The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-16
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A s Payne is in New York on bus
mess
Mrs. f. T. Griswold is in Albany to.
day on business.
Every Red Cross member is entitled
to ten Red Cross seals.
Burton H. Powers was at home from
Pelham Bay for the weekend.
: Regular meeting of Mt Anthony
lodge Tuesday evening. Fellowcraft
degree.
William s. Long, who Is employed
at Westfeld, Mass, was instown for
the weekend.
Maurice Levin OF the estate of Joe
Levin, was in Troy Sunday, returning
early this morning.
Charles Frazer Sr,. of North street
who has been seriously i'll of intiu
enza, is much improved
Mrs. Human S. Brown and Miss
/ May Loomis leave today for Daytona,
Fla, where they win pass the winter
H. Harry Sharpe has gone to John
sonville, n. Y, where he will put in a
new system of bookkeeping for l.. w
Brocket.
A So bill was lost Saturday evening
between North and Mill streets. Find
er please return to Stasia Kiersey, 4l5
Hillside street. Adv
Robert Long returned this after
noon to Camp Devens after spending
brief furlough at the home of his
father, f. +. Long.
Robert H. Merrill, who is employed
at the General Electric Works in
Schenectady, spent the weekend with
his family in Old Bennington.
Henry c. Fillmore and A. W. Brais-
ted have been appointed commission
ers of the estate of the late II. c..
Simmons of North Bennington.
Hamilton Shields of Old Benning.
! ton is at home from the Hotchkiss
school at Lakeyile, Conn, for the hol
4 idays.
Frank HILL manager of the Wool
worth store, has been transferred to
one of the company's stores in Hart
ford, Conn He left this morning for
his new quarters.
\ William Andrews. who enlisted in
the naval service with several other
members Of the Bennington band and
/ who has been stationed at Pelham
4 Bay has returned home. He has
been Ill and has only partially recoy-
cred
a seG Soy C.. adventure on the
! Grand Banks and what it led TO is a
welcome change from too much war
I literature Such story is Skipper
John Of the Nimhus." II is brand
new. just out. At either Evans or
/ Griswolds.
Word has been received here that
r. c. Reynolds OF Troy, the we'll
! known merchant. who married Miss
Grace Roberts OF Bennington, is max
ing good recovery from an attack of
pneumonia. He Is now able TO be
about the house
The Office OF the local registration
board is badly crippled by illness.
Mrs Mary Adams, assistant to County
F! Clerk J. j. Stakeholder, has been con-
fined 10 the house for several days and
/ Mrs Daniel C. Hurlbut, who has been
assisting in the registration work is
i'll of influenza.
The postponed election Of officers
of Catamount Commandry will take
place at the regular melting Tuesday
evening in Golden Cross hall The
business session will be called to or.
der at o'clock and all members
should be present TO take up some i'm.
pOrtani business.
Supt. George p Martin of the Yer
mont soldiers home is at the Henry
W Putnam Memorial hospital under
going treatment for an injury. Last
Wednesday he fell on a slippery walk
: and injured his leg. Water on the
knee has since developed and he vii.
, be confined indoors for some time.
Charles Ayres, who has been at
tending an officers training school az
Columbia university, has been given
his discharge from the service and
was In town over Sunday. Before en-
tcring the service he was in the EN-
ploy of chemical and drug house H.
New York and the first of the coming
year will return to the company.
Letters written since the signing
of the armistice have been received
from Serg. Leroy b. Holton stating
that he went through the last days of
4 the American offensive without in.
l jury. Conditions with the American
cxpedit.onary force in France, he
writes. are now much improved and
1 more comfortable for the reason that
the soldiers are permitted to burn
( lights and outdoor fires during the
1 night.
l a drag was used today on the sec.
ton OF Gage street between North and
School streets The street depart
X ment recently graveled the street and
the new material had been disturbed
I by traffic. Once the new surface has
been properly distributed, the street
should be considerably improved
There Is u largo amount of automobile