The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-01-09
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and Village Tsid
Briefly for Busy Readers

! It's a Bluebird-"Gloriana" a drama
of happiness with the clever little
Ralph Niles left today fSr New
York, where he will attend the auto.
mobile show !,
actress Zoe Rae and brilliant sup
porting cast at the opera house to.
morrow. ADV.
Mrs. j. L. Harbour and Mrs. L. b.
Harbour OF Division street are pass
ing the day in Albany
| Come and enjoy a good supper at
the Parish house Thursday. You'll
be sorry if you miss it. Adv.
There will be a dance Friday even
ing at the home of Sylvester Smith in
the Lyons district The public is in
vited S2t3
THE Missionary Review of the
World" is one of the new periodicals
| added to the reading table at the free
| library.
| The remains of II. H. Brewer, who
| died Sunday at the SoldierS home,
were taken this morning to Rutland
for burial.
| Mrs. Paulson has charge tof the
chicken pie supper at the Parish
house Thursday Isn't that guaran-
tee enough? Adv
| Branch No. of ST. MaryNs Guild
will meet with Mrs VIM. Willis of I'm
ion street on Wednesday afternoon
| from to O'Clock.
Miss Beulah Evans of South Branch
street is spending the week i'm Shafts
bury where she is the guest of her
cousin, Miss Beatrice Harris.
Social dance at Forester's hall
Thursday, Jan. 18th. Music by Greg
wares Banjo orchestra Of Troy
1t is the first of its kind and the best
ADV. Slt5
| Byron n Clark, state secretary Of
the Y. NJ. c. A.. who was present at
the "Y' banquet Monday evening, re.
turned this morning to his home in
Burlington.
There will be a meeting OF the Sons
of Veterans at Grand Army hall We'd
nesday evening. Jan, 10 at s O'Clock
for the purpose of installation of Of
ficers and every member is urged TO
be present.
fGloriana"-derives its subject
from the two great lines Charity be-
gins at home" and "A little child
shall lead them and It features that
clever child actress Zoe Rae at the
opera house tomorrow. ADV.
l.. c. Holton has sold to, Mrs. Eta
J Dol, .r no serb. - rg.
acre plot of land which he purchased
about three years. ago. Il is under
stood that the purchaser intends, TO
build house on the property.
Clara Kimball Young in The Dark
Silence" opera house today. Admir-
ers of Miss Young will want to see
this picture. Here she has opportuni-
ties TO summon her powers of dra-
matte expression as never before in
a five-part feature. Adv.
| William H. Nichols of Bennington
has been named by Matthew Hale as
a member of the executive committee
for the northeastern section of the
national progressive party which
plans to hold conference in St.
Louis on or about Washington IS
birthday.
A story Of the suffering of wo-
man for a man torn from her and
later blinded in the war, she becomes
a Red Cross nurse. only to be sent
at the same hospital with her finance
The pangs and joys of such an ex.
perience are expressed in The Dark
Silence as only Clara Kimball
Young can express them. Opera
house today. Adv.
General George Washington Goe
thals, the master engineer whose
genius and perseverance made pos
| sible the Panama canal will deliver
the first of the Box course of yoca
tional lectures in Grace hall, Will
Jamestown, next Friday evening. Jan
uary 18th at o'clock. His subject
will be Engineering as a profession.
and is free to the public
Mr. and Mrs. James Parker, who
were united in marriage at the
| Methodist parsonage Saturday morn
ing, Dec 80, left on the noon train fol
| Boston where they spent a few days
before going to their future home il
| Manset, Me-. where Mr.. Parker owns
and conducts summer hotel Mrs
Parker is a former resident and viii
be remembered as Mrs. Addie FL
well.
A pie social will be given Wednes
, day evening of this week in the soc
ial rooms of the Methodist church by
the Epworth League. Each young
lady is requested to bring a pie Che
own baking preferred) and the youns
men will bid for them with only {
shadow of doubt" as to the baker
Her shadow will appear on a sereeI
! and If the men can tell a good cool
by her shadow they will take nC
chances in bidding high, but then
we expect them all to be good pies.
general social time will be enjoyed
during the whole evening and al
members and friends of the league
are urged to be present Adv.
Advertised letters for the weel
ending January 1st: Mr.. Afford Al
len, Mrs. H. b. Burgess (S), Mr.. ant
Mrs Sylvester Deming, Mr. r. p
Denver, DR. and Mrs. Kimball A Eas
74th ST., Mrs. and Mr. Frank Niles
Mr. Earl v. Small (2), DR.. and Mrs
Tibbetts. Mr. Dean Thompson, Mrs