The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-12-19
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers

Thousands OF different Christmas
post cards at Evans. 34t
Mrs. Samuel Hawks OF Depot street
left this morning for a visit in Troy.
An endless variety OF novelties rang
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Mrs. Joseph Leonard OF Mckinley
street Is confined to the house by III
ness.
MrsJ. p. Daley and Mrs w. r.
Daley spent Wednesday in North
Adams.
Epworth aue business meeting
this evening at the close OF prayer
meeting.
Mrs. G. A. Maurer has gone to Troy,
her former home, to be absent until az.
ter Christmas.
Mrs. j. Ii. Wilkerson OF River ST
has returned from a visit with friends
in Burlington.
Frank Il. Whitman of Saltwater Is
the guest of his parents, Mr. and Mrs
Thomas Whitman.
Miss Edythe Buss of Union street is
spendinga few days with friends In
South SALISBURY.
Mrs. Earl Darling of Gage street,
and sister, Mrs. Ezra Tiffany spent
Wednesday in Troy.
Wesley Whitman of Saltwater Is
spending few days with his grand
parents, Mr. and Mrs L. FL. Whitman.
J. Harry Shay OF the National Cash
Register Company is in town repairing
the registers in use by the local msr-
chants.
The Brunswicks and the Pastimes
will roll the third game In their series
of FIVE at the Corbett- Grennan alleys
this evening.
All the barber shops In town will be
open next Tuesday evening until IL
O'Clock but will be closed all day
Christmas day.
Cashier Contois for the Bennington
and North Adams Street Railway
Company, went to-day to Pittsfeld
for O short visit.
The Ladies Aid society OF the Metho
dist church will hold a special meeting
for few minutes at the close of
prayer meeting this evening.
Many practical and useful gifts can
he selecled from the fine stock at the
Bennington Shoe Store. Their prices
marked to fit the hard times. 35tf
Miss Sophia Maurer, Michael Cos.
tello, John Brann and Merrill Hitch
cock have taken positions in Girls.
wold's store during the Holiday trade.
A special meeting of the official
board of the N 4 church will be held
Friday evening, Dec 20, at 7.30
O'Clock. A full attendance is desired.
just received at Ayres' for Christ
mas fresh line OF Allegrette's famous
chocolates In one and two pound
boxes, also a fresh supply of the 29c
candy. 36tl
Henry Knapp and Arthur VanKleek
have placed an order for a Lubin
moving picture machine and upon its
arrival will begin a series OF entertain
ments.
the entertainment given by Mrs James
Martin S class for the benefit of the
Methodist ccurch building fund last
evening.
George Worthington Jr. son of Mr.
and Ms George Worthington of Ben
pington Center will spend the holi.
days with his parents and is expected
to arrive SATURDAY.
The regular meeting of the Knights
of the Maccabees will be held Monday
evening. Election OF officers will take
place followed by,a smoker. All mem
bers are requested to be present.
A prominent grocer quoted the fol.
lowing prices for the more common
commodities to-day: Butter, 35 cents;
apples, 81 Is to $50 per Darrell eggs
% to 40 cents and potatoes 10 cents
bushel.
The nomination of officers for the 10
cal ii OOF was held Wednesday even.
ing in their rooms ir the Hawks
block. The election of officers will
be held next Wednesday evenin. De.
cember rs.
There will be an entertainment Fri.
day evening in district school number
10, at Bennington Centre. REGULATIONS
will constitute the major part OF an in.
teresting programme already ar.
ranged.
Arthur Fl. Kehoe, member OF the
class of '07 B 8, received, Wednes
day, the first prize of $40 for the best
entrance examination in mathematics,
at the University OF Vermont. This is
great honor both for Mr.. Kehoe and
for Prof. Wlllmarth, who has charge
OF the classes n mathematics at the
local high school.
r. /. Bahan, before going West,
will probably spend couple of weeks
with his aunt, Miss Kate Pool of Wal
loomsac street. During his sojourn
in this town it is expected that MIR.
Bahan will take part 10 some enter
tainment already being planned, both
in the way Of music and in recitations.