The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-06-26
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
Nswp Of the Town and Village .TelA
Briefly for Busy Rsadsre

William Fl. Wills was In Wilmington
on business Monday
Miss Velma Elwell is spending the
day in North Adams.
Miss Pauline Schwartz Of Brooklyn
is the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Meyer
Kohn.
Daughters of Isabella will hold a
social dance in Foresters' hall Friday
evening. Adv
/ Important! The postponed Second
First Aid to the Injured meeting Will
take place tonight.
Mrs. Georgiana Eldred of Pownal
is visiting her mother, Mrs. George
Austin on Weeks street.
Arthur Elliot, the actor, OF New
York was at his summer home on
South street over Sunday.
Picnic plates, drinking cups, lunch
sets. table covers, waxed, paper nap
kins. etc, at Evans. ADV.
John Spargo OF Old Bennington has
purchased Saxon six" touring car
from the Bennington Garage.
Mrs. Clyde Spencer and Mrs. Gard
ner Spencer Of Park street are spend
ing the day in Hoosick Falls.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. B. Hubbell have re-
turned from their wedding trip and
are residing at Bradford Place.
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avenue and guest. Miss Elma Pratt,
attended commencement at Williams
town yesterday.
Mrs. Mary Danio and son Lawrence
OF North Adams are the guests OF her
brother. Dewitt f., Lewis OF Main
street for a few days.
James r. Lovett returned q TO his
work in the Drysdale store this morn
ing. having been confined o. to the
house by illness for several days,uoq
Miss Elma Pratt OF Dorset, who has
been visiting her cousins the Misses
Hilda and Martha Pratt and Miss
Marcia Carpenter OF Woodford, re-
turned to her home this morning.
Miss Nan Dragan, who is enjoying
a two weeks vacation from the local
telephone exchange, will leave We'd
nesday morning for Troy whore she
will visit the balance OF the week.
r. s. Drysdale and son, Alexander,
went to Troy today with the expecta-
ton of having the cast removed from
the boys hip which he injured by fall
ing from bicycle a few weeks ago.
Thomas Halloran. Old Bennington
mail carrier, Is taking a four days va
cation Charles V. McLaughlin1 rpar
eel post carrier. is on Mr. HalloTan's
route and Archibald Hurley is caring
for the parcels. 1856 ct.
Misses Jeanette Perkins and
Martha Pratt and Rev. w. G. Towart
and Chauncy Mann were in SALISBURY
today making preparations for the
Bennington County Sunday school
picnic.
A member OF the National League
for Women's Service will be at the
Red Cross rooms every Wednesday
and Friday afternoons and any woman
wishing to- fill out one OF the regis
tration blanks can do so at that time. |
w. d. Policy left this afternoon for
Rowe where he will attend the Stone
Hicks wedding next week. Mrs Pelley |
and daughter. Adelaide. have been in |
Rowe for several days. Little Miss |
Policy will act as flower girl at the |
wedding. Mr.. Stone is a brother of |
Mrs. Policy.
The Bennington County Forest.
Fish and Game association has voted
to present Charles Clark with first |
class fishing rod. Mr.. Clark was the
lay member OF the organization who
caught the most fish for the annual
dinner given at the Putnam house
Monday evening.
George W. Rice resumed his work
rs mail carrier on rural route, number
Mr.. Rice has been detained
rom work several weeks as the re-
suit of an attack Of appendicitis which
1ecessitated an operation, just prev
GUS to his illness Mr.. Rice was, in
hospital for treatment for broken
egg. BENJAMIN F. Amidon was sub
'titute carrier.
James Devlin, a resident on the
Pownal road and employed by the
Bennington Scale company, received
INJURIES while at work yesterday. A
BOARD which he was planning, coming
n contact with machinery slipped and
ut the man in the hip. DR.. d. v.
)Donnell Immediately took the
'atient to a North Adams hospital
where an X-ray was taken. 1t was dis
overed that the bone was not broken,
nut the tissues were badly injured.
ar. Devlin was brought to hts. home
nd is expected to be confined sbut
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