The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-03-21
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is visiting Mrs. II. MacGregor Richie.
Members of the Young Woman's
club will meet Wednesday night for
work
Mr. and Mrs. Guy B. Johnson are
spending the present week in Rich
mond, Va
Mrs. CASTOR of Pittsfeld was the
Sunday guest of her daughter, Mrs. H.
MacGregor Richie.
Mrs. Alice Gardner of Gage street
spent Sunday with Mr., and Mrs. John
Olin Of SALISBURY.
A food and candy sale at the Young
Woman's club Saturday afternoon, tea
will be served Adv.
A flve-part World feature, THE
SIRENS Song" with Charles Trowbridge
and Mile Lane, opera house today.
ADV.
Coming tomorrow to Harte theatre,
Fannie Ward in THE Cheat. If you
don't see it you'll miss one of the
best. ADV.
COMMENSURATE Bernhard in five
part Blue Bird feature, Jeanne Dore,"
filmed shortly after the loss of her
right limb. Adv.
Miss Julia E. Olin of Scott street
spent Saturday and Sunday with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs John w. DIN,
in South SALISBURY.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lester Becker are at
the home of Mrs Becker's parents, Mr..
and Mrs. C. S. Morse on Branch street
for a few weeks.
There will be an important rehearsal
OF st. Francis de Sales choir at the
church Wednesday evening immediate
ly after Benediction.
Mrs Irving Cobb, who underwent
successfully an operation at the CO.
hoes hospital Friday, is making sat
isfactory recovery.
Mrs. Edward E. Gardner and Mrs.
Merton j. Olin of Salisbury spent
the day in North Adams with their
sister, Mrs. NJ. d. Bishop.
Mrs. c. s. Morse, who has been suf-
fering from injuries sustained by
fall on the Ice, is able to be about.
Mrs. Mortimer Stratton is ILL.,
The Metropolitan opera star Geral-
dine Farrar can be seen at the Harte
theatre today in Temptation" sup
ported by an all tar cast including the
well-known Theodore Roberts. Adv.
All members OF the first Baptist
. church and congregation are invited
to come to the church parlors Wednes-
day evening, March % at 7.45. Be
prepared to take personally conduct
, ed tour through an evening OF pleas
/, ure,
At 7.45 Wednesday evening the
members of the Y. w c. are requested
: to meet to work on banners that will be
used on June Srd, when the National
t League OF Women Workers from the
/ convention at Pittsfeld, Mass. will
visit Bennington. 80 H
a The usual basketball practise,will be
held for girls tonight at Library hall
G at 1880 clock. ,Girls--don't' let your
r interest slump toward the end and
| thereby put yourselves in the ranks Of
P'quitters." The game with North Adj
ans will be yours II you Will only work
hard enough.
Members of the Y. NJ. c. A. first
team are called out tonight for the
! beginning OF some hard practice pre-
paratory to meeting the North Adams
Y. NJ C. A. team next Tuesday night.
/ The "Y'' suffered defeat at their
!. hands recently, and they mean to re-
4 deem themselves Tuesday The fast
S est game of the season is certainty.
n Speaking of spring-a year ago this
I week firemen in this vicinity and
section OF country between Bennington
/ and North Adams, and especially
: around the latter city, were called out
8 four times to extinguish forest fires
: The only place they are extinguishing
forest fires this week is in Southern
i California and sections considerably
s south of the Mason and Dixon line.
+ The funeral of Edward II. Chaffee
: who passed away at the home OF his
daughter, Mrs. Clyde Peckham, on the
: Pownal road Saturday morning at the
age OF rs, was held from the house al
! O'Clock Monday afternoon. A large
:. number of friends and relatives at
tended the services and there were
t many floral pieces. The body was
s placed temporarily in the vault at the
. | Pownal cemetery.
. THE SIRENS Song" is song Of
u death and so 1t almost proved fol
John Grey, who, enticed into bad con
| papy by Helen Changers wiles, bat
ties with his destroyer to the dealt
on an ocean liner, to be hurled hun
dreds of feet to the raging sea below
He escaped by miracle and latel
paid his debt of hate to both Heller
Granger and Blake. See this World
feature at the opera house today
ADV.
flock of IA evening grosbeaks ha:
been noted by bird lovers in the village
the past three days, which is consider
ed an unusual circumstance as the.
are species Of bird which rarely come
into New England. They are native.
OF Montana and western Canada ant
their visits here occur only in the win
ter. They are a brilliant yellow, thu
size OF blue birds, and feed on seeds
almost entirely. Several flocks o
them have been noted and commented
L upon in and around Boston this year
They have been populating the trees
along Main street and spent halliday
in the vicinity OF the 7th ward school
Deputy United States Marsha
Edward S. Whitaker OF Royce
street. who through many years ser
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