The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-02-07
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ed to the grip list.
Hobart Henley, Jane Novak and
Glen White in Graft, opera house,
today. Adv.
George Smalley of Troy spent Sat
urday and Sunday calling on friends
in the village.
Details of the North Adams fire
will be in this evenings Transcript ON
sale at Evans. ADV.
Clifford Atkins, VINO is attending
an engraving school in Albany spent
| Sunday in the village.
Miss Agnes Hurley of Stafford street
spent the day in Cohoes, attending
the funeral Of relative.
Superintendent Mahan had a force
of men at work cleaning some OF the
main sewers this morning.
The Board of Directors Of the Y. M.
c. A. holds its monthly meeting to-
morrow evening at eight o'clock.
Branch No. of St. Marys Guild
will meet with Mrs. Quackenbush
McCandliss Wednesday afternoon.
Division F. of the Second Congrega-
tional church will meet with Mrs. f.
| S. Buss on Pleasant street Tuesday
afternoon at o'clock.
Valentines, booklets, dainty line OF
enclosures, tallies, favors, napkins,
decorative paper, etc. Post cards one
cent and up at Evans. Adv
Mrs, A. ]. Hufnagel, who has been
visiting her daughter, Mrs. Percy
Lamb in Pittsiield, returned to her
home on Division street Sunday even,
| ing.
Mrs. Lawrence Moore OF Weeks
street has returned after spending the
past fortnight caring for her sister.
Mrs. Mark Gardner Of Pownal who
has been seriously i'll.
Ernest Biddle of Bennington flats is
held from his work at the H. c. White
Company because of an injury to his
foot Saturday when a heavy log fell
on him, injuring one of his toes.
Clifford and Roy Hewitt of South
SALISBURY have purchased the milk
route which has been conducted by H.
Rice & Sons Of that town and have
been delivering milk for the past
week.
Miss Kate Mitchell, a former EN-
ploye at the Holden, Leonard COM
pany mill, but who is now at work in
one of the American Wooden com
pany's. factories at Winooski was in
town over Sunday
The Union training class for future
Sunday school teachers will hold its
first meeting this evening at 7.30 in
the Methodist chapel All members
should be there promptly with note
book and pencil in hand.
Lawrence Moore added 16|
new customers to his milk-route this
morning, partially caused by the re
cent withdrawal of Frank HUMPHREYS
from the business. Other local milk
men also secured some new trade.
Liquor and the Law" first episode
of Graft Ga complete story by IT.
vim s. Cobb, most noted contributor
to the Saturday Evening Post, featur-
ing Hobart Henley and Jane Novak
tells smashingly powerful story of I
a terrific fight in the headquarters of
the grafters. Opera house today |
Adv.
prosperity OF the country, it is inter-
esting to note that the employment. |
department OF the Albany Business |
college reports that thirty-seven posi- |
lions for it's graduates were secured |
in one week recently. This is the |
largest number of positions ever Co.
cured by the students Of the college |
in single week and shows that bust
ness must indeed be booming.
A meeting of the officers of the Ben
nington County Forest, Fish and
Game association will be held this
evening in the Office of the secretary.
William H. Wills The campaign to
!
secure new members is reported as
progressing satisfactorially and at
tendance of all the officers is request
ed as business of Importance is to be
considered in connection Herewith.
The funeral of Samuel A. Holt, aged
IA, who died Friday afternoon at the
Soldiers Home after brief illness,
was held from that place at 3 O'Clock
Sunday afternoon, Rev. Earl G. Davis
OF the Unitarian church, Pittsfeld,
officiating Interment was in the VII
lage cemetery. His children, Mr.. and
Mrs. Eugene Holt and Robert Holt of
Pittsfield were among the out-of-town
people who attended the funeral.
Darius Cobb, the artist, who was to
have exhibited his painting of the
Christ at the Congregational church
Sunday evening in connection with a
talk on his life-work, was unable to
give his address on account Of Illness
Rev, c. f. Hill .Crathren, his travel
ing companion, appeared instead and
gave an interesting half-hour talk on
Mr. Cobb's lie and work. The paint
ing was a life-size reproduction of The
bust of Christ.