The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-02-21
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and Village Tod
Briefly for Busy Readers

The Free Library will be closed all
day on Washingtons Birthday.
The Teachers Training class will
meet this evening at 730 in the
Methodist chapel
Branch No. 8 of ST. Mary's Guild
| will meet with Mrs Charles Kehoe
Wednesday afternoon at 3 O'Clock.
The game between the Pirates and
| Mohawks has been Cancelled tonight
to make way for tie social at the
"Y."
A change of route made it neces-
sary for Princess Pat" company to
| cancel their date at the opera house,
| March s.
J Fred Russell of Main street is con-
| fined to his home with a frost-bitten
face, received while cutting ice on
| Benton's Pond Saturday.
The Philathea CLASS of the First
Baptist church will meet with Mrs.
BENJAMIN Lewis on South street Tues
| day evening at o'clock sharp.
Hash supper, at Second ongrega-
| tional church, Wednesday evening,
Feb 23, at els. Mrs. Paulson will
cater. Price. rs cents. ADV.
Mt. Anthony Lodge F. G. A. NJ. will
hold a special meeting on Tuesday,
Feb 22nd, 7.30 p. m. The work will
be on the entered apprentice degree.
| Homan Musical Revue-all this
| week at the opera house-program
changed daily. Matinees, adults, zoe.
| children 10c. Seats on sale at opera
| house daily after 10 a. m. ADV.
| Miss Ruth Stevens, Miss Freeloye
| Baker and Miss Avis Babcock return
| ed to their homes in Hoosick Falls
| Sunday after spending a few days in
| the village and attending the tele-
| phone dance.
| A large attendance is assured to-
night at the Y. NJ. c.. A. monthly Soc
! ial for senior and intermediate men,
bers, friends, and the ladies' The
| program includes something for
everybody.
| A large party OF friends and neigh
bors were entertained by Mr.. and Mrs.
| Wayne Morse at their home Friday
| evening Refreshments were served
| and dancing enjoyed. All departed
declaring Mr.. and Mrs. Morse an
| ideal host and hostess.
Earl Sigworth, soldier in the Unit
ed States army. who has been figur
ing in the army maneuvers in Texas
and protecting U s, property against
| Mexican bandits, is on a furlough in
| the village this week visiting his par.
ents. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sigworth of
| North street ss
= The men of the Baptist church will
give dinner In the parlors Of the
church Tuesday evening at $50 o.
o'clock. This occasion is for the pur-
| pose of getting better acquainted with
each other. Rev. Mr., Wilcox and
Herbert Clark of North Adams will
give short talks from well known
townsmen will be given, Come and
enjoy the good time
The regular line Of photo-plays will
be given before each performance of
the Homan Musical Revue at the
opera house this week starting after
Moons at and evenings at 7.30. To-
day the third installment of Graft"
entitled THE Traction Grab" by Geo.
Bronson Howard author Of Gods
Man. will be shown. CA complete
story) Adv.
Despite the predicted warm wave
made by the weather bureau last
week, Bennington thermometers con-
tinue to go down and this morning
was reported the coolest of the sea-
son. An average of the various re-
ports made the temperature around
O'Clock 10 degrees below zero. One
resident at the Guideboard reported
Is below when he opened his store at
$50. Ten below seems to be the aver
age through the village during the
early forenoon. The night was not
exceptionally cold although north
wind made 1t feel more so.
Newman Harrington suffered the
loss of the barn ON his property on
Woodford road early this morning
when his lantern tipped over In the
loft and set fire to the hay. The barn
burned to the ground and was report
a total loss as the location of the pro-
perty is beyond the limit of territory
covered by the village fire fighting sys-
TEN. Mr.. Harrington went to the barn
early to throw down some hay to his
horse and stumbled with an armful,
overturning the lantern The oil ran
out and soon the whole NOW was in a
blaze. The horse was removed and
such other articles of value as could
be taken out while 1t was possible to
get access to the structure.
Speaking of war profits, Frank B.
Whiting, who is in the paper business
in Wisconsin is visiting relatives in
the village this week, tells a better
story than the Banner printed last
week on the sale of dyes and enorm-
Gus profits made by those who have
dyes left over they have not been
able to use since the war Mr.. Whit
ing's concern bought quantity of