The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-08-10
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Wanted, woman for general house
work at the American house. cote
Edward Howard of South Shafts
bury was in town Thursday on bust
ness.
Mrs Charles Loomis of Dewey
street returned yesterday from a stay
in Pittsfeld.
Edward Bridge, a former resident,
lis the guest of his mother, Mrs. Her
bert Armstrong.
The orchards has recently pur-
chased two Ford touring cars and one
light delivery truck of the Ralph +.
Niles agency.
Ralph f. Niles, local Ford agent,
has recently sold delivery trucks to
A. c. Noyes Of North Bennington and
Winslow and Craven
George Burgess, for q number of
years a jeweler in town and now
located in North Adams, visited brief
ly here Thursday.
Mrs. Mary Keefe and brother, Mi
chael Howe. are moving from North
Bennington today into the 0Donnell
tenement on River street
! Mrs. L. p. Harbour and daughter,
Doris Of Gage street left Thursday
evening for visit with her sister,
Mrs Burt Jones, in Manchester.
The Stratton Reunion association
will hold its annual session at the
home of Leyeritt Harrington in
Salisbury Center on Wednesday,
August Goth, 1917.
Mrs. Katherine Limberin of Pownal
and Miss Nellie Barry of Utica, who is
visiting her sister, Miss Mary Barry
in Pownal, were the guests OF friends
and relatives in town Thursday
The local Red Cross rooms will be
open only two days a week after this
week as the special order of garments
has been completed. The rooms will
therefore be open Wednesday and
Fridays at the usual hours.
The Rev. NJ. F. Nevis of Warner,
N. H., will preach at Woodford city
next Sunday at 800 p. m. and at
the chapel Sunday evening at 1880
All the people in these neighborhoods
are most cordially invited.
Miss Eliza Herendeen, who has been
visiting for several weeks with Mrs
Grace Townsend, left for Mount Yer.
non Thursday, where she will spend
some time with her nephew, n. a.
! Mutt.
II Earl S. Harbour arrived today on
the flyer from San Francisco and will
spend some time with his parents
Mr.. and Mrs. G. L. Harbour Mr.. Har
bour is a civil engineer and this is
his first visit home in seven years.
II Representatives of the Bennington
Co operative savings and loan assn.
will be at their banking rooms, in the
Hawks block every Saturday evening
from to 10 to explain the assoeia
ton and sell stock to those who de
sire to buy. GIT
Mr.. and Mrs r. B. Pope and grand
/ daughter, Betty Jenney, spent Wed
nesday at the Green Mountain camp
As the result Of the days outing. Mr.
Pope brought in four fine fish. The
first was caught with a grasshoppel
while the others were tempted by
| flies.
II II. T.. Haight of New York. one o
the principal stockholders OF the Il
] Waist company and A. J. Cooper
spent Thursday fishing at the Kelle!
Stand. Mr.. Haight left this morning
for Hoosick Falls. While in town HI
| was entertained by superintendent
Hiram l.. Hall Of Grandylew street
n Comfort and cheer for Jackles an'
Sammies-A new society has recent
IL y been organized in Chicago, which
desires to form chapters in eacl
state II is called "The Loyal Girls o
| America" and Is endeayoring to In
crease its membership in order 4
fulfill the requests of many soldie
and sailor boys that American girl
write to them. A friendly letter ant
an occasional box of tobacco. candy
CT magazines means so much to on,
at the front and requires little eifor
on the part Of the sender. Anyone
wishing information regarding mem
bership may communicate wit
| Katherine r. Huling, Bennington
| 5S1.M.