The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-12-26
THE EVENING BANNER
BENNINGTON VERMONT
Tuesday, December 20, 1916.
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
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The regular Elks meeting will be
held tonight.
Miss Cordelia LaFranchise left TO
day for Ballston, Spa.
Friday the 18th" with Robert War
wick tonight, opera house. Adv.
Miss Helena Norton has been called
90 New York by the death of friend
John r. Lister and family of Coun-
ty street are spending the day in
| Troy.
Mrs. Lillian Bacon and Miss Bertha
Burgess are visiting friends in Green
witch.
Coming to Harte Theatre Thursday,
Theda Bara in Gold and the Wo-
man. ADV.
Walter Bignai OF Great harrington,
who has been visiting friends in town
has returned home.
Mrs. Maud J. Gregg OF Albany
passed Christmas with her mother
Mrs. William Il. Frost.
Last appearance of Miller and Sid
ney, lady and gent in high class
singing, talking and musical act.
Harte Theatre today. Adv.
The Takoneaec Camp Fire girls are
invited to the home of Miss Barbara
Robinson on Wednesday evening at
7.SO for their monthly ceremonial.
Ernest Miller, who has been visit
ing his mother, Mrs. George A. Miller,
returned Monday afternoon to Spring
field, Mass, where he is employed.
r. N. Mintz of New York, who
spent Christmas with Nathan Levin
of North street, returned this morn
ing, Mrs A. Mintz and family will re-
main in town for few days.
Come early if you want seats a
the Harte Theatre today to see Dus
tin Farnum in Cameo Kirby and
Miller and Sidney in a first class sing
ing, talking and musical act. Adv
Warming to the patrons OF tho
Harte Theatre. If you want to see
the best Paramount picture that has
been released in six months, don't fall
TO see Pauline Frederick in Ashes OF
Embers' tomorrow. Adv.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Allen and family
OF North Hoosick. Mr.. and Mrs Wal
ter Russell of South SALISBURY. NJ
and Mrs. Percy Russell of Benning-
ton visited their parents, Mr.. an
Mrs. Human Russell of North Ben
nington Sunday.
Patrons of the Harte Theatre will
be pleased to know they can see their
favorite star, Dustin Farnum in
Cameo Kirby" a Paramount feature
in FIVE wonderful parts today only.
Vaudeville of distinction at Harte
Theatre today ADV.
II. f. Brown of Washington avenue
has resigned his position with the
Bennington scale company and has
accepted a position with the Toledo
scale company of New York city with
a territory extending from Albany TO
New York He will continue his resi-
denoe here.
The officers of Remington Aerie
Faternal Order OF Eagles have except
ed an invitation to go to North Ad
ans Dec. 31th. TO install the officers
of North Adams Aerie. All members
wishing to 20 please notify the com
mittee as soon as possible that they
may make arrangements for trans
portation.
Friday the 18Th with Robert War
wick is the feature at the opera house
tonight a story Of how youns
girl. plucky and gritty, nearly caused
the downfall of big stock brokerage
concern to "get even because they
had given her father a false tip which
bankrupted him. AS all the Incl
dents of the big stock gamble occur
on Friday, the Thirteenth, that title
was selected for the play. Adv.
The Christmas giving exercises in
the Second Congregational Sunday
school Sunday were especially inter
esting. The committee are pleased
with the response of the classes to
the appeal for gifts for the mission
airy box, which is to go from the Con
gregational young people of the state
to the foreign field. These gifts were
well selected, and the white era
was generously filed The money Of
fering from the Sunday school supple
mented by some envelope offerings at
the church service. which will be de-
yided between several War Relief
Funds, amounted to a little over
sixty.iive dollars.