The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-08-07
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and Village TsId
Briefly for eusy Readers


F. S, Rice and family are in North
Adams today.
NJ. Margolin and family spent Sun
day in Saratoga.
A. S Payne is spending the day
in Leominster, Mass.
Charles Smith of Springfield was in
town Monday on business.
c. II. Rice and son, F. S. Rice and
family spent Sunday at Hedges.
Mrs. Rollin Smith 81 Pittsfeld
spent Monday with Mrs. George A.
Parke:
Charles Feinberg of Albany is
spending a few days with Samuel
Margolin.
Mrs. Mary McGue of Cambridge is
the guest of her brother, c. B. Hunt
of North street.
w. II. Pritchard, president of the
North Adams National bank was in
town Monday on business.
George Salem of Main street has
purchased a Buick roadster of w. NJ.
Marshall, North Bennington.
The Schwartz market has put on a
new auto delivery truck. William
Mulch of Main street is running it.
Mrs. Lester Stratton of North street
has gone to Manhattan, Me-. to visit
her mother, Mrs. Parker, for three
weeks
Mrs. William Bowie and sister, Miss
Lottie Henderson of Williamstown
spent the day Monday with Mr.. and
Mrs. j. W. Pierce.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. D. Melhado have re
turned from weeks stay in New
York. They were accompanied home
by their nephew, .Abner Benjinsoln.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Edmunds and
daughter, Julia, returned to their
home in North Adams Monday eve
ming having spent the week end with
her sister, Mrs. j. W. Pierce
Harold Dow returned to his duties
as receiving clerk for the Cluett Pea
body in Troy, Monday. He has been
spending a two weeks yacatiyl with
his parents, Rev. and Mrs. 7. l.. Dow
Mrs. Il. Eickelman and daughter
Gertrude, who have been spending
the past month with Mr.. and Mrs
VIM. Fischer of Dewey street. return
ed today TO their home in Brooklyn
NJ Y.
Miss Elizabeth Maekey of North
Adams was the Sunday guest of her
uncle b. A. Quinlan of Washington
street. Her cousin, Raymond Quin
Ian, took her home by auto in the
evening.
Miss Alice Houran resumed her du'
ties in the office of the E z Waist
company Monday morning after two
weeks vacation spent in South Ash
burnham, Mass. Miss Houran, while
away, fell and wrenched. an ankle
Mrs. Thomas A. Davenport and
daughter, Ethel of Grandyiew street
Miss Libbie Stortz of South street
left Sunday for a visit with relatives
in Ashbury Park, Mr.. Davenport
took the party by auto as far as AL
bany
Miss Agnes Keefe, a graduate in the
1917 class of the North Adams nor
NAL school and who has been spend
ing some time in North Adams since
the close of school, is the guest o.
Mrs. James Lee of North street fol
few days before returning to he
home in Salisbury.
Representatives of the Bennington
Co, operative savings and loan assn.
| viii be at their banking rooms, in Thu
Hawks block every Saturday evening
from to 10 to explain the associa
ton and sell stock to those who de
sire to buy. 62t
AS annuonced briefly in the Banne
Monday, John Harper, who has beef
a summer resident at Old Benning
ton for the past few years, has pun
chased the "Moorings' and the vacan
lot On the north side Of this property
| This property was the home place o
the late Admiral Field. The sale wa
made through the Wills Insuranc
Agency.
An interesting picture OF the entlr
Vermont regiment is posted in tn
window of the Evans news room.
is an especially fine group picture
there being 2OO0 men and each face
remarkably distinct The third ba
talon which is in the right Of tn
picture largely contains the Bennins
ton boys, but local boys are scattere
more or less through out the reg
ment. The picture, which is owne
by the Evening Banner, was put on
yesterday and it is pleasing to not
} the intense interest OF the group
which are continually forming
front of the news room. The boys al
pear to be In excellent condition an
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