The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-02-19
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Estes market. ADV,
Judge and Mrs, Z, c, Bennett and
daughter Estene are In Albany ~
Mrs. Thomas Powers Of Mccall
! streeyIs recoreriR ffclp SatIsevtre'
Goa. Aslf 4hsAgs a y.
Thee Il. Thomas Of tlp, Hpldeit
I Leonard company is fnsNe* YorknonI
business, 80
Miss Julia Haley OF Bradford street
Ileft today for Albany where she has
employment. o.
! The Pennington county Red Gross
chapter has begun a" still hunt for
subscriptions to the Red Cross maya.
zine.
+. Clifford Shaw, the county farm
agent, is absent from his office this
week and is holding meetings in the
north shire towns
:. A. delegation OF the. Daughters of
Isabella from Bennington attended
an initiation of the society in Hoo
sick Falls on Sunday last.
Lester Stratton, who has been in.
the employ of Myron Stratton, has
made change and is now at work
for J. p. Hogan, the liveryman.
Mrs. C. J .Kinsley left this morning
for Holyoke, Mass where she will be
tire guest OF her sisters, Mrs G. IL.
ShurtlefI and Mrs, Charles Kendall.
Salmon, halibut cod, haddock
cnsk, lIake, mackerel, founder. smelt,
ciscoes, pickerel, cells, shrimp, oys-
tiers and claus at Estes market.
, Ady,s,r. 81, M ,g,,s,
ii Miss Barbara Hunt, the home dem,
oiistration agent connected with
the Bennington county farm bureau.
Isl holding a meeting in Sunderland
. today ijyt ag a,st. ~yecsc3 10 tr
According to postcard received
Tuesday by Il friend In town, Nelson
) Payne, son of A. s. Payne, is now at
Coblenz. Germany, with the army of
occupation.
Burt Brothers are remodeling the
: show windows of their clothing store
/ on Main street The change Is being
made to secure better lighting effects
for the display of goods.
A Valentine party was substituted
: for the regular meeting of st. Agnes
Guild Tuesday evening. Unique
: stunts had been planned for entertain
J ment aud refreshments were served.
'pMrs, &c. y. iKinslcy, who has been
employed b00kkeeper and, linotype
operator atlthe otilce Of theDBanner,
fora number ofiyearsg has resigned.
: On March rlMrsy KinsEsy liz tn begin
J work ia6i'bookReeper stsgthe officg OF
+ Fillnore farmsgiOldo Bennipgtnmgl e
: BJohn ~ Fay, .. LepGrisw6ldl wills
/, T. white and sEugen6 Burt itramped
to- the topleef glastonbury lmountain
Sunday. sCThepneinbefs aIfi thr party
I used thehp csn owshoas after having
Q tic left fork of the Glnstenburs
] stream They found the snow from a
4 fis6tlte 20 inches deep and in excel
1 lent condition foygsnoyshoeing.n uiuW
y l Postmaster EMORY f. iIiarrib.p Johr
i Roohcy, 0. J. Shakshob8r and Grant Il
!. Harbonr wefcainl Po pnnli Thursday L
a attendythe funeraI Of Martin Van; Bur
Z en- Brown. DnG OF The promiImntcil
gens Of tlieitowns who passed away
last Saturday, The remainEy Iwerl
bRought TO Bennington iaudgplaccd II
!, thelsault at Park Dawn emetoryy ID
, superintendent Grover c Lyons o
: the water department states that III,
. deer have just begun to come dowl
: from the mountain to the swamps II
= the southern section of the town
y Usually the animals are seen in tina
l. section much earlier in the white
but presumably they have RENAME,
on higher ground because of the all
sence of snow.
-. Street Commissioner Frank N
= Crawford Is surfacing Washington
street between Main and Elm street
4 with cinders. Just at present he is oil
y taihlng the material from the Holden
IS Leonard mill, but later expects to re
p ociye,danOtherr supply by car. iron
:. Chatham Since. the building Of tn
e. Putnam Memorial hospital the trnifi
VI on Washington street has increase
Is materially and the highway was sadl
In neod of repairs.
Tho OUTLOOK: for an ice crop in Ber
"a nington, which earlier in the winte
- was anything but good, has been in
~ ~ proving during the past few days
y Ice has been making rapidly on IN
- Cooper millpond and now in som
W sections has frozen 10 a thickness {
IL inches. Most of the crop so ia
harvested is about eight inches thicl
Already the Crystal Ice Co has CT
and packed about half crop and tn
n. company now believes that full SUI
My will be cut The area of the pom
by was increased last fall by raising ii
4. dam and this addition will help M
terially. 1t will be necessary, no,
ever. to cut over a part of the pon
for the second time to secure enoug
:. for the company's trade. The farmer
ed living in the southern section OF Il
~ town are securing good ice about
,ro inches thick from, the Hoadley poi