The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-01-31
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers

1 Graft makes the loon shark trust
prey on the people. Adv.
Ralph VIM is confined to his home
| at Haynes Corners with the grip.
John J. Hackett, who has been i'll
at his home on Grove street is i'm
proved
Frank Legacy, who has been confin-
ed to the house for the past week
with grip, has recovered.
The last monthly meeting of the
Civic League will be held in the Ii
brary Tuesday evening, Feb. list.
Ward Lyons has recovered from his
recent attack OF grip and resumed his
duties in the Cole clothing store.
| Principal F. d. Mabrey has return
ed to his duties at the high school af-
ter weeks illness with laryngitis.
Opera house, tomorrow, Bought" a
five-part World feature with Freder-
ick Lewis and Ethel Gray Terry. Adv.
Mrs. +. p. Joesbury and daughter
of Troy are the guests this week Of
Mrs. Joesbury's niece, Mrs. Lawrence
Gokay.
At the Methodist church Sunday
morning six persons were received on
probation. One child and three adults
were baptized1foa lp@ hiase 9t e"p
ilJ. Warren Kerrigan in the last of
'"rhe New Adventures of Terrence o.
Rourke", 1.-The Paradise Road" opera
house today. Adv. "''.'''a ~.
Mary Fuller in a three-part thrilling
dramatic fantasy The Heart of a
Mermaid" with Glen White and Paul
Panzer, opera house. today. ADV.
| Mt. Anthony Lodge F.. & A. NJ. will
work the End or Fellow Craft degree
| tomorrow, Tuesday, Feb. LIST at 7.30
| D. m good attendance is request
| ed.
All trimmed hats at $500 each, I'M
trimmed shapes at 75c. and $1.Q0
each. Children's hats at soc and 75c
each. Mrs. j. B. Harmon. Library
| building. Adv.
Judson Enos Thompson and Alice
| Aldrich, both of Bennington were
united in marriage at the Methodist
parsonage Saturday evening, Jan. 20.
by Rev. p l.. Dow,
| Word was received Saturday by
| Clayton Reed that his nieces. Misses
| Marguerite and Mazda Frances, who
| have many friends in town, were i'll
at their home in BROOKLYN .t..s
| Miss Alice McDermott left this at
| ternoon for Rutland where she will
spend week as the guest of Mrs. II.
l., Edgerton. Miss Jane Green. EN-
ployed at the Harte theatre. will join
her later in the week
Inaddition to the big Metro fea
| ture The Song of the Wage Slave"
there will be Ham and Bud comedy
and q Vitagraph comedy featuring
Flora Finch, Kate, Price and Rose
Tapley shown at Harte Theatre today.
Adv. ~
| All men and older boys are invited
| to attend the discussion on Pre-.
paredness" tomorrow night before the
| Discussion and Debating form at the
Y. M. G. A. 1t will be led by John
Spargo, and will begin at half-past
eight.
Bennington Grange will hold regu.
| lar meeting on "Wednesday evening, A
| large attendance is desired as ar
/ rav N, orc MI ba laf Cd in,
gard to procuring the illustrated lee
Iture on 1.-The Growing of New Eng
land Farm Crops" in the near future.
Candidates are to be initiated in the
first and second degrees.
| Oscar Elwell, who is spending the
winter here from Los Angeles. Cal,
has returned from a two-week visit in
Holyoke, Springfield and Hartford,
iMr. Elweil states that the local cpl
demfc or grip need not be laid to Yer
mont's harsh winter weather. Re
ports. which he has received from his
home, have it that Los Angeles and
vicinity have also been visited by the
! affection caused by the damp rainy
season which takes the place of Cali
fornia's winter. ~ 99 paee ~
| The school fair with exhibitions of
work done by the pupils of the graded
| school the past year, was postponed
on account of the cramped condition
of the School street building, result
| ing from the high school fire. The
idea has not been abandoned, how
ever. Supt. Varney is endeavoring to
get permission for the high school to
| take it's vacation in April one week
| ahead of the graded school and dur
ing that time putting on the exhibit
| ton.
e. h. Long wishes to announce to
friends and patrons of Bennington
| and vicinity that he has made arrange
| ments whereby on and after Feb. list,
in connection with his piano and or
gan business he will resume his form
err profession of piano and organ tun-
ing and repairing. Mr.. Long has had
years of practical experience and
training and is well qualified for the
business and any work intrusted to
his care will receive prompt and care
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