The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-01-20
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News OF the Town and Village Told
Briefly Tor Busy Readers

ket. ADV.
A. B. Gradwohl of Albany is in town
on business.
Keith vaudeville at Harte Theatre
today. ADV.
Miss Polly Armstrong of Congress
I street is i'll with mumps.
There will be no cooking class at
the Young Woman's club Monday eve
ming
There will be no preaching service
at the Old First church Sunday
morning.
Mrs. Guy Murray, who is spending
the winter in Willamstown, was in
town Friday,
II. B. Randall of SALISBURY Depot
was in town Friday on business, re-
turning this morning.
NJ. p. Davis e Co, will open The
Bonnet Shop at 42l Main street Sat
urday January 81 ADV
Mrs. j. Fitzgerald OF School street
is in Troy today visiting her sister,
Miss Margaret Guiltinan, who is i'll.
Dean l. Martin ana Maurice Wall
attended the knights Templars ball
in North Adams Friday evening
Rev. w. G. Towart gave a short
lecture on Robert Burns Friday after
noon before the high school assembly.
Rev. Thornton F. Turner has moved
~ L. t1,a ,.Ft Taf
and Valentine street. The telephone
number is 500.
Mrs Il. J. Cummings OF North
street is spending the day in Troy.
Her sister, Miss Ella Kinney, win re-
| turn with her.
Miss Margaret May. who has been
visiting at the home of George +.
Graves, returned this morning to her
home in Philadelphia.
lionel Barrymore is seen at his
best in the great Metro wonderplay
The Brand of Cowardice" at the OPP
era house Monday. ADV.
The Peerless Trio, two ladies and
gentleman in one of the best comedy
musical acts that has ever played at
Harte Theatre today. Adv.
Come early If you want seats to see
The Peerless Trio. and Flo IaBadie
in FIVE part Gold Rooster play Also
Pathe news at Harte Theatre today.
Adv
Mr. and Wrs. a. +. Mace Of Albany
have moved to town recently and viii
make their home on Dewey street Mr..
/ Mace is connected with the Standard
Oil company.
The Daughters of Isabella conduct
ed a highly successful dance Friday
evening in Foresters' hall A large
number were present. Donnelly's or
chestra furnished the music.
The breaking of the trolley
wire in front of the Free Library Fri
day afternoon about o'clock caused
a stoppage of traffic for an hour, when
help arrived Fortunately there was
no one near when it happened
The funeral Of Alice Esther Elwel
was held this afternoon at O'Clock
from the home of her parents, Mr., and
Mrs. Erwin Elwell of Bradford Place,
Rev. George S. Mills officiating In
terment was in the village cemetery.
Miss Ella Cummings and Robert j.
Cummings attended the Masonic
dance in Arlington Friday evening.
Miss Cummings is the guest of Miss
Helen Lakin for the week end and
her brother is staying with Harold
Bushec.
The ticket sale OF Chauncey Olcott
has been unusually good. He is to-
day completing a week in Springfield,
Mass, where he is playing to crowded
house. In Springfield they call the 81
year old Irish tenor CLANCY Oil
cloth"
Mr.. and Mrs. Clark Hiland Hall,
former resident of North Bennington,
now CT Red Oak, Iowa, who are the
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Il. d. yelling,
were in town Friday, visiting Mrs.
Samuel b. Hall. Mr. Hall is the
grandson of the late Henry Hall and
of the late Clark Houghton of North
Bennington. They will return to
their home Sunday.
Hans Kelson of Old Bennington has
taken the agency for the bort auto.
mobile and will have the first demon
stratlon on hand in a few days. The
bort, equipped with Westinghouse
two.unit electric starter, generator,
electric lights, rain vision windshield,
demomtable rims, and one-man top,
compares favorahly with cars in the
one-thousand dollars class. Mr. Kel-
son will open sales rooms at the Old
Bennington garage in Old Bennington.
Adv.
About $50 were present at the
Teen Age Banquet" held Friday
evening at the Baptist church. Mrs.
Harry Moses, who was chairman,
made a short address of welcome and
Miss Vera Suter rendered a delight
full vocal selection. Carl Chase was
POSTMASTER and introduced the post
prandial speakers, Miss Lawson and
DR.. NJ. S. Littlefeld. After the
speaking, the majority of those pres
ont adjourned to the Methodist
church where the evening session of
the Sunday school institute was held.
The Second Congregational church.
Rev. G. S. Mills minister, cordially in
vites the public to its services tomor-
row Morning worship at 1870. !
Mr.. Mills will preach. Subject