The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-03-30
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers

progress at Miss A. Nolan's. Opening
day Saturday.
Order your fish, fruit and vegetables
from Estes market tonight for early
delivery tomorrow. Adv.
Henry b. Walthal. hero of Mary Page
is featured in THE Raven act fea
ture, Harte Theatre today, ADV.
The mems shoes we sell at $500 to
$3.50 are made to bring man back
here for his next pair. Harris. Adv.
VIM. Gunason of South SALISBURY
is moving his family today into the
Blackmer tenement on Park street.
Mrs. Ma1rise Rudd, who has been
visiting in Salem, Mass, for several
days, is expected home the first of the
week.
Everyone should see the educational
production of the life Of Americas
greatest poet, Harte Theatre today
ADV.
Miss Maude Schouler of North Ad
ans is spending few days at the
home of her mother, Mrs K. S. Schoul
er on Union street.
John P. Morrissey, Jr., son of Mr..
and Mrs John p. Morrissey of Wash.
ington street, is undergoing treatment
at the Troy city hospital.
Mrs. Nellie Hogan is moving from
the house owned by Mrs. Sarah Rogan
on County street to the Daley tene-
ment on Branch street.
til, III ,,of
halibut, haddock, cod, cusk, Boston
blue, founders, finnan haddie, oysters
and clans at Estes market Adv.
The condition OF Hiram Allen of
Main street, who has been confined to
his bed, is slightly improved and he is
able to be about the house this week.
William Lundergan of Spring street
| Is visiting for a few days in Schenec-
tady as the guest of Daniel O'Connor.
who has spent much time in Benning-
| ton.
| Albert Z. Garrett, whose address is
| ZIG Notch street, North Adams. and
| who is the manager OF the Blackinton
Independent baseball club, would like
to arrange series of games with
teams in Bennington and Hoosick
| Falls.
That great emotional artistic, Helen
Ware in an exceptional fiye-part Blue
/ Bird photoplay, Secret Love" adapt
ed from the famous novel, THAT Lass
of Louries." Opera House tomorrow
Matinee and 10 cents. Evening, 10c
to all. Adv.
The funeral of Edgar Atwood, who
passed away the first of the week at the
town home, was held from that place
Thursday afternoon at O'Clock, at
tended by few friends of the family
The remains were placed temporarily
in the Old bennington vault.
Dainty Violet Mersereau in the five
part Red Feather photo-play THE
Path of Happiness" opera house to
day. A tale of the love of wood
nymph for man of the city A story
spiced with the breath of the pine
woos and all natures sunshine and
flowers. Adv.
Adjutant Gen. Lee S. Tillotson of the
Vermont national guard. has detailed
Lieut. Harold p. Sheldon OF the first
Vermont infantry. to report at the
! Curtiss aviation school, Newport News
Va, for training in aviation. The
Aero club of America pays the per
sonal expenses of Lieut. Sheldon
while taking the course.
Those who pulled out of q comfort.
able bed to take in the Grove street
| fire early this morning had an oppor-
| tunity to see the aurora borealis or
I a
by some to be the brightest they had
seen at any time this winter. The sky
over Bald mountain was particularly
| lighted, a clear sharp shaft OF radience
| extending into the sky for over half
an hour. In various other sections of
| the northern heavens the lights were
! so pronounced that they resembled the
| horizon before the rising of the moon.
| There was also splendid exhibition
early last evening.
| The funeral of Mrs. Antoine Myers
will he held from the church of St
John the Baptist at North Bennington
| Friday morning at 8 o'clock and the
| burial will be in the family lot at
North Bennington. Mrs Myers died
Wednesday at her home in SALISBURY,
dEtu 10 years. one Was NATIVE I'll
| Ireland, coming to America with her
parents when five years old. She had
been a resident of Salisbury for
many years. The family survivors are
| her husband, three daughters, Mrs.
| John Mcguire and Mrs. William Ham
ilton of Bennington and Miss Alice
Myers of South SALISBURY, and one
son, Fred Myers of South SALISBURY
The attention of the public is called
| to the exhibition Of school work which
is in progress at the third floor of the
School street building. The average
parent has the idea that an exposition
of this kind comprises mostly fancy
work and frills of grammarschool edu-
cation to the effacement of the funda-
| mental studies. In this exhibition
however, "readin', writin' and 'ritchme
| tic" holds as prominent place as that
given over to manual training, domes-
tic science and kindergarten "cut-up"
| There are to be three more programs
of oral work; this evening, tomorrow
afternoon and tomorrow evening, and
every parent should take in at least
one of these. Those who have attend