The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-07-09
BENNING ION BRIEFS
News Of the Town ard Village Toh
Briefly for Bgsy Readerr

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George Hogan left today for Boston
where he will remain for a few days
on business.
| JDr. C. w. Bartlett is enjoying few
days fishing at his camp ON Lake
jChamplain.
Miss Mildred M. Starkey of Detroit
Mich, is visiting her sister, Mrs. VIII
liam G. Towart.
See Alice Joyce in her greatest
triumph The Third Degree at Harte
Theatre today. Adv.
Mrs. L. E. Moore, Mrs. G. H. Moore,
jr., and Miss Florence Moore are
spending the day in Pownal.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Mahon, daughter
Anna and son Edward of Pleasant
street, have returned from few days
visit in Syracuse.
Miss Louise Mclaughlin has re-
turned to Dorset after q weeks visit
at the home of her brother, William
Mclaughlin of North street.
Mrs. G. H. Moore, sr., of Weeks
street returned Tuesday evening from
weeks stay with her sister, Mrs.
Ada Dadman in Williamstown.
Miss Ella Cummings returned today
from few days stay with her aunt,
Miss Ella Kinney, at Locust Hill farm
in the western part of the town.
Frederick Bond of Detroit, who has
been the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. A. w.
Varney, left Monday for New York
where he will remain for few days
en- route to his home.
The Griswold store will be closed
on Thursday afternoons and even
ings until furteher notice. Arrange
ments will be made to take good care
of his newspaper customers. Adv
Mr.. and Mrs. H. E. Pritchard and
daughter of School street and Mr..
and Mrs. Clifford II. Hawkins of
South SALISBURY returned Tuesday
from a weeks outing at Hedges Lake.
Miss Sarah Thurman of Troy is at
the Walloomsac Inn in Old Benning-
ton for the summer Miss Thurman,
having passed many seasons at the
Inn, is well known among the sum
mer colony at Old Bennington
Several of the property owners of
Branch street are improving the looks
of their residences by coats Of paint.
Among the number are: Mr. and Mrs.
Charles POLAND, Mrs. Charles Har-
bour, Mrs. Ira Wood and Mrs. Lucy
lockwood.
See Alice Joyce in the screen YER
sion of Charles Klein's' great stage
success THE Third Degree. AS a
picture it is every bit as pralseworthy
as when it appeared as spoken
drama. See this wonderful picture at
Harte Theatre today ADV.
Mrs. John C. I1aswell, daughters
and son, Of Dayton, o., are stopping
at the Walloomsac Inn. Mr.. Haswell
is expected to arrive in Old Beninng
ton the first of next week. He is a
direct descendant of the late Anthony
Haswell. publisher of the Vermont
! Gazette.
Mrs. Mary Stone Sanford of Troy,
wife of the late William NJ. Sanford
is passing a portion OF the summer in
Woodstock. She is expected to ar
rive in town in few weeks and willi
spend the remainder of the season
here. Her husband was former
Bennington boy and lived for some
time in the Sanford homestead in Old
Bennington, now occupied by Mrs.
Charles r. Sanford.
Remember that most of the leading
merchants in the village will close
their stores on Thursday afternoons
and evenings, beginning tomorrow
and continuing during July and Au-
gust. All who believe in fair play,
should try and Sdb their shopping at
times when all of the shops are open,
and all that they can 10 encourage
those merchant 81 who are merciful to
the store clerks who as rule, have
longer hours than any other class of
employees. 1t is hoped that all Ben
nington merchants will join in this
movement and thus enjoy together a
midFweek half holiday, which the pub
lie will very soon accommodate them
selves to, and gladly.