The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-07-09
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers


George Hogan is visiting his aunt in
Boston.
J. L. Harbour is in Lenox Mass, on
business.
Frank O'Toole and Leland NIillar
motored to Troy today.
Clinton Russell of Imperial avenue
is confined to his home suffering
from neuralgia.
j. 0. Burt returned Tuesday from a
few days stay with his son, Curtis
Burt, in Boston.
Mrs. H. NJ. Elliott Nebraska is
spending month with her sister,
Mrs. Frank Hogan of Gage street.
Fred N. Austin left this morning
for Pittsfield where he will visit at
the home of his brother, Charles Aus
! tin.
Miss Margaret Lindquist of New
! York city was the guest of Rev. and
Mrs. William G. Towart over the
week end.
Beginning tomorrow, the milliner
shops in town will close on Thursdays
at noon during the months of July
and August Adv
Walter G. Stewart, local manager
for the Direct Importing Tea Com
pany, returned the first of the week
from q business trip to Boston.
Master William Moore returned
home Saturday from the Troy City
hospital where he underwent an oper-
alton. He is very much improved.
Miss Ruth Murphy returned to her
home in White Creek Monday, after
spending several days in town as the
guest of her aunt, Miss Bridge Leon
ard.
William McGurn. Jr., of Gage street
formerly employed at the freight Of
fee, began work this week as driver
of the Davenport bakery delivery
truck.
Mrs. Albert Brown, daughter Rosa
mond and son Burton, of Schenectady
are guests of Mrs. Browns parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. John Burton of Elm
street.
Rev. William G. Towart left Sunday
night for Denver, Colorado where he
will lecture at the summer school Of
! Methods of the Colorado Woman's
college.
Charles Kelley of North street Sc
verify cut his big toe on the left foot
Monday while playing ball at the play
ground. The cut was quite deep and
the youngster will be Inconvenience
for number of days
Mrs. Charles +. Wells, accompanied
by Mrs. r. r. Wilmarth of Attleboro
Falls, Mass, and Johns C. Merrill, son
OF Mrs. Robert II. Merrill, motored TO
Troy Tuesday. 1t was young Mr..
Merrills first visit to the city
Coming to the Harte Theatre To-
morrow Constance Talmadge in the
Select picture "A Lady's Name"
! You'll love Constance more than ever
in this fascinating delightful and hui
morous comedy. Ford weekly. Adv.
The Electric A. C. baseball team de-
feated the Y. NJ. G. A. team 20 to in
n one-sded game Tuesday afternoon.
The battery for the former team was
Whitman, and Schultz and for the los
| ing team Clark and Gibeauh 4
Mr.. and Mrs. Merton Olin ahd1Mrs. /
/ Amelia Mattison OF Glastonbury, ac-
eompanied by Mr.. and Mrs. John Ohm
| OF .Branehs street recently motored to
North Adams where they were joined
by Mrs. Merton Bishop on trip over
the Mohawk Trail.
How would you like to be arrested
| for a crime you didn't commit and
| given the third degree? See Alice
Joyce in THE Third Degree" and
"The One Chance" chapter No, Of
THE Man of Might with VIM. Dun.
can and Edith Johnson at Harte
| Theatre today. Adv.
Mr., and Mrs. ]. w. Martin and chill
dren motored TO Worcester, Mass,
Monday with Mr. and Mrs. c. w.
Hobbs. Mrs Hobbs has been spend
ing several weeks in town with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. c. II. Potter
Mr.. Hobbs was with his family here
for over the Fourth. 1t is expected
that Mr. and Mrs. Martin and family
will return home today
William E. Hawks 3rd has returned
from overseas and is at Camp Meade
awaiting discharge. Mr.. Hawks en-
listed in the First Vermont Infantry
at Fort Ethan Allen and was with the
regiment when il was designated as
the 57th Pioneer Infantry, going over
seas with that organization. During
the Peace Conference he served in
! Paris as a member of one of the
| guard companies
A delightful dancing party was Civ
en- Saturday evening by Miss Virginia
| Quackenbush at Monument Farms"
the Quaekenbush summer home in
Old Bennington. Miss Quackenbush