The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-05-14
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covered from his recent illness.
Miss Elizabeth burlington of Pow
nal spent Saturday with friends here
Mrs George S. Stoddard left this
morning by automobile for New York
May deyotions will be held in st
Francis de Sales church Thursday
evening.
| c. l.. Matteson of New Berlin is
visiting at the home of Mr.. and Mrs
John Eddington.
| Prof. and Mrs. w. T. Lawrence OF
Troy visited Mrs. Lawrence's sisters
the Misses LOOMS Sunday.
Miss Wilhelmina Hicks of the Sa
maritan hospital, is caring for c. d.
Phillips Of North Bennington.
Mr.. and Mrs Lester Stratton mooed
today from South Branch street to a
Hawks tenement On North street
The Old Academy spring rummage
sale will be held Friday and Satur-
day June and from 10 a. m till
p. m.
A hedge of Burberry Thunbergli is
being planted on the eastern border
of the land of St Francis de SaleN
church.
The ladies society of the Old First
church viii meet with Mrs. Guy r..
Johnson Friday afternoon. May Is, at
2.45 O'Clock.
Leroy L. Macomber Of the Charles
G. Cole store, returned this morning
from Watham, Mass, where he
passed Sunday with relatives.
George Woodland of Gage street left
this morning for Troy, where he will
enter the Troy city hospital prepare
tory for an operation Wednesday.
John Larin who visited his mother,
Mrs. Margaret Larin over Sunday re-
turned today to Schenectady where
he is employed in the machine shop Of
the General Electric company.
William T. Barratt is building a
garage and making other improve
ments at his residence on Grandview
street The frontage is being
brought down to grade and con
crete sidewalk is being built
Mt Anthony Lodse f. and A. NJ
will hold the regular meeting Tues
day, May 10Th, 7,o) p. m. sharp The
work viii be OH the Master Masons
degree. This will close the work for
this season. Refreshments will be
served after the meeting.
W. Leroy Bates, who was at the
home of his parents, Judge and Mrs.
Edward l.. Bates. returned this morn
ing to Albany where he is in charge
OF the bonding department of the
branch office OF the Fidelity and
Casualty company OF New York
George Thomayer and family form
er residents OF Bennington, have ar.
rived in the village from Piqua, o..
Mr. Thomayer has taken the position
of superintendent for the Fuller 4
Hatch company. manufacturers OF
knit goods in Albany Ills family. |
however, will make their home in
Bennington.
List OF letters remaining uncalled |
for at the post office for the week !
ending May Z, 1917, Mr. Alfred Bus
hee, Mrs VIM. H. Farrell J. 5. San
ford Mr. Garnet Spencer, Mr. Garnet
j. Spencer, Mrs. Arthur Ayres, Mrs. |
II. +. Langdon on, Mrs J. H. Mason. |
Miss Alice r. McMaster, Mrs John
ID. Newton. These letters will be sent
to the Dead Letter Office May q, If
not delivered before. In calling for
above. please say Advertised giving |
date OF list.
A number of local Odd Fellows are
planning to attend the state meeting
to be held in Rutland this week
Mr. and Mrs William E. Frost, Cal
vim Endress. II t. Blake. Clarence |
Wells, Mr.. and Mrs William Cheney
and Mrs. H. c. Armstrong expect to
leave this evening Among those who
will go to Rutland later in the week
are Mrs. Jesse Carpenter, Mrs Nellie
Osborne, |. W. Allen Harry Hagar,
Arthur Buffum and Mrs J. H. Shu-
felt Col and Mrs W. f. Frost will
lead the Grand march at the ball
Warwick S. Carpenter. publicity as
sistant for Conservation Commission
er George d. Pratt of New York, was
at MS nome mere over SUNDAY. MI.
says that John W. Tit
comb, former Vermont fish and game
commissioner, who was recently ap-
pointed superintendent of the New
York hatcheries is already making
his influence felt i nthe department
and that Commissioner Pratt is well
pleased with the manner in which
the new ideas of the Vernon fish cul-
turist are beginning to show results.
Letters received here from Napo-
leon Larin. q former employee Of the
Holden, Lc0nerd company, who is at
his home, Paris, Ont, state that lie
may so soon to Philadelphia to under
10 treatment for the wound received
while fighting with one OF the Canad
ian regiments in France Larins
tight jaw was torn away by piece Of
hrapnel and for more than year
he surgeons have been endeayoring
20 repair the injury. He is in excel
ent health. but is naturally anxious
hat the damage created by the wound
lie permanently remeded If possible.
George kid" Rosch,. the clever
'eatherweight boxer, who has been
living in Bennington during the past
/, months, has returned to his form :
II home, North Adams. Rosch was