The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-12-29
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News OF the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers

Miss Imogene Norton gave lunch |
con today at her home on Elm street. |
Miss Minnie Childs of Albany is the |
guest of her sister, Mrs h. B. Patter-
son.
Miner Clark of northampton spent |
Christmas with friends on Grove
street
c. Thornton of Boston is guest
over New Years OF his mother, Mrs.
Guy b. Johnson.
Miss Helen Johnson of Old Ben
nington is recovering from her recent
severe illness.
Mrs. Arthur ]. Holden will give a
dinner Friday night for her daughter
Miss Persis Holden.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Everett OF
Old Bennington are giving dance
Friday night at The Orchards.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Hufnagel and
Miss Hazel Hufnagel have returned
after brief visit in Pittsfeld.
See Bob Alexander, clever Jewish
comedian, in an entirely new comedy
at the Harte Theatre today. ADV.
Bob Alexander of the Grieyes
Musical Comedy Co. is being featured
in Count Won Stormberg" at the
Harte Theatre today. Adv.
The John Grieves Musical Comedy
company of u people are playing
Count Won Stromberg" at the Harte
Theatre today at the regular admis-
sion OF Toe. ADV.
Mr.. and Mrs. Philip B. Jennings are
entertaining a large house party Of
young people over New Years. New
Years night dance will be. held for
them. u ftfs
Edward Adams left this morning
for Stratton with Il team OF horses to
rescue the snowbound automobile
which was left in Stratton by Mr.. and
| Mrs. Samuel b. Hawks last week
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy b. Johnson are
| entertaining house party of young
people over New Years. Al a recep-
ton will be given New Years after
noon in their honor at the Johnson
| home.
Miss Helen Burghardt, accompani-
! ed by her cousin, Miss Louise Austin.
who has been spending the Christmas
| holidays with her. have gone 10 New
York to visit Miss Burghardts aunt
| Christmas exercises were held in
the Episcopal church last evening at
| 4 "A, tAH fhx. rl,n Ga ,,F n
| parish a tree was decorated and 4
| program of recitations and music rem
| dered. An orchestra composed of III.
NJ. Richie Daniel Rifenburg, William
Andrews and -iela Stickles furnish
ed music.
| Mops and wax have been applied in
large quantities to the floor OF Library
han to prepare ii for the dancers
this evening. The laborers in the
hall today we're requested to wear
Sneakers and trail one OF Davis dust
less busters after them, 50 that no
mar or blemish shall be visible on the
surface before the dance begins.
| lanes u. Hogan lost valuable
horse hear FayviHeATuesday after
moon when the animal fell in snow
| drift, broke its leg and required shoot
| ing. The horse was being driven in
| double harness to Il sleigh which had
| brought, two lumbermen into the
| Fayville camp. On the return the bit
on one OF the brides gave way, scar
ing the pair, which started to run.
| one of the horses were thrown into
| the drifts by the roadside where its
| leg was broken, throwing the other
and bringing the runaway to a stop.
J The local fire engine was kept busy
until late hour last evening pumping
water from cellars under blocks about
| the village. The water was entirely
| removed from the basement beneath
| the Remington County savings bank
late in the afternoon and repetition
| of the occurance avoided by stuffing
! the sewer entrance securely with bur
lap and driving it home with a wood
en- plug. Several other property own
ers along Main street also took this
method of stopping further flooding of
their cellars. =
MIR and Mrs. Calvin Endfess return
ed Tuesday evening from spending
the Christmas holidays with their
daughter in Hartford, Conn. They
had opportunity to witness first hand
the destruction caused by Sundays
storm down the Connecticut Valley
and the damage was particularly
acute in Hartford Cedar Hill GENE
terry suffered worst. several costly
monuments being bowled over and
broken by the high wind and several
funerals which were to be held Sun
day afternoon had to be postponed
owing to the inability of the funeral
parties to gain entrance to the GENE
terry.
The fire department was called out
shortly after midnight to eXtinguisr
blaze in a chicken coop on the Nor
gan property on Grove street The
origin of the blaze is a mystery
Prompt action saved firing OF the sur
rounding buildings. The tiremen be
came somewhat confused in respond
ing owing to the distance which the
person who rang the alarm traverset
| TO find an alarm box. II commentIns
4 ! on the fire this morning the tiremel