The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-08-12
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News OF the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers.

Miss Julia laMarre is III.
Mrs. A. r. vonDette of Imperial
avenue, is i'll.
Miss Mary Mcclure of South street
is in Troy for the week.
Aaron Covey, jr.. of Union street is
confined TO the house by illness.
Rev Joseph Lyman of Orono, Me-,
ofiiciated at the Old First church Sun
da;.
Maurice p. Nabor OF Pittsburg.
Pa, visited briefly in town over Sun
day
Miss Clara Kohn of New York is
the guest OF her brother, Meyer Kohn
Of School street
Mr. and Mrs. c. A. Maurer and
guest, Miss Harriet Smith of Yonk-
ers spent Sunday in Rutland
Fred Morse of the Vermont Garage
went to White River Junction Sunday
with Company A. and will spend the
week in that city.
A. r. Won Derte end sisters. Misses
Olena and Fannie we're in Rutland
Sunday. Miss Olena Won Dette re
mained for an extended visit
Charles f. Sears OF Petersburg
Fla, who has been visiting in Old Ben
nington, left this morning for a few
days visiting Rockland, Mass.
Prof Richard S. Bahan presided at
the organ in the Old First church
Sunday morning. He left in the af
ternoon for his home in Cleveland
Ernest Dragon has resigned as bell
boy at the Putnam House and has ac
cepted employment in the Office of the
Black Cat Textiles company.
Misses Nan and Viola Dragon. Alex.
ander Dragon jr., and IIillard Best
of Albany motored to Pittsheld, Sun.
lay. They also visited in North Ad-
Miss Florence Dunham, clerk in the
suit and dress department Of the No
'eck store, is spending a two weeks
vacation with friends in Lakewood.
~ J.
Miss Lucy Shires who has been
spending week at the home of her
brother w. D. Plumb in the western
iart Of the town. returned to her
home in Troy Saturday.
Frank Dunham, paymaster of the
U. S. S. Yscona. who has been visit
ng friends and relatives in town and
vicinity for several days, returned to
New York this morning.
Ward l.. Lyons accompanied Com
pany A. to White River Junction Sun
lay where the company will be in
camp for the week Mr.. Lyons will
return today.
william b. Shea received his cal
Saturday to report at Pelham Bay
Monday the 18th. Mr.. Shea enlisted
/ number of weeks ago as musician
in the naval reserve.
The many friends of Mrs Mary
Bates of the Walloomsac Inn, who
has been seriously i'll, will be pleased
to learn that she was able to be NJ
around Sunday.
About all the members Of Comapn!
\ were at the company's barracks. l.
brary hall, at 8 O'clock Sunday morn
ing. They left in autos for Whit,
River Junction, where they will b,
in camp for the week.
Mrs Il. w. Bradford, Mrs. c. w
Thatcher. Mrs Il. y. Bennett an,
: Miss Hattie S. yelling of North Ben
: nington motored to Stockbridge tC
A. day where they took dinner at tn
. Red Lion Inn.
? Marshall Russell and Perry Goka
I. left this morning for Nashua Lake
e N. Y, where they will spend tn
}. week They We're accompanied par
\ OF the way by Miss Ethel Russell {
e Glens Falls who has been visiting q
e her home here.
Prin. +. d. Mabrey has returne
Il from Hanover. n, H.. where he ha
: been In attendance at the Dartmout
y summer school. Mr.. Mabrey took u
It the course OF Methods of School Su
!, ervislon and was again convince
|" that Bennington schools are equal
those of the best.
~ A fire Saturday morning destroyC
IN a barn and contents on the farm
n. Harmon A. Sanders in the westel
10 part of the town. In the buildir
,s was a number of tons of hay al
h. some straw. The loss was partial
70 covered by insurance. The cause
the fire is unknown.