The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-02-24
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
Flaws Of the Town and Village I'o,s
1riefiy for Busy Readsrs

Mrs. Gilbert Kinds Of Dewey street
is spending the day in Troy.
Mrs. Vernon Bolto nof North street
is visiting friends in Schenectady.
Miss Marguerite McGovern OF
Maple street is spending the day in
Troy.
Miss Margaret Mathers of Bradford
street is visiting friends in Greenfield.
Mass.
Mrs. Maria Dolan left this morning
fer Hudson. n. Y, where she will
spend few days.
Clarence Russell and family have
moved from the Stratton-Aldrich
lumber job to the Columbian house
Miss Agnes Leahy, who has been
spending a few months at her former
home here, returned today to Utica,
n. Y.
Coming to the Harte Theatre Mon
day Helen Holmes in "A Lass of the
Lumberlands" and Gail Kane in "The
Men She Married Adv.
Mrs. Fred Chandler and Mrs. N. II.
Peters are in Troy today. where they
are visiting Marjorie Chandler, who
is in the Samaritan hospital.
Rev w. H. Bamford of Manchester
Center was in town Friday and
preached at the Lenten service at St.
Peters church Friday evening.
A special business meeting of the
Y. w. c. will be held on Monday even
ing after the musical to elect dele
gates for the auxiliary board meeting
in March
MIR. and Mrs. Newton w. Cottren
LETT this forenoon for Boston. They
viii remain at the Hub until Tuesday
when they will go to New York They
intend to be absent from Bennington
about ten days.
Richard VanSantvoord OF Yale and
his brother Alexander of Hotchkiss
school spent Friday at Shadowbrook
| leaving today for Troy. Their par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Seymour vanSant.
yoord who have been in New York
city for some time, also returned to
| Troy today.
There viii be three full shows at
the Harte Theatre tonight Z, $50
and 10 10 enable all to see Charlie
Chaplin in his greatest success The
Rink" and Mrs. Vernon Castle, the
best dressed woman and the greatest
dancer in the world in "Patria' the
first episode Of the wonder serial in
three parts. Adv.
"Oaths and Profanity will be the
subject of the morning sermon at the
First Baptist church tomorrow morn.
ing at 1890 a. m. Esther will be
! the subject for the junior congregat.
ion School of Religion at ~ noon.
! Servants of the King at $50 p. m.
Song service with serman at T30 p.
IN. Mixing Religion and Business
viii be the theme Of the evening ser.
moi. iDof f c f'a
The, pastor viii occupy the pulpit
Of the Methodist church Sunday morn
ing; Sunday school at ~; Epworth
League at $50; evening service at
1850 There win be special music
The Donnelly orchestra will accom-
pany the choir and will render special
numbers, among which will be The
Lost Chord" which also win be the
subject OF the pastors sermon. Seats
arc free.
Ready With a Reason win be Mr..
Mills theme Sunday morning at the
Second Congregational church. He
will speak in the evening On Wash
ington's Advice and Our Day" The
hours OF worship are 1890 a. m. and
I.30 p m. 1t is the wish and plan Of
this church to make everybody wei
come at all services. Sunday school
comes at II o'clock, promptly; and
the Christian Endeayor society meets
at $50 p. m.
Rev. p. l.. Dow and a goodly num-
Der of young people of the Methodist
church attended the union evangelis-
tic meeting in North Adams. Mass,
last evening. The meetings are union
services of the Baptist and Methodist
churches. under the leadership Of
Evangelist Rees. The Baptist church
was packed to the doors last night,
there were delegations of young peo-
pie from several outside towns. A
meeting for men will be held for men
only tomorrow afternoon in the Bap-
list church. The meetings for the
ensuing two weeks vii lbe in the
Methodist church of that place.
Because of back.door violation of
regulations. Eugene j. Graham, first
class liquor dealer, has been ordered
by the license commissioners to close
his place of business on North street
until Monday. The commissioners
had positive evidence that the back
door was open on Thursday, legal
holiday, and that number of persons
were admitted by some of Mr.. Cra-
hans assistants. The commissioners
had no proof that liquor was sold
iii violation OF the law. The statute
provides that all liquor dealers shall
keep their places Of business closed
on holidays. In view of the fact that
Mr. Graham was not present at the
time of the alleged infraction of the
law, the commissioners did not be-
lieye that the circumstances warrant
ed drastic measures and ordered a
closing for two days. A good many
people think that the license commits
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