The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-01-04
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News of the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers


regular monthly meeting this evening.
If looking for sleighs don't forget G.
+. and r. A. Moon, South SALISBURY
ADV.
There will be meeting of ST Agnes
guild at St Peters parish house this
evening.
Mrs. Frank S. White of Gage
street spent New Years day in Troy
and Albany.
Mrs. Hattie Slocum was recent
holiday guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
S. Wilcox OF Hoosick Falls.
Branch No. of ST Mary's Guild
will meet with Mrs. George Graves
Thursday afternoon from to 5.
Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel Main and son
were the holiday guests of Mr., and
Mrs. William Main of Petersburgh.
Mrs. Lyman Galusha spent New
Years with her son Judson Galusha
of North Branch street extension.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Dewar of
Hoosick Falls were the recent holt
day guests OF Mr.. and Mrs. David
Crichton.
S. w Pelsue, who has been employ
ed for the past few weeks in Spring
field, Mass, is spending the week in
the village.
Don't fail 10 see the famous Yancsi
| Dolly OF the famous Dolly Sisters in
The Call of the Dance" at the Harte
! Theatre today only. ADV.
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Babcock and
son Ralph Babcock spent New Years
| day in Petersburgh as the guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. LeGrande Babcock.
Mrs George NJ. Burt of Arlington,
who has been visiting friends in this
village and North Bennington over
the holidays. returned home Monday
Every member is requested TO at
| tend the meeting OF Bennington Aerie
| Of Eagles this evening as officers are
| to be installed and other important
business will be transacted
Don't miss the big $4,000 special
| performance given by Cornelius Van
derbilt at his Newport home in which
| Yancsi Dolly of the famous Dolly
| Sisters is the principal attraction at
the Harte Theatre today only ADV.
News has been received in town of
| the death of Rev. Austin l.. Park in
| Los Angeles, California Mr.. Park
was a native of Bennington and visit
| ed here many times after moving west
thirty years ago, and will be remem-
bered by many of our older residents.
| The annual business meeting and
banquet OF the Stark hose company
| which was to have been held in their
| rooms this evening. has been postpon-
ed until tomorrow night at the same
| hour Members of the company or
others expecting 10 attend are request
| ed to give this notice as wide circu-
| lation as possible. 4sra tta
Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. Morse OF North
| Branch street extension gave n New
Years supper to IA relatives Satur-
| day evening. Those present were Mr..
| and Mrs. NJ II. DEMO and son Earl,
Mr. and Mrs c. s Morse and family
and Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Becker Vio-
| lin and piano selections were given
through the evening and all had a
very pleasant time.
Imagine a handsome westerner. bub
bling over with youth, enthusiasm,
persistence and perseverance. whose
one desire is to marry the girl he
loves This girl does not even know
him. He arms himself with pistol.
kidnaps the girl and takes her to his
apartment Does the girl marry him?
See Heights of Hazard" opera house
today. Adv.
Because OF his desire to have Miss
Dolly dance for his guests, Cornelius
Vanderbilt paid $4,000 for a special
performance Of The Merry Count
ess," presented at his Newport home.
| Among her Broadway vehicles were
the Honeymoon Express" Winter
I Garden: THE Meery Countess Cas-
inc Theatre; The Fcllios" New York
! Roof Garden, etc, You can see this
| talent today AT the Harte Theatre for
| l0cts. Adv.
w. c. Firth was recipient of the
startling information this morning
that he was the possessor OF family
tree 1t was not a Christmas tree nor
chestnut tree but a real old fash
toned family tree and without any
monkeys in it's branches. The informa'
ton came in the form of a commune
cation from firm at Asbury Park
N. j., whose business it is 10 pry in
to family ancestries and extract
therefrom pleasing facts for the edit
cation of living posterity. They stat
ed they had found evidences of a long
line of illustrious Firths dating back
to the days of early England, repre-
scented by coat OF arms which they
believed should not bite the dust and
go down into modern oblivion mWept
unhonored and unsung For the mod
est sum of six and one.half shaves
they were ready to supply the Ben.
ningtonian representative of the Firth
family with beautiful fac-simile OF