The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-12-18
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
Move OF the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readsra

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Burt Harrington has returned from
brief visit in North Adams.
Full line of holiday goods in sets
and separate pieces. D. A. Ward.
Adv
Miss Helen Longtin is an extra
clerk at VonDette's store during the
holidays.
No. OF the serial of mystery and
thrills The Shielding Shadow,
H2rte Theatre today. Adv
A beautiful photofolder Of Theda
Bara will be given each patron at
Harte Theatre today Adv.
Coming to Harte Theatre tomorrow
VIM Gillette in Sherlock Holmes"
feature extraordinary in seven parts.
ADV.
Bertha Kalich, successor of Sarah
Bernhard can be seen in the modern
photoplay SANDER Harte Theatre
today, Adv.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde II. Baker of
Rutland were guests Sunday of Mr..
Bakers sister, Mrs. James F. Scarey
OF spring street.
You may Join as many classes as
you wish in the Christmas Savings
Club, at the Bennington County Ma
tional Bank. Adv.
per cent interest paid in the
Christmas Savings Club at the Ben
nington County National Bank. Now
open for 1917 Adv.
Samuel II. Blackmer returned today
from Lakeyille, Conn, where he at
tends Hotchkiss school, TO spend the
Christmas vacation at his home in
Old Bennington.
There will be a regular meeting of
the A. O. U. w. on Tuesday evening
Dec 10 at p. IN. Election of officers
and other business. All members are
requested to be present. 66t2
FUN line of holiday goods in sets
and separate pieces d. A. Ward
Adv.
All sales records broken last Satur-
day at the Nichols store and the rea-
son why-thousands OF sensible gifts
at moderate prices. This store is
open every evening to serve you,
Adv
Peter Reeves has resigned his posi-
ton in I.aFortune's restaurant and
VIII spend the winter working as
chef in camp il Woodford. Edward
Alcombright Of Pownal is taking his
place in the restaurant.
The regular meeting Of Bennington
i Aerie Fraternal order Of Eagles will
be held Tuesday evening Dec. 10.
Special business will be brought be-
; fore this meeting Members will
. please make special effort to, be
present;
To accommodate. merchants and
make It possible for them to bank
their currency before the following
Tuesday, The First National Bank
wsl be open to receive deposits Sat
urday evening, Dec. 23rd from TO
=. $50 o'clock adv
Friends OF Miss Lottie Rice who has
been In Troy hospital for the past
t ten weeks having treatments for 4
broken leg viii be pleased to learn
that she has sufficiently recovered so
as to be able to be brought home on
Wednesday. Dec. 20.
The local postofiice is preparing to
cope with the Christmas rush of bust
ness Enough vehicles aud drivers
have been engaged TO take care of the
parcel post mail with q bonded sub
stitute 10 be on each team. There
will be one delivery on Christmas
day All are urged to mail their par
GELS and cards as early as possible.
Col and Mrs. Thomas Harmon have
served respectively as superintendent
and matron OF the soldiers home in
Bennington more than IS years. We
have never heard a single word of
complaint concerning their manage
ment of the Institution. and praises
for their work have come 10 us fire.
quently. both from visitors and regu-
lar inmates of the home. Col Harmon
is a good business manager, and he
has made the farm connected with
the home a factor in providing sup
port for the old soldiers. Both the
colonel and his good wife have given
the veterans entrusted to their care
the personal attention and kindness
which frequently is not over apparent
in institutional life The lannon's
have presented their designations to
take effect Dec 81. Their numerous
friends in Brattleboro hope they viii
return here, where they were es-
teomed and estimable residents many
years before they went to Benning-
ton.-Brattleboro Reformer.
After a season in Hungary, Bertha
Kalich, successor Of Sarah Bernhard,
she returned to Poland for year but
her fondness for singing sent her hur-
rying back to Bucharest. Rumania,
where she sang the principal roles in
1.-THE Gypsy Baron" III Arovatore,'
Carmen and in operas by Often
back and Stradella Just at this
time she met an American theatrical
manager and he brought her to the
United States in 1895. Her fame
spread beyond the Bowery and the
Yiddish theatre and soon caused her
to learn the language Of her new peo-
pie and take her rlghtful place in the
English language theater in SANDER
al IIorto Trnatre tndav Adv