The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-04-19
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
.lews OF the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers

Briefly for Busy Readers
Paramount day at Harte Theatre
today Adv
Claire W. Soule. Turner H. Cranston
and William W. Healy spent today On
fishing trip in Arlington.
Mrs. D. \. Gardner of Pownal is the
guest for few days CT her daughter,
Mrs, Lawrence Moore Of Prospect
stree;.
Henry b. Walthal and Edna Mayo in
the Big Four special feature The
Misleading Lady at Harte Theatre to-
morrow. ADV.
The Golden Chance featuring Cleo
Ridgely and Wallace Reid, Para
mount feature in six acts at Harte
Theatre today. Adv
The freight embargo on New York
railroad shipments continues. Local
firms are sending their goods to Troy
and RELAXING them by boat to Manhat-
ten.
Miss A. S. Doall of Bangor. Me, is
the guest for a few days Of Mr. and
Mrs. II. A. Wilkinson of Putnam
street
Opera house tomorrow. layishly
staged and ably directed detective
drama, Sons Of Satan" produced by
George l.. Tucker, director OF Traffic
in Souls ADV.
Mrs. F. A. Wilkinson, who makes her
home on Putnam street with her son,
Sec. H. A. Wilkinson of the Y NJ. G.
A., is in San Francisco, for a visit with
her son W. e. Wilkinson.
An official visit was paid to the
OBrien, the cleaner, plant, by the
State Inspector Of Factories Calhoun.
and it was pronounced one Of the best
equipped Of the five in the state Adv.
William HOLSTER, who has been en-
ployed during the winter in the Hol-
den Leonard Co., office, lett this morn
ing for Buffalo, where he has accepted
a position with the American Express
&C.
When Cecil b. Demille directs mo.
ton picture you can rest assured i, is
the best direction money can buy. lie
directed the Jesse Lasky feature The
Golden Chance, showing at HGite
Theatre today Adv
Special services are being held at
the Baptist church this week. Last
evening Rev II. c. Harmon OF Newark,
who has been visiting at the Walbridge
Homestead. was the speaker and to-
night Rev. w. G. Towart will exchange
pulpits with Rev c. w. Turner Of
North Bennington.
Col and Mrs. Thomas Harmon. Hon.
and Mrs. II. r. Cushman, A. NJ Downs,
S. r Chamberlain, +. F. Hathaway. J,
NJ. Hyde, Mrs r. L. Lambert Miss
Lucy Cutting. Mrs F. NJ Wood and r.
w Spear were in Burlington Tuesday
to attend the 49th annual encampment
! O. the Vermont G. A. r., w r. G. and
Sons Of Veterans.
A petition has been circulated
mong residents On Putnam street for
! lAe extension Of gas mains through
! that part Of the town The large num-
her Of new houses erected in the Wei.
nifty recently has provided enough con
sumption to make the addition OF the
mains through the street profitable
! and tenants are hoping to get the pc
| tition through by the time it is pcs
sible to let their furnace fires die out
fer the summer.
Leonard A. Brown and Floyd $
Crafts OF Wilmington, representing the
! Board OF Trade in that place, made a
| special trip 10 Bennington yesterday
! afternoon to attend the banquet of the
local board in the evening They had
! q narrow escape en- route when a land
Slide occurred in the vicinity OF Mon
roe Bridge and dumped several ton.
of earth and rocks on the tracks just
ahead of the train The debris wa,
barely cleared away in time to make
connections with the 4.30 Boston &
Maine train.