The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-11-20
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
Nsws OF the Town and Village Told
Briefly for susy Readers

- ~ ~ HNHNNl VI iN'NfiANf - 80
is in town for a few days
Thanksgiving favors, napkins dec
oratiye paper tallies, place cards,
turkeys, etc, at Evans Adv.
There viii be an Eastern Star So
cial in the Masonic Temple Tuesday,
Nov 21st.. from to p. m. All
members are cordially invited
A regular meeting of the Fraternal
Order of Eagles will be held Tuesday
evening, Nov. 21st Nomination of Of
hcers. Members will please make a
special effort to be present.
win My Chum" meetings viii be
held in the Methodist church Tuesday
Wednesday and Thursday evenings of
this week at 100 These are special
services for the young people.
Word has been received of the
birth at Bristol, Vt, of a nine.pound
son TO Mr.. and Mrs. Otis N. Williams.
Mrs Williams was formerly Miss
Sallie Graves Of Bennington.
All the older girls who wish to play
basketball this winter are asked to
meet at s O'Clock Wednesday evening
at Library hail to organize teams for
the winter and decide on regular
night for practice.
The New York Dramatic Mirror for
November IS published a picture OF
Arthur Elliott, who is we'll known in
Bennington and Ida st. John in a
scene from Upstairs and Down.
which is making a big hit at the Cort
in New York city.
Collins NJ. Graves was in Albany
Saturday to visit his son Zebra stu
dent at Williams college who is in
the Albany city hospital undergoing
treatment for water on the knee re
sulting from an injury sustained in an
athletic contest
All members of the Grange who are
intending to go 10 Hoosick Falls We'd
nesday evening are requested to mott
fy Charles Sherman of West Main
street so that II more than a busload
are going arrangements for second
car can be made
Tomorrow night the return of VIII
sons novelty dance and singing or
chestra at Foresters hall At the ur
gent request Of a number of the dane
ers this orchestra is returning they
play beautifully was the universal
comment during the dance Adv
r. L. Nichols went to New York city
Saturday 10 complete the purchase
of his Christmas stock. Gustaye ia
nov, landscape artist at the Putnam
Memorial hospital accompanied him
to New York. where he will spend
the winter They made the trip by
automobile.
Representat!ye-eloct Frank Wilson,
Pownal is in the village today on bust
ness cCaAo ted with the probate
court Saturday evening he was given
a surprise at his home at North Pow
nal by about fifty of his townspeople
and neighbors who called to extend
their CONGRATULATIONS.
The funeral OF Williams T, Wilkin-
son was held Sunday at 1912 p m.
from his late residence on Bradford
street, Rev T. r. Turner officiating
The bearers were members Of the IRA
ternal Order OF Eagles. The MS
were taken to West Arlington for
burial
A gymnasium class for older girls
viii be started at Library hall Wed
nesday evenings from until o.
clock Quite a number have already
asked to Join but the enrolment &
still open TO any others who wish To
join Further Information may be OBJ
tanned by telephoning Miss Nossler,
533-M.
At the schools of the graded school
district this morning an enrolment
Of an even thousand pupils was re-
corded--770 in the grades and 23O in
the high school This number is larg-
er by 80 than the enrolment at any
previous Monday morning and indi-
Gates d rapid growth in the population
OF Bennington
Sunday the condition of Mrs Her
bert w Small, who was taken last
week to the Samaritan hospital in a
serious condition, was reported to-
show considerable improvement. Wis
itors from Bennington who called at
the hopsital We're informed by the at
tending physicians that Mrs Small
had passed the danger point and that
she should continue to improve.
The epidemic Of humps which has
prevailed in the village for a number
of months is now reported by Health
Officer j. NJ Ayres to be on the wave.
over two hundred cases have been
reported. The health officer is of the
opinion that the epidemic is abating
for the reason that nearly all the
children in the village have now been
some time afflicted with the disease
and become immune
Theda Bara, star of the William
| Fox photodrama Cold and the
Woman is a vampire on the screen
and, according TO scores of needy New
York families, an angel in real life,
On the second Monday OF each month
Miss Bara holds a sale OF cast off
gowns. The proceeds of the sale she
donates to tenement families who have
come to her attention. See this fea-
ture at the Hartc Theatre today.
ADV.
Carlyle an lntemperste Smoker
For about seventy of his eighty-six
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