The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-10-03
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers.

News OF the Town ana village Tolo
Briefly for Busy Readers.
Ryan & O'Connor are having their
fall opening today.
Miss Eliza Hart was recently elect
ed secretary OF her class at Middle
bury.
Kelley Cole of Bennington Center
shot five fine woodcOcks in Hoosick
yesterday.
H. Il. Hart and John Robinson return
ed Wednesday afternoon from Rutland
where they have been on jury duty.
Mrs. Chris. Homes of Lowell, Mass,
| is the guest of her nieces, Miss Matte
Sibley and Mrs. c. j. Kinsley on School
street.
| Membership tickets for the Fort
nightly may be obtained OF Mrs. Ross
at her home on Main street any time
Friday or Saturday morning.
All members of the Young Woman's
club are requested to meet at the home
of Miss ]. A. Valentine Friday evening
Oct. 4, to consider the ACCESSIBILITY of
further continuing or disbanding the
organization. At
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Shannon and
daughter Nellie and Abe Depew, who
have been the guest of Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred Bottum of Dewey street for the
past two weeks, returned today to
their home In Easton, Pa.
There will be no preaching at the
Green Mountain Valley M. Il. chapel
next Sunday. Services postponed for
one week. The people are invited to
attend the Rally Day exercises at the
Bennington Methodist church.
At a meeting of the three upper
classes of the high school held Wednes
day evening for the purpose of arrang.
ing freshman reception to be held In
the near future, the following commit
tee was appointed: Seniors, Francis
Smith. Miss Florence Quinlan; Juniors,
Daniel Hurlbut and Miss Martha
Pratt; SophomOres, Walter Wood and
Miss Janet Shurtleff
Next Sunday will be Rally Day at the
NJ. f. church. Preaching by the pas
tor at 1890 a. m. Subject Praying
for a Revival. Rally Day Excursion
for Sunday school at 11.55 a. m. This
is unique Railroad program. The
train starts promptly. Time tables
(Which are tickets) free to members
of the Sunday school and all their
friends. They can be secured at Girls
wold's store Friday and Saturday or
of any of the Sunday schools officers,
teachers or at the church door. Every
man, woman and child invited.
The Methodist Fair will be held four
days Oct. s to ~, afternoon and even
ings in the spacious basement OF the
new church. Special attractions each
evening. Woods orchestra. Gold
| smiths orchestra led by Mr.. Donnelly
and brass orchestra will furnish the
evening music consecutiyely. Auto
rides afternoons to s, evenings Z to
3. Moving pictures continuously each
evening. Booths of various kinds with
fancy articles, etc. Candles OF all
kinds. Lunch on European plan each
day. Plan to attend the fair and help
the new church fund.
The Bennington Retail Merchants
association will meet Friday evening
at s o'clock at Il. Il. Harris shoe store
for smoke talk. All merchants who
are not members are invited to be pres
ent and an opportunity to join the as
ISOLATION will be given them II they sc
desire. Elisha Winter, New England
organizer, who SO thoroughly covered
the state of Vermont with associa
tons, will be present and address the
gathering. ii. G. Tower, president u
the North Adams association. will al
so be present and will speak. II Il
expected that delegation from thu
North Adams association will be. In at
tendance to assist in the sociabilitie'
of the occasion.