The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-06-23
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers

Comingi Theda Bara in "The Gal
ley Slave. Harte Theatre. Adv
Rebekah sale June 29th and 3Oth,
Thursday and Friday Of next week.
Miss Madeline Pecott OF Boston is
the guest of Miss Irene White of North |
street.
James c. Colgate and family have !
arrived at their Old Bennington home |
for the summer.
Dancing for the prize at Foresters
hall Saturday. Goldsmith's orchestra.
Tickets % cents, Adv.
Get a box of Lowney's, "the prize
winning chocolates At Hudson's 6Oc,
soc and $1.O0 the pound.
Mrs. Frank Wood and Miss Helen
Tompkins leave Saturday for Burling-
ton to attend commencement.
Mrs. Nettie lockwood left this morn
ing for Ticonderoga to attend the fun
eral OF E. C, Merchant of that place
| The Queen Esther and Standard
Bearers circle of the Methodist church
will meet this evening at the parson-
age
Every one attending the pictures at
the opera house tomorrow will be civ
en- a copy of The Pictures Magazine
free.
jim Doherty & Co., are presenting
the new comedy "Muldoon in Dutch,
singing all of the popular song hits.
Harte Theatre today. ADV.
"Muldoon in Dutch, more singing,
dancing and comedy than any of the
other plays-also John Barrymore in
THE Lost Bridegroom. Harte The
atre today. Adv
Three Of Benningtons young people
are among the graduates OF Vermont
University at Burlington next week,
Miss Gladys Fauley, Walter c. Wood
and Harry Moore.
Edward Shanahan, who has been
working at George Moore's meat mar
ket Tor the past nine years has given
up his job His place has been taken
by Fred Wheeler
J. X Batchelder of Arlington has
| returned from Lansingburgh where
he has been undergoing an operation
on his neck for malignant carbunkle
at the Leonard hospital
Rev. Thornton F. Turner, /. f. Alb
bott and DR.. A. S NJ Chisholm, who
represented St Peters parish at the
recent diocesan convention in Mont
pelier, returned Thursday.
Word was received from Tcon-
deroga, NJ Y, Thursday afternoon OF
the sudden death OF f. c. Merchant Of
that place Both Mr.. and Mrs Mer-
chant were at one time residents Of
Bennington.
| Among the magnificent assortment
of women's summer dress skirts at the
| Drysdale store the beautiful white
wool serges at $3.50 and the corduroys
at $3.95 and $3.50 are notably good
| values aud desirable styles. Adv
/ At the Drysdale store they have just
| opened up a choice new collection Of
awning and sports stripe fabr-e suit
able Tor wash skirts and dreg cs The
most wanted coors in the various
| width stripes Is, 20, 50, ana soc YARD.
| Alfred Talbot fro Lakeport. n. H..
| Wilfred Talbot from St George Beauce
| Canada and Henry Talbot from Notre
| Dame college, Lewis, Canada, are
spending their vacations with their J-~
ents Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Talbot of
Mill street.
The west road between the so-called
Scuiiy place and the New York state
line is now entirely closed and the con
tractors have taken advantage of the
apparent change in the weather tC
hustle wolkmen onto the Job. A
steam roller plow has begun the first
work IN the process Of laying the new
road bed and all autoists must now
take the Farmers Inn road.
The April number of The Vermontei
a state magazine published monthly al
White River Junction. contains tho
picture OF Mrs. Laura b. Cole who's,
term at the head of the order of tn,
Eastern Star in the state of Vernon
recently expired The picture is ac
companied by an article which tells o
Mrs. Coles efficiency as grand matrol
| and how her strong patriotic implus,
and unbounded love for the orde
| made her career at It's head appreciat
ed and successful.
| Capt, J. b. Harmon has secured tn
| room on the second floor of the Nc
| week building recently occupied by tn
| Direct Importing Tea company for re
cruiting station headquarters and h
| will be on hand this evening to receiy
applications The several companie
| of the national guard consisted OF onl
| 60 officers and men when the call wa
| issued for prospective service i
| Mexico. They must now be recruite
| to $50 men in order to meet the r,
| quirements Of actual service.
II LIEUT." FAY GOES TO PRISON