The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-10-23
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News OF the Town and Village Told
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| A. r. VonDette has returned from a
business trip to New York.
Mackinaws for the whole family,
lowest prices at the New York store.
Adv.
Dancing tonight in n E. O. p. hall.
Adm. % cents. Music by Therberge's
orchestra. Adv.
A six part V. L. S. E. feature "The
Chalice of Courage, opera house
coming. ADV.
Miss Rhea Hervey, who has been
at Block Island during the summer,
has returned.
New fall ladies' dress skirts, spec
ial $1.95, value $3.50 at the New
York store. Adv.
A S1.OO show for 5 and 10 cents.
"The ChaIice of Courage" coming to
the opera house. Adv.
Popular King Baggot will be seen
in a two-part comedy drama, IAN All
Round Mistake" Opera house today.
ADV.
Special meeting of the Eagles this
evening and after the meeting clam
| chowder will be served to the mem
! bers.
| Miss Mary Nash who recently UNI
derwent an operation for appended
It's at the Samaritan hospital in Troy,
returned home Friday evening.
Rev. w. G. Towert of Bronx, ~ Y,
, will occupy the pulpit Of the First
Baptist church tomorrow. Sunday
school will meet as usual at noon
Sherman cambridge and Edythe
Sterling are featured in a three part
prize western drama, THE Ghost
| Wagon, opera house today. Adv
The young womans club is plan
ming walk for tomorrow afternoon
and will meet on Cooper's bridge at 3
O'Clock and after the walk will return
to the rooms for social time.
| Won't the ladies who plan to do
nate jellies. preserves, pickles. etc,
for the sale Thursday afternoon, Oct
%, try to have them at the Parish
house before two O'Clock that after
noon
Mrs. William e. Hawks, Mrs. Helen
Hawks, Mrs. f. Morehous and Miss
May Lamarre have returned from an
automobile trip to New Haven, Conn.
and New York Michael Burke drove
tho car.
party consisting of Mrs Robert
Rice and son Frank, Mrs. Clarence
! Chandler and Mrs. Houghton Rice
, enjoyed an auto trip to North Adams
Friday and while there called at Mrs.
Albert Morses, a former resident of
this town.
Miss Grace Eva Snow, aged q
years, and formerly of Bennington,
died Thursday, Oct 81, at the home
of Nelson Waite in Green Mountain
Valley: The funeral will be held
Sunday afternoon at go O'Clock
from the Methodist church in South
Salisbury, Rev. Peter Heller offieiat-
ing.
There is on exhibition at the
Library, a collection of Illustrations
of characters from famous novels.
Among them represented are Becky
Sharp Col Newcome, Maj. Dobbin,
Mr. Darcy, Jane Eyre and others who
are doubtless familiar friends to
many readers. The pupils of the
High school are reading most of the
books in which these characters APP
pear thus early acquiring love for
them.
a surprise party was given Miss
Eunice Harwood at her home on the
Main road Friday evening About
thirty young people from Bennington
and South SALISBURY were present
The first prize Of the evening was
awarded to William Myers of South
Salisbury and the BOBBY prize to
Albert Center Music was rendered
by Ivan Hunter and Miss Alice Gun.
shannon. Light refreshments were
ScIhtu anu al .utpdl ltu dl Il ldle HOuT
deeming Miss HARDWOOD a most en-
| joyable hostess.
Bishop Talbot tells of an adven-
ture Bishop Kemper had in the early
days of Kansas. DR., Kemper was
travelling in stage coach which was
held up one night. The bishop re-
monstrated with the road agent, say
! ing Surely you would not rob a
poor bishop engaged in the discharge
Of his sacred duties?' You're a bis.
hop, ell, What church," said the
man behind the gun, The Episcopal
church" You don't say So Why,
that's the church belong to. Go
ahead, driver. Good night, bishop. -
Denver News
At the service Sunday morning in
/ the Methodist church the pastor Rev.
p. L. Dow will preach. Sunday
school 11.45. In the evening special
service will be held The Epworth
League very cordially invites all the
older members of the church and
4 congregation to meet with them as
their guests in the church parlors at
/, 7.45 and then after a social period to
I Al.