The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-10-21
THE EVENING BANNER
BENNINGTON VERMONT
Thursday, October 81, 1915.
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News of the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers

house today. Adv.
Jesse T. Carpenter of Main street
is confined to his home by slight
| illness.
Frank Bobe and Albert Harwood of
| Arlington are spending some time in
| the village.
Edmund LAPEL has accepted posi-
ton with the II. 7. Cushman manu-
| featuring company. 4
Mrs. Norman Bottum and Miss Bes-
sic Niles of South SALISBURY are Wis
iting in the village.
William II. Wills left this morning
| for Arlington, Manchester and other
| towns north
Mrs. Margaret Albro of Main street
is spending two weeks with her broth
or in Schenectady.
A. NJ Torrance is moving today
from West Main street to his new
home on Weeks street.
Miss Bernice Haussler has accept
ed position in the tea room conduct
ed by Mrs. Eugene Wattles.
Frederick King of Readsboro is
spending the week in the village fin
ishing and adjusting the chairs at the
Harte theatre.
j. Anthony Grafton of Gage street
has accepted a position as clerk in
the Atlantic &c Pacific Tea Company's
new store.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. b. Huling of South
street are making preparations to
leave for Chicago where they expect
to spend the winter
Mrs. l.. II. Crosier of Readsboro
returned today after attending the o.
e. S. banquet last evening and visit
ing friends in the village.
Guy Hitchcock of the United States
Navy is home on brief furlough Wis
iting his mother, Mrs. Ida NJ. Hitch
cock of Grandview street.
There will be a rehearsal of the
Masonic Minstrel chorus this evening
at 7.3O in Masonic temple. Every
one should be present.
Prayer meeting at the Methodist
church this evening will be led by the
pastor. The subject viii be Our
Help in Time of Need"
Perry Gardner, who recently pur-
chased the property formerly occupi
ed by James H. Livingston on Main
street, is moving into his new home.
A dynamite explosion wrecks Mrs.
Plum's home but brings her pud-
ding in the form of 5000 900 oil well
Marie Tempest in Mrs. Plum's Pud-
ding-opera house today. Adv.
Miss Polly Harbour of Gage street
entertained party Of friends at her
home last evening, about a dozen be
ing present and the time passed in
games and refreshments.
Philo B. Clapper and Miss Hor-
tense L. Goodsell, both of Great Bar
rington, Mass, were united in mar
rage Wednesday afternoon at the
Methodist parsonage by the Rev. p.
l.. Dow.
Mrs. Della Morgan of Jefferson
avenue has returned from Cheshire,
Mass, where she went with Mr.. and
Mrs. George Remington to attend the
funeral of the late Henry Morgan
Mrs. Morgan's son Frank of VOL
burn came to Bennington and accom-
panied his mother.
The extensive masonry work,
which has been in progress on Wash
ington street during the past two
months, is nearing completion. The
brook which flows through the prop
erty of George f. Graves at the cor
ner of Washington and Elm streets
has been directed beneath a mission
style culvert consistent with the
character of the grounds and where
the stream flows under the road a
new main has been laid
An interesting service is being ar
ranged for Sunday evening at the
Methodist church, which will be
called the Advance guard service"
The members of church and congre-
CATION are requested to meet in the
parlors Of the church at Gas as the
guests Of the Epworth League and
after short service attend with
them the regular service at 7.30 at
which there will be special music
with sermon by Rev. p l.. Dow. 1t is
hoped there will be a general re-
Spouse to this effort of the Epworth
League. Conveyances will be provid-
ed for any who are unable to walk to
the service and yet wish to attend.
Please notify the pastor.
Preparations are being made for
basketball in Library hall to start as
soon as the hall can be remodled and
basketball paraphernalia installed by
the Civic League. George Bradley
has been retained as ianitor for the
coming winter and local hardware
store has secured the order for wire
screens to protect the windows. The
boys of the high school are only
awaiting the question Of quarters to
be decided before making up their
team and laying out their schedules.
Tho Civic League has offered the
gratis use Of the Library hall provid-
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