The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-08-07
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers

spent Sunday in Pittsfeld.
Joseph Shay and Clarence Davis !
spent Saturday with friends in |
SALISBURY
The Ladies' Aid will hold a meeting
this afternoon at O'clock in the
church parlOrs.
Roy Macomber has resumed his dut-
les at the Cole clothing store after a
weeks vacation.
Mrs. Jared Howard of South
SALISBURY is visiting her daughter,
Mrs. W. ]. Hicks
Mrs. Edward Happell of the Flats is
visiting at the home Of her parents at
Haines' corners.
w c. Cullinan of Arlington has
purchased Il new Ford touring car
from the Bennington garage.
Walter Aiken of Union street re,
Gently purchased a Ford touring car
from the Remington garage
Mrs. c. w. Soue Of Main street re-
turned today after spending the week
end with relatives at Eagle Mills, n.
Y.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Pike Of AM
sterdam, ~ Y, spent Sunday with
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Shippey of the
Flats
William II. Cone, who spent the
week end at his home here, left Sun
day evening for New York city where
he is employed.
Louis Puifer, an instructor at the
| Rensselaer, Polytechnical Institute III
Troy and a former resident, is spend
ing part of his vacation in town.
Mrs. Mary T. Cummins Of South
| street is expected to return Tuesday
from York Beach, Me-. where she has
been spending the past two weeks.
| Hon. and Mrs Frederick II. Rabbit
of Bellows Falls left this morning for
their home, after spending the week
end with Mr.. and Mrs Frank Il. Howe.
| Miss Mary Remington, who has been
spending a two weeks vacation at
her home here, returned this morning
to Elmira, ~ Y, where she has en-
| pigment.
| Miss Cecille Powers of New York
city is spending sevral weeks yaca.
ton in town at the home of her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs c. n. Powers of
| Grandyiew street.
| There will be no address at the Bap-
list church on Tuesday EVENING" as
| previously announced. as Mrs. Eliza
beth G, Hall will be unable to keep
her appointment.
| There were 154 tickets sold at the
local station Sunday for the excursion
to Lake George The train left Ben.
nington at Z o'clock after the arrival
OF the first North Adams car which
added several people to the party.
| Mr.. and Mrs. +. w. Bidwell and son
anu daughter, James and Mildred
and Mr. and Mrs. Arthur b. Jenkins
| who have been spending the past two
weeks at Camp Loafmcsc at Wood
| ford Hollow, returned Sunday to their
home In Hartford.
| Marvin White and Harry Hopkinson
two local boys who recently enlisted
! were in town Sunday They left sun.
day evening for Fort Ethan Allen
where preparations are being made 10
start for the Mexican border Tuesday
where they will received their train
in.
Leroy II. Dunn of South SALISBURY
one OF our Bennington high school
boys had the misfortune Friday win,
working in the Eagle Square to hurt
his hand painfully breaking the Tor,
finger and cutting and tearing the
flesh on the top Of his hand. Tn,
young mans father has been laid up
for nine weeks with blood poison in
his hand.
The Misses Elsa Wahlquist, Helen
Thomas, Helen Denley, Lillian Levin
Eleanor Hutton, Cecillc Annis, Lois
Estes, Beatrice Bixby, Helen Carpen
ter. Florence Godfrey, Catherine Lal
ley, Barbara Robinson, Alice Brown
Anna Fit2geralds, Elizabeth Mackey
/ Fannie Barber. Elizabeth Goodall anC
Harriet Walbridge representing The
local campfire girls left this mornins
Tor weeks camping expedition to b,
spent at Camp Loafmore at Woodfort
Hollow. The party was chapcronc,
by Mrs. Henry Goodall and Miss Mar
tina Pratt.