The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-24
THE EVENING BANNER
BENNINGTON VERMONT
Tuesday, July "a. 1917.
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News OF the Town and vlllaas Told
Briefly for Busy Readers

There will be no drill this evening
of Miriam Rebekah lodge
Mrs. l.. b. Parker Of Albany is Wis
iting her sister, Mrs. j. l.. Harbour.
Ruth Roland in THE Neglected
Wife" Harte Theatre tomorrow. ADV.
There will be special meeting of
the Elks Thursday evening at s
o'clock 49tS
James Orr of Pittsiield is visiting
his father, John Orr OF Putnam
stree:
Edward Grennan, who has been Wis
sting Dr. f. S. Grennan, has returned
to his home, Troy.
Fred Wheeler has taken position
as collector with the Metropolitan
Insurance company.
Miss Fanny Welles of Newington,
Conn, is the guest of Mrs. Charles b.
" Giles in Old bennington.
Dr. and Mrs. L. NJ Gardiner will
leave Wednesday morning for Buffalo
and Will be away about five days.
NOTICE-Local Red Cross rooms
are open Tuesdays, Wednesdays anu
Fridays. The rooms are not open on
Thursdays.
Every one interested in Red Cross
! work is most cordially invited to the
local rooms which are open Tuesdays,
Wednesdays and Fridays.
Mrs. Harriet Williams OF the Drys-
dale store and sister, MrSh George
| Green of North Bennington are
spending two weeks at Catskill, n.
Is.
Miss Dorothy Mahoney and Miss
Gertrude Mahoney, who have been
the guests of relatives in town dumns
the past ten days, have returned to
| their home, North Adams
Mrs. J. l.. McGurk and grandson,
| Buster Evans, have returned from
| Providence, Il. l., where they have
been visiting at the home Of Mr., and
Mrs. Frank McGurk.
| Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays
are the three days each week that
the Red Cross rooms are open FOR
work. The rooms are not open Thurs
days as previously announced.
Charles Champaign, who had for
several years been a member Of the
Soldiers home died in Burlington
| Monday morning, July %, aged %
years. He served in Co. \, Sth Yer
mont Infantry,
Mrs. John IL. lneson, who was a
member OF fishing party Sunday
slipped while walking from one stone
to another, her hand striking glass
| which severed an artery. The wound
required seven stitches.
| Mr.. and Mrs Charles Robinson and
son Charles jr, OF Greenwich anu
lGeorge Kimball of Shushan, nephew
and niece of the late c. G. kimball
are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. John
In. Burton of Elm street having been
called here by the death OF their un
Gle.
| i.UOllnOHutitN AlVA NUN ANAN "fNf'
York yesterday on the French line
steamship Chicago for Bordeaux
France. where he will join Eliot Nor
toms division Of Haries ambulance
corps. Mrs. Thornton is with Mr.
and Mrs. Guy b. Johnson in Old Ben
nington.
A new National touring car, in or
der to avoid a collision with another
automobile was ditched Sunday neal
Center SALISBURY. The car was run
over four-foot bank and dropped IN
to a narrow gully. The driver suffer
ed a deep cut on one hand and NO
man passenger was cut about the face
but the injuries we're not serious. The
car was left in the ditch as it was i'm
possible to pull it out without expert
assistance.
Remington motorists. who made the
trip over the Mohawk trail Sunday
had an interesting experience in Oh
serving the efforts Of a crowd OF mel
to haul a big Haynes car out OF The
ditch The car was so tightly wedg
ed in the ditch that II resisted all ef
forts to pull it out. \ rope attached
| to passing cars even after II wa'
doubled broke and the stalled auto
refused to bulge When about to give
up the task, a lumberjack with a loa'
of pulpwood came over the trail anC
at his suggestion several sticks of th'
wood were placed under the ca
which was then pulled to the highwa!