The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-07-24
Saturday, July "a, 1915.
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News OF the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers

15c. wash crepes, now &c at f. l..
Nichols, Adv.
25c. voiles now 15c at f. l..
Nichols. Adv
Fred Harrington of Pownal is pass
ing the day in the village.
The Union Gospel service at the
Guideboard Sunday will be lead by
Arthur Elwell.
Miss Ruth Montgomery of Shafts
bury is a guest of Mrs. w. A. Peart
of Branch street.
Alfred Taylor of Depot street is
visiting his sister, Mrs. Fred Reed of
Manchester Depot.
Carl Chase and Ellis Chase have re-
turned from a two weeks visit with
| relatives in Springfield, Mass.
/ Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Kehoe are
registered at the Glen Dournie Inn at
| Lake George for two weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Wylie of Rock
Vile Center, l.. L., former residents,
| are making their annual visit to Ben
| nington.
| A new hardwood floor and other i'm
| store of Paddock q Manuel on River
street.
Lloyd j. Bishop son of Mr.. and
Mrs, Albert Bishop has joined the U.
S, navy, having enlisted in Column
bus, o.
Mrs. John Bradburys circle of the
Methodist church met this afternoon
with Mrs Bartha Ferguson at her
home on Booth Terrace.
George BENEFITS who has been Wis
iting at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
John Spargo of Old Bennington, has
| returned to New York.
small balloon released by the Bos
ton store in Albany the first part of
the week, was found Friday on the
Colgate farm by Mrs. j. p. Arm
| strong.
The Modern Woodmen of America
will hold meeting Tuesday evening,
July 27, which all members are re-
quested to attend as A. o. Palmer,
deputy head counsel, will be present.
| Charles r. Seymour, d. D.. of
| Mount Vernon, n. Y, will preach
Sunday morning at the Second Con
| gregational church 1890 o'clock. Sun
| day school at noon
John Fox of Boston, who superin-
tended the erection of the new post
| office under Contractor Leach, is in
| Bennington TO make some slight re.
pairs and changes at the office.
Leonard II Godfrey of Springfield,
Mass, who has been in camp in Dun
vile. came down Friday afternoon to
| pass the week end with his wife, who
is visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs,
| j. II. Livingston.
| Christian Science service Sunday
at II O'Clock. corner Park and Scott
| streets. Subject, Truth. Golden
Text, 80 send out thy light and thy
truth; let them lead me-" The pub
| lie is cordially welcome.
DR.. George Fl. Thompson. ocuist
and aurist, North Adams, wishes his
| patients in Bennington and the sur
rounding country to know that from
Sunday, July %, until Sunday August
%, he will be away on his vacation.
Rev. Ralph w. Tibbals of Williams
town will occupy the pulpit at the
First Baptist church tomorrow at
1890 a. m. Sunday school as usual
at noon. cordial invitation is ex-
tended to all. There will be no eve
| ming service.
Until recently the county Jail has
been populas locality but during the
past week the number of prisoners
has dropped to two. AS the sentences
of these two will expire soon the Jail
will then be mpty for tn making of
tn proposed repairs provided for by
the recent legislature.
Saturday shoppers are reminded
that Joe Levin has inaugurated his
annual July clearance sale and that
the reductions in prices are the larg-
est he has ever made. He is anxious
to dispose of his entire summer stock
and has cut the prices for that pur
pose. Adv
Walton Harrington of North Ben |
nington, the winner in the Benning- |
ton county corn contest last year, has |
been appointed by Gov c. w. Gates
as delegate TO the Universal Corn con
vention of the Top Notch Farmers |
club to be held in San Francisco Aug.
5 and 6.
The open-air meeting at the Sol
diers' Home on Sunday afternoon will.
be held at $50 tomorrow. Paul Ben
rimo, who has just graduated from
Mt. Hermon school and is studying
for the ministry, will give short
talk which will include part of his
life experience and conversion to
Christianity few years past. Miss
Margaret Pilling will assist with the
music as organist and all are invited
to come and help sing.
The subject of Rev. p. l.. Dow at
the Methodist church Sunday morn
ing will be Gods Day" Bible School |