The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-01-25
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News OF the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers

Rev. p l.. Dow is among the addi
lions to the grip list this week.
Dwight Atwood of North street i.
among the latest additions to tn,
grip list.
Louise Woodward who is with heI
aunt, Mrs +. II. Burgess in Goshen
N. Y. is very i'll with pneumonia.
Alfred Elliott has returned to his
work at the Bennington Garage after
being confined to his home for a week
with grip.
There will be basketball practice il
/ the Library hall this evening at 1880
for both the high school and recrea,
ton girls.
Americas greatest actor Nat. Good
win in a five part World feature,
1.-THE Master Hand opera house to-
| day. ADV.
vile is spending few days as the
guest of her daughter, Mrs. W.. ID.
Policy of Putnam street.
Miss Ella Cummings was able to be
out for the first time Monday after
being confined to her home on North
street for week with grip.
Sidney Grey has returned to his
work as teamster for the III. M. Tut
tie Co., after being confined to his
home on Park street with grip.
Mrs. l.. B. Cole left this morning to
visit Orders of the Eastern Star at
Wilmington, st. Johnsbury and Bar
ton, expecting to remain away the bal
ance OF the week.
About forty children met in the lib
rary last Saturday morning and lis
tened to a story about the boys and
girls of China, which was told to
them by Miss F'rancelia Evans.
Principal F. ID. Mabrey Of the high
school is confined to his home by
laryngitis, Supt. A. w. Varney has
been housed by the same complaint,
although his condition is improved.
Harry Bahan, Jr., who has been
substituting at the /. K. Gibson gro
Gerry store during the illness of WIN.
Fl. Rogers, went to work this morning
at Cooper's mill.
Harry S. Rudd was taken to the
Troy hospital yesterday afternoon
suffering from severe attack of
blood poisoning caused by wound ON
his hand, making an operation neces-
sary. Hss
Miss Mary O'Connell and Miss
Pearl O'Connell who were confined to
their home on Stafford street the past
week with slight attack of diphthe
ria. have recovered and the quaran-
tine removed.
Walter Warren. an employe on the
Colgate estate, recently underwent an
operation in the Mary Fletcher hos
pital in Burlington for hernia. The
operation was successful and Mr..
Warren is now convalescent.
Opera house tomorrow, Hearst.yit-
agraph News Pictorial, No. 2, includ-
ing President Wilson and bride on
honeymoon, Ascot Park. motor speed
way races and numerous other np-to-
the minute subjects also THE Dfs-
mond from the Sky and others. Adv.
Mid-year examinations in the public
schools which started last Friday |
are seriously hindered by
the large number of pupils absent |
from, Sobool hacouca ne iIipacS Tho tai |
ing of these examinations upon the |
return of the absentees will entail |
much extra work ON the teaching |
stats.
Rehearsals are being held weekly |
in the f. NJ. Il. A. B. society rooms for |
the annual Knights of Columbus min
strel show which is to be put on the |
middle of February. The boys put |
on good show last year and are
working hard this year to break their |
own record There will be about so |
in the cast, practically all local tai
ent,
A. Sidney Edison, who has been liv- |
ing on Putnam street, moved Monday |
to the new house owned by him on |
Silver street which has been under |
construction for the past four months. |
The new house is a nine room struc- |
ture, set on the upper side of Silver |
street and so raised that it overlooks |
the village and commands view of |
the valley.
The pleasant weather of Sunday at |
tracted many people TO spend the. day !
at their summer camps. Harry South |
all and family spent the day at Camp !
Bidawee in Woodford and a party |
composed of Lyman f.. Royce, Hubert |
Hart and Andrew Maurer took dinner |
at Mr.. Royce's camp at Barber's |
Pines. Despite the slippery walking, |
a party also liked to Sucker Pond.
Americas best, known and best |
loved actor Nat. Goodwin in five |
part drama combining pathos, comedy |
and thrill, The Master Hand" The |
story OF the Vaccinations of selfish |
heartless husband who, in order to |
gain possession Of his wife's fortune, !
goes to the length of having her lille |
ultimately confined in an asylum for