The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-08-14
BENNINGTON BRIEFS


Mrs. A. A. Squire went today to
Cambridge for a few days visit.
Ben Botsford of Plattsburg is visit
ing in town with friends for a few
days.
Mems suits greatly reduced at
the New York store on North street.
Adv.
Misses Mildred and Winnifred Rich
mond, are the guests of Miss Helen
Whipple.
The Howard family reunion is be-
ing held today at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. William H. Hicks.
Miss Isabelle Cole of South Shafts
bury is a guest of Miss Matte Buss
at her cabin In Barber's pines.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Levy and daugh-
tiers, Sadie and Jesse, of New York,
are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Lee
| vim.
| Miss Carrie Blackwell of Hopewell,
N. j.. who has been visiting in town.
is now guest OF Miss Matte Buss at
her cabin in Barber pines.
Childrens pump special. $1.25, sl.50
| s1.75 values, sale csc. All sizes in
white canvass, patent, gun metal and
tan. The New York store. Adv
The services at St Peters church
for Sunday will be Holy Communion
at 730; morning prayer and sermon
at l0.45, and evening prayer at
o'clock.
II. G. Reynolds Of. Troy motored
to Bennington Thursday evening to
join his wife who is visiting her
sister, Mrs. c. e. Wells OF Old Ben
nington. Mr. and Mrs. Reynolds will
return to Troy this evening.
Saturday will BID observed at st.
Francis de Sales church as Holy Day
of Obligation and masses will be held
ut and o'clock in the morning
Confessions were held this afternoon
and will be held again this evening
from 730 to $40.
A few books of non.nction. which
have recently been placed ON the H.
brary shelves are: Life and Let
tiers" OF Charles Eliot Norton
Crowds" by Lee: Theodore Roose
welt, the Citizen" II" r-nnh Rlis. and
"Everywoman" by Browne.
News was received Thursday OF
the death in Onieda. n Y, OF David
| I..,to. a far,,,nn roslda,,t ~ nno,,i, N,
ton. He was 80 years OF age, and
was an uncle OF Edward Estes OF
woodford. Tho body will be brought
to North Bennington Saturday and
the burial will be In White Creek.
Among the wild flowers brought
into the library this week are. Fall OF
wild lettuece OF wild opium. rattle
weed or summer anemone, rattle
snake root. Jerusalem artichoke, white
mallow, sweet scented eoidenrod
yellow.top golden rod, and many flow
cred aster. One OF the cultivated
flowers OF particular interest on the
table is the night blooming cereus.
Whitney theatre today Pictures
"Olana of The South Seas. l01 Bison
reels; Getting Vivian Married"
Crystal comedy: THE Polo Champ
ion comedy Tomorrow. ''rhe Sever.
ed Hand" Powers reel drama.
The Pittsield association of form.
or Vermonters Is to visit Bennington
battlefield on Sunday. August l6 The
party will leave Pittsileld at 1913 in
the morning and is due to reach the
battlefield at l045. Bennington PEG.
PIE are invited TO join the party and
the Pittsfeld visitors would greatly
like to have somebody 80 along who
is familiar with tho history OF tho bat
Tic.
At meeting of the class OF 1913,
II. II. 5. held at the graded school
Thursday evening. committees were
appointed to help in the work of fur
therlng the interests OF the school.
AS an incentive for in.cr.class ath.
lotics the class decided to furnish q
trophy cup to be awarded annually.
Plans were also completed for the
| tiooo liNiiiN w wv ittu AuHuni ~, ~
Lake Pontoosuc.
| arrangements have been made
whereby two reels OF motion pictures
OF Bennington win be taken which
will go toward adding publicity to
the town. The movie men VIII
commence operations nj once. and
on Saturday, pictures OF the fire de-
partment will be made On Sunday
the various churches will be filmed.
with the congregations entering and
leaving. During the coming week pic
lures will be taken OF the business
places, and whatever of active inter
est can be stirred up to show the
beauties and charms or Bennington;
bo.h landscape and feminine The
pictures will be shown at the local
theatres and later throughout New
England.
Miss Jessie I.oomis has returned
from a weeks vacation in Haye-hill.
Mass. Providence, II. l.. and other
New England cities. While in IIayer-
hill she was the guest OF Miss Cora
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