The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-06-21
THE EVENING BANNER
BENNINGTON VERMONT
Wednesday, June q, 1916.
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers

BTadys employment Office at Ill
North ST., is now open Adv.
Mr. and Mrs. A. r. Dunn left Tues |
day for vacation trip to Springfield, !
Mass.
f. of A. social committee will have |
a dance in Foresters hall tonight after
band concert. Adv.
Constance Collier in The Code of |
Marcia Gray, Paramount feature in
parts at Harte Theatre today. Adv.
Dorothy Gish and Mary Pickford's
husband, Owen Moore, in Jordan is a
hard road at Harte Theatre tomorrow.
ADV.
The biggest and best show that has
ever been seen in town for such a low
price for admission can be seen at
Harte Theatre today ADV,
Mrs. Z. l.. Hunter driving a Maxwell
car this morning went off the road at
the foot of Harwood hill owing to the
slippery highway after the rain. She
was running slowly and no great harm
| was done, but she had narrow escape
from going down an embankment.
The Junior League ice cream social
| which was to have been held on the
lawn Of the Methodist church, weather
permitting, will he held this evening in
the church parlors instead. The af-
fair is under the charge of Miss Orissa
Parker and the public is cordially in.
| yiteG
The Hudson river steamboat Charles
W. Morse was damaged in collision
with the Clyde liner Lenape, at North
river pier Tuesday None of the 400
! passengers on the two vessels was in
danger and there was no panic. The
| river boat was struck amdship and
four staterooms smashed in.
meeting of the guarantors of the
Bennington Chautauqua association
will be held at the Office of Holden and
| Healy this evening at s o'clock for the
purpose Of electing officers and com
pleting plans to make this ChautauQua
a success. All interested in Chautau-
qua are invited to attend this meeting.
Report was current in the village yes
terday and today that J. 3. Harmon
had been summoned for duty on the
Mexican border. Mr.. Harmon was cap
tain of commissary in the state militia
but his commission expired the past
January. He is still about town and
as yet has no plans to join the mobili-
cation.
Several Bennington people are plan
ming to attend the reception which is
TO be given Friday evening in the town
hall at Arlington to Rev Father Kelly
The Arlington pastor has been called
to the charge in Poutney by the Right
Reverend Bishop Rice. The reception
will precede the regular entertainment
and fair that is to be held by the paish
on the same evening.
The Tahkoneac Camp Fire Girls will
hold an outdoor ceremonial meeting al
sunset Saturday evening, weather per
hitting. All members will meet al
the Library at o'clock, fortified witt
individual picnic lunches. Honor lists
with money for beads, are to be giver
to Miss Pratt or left at the library be
fore Friday noon. Anyone wishing t
qualify for degree should notify Mis-.
Vossler at once.
One of the new books, dealing viii
the European war, which the Free Ii
brary has added to its shelves re
Gently is Ordeal by Battle, written b!
Frederick Scott Oliver. According L
Theodore Roosevelt it is the best bool
in its practical teachings, that this wa
has produced. He says of it Il wisl
that every American would read Mr.
divers book and would realize tina
everything there said as to both tn,
shortcomings and the needs of the En-
glish people applies with far create
force to the American people at tn,
4 nrocnpt TINA