The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-05-12
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and Village rolt
Briefly for Busy Readers

btieis TOT BUSY hcSocFs
Ned Healy was in North Adams to-
day
New Photograph records at Dewitt
E. Lewis optical shop. Adv
E. B. Patterson has a full line of
Chase and Sanborn's teas and coffees.
See window display Adv.
Mrs. Frank McDermott of fittsheld
was in town to attend the funeral OF
her aunt Mrs. Mary FOrgue.
Mrs Harriet Williams has returned
from New York where she has been
for several days on business
Miss Dora Galloway of Cambridge
is spending few days with her aunt,
Mrs. Anna Galloway of Main street
Beginning. Monday, Louis Briggs
viii have cream for sale on his milk
cart. IL pint 2Qc, pint 4Oc, quart
75c. Tel. 347-M Adv.
r. T. Collins has returned to his
home in Eureka, Montana. after
a weeks visit at the home of his sis
ter, Mrs John Griffin of School street.
Mrs. Anna Galloway and Mrs.
George Fleming of Main street were
in Williamstown Sunday to visit Mr..
and Mrs. William Mcneil Mr. Me
Neil is son of Mrs. Galloway.
Miss Irene Buss who has been in
New York for a week as the guests of
relatives has returned hcme and re-
sumed work as stenographer this
morning in the Office of H. c. White
company.
"a b. Chase motored TO New York
Sunday in a Ford roadster making
the trip in 3 hours. He returned to
Bennington this morning by train
The Ford was not tired but Mr. Chase
had enjoyed enough driving for "a
hours
/ While the Harte moving picture
4 theatre is closed the walls OF the
operating booth will be lined with
brick as further protection against
fire. The booth is at present pr
,acticaly fire proof but the owner is
DESTROYS of avoiding all possibility Of
fire
p j. Prendergast has resigned al
clerk in the Patterson grocery store
He was formerly employed in thu
same store By A. c. Lamarre and con
tinued as clerk when the business
was bought by +. b Patterson b!
whom he has been employed thu
past five years
Company A. V. V. NJ is to have
smoker Tuesday evening at Librar,
hall and coffee and eatables will b.
served 4 number of guests hay
been invited to consider the future 0
the company The new uniform
have arrived and will be issued Wed
nesday evening.
Miss Barbara Bart has resigned a
bCokkeeper and stenographer in tn
Office OF insurance agent. William II
Wills to remain at her home with he
mother whose health is not the bes
She will be succeeded In the Office 0
Mr.. Wills by Miss Annastasia I
Fitzgerald, who for the past year ha
been employed in the Office of tn
Evening Banner
The funeral Of Mrs. Ellen Hogan
widow of the late James Hogan, wa
he d from ST Francis de Sales churc
this forenoon, Rev r. j. Cahill of
ciating The bearers were Thcma
Morrissey, John r. Carroll. Emmt
Leahy. Richard Burke, Michael Hoga
and William Broughn. The int
: ment was at the Park Lawn cemeter,
, During the hour of service the Dry
dale store was closed
To-day is the fifth anniversary {
the Patterson grocery store at il
present stand en- Main street AS
. coincidence the work of he employee
J. this morning was re.arranged Wa
y ace b Cutting, who for thirty yeal
S has covered the grocery route, fir
r with horse and wagon and in lai
e years by auto truck. has been tran
l. ferred TO inside work 10 take II
place of p. Pendergast Mr. Cut
i ings health has been impaired f,
some time and this morning resume
s duties after a severe illness of thrt
e weeks. Eli SQuires, recently di
charged from military service wi
succeed Mr. Cutting as driver of Il
delivery triIcly