The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-05-15
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
Nows Of the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers

August E. Beecher of South street
spent Sunday with friends in Adams.
Born, Sunday, to Mr.. and Mrs. Rich
ard Lesco of Maple street, daughter.
Miss Helen Johnson is at her cot
tage in Old Bennington for the sum
mer.
Miss Mable F. Gravel of Ottawa, is
a guest at the home of DR.. and Mrs.
A. +. Houle.
John LaFlamme went to Jackson
vile, Monday morning, for a few days
on business.
The Patent Medicine Danger lat
est complete story of Graft. Opera
house today. Adv.
Mrs. Laura B. Cole has returned
from the Massachusetts .. E. S. con-
yention in Boston.
Mrs 0. f. Reimer and children of
New York are at their Old Bennington
residence for few days.
Guy Murray of Albany was the
guest Sunday at the home OF Mrs.
Charles Patterson in Old Bennington.
DR.. j. II. Cole has rented the So
called William Wills camp at BARRIERS
Pines of Freeman Harrington, for
the summer.
Robert Mccullough of New York,
is in town to attend the funeral ser
vices of the late Francis Cone tomor-
row morning.
Miss Ella Cummings, Miss Agnes
| Hurley and Miss Mary Parker spent
Sunday in Arlington as the guests Of
Miss Marie Buck.
The cellarhole is far enough along
at the E-Z Waist property so that the
forms for the concrete foundation
have been begun.
Charles Brettell, superintendent at
the Colgate farm, is spending few
days in Lyndonyille. He was accom-
panied by his son.
| George Beban in The Pawn Of
Fate % acts) opera house tomorrow.
A true epic Of the screen, vibrant with
vivid drama and tender pathos. Adv.
Ward Lyons and Miss Mary Wells
and Mr.. and Mrs. John +. Hayes en-
joyed motor trip to points in Massa-
chusetts Sunday afternoon in Mr..
Lyons car.
Mrs. +. Cordes and family of Brook
Ign have arrived at "Mayfower Rest
to spend the summer Mrs. Frank
Spain and two children are guests
for the season.
Rev. isaac jennings and John V. D
S. Merrill will represent the Old First
church as delegates at the Vermont
Congregational conference at thC
Second Congregational church this
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. r. Phelan of Cam
bridge, Mass, have arrived at tn,
home OF Mr. and Mrs John Ryan o
Depot street, called here by the re
cent death Of Mrs. Phelan's father
Francis Cone.
The librarian of the Old Bennington
library requests that all books out, b
t sent or brought in by Thursday, Ma
IS. as the library will be closed for il
ventory after that date. With the r,
opening of the library. June 3, tn
summer schedule will be in force.
Mrs. Philip b. Jennings left Sunda
for New York and will be accompanie
to Bennington the latter part OF IN
week by Miss Elizabeth Jennings t
spend the summer. Mr.. Jennings
who went to New York this morning
will return with them.
Miss Ann r. Clark is with her siste
: Miss May Clark at Old Benningto
s and will remain for the summer SCI
SON The house which Miss Clark
erecting on Monument avenue, is g
. ing up rapidly, the foundation an
framework having been completed.
I Commissioned Cuno II. Rudolph
! was deeply impressed by what | say
| and | think that the drama should |
] repeated in every city, a matinee OF
day for father and son and the ne,
| day for mother and daughter. '-Opel
| house, Wednesday.
| Rabbi Simon, of the Washington II
| brew Congregational-"lf cou
4 pItdCu rum my puipit a ocllHuh vi
| tenth as powerful, as convincing, {
far-reaChing, and as helpful as tn
| performance of Damaged Goods mu
be, would consider that hi
| achieved the triumph of my life
| Opera house. Wednesday. Adv.
| Bennington was awakened from /
| beauty-sleep at $50 this morning |
| an mearthly noise produced by col
| bination OF causes, among them steaI
| Bradford's mill and a whistle. 1t WI
the new Mocking bird whistle recent
installed on the Bradford property al
the range of its voice is from Woo
ford to Old Bennington on the OF
| hand and low c to high A on u
other. Its tone resembled party
excitable women going up aud dow
| the rises and falls of a rollercoastC
The whistle was installed to arou
| the village fremen who at times pa
| have been unable to hear the bell {
the Congregational church. II talk
| double the amount OF steam to SOU
\ il which the former siren required b
| when once started, it accomplshes
\ | nurunca in a etnrftiOu and hnir.vai eli