The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-05-31
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News of the Town snc Village Ton
Briefly for Buay k~4dara


DR.. and Mrs. w. E. Putnam motored
to Troy today.
You have in mind of course, the Old
Academy rummage sale next week,
June / and 2. Off
Henry Putnam, who has been in
town for the past three days, left this
afternoon for New York.
James c. Colgate of New York has
arrived at Ben Venu, the family resi-
dence at Old Bennington.
There will be dancing this evening
from $3.50 to 1880 at the rooms of
the Young Womans club. ADV.
The latest government methods in
canning will be demonstrated at the
high school tomorrow at 10 O'clock.
Devotion to Country will be the
theme at the Second congregational
chapel service tonight at 730 o'clock.
The meeting of the Women Voters
League that was to be held Friday,
June /, has been postponed tin further
notice.
4hi. anu Nll o. nan ANOllOil
have returned from West Point, where
they have been visiting their daugh-
ter Mrs. F, A. Englehart.
II you cannot enlist, you can invest.
And it is worth remembering that all
the enlisted men will be powerless
without adequate financial backing.
Village Clerk W. p. Hogan has re-
ceiyed word that car of street oil
has been shipped and will be available
for use on the highways in few days
Work was begun this morning on
the excavation for the foundation of
the new factory building to be built
by the Black Cat Textiles company
on Scott street.
Secretary H. A. Wilkinson of the
local Y NJ c. A. has gone to Spring
field, Mass, where he is attending
meeting of Y. NJ c. A. secretaries be-
ing held at Springfield college
Charles Mcclure, who has been en-
gagged in the street patrol work about
the village. has given up the job and
has gone to work for the constructors.
who are to put up the Black Cat Tex
tiles company factory.
If you buy bond the interest cou-
pons will be freely cashed for you
by any local bank, whether you have
an account there or not And any
merchant will be glad to accept them
for merchandise as cash,
Every woman in Bennington. who
can possibly do so. should make it a
point to attend the canning demon
stration to be given by experts from
the state agricultural college at high
school at 10 o'clock tomorrow fore
noon
George Walton. Fred Corbett and |
Frank Healy went to Williamstown
Wednesday afternoon to attend the
baseball game on the Williams college
grounds between Williams and Am
herst. Williams played ragged
game, making II errors, and lost by |
a score of to 5.
Four recruits from Bennington |
joined Company at Fort Ethan
Allen Wednesday. They are Harry 4
Remington, Paul Jewett. August Kel |
sen and Ernest White. Several more |
here are talking of joining this com
pany. Capt Gibson was in Benning |
ton Tuesday and is to return here |
later.
Harmon e. Lee, who served in Co.
f, 18th VT. died at the Soldiers home
on Memorial Day, aged ~ years and
months. He came to the home
from Burlington about two months
ago, and had partial shock of
paralysis few days before his death.
He was a member OF Stannard Post
J.. A. r. of Burlington.
The special car which is to carry |
The members of the local Forester's
court to Williamstown Saturday eve
ng will leave Bennington at 700
>'clock The Bennington Foresters
ire going to Williamstown to assist
II the opening Of the fair to be held
~ the Williamstown court for the
benefit OF members fwho are serving
II war against Germany.
Tuesdays Rutland Herald says
TWO men were accepted yesterday
It the local army recruiting station in
he city and seven we're rejected. Will
lam j. Sausyille and Louis r. La
both of Bennington who