The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-10-29
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
ssvs OF the Town and Tlsse Told BrsssA
Cor GszS Readens

Miss Julia LaMarre is i'll.
Mrs. Emily Whiteais visiting in
North Adams.
f. B. Hyde of Springfield Mass,
| is in town on business.
Miss Lena LaFranchise has return
ed from a visit in Hoosick Falls.
Hubert Daley of Middlebury is
visiting his parents, DR.. and Mrs. E.
B. Daley.
Mrs. Otto Bennett, who has been
visiting her sister, Mrs. Frank Hur
ley. has returned to Manchester.
S. Rosenberg has moved his shoe
repairing shop to the Dewey block
on North street.
Mrs. J. b. Seymour went to Troy
this afternoon to visit her husband,
who last week underwent an opera
ton in the Samaritan hospital.
Mrs. Nettie lockwood and Mr.. and
Mrs. r. NJ. Paddock were in North
Adams Tuesday evening to attend
| the wedding of their cousin, Miss
Ada Hicks.
Joseph Newman and Annie Eliza
| beth Cheesbro, both of Florida,
| Mass. were united in marriage Sat
| urday, October %. 1913 at the Metho
| dist parsonage. by Rev. p. l.. Dow.
Class No. IL of the Methodist
| Sunday school are to have supper
| on Thursday at $50 p. m. in the
| church basement TO consider some
| important things OF the class work
/ II. G. Banks is the teacher of this
class and is hoping for every boy to
| be present.
The parade on Halloween night
| will be for every boy and girl in the
village and they will all be invited
to come to the rooms of the Y. NJ. c..
A. and enjoy the fun there. There
will be a bag of popcorn for all who
come to the inside activities who
have been in the parade.
| Plans are being made for big
| meeting for men and older boys in
| the Y. NJ. c. a. Sunday afternoon at
o'clock when Geo. l.. Barker will
speak on Sowing Wild Oats. This
announcement is made early that
| every man who knows the import
ance OF this topic may plan to come
| and bring his friends with him to
| the gathering. Good music will be
large part of the meeting.
The opening games of the inside
basketball league will open tonight
when HOLSTERS team will play
BUSES team and when Burt's team
will play Harmons. The game will
start at o'clock sharp and after
the games there will be social time
with refreshments to all who partici-
pate in the games and other mem.
bers OF the Association. An infor-
nal talk will be given along the line
Of vital relationship OF the physical,
mental and moral natures. A small
admission will be made to the game.
Coming TO the Bennington opera
house next week for three days with
! matinees at popular prices, the
| worldwide favorite, Mrs. General
Tom Thumb, supported by Count
| Magri. Baron Magri. and her own
company of Liliputians with Prin.
cess Chinqnilla and Bijou Comedy
company of fourteen people. Mrs.
Tom Thumb has not appeared here
in thirty years and as this is her
l "a, ckA.,lI loo,
this opportunity of seeing this grand
(! young favorite OF the entire world.
Mrs. Tom Thumb is now II years
and she appeared before the public
for 55 years.
The Fortnightly offers its mem.
bers a chance to bring the men of
| the family as guests to an evening
meeting on Saturday of this week at
$50 o'clock. The program will open
with music and u. II Winslow will
give lecture illustrated by stereop-
ticon views OF Vermont roads. He
has many valuable government
slides of views from all over the
state and the subject ought to be
one OF interest to men in particular.
Guest tickets for this meeting are
left at the usual low price of ten
cents and it is hoped that the mem.
bers will take advantage of this and
greet Mr.. Winslow with q large and
representative audience OF towns
people.
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