The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-04-16


at his home in New York city.
Mrs. A. j. Elwell is III with measles
at her home on the Burgess road.
Mr.. and Mrs John Hayes spent
Sunday with relatives in Dorset
Mrs. John p. Mulligan Of Convent
avenue is spending the day in Troy
Mrs. Daniel I-antz, jr., Of Albany is
the guest of Mrs. A. L. Mace OF Elm
street.
Regular meeting of Court Benning-
ton. Foresters of America. tonight at
s o'clock
Judge Il. c. Bennett. who is i'll at
his home on Main street, is some.
what improved.
Miss Marie Morrison of Hooslck
Falls visited Mrs. John Miller of West
Main street Sunday.
G.. l. Harmon OF Hoosick Falls was
the guest Sunday of his son. Fred L.
Harmon of Union street.
The regular rehearsal of the Ben
nington city band has been postponed
to Monday evening, April 20.
Mrs. Arthur w lockwood Of Main
street left this morning for New
York city TO spend a few days
Miss Elizabeth Stewart returned
Sunday to Pittsfeld after spending a
week at her home on Lyons street
Lawrence H. Sears of school street
and John Houran, jr, of North street
are spending a few days in Burlington.
c. w. Petersen is expected to return
Thursday from Troy, where he is UNI
der treatment In the Samaritan hospi-
tai
Miss Margaret Jackson returned to-
day 20 her home in Rutland after Wis
ting friends here for the past few
days.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. Gardner OF Con-
gress street are moving into the house
they recently purchased on Grove
street.
Miss Anna Griffin of Williamstown
spent Sunday with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs Andrew j. Griffin Of Convent
avenue.
Mrs. Ida NJ. Hitchcock aud daughter,
Miss Mary Hitchcock returned Sun
day from three months visit in San
Diego, California.
A meeting of the Philathea union
will be held at the home of Mrs. 3. F.
Lewis on South street Tuesday even
ing April H. All members are urged |
to be present.
The funeral of the late Mrs. Bertha
Cross took place this afternoon at
o'clock at the residence on the Shafts.
bury road lnterment was in the Cen
ter SALISBURY cemetery.
Miss Catherine Bradley of this viii
lage and David Ellis OF Hoosick Falls. !
were married recently in that village. |
On their return from their wedding
strip they viii live in Hoosick Falls.
Comrade Herbert H. Barden. long |
time resident at the Soldiers home is |
taking long needed rest for period |
OF several weeks sojourning with rela. |
tives in Brattleboro.
The public schools reopened this
morning after a vacation of a week. |
The teachers who spent the recess at
their home, have all returned.
Miss Catherine Mcmahon, who has |
been the guest of Mr. and Mrs. r. ].
Mcmahon OF Adams street, returned |
today TO her home in Valley Falls.
Eight members of the band will |
play at the Odd Fellows ball to be
given in North Adams this evening. |
A large number of local people plan
TO attend.
There will be no baseball team this
year at the high school on account OF |
the plans made by so many of the |
squad to work on farms and to man
age gardens of their own.
e. E. Bottum, John Elwell and Mr..
and Mrs. II. +, Hufnagel visited Earl
Darling Sunday in the Samaritan hos
pital in Troy. Mr. Darling. who is
still in q critical condition, is slowly |
improving.
The funeral of the late Edward Can
field of North Bennington took place
this morning at 8 o'clock from the
church Of ST. John the Baptist, Rev. T
J. Burke officiating. Burial was in
Arlington,
MIR. and Mrs. Charles Burgess of
Waltham, Mass, are receiving con-
on the birth Of son.
Wilfred Gibson, March 2lst Mrs
Burgess was formerly Miss Nettie
Pierce of this place.
DR.. William Henohey of Troy is Wis
iting his sister. Mrs. Frank McInerney
OF the west road. whose condition is
slightly improved. Miss Helen Muir.
ply of Old Bennington, trained
nurse, is in attendance.
Mrs. John S. Holden of West Main
street, who is spending the winter at
st. Petersburg, Florida, is expected to
return home about April 20. Mrs.
Alice Bickford, who is with her, will
he her guest here for a week before
she returns to her home in Hardwick
Automobiles, who were out Sun
day, report good going from here to
North Adams and to Arlington by the
North Bennington road. The only
rough place between this village and
tIoosick Falls is for about a mile near
the Farmers mn. The roads in most
places have been dragged and are in
lair condition.