The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-11-24
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News OF the Town and Village Told
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fruit at Estes Market Ady39t2
Fifty gallons sealed shipped oysters
at Estes Market. Ad39t2
Mrs. John Squires has gone to
Skaneateles, n. Y, to visit relatives
for few days.
A card social will be held in the
rooms of the Young Woman's club
this evening.
The Adams Hardware store will be
open this evening till $50. Closed
all day tomorrow.
Mrs. Leslie e. Smith is spending
few weeks as the guest OF her sister
Mrs. F W. Spear.
Ritchies store will be open until
$50 this evening Closed all day to-
morrow, Thanksgiving.
Fred LaFrancis is reported to have
secured 170-lb buck in the vicinity
of Stamford meadows recently.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Barnes are
passing Thanksgiving in Schenectady
with their grandson, Austin w. Bor-
den.
Thanksgiving dance, evening of the
oath in Library hall for the benefit of
he Bennington band. Remember the
date. ADV.
Mr.. and Mrs Oscar w. Kohn of
New York are spending few days
with Mrs. Kohn's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. William A. Root.
Mrs. Clarence H. Holden is enter
tanning her mother, Mrs. Spencer
from Deep River, Conn, during the
Thanksgiving holidays
Thanksgiving Day services at St.
Peters church will be as follows:
Holy Communion at 7.30 a. m. Morn.
ing Prayer 1915 a. M
The Bennington City Band is to
hold a dance in Library Hall the
night before Thanksgiving. Reserve
the evening of the gath. Adv.
George B. Wellington, recently cleo
ted senator from Rensselaer, county,
has closed his home in Old Benning
ton and returned with his family TO
Troy for the winter.
$40 buys first class Singer sewing
machine in perfect repair. Can be
seen in sewing machine department
of Griswold's store. Open Wednes
day evening. Adv. ct
Announcement has been made of
the forth coming wedding in Burling
ton Thanksgiving afternoon of Miss
Cora Branniere of that city to Will
liam Costello of North Adams. Mr..
Costello has many relatives in Ben
nington and is a frequent visitor here.
There will be a meeting of the
Sons OF Veterans in Grand Army hall,
Sunday. November IS, at p. m. All
members are requested to be present.
Thomas Donnelly who has secured
a position with the local telephone
company, is moving his family here
from Rutland and will occupy half
the double house recently constructed
by Frank McDermott on Gage street.
Your feet are bound to be very
much in evidence tomorrow. You'll
be proud of them if dressed up in a
pair of those bronze, blue or black
military boot from the Drysdale shoe
store. Adv
George Mabrey of Norwich, Conn,
who has been visiting a daughter in
Syracuse, was in the village yester-
day to make a short call upon his son,
Principal F. d. Mabrey of the Ben
nington high school.
W. r. Lighthall, bookkeeper for
the Twin State Gas and Electric COM
pany, left this morning for Glens
Falls where lie will pass Thanksgiv-
ing at the home OF his wifes par
ents. Mrs. Lighthall has been at
Glens Falls for some time.
If you have just decided you need
new suit, dress, waist or coat for to-
morrow. don't let the fear of inability
to get a proper fit worry you. AS
sentiments at the Drysdale garment
store are so large and varied that i'm
portant alterations are infrequent.
The funeral services of Mrs Will
liam Sibley, who died at her home on
Depot street Monday morning, were
held from st. Francis de Sales
church this morning, and were attend
ed by many out,of-town friends and
relatives. Burial was in the village
cemetery.
There is on exhibition in the win
dow of the Endress cigar store on
Main street a branch cut from Bald
win apple tree on the farm of Moses
Wilson on the Pownal road. There
are 16 perfectly formed and well
colored apples on the branch which
measures only two feet and two
inches in length.
Rev. Charles r. Provost. pastor of
the church of the Sacred Heart, has
received a letter from the bishop of
the diocese stating that on the first
Sunday OF Advent collection will
be taken in every parish church and
chapel for the relief OF the
Belgian and Polish victims of the
present disastrous war in Europe. In
his letter the bishop says: The pitt
able condition of these valient peo