The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-12-21
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
Nsws OF the Town and Village TeIa
Briefly for Busy Readers

Briefly for Busy Readers
Buttons! Buttonsll Have you
bought your Red Cross Bitton?
Robert Gardner of the Pownal road
has been laid up for the past week
with severe attack of lumbago.
| Abe, the jeweler will be at the
Putnam house Saturday evening and
will remain until after Christmas.
| Mems fur caps at $3.50, $500,
$3.50, $500, $500, $3.50, $3.50 up TO
$4,000 at Mulligan e. Roche's. ADV.
Mrs Alexander Youngs is employ
ed temporarily at the Office of the
Charles Cooper Estate machine
shops. BstSs iN
A Bennington man is going to pur-
chase a number of Red Cross mem.
berships and send them to his en-
ployes.
The Forester's will give, dance in
their hall Saturday, December %.
Music by McGurn orchestra. Admis-
sion 25c. ae 4af 75t2"
Francis X. Bushman and Beverly
Bayne in seven act Metro Super
feature Their Compact" at Harte
Theatre TO-DAY. hdv
| Children! Don't forget the story
hour at the Library at 10 O'Clock to-
morrow morning. Miss Harris will
tell Christmas stories.
A regular meeting of the Ladies'
Hebrew auxiliary will be held in the
rooms in the Noveck block, Main
street Sunday evening, Dec. 23, 7.30,
| Handkerchiefs at cents, 10c., 15c.,
Csc, Soc. Soc, and TO cents. Silk
handkerchiefs at Csc, 35c., soc, 75c.,
l$1.00 and $50 at Mulligan, g. Roche's
i Adv cl@'A siiVi 75tf
Mr. and Mrs. Adelbert Hurley and
. daughter Hilda left last night for
Rensselaer, N. Y, where they were
! called by the death of Mr. Hurley's
! nephew, Leroy Mallory.
| Harris Joseph Martin and Eliza
beth Anna Denley both of North Ad.
ans were united in marriage Deem
Der 20, 1917 ut the Methodist parson-
age by Rev. 4 /. Dow.
Why not pay for membership in
the Red Cross for your soldier boy
and send him the receipt and button
for 1918. Make him feel like he is
one of the Red Cross family
A young lady approaches twenty
five people and twenty-three bought
1918 memberships, Good work. but
that's just what might have been eS-
ipeetedsof the average Benningtonian,
"Tonight is the Night of the
= Chris tnias Reception for the Recrea-
ton Dancing class. Dancing from 8
liantI ~ with goodghfpsics {. and favor
> Dances and lots of-~fan for all. Et-
prary hall rs qeptae sns o. e ~
Will all the members OF the Young
!iWeihan's' club please remember to
2 IeaSe their donatidnh lof 1fbod. 9 etc,
for the Xmas, baskets tomorrow at
the club ,robnis or on Monday at the
studio or Wills White
We expeetseR 4iRss EEeStg seeasin
the window of every Bennington
home, a Red Cross flag and through
it, shining the'warm glowi10f a light
ed candle,u1Put yours flagy in today
eith a star Hon i6efor every member
of your family. .sYF
Jess Willard, the heavyweight
champion of the World offers to fight
for the title any man and donate en-.
tire proceeds to the Red Cross
The way memberships have been
sold in Bennington today seems to
indicate we have quite as much en-.
thusiasm as Mr. Willard.
The children's reception will start
promptly at o'clock tomorrow after
noon with a grand march Favors
viii be given out for this first fea-
ture. Dancing win last until 5
o'clock Mothers and friends who
wish to look on will be welcomed.
Ten cents admission for this time.
When the boys leave to take their
place in the army of freedom, the
home from which they have gone
should have a service flag. We have
them, of good size, made of storm
proof bunting, one. two or three
stars. at So cents each At The Ban.
ner Office. 1875
The Christmas party for the chill
dren OF the Sunday school in the
First Church OF Old Bennington will
lie held in the Old Academy building
on Saturday afternoon at four
o'clock. Christmas tree with the dis
tribution of gifts by Santa Claus,
will be a feature of the entertain
ment.
! We need more new members of
the Red Cross in Old Bennington.
This is not cause that should go
begging for money or members. Call
up on the phone Miss Hubbell 55-W,
or Miss Mary Clark Ga, or Rev. C. f.
Hill Crathern 1O5-M and give your
name as member. Some one will
call later for the membership fee and
furnish buttons, service card and
card of membership.
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