The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-04-30
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers

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Chelsea Harrington has broken I
ground for double tenement on
Lyons street
Rev T. E. Matthias of Bridgeport I
Conn, will conduct the services at
the First Congregational church, Old
Bennington on Sunday, May 4th
The regular Prayer Meeting of the
Baptist church will be held as usual
on Thursday evening at 1880 O'Clock.
Rev. w. G. Towart will be the lead
er.
Harry Il Coffin Of New York. who
has entered the employ of the Ben
nington Scale Works, has leased the
Shaw residence at Old Bennington
and will take possession at once.
Wayne Morse has been engaged by
the street committee of the village
board of trustees to drive the village
truck. He has already begun hauling
gravel from the pit in the Bushnell
district
Mis- Barbara Hunt, home demon
stration agent connected with the
Bennington county farm bureau, will
hold meeting tomorrow afternoon
at 2:SO o'clock at the home of Mrs.
Fred Hawley at West Arlington.
/ Word was received here yesterday
that Harry c. Remington, a former
employee of the Drysdale store who
enlisted early in the war with the
First Vermont regiment, had arrived
in 10 no
had long illness and was confined
for a number OF weeks in hospitals
in France. Bennington boys who
have already reached home say that
he has made a good recovery and is
looking well.
The women of Bennington, all of
them, are invited and urged to meet
at the rooms of the Young Woman's
club over the Banner Office Saturday
afternoon, May 3, at $3.50 o'clock TO
form an association for cooperation
and assistance TO the Putnam Memoir
ial hospital There are many and in
teresting ways in which the women
Of the town can work with the hospi-
tai which has already come to have
such an intimate relation with hun
dreds of homes in Bennington and a
large attendance is desired and ex-
pected.
Trustees Wills Burt and North
and Village Clerk Hogan yesterday
made an inspection of the gravel pit
in the Bushnell district that was re-
Gently released by the board The
stone crusher. which was moved to
the pit some time ago, is being put
! in shape for use. The street depart
ment plans to crush the large stone
that is continually being removed
from the pit IN tho excavation Of gra-
vel. The crushed material win be
used with gravel on the streets AT
the present time Street Commission
er Crawford is engaged in filing some
Of the holes in the streets that have
II appeared during The past winter.
Jimmie Hughes. who before he
went overseas in the service OF the
Knights Of Columbus conducted the
night Lunch cart ON West Main street,
is making short stay in the vii
lage and in North Adams He Is To
return Friday 10 Camp Dix where he
is IN charge pf u coffee Kitchen cs-
tablishod by the knights of Columbus
for the beneiit OF men returning from
1 France Many oil the soldiers have
reached The camp during The night
They have d long walk before reach
ing their quarters and at the kitchen
\ they have been able to secure cup
4 of coffee and doughnuts to help them
] on their way. The kitchen is also
) patronized by relatives who are Wis
iting men at Camp.