The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-02-12
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night!
16 sweet Florida oranges for 25c at
Estes market. ADV.
Miss Emmeline Vogler OF Gage
street has purchased victrola.
Everything in fruit and vegetables
tonight at Estes market. ADV.
Dancing, Foresters hall, Wednesday
evening. Hurley's five piece orches-
ira. Admission CSC. Adv.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. NJ. Ayres left this
afternoon for a few days visit with
Mr.. and Mrs. James Abercrombie of
Greenfield.
Fancy green and wax beans, curley
and head lettuce, ripe tomatoes, green
onions, cucumbers, radishes, new egg
turnips, etc, at Estes market. Adv.
w. j. Handles, who lately moved In
to the village and occupies the Dro-
hart property, has been laid up for a
time with an attack Of erysipelas. His
condition is improving.
The Sunshine Circle. in charge of
Mrs. Bickford, will meet for its mis-
sionary program and social time in
the Congregational chapel tonight at
100. The subject is DIR. Grenfell."
Interest is running high among the
boys of the Junior Club at the Y. NJ.
C. A. over the announcement that
Miss MacLean and her Household
Arts class are to provide the supper
Monday evening.
Monday evening the annual meeting
of the Brotherhood will be held. The
Fourth Quarterly Conference will be
held Wednesday evening In the
church parlor at 7.30, Rev. B. NJ. Kent
District Superintendent will preside.
Across the Rio Grande," Bison
three-part drama Is an exciting story
OF an American engineer, who arouses
the emnity of powerful and unscrupu-
lous forces In Mexico featuring Olive
Fuller Golden. opera house today.
Adv.
christian Experiences" will be the
subject of the morning sermon in the
First Baptist church tomorrow morn
ing. The Sunday school meets at IL
noon. The evening sermon will be a
study of the life of Abraham Lin
COIN. The public are cordially invit-
ed to all these services.
Services at St. Peters church to-
row, the sixth Sunday after
the Epiphany, 7.3o n. m. Holy
Communion; $50 a. IN. Sunday
school; 1o45 a. IN. Morning Prayer
and sermon by the Rector. 500 p.
N. Evening Prayer followed by lam
tern lecture on THE Negroes"
The Second Congregational church
cordially invites the public to it's SER
vices tomorrow. Morning worship at
1890 Sunday school at noon. c. f.
meeting at $50. Evening service at
7.30. The pastor expects to preach
lecture, illustrated by stereopticon
views, on The Land of the Lotus
Flower" in the evening.
At the Methodist church Sunday
morning the usual service commenc-
ing at 1880 preaching by the pastor,
subject, Stephen" Sunday school IL.
Funeral OF Mrs. Marion Winslow 230.
Epworth League ESQ., Miss Ina Post
leader. At 1880 Lincoln service will
be held, an address will be given by
John V. d. S. Merrill, Esq. Special
music will be rendered, one selection
of which will be Mr.. Lincoln's favor
OF which will be Mr.. Lincolns fav-
orite. A cordial invitation Is extend.
ed. The men of the church and con-
gregation are requested to meet in the
lower rooms of the church at Z
o'clock.
In line with the timely national ex.
preston OF preparedness" the boys
of Dartmouth college have formed
college MALTA" and are to receive
military training under the tuotilege
of United States army officers. Two
local young men, Edmund p Howe
and Charles Mills, both students at
this college, have enlisted The
young men are expecting to get in
enough recruits to from a regular
army battilion and viii receive in
struction in military tactics together
with courses on military engineering,
camp sanitation. the chemistry of
explosives, surveying, map making
and signaling, including course in
wireless telegraphy.
Work has begun by the contractors
on putting new roof on the high
school and making such other repairs
US will make the building available
for classes. Contractor Robert Pill
ing is pushing the work to it's limit
with force Of dozen men, that the
property may not suffer further from
Indictment weather through lack of a
roof. 1t has been necessary to entire
ly remove the old roof square by
square, and a heavier covering will
replace the old which is claimed fire.
proof. 1t will consist OF paper, tar
and gravel. Nichols & Warren have
been awarded the contract for rewir-
ing the building When temporary
lights were being put in for the Gold.
stein lecture the other night, II was