The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-11-20
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and Village TsId
Briefly for Busy Readers


Chauncy II. Plumb is spending a
few days in Rutland.
Frank Brooks was weekend
guest of friends in Rutland.
, Y. w. C. gym class ct Library hall
tonight, Glass forms at SIS sharp!
A telephone has been installed in
the house of Charles Patchin. The
number is 54s-M
Musician Daniel Shaw of 1O5th
regiment is home on a ten days leave
from 'Spartansburg N. @.
About $50 was cleared at the rum
mage sale held at the parish house Of
st. Peters church last week.
Mrs. H. l. Norton went Monday to
West Point to visit her daughter, the
wife of Captain Francis Englehart
Mrs. Green Brimmer. formerly Miss
Fanny Aldrich of this village, is i'll
of scarlet fever at her home in Pow
nal
The Y. w. G.. will hold dance
Thursday evening. Dancing from 8
to l. Donnellys four piece banjo or
chestra Adv
Fred Weichman of the national
army was in town Saturday evening
and Sunday, the guest of his brother,
julius j. Weichman.
A meeting of the Sons of Veterans
will be held at Grand Army hall
Thursday evening at O'Clock. Every
member please be present.
Mrs. John Grant of Stephentown,
N. T., is spending few days at the
home of her sister, Mrs. Ellen Con-
nelly OF Old Bennington.
Because of increasing calls upon
the people because of the war, Man
ager John B. Harte has cancelled
bookings at the opera house.
A. J. Cooper, b. N. Estabrook, w.
e. Bissell and ]. M. Ayres motored to
Boston Monday in Mr.. Cooper's car.
They will return Wednesday.
At the regular meeting of the
Grange Wednesday evening the topic
will be in what way, directly or in
directly does the present war help
the farmer?"
Collins NJ. Graves, George Nj.
Hawks and w. s. Boynton have been
appointed the Bennington members
of the fuel committee. Mr.. Graves is
chairman of the committee.
Mrs. T. F. Turner returned from
New York Monday and will close
her home at North Bennington for
the winter and on Friday will go
back to New York. Mr.. Turner is
quite i'll at the home of Mrs. Tur-
ner's mother, Mrs. j. G, Mccullough
in New York, but during the past
few days his condition has shown
much Improvement and his doctors
are encouraged by the results of his
present treatment. 1t is hoped that
Mr.. Turner will be able to go south
by the first of January and there com
plete his recovery.
: Every Saturday, during the past
month. about 20 high school boys
have been working at the Everett
\ farm. The boys meet at the Putnam
house corner at G.45 III the morning
and are taken ont to work by automo-
bile. One of the things they are help
ing to do is to protect the small fruit
trees from mice. They place their
strips of wood about the trunks of the
tree and fasten them firmly in place
with wires The larger trees are pro-
tected by strips of fine wire about
two feet wide. Some of the boys are
working on new road that is being
built and all last Saturday were busy
tearing down an old stone wall and
putting the stones into the road bed
Several OF these boys have pledged
themselves to give SO toward the Y,
M. c. A. fund ard the mon ~ earned
each Saturday at the farm is TO help
meet the obligation These boys are
really doing something to help win
the war, giving of their time and
money and their only day of recrea-
ton.