The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-11-02
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News of the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers

Mrs. John Purcell has been visiting
her sister in Wateryliet.
Miss Edith Madison of Gage
street has returned to Cambridge af-
ter visiting over Sunday at her home
here.
Mr.. and Mrs. 7. A. Davenport of
Gage street are spending the week in
Montreal They will return Satur-
day.
The Alter Guild of ST. Peters
church will hold food sale in the
Parish House Saturday afternoon
from to 6. ADV.
Lost-Saturday evening, gold bar
pin with diamond in center. Reward
| if returned TO Miss Isabel Tudor, 722
Main street. 20t6
The regular monthly business meet
ing of the Woman's Auxiliary of the
Y. NJ. C. A. is to be held Wednesday
| at o'clock.
George Beban, star of The Italian
is featured in the S-part Paramount
masterpiece The Alien" at the Harte
| Theatre today. ADV.
Raymond Hart, has returned to his
work in the Hudson store after
weeks vacation spent with relatives
in Springfield, and Palmer, Mass.
Burt, the Florist has leased half
of the store now occupied by Evans
news agency and will take possession
Thursday.
Clean, powerful, something totally
different at the opera house today,
"Mortmain' a fiye-part " L, S. f.
masterpiece. Adv.
Mt Anthony Lodge f. & A. NJ. will
hold it's regular meeting this even
ng, Nov End, 100 Receiving petit
tions, balloting and other business.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Morse of
townsville and Chas. Doty and daugh-
ter Lena of Valley Falls were Sunday
guests OF Mr.. Morse's mother, Mrs.
Jonathan Morse of North street.
On account OF the intense dramatic
situations and climaxes in Mortmain
at the opera house today, patrons of
| a over sensitive or nervous tempera-
ment are warned not to attend. Adv.
1t is hoped the ladies of st. Mary's
guild won't forget the important meet
ing tomorrow afternoon at 800
Come and help out with your suggest
ions for the winter work. Tea will be
served at 430.
There Will be an important meeting
| of the Sons of Veterans at &. A. r.
| hall Wednesday evening at o'clock
and every member is requested and
urged to be present By order Of
Commander w. +. Vickery.
The Minister'S association of Ben
nington and vicinity held their regu-
lar meeting in the Second Congrega-
tional church Monday afternoon ad
dressed by Secretary a. f. Wilkin-
son OF the local Y. Nj. c. A.
The eminent actor, Robert EdesOn
is featured in that weird, unusual,
! peculiar, powerful, totally different
| five-part " l.. 5. II. masterpiece
"Mortmain" at the opera house today,
supported by an exceptional cast of
Nitagraph favorites. Adv.
Miss Harris received box of good
things to eat from her home in Ben
nington last week and gave the chill
dren at school a treat Friday after.
noon, serving hot cocoa and home.
made cakes and cookies. -Townshend
item in the Brattleboro Reformer.
Mt Anthony Chapter No l, o. L. S.
will hold a regular meeting Wednes-
day evening, Nov. 3, balloting, receiy-
ing of petitions and other business
All officers that can not be present,
will they please notify the Worthy
Matron A good attendance is desir-
| ed
Mrs Charles c. Walker of Rutland
is visiting her brother. John Gilrain,
Depot street. Mrs Walkers husband
was electrocuted at the Burlington
electric light plant week ago Satur-
day when he held charged wire in
his hand and accidentally stepped
back so that his shoulder came in
contact with switchboard complet-
ing a circuit and sending 1900 volts
through his body
The Sunday school Board of the
Methodist church held a business
meeting last evening which was ad-
dressed by Rev. Charles A Boyd of
Burlington, state Sunday School AS
ISOLATION secretary Many of the
suggestions which he made will be
adopted by the local school Later in
the evening Mr.. Boyd spoke before
the monthly meeting of the Metho-
dist Brotherhood following their
monthly supper in the church par
lors.
There can be no possible dolbt that |
good will come from the good roads |
meeting which Brsttleboro, 8enuing-
ton, Bellows Falls and Wilmington |
held here yesterday But Brat.leboro |
and Bennington in particular should |
bear in mind that Vermonts road pol
icy to help those towns which
show disposition and ability to help
themselves. 1t is not too much to eX-
pect that an automobile highway