The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-08-11
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
Nave OF the Town and Village TsId
Briefly for Busy Readers

Briefly for Busy Readers
Simeon Mercier and daughter, Miss
Rose MERCER Of Park street are ill.
Tonight at Foresters' hall. Hurleys
orchestra-Dance. Tickets 25c. ADV.
j. X. Batchelder and w. II. Brad
ford were in Manchester Thursday.
Rev. w. G. Towart has returned
from his vacation spent in New York.
Born, Friday "A daughter to Mr..
and Mrs. Patsy Garfino of North
street.
Wilbur Long employed by NJ.
Lurie & Co., spent Friday in North
Adams.
Mrs. Frank Pratt of North street
left today for a weeks stay at Sara
nae lake
Miss Elizabeth Leahy of Spring
street who has been visiting in East
Dorset returned home Friday.
p. j. Pendergast. clerk in the Pat
terson grocery store, will leave Sun
day for weeks stay in Boston.
Mr. and Mrs. William Hurley of
Branch street. left today for weeks
stay with relatives in Ware, Mass.
Miss Margaret Lindquist and Rev.
and Mrs. Harry Oldfield are the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. w. G. Towart.
Charles j. Morse of Division street
left Wednesday for Decatur, ILL.,,
where he will visit his son. Clyde w.
Morse.
Mrs. Henry Packard, former resi-.
dent now of Stockbridge, Mass, is
the guest of Mrs Seymour Wood of
North street.
Misses Elizabeth belong and Doro-
thy Kenlock of Troy, who are spend
ing the summer in town, were in
North Adams Friday.
William d. Plumb has been en-
gagged as steward of the Bennington
club the place formerly held by e
b, Mcmillan who resigned several
months ago.
Two New York city teachers
Miss S. Bawden and Miss E. Ander
son, left here this forenoon to make
the trip over the Bennington section
of the Long Trail
William Weichman left today fol
his home in New York, His brother
| julius l.. Weichman, with whom he
has spent the past two months, &C
companied him for ten days visit
| Miss Sarah Kaufman of Newport
r. l., who has been visiting Mr.. ant
| Mrs. Morris Levin of River street
left Friday for several days stay
in North Adams before returning
home
The Rev. c. f. Hill Crathern o
First congregational church, Old Ben
nington is to preach in lmmanue
| Congregational church Boston, Mass
tomorrow. The Rev G. S. Mills O
the Second Congregational churcl
| will preach in the First Congregation
al church. Service at II o'clock
| Mrs Frederick Jennings of Mort
Bennington has donated a milliner
knife for cutting gauze and Mrs. 1
| w. Bradford a cutting table to tn
| Bennington Branch of Red Gross
Hereafter the gauze surgical dress
ings viii be cut by machinery instea
of pulling the threads as heretofor,
The public is cordially invited {
the services of the First Baptis
church tomorrow. School of Religio
meets at $50 a. m, worship at 1913
a. m, and 1880 p. m. Rev. Harr
Oldfeld, pastor Olivet Memoirs
church. Now York City will preacl
The Misses Morris of New York Cit
will sing The evening service wi
be union of the Methodists an
Baptists.
Rev Frank L. jenkins. d. d., tn
President of Piedmont College, VIII
Z is spending the summer at Cheshir
, Mass, win preach tomorrow mornin
at the Second Congregational churcI
/, Theme OF sermon. Highways n,
I Walls the Method OF Human Pr
gress." Hour of worship, 1890. Su
+. day school at II O'clock The C.
r meeting at $50 will be led by Mi
Edna Waldron one OF the delegat,
q TO the Silver Bay Missionary COME
T. ence, who viii give a report of Il
1, conference. Visitors and strange
arc most welcome at the services
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