The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-06-14
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
Nsws Of tho Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy k~sdsrs

to Troy today.
William IL. Wills has purchased a
new Ford touring car of the Ben
lnngton garage.
Deming Hall of Gloversville, N. Y,
| is visiting his mother, Mrs. Samuel b,
Hall of Old Bennington.
| Mrs. Charles Il, Welles and son OF
| Old Bennington motored to Troy and
returned Wednesday.
John Houran of Ashburnham, Mass,
is visiting his parents. Mr. and Mrs.
]. c. Houran of North street.
Harry NJ Mattson. city editor of
| the Rutland Herald, is in the village
| today, making the trip here by auto
mobile.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Tudor and son,
| John. of North Adams were in the
village Wednesday visiting Mr.. Tu-
doris mother.
l Miss Mary Wellington, sister of
| George b. Wellington and Mrs. Eli
son of New York. are registered at
| inc WdilOOiiSdN ihh'
| The milk producers and peddlers of
| the town of Bennington are requested
to meet at the Putnam house Saturday
evening at s o'clock.
| Don't forget the social dance to be
| given by the Woodmens social club.
Foresters' hall Friday evening, JUNE
Is. Hurley's orchestra. ADV. 1878
The local Foresters are making
plans for social gathering to be
| held for members and friends at the
| hall in the Hawks block next Tuesday
evening. There will be dancing and
| refreshments. ava, "a - 8tsA
The funeral OF the late Brownson
| Mattison was held from his late home
on Dewey street at 2 o'clock this at
lternoona Rev. p l.. Dow. pastor OF
! the Methodist church. OBLIGATED and
the burial was IN the Park Lawn GENE
terry.
The road between Bennington and
Woodford is now pronounced by
motorists, who have made the trip,
to be in fairly good condition. The
surface water has disappeared and
the ruts have been smoothed out by
traffic.
The Bennington baseball team viii
play the New England Tel. d Tel
Co. of Rutland Saturday at Morgan
Park. King, who pitched for Ben
nington Memorial day afternoon, Will
| be on the mound for Rutland. good
game is assured
Mrs. A. j. Holden, Miss Persis Hol-
den. Mrs. Charles Sanford and Mrs.
Clarence l.. Holden were delegates
from the Old First church at Old
Bennington TO the annual meeting of
the county Congregational churches
at Dorset Wednesday,
The members of the II. 4. Cushman
company and employees of North Ben
nington have subscribed $4,000 to the
Liberty bond fund and have hopes of
increasing the amount to $4,000 before
| the campaign closes tomorrow. Resi-
dents of North Bennington are report
ed TO have subscribed 100000 FOR
| the bonds.
Irving II. Hare, son of William l..
Hare Of this village. who has been at
tending the training camp at Platts-
burg. has been selected among the
first 100 to form the coast artillery
contingent. He IS a member of the
second company and will leave Platts-
burg tomorrow for Fort Meyer. Va,
for training.
Ansel Buss of this village, who en-
listed with company NJ OF the New
York national guard and saw service
on the Mexican border, is in the viii
lage on a 4S-hour leave to attend the
graduating exercises of the Benning-
ton high school this evening. He has
been promoted to corporal and is now
stationed at Waterford doing duty on
tho barge canal
The annual graduating exercises of
the Bennington high school will be
held at high school hall at 8 o'clock
this evening. In order that there
might he seats for all friends of the
class and school full rehearsal was
given at the hall yesterday forenoon
for the pupils who are not expected to
be present this evening. II the mem
bers of the graduating class acquit
themselves rs we'll this evening as
thew did yesterday forenoon, they will
exceed the expectations of their
teachers.
Among those who attended the 45th
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