The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-06-11
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town sne viiIsss reh
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The meeting of the Woman's For
eign Missionary asociety that was to
be held at the Methodist church this
evening has been postponed.
Mrs. Charles N. Powers is in New
York for a couple OF weeks, visiting
her daughter, Mrs. Joseph ID. Killien
and her son, John I. Powers.
Mr. and Mrs. C. N. Morse and chill
dren and Mrs. c. S. Morse motored to
Wilmington Saturday where they were
the over Sunday guests Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Warren Lyman.
Three of the Bennington boys who
enlisted and went to Fort Ethan Allen
last week, Thomas English, Amos La
Cross and Marshall Lacross. failed to
pass the examination.
Guy T. Murray of Old Bennington,
who enlisted and was accepted for the
Vermont Red Cross ambulance corps,
underwent an operation for appended
It's at the Albany city hospital on
Saturday.
Saturday was pronounced one Of the
best days of the rather disappointing
season by the local fishermen and a
number OF good catches were made.
The conditions yesterday were not so
good.
Philip Augustine Daley has enlisted
and been accepted by the Flower
hospital unit, He has gone to New
York and after a short visit with his
brothers, win leave. for the ambulance
camp atAllentown, Pa, o'As' 's'''
Mrs. Paul c.. Cornell has gone. to
Saratoga" Springs where her daughter,
Miss Pauline Cornell, will graduate
from the Skidmore art school on
Thursday Mr. Cornell plaifs to be
present at the exercises en- Wednes-
day.
At the meeting of the board of man.
agement of the Vermont society of
last week, it was unanimously voted
to recommend to the members at the
next annual meeting to give all availa-
BILE funds in the treasury to war re-
lief enterprises.
Word has been received by c. A.
Wood that Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Luken,
who appeared at the Bennington opera
house in April. 1915. with an animal
show and who We're again In Benning-
ton with the carnival troupe which put
on a weeks show at Morgan park for
the local camp of Sons of Veterans,
were killed last Thursday in an auto
mobile accident near Reading, Pa.
There will be a special meeting of
the officers and directors OF the Ben
nington County Forest. Fish and
Game association at the office of DR..
K. ID. Jenney at o'clock this evening
for the purpose of making arrange
ments for the annual trout dinner.
Because of the war 1t is possible that
the dinner may not be held, but it is
expected that a definite decision will
be reached this evening
The repairs at the office OF the
county clerk in the court house build
ing have been completed and County
Clerk Stakeholder is re-arranging the
Office furniture today. A hardwood
floor has been laid, the walls have
been wainscoted in chestnut and new
castings Of the same material have
been put in. The change makes al
pleasant Improvement in the naturally
gloomy interior.
Work is progressing rapidly on the
new reading room at the Putnam
house in the quarters formerly &C.
ht. hn hs.r -, hut ~
has been cut through from the main
office and the room will he refitted and
painted The change vii make an ad- |
dition to the hotel that has long been |
needed and win relieve the conges-
ton in the office during the busy |
hours. s
The Woman's Missionary society OF |
the Second Congregational church will |
have its last meeting for the year at |
the home of Mrs. Helen j. Thomas,
Washington avenue. on Tuesday after |
noon, at 3,oclocke This Is the annual |
meeting and the roll of members will
be called. Each one issasked to an.
swer to the question. What missions \
field or missionary are you most inter-
cobcu III, anu W ny MISS 4hdly VI.
Cone is the leader OF the meeting.
Stephen Packard. civil war veter-
an, who enlisted from Wallingford in
c Of the tenth regiment of
is visiting in the village
and at the soldiers home where he
was for a time an inmate under the
of the late Major COT
ley. From the Bennington home he
went to tho national home at Togus,
Me-, where he has lived for great
sr portion of the time during the past
iozen years. He is at present making
MS home with daughter at Cam.
bridge
Samuel c. Haynes, son of Mr.. and
Mrs C.. g. Haynes OF Haynes Corners
md who has been employed with
Packard & Wheat of Spring
ield, Mass, has enlisted from that
lily with the hospital corps OF the
medical department and expects to
cave Friday for Fort Ethan Allen He
expects to be at the fort about a