The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-01-18
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers


J. W. Pierce of South Branch street
is Ill of the grip.
There will be regular meeting of
st. Agnes Guild this evening at 7.45
in the Parish house.
The Y. M. c. A. basket ball team
goes to Cambridge tonight to play
the Mohicans, who were defeated at
Bennington recently.
There will be informal dancing to-
morrow evening at Library hall for
members Of Miss Vossler's dancing
classes and their friends.
1t will interest the donors to know
that the Y. NJ. c. A, was able to send
about six hundred magazines to the
surrounding lumber camps on Satur-
day last.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Edmonds and
daughter Julia of North Adams, who
have been the guests Of Mr.. and Mrs
J. w. Pierce, returned to their home
yesterday.
The half-dozen boys, who attended
the State older boys conference at
Rutland will hold an afternoon meet
ing at the Y. NJ. c. A. Sunday, at $50,
and report briefly the speeches heard
and the purpose OF the conference.
The thirteenth chapter of the pictur
lied romantic, novel, "The Diamond
from the Sky" will be shown before
both performances of the Jack Lynn
Stock Co., at the opera house tomor.
row as we'll as q, select line OF other
photo-plays. Adv.
The famous Jack Lynn Stock Co.,
will present the, Southern romance
'The Governors Pardon" at the opera
house. tonight. Chicago laughed at
this play. Here's your chance. To
morrow afternoon, THE World and a
Woman" evening, Paid in Full"
Adv.
Monday evening In the bowling tour
nament as the Independents End team
failed to come around to bowl and
the Hillsides bowled alone for aver
ages. The highest three strings were
bowled by c. Ressigue 535 and E.
Cook came in second with 524. The
total pin fall was PASS.
d. NJ. Colburn, principal Of the
eighth grade. addressed the Junior
Boys club of the Y. NJ. C. A. Monday
evening following their week
ly supper. The club was the happy
recipient OF four Remington Wild
West pictures which l.. De Forest
Cone has framed for the club rooms.
There are to be three evahgelistic
meetings in the Methodist church
this week commencing this evening.
For many years John H. Evans con-
Quoted class meeting Tuesday eve
nings Of each week. The subject to-
night will be "a Double Portion Of
The Spirit" Wednesday evening the
service will be for men only, .. spec
ial program of music will be arranged.
A cordial invitation is extended to all.
List OF letters remaining uncalled
for at the post office for the week
ending. Jan. 10, 1916: Mrs. Blercka
Baulak, care OF Mrs John Gale; Mrs.
William Forester, sS Center St;
Miss Josephine Halliday & Niece.
Miss A. ], I1oring, Miss Lydia LOCO,
st. Paul St; Mrs. Lester Pleasant,
Miss Catherine l.. Wolf, Mr.. Warren
Channel, Mr.. p. a. Daley. Mrs. Jack
Kenney, Mr.. Peter Lynch, w. l.. Ray
mond Esq, care of International
Paper Co.; Mr.. Charles Simonds.
These letters will be sent to the Dead
Letter Office Jan. "a, 1916 II not de-
livered before.
At the annual meeting of the Young
Mems Christian association Monday
evening, held for the election OF d.
rectors, Fred Stickles was elected to
fill the unexpired term of Fred Aus
tin, resigned. Nelson Hitchcock was
elected for three years, to succeed II.
w. Myers, and C. NJ. Graves, ]. L.
Griswold. D.. W HARDWOOD and l.. II. |
Ross were elected each for three
years, to succeed themselves. The
election was followed by the organi. |
cation OF the board and Homer Web |
ster was continued as President, G. M. |
Graves as vice.president and A. f.
Loomis as treasurer, G. L. Holden
was made recording secretary.