The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-12-16
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lie to 99c Surprise store.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Peekham
are spending the day with relatives
in Adams.
Miss Bessie Morrissey is assisting
at Rosters store.
A new heating apparatus is being
installed in the residence OF A. W.
Varney.
Miss Agnes Streeter is assisting in
the Richie store during the Christ
mas rush.
Mr.. and Mrs. John g. Seymour com
menced housekeeping today at III
Lyons street.
The Pirates and Athletics will roll
a match game on the ! NJ. Z. A. al
legs Tuesday evening.
Col. John e Bragg of New York is
in town in an endeayor TO stage an
amateur play by local talent.
The Bennington Garage is opera
ting automobiles for local service at
regular cut rates. Tel call l9S-l.
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Fred Surdam who recently joined
the Madame X" Co., is laying OIL at
Shamokin, Penn, until after Christ
mas.
Harry b. Hopkinson Went this
morning to Brattleboro to spend the
Christmas vacation with. his grand
parents,
Rev. p. l.. Dow will preach in the
chapel district church Sunday at 3
D. m, and on Tuesday and Wednes-
day evenings.
Large line of embroidery suitable
for Christmas gifts on sale by Mrs.
Kinsley and Mrs. Gregg at the home
of Mrs. Gregg on South street.
Miss Harriet Ramsey, music and
drawing teacher in the graded school,
left Friday for her home in Southing-
ton. Conn, to spend the holidays.
An enjoyable social was given at
the Bennington Falls club house on
Friday evening A large number
were present.
Walter Myers went TO North Ad-
ans this morning where he expects
TO spend the winter with his sister
Mrs. S. NJ. Fisher
Sale of odds and end OF shirt
waists, collars, coat sets. pound pie
ces. Bottum & Torrance company
every Tuesday sale.
Miss Gordon closed her school at
Bennington Falls Friday afternoon
for the Christmas vacation with APP
propriate exercises.
Mrs, Z. j. Tiffany has returned
from New Haven, where she has been
visiting her son. DIR. H. T. Summers
gill, who sailed for Panama Thurs
day
Rev. Charles l.. Leonard d. d., of
Poultney, will preach at the Sunday
morning service in the Methodist
church. The pastor will preach in
the evening.
Augustus Walbridge of New York
who has been visiting his uncle Bar
ker Vail of Old Bennington, has
gone to the northern part of the state
for visit before returning to New
York.
The members and attendants of the
Second Congregational church are
reminded of the last benevolent offer
ing for the year for the church build
ing society, which will be received to-
morrow
Several will go from here tomor-
row to North Adams to hear an ad-
dress at the North Adams Y NJ c. A.
by Walter NJ Chandler Esq. His sub
ject will be The Trial of Jesus, from
a Lawyers Standpoint"
If this weather continues we will
lose our sleighing. a wireless from
Jonah says its going to quit raining
| and be colder, so cheer up faint heart
and purchase your snow shoes, flexi
bic flyer sled, skis. skates and tobog
gan while the stock is complete al
| Griswold's.
John and Edward Stevens Of Yale
University and Miss Susan Colgate
summer residents of Bennington
were among the guests at a dance
given Friday evening by Mrs. j. NJ
Townsend for her daughter, Miss Vir
ginia Townsend, at her Park Avenu,
residence, New York.
Free demonstration of the Whit,
Radiopticon at Griswold's tonight anC
all next week by man from the fac
tory. Ask TO see this most wonder
full machine which projects postcards
photographs, or pictures of any kind
greatly enlarged, upon screen.
Have you decided upon a Christ
mas present for the man for whom
it is so hard to find something suit
able? Here is a last minute sugges
ton for you. Call up 37.W and ask
that a Parker Laundry bag outfit be
brought to your home for examina
ton, and your troubles will be over
Best gift on sale, this year for q
man. Any,
The annual banquet of the Ben
nington club Wednesday evening was
one of the most successful and en-
loyable ever given oy the club. The
dinner was probably the best ever
arranged by the club steward A. j
Cooper president OF the club presid
ed. There was no set program OF
post prandial exercises. but Their,