The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-12-15
BENNINGTON Briefs
Nsws Of tho Town and Village Ted
Briefly for Busy Readers

Remember the first show ct Harte
theatre tonight begins at G.30 sharp.
ADV /.
Coming to the Harte theatre Dus-
tin Fainum in big special The
Spy III seven parts. Adv.
Useful holiday g.lts lor every mem
Der of the family. Prices the lowest
at the New York store ADV.
Samuel H. Blackmer, 4 student at
the Hotchkiss school, Lakeyille,
Conn. is at his Old Bennington home
fol- the holiday vacation.
Miss Isabel Bowles, who has been
employed at the Bonnet Shop, has
taken position at LURES and will
begin her new duties Monday.
Miss Gladys Fauley Of the high
school faculty left this afternoon for
Burlington where she will pass a
portion of the Christmas vacation.
Daniel Fitzgerald and Samuel Kel-
son went Friday TO Albany and en-
listed as landsmen machinests mates
In the aviation department OF the
navy.
The regular meeting of the W. r.
G. will be held Monday night Dec
II in G. A. r. hall VIII all who have
money for check books, please bring
il SO full report can be made?
Howard Manley of New York, who
has been visiting at his former home
in Manchester and friends in Ben
nington, has returned 10 New York
City where he has taken a position
in the Woolworth stores.
The condition of John j. Hayes
foreman for the spring needle depart
ment OF the Charles Cooper Estate
machine shops who has been at the
Samaritan hospital for several weeks
is reported TO be more comfortable.
The trolley cars between this VII
lage and North Adams held up by the
storm all day yesterday began run
ming about 6 o'clock last evening.
The Springfield and Albany papers
failed ~ arrive this forenoon but the
New York papers were only a few
minutes later than usual
Most of the high school teachers
have scattered to their homes for
the holiday vacation. Miss Margaret
Mclean has gone to Rockville
Conn, Miss Diana Payette to Cohoes
Miss Lucia Besiega to Dalton, Miss
Anna Wallace to Florence, Mass.
and Miss Elizabeth Hoffman to her
home in Connecticut
There has been some objection to
the plan of carrying out a campaign
for Red Cross members during the
week before Christmas when most
people, particularly merchants and
workers are buster than during any
other period of the year. The answer
made by the campaign members is
that Germany is now making prep,
arations for one of the biggest drives
of the war and the needs of the
American soldiers are becoming
greater every day
The services at the Methodist
church Sunday will be as follows,
8 30 Junior League, Miss Orissa
Parker superintendent 1870 morn
ing service, preaching by Rev f. P
Stevens D. D., Saratoga Spa. 1145
Sunday school, Z. T. Griswold,
superintendent $50 Epworth League
devotional service. The regular
evening service will be omitted, the
congregation is invited to attend the
special services at the Baptist
church
Earle H. Williams, proprietor of
the Bennington garage, who has do
mated the use of his auto trucks to
clear the snow from the streets
backed up the offer with a shovel
this morning Some one intimated
that II would take all winter to clear
the snow away and to demonstrate
that some people don't know snow
when they see it Earl attached him
self to snow shovel about twice
his own length and began to speed
up the job The snow has been dis
appearing from Main street in Jig
tiyNp this forenDOu