The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-08-12
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
Nsws Of the Town and village Toit
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Walter Wood is confined to the
house with a severe cold.
Mrs. Salem White is visiting IN
North Adams for a few weeks.
Miss Ruth Jones of Pittsfeld is a
guest of friends in town for few
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cakes of New York
are guests at the home of Seymour
Wood.
Mrs. Cassie Jones of Pittsfeld has
returned home after a visit with rela-
tives in town.
Percy Rawcliffe of New Bedford,
Mass, is the guest of Rev. George J,
Sturgis for few days
Miss Nettie e. lockwood left yes
terday for Syracuse and New York.
She will be away week.
DR.. and Mrs. Dewitt +. Lewis have
returned from a weeks vacation spent
in Boston and vicinity beaches.
Miss Ruth Jones of Pittsiield is
spending the week at the home of her
uncle, F, NJ. Wood of Gage street.
Miss Helen f. Patchin of Hastings,
N. Y. is the guest of her sister, Mrs.
Herbert Armstrong of Main street.
Mrs. Frederick d. Burt, who has
been a guest at the home of Charles
Z. Burt, has returned to Pittsheld.
There will be a meeting of the pub
lie committee OF the +. NJ. r, A. b.
Sunday forenoon Immediately after
the morning church service.
There we're two cases tried in the
municipal court this morning for the
violation of the traffic laws. In each
case, the defendant was fined.
Sunday afternoon at o'clock there
will be preaching at Woodford City
and Sunday evening at 1880, preach
ing at the White chapel by c. H.
Mead,
The annual tennis tournament at
the playground will begin next We'd
nesday. This year all of the games
must be played on the court at the
playground
Christian Science service, COG Main
street Sunday II a. IN. and Wednesday
evening 7,3O. Reading room open
Tuesday and Thursday 3 to p. m.
The public is cordially welcome.
NJ l.. Spencer of SALISBURY. Miss
Lillian Harbour of Branch street. and
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Green OF School
street went this morning by automo-
bile for a two weeks star at the
beaches around Boston,
Mr.. and Mrs. II. n. Madison of
Chelsea, VT, who motored to Benning-
ton a few days ago and who have been
guests of relatives in Bennington and
North Bennington for few days, left
THIS morning for their home.
About $50 children wede present at
the Junior Chautauqua this morning
in charge of Miss Kerr. Songs were
practiced and preparation begun for
The play which is to be presented on
the last afternoon of the Chautauqua
Sunday services at Methodist
church August 18th are as follows;
1890 morning service, preaching by
the assistant pastor. Rev. c. II. Mead
subject. THE Lost Sleep. Sunday
school at 1900 and Epworth League
at $50, led by Mrs. Ella Towsley.
The services at st. Peters church
| Sunday will be communion at 7.S0
morning prayer and sermon at 1890
and evening prayer at 5. There will
be a service at Green Mountain Val
ley at p. m. and one at the school
house in the Fay District at the same
| time.
Tho Partenope shoe repairing
shop on Main street will change
hands beginning the first OF mex
week. The business which has been
run up to this time by Othelo Parte
nope will he taken over by his brother
William Partenopc and will be carried
on along the same lines as before.
The historical service at the OLE
First church tomorrow will begin a
1890 o'clock instead of II o'clock, thl
usual hour Or. Jennings address vii
deal with education here during tn,
first two decades of the last century
Professor Bahan is home on his va
cation and win preside at the organ.
Hon. l.. p. Brodeur and Madame Bro
deu of Ottowa, Canada, have return
ed home after being the guests for
few days OF Madame Brodeur brother
August Brillon Of bennington ant
John II. Brillon of Sodom. Hon. l.. t
Brodeur Is Judge OF the Supreme lIlgl
court of Ottowa and was Canada
Representative at King Georges Coz
nation