The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-12-07
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we recommend Bali Grand arctics,
heavy rubbers and boots. Fresh
&c ids at Hects. Adv
Mrs, Maurice Rudd viii entertain
Circle G Of the congregational church
Wednesday afternoon.
Mrs Charles Barnes will entertain
Branch No. OF ST. Peters church
Wednesday afternoon from to ..
Mrs. j. T. Carpenter and daughter,
Helen spent Saturday and Sunday Wis
ting in Albany and Schenectady
A handsome line OF plain and fancy
boxes now on sale in our show room,
bennington Pa2ei Box Factory 7O9
Main street Aly.
Miss Julia Hayes returned to her
employment in Pittsfield Monday
morning after spending the week
end with her brother, John Hayes.
NJ. Homann has purchased two
building lots on Silver street of
George Antonio and expects to build
on the property during the coming
summer.
Mrs. Lydia Sanders is spending
some time in North Adams owing to
the condition of her son Burt Sand
ers who was operated upon for appen-
| dicitis Friday
Invitations, are out for the wedding
OF Miss Bertha Levin, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Nathan Levin, TO Meyer
Kohn, to be held in Forester's hall on
the evening Of December 18th. t
Make selection for an attractive
Christmas gift from the many odd
pieces Of rich French Ivory on dis
| play for this week in the window Of
Quinlans Pharmacy Adv. 4St2
Mrs. Amelia Wheeler of Troy, a
trained nurse and for some years a
member of the household of Howard
II. Shields in Bennington Center, is
the guest for a few days of Mr.. and
Mrs. Thomas Halloran,
The ladies of the Old First church
are planning an attractive program
of Christmas music on which they
have begun rehearsal. There are to
be several solos by members outside
the regular choir who have generous
~ offered to assist.
Lovers CT vocal and instrumental
music and rich humor cannot afford
to miss tae treat At foresters hall
next Thursday night by the sightless
brother and sister. John and Mary
McCay. Mr. Mccw gxcips much
laughter by his droll humor and rich
Irish wit. Adm Is cents .s.,as Adv.
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy 3. johnson and
Miss Helen Johnson are eX-
pected to return this evening from,
weeks visit in New York
The Miriam Rebekah lodge held
their regular weekly meeting last eve.
iAins ana nominated ticket OF oftic.
ers for the ensuing year which will be
voted upon next Monday
time
The committee in charge OF the
community Christmas tree celebra-
tion in Pittstield met Yesterday after
noen and decided that the tree will
be held at O'Clock Christmas after
noon, following 10 minutes toling of
the church bells. A band composed
OF Fittsiield musicians will play. and
there will be singing of carols by the
crowd
Hiram Wing, sealer at the Ben
nington scale works, who came to
this village three years ago from Rut
land, went to Troy this noon for sew
eraI weeks treatment at the New
Samaritan hospital He has been in
ffail health for some time and came
to Bennington to change his employ
ment, hoping it would benefit him
He expects to stay in the hospital I'M
til February EF
, There is considerable local interest |
in the fact that Gov. l.. r. Hanna of
North Dakota is passenger. on the |
Ford peace snip, as he lived in N1rth3
Adams and Stamford for SeFerall
years when a young man He was
for time employed by C. Winchen, |
who conducted a general store in
Stamford and also worked in the Bur
lingame G. Darby hardware store in (
North Adams. lie left for the west |!
about 80 years ago, but has frequent
ly visited in North Adams since that |
Electricians have been employed at |
Coopers mill this week installing an
electric float on the water tank. The |
float is so arranged that if the water
becomes too high it touches an cleo
trio connection at the top and rings |
1 gong down in the factory. The |
same operation also takes place if the |
water becomes too low. This pre-
vents the water from causing too
great weight for the strength of
he tank and also automatically |
shows If the contents of the tank are
n constant preparation for fire
NJ. Farkasch, a former ennington
business man is in town from Spring
ield. Mass. Mr.. Farkasch was form
arly connected with the soap com
Dany which at one time built and ran
4 factory in North Bennington in
which many local people were inter