The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-11-20
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News of the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers.

Briefly tor Busy Readers.
Miss Della Gauthier is visiting in
Montreal
Miss Mabel Snow of Branch street
is i'll of influenza
S. Everett Harwood went today to
New York on business.
4 N. Noveck has returned from
business trip to New York.
/ John Proud OF Park street, who has
been i'll of influenza, is recovering
Mrs. NJ. Bellmarre and daughter
Denise, have gone to Montreal for an
extended stay
Miss Mary Dano, who has been
spending a few days with her mother
in Petersburg, has returned.
Willis Stickles was taken to the
Putnam Memorial hospital Tuesday
suffering from an attack OF influenza.
John Sears. young son of Mr.. and
Mrs William Sears of Depot street
has recovered after few days i'll
ness
Mrs. Daniel Hurlbut has completed
her work at the office OF the County
Clerks Office where she has been
assisting for some time.
Miss Josephine Shea has gone to
Waltham, Mass, where she will be
the guest Of her sister. Mrs. Timothy
OBrien for q few weeks
Mrs. William Keefe has returned TO
her home in Rutland after spending a
few days with her mother, Mrs. Cath.
-erine Murphy of Beech street
Paul Lique, who has been stopping
at the Cottage Hotel for some time
was taken Tuesday afternoon to the
Putnam Memorial hospital suffering
from influenza
William Greenset machinest
who has been employed at the local
. shops, left early in the week for the
Pacific coast where he expects TO OBJ
ain employment.
One government official in Benning
ton has lost his job Explosives
Agent Ward L. Lyons has received a
circular stating in effect that he and
the other agents have been discon-
tinued
Those from out of town who attend
ed the funeral OF Vernon A. Belle
we're Mrs. William BTumley of White.
hail. Mr.. and Mrs Eugene Kitchie OF
Rutland. Miss Mildred Bassett Of Rut-
and, Mrs, Hiram Fisk of Dandy and
Octave Belle of Manchester.
Mr. and Mrs Albert Hall of Pleas
ant street have received word that
their son, Albert jr, has been as.
signed guard duty at Lock. g. Rotter-
dam Canal His address for the
present IL: Private Albert James
Hall Box l27, Rotterdam, ~ Y.
Letters and postcards have been re
: ceiyed by friends in town from
. Jimmie Hughes of the West Main
street lunchcart. Jimmie" who Is
reported to be the only knights OF
Columbus field secretary from The
state OF Vermont now in France
writes that 'as soon as the kaiser
learned ! had come over to make pea
soup anu illHu stew ne Vuils
Only two new cases OF influenza
were reported to Health officer J. Nj
Ayres Tuesday There we're mum
Der OF new cases reported during the
latter part of last week. the majority
Of them in homes in the eastern sec
ton of the village The conditions in
SALISBURY do not show a marked i'm
provement There are yet many cases
in town, all the members of large
families in some instances being at
ficted
Friends have received word from
Lieut.. William Schneider. who is now
with the American eXpeditionary
force in France Lieut.. Schneider was
formerly foreman on the construction
Of the big Quackenbush summer resi-
dence at Old Bennington. He left
town some months ago without saying
much about his future movements ant
entered one OF the officers training
camps in the south. He was soor
commissioned and left for overseas
service
\ Justice jury trial was held Tues
day in the County Court house be
fore Justice +. c. Bennett. Suit wa
brought by James Bent against Olh
Stockwell for wages Of $64 alleged {,
be due the plaintiff Edward J. Hal
appeared FOR the plaintiff and Colin
, VI. Graves for the defendant TIL,
jury composed of Maurice Rudd. fore
- man. Lawrence Gokay L. H. Nichols
r. George T. Mathers, Charles WoodarI
and oJseph McDermott brought in
verdict of S53 for the plaintiff
Major and Mrs. Morgan Gray o
Cornwall. Canada are expected her
tomorrow night on short visit q
their uncle, Dr. w. Z. Putnam. Majo
Gray commanded a battalion O
Canadian troops at the front for min
months, was gassed three times be
fore gas masks were perfected a
they are today and was finally rer
dered unconscious from shell shoe
in NO Mans Land" while reconnoit
ering one night but fortunately ha
his orderly with him, who manage
to get the major back to the Cans
dian lines shortly after he was IN