The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-02-16
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers

| Mr.. and Mrs. A. w. BREASTED are to
leave the last of the week for trip
to Washington and vicinity.
| Frank Hervey and daughter, Miss
/ Rhea Hervey have returned from a
week end visit in Philadelphia.
! Mrs. Ada Mclean left today for
; Jacksonville, Fla, where she Will
/ pass the remainder OF the winter
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. NJ. Ayres have re-
turned from few days visit to Mr..
and Mrs. J, p. Abercrombie in Green
r. field.
I County Clerk ]. j. Stakeholder has
/ gone to Brattleboro to visit his sister,
! Miss May Stakeholder, the Brattle'
| boro librarian.
! Postponed--Baske game. NO
| game at Library hall this week Fri
day. Big double header next week,
| Friday, Feb. %.
/ Collins NJ Graves, who has been
| confined to the house by grip for sew
I eral days, was at his office for a short
time this morning.
| Miss Margaret Battles, daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank e. Battles OF
/ Putnam, Conn, former resident Of
| the village, is visiting in town.
| Walter Ii. Berry who has been laid
| up for the past few days with severe
cold, is attending to his business
| again although he is not entirely re-
| covered
Mrs. William Shaw and daughter,
Miss Mary Shaw, VINO are making a
| lengthy visit with friends in South
!, Attleboro Falls, Mass, have written
/ friends here that they will not return
| until March.
Miss Marie Wesley, who has been
/ a guest of Misses Jessie and Edna
{ Loomis for three weeks, returned TO
! her home in Beacon, N. Y, this morn
! ing. Miss Edna Loomis accompanied
| her as far as Troy.
! A force of men from The Orchards
/ is at WORK at 1.-THE Taylor quarry cut
I ting out material for capstones to be
placed on the walls being built about
/ the grounds of Edward II. EyeTett's
/ summer residence at Old Bennington.
/ Richard kellogg was in town re-
Gently, looking over his place in Old
Bennington preparatory to summer
occupancy. Mr. Kellogs, with his
family and mother, Mrs. Justin kel-
logg, are cscnding the winter in Will
| Jamestown.
The Congregational chapel service
tomorrow night will be especially for
/ young people, The boys and girls OF
| the c. Il. society and the Sunday
school are especially invited. There
will be discussion of the needs of
our schools and colleges.
II. B. Hutchins left this morning
for Rupert where he is to preside as
justice in parIper case between the
towns of Rupert and Arlington. Il. II.
! Holden is appearing for the town Of
Rupert and James K. Batchelder for
the town OF Arlington.
Mr. and Mrs II. G. Chapman and
George I. Bates, who have lived in
| Bennington for the past three years,
are moving today to North Adams
where Mr. Chapman has purchased a
house. Their many friends regret to
have them leave town.
Miss Frances Carver will entertain
the Tahkoneac Camp Fire Girls to-
morrow night at 6 o'clock at supper
, party, to be followed by ceremonial
Ii any member finds that she cannot
come she should notify her hostess
at once 1t is expected that ceremon-
ial costumes will be worn, If possible.
In answer to many inquiries the
derstood that the wine bottle broken
over Geraldine Falrars head during
the fight scenes in the photodramatic
version of her famous opera Car
men is not prop" but real bot
tie Harte's theatre today only. ADV.
The boys OF the Y NJ, c. A. have
voted not to use the front door of the
building for the present. Members
have agreed to enter by the rear way
and give the front entrance more
tidy and orderly appearance. They
voted to suspend for one month any
member who willfully disregards the
new rule
The "Justhesame' club which held
its first meeting of the winter at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. James E. Burke
on Feb. 3rd was entertained by Mr..
and Mrs. A. w. BREASTED of Elm street
last evening. Dinner was served at
$50 novel Valentine decorations
being used. Cards were played, 500
being the game. The consolation
prize fell to w. E. Hawks.
The bulls used in the bull fight
scenes in Carmen" the photodra-
matte version of the famous opera
in which Geraldine Farrar, is to APP
pear at the Harte Theatre today,
were imported from the famous Ma
dero ranch in Northern Mexico es-
pecially for the scenes in which they
appear. Accompanying them came a
troupe of professional Spanish torea-
dors who wara forcad IN leave Meyi.