The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-05-22
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News OF the Town ana Village roIs
Briefly for Busy Readers

Hurley's orchestra at fIarte Theatre
today Adv,
Coming. Geo. Walch II High Fl
nance" Don't miss it,
/ Clara Kimball Young in THE Rise
of Susan at Harte Theatre today
Adv
Strayed-An all black COW. Find
er please notify the Adams hardware
store. 97tz
Earl f. Ryan OF Chlcopee Falls
Mass was visitor in the village
Monday.
Lee c. Warner, Of the \. S. Payne
Co, left this morning for Winchendon
Mass. on business.
The Old Academy spring rummage
sale will be held Friday and Satur-
day June and from 10 a. III. till
| 3 p. m. ADV.
The Red Cross rooms in Library
hall will open at 10 o'clock tomorrow
forenoon. Workers should not for
get to bring their thimbles.
w. d. Pelley and f. +. Howe have
gone TO the Averill lakes in northern
Vermont for a few days fishing. They
went in Mr. Pelley's Saxon car
w. II. wills, insurance agent, Will
hereafter be located in the Hawks
block, Main St, in rooms formerly oc-
cupied by c. w Peterson. 9Gt2
The Hawks barn on Union street
VIII be open Tuesday from 4 to and
: to s p. m for the delivery Of the
balance of potatoes ordered by yari-
Gus parties. 96t2
Kenneth p Ritchie of Pittsfeld, a
former resident, was in the village
Monday in connection with the sale
Of the store OF the A. X. Richie estate
to NJ Lurie & co.
w. +. Waters, who is connected with
the educational department OF Greater
New York was at his farm at Gard
ner's crossing for the weekend return
ng Sunday evening
Bennington Fraternal Order Of
Ea gles will hold a special meeting at
aeIie rooms, o'clock this evening
to take action on the death of Brother
James p. Rooney All members are
requested to be present.
A delicious luncheon a Ia carte,
with Mrs. Paulson as carterer, win
be served on Saturday at the Congre-
gational chapel between the hours
of 80 and 2:0o. Plan now to come.
Adv
The Minnehaha Camp Fire will
hold a special meeting, concerning
gardens. directly after school, Tues
day, at the home OF their guardian.
Every one, who expects to have
garden in the camp fire group, please
plan 70 be present.
Don forget your thimble when you
start for the Red Cross headquarters
at Library hall "Wednesday forenoon
at 10 o'clock the Headquarters are
being equipped with the necessary ap-
paltus and materials but each work
err should bring her own thimble.
About twenty men who saw service
in the var with Spain gathered al
the rooms OF Stark lodge, l. o. O. f.,
evening and TOOK part in an
excellent banquet served by the men,
bers Of Miriam lodge, Daughter OF Re
bekah Following the banquet the vet
Grams had a social gathering at which
they rehearsed their experiences at
and in the PHILIPPINES.
Fourteen women friends, mostly
members Of ST Peters parish. were
the guests OF Mrs George f. Graves
Monday evening at the lecture given
at Hoosick Falls by Baroness Huard
{ ORANGES Wilson Huard) for the ben
fit OF the hospital being conducted by
the baroness in Paris The baron
ess is the wife of a wealthy French
artist who has been SO severely
wounded that he IS incapacitated for
active service and is now in this
country engaged in raising funds for
hospital work. Their chateau is stu
atcd directly in the path Of yon
Gluek's drive on Paris in the early
part Of the war and was used by that
commander as headquarters until the
Germans were forced TO leave that
section OF the country. The property
was almost completely wrecked dur
ing the German occupation, One Of
the features Of Nine Huards lecture
were the photographs taken after her
return and showing the wanton de
VISITATION perpetrated by the invaders.