
to Bennington by Mrs. Naohon VIII
has been visiting at Woodstock for Sc
cral weeks
\ party OF about three hundro
!Vlt btllllHhtVH S"hu"N N'Nhihh
The annual pilgrimage to the shrine {
St Anne dc Benuprc In Canada,
miles from Quebec. The pilgrimas
this year was under the auspices
the church of Notre Dame in Mort
Adams. Father Provost OF the Sacr,
| Heart church was member of u
party which plan to be about
| month.
| The welfare Association celebrate
committee has offered a prize OF a
gold piece for the best answer tn Il
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