The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-03-29
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News OF the Town and Village Told
Briefly FOR Busy Readers

The listers will begin making their
annual valuation of town property on
Saturday.
w. d. Policy visited his sister, Mrs.
Paul H. Phillips in Springfield, Mass,
Tuesday
Coming to Harte theatre Friday Den
man Thompson's "Old Homestead"
Paramount feature. Adv.
Miss Marion Edgarton of Rutland is
visiting her aunt, Mrs. Anna McGoyern
OF Maple street.
Charles Ainsworth of Park street
extension. who has been ill, is report
ed improved and able to be about.
Veleska Suratt is supported in THE
Immigrant by Theodore Roberts and
Thomas Meighan, Harte Theatre to-
day. Adv.
Miss Ruth Smith Of Rutland is
spending week with her uncle and
aunt Mr.. and Mrs. John Gilrain on De-
pot street.
Opera house, tomorrow, the favorite
screen star Violet Mersereau in five
part drama of idyllfC love, "The Path
of Happiness Adv.
Veleska Suratt in The Immigrant"
photo metro drama showing the de-
struction Of whole town by burst
ing dam, Harte Theatre today. Adv.
Don't miss the big five-part feature
Should a Woman Diyorce? and
chapter 20 OF THE Diamond from the
Sky, opera house today. ADV.
Tho ooInhrotaJ NaloeIro Curatf II,
The Immigrant" five part paramount
feature and a beautiful scenic reel,
Harte Theatre today. Adv.
THE fight in Secret Love is as
thrilling as any yet staged for the
screen. Cleveland Plaindealer. Com
ing to the opera house Friday. Adv
The meeting of Division c of the
Second Congregational church has
been changed from Thursday OF this
week until Wednesday of next week.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. r. VonDette leave
today for Cleveland, o. Mr.. VonDette
will return next week but Mrs. Won
Dette will remain in Ohio for some
time.
Miss Nellie Hathaway entertained
the Benhiwatha Camp Fire Girls Mon
day evening. The girls sewed on the
baby's outfit for the kit, which they ex
pect to send to the Belgians.
! Vous tits invite avec votre compagne
to demi carcmme jeudi sold lie 80 a la
sale des Foreatier Catholic pour jeu
whist, ii aura un prix auvsi pour lie
menx habier Admission 10 cents,
ADV.
A powerful five-part dramatic photo.
play. Should Woman Divorce?"
featuring the famous stars Lea Leland
and Louisa Samoloff. The social
problem of today. opera house to.
night. ADV.
The visit to Bennington OF Major
r. II. Hendershott, the Drummer Boy
of the Rappahannock. will be on We'd
nesday evening, April 49, This will
be an entertainment entirely out Of
the usual order.
The social department of the Ep-
worth League have arranged for an in
formal social this evening in the lower
rooms of the NJ. Z. church, to which a
cordial invitation is extended. A free
will offering will be taken.
Harry Willoughby has made over a
building owned by him in the Lane in
to a two-tenement house. The general
outline OF the structure is an improve
ment to the street and the tenements
will be ready for occupancy in a short
time.
Dog owners have three more days
in which to take out licenses for the
r.. ~. So ~,
or before April 1" is the way the
statute reads. Not many licenses have
been taken out as yet and Town Clerk
f. A. Booth expects to be busy on Sat
urday.
Mrs. Charles R. Farnum of Main
street has been called to Worcester
owing to the illness of Mr.. Farnum
who is employed in that city. Mr..
Farnum was taken suddenly i'll on Sun
day afternoon and his family was i'm
mediately wired for. No news of his
present condition has yet been re-
ceived.
The license commissioners will not
organize until the first part of next
week. A year ago the commissioners,
who also constitute the board for 1916.
organized and carried out portion of
their duties before April /. When the
accounts reached the state auditor he
refused to allow the charges for SER
vices performed before April /. This
year, profiting by experience. the com
missioners are lying low" until after
All Fools day. 1t is probable that Ed
win d. Moore will act as secretary of
Tim hoard tbic war
John j. Squires of the west end has
been bringing cabbages into town the
past few days by the team load. Around
40 crates of the vegetables were
brought in one day and they are excel
lent specimens and well-preserved con-
sidering the length of time they have
been kept. Mr.. Squires grows some
of the finest cabbage in this section,
raising around 5000 head the past year
He has no extraordinary facilities for
keeping them and yet has been able to
deliver large quantities in good condi-
tion to the local trade.
The committee of members OF the
Bradford Hook and Ladder company
held meeting last evening for the
purpose Of closing up the affairs of the
recent fair held by that organization.
The committee is composed of William
Barber, William SCHNEIDER, Edgar
Buss, F.. Howard Ferguson, William p.