The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-12-03
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News OF the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers

I Nenlson Tor sale at Burlington s.
Adv
Mrs. Clarence Curtis Of Manchester
Depot is spending week visiting in
the village
/ Youths suits made to measure at
Hunters Tailor shop over Wool
worth's. Adv
Johnson Brothers and Johnson arriv
! ed today to play an engagement at
the HaIte theatre Adv.
The Nations Peril" with beauti-
full Ormi Hawley and Earle Metcalfe,
J Opera House Tuesday. Adv.
Five big acts Of purpose and punch
/ es in the V. l.. s. f. feature, The
Nations Peril" Opera House Tues
day, Adv,
Miss Eula Turner has returned to
her home in Manchester Depot after
spending the Thanksgiving holidays
/ with friends in Bennington.
Mr. and Mrs b. NJ Endred of Man
chester Depot are visiting friends in
the village for a week, expecting TO
return home Sunday.
The bargain sale at the First Bap-
! fist church will be open this evening
Saturday and Saturday evening
ADV.
Miss Blanche L. Smith left Ben
nington today for Hackensack, n J.,
where she is to be married Oh Christ
mas day to James H. Garrison. At
ter the wedding Mr. and Mrs CARR
son will reside in Bogota, N. j.
1 Miss Lena Goldsmith returned to
! her home in Bennington last evening
She underwent an operation in the
Troy city hospital some weeks ago
and since leaving that institution has
been the guest of her brother, Paul
Goldsmith for the past three weeks
in Troy.
John Elwell. who recently attended
the San Francisco exposition, gave an
account of his trip before the pupils
of the graded school Wednesday
morning The narrative was Illus
trated by picture postcards in con
nection with the big lantern from the
high school which was borrowed for
tbs occasion.
Lovers of good music will be inter-
ested in the entertainment which is
to be given in Forester's hall next
Thursday evening by John Mccoy
and Mary Mccoy OF New York city,
both of whom have been blind from
early Childhood The brother and
sister make her living and are indie
pendent by travelling about the eoun.
try with a program of vocal and in
strumental music with which is in
terspersed representations and story
telling,6 a'he whole forifs an interest
ing evenings entertainment on par
+, with any lyceum Ieatnre now on the
road The admission is only 25c and
because Of this love price. their adver-
Using cannot be very extensive. Good
crowds have turned out where they
have hitherto exhibited, however, an
entertainment IN Adams, last evening
being exceptionally well attended.
Parents. who are interested IN The
recent discussion over the adequacy
OF the FIRE alarm system in tho Ben
nington graded school will welcome
the news that the school board has
completed the installation OF four.
bell electric alarm in the School
street building. This does away with
the old fashioned alarm rung by pull
ing a wire on the second floor The
bells have been distributed about the
building in such locations that there
is now no difficulty in pupils and
teachers hearing the gong from any
part OF the school Two bells have
been placed on the third floor. which
was most difficult to reach with the
cld-fashioned gong and the other two
have been located midway between
the first and second floor in both the
front and rear divisions OF the build
ing. They We're tried out Wednesday
OF this week and the building was
emptied Of children in less than two
minutes.