The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-08-07
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
hsws Of the Town and Village rols
Briefly for 5usy Readers

Miss Mary Collins of Stafford street
is visiting relatives in Pittsfield.
Wanted, woman for general house
work at the American lgouse. cots
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Smith of Ar
lington spent the day Monday in Ben
nington.
The treat of the seakln, Norma Tai
madge in ''Panthea" St Harte Thea
tire today. ADV.
Miss Anna Levin of North street
has employment as clerk with NJ. Lu-
RE and company.
Mark Lawler of Greenfield, Mass,
has been the guest of Mr.. and Mrs.
H. A. Wilkinson of Putnam street
Margaret Ellington, famous actress
will be seen the first time in movies
at Harte Theatre tomorrow. ADV.
The boxes on the mystery table at
the lawn party on st. Peters church
lawn Wednesday, will cost fifty cents.
Mrs. Patrick Whitney and daughter,
Miss Helen Whitney of Spring street
spent Sunday with Mrs. w. +. Cronin
in Hoosick Falls.
Miss Julia La Marie, clerk in the
E. L. Nichols store, with party of
friends, is spending two weeks at
Buel Lake, Mass
Miss Sadie Burke of Rutland and
Miss Rose Hines of Fair Haven are
the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. John Gil
rain of Depot street.
Miss Bessie Dick, local chief tele-
phone operator, has returned from
her home in Burlington, where she
spent the week end
Miss Katherine Dalton has returned
to her home in New York after a few
days visit with cousin. Mrs. Libbie
! o'Toole of Division street.
Miss Cecile Dorian resumed her du
ties Monday morning at the local tele
phone exchange having reached the
terminal of two weeks vacation.
Miss Ethel Sibley, former book
| keeper and stenographer at the LuriC
store, has similar employment in tht
Office of the L z Waist Co on Gage
street.
A large white sign has been erected
at the southern end of South street OF
which the words Historic Benning
ton Welcomes You" greets the incom
ing tourists.
Mr. and Mrs. George r. Mathers
and son, George A. Mathers, jr., 0
Pleasant street and Mrs. John Burn
of Maple street were recent Trol
visitors,
Rev. Kenneth c. Mac Arthur o
Sufheld Conn, who supplied the pul
4 pit Of the First Baptist church Of
Sunday has been entertained in tn
l home of Rev. and Mrs. w. G. Towar
for the week end.
| Miss Julia Connolly of the telephon
exchange began a two weeks vacatlo
Saturday. She went today to Queee
/ City Park to s1end a few days wit
her sister, Miss Jennie Connolly, VIII
is there for month.
| Jack Lombard and Marshall Whit
who tramped the Bennington sectio
OF the long trail, starting Saturda.
made the trip in a day and hal
This is the first time the journey ha
been made in so short a time.
| Any one who has anything to col
. tribute to the mystery table, whic
will be one OF the features at til
lawn party to be held Wednesday o
/ ST. Peters church lawn, should leay
the same at the parish house at
O'Clock that day.
Il DR.. w. Il. Putnam has presented tn
local branch of the Red Cross wit
two bandage rollers and the branc
II also acknowledges the receipt of 81
in cash from DR.. II. S. Goodall. tn
i branch has also received SIS in Oh
cash gift and two smaller sums.
II Miss Agnes j. Trull OF Brookly'
lin. ", Miss Ruth NJ. Godfrey and NJ
and Mrs, w. ID, Polly,lnotored ey'
) the Mohawk Trail Sunday afternoo
meeting Mr. and Mrs. -rW.s-ekdwal
Benson and family of Greenfield al
: enjoying picnic at Whitney poin
II A lawn party will be held Wedne
| day afternoon and evening on Il
: lawn of the St Peters church. Hon
made ice cream and cake Will be ser
ed in the afternoon and supper at 81
There will be candy table and
T mystery table and other attraction
e which will furnish splendid ate
!. noon or evenings entertainment.
the weather in unfavorable II will
| held inside.
III The National League for Women
Service has secured through the kin
. efforts of Supt. A, W. Varnoy, Mi
: Pierpont government expert in ca
4 ming, to give some demonstrations
. canning in this town which are op'
to all who are Interested and wish
!, come. The vegetables to be used
the demonstrations will be furnish'
by the camp fire girls from the col
munity gardens.
RI Miss Agnes ]. Trull of brooklyn,
!. IY., is spending her vacation as u
a guest of Mrs. w. ID. Pelley Of Putna
: street. Miss Trull is superintende
OF nurses in the Brooklyn City hosp
al, one OF the largest institutions
the kind in Greater New York. Ov
hundred cases Of heat prostratiol
had been handled there up to the tin
! of her departure.