The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-12-15
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News OF the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers

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today. Adv.
The Adams Hardware store will
be open tonight and every evening
until Christmas.
Rev Thornton +. Turner has pur
chased a Ford coupe for winter use;
from the Bennington garage
The classes in sewing and cooking
in the night school have been discon.
tinued until the week OF January 9.
The state Grange is in session at
Burlington this week. There are
several delegates from Bennington
county.
The Big Review Musical comedy
company of IS people at the Harte
theatre Thursday, Friday and Satur-
day of this week. Adv.
The first car from North Adams got
through to Bennington yesterday at
345 and the North Bennington line
was clear at o'clock.
Atty. Robert Healy was about the
village this morning after being con.
fined at his home for the past week
with a painful growth on his neck.
Mr. and Mrs Allie w. White and
Mrs. William c. Clark are attending
the State Grange meeting in Burling.
ton also Deputy A, E. Dunn, Eugene
d. Bishop and Frank Bishop of STAN
ford
The greatest military spectacle of
the year. THE Cambells are Coming
featuring Francis Ford and Grace
Cunard. a parts) (2500 people, Love.
War and Thrilling Action opera
house tomorrow Adv
Bob Weston's Musical Comedy Co,
will present Funny Mr. Guggenhei-
mer" at the opera house today. Pref.
ty girls, funny comedians, special
scenery, beautiful wardrobe. bright
comedy program changed daily
Adv.
The big storm which struck Ben.
nington also hit the whole north east
ern part of the country and traffic of
all kinds has been badly delayed. 1t
was said yesterday that 20 trains
We're stalled in the vicinity OF Pough
keepsie.
No New York mail reached here
yesterday. The Tuesday New York
papers got to Bennington this morn
ing, but the Boston morning papers
arrived here last night The New
York papers did not come again this
morning.
Ice harvesting has begun. Several
loads of cakes from the village pond
passed through the village this morn
ing. For the open winter Bennington
has enjoyed up to Monday, the cakes
were OF surprising thickness, measur-
ing to 10 inches. o@ "f'
Vivian Martin, filmdoms daintiest
star in five-part World feature,
1.-THE Little Dutch GirF' founded on
Ouida's story Of compelling
charm, Two Little Wooden Shoes"
and chapter s OF the romantic novel,
The Diamond from the Sky" The
Mind in the Past" opera house, to-
day. ADV.
The Idyll of the Mill" beautiful
comic opera is to be given at the
opera house Friday evening under the
auspices OF Stark lodge. The opera
is given by Adams and North Adams
talent under professional training
and was a great success when pre-.
sented in North Adams. The stage
setting, costumes and electrical eff. |
feet are said to be most striking.
Tickets are on sale at Gokays.
The Bennington Basket Ball play
ers recently formed under the aus
pices of the Y NJ. C. A.. are to play |
their first game since organization |
with the Williamstown Independents |
at the Y NJ C. A. gym this evening. |
the village this winter and good |
crowd is expected at the initial game. |
The players for tonight. are as fol-
lows: Roy Denley, Nelson Hitch
cock, William Hollister, b. NJ. Co
burn. Harry Snow, Ansel Buss and
Ralph W. Haynes r. II. Sherwin is
to act as referee and good prelimi-
nary has been arranged Game will
be called at o'clock The admission
has been placed at the low price of
zoe. The boys are in the work pure
ly for sport and not to make money,
any door receipts being used for
the purchase OF team equipment
Rev. p. IL. Dow went to Saratoga,
Spa, this morning to attend the fun
eral of Rev. c. X. Hawley, retired
and member of Troy Confer.
ence Mr. Hawley received license
to preach from the Methodist Episco-
pal church in Fairhaven and among
the pastorates of his long and sue
cessful ministry, were the following
in Vermont Highgate. Enosburg,
Sheldon, Benson, Shell
burne, Fairhaven and Brandon, his
other pastorates were in the state of
New York as follows: Salem, Platts-
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