The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-08-17
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and Village Tsle
Briefly for Busy Readers

Judson Center of Cambridge spent
the 10th in town.
State Senator William d. Howe of |
is in the village today on |
business.
Mrs. Charles Harte and little son,
Charles, jr. are visiting in Pittsfeld,
and Rutland
Mr.. and Mrs. J. w Pierce of Gage
street and daughter. Harriet, motored
Thursday to Manchester, where they
spent the day.
The local Temperance Athletic
club baseball team defeated the local
Independents at Morgan park We'd
nesday morning by the score of Is to
Mr.. and Mrs. ,Anson Cleveland of
Binghamton and Albert Blair and two
daughters of Detroit are the guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry S. Moses of
Grandview street.
Charles H. Potter has lost or mis-
laid a hammer that he has used for
thirty years and would like very
much to get it back. If anybody finds
it Mr.. Potter will appreciate its re-
turn.
Mr.. and Mrs Jared Howard and
Mr.. and Mrs. Il. w. Fuller and son,
Clyde of SALISBURY, were guests
Thursday Of Mr.. and Mrs. Howards
daughter. Mrs. Cyrus Estes of Sill
yer street.
Miss Vivian Fowler of Hoosick
Falls. who has been spending a few
days with Miss Alice Green of Gage
street returned home today. She was
accompanied by Miss Green, who will
| be her guest over the week end.
Mrs. Lucy J. b. Burt, stenographer
in the office of Batchelder & Bates,
went to Boston Thursday TO meet her
son, Frederick Burt, professor at the
state agricultural college in Ian
| sing, Mich, who will return with Mrs.
Burt TO Bennington.
| Miss l.. NJ. Barney, Miss Edythe
Buss and Mr. and Mrs. H. NJ Bar
ney motored to Keene. N. H., Thurs
day, where they visited briefly with
Mr. and Mrs. Baney's sister, Ella
Barney. The party returned by the
way of the Mohawk Trail.
The picnic which was to have beer
| held by the White chapel Sunday
school at Sharon Harrington's grove
on the East road Saturday, August
| is. has been postponed one week. A
| program OF sports has been arranged
and dinner will be served at about
| | O'Clock.
News has been received here Of
the death by drowning at Birming
ham, Ala, on August of Anna. the
| 11-year-old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
James c. Reilly. Mr.. Reilly was a
| resident of Bennington a number o.
years ago and was employed here by
| the Metropolitan Insurance company
Mrs. Z. L. Nichols, son Lester II
| Nichols, and guest. Miss Verginia NJ
| Crumb of Providence, Miss Eugenis
| Hutchinson, Miss Dulcia f. Bowles
and Mr.. and Mrs. W. l. Hare were
| guests Thursday OF Mrs. c. c. Cool
at the Boat club, Pontoosac lake
Mrs. Cook is sister Of J.. c. Holton
the florist and lives in Pittsneld
Judge Edward L. Bates receives
this morning dispatch announcin
the death at Pasadena, Cal, of hi
sister, Mrs. William Barratt Mrs
Barratt, who was a native of Ben
nngton. was "A years old. She
survived by husband and two sons
She was married in Paradena wher
she had lived for the past twent
| years.
Captain and Mrs Francis a. Ensl'
hart are guests for few days at tn
homo of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Harrison |. Norton Captain Engl'
hart, who was promoted to a captain
cy only few days ago, has recent
been at Fortress Monroe is now o
dered TO West Point but does nc
know how long his assignment Their
will continue
I. The feature of the game was tn
J pitching of Emmett Leahy of the Ten
perance Athletic club. Leahy ALLOW
ed but four hits. struck out
: men and in the fourth inning on
4 total of the ten pitched balls, struc
o cut the three men who faced hir
The local Temperance Athletic clu
# baseball team will play the GreyloC
!. base ball team on the home grounC
!. at the Desert Sunday afternoon.