The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-12-24
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and Village Told
Strictly for Busy Readers


Mrs. ]. e. Mattison of Troy visited
her brother James Burns Saturday.
Gloves and mittens OF all kinds for
men and boys at Mulligan G. Roche's.
ADV 75tf
Put your dollars back of your boy
by buying Red Cross membership.
See w e. Bissell at telephone ex-
| change.
Bennington can't have too many
| members for the Red Cross, don't
stop, buy yours today il you haven't
already.
We can have 5000 members in Ben
nington Just as well, we've got the
| people and we've goth the patrio
tism. Let's do it,
Wrapping tissue, ribbons twine,
tinsel cord, candles and holders for
the tree, seals and tags, mica snow,
napkins, etc, at Evans. ADV.
Handkerchief at cents, 1Oc., l5c.,
25c., 35c., Soc, and 65 cents. Silk
$1.0O and $3.50 at Mulligan & Roche's
Adv. 75tf
For the convenience OF the mer-
chants the First National bank of
Bennington will be open this evening
from until $50, to receive deposits
only.
Bennington county has done her
self proud in Red Cross Members.
We expect it is the Banner County in
the state, but make sure about it
and make our quota double. You
won't miss that dollar
Dogs are running and Killing deer
in. this vicinity, A doe was run
down and killed near the farm of
Moses Wilson Saturday and a SINH
lar case was reported Friday near
the Barber farm In, Pownal.
The annual Christmas party for
the children of the cradle roll and
primary departments of the Baptist
Sunday school will be held Wednes-
day afternoon at 2.30, The parents
of the children are cordially invited
to be present.
Tonight, put a light behind your
Red Cross service flag. All over this
country these service flags will be
lighted tonight. II you have not
joined the Red Cross and got your
service flag yet do it today and get
in line. Make Bennington shine.
We're over the top but lets go way
beyond.
TWO consignments aggregating
100000 brook trout eggs were receiv
ed Saturday by County Game War
den S. B. Hawks and were set in the
troughs at the new permanent hatch
cry that has replace dthe Bennington
field station. One-half the eggs came
from one OF the Plymouth, Mass.
hatcheries and the others from Cold
Spring hatchery at East Buxton, Me
The Red Cross, Subscription desk
established Saturday on the main
floor Of the Drysdale store proved a
delightful convenience for scores of
people--men, women and children
anxious to do their bit by enrolling
in this glorious organization This
desk under the pleasing management
Of the Misses Carver signed up up.
wards Of one hundred eager subserib |
efs. Today their efforts promise to
be even more appreciated eleven |
o'clock they were well ahead of Sat ]
urday's record Should you desire
TO be enrolled the Red Cross desk is |
right at the foot Of the main stair. /
way. '"-'i ss--r Adv. |
Russell Carpenter who is employ |
ed at the General Electric plant in |
Schenectady, has been visiting at his I
homo here. He left this forenoon |
for Turner's Falls, Mass, to visit !
John Ryan, the former Bennington |
baseball player. When Ryan last |
visited in Bennington the two young
men engaged in friendly scuffle at
the Whitney cigar store and aCrpen-
ter was severely cut about the face
when his head went through a glass
showcase. AT the time it was be-
leyed that the victim of the accident
would be badly SCARED but the
wounds have healed nicely. When
he left this forenoon Russ" said he
was going to Turner's Falls to show
Paddy his new face.