The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-12-07
BENNINGTON BRIEFS.
News Of the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers.

Mrs, G. X. Rush of Hoosick Falls Is
In town today.
Miss Nellie Gasher of Hoosick Falls
Is visiting friends IN town.
The Y. M. C. A. is waiting for ap-
| plicants for membership In the educa.
tlonal classes.
G. Newmayer of Manchester is I'm
town to spend Sunday at his home on
| Pleasant street
G. X. Rush is in town again today
after spending a week at his home in
Canadagua, n. Y
The sale Of tickets for Coming
! Thro' the Rye" started off well last
night at the box Office
b. G.. Slade, who has been confined
to the house for some time Is again
able to be out Of doors.
Miss Wayne Mccarthy of Burlington
is Visiting Miss Minnie Casey of Ben
nington Falls for few days.
Miss May Clark will close her sum.
mer home at the Center and leave for
Washington the first of the week.
n. Noyeck has returned from bust
ness trip to New York where he was
purchasing his supply or holiday goods.
The ladies' of the Baptist church
viii give a chicken pie supper in the
church parlors Friday evening. Dec.
18th.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Harris of Pitts.
field are visiting her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph Levins of Bennington
Falls.
| William Temple of Gage street, who
has been confined to the house for the
past week with tonsilitis is able to be
out again.
A gang of New England Telephone
company linemen began stringing the
wire this morning on the new line TO
Woodford city.
] Rev. A. S. Davis, secretary of Y. M.
c. A. has returned from Troy where he
was called on account of the serious
illness of his father.
The A. p. A. sewing circle met at the
home of Mrs William Phalen on
North street Friday evening. Refresh
ments were served and very enjoy
able evening spent by all present.
The Foresters of America will init.
ate Ga new members tomorrow after.
noon beginning at o'clock. A dele.
| cation of Foresters from Pittsfield.
North Adams and Williamstown will
be present.
All candidates for the first basket
ball team should be in the Y. NJ. c. A.
gymnasium Monday evening at $50.
Tuesday evening an experienced coach
will be in attendance, possibly Mon
day evening.
A large number of people were pres
ent at the reception given by the ~
h. o. p in honor OF its class meeting
Thursday evening. Cards and dane
ing were enjoyed and a good time was
reported by all
Remember the famous symphony
club will give a concert Dec 18th in
the Y. NJ c. A. building ut s p. m.
The proceeds will 20 towards defray-
ing the expenses Of putting screens on
the gymnasium windows Tickets now
on sale, soc.
At the Baptist church the pastor,
| Rev, Frank r. Morris. will preach
morning and evening. Morning topic.
The Young Christians Ideals" Bible
school at noon, Baraca and Philathea
classes, and the new mems Bible class
taught by the pastor. Evening service
with popular songs. You are invited
Dennis Healev Of Schenectady is
visiting his son, William J. Healey of
Spring street. Mr.. Healey is well
known here being brother of John NJ.
Healey of the west part of the town
and also of the late Michael Healey for
many years proprietor of the American
house.
| The many admirers in this town of
| Chauncey Olcott, the famous Irish
tenor, will be pleased TO know that he
is scheduled to appear in the opera
house April Goth. Mr.. Olcott is now
playing at the Liberty theater in New
York In his new play, "O'Neil of
Derry"
Custer Relief corps last evening
elected the following officers Presi-
dent, Laura B. Cole; Senior Vice
President. Carrie Burnham; Junior
Vice-President, Hattie Hudgins; Treas.
urer, Nellie Clark; Secretary, Electa
| Murphy; Chaplain. Harriet Patterson;
| Conductress, Lucy Cutting: Guard,
Lima Morse.
The Coming Thro' the Rye" COM
pany will come here Tuesday from
Claremont, N, H., where they play
Monday night, on special train, ar
| irving here about noon. This Is the
only way under the new schedule of
trains that the company is able to
reach here in time to unload its
scenery before the show.