The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-12-30
THE EVENING BANNER
BENNINGTON VERMONT
Friday, December "a, 1915.
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News OF the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers

leuBeIS, dypoohs' etS' dt Evans e
ADV.
mas as the guest OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Daniel Buckley.
New Years dance at Eoresters hail
Saturday. ADV,
Greno and Plat, comedy novelty
experts. opera house today Adv.
Miss Elizabeth O'Toole has return
ed from Troy where she spent christ
New Years greetings, enclosure
cards, post cards, calendars, diaries
States Attorney Fra@h C. Archi-
bald of Manchester was in the village
today.
Brownson Mattison is confined TO
his nome on Dewey street w.'h an at
tack of grippe.
Kathryn and Carroll Mcfarland
comedy, singing and talking, opera
house today. Adv.
John Conley re-urned this morning
to Pittsheld after spending the hoii'
DAYS with relatives i'll town.
The Richie store will be open until
10 o'clock Friday night and will be
closed all day New Years. Adv.
Grand masquerade and civic dance
Friday evening, New Years eve, N.
e. o. p. hall. Adv
Special sale OF trimmed hats and
shapes. Mrs. j b. Harmon Library
building Adv.
Miss Avis Babcock of Hoosick Falls
is visiting in the village and attended
the Civic league dance last evening.
This is the weather for sleighing
Equipment for four horse slsigh rides
Rates on application to Henry NJ.
futile Co Adv.
See Bob Alexander and Ralph Rog-
ers in "The Two Senator's musical
comedy tabloid at the Harte Theatre
today. Adv.
Equipment for four horse sleigh
rides. Great winter sport. Rates up
on application to Henry NJ futile Co.
Adv.
William H. Read of West Shafts
burywhohas Observation-Disclosures
Tor. Airs. Harry Francis Of Brooklyn
ba6 returned home.
Allen Briggs, who has been in the
northern part OF the state on bust
ness. was in the village today on his
way to his home in Searsburg.
Miss Mary Watson. who has been
employed at the Evans News room,
has resumed her former position in
the factory of the L. Z. Waist com
pany,
Looking. Backward" will be the
topic of the Congregational chapel
service tonight This meeting win
be preparatory to the Communioners
next Sunday
Bob Alexander and Ralph Rogers
work together in The Two Senator'S
one of the funniest musical comedy
tabliods at the Harte Theatre today.
Adv
A special meeting or Miriam he-
bekah lodge will be held this evening
at eight o'clock to work the ciusatory
degree A good attendance is desir-
ed
Mr.. and Mrs. Leland Sweet of
White Creek and Rev. William Wal
lace Eaton and daughters Lillian, Mir
lam and Emily and Rose Guernsey of
Scoharie n Y, were guests yesterday
of Mrs. e. F. C. Mosher.
Miss Ruby DIN and Edward Gard
ner, both residents of Bennington,
were married Wednesday forenoon n
St Francis de Sales church TIL,
were Miss Mary Lonergar
and Thomas Toomey. Following q
wedding breakfast at the home Of the
bridegroom, Mr. and Mrs. Gardner
left upon their honeymoon trip. They
will reside in Bridgeport Conn
The Emeralds OF pittsheld who are
going to play the y, NJ. c. A. basket
ball team New Years night. have play.
cd in the Y. NJ. c. A. twice before dur
ing the past three years. Both times
they have beaten the "Y" boys and
now the third time the "Y' boys are
playing with a much faster team than
ever before and are going to try hard
to make up for the two beatings that
have occurred in the past so says the
big guard, if he is given enough help
and that is assured
1t has been necessary for force OF
New England Telephone company EN-
ployes to keep a pump in operation at
THE manhole at the corner of Pleas
an. and North streets in an effort to
clear the underground conduit of sur
face water which has been accumulat
ing since the storm of Sunday. The
men have been pumping since Mon
day afternoon and they are now con
vinced that the water from the over
flowed cellars on North street is
seeping into the tube.
The usual mid-week prayer meeting
Of the Methodist church will be omit
ted this evening on account of the
annual Watch Night service to be
held Friday night, commencing at 9
O'clock The meeting will be opened
with a praise service led by the choir,
which viii be followed by love
feast The sermon will be preached
by Rev. George Ii. Dow of Fultonville
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