The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-07-16
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Tuesday from trip to Boston.
Mr.. and Mrs. Phillip B. Jennings
are spending the week in New York.
Dance at the Young Woman's club
Thursday night. Admission 80 cents.
ADV.
Miss r. Levin of Springfield is the
guest OF Miss Anna Levin of North
street.
Fresh Strawberries, raspberries,
blueberries and cherries at the Fruit
land. ADV.
Miss Helen Mahon of Pleasant
street is assisting in the office of
Holden and Healy.
Mrs. Guy B. Johnson delightfully."-
entertained few friends at lunch.
con Tuesday afternoon.
Elmer Dinwiddie has resumed
work as clerk in the A. II. Winslow
store after weeks vacation,
Mrs. A. S. Carpenter visited Tues
day at the home of her brother, Fred
N. Stevens in North Hoosick.
Miss Ruth Hall of Webster, Mass,
is the guest of her Grandmother, Mrs.
A. b. Hull in Old Bennington.
Allen Foster clerk in the Estes
fish market, is spending a few days
with relatives in SALISBURY Valley.
Leonard Cultivate, who Has been
passing a few days with Mrs. Outh-
waite in Old Bennington, has return
ed to New York.
Mrs. William Clark and daughter,
Evelyn of Springfield are being en-
tertained by Mrs. Clark's aunt, Mrs.
Norman III. Chase of the Woodford
road
Mr.. and Mrs Fred Harmon and
Mrs. Herbert Harmon and son Floyd
have returned from few days visit
with Mr., and Mrs. Edward Ford in
Albany.
Mr.. and Mrs. James A. Latham
Of Depot street are expected to re
turn the latter part of the week from
a several weeks visit in Buffalo and
Cleveland
Miss Marcia Carpenter and little
niece have returned to Plymouth
Mich, after a several weeks visit
with Miss Carpenters mother, Mrs,
A. S. Carpenter.
Merritt Il. b. Woodward has been
discharged from the army and is at
the home of his mother, Mrs Viii
liam Woodward of Depot street.
Woodward has seen Is months serv-
ice overseas.
Misses Mary and Catharine Gibney
Mary and Agens Lee, Helen Rafferty,
Margaret Leonard and Alice Kearns
chaperoned by Miss Catherine Ryan
Of Gage street motored 10 Rutland to-
day with J. w. Pierce as chauffeur
to visit friends in the convent.
Nh. and Mrs. Patrick Shea. little
nephew. Robert Flynn. and Mrs
David Harrington of Eagle Bridge
motored to town Tuesday with Mr.
and Mrs. Shea's guests, John Flynn
and son Harry Flynn. Mr.. Flynn and
son have been visiting in Eagle
Bridge the past few days.
Street Commissioner F. NJ. Craw
| ford is coming to the conclusion tina
every male resident OF Bennington Il
an expert road builder. The stree
| commissioner has been at work tw,
days preparing section OF Soutl
street for reconstruction and il
those two days he has receives
enough expert advice to fill bool
the size OF an unabridged dictionary
Village Clerk w p. Hogan has re
ceived word from State Highwa,
Commissioner Stoddard p. Bates t
the effect that as soon as State Eng
neer II. NJ. Mcintosh returns from
trip outside the state he will be sen
TO Bennington to advise with tn
street department here regardin
the construction of the permanen
road leading to the Henry w. Put
nam Memorial hospital.
Members of the Methodist churcl
and their friends are planning to me
tor to Round Lake Sunday mornin
to hear Bishop Edwin II. Hughes o
Boston who had charge Of Methods
war work in Paris, last summer, an
who, in unsurpassed manner CON
bines humor, intelligence and spir
tual fervor, breaches there mornint
and evening. Few men on the Amer
can platform are more popular as
lecturer than Bishop Hughes. TIL
music at the services at Round LAX
on Sunday will be in charge of A.
Cornell of the Cornell school of We
cal instruction for singers and teach
ers, who is well known as he was 70
several years first assistant at tn
National Summer school of Music a
Round Lake. All those who wish t
go to Round Lake are requested t
meet at the Methodist church Sunda.
morning at o'clock and each one i
to bring their own lunch. Those VIII,
own autos are asked to supply car
so that all desire may hear Bishop
Hughes. Rev. ]. A. Perry, pastor o
the Methodist church, who is super
intendent of the Round Lake Sum
mer Institute has made arrange
ments to reserve seats for those at
tending the Sunday service from Ben
nington.
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