The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-05-03
THE EVENING BANNER
BENNINGTON VERMONT
Thursday, May 8, 1917.
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
slsws OF the Town and Village TeM
Briefly for Busy Rsadsra

Edward Mink of Troy visited
friends here Wednesday.
A. C. Van Alstyne of Utica is
spending the day in town on business
Queen Quality shoes and pumps
$3.50 to $500 at Noyecks. Adv.
SITE
Miss Alice Mcclure is confined to
the house with a severe attack OF
tonsilitis.
Mrs. William c. Babcock of the
South Stream road is confined to the
house by illness.
Mr. and Mrs. r. F.. Register and
Stanley II. Register Of Troy are visit
ing friends in town.
The Bennington garage has sold a
Ford touring car to Irving Bent OF
the Beech street road.
Thomas A. Davenport has pur-
chased Ford delivery truck from
the Bennington garage
Prayer meeting this evening at the
| MeLlOulSl AOhuuNlSu ~ AN~''
tP l.. Dow Subject, "One Thing
Halibut, haddock, Cod Cusk, Boston
blue, founders, Alewives, weak fish,
| lobster at Estes market. Adv
lobster at Estes market. Adv.
The funeral of the late Elihu Rus
sell was held Wednesday afternoon at
o'clock. Rev. Thornton +. Turner
officiated Burial was in Park Lawn.
Miss Ruth Eddy of Troy has
| opened the Eddy summer home in
Old Bennington Her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. James A. Eddy will arrive
| at later date.
| The funeral Of the late Percy Ell
we'll took place this afternoon at one
o'clock from the home of Mrs. Lester
! Stratton. Rev. p. L. Dow oiiiciated.
Burial was in South SALISBURY.
Among the business men registered
"Wednesday at the Putnam were: II.
l.. Hatch. Randolph; j. A. Worthing'
ton, H. c. Ide. Burlington; H. M.
Minis, Troy; l.. Livingston, AIoany;
NJ. J. Keleher, Springfield.
In the Vermont Cynic, for April rs,
! the news sheet of the university OF
Vermont, in list of the high stand
ing list of students at midyears, two
! OF the seven members Of the class of
1920 to get A in all subjects were
Misses Mary Elizabeth Hutton and
/ Hazel Frances Levin Of this village
The funeral OF the late Mrs. Kate
LOOMS Hayes. who died in Seattle
| was held Thursday, April 26, from the
residence OF her husband, John
f, Hayes. q retired merchant. formerly
OF Red Oak, Iowa The deceased was
native OF North Bennington where
She was born in 1S4S, the daughter OF
Samuel LOOMS, an old time merchant
of that village. She went to Seattle
with her family in 1907. Her husband
John Hayes. is son of the late Rev,
! Gordon Hayes, who was principal OF
the Seminary at Old Bennington in
the fifties This school afterwards
became famous under the ownership
of Principal George w Yates. The
old Seminary building, in some re-
spects the same as long ago. after
| having been remodeled ana ocCupIeu
by the country club. is now the prop
erty of Mrs William r. Graves.
I Mr.. and Mrs. H. MacGregor Richie
are to leave tomorrow for their new
home in Pittsfeld Mr.. Richie has
fine position with the General Elec-
trio company by whom he was EN-
ployed several years ago. Mr.. Richie
came here in 1911, after the death or
his father, the late Alexander Il.
Richie to manage the Richie dry
goods store. He has been anxious to
go back with the General Electric
company and now takes the oppor-
tunity. Mr. and Mrs. Richie have a
wide circle of friends in Bennington
who sincerely regret their departure.
Both are much esteemed here and have
done their full share of social and