The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-04-24
THE EVENING BANNER
BENNINGTON VERMONT
Tuesday, April "a, 1917.
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the TOWN snd Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers

Arthur Gore has purchased Max.
well automobile.
Miss Ruth Ferguson is confined to
the house with the measles.
Perry B. Gardner is in Albany today
and intends to return with an Inter-
national truck.
A large flag has been raised at the
shop of the Edw. l.. Sibley company
on West Main street.
Sale of home made cake, candy and
fancy and useful articles at the Par
ish house Thursday afternoon at 3
o'clock. ADV.
Hash, the kind Mrs. Paulson makes,
will be one of the many good things
served at the supper Thursday night
at the Parish house. Adv.
Seymour F. Wood of North street
has purchased the Henry S. Burning
ton farm in Pownal from the commits
sioners of the burlington estate.
II you are planning to attend the
supper Thursday night at st. Peters
parish house why not come little
early and take a look at the cake,
candy and useful article tables. ADV.
Forrest w. Kehoe, registrar of the
University of Vermont, who has been
visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
| Charles s. Kehoe, left Monday for
Lexington, KY, to attend conven-
ton of college registrars.
Stark Lodge No. 8 /. o. o. F. will
celebrate the 9Stlr anniversary of the
order at their rooms in the opera
| house block on Thursday evening,
! April Goth at p. m. All Odd Fellows
and Rebekahs are invited.
Eugene LaFortune, Ernest Barney,
Ralph Thompson and Carl Johnson
went fishing early this morning in
Browns pond near pownal and caught
| so many trout that Ralph had to take
a weeks vacation to recover
The next meeting of the Women
Voters League viii be held in the
Y. w. c. rooms Friday evening, April
9th at 1880. Addresses on practical
topics will be given by Rev G. S
| Mills. Rev w. c. Towart and attor-
ney X. +. Healy This will be an open
meeting to which all interested are
invited
Mrs. Alice w Nicoll of New York
city has rented for the summer the
| residence OF Misses Mary and Lulu
Robinson on Walloomsac street, Old
Bennington, which was occupied last
year by Mr.. and Mrs. John W. Harper,
| who this year have rented the Moor
ings, the home of Mrs w. l.. Field
The John " D. S Merrill cottage viii
| be occupied by the Misses Robinson
Commissioner OF Education NJ X.
| Hillegas. who gave the address at the
! mass meeting in high school hall
| Monday evening was the guest Of
Supt A. w Varney while in Benning-
| ton. After the meeting he called on
Rev G. s. Mills, pastor of the Sec
| ond Congregational church. who was
Mr. Hillegas' instructor in certain
branches of English when the com
missioner was a student at Colgate
academy.
Street Commissioner +. S. Buss has
resigned to become superintendent of
Park Lawn cemetery. a special meet
ing of the. village trustees will be held
this evening to act upon the resigna-
ton The retiring street commission
er goes TO a much better position in
the way of salary and one for which
the cemetery association considers
him well qualified. AS street com
missioner he had a hard job to fill.
The funds available for use on the
streets is too limited for the area that
has to be covered and there have been
many difficulties in the way of ex-
tended progress. If the street com
missioner hasn't been able to boule-
ward the village the citizens will have
to give him credit of doing lot of
hard and conscientious work.