The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-06-22
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and Village Told
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Mrs. Sarah Kendall is visiting !
friends in Arlington for a week.
Mrs. Henry F. Lyons of Park street !
has purchased Cadillac touring car
Mrs. George NJ. Hawks OF South
street is confined to the house by ILL
ness.
Mr. and Mrs, Harlow Tinkham of
East Hoosick were recent guests Of
friends in the village
Mrs. c. J. Kinsley, who has been
in Burlington and Johnson during the
past two weeks, has returned.
Sam Bernard that clever comedian
in a two part keystone comedy. THE
Great Pearl at Harte Theatre today.
Adv.
Winfield Houran Of North Adams,
who has been attending the Carnesie
technical school at pittsburg, Pa, is
visiting in the village.
An important special meeting Of the
Knights OF Columbus will be held Fri
day evening at o'clock A good at
tendance is requested
Mre. Duncan McNaughton, Pittsfeld,
and Mrs Margaret Walsh OF New Bed
ford has been a guest of their cousin,
Mrs. Gilbert Kinds, for few days.
owen Moore, Mary Pickford's hus-
band and Dorothy Gish can be seen in
a Griffith production Jordan is a Hard
Road at Harte Theatre today. Adv.
Cottage Prayer meeting Friday eve
ming at the home of Mr.. and Mrs Guy
! Morse, Branch extension, conducted
by Rev. Charles II. Mead Cordial in
vitation extended.
Francis Morrissey and Ralph Niles
are spending the day in Brattleboro.
They will return with a roadster which
the Bennington garage recently sold
to II. w. Myers & Son.
A. e. Cakes and daughter Verna at
tended the commencement at Williams
college yesterday where Mr. Cakes
nephew. Edward Francis Cakes OF
Palantine Bridge, y Y. gave the vail
dictory Grafton.
Fred Longtin, n former resident, who
has been away from Bennington for
the past five years. has returned and
taken a position in Bradfords mill
He is brother OF Peter Longtin and is
/ making his home on Congress street.
What was everybody saying as they
passed out of the Harte Theatre las
evening? Wasn't the show great? Ii
3 is the best / have ever seen at low
= prices The show was well worth {
dollar be same show will be giyer
tonight with an entire change in pic
ture program. ADV.
Mrs. a. Il. Home ana daushte
Jeanette Who has been ut Joliet =
O., attending the graduating exercise
OF the Net.e Dame convent, have re
turned They we're accompanied D,
Miss Bibian Houle. who has beer
student at the convent and who wa
the leading member OF the graduat!E
clast.
The prayer meeting this evening q
the Methodist church viii be held b.
the official board. The scripture lee
son will be given By A. NJ. Torrance
Subject THE Church. A quartet
composed OF A. f. HOLSTER, G.. W
Parker, +. T Griswold and Franz "'I
ter will sing The Church in the Nilt
wood 1.-The Model Church" viii b
suns by pastor.
/ The Junior League OF the Methods
church entertained in the church pa
Tors with IN ice cream and candy sal
last evening. The affair was under tn
direction OF Miss Orissa Parker and Tn
, attendance was about 200. 1t was frs
= planned as lawn party but inclemer
: weather made il necessary TO use tn
basement of the church which was de-
, Grated with bunting and lanterns fc
{ the occasion About S15 was cleare
by the league.
0 The Rebekah sale, which every on
. has long been waiting to learn the dat
OF, will be held Friday and Saturda.
June 29th and Goth in l. O. O. r. hal
There viii be on sale beautiful woye
n rugs. comfortahles, aprons and fame
Y articles, home made cake, candy, ma
y malade and conserve. The sale wi
8 be open from 3 to 9 o'clock each aftc
Y noon and evening. Ice cream and cal
= will be served for Is cents, Adv
h State road commissioner Stoddal
y b. Bates of Derby. with county roa
n agent James l.. Davis was in BENIN
IA ton yesterday comforting with local of
II cials over the progress of work on Il
H west road The improvements on Il
n west road are progressing slowly part
Il due to the bad weather of late a.
N partly to the shortage of labor Cor
IN missioner Bates also visited yariol
sections Of road in Pownal and stage
over night at the Putnam House. /
~ left today for Bratteboro.
E The annual memorial service of II
N three local branches of the Odd f,
n lows is to be held the coming Sund,
~ evening IN the Baptist church. m
n Odd Fellows memorial service usual
n comes the first Sunday in June, the q
ID der planning 60 have the services {
IN the same day all over the country !
III ability to get any one of the loo
II churches for the purpose owing to Il
Il union meetings which have been he
II the past three Sunday evenings hi
N made the memorial late this yea
Y Program Of the service will appear
ID Gntnplntf'e lonnnY