The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-06-30
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers


Safety fireworks for the Attn at
Evans, sure fire crackers a specially
Adv.
w. r. c. meeting tonight and all Of
ficers are urged to attend for practice
OF the drill.
Get a hox Of Lowney's, the prize
winning chocolates Hudson's,
zoe, soc, $10O the pound.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Pechham of
Scott street will spend independence
Day with relatives in Great Barring
tor
Miss Ethel Bratton Of New York has
arrived to spend her summer vacation
with her sister, Mrs Frank Townsend
OF Beech street.
A Phil OFT show never slows down
from The very start to the end OF the
show and there is not a single loafing
period to be found.
William Leake and sister, who re-
Gently moved to. Bennington FROM
Clifton Springs y. Y, have begun
house keeping on Dewey street.
Warwick s. Carpenter has returned
to his duties as publicity agent for the
Conservation Commissioner Of New
York state in Albany after spending a
few days in the village.
Did YOU take all your cake to the
picnic and have no cake for Sunday?
The Bebekahs prepared for that ana
placed on sale this afternoon all fresh
cakes and will accommodate the public
by keeping sale open until $50. Just
o few fancy articles left, better hurry.
Adr
The funeral Of James H. Kelley, who
died at his home on Grove street Tues
day, was held IRON the st. Francis de
Sales church this morning relatives
and a number of intimate friends OF
the family attending. Burial was in
the new Catholic cemetery at Old Ben
ningtoli.
Harry D. Burt, a former Bennng-
ton boy, who is employed in the Yer
mont Marble company's Philadelphia
office, was the guest of his uncle
Charles r. Burt, Wednesday afternoon
and evening. He was on his way to
Philadelphia from Proctor where he
had been on business for the company.
Beginning Monday Phil OFT and his
musical follies viii be the attraction at
the Harte Theatre. The show is not
able for several things but above all
one thing stands out supreme and that
is. its laugh-getting possibilities. Phil
OFT has behind him years of musical
comedy experience on the big circuit
and a comedian to head his own show,
must have the real laughing goods or
theatre-goers will not follow the show
season after season. a feature Of this
organization is the amount of pep that
Mr.. OFT iniects into his lellow-work-
ers A hustler from start to finish
himself, one that spares no energy in
the effort to please the public. He in
sists on the same thing from the mem
bers Of his company. ADV.
The women of St Peters parish
held an exceptionally successful lawn
party Thursday afternoon and evening
at the residences OF Charles T. Burt
and George +. Graves on Elm street.
| The adjoining lawns with their protus-
ion of flowers and shubbery provided
! an ideal site for an outdoor gathering
of this nature. The residences We're
prettily decorated and the facilities for
service added much TO the success o!
the occasion The teachers oi the WI.
lase schools and few friends we're
the personal guests OF Mr. Burt and
! sat at tables on tie broad verandahs
! OF his home. The net receipts OF the
entertainment were in the vicinity of
q hundred dollars.
A youngster appeared. wild-eyed and
| anxious in IIurley's Cigar store Thurs
day afternoon and inquired for Officer
Hurley He might have been seeding
| an officer with news Of an assault or
burglary, so frantic were his demands
for the policeman The proprietor
came out, buckling on a revolver and
! polishing his badge demanding tc
know the location of hostiities. Hey
said the kid does the curlew lay hold
on the night before the 4th? Officer
! Hurley informed the youngster that he
would he disposed to look with wink
at the presence Of boys on the street
around midnight on this exceptional
evening and the kid lett the place with
the remark to his companion: Gee
he's q good sport, amt he. bet h.
was Kid once himself"
Miss Lillian Temple, trained nurse
in n New York hospital recently had
as her charge the leader OF The orches
ira in the New York llippodrome who
was in the institution for treatment
| Miss Temple mentioned to him a Ger
tain piece of music which she had
heard at the Hippodrome as sounding
strangely familiar although she could
not recolleCt where she had heard il
played. Investigation developed thai
the author OF the piece was the late
Rudolph Goldsmith, former well
known musician OF bennington. The
New York Hlppodrome orchestra ha:
| ueeH pid!iiS MS uiipuSlliuH iuI tit
entire season. The director gave Miss
Temple passes for the Hippodrome
partly on the strength of her goo(
work and partly because she came
from the same town as the composer
of his music.
Identification of the man found deaf
near the chicken coop inn two even
Ilngs ago Is believed to have been es
| inhlishnd His nnmn Rs lhnneht 10 hl