The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-08-27
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News of the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers.

Briefly for Busy Readers.
Arthur Buffum Is confined to his
home by illness
DR.. G. w. Bartlett is at South Hero
on Lake Champlain Tor the week.
Mrs. Margaret sheman is spending
the week in Cohoes with cousin
Leslie Russ has accepted employ
ment with the F. H. Waist company
Miss Mildred Joliyeue has employ
ment Wit hthe f. Z. Waist company.
Lester Slocum is employed as clerk
in the Cantor grocery store on North
street.
John Murphy Of Schenectady is Wis
iting his mother, Mrs. Jane Murphy
OF Gage street.
Miss Madge Mead Of Detroit, Mich
is the guest of Miss Helen Crathern
in Old Bennington.
Miss Anna Goodbeau ana Miss Al 4
ma Lacross have returned from a two
weeks visit in Holyoke
Miss Mabel Goodbeau and Miss
Mary Mcclure have returned from q
few days visit in Springfield
Miss Alice Crathen and guest,
Miss Madge Mead of Detroit, Mich,
are motoring the Mohawk Trail today
Mrs. 7. starbecker has returned to
Cohoes after a two weeks visit at
/ the home OF Mr. and Mrs. NJ Mar.
COLIN.
Mr. and Mrs. r l.. Bottum and fam
lily anu Mrs. Mary Gokay and daugh-
ter Miss Lulu Gokay have returned
from a weeks outing at Hedges Lake.
Miss Margaret Moran and Miss
Anna Maloney, both of Cohoes, are
visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs
isadore Weaver of Bradford Place
Edison J. Gavin, who has been sta
toned In Arcadia Fla during the
summer has been transferred and his
present address is S0uadron L. Filing
ton Field, Houston, Tex.
Miss Christine Bennett has return
ed from Round Lake where she has
been spending the summer and began
work as teacher of the kindergarten
in the graded school oMnday
Miss Mary Healy has resigned as
stenographer in the Office Of the Black
Cat Textiles Company having rec9y
ed q government appointment for a
similar position in Washington Miss
Healy viii leave for Washington on
Saturday.
( Mrs Charles T. Woles and Miss
p Anna Pawling motOred to Troy today
and will return this evening accom-
, panied by Mrs Downer Austin, Eliz
aheth Nj who has been the guest
for a few days Of Mrs Z. c. Reynolds
ir Troy
Tho hearings in the cases Of the
bennington club and the local lodge
OF Elks growing out OF the raid on the
a'ght OF July were to have been
held before Municipal Judge f. H.
p Holden Monday but were again post
poned two weeks
A yerp interesting art exhibit was
given this morning at The Old First
, Church parsonage in Old Bennington
when the pupils of the arr class CON
Quoted by Miss Helen Crathern dis
played the work they nave accomplish
ed during their sessions this summer
, \ lawn party viii be held on the
/ ground OF the parsonage of the Sec.
end CONGREGATIONAL church Wednes-
day afternoon an ( O'Clock The JUDI
lee Comrades Mission Band and ali
children whose names ere on the
+. Cradle Roll are invited 10 attend with
their mothers.
Eighteen young men in Bennington
b. who had had become p years old
during the past three months regis.
, tered for war service at the town
4 clerks rooms on Saturday A com
/. plete list of the young men who regis
tered in the county will be Published
, as soon as reports are received
Commissioner r. B. Simonds ar
II rived in the village this afternoon ans
n held a meeting with representative.
cf the different manufacturing inter
/, csts The meeting was called ioT ih,
V purpose Of discussing the manufacur
70 ing situation as il relates to the ne
cent order of the government con
. corning non-essenUals. 4 committee
" IL was expected. would be appointed
- Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Grupe and Nj
~ and Mrs. Charles Schwanker o
" Schenectady were the Sunday guest
.. " Mr. Groupe's cousin. Mrs G.. Loui
~ Harwood. The trip was .made i'm Nh
II Schwankers Oldsmoble which is
W. 1904 model and which caused muc
interest on North street sunday Tn
Z car stood in from OF the Harwoo
Is drug store during the afternoon an
s. was the object Of much investigation
10 was purchased by Mr. schwanko
Of Ia 1904 and was the third Oldsmohil
nd owned IN Schenectady