The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-04-19
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News OF the Town and V!liaqs Iole
Briefly for Buoy Roadsfs

Five acts of vaudeville, opera house
Friday and Saturday nights. Adv.
Thursday is the day of the Fox film
comedy feature at the Harte Theatre.
ADV.
Dance at the Golden Cross hall Fri
day evening. Donnelly's orchestra.
ADV.
Mrs. Asa Niles has purchased a
Chevrolet "490" from the Putnam
house garage.
Mrs. Fred Smith has returned to
her home in Berlin after visiting her
brother in this village.
Henry G. Shields of Troy was re-
cent guest of his brohter Howard II.
! Shields of Old Bennington.
The Y. NJ C. A. basketball team will
play the high school this evening at
! the Y NJ. G. A. Admission 10 cents.
Mrs. Lutte b. Sutton, Miss Mabel
and James Sutton have gone to Need
| ham, Mass, for visit of two weeks.
S. b. Hawks has sold Cadillac lin
CUISINE to Guy b. Johnson and has de-
livered it to him in New York city.
Miss Doris Carpenter, student at
Pratt institute of art in Brooklyn, is
spending a few days at her home here.
Coming! civilization Direct
from its record breaking engagements
in Boston, New York and Chicago.
Adv.
Erwin Mcdonald has recovered
from an attack of tonsilitis and re-
turned to his duties with Nich0s &
Warren.
Mrs. f. S. Buss of Putnam street
went this noon to Troy where she viii
spend some time under treatment in
the Samaritan hospital
Mrs. A. r. VonDette of Imperial
avenue has gone 10 New Concord
Ohio. where she will spend a month
with her mother, Mrs. Halsted.
Having secured the services OF an
expert upholsterer we are prepared
to do first class work. at reasonable
prices. Welch's, los North st. ADV.
Miss Beulah Whitney of North Ad
ans. who was to have taken part in
the concert at the Congregational
church is i'll of scarlet fever and Mrs.
Wellington Smith will substitute.
Mr.. and Mrs Timothy OBrien have
returned from their wedding trip and
are guests OF Mrs. O'Brien's parents,
MIR. and Mrs Eugene J. Shea. They
will leave soon for Pittsheld, where
they will make their home.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. +. Frost of North
street were among those entertained
in North Adams early in the week by +!
Mr.. and Mrs. w. /. Glynn. who gave |
a reception to the officers Of the Odd
Fellows who attended the ball given IN
that city by Canton ColfaX.
Mrs. Eliza Crawford entertained |
nine of her friends at Finch party |
at her home on Main street, Wednes /
day evening the occasion being her
birthday. Substantial refreshments
were served and Mrs. Crawford was
the recipient of several gifts.
Williams college plays its first home
baseball game of the season Satur
day with Springfield training school.
The team just returned from fairly
successful southern trip, but is great
ly handicapped by the less OF Box, the
first baseman, who has enlisted
Perhaps, madam, you may be prop
erty owner but you are not voter IL
Won are listed thusly, Mr. Bill Smith
and Wife, but you will be voter II
YOU change your listing to read Mr..
Bin Smith and Mrs Sarah Smith. Bel
sure and attend to this small bat I'M
portant matter and be a voter.
The remains of Mrs Harriet Kins-
lev. who died Saturday at Whitmore
Lake. Mich, were buried Wednesday,
in the Old Bennington cemetery. Mrs.
Kinsley was born in West Benning-
ton October 1892, the daughter of the
late David and Betsey Wood Rudd
and lived there in her younger years.
ANYBODY who wishes to take the ex-
animation for clerk and carriers at the
local postoffice April % must get their
application in ct once to c. Lynn
Wood as the applications have to sol
to Boston and be returned before the
examination. The Office is short OF
substitutes so that persons who pass
are very likely to get work soon.
Earl II. Darling, who recently under
went a serious operation at the Sa-
maritan hospital in Troy, IL reported
to be making good progress toward re-
covery. The stitches have been re-
moved from the wound and if he con-
tinues to improve he should be able to
undertake the journey home inside OF
two weeks.
There was an informal meeting OF
the village board of trustees Wednes-
day evening, Trustee Morrissey presid
ing, for the purpose of entertaining a
proposal from an agent OF the Vim Mo
tor Truck company. A truck was on
exhibition during the day on the
streets of the village. The companys
was questioned at
length by Trustee North, chairman of
the fire committee, and information
was also furnished by Perry b. Gard