The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-08-13
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News of the Town and Village Told
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Joseph Stone Q, Park street ia ill
G. tonsilitis
The Old Academy library will be
closed all day Saturday, August 16.
Tuesday evening, the local |. o. O.
+. band gave a concert in North Ben
nington.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. NJ. Shoemaker of
Old Bennington spent Tuesday in
Brattleboro.
Mrs. Charles II. Ressiguie of I'm.
perial avenue rs visiting for few
days in Troy.
Dance at Young Woman's club
rooms Thursday night. MeGurn's or
chestra Adv
Mrs. Charles Il. Weles and sister
in-law, Miss Fannie Welles spent
Tuesday in Troy.
Get your golden bantam sweet corn
for canning now from Fl. VI. Durham,
tel 221-11. Adv.
Rev. and Mrs. j. e. Mckee are
spending a week at Breadloaf Inn. al
Breadloaf, Vermont
The road on South street from the
pcstofilce TO the corner OF Elm street
is now open for traffic.
The reunion OF the Stratton family
viii be held at Bottunrs Pavilion
Hedges Lake, August &c,
Miss Lena Houghton was able to
resume work Monday having recover
ed from an illness of tonsilitis
Miss Mabel Harvey student
nurse at the North Adams hospital,
Is spending a few days in town.
Clayton Paddock, who is employed
in the Federal Lunch on South street
visited at his home in Hoosick Tues
day.
Cordes and William Armstrong arc
spending week camping at the
Green Mountain camp in He'll IIol.
low
Seventeen small children were OPP
Grated on at the Putnam Memorial
hospital Tuesday for tonsils or ade-
noids
DR.. w. Brunei, chjropodist, will be
at Miss Huttons this week Thursday
on account OF her vacation the follow
ing week. ADV.
One of the houses which is being
built by the Holden.Lenoard Com
pany on Mckinley street, is nearly
ready for occupancy.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Madden and
children of Troy are the guests of the
Misses Mary. Bose, and Ellen Mad
den of West Main street.
Miss Helen Johnson OF Old Ben
nington. who has been visiting
friends in Maine for several weeks is
expected home Thursday.
The lumber for the house which is
to be built by Raymond Ressiguie on
Imperial avenue has arrived and is
| being delivered on the ground.
Roy NJ. Paddock, who has been con
fined 10 the house by illness for the
past two weeks. was able to be down
l.street for the first time Tuesday.
George Mathers, d. w, McCelland,
Rev ]. A. Perry, and Lawrence Girls
void are enjoying hike over Bald
Mountain to He'll Hollow today.
Miss Ida Roy resumed work Mon
day as clerk in the Drysdale store af-
ter two weeks vacation which she
spent with relatives in Montreal.
Miss Marjorie Smith resumed work
Monday in the office of Dewitt Il.
( Lewis after vacation of two weeks
which she spent with her parents in
Niantit Conn
The Bennington branch American
Red Cross is very greatful for the
generous supply of linen pieces Ak.
There is sufficient supply on hand
2: Presen;.
Miss Gladys Fauley is spending a
months vacation at the home OF her
parents on Stafford street Miss Eau
ley has been employed in Boston
during the past year.
Lloyd Waters of Bridgeport, Conn,
a former resident is spending several
days in town. Mr.. Waters was at
one time third baseman on Benning.
toms professional baseball team.
Miss Christine Rickert has return
ed to her home in North Weymouth
Mass, after visiting here at the home
of her grandparents. Mr. and Mrs
Alfred Sweet of School street.
During the absence of the rector OF
st. Peters Church, the parish house
will continue to be open daily. Mr.
James will be there to attend to any
matter which the Pensioners may
wish to bring to him.
Frank Riley, member of the regu
lar army and who recently returned
from service overseas. is spending a
furlough with his wife and daughter
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Stone OF Park street.
Floyd Wright has returned to his
duties in the Noveck store after en-
Toying a two weeks vacation A
week of this time was spent on an au
iomobile trip through New Hamp-
shire, Maine and Canada
Miss Myrtle Niles of Berlin N. Y,
who has been the guest of Miss
Mabel Livingston for the past few
days, left this morning for Troy
where she will spend>a short time be-
fore returning to her home.
The vadnais express company of
North Adams has converted one of
its trucks into bus to carry pas
sengers to Bennington. This has
been done as a convenience to travel
| ing men during the street car strike