The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-04-13
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
NswG Of the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers

Sitctty IOT BUSY ncdQere
Born. Wednesday, April y, son to
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Ayres of the
pownal road.
Mrs b. G. Slade is confined TO her
home on Beach street with a sprained
ankle received Sunday.
Miss Elizabeth Humphrey and Miss
Gertrude Evans visited friends in
North Adams Wednesday.
Miss Julia Hayes has returned to
her work in Pittsfeld after a few DAYS
visit with her brother John Hayes
Miss Laura Rogers, teacher in
Phoenix, r. l., is spending a few days
vacation with relatives in the village.
Clarence Potter is confined to the
home OF his grandfather Edward Col
win in North Bennington, with pneu-
monia.
All members of the cast OF the Little
Princess are asked to come to the hall
tonight at $50 and receive dressing.
room assignments.
Mt. Anthony Lodge No. Is f. A. NJ.
will hold special meeting on Friday
April 14th. 730 p. m. for the purpose
of working the Fellow Craft degree
The special preacher at St Peters
church, this Friday evening will be
the Rev. A, j. Holley, of Hoosac
School. Service at 730.
Haviland Sibley, who has been
spending the spring vacation with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. Buell. Sibley,
has returned to his studies at Williams
college,
What is everybody saying: DO you
know little Marguerite Clark in Mice
and Men is going to be at the Harte
Theatre tomorrow, Be sure and don t
miss it.. ADV.
A party of ten local friends of Mr..
| and Mrs. H. G.. Chapman former resi-
dents, We're entertained at their new
| home in North Adams Wednesday
| evening.
Thomas Gunshannon OF Lakeyile,
Conn, is spending a few days in The
village, being called here by the re-
cent death and funeral Of his brother
| Edward.
Don't fail to see your old fayorite
| Maurice Costello in the Vitagraph
| Blue Ribbon feature THE Man who
| Couldn't Beat God" at Harte theatre
today. ADV.
Home made candy will be for sale
tonight, at The Little Princess and
also at tomorrow nights performance
Better come prepared to patronize il
for you won't be able to resist it.
The Bottum & Terrence plant is un
dergoing some repairs this week pre-
paratory to devoting section of the
factory TO the manufacture OF hosiery
which the firm win begin in the near
future
The ladies OF the Baptist churcl
gave successful chowder supper i.
the parlors of the church Wednesday
evening under the direction OF Mrs A
II f. LOOMS About 100 people sa
| | ApN "a W AhN liiNtt4 tAA Nov.
Notice is hereby given to member.
of the Fortnightly gymnasium elias.
that there viii be no class tomorrow
afternoon because the chairs will be-
in place for the play. The Little Prin
cess. Notice of the next meeting viii
be given later.
The body OF John Coleman, whose
funeral took place in St Peters
church, Schenectady, Wednesday
morning, was brought to the village il
the afternoon Sidney A. Burt, Il. d
Moore, Henry Rudd, w. A. Wall anC
Charles S. Kehoe acted as pail bear
. ers and escorted the tody to the vii
lage cemetery where interment tool
place,
The funeral of George Rugg. VIII
died Monday at the home Of hi
daughter on the Town farm road, age
SO, was held from his late home Wed
/ nesday afternoon, Rev. George s
Mills officiating. The bearers were rel
tiyes of the deceased and large nun
Der OF friends sent floral pieces. Bun
ial was in the village cemetery besid
Mrs. Rugg, who died two years ago.
Mrs. George S Clark has returne
from the Troy city hospital which sh
! entered for treatment on March
! She underwent a skilfu operation b
J a surgeon of the hospital stat
At a clinic held in the hospital Wee
] nesday attended by about hundre
4 doctors from eastern New York, thi
surgeon was commended by the phys
clans for the success of his operatio
on Mrs Clark,
y Todays issue of The Banner con
tains ten pages. Readers of tn
paper should make sure they get bot
sections of the paper
n Mrs. j. T. Gilmer and children VIII
came east for visit with forme
friends from Salt Lake City the frs
OF the winter, has returned from
q months stay in Atlantic City The
\ are visiting at present with Mr. an
A Mrs. H. j. Eddington on Union stree
where they are expecting to be joine
by Mr.. Gilmer in the near future.
Il Collins NJ Graves read paper on tn
i customs of the early English people {
n the Y. NJ. c. a. Forum last evening
Il His audience was forcibly reminded {
d the great advancement in almost ever
q phase OF living which has been mad
n since the time of Queen EizabetI
n Some argue that the tempest no
n raging in Europe is the failure {
n civilization, but those who listened I
II AIr Ernrnl, hnl thni, fn III 81 rn,n,tI,.