The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-08-28
!hG EVENING BANNER
BENNINGTON VERMONT
Wednesday, August %, 1918.
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and Village Told
Strictly for eusy Readers.

John McKale OF Cohocs was in town
Tuesday on business.
Daniel Scarey OF Spring street is
confined to the house By illness.
The BENNINGTON rural schools will
open next Tuesday, September Bird
Mrs. Elizabeth Guiltinan is spend
ing few days in Greenwich, y. y.
DR. w Monmarquet, chiropodist.
will be at Miss Huttons Thursday
Adj
Rev. r. j. Cahill and Rev c. E.
Provost are in retreat at Burlington
this week,
An addition IS being built to the
second story OF the Stickles residence .
on Gage street
Albert Stark Of Saratoga is spend
ing few days with his uncle Ben
jamin Shimllntzky
Mrs. f. Gehooldt Of Schenectady is
visiting her sister Mrs. NJ. b. Arm /
strong of Gage street
Henry Phillips Of Troy is guest
at the home Of Mrs Margaret A. Nor
rissey of Dewey street
Master James Dounelly, jr. of Troy
is spending a week with the Mackin-
tosh children Of Silver street
Miss Bessie Weiner of Sausus.
Mass, is a guest at the home Of Mr.
and Mrs Benjamin Shimlintzky.
Miss Hildred Hart has returned
from a visit with her sister, Mrs.
Arthur Kehoe Of New York city.
Mrs. Charles w. Russell and son,
Watson, of New York City, were
guests OF the Misses Looms, Tues
dag.
Miss Katharine Lamarre, book
keeper in the Office OF the Bennington
Wax Paper company, is spending
part Of two weeks vacation in Rut
land
". D. Pelley, former resident now
on his way to China, has sent cards
to a number Of friends in town from
Honolulu.
LAWS Cleveland, formerly OF Ben
nngton. hut now a resident Of Elmlra.
has enlisted in the naval reserve at
Pelham Bay
Miss Gladys Sweeney, accompanied
by Miss Catherine Holland Of Pitts
field is spending the week with her
aunt, Mrs Edward Rayno Of Grove
street;
Mrs. Eva Dwyer and nieces, Misses
Mildred and Irene Rayno are. spend.
ing the week with Mrs Dryers
brother. Edward Rayno Of Grove
street,
Don't forget the bennington County
Farm Bureau Field Day on Monday
= Sept md Picnic lunch in the Sol
diers' Home grove Interesting meet
n ings for both the men and women
have been arranged
Miss Victoria Temple has returned
from Brooklyn. n. Y. where she
passed her vacation with Miss Al.
E freda Mahnken. Miss Mahnken and
Miss Temple We're at Englewood, n.
e j.. for two weeks. also
: Ray Fischer the well.known Mid.
- ilebury College and New York Ameri-
can pitcher, now at Fort Slocum. has
consented to come here to pitch the
Afternoon game against Berlin, Labor
Day. The game is 20 be played on the
Black Cat Athletic Held adv S3t2
Mrs w. L. Elmore OF South India
will give an address at the prayer
meeting of the Baptist church tomor-
row, Thursday evening at 100 MrA
Elmore is speaker OF unusual abili-
ty and it is hoped that many win
avail themselves of this opportunity
to hear her
The Woman's Missionary society of
the Second Congregational church
will meet with Mrs George S. Mills
Thursday afternoon at O'Clock This
is The annual meeting OF the society
Reports will be given and business OF
Importance discussed. a full atten
dance is desired
The local food administrator, Theo
t. Thomas, states that the certificates
emitting householders to % pounds
OF sugar have not yet arrived from
= the state administrator As soon as
~ the blanks are received Mr. Thomas
will make an announcement to thai
i effect in the Banner
4 The life story of Sergeant Ruth
( Farnum. who is to lecture for the
, Red Cross reads Ike Romance. In
1914 Miss Farnum was in Serbia AT
y the outbreak OF the war and was In
4 Belgrade during the frightful typhus
y plague For her services she was
decorated by the king and later wa.
under fire in No Mans Land with tho
commanding officers and was made q
a Sergeant in the First Cavalry Regi
\ mcnt OF the Royal Serbia Army
The many friends of Miss Margare
Mclean will be interested TO know
that she has accepted a position az
supervisor Of the lunch-room in on,
OF the schools IN pittsburg Pa Mis-
Mclean has for four years been
very successful teacher of Hom
Economics in the Bennington lligl
school Such a position as she
taking is one of many open TO yOnn
women of exceptional ability VIII
have had training and experience Il