The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-02-11
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Y Born, Feb. TO- son TO Mr. and Mrs.
\ John Stewart
Albert Tatro has been called to his
y former home in Cohoes. by the death
of his father.
n ]. A. N. Williams is confined to ms
' house today with touch of grip and
other complaints
\ The home of William Sibley on
and interior decoration.
Dancing in ~ E. 0. P. hall tonight.
The admission is 25c and Thebarge's
orchestra will furnish music. Adv.
Miss Mary Carney Of the Graded
school faculty is i'll with the grip.
Mrs. Z. j. Smith is teaching room IA.
Mrs John Purcell has returned af-
ter accompanying MIR. and Mrs. Dan
lei Ward on trip to New Britain,
Conr.
Flood batters city of Joliet, H.,
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opera house, today. Ady
Leslie Clark, who has been spend
ing few days with his parents here
has resumed his studies at the agri-
cultural school at Lyndon Center.
There will be meeting of the Wo-
mans Relief Corps at the G. A. X.
! rooms this evening at 7.S0. a cordial
invitation is extended to Custer
Post
Oscar Eddy has resigned his work
at the Bradford mill and will leave
shortly for Ohio where he has Sc
cured a position with contracting
firm
Last night in the bowling tourna-
! ,ment on the Y. NJ. G. A. alleys, the
Tigers, bowling for averages, totaled
2559 pins. White was high man,
reaching a score Of 552.
The Lights OLondon" the strang-
est melodrama ever written, opera
house today Go parts.) Produced I'M
der the personal direction Of the au-
thor, George r. Sims Adv.
Mrs Anna Tillinghast, classed with
William Jennings Bryan as an orator.
will speak in the Young Woman's
club rooms Wednesday evening, Feb.
10th. on THE So-called Advantages Of
the License System
II A. ]. Cooper's big Simplex car has
been brought home from New York
| where 1t has been stored since Mr..
Cooper was caught in that city by, the
big storm tie first of the winter, His
Stevens Duryea car Is undergoing re
\ pairs and redecorating in Springfield
There will be two basketball games
I at the Y. N. G. A. Saturday night The
I first team win play the I.afayettes of
Pittsfeld and the games will be fol-
lowed by 4 match between the "Y'
y second team and Sc Joseph's high
4 school of North Adams. Basketball
& is expected.
4 The Casino big pin bowling team of
y North Adams made up for their re-
cent defeat at the hands of the Ben
\ nington boys by downing the Vermont
Il ers at the North Adams alleys Tues
u day evening with e score of 20S0 TO
I 1902. Only four men competed on a
n side. The Bennington players were
r Perry, Henley, Conan and Sexton.
. Everything is in readiness for the
Y Knights Templar ball this evening
y and preparations have been made to
q handle large crowd. Donnelly's or
= | chestra of nine pieces will furnish the
v music. The committee, who have the
affair in charge consists of DR.. +, S
4 Braley, Guy S. Harbour. H. d. Cook
~ Eugene Brown, r. A. Davenport and
Clarence l.. Holden
Mrs. Rata A. Mills, NJ W. G. NJ OF
the general grand chapter 0. f. S., Of
Il, the United States and Canada, who
was expected to visit the grand chap
ter of the o. Il. s. of Vermont. in Bur
!. lington, sometime in June, died Wed
nesday, Feb 9, in Bradford Penn
v Mrs. Mills was elected NJ. w. G. NJ il
Chicago in 1913 and her term woult
have expired in October, She is the
first most Worthy Grand Matron tc
pass away while in Office.
The local sports are wondering al
partition which carpenters have
: been working upon in the rear oil
Charley Firth's barbershop Mr.
Firth states that it is simply a back
ROOM" Rumors are around the vii
lage that the quarters are being fit.
! ted up for a lady manicure, German
spies or morgue for those disposed
to argue out the question whether or
not there were thirteen or seventeen
hicks in the razor with which they
| were shaved
Supt Mabrey is back at his duties
at the high school after two-weeks
illness, and as most of the scholars
absent during the recent mid-year ex-
aminations on account of the grip
epidemic have also returned, the ex-
aminations will be given them the
coming week. German or mechanical
drawing classes have not yet been re-
sumed at evening school, but other
= wise both high school and night