The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-12-12
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town ane Village Ten
Briefly fer Husy EsAdsrs


Mrs. Philip Jacobs has been visit
ing relatives in North Adams.
Band dance Friday night, Dec. IA,
S to IL in Foresters' hall. ADV.
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Dolls, toys, pianos for Christmas
gifts. Buy them at the New York
store. ADV.
Virginia Pearson in Thou Shalt
Not Steal. Harte Theatre tomor-
row Adv
The James Wood jewelry store,
will be open this evening and every
evening till Jan. LIST. Adv
No. 6 of the Fighting Trail
great Western serial is being shown
at Harte Theatre today. Adv.
There will be rehearsal of the st.
Francis de Sales choir at the rooms
of the Temperance society tomorrow
evening at 73O o'clock.
Mrs. Arthur j. Holden was host.
ess Tuesday evening at a dinner par
ty for number of her friends at her
home in Old Bennington.
The Young Womans club will hold
dance in their rooms Thursday
night from to u. Donnelly's four
piece banjo orchestra. ADV.
Cedric Burt, who is at the naval
training station at Newport, r. l., Is
in good health and expects to be
home on Christmas furlough for 5
or 10 days.
The usual mid.week service at the
Second Congregational chapel Thurs
day evening at 790 viii be conducted
by a layman. Z. e. Bottum will lead
the singing Everybody welcome.
The annual meeting of the Wom-
ems Voters League will be held at
the home Of Mrs. II. A. Wilkinson.
Putnam street, Friday evening at
7,30. A large attendance is request
ed
Frank Stoppello has purchased
from the Misses Anna T. and Mary
G. Clark, through the Charles N.
Powers real estate agency, parcel
of land lying between the Berskshire
street r. r. line and the Walloomsac
river, near the 'meachole" bridge
The Bennington Chapter d. A. r.
will be entertained by Mrs Il. L. Sib-
ley ct her residence on West Main
street at $3.50 p M, or Saturday,
Dec. 10th. a speaker from out of
town Sfll address the; meeting mi
portant business will be taken up.
Is Asyictrolas is wanted by the Y. NJ.
G As for music for gymnasium class
es for the special ielub meetings, for
church nights ,entertainmeus and for
seneralause IN the Building Perhaps
somebody Is gut ting ID !, sasw instri
'ment at this time and VIII turn the
old one. over to-the "Y" IT, great
ly needed; 25FSo 10 $500 aID
lodge or Elks at its
regular meeting last evening voted 10
contribute the sum of $500 to the loE
cal society Of Kings Daughters. The
lodge has already contributed $50 az
an organization TO. the, local Red
Cross. In view of the existing condi-
tions the lodge did not hold its am
nual clambake on Labor day. 1t was
decided last evening. however, to
hold the annual banquet on New
Years as usual yv ssws->a
J Rev twonieh OF the screen have
been called upon to display the
amount of nerve and grit that Carol
Holloway, heroine OF Greater Vita
GRAPHS "The Fighting Trail" showed
in making the serials sixth episode,
which will be shown at the Harte
Theatre today After plunging a
hundred feet into a mountain torrent
she went on the same day to a shelf
Of rock high above the stream and
climbed down chain to ledge far
below. ADV.
Earl w, Williams, proprietor of the
Bennington garage, has donated the
use of his automobile trucks in re-
moving the snow from the streets.
AT certain periods OF the winter there
has been accumulations of snow on
the south side of Main street SO large
that It has been impossible almost to
drive any kind of vehicle up to the
sidewalk Mr.. Williams has assured
the street committee that if 1t will
provide the men to shovel the snow.
he will contribute the motive power
One OF the trucks was at work this
forenoon and the snow was disap-
peaTing rapidly