The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-06-20
News Of the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers


returned.
Regular meeting of the Sons Of Vet
Grams Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock
G. A. r. hall. All members please be
present.
Mrs. Albert Morse and daughter of
North Adams spent Sunday at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. NJ II. DEMO on
the SALISBURY road.
Mrs. w. b. Walker has recently been
improving her Pleasant street property
by painting the porch and fence which
surrounds the lawn.
The Young Woman's club will meet
at the home of Mrs, Emma Harwood
on Wednesday evening at o'clock for
the regular business meeting.
The Young Womans club will hold
their regular business meeting We'd
nesday evening at the home of Mrs.
Emma Harwood on upper Main street.
Company NJ, the military organiza-
| ton of Hoosick Falls was called out
this morning and will 80 into training
at Poughkeepsie within q few days
Mrs. Water Russell of Washington,
Conn, and Miss Sophie Smith Of
| Bridgeport were guests of Mrs. Doug
las Macintosh of Silver street Mon
day.
Earl Stewart Hurley Of Silver street,
one OF the Banner boys, is spending
| the summer in Manchester, working in
the Journal Office for his uncle, 0. r.
Bennett
Rev. Thornton T, Turner, Col J.. +.
| Abbott, and DR.. A. S. NJ. Chisholm went
to Montpelier today to attend the 12Gth
annual convention Of the Episcopal do
cese of Vermont.
c. ]. Kinsley Of the Banner staff
went to Burlington Monday evening,
where he was called by the illness of
his sister. Mrs. Knsley has been III
burlington several days.
Mr. and Mrs. Percy Shafer and Mr.,
and Mrs. Ira Jacobson Of Albany, n.
Y, motored to Bennington Sunday and
spent the day with MIR. and Mrs. Ed
mund Brown Of Branch street.
Leon Boyd, a travelling salesman for
the Armour Company and formerly a
resident Of bennington, has enlisted
for service on the Mexican border. He
has joined the military unit of North
Adams.
Edgar S. Buss. village street commits
sioner, went to Troy Monday evening
| ,.f,,,vo i,o ,,.iII ,t,,JoroO AZ, npnr,tfou tp
the Samaritan hospital for appended
tbs. During his absence, his work will
be done by Grover Lyons.
Principal +. d. Mabrey and Henry
Bradford left this morning for a ten
J weeks trip in the Western part OF
the country. Among the places where
they will stop are Niagara, Yellow
stone Park, Seattle, San Francisco, tie
! Yosemite, San Diego, and the Grand
| Canyon
Ministers desiring copies Of the
order Of worship published by The
Greater Vermont association for use
by their congregations on Vermont
Sunday July 2nd, should write to the
Secretary, The Greater Vermont As
ISOLATION, Stannard Memorial Building
Burlington, Vermont.
The Green Mountain club is plan
ningto make its headquarters at the
S. B. Hawks camp, near the Grout
Job for the week beginning June is
for the purpose of finishing the Ben
nington section Of trail in that 10
cality.- Stratton item in the Brattle
boro Reformer,
Edward Stone of Congress street is
moving his family into the house on
Grove street recently occupied by MIR
and Mrs. Charles O'Kane. The prop
erty, which was recently damaged by
fire. was bought and repaired by Ward
| l.. Lyons. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Eddy OF
County street have begun housekeep
ing in the tenement vacated by Mr.
stone
Advertised letters: Elmer Cowles
800 Shelburne Road; DR.. II. c. Emer
son, Mister F'raina francesca, Mr.
Richard Haley, Mr. Il. J. Hennessey
Mr.. o. II. Lambert, l.. b. 125 South St;
Mr.. Fred Noyes, William Osborne GU
Mr.. Thos. Powers, 100 Arctic St; G
w. Rines Mr. II. Edison Starks, Miss
Maria Boycc, Miss b. Carney. Mrs. w
| d. Cobb Mrs. Daniel Lincoln, Mrs
Mae Petty, Miss Anna Silvonen, Mrs
NJ. j. Sullivan These letters will be
sent to the Dead Letter Office June 26
1916 if not delivered before In callinl
for above, please say Advertised" civ
ing date OF list.
Practically no traces remain of th'
high school fire. Worimen have com
pleted the renovating and plastornl
and most of the rooms have beer
decorated. Some of the rooms are nov
ready for classes in September. Near
ly all books and equipment have beer
moved from the School street building
and the transfer of chairs and desks
| which were pressed into service IN tn,
graded building the morning after tn,
fire will again leave the graded build
ing for grammar schools scholars eX
clusively. The insurance money re
ceived was sufficient to pay for all Thu
repairs and there Is small balance
left. The insurance money also en-
ablcd the trustees to put on a mucl
better roof than the roof that wa
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